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Randall Denley: A lavish Liberal budget gets miserly with disabled people

It considers barely $1,500 a month in income for disabled Ontarians as ensuring their 'financial well-being' You can save this article by registering...

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Denley: Cut the bureaucratic busy work and get the Lansdowne project done

The City of Ottawa is proceeding as it should, replacing obsolete, publicly owned sports facilities with up-to-date structures. But it's working at a...

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Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Trudeau's attempt to blame Ford for the carbon tax isn't fooling anyone

Cancelling cap-and-trade was one of the best moves the Ontario premier ever made You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...

12.04.2024 10

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Denley: If Ottawa wants an economic boost, it should target Toronto, not London

Promoting the capital in London, England may yield short-term results but won’t provide any significant, lasting employment in a city facing...

09.04.2024 8

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario MPPs are spending fools. They might as well get a pay raise

MPPs haven’t had a raise since 2008, and given their overall spending pattern it seems to be an example of being penny wise and pound foolish You...

04.04.2024 9

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Denley: Ford steps up for the city of Ottawa. Now it's Trudeau's turn

The $600-million provincial support package was cleverly crafted to match up with Ford’s priorities. There is nothing the premier likes better than...

02.04.2024 5

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford abandons fiscal responsibility

New budget runs $9.8 billion deficit, though the opposition would certainly spend more You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...

27.03.2024 5

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Denley: Heritage protection is falling by the wayside in Ottawa

Decades of neglect and destruction have turned the once-fine downtown core of the nation's capital into an architectural wasteland south of Sparks...

20.02.2024 7

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: A $14B victory for coddled public sector workers over Ontario taxpayers

The Ford government could have appealed its legislation to the Supreme Court, but controlling public expenses is just so 2019 What a triumph for the...

15.02.2024 8

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Denley: New housing money is great but Ottawa can do a lot more to speed up home-building

Imagine a world where the city cut away all the red tape so that if a builder presented a plan that was certified as structurally sound, council just...

13.02.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's housing fix is already a flop

Ontario’s housing shortage can’t be fixed by government demands, punishments or tweaks to the rules. Let’s stop pretending that it can The...

08.02.2024 10

National Post

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Denley: Just how many ways does the City of Ottawa need to charge fees to developers?

Building housing in a housing-starved city is, in itself, a community benefit. It’s not reasonable to expect builders to fork over even larger sums...

06.02.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's economic future looks like old-fashioned pork for favoured businesses

All the little job announcements provide a useful distraction from the big economic picture, which is not overly encouraging The Ontario government is...

02.02.2024 5

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Denley: Ottawa's integrity watchdog should probe $300,000 developer grant saga

Coun. Shawn Menard thought he had a deal for $300K in community contributions from Katasa Group. But there are varying stories about what happened.

30.01.2024 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Denley: Why didn't Ottawa Council know about this developer's past?

As council debated a $300,000 donation from the Katasa Group, which wants to build at Bronson and Carling, the controversial history of its founder...

27.01.2024 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario is not prepared for a cap on international students

Ontario’s funding per university student is only 57% of what the rest of the country spends, and it’s even worse for college students The federal...

26.01.2024 7

National Post

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Denley: High quality English-language teaching shouldn't be an afterthought in Ottawa

The perception that French immersion is a desirable, elite program has sucked the life out of the English program.

23.01.2024 7

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Olivia Chow has the Trudeau Liberals in a tight corner — for now

The city of Toronto’s proposed 2024 budget is both outrageous and a master class in political manoeuvring The city of Toronto’s proposed 2024...

18.01.2024 6

National Post

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Denley: Townhouse purchase shows city's incoherent approach to social housing

Buying 311 aged Nepean homes that already have affordable rents is not an idea that easily sells itself.

16.01.2024 6

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: A cure for paperwork and the solution for Ontario's family doctor shortage

Ontario’s population is growing far faster than its supply of doctors and many physicians are hitting retirement age Right now, 2.3 million...

12.01.2024 2

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Denley: What's in a name? In official Ottawa, that's a complex question

You might think the chief purpose of the replacement Alexandra Bridge will be to move people across the river, but no — its new name apparently must...

09.01.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Strike threats could come back to burn Ontario's French and Catholic school boards

The boards would do well to remember that no one has to go to a French or Catholic school in Ontario What’s up with Ontario’s French and Catholic...

04.01.2024 6

National Post

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Denley: Mark Sutcliffe's first year as mayor was a success, thanks to balanced, rational approach

The political rookie's style of leadership was safe, reliable and affordable, this newspaper's columnist writes.

02.01.2024 8

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford emerges from 2023 house poor but still popular

Ontario premier's accomplishments overshadowed by the Greenbelt fiasco

28.12.2023 10

National Post

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Denley: Why stop at the vacant unit tax? Ottawa should introduce a 'CRAP' program

Building on the, er, success of the VUT, it’s obviously time for the Communal Residential Action Plan. Governments are meant to invent weird...

