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Mohammed AdamThe London Free Press |
The capital city is at war with itself over asylum seekers. But Ottawa should be able to house them all.
Funding more 'transit constables' to crack down on fare cheats is hardly Ottawa's top priority, Premier.
Canada's big-city mayors want more transit help from Justin Trudeau's government. But Pierre Poilievre may soon hold the purse-strings. So what does...
By leading an 'action team' on family doctors for the premier, ex-federal health minister Jane Philpott insulates Doug Ford from criticism as he mulls...
Anyone should be able to worship or go to school without fear of violence or intimidation — but if they are not, the answer lies in enforcing the...
Gatineau Park's future isn't a priority for any federal politician, be it local MPs or cabinet ministers. Thirteen unsuccessful bills to protect it...
The 1495 Heron Rd. project would include affordable housing — and preserve heritage buildings, the Canada Lands Company says. It's a positive step.
Ford, who wants to spend billions and billions on a traffic tunnel under Highway 401 in Toronto, has been badly shortchanging Ottawa on transit money,...
This time, there are no battling egos among the ownership team to scuttle the downtown arena plan.
This should be a vigorous budget debate based on financial reality in Ottawa, not on fulfilling election promises.
With a family doctor shortage, nurse practitioners are gradually gaining a foothold in primary health care and demanding an even greater role.
More than 4,000 nurse practitioners are registered in primary care in Ontario. How best to deploy them? And are clinics run by them good value for...
It would be better to wait a few months and gauge the impact of public servants' return to office so we can get a better picture of the level of...
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is setting up higher levels of government to take the blame if property taxes rise significantly in the 2025 budget.
THE DOCTOR DRAIN: Family physicians need more resources, yes, but what's still missing is an overarching idea of what health-care delivery should look...
THE DOCTOR DRAIN: Family practice is really a small business — but with government-imposed price controls. In Ontario, it's getting harder and...
The Doctor Drain: Family physicians in this province aren't poor, but they're not exactly getting rich — particularly, given the workload, pressure...
With all the focus on the drone spying, people forgot that there are 22 women, who had nothing to do with it, in Paris to represent their country.
On LRT, Ottawa Council is again hiding behind 'solicitor-client privilege' — but we taxpayers are the clients and we have a right to know more than...
The City's new commemorative naming policy should be a genuine effort to recognize local people who have done great things for Ottawa.
Threatening a politician has become something of a rite of passage for those who dwell in the darker recesses of the internet. It could quickly become...
Honouring heritage is good, says Mohammed Adam. But the city would do well to remember that not everything old is worth preserving.
Mohammed Adam warns that abuse and neglect of the elderly is only going to get worse — unless our leaders change their mindset.
Of course the premier was angry over the shooting at a Toronto Jewish school. But fanning the flames of prejudice is both offensive and dangerous.
The confrontation over development charges should be laid to rest. All levels of government want more homes built.
'Rather than continuing its partnership with the taxi industry to fight against this stronger illegal bandit taxicab company known as Uber, the city...
The Sashbear Foundation, one such group, offers support for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and their families. Its work, and that...
Tenants have been thrown out under the guise of repairs and renovations, only to find their apartments rented to others for much higher rents.
You have to wonder whether the Canadians telling pollsters they want more spending on housing and health care, are the same ones who say government is...
Let's admit it: Many of us don’t want social housing anywhere near us. We fear what an influx of people from shelters, and others with all manner of...
The idea of seeking the best ideas and designs possible to create the very best Lansdowne we can seems alien to city leaders.
The city maintains that public safety is the only reason for them, although fines from speed cameras brought in $9 million in 2022 and more than $11...
With six million across Canada lacking a family doctor, it's amazing that health care is on the back burner, and Canadians are not up in arms.
I had a ringside seat to the 1987 Vancouver Commonwealth summit in which the two leaders went toe-to-toe over the issue. Mulroney quickly became my...
No one thinks of Canada as a place where hundreds of people line up for hours to try to get a physician. But that just happened in Kingston, Ont.
The convoy-anniversary protesters got kid-glove treatment — again. But officers aren't so lenient with other demonstrators.
We don’t need to give people a right to live in tent encampments. We need to give them a right to decent housing — which we can afford to...
The Housing Accelerator Fund can be the model for federal spending: money going directly to cities that need it. No meddling middlemen.
A family physician is a small-business person struggling with high costs and overhead. Many find that their practice has become stressful and is no...
What's also baffling is why the city allowed the problem — if it even was a problem — to fester.
'We could be in a position to have shovels in the ground for these projects in 2025.'
'People ... have this perception of the market as being unsafe or rough. But if you spend time here, it is not.'
Ottawa bylaw has zealously gone after Palestinian supporters who use megaphones at demonstrations. But that hasn't been the enforcement pattern at...
Councillors have finally learned to work co-operatively, which is good. But city government faces the true test of its efficacy this year.
As is typical, city politicians talk and talk, incapable of finding concrete solutions. Meanwhile, conditions deteriorate.
Studies suggest they're not getting proper sleep, and one Eastern Ontario board is exploring different start times for morning classes. Not so fast,...
The human rights commission recently stirred up a needless argument over statutory holidays, and politicians got in on the action. Bah, humbug to them...
The 2.5 % property-tax hike is well under current inflation levels, and bucks the trend in some other cities. We may end up having to pay more in the...
City policy says 20 per cent of new residential development should be affordable. There is clearly a big gap between policy and practice.