27.12.2023 3

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford isn't taking Ontario's antisemitism problem seriously

It has been nearly seven weeks since the Ontario premier spoke about the antisemitic backlash in the province following Hamas's Oct. 7 attack The...

22.12.2023 6

National Post

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Denley: Perth can't afford to spurn the Caivan housing development

It was the town itself that had the idea of putting housing on part of the Perth Golf Club land. Now it's balking — which is bad for its finances...

19.12.2023 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Time for Ontario to curb its addiction to money from international students

Increasing government grants and domestic tuition fees may be the only way some colleges and universities would survive without foreign students...

15.12.2023 10

National Post

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Denley: Ottawa Council's affordable-housing funds will achieve very little

It's futile to try to solve the housing affordability problem with government subsidies. Municipalities, in particular, have little ability to improve...

12.12.2023 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Denley: Here's what the City of Ottawa needs from Doug Ford

Instead of ad-hoc deals like the one Toronto's mayor just made, Mark Sutcliffe should be asking that municipal tax revenue stay with the city.

05.12.2023 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Demolishing the irrelevant LCBO could be Doug Ford's legacy

Time for Ontario to bring province’s $10-billion booze business in line with the times. Unfortunately, the government is hooked on revenue Ontario...

30.11.2023 9

National Post

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Randall Denley: Trudeau reinvigorates Doug Ford's popular fight to axe the carbon tax

Trudeau’s surprising three-year carbon tax 'pause' on home heating oil was a political gift for Ford, a guy who could certainly use one It’s good...

02.11.2023 30

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Denley: Here's why the Lansdowne 2.0 plan makes sense for Ottawa

Fixing up a sports venue that the city owns is not a bailout for developers. It is a rational and fiscally responsible way to enhance an important...

31.10.2023 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: The Greenbelt bungle spooks Doug Ford into abandoning his entire housing plan

Latest reversal removes more than 11,000 hectares around Toronto for development, far greater than Ford's foray into Greenbelt development The Ontario...

26.10.2023 2

National Post

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Denley: City's plan to convert Ottawa's vacant office space into housing isn't really a plan at all

Municipal staff recommend against adopting a version of Calgary's successful incentive plan. They feel city hall doesn't need to offer any sort of...

24.10.2023 2

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: The Ford government gets fat on inflation while Ontarians scrimp

If it cared it could say: 'Inflation is giving us a windfall increase in sales taxes. We could spend it, but we know you need it more' As Ontarians...

19.10.2023 6

National Post

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Denley: We shouldn't be shocked by anti-Israel protests — nor should we agree with them

Diaspora groups often bring their grievances with them, and Canada's multiculturalism policy encourages this — even if it contradicts our basic...

17.10.2023 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford is politically done. His party needs to tell him that

The last time the PCs lost power, after two Mike Harris majorities, it took 15 years to get it back. They don’t want to repeat that Doug Ford could...

12.10.2023 8

National Post

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Denley: Is this version of Lansdowne the best Ottawa can do?

Of course, residents aren't exactly willing to pay for anything better.

10.10.2023 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ottawa clinic charging fees for nurse practitioners a wake-up call for Ontario

A nurse practitioner is the next best thing for Ontarians without a family doctor. Why aren't they covered by OHIP? An Ottawa health clinic is...

05.10.2023 3

National Post

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Denley: The NCC and the City of Ottawa need to start playing nice

A squabble over who should clear a walking path near Lincoln Fields in winter is just the latest example of needless disagreement.

03.10.2023 9

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: In the battle of the housing plans, Ontario's is better than Poilievre's

Either leader can find better ideas by looking at what Ontario is already doing — minus the part about the Greenbelt Tackling Ontario’s housing...

28.09.2023 3

National Post

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Denley: Given OC Transpo's dire financial numbers, simply maintaining mediocre service will be challenging

The City of Ottawa has identified a transit spending gap of $6.6 billion between what was previously expected and what is now forecast over the next...

26.09.2023 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford didn't have to look weak, but he does now

Ford might have to accept that if the party’s work is to continue, it will have to be with a different leader

22.09.2023 2

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford didn't have to look weak, but he does now

Ford might have to accept that if the party’s work is to continue, it will have to be with a different leader Ontario Premier Doug Ford has done a...

22.09.2023 2

National Post

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Denley: The City of Ottawa's meddling with short-term rentals is a dubious project

The results of a one-year pilot project show that actual problems have been few and far between. Nonetheless, officials want more resources for this...

19.09.2023 9

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Go east, Doug Ford, where more houses can be built with less controversy

While the rest of Ontario has been growing rapidly, eastern Ontario's cities haven't kept pace It’s a pity that Ontario Premier Doug Ford has to...

14.09.2023 7

National Post

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Denley: Ontario government should step up to support Ottawa's underfunded school bus system

Is there a reason to approach Ottawa differently than other areas in the province? Our city's vast geography would come to mind.

12.09.2023 8

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Whacking Torontonians with new taxes isn't what Olivia Chow promised

A Toronto-specific sales tax would drive up the already high cost of everyday life in the city Toronto’s new plan to add to its arsenal of...

07.09.2023 7

National Post

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