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Denley: Trudeau is treating the public service with contempt

From the pension fund, to layoff policies, to his back-to-office directive, the prime minister is showing the public service no respect.

03.12.2024 10

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BOOK EXCERPT: Randall Denley's 'Changes in Latitude' will take you on one killer of a cruise

A cruise ship arrives at a tiny Caribbean island with a murdered crew member on board. Can the crime be solved before the killer strikes again?

02.12.2024 40

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: One politician is showing leadership on the Trump tariff file. It isn't Trudeau

Doug Ford’s response has struck the right balance between emotion and action You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...

29.11.2024 10

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Denley: Ottawa's transit costs could hike final tax bill even more

The budget identifies $36 million in hoped-for transit money from federal and provincial governments. It may never materialize.

26.11.2024 10

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Randall Denley: In five years, 100,000 Ontario students won't find university spots. That spells trouble

'It's not realistic to freeze tuition, freeze per-student grants and freeze the number of students as well' You can save this article by registering...

21.11.2024 10

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Denley: Blame the Trudeau government for Ottawa's refugee housing squabble

The City of Ottawa is acting because the federal government — which didn't control the number of refugee claimants it could handle — has not.

19.11.2024 20

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Randall Denley: A battle over bigger tax cuts is the election Ontario needs

Doug Ford will need to respond to the Liberals' promised cuts in his spring pre-election budget You can save this article by registering for free...

14.11.2024 10

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Denley: Ottawa's proposed increase to the vacant unit tax is a cash grab that solves nothing

In effect, the vacant unit tax tries to compel some property owners to become landlords whether they want to or not — and it does nothing to help...

12.11.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Ford got TMU to back off its race-based admissions. He should go further

Ford was right to call out TMU’s discriminatory admissions plan, but it’s only one example of a broader problem You can save this article by...

07.11.2024 7

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Denley: Ottawa's rural councillors need facts and figures to back their demands

The best comparator for Ottawa’s rural areas is not service levels downtown, but those in neighbouring rural municipalities such as Mississippi...

05.11.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Ontario PCs miss their chance to prep for an affordability election

Ford settled for a few small things that will do little to help Ontarians struggling to cope with the high cost of living You can save this article by...

31.10.2024 10

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Denley: Proposed Ottawa bylaw to limit protest sites is both fair and overdue

Surely protesters can make their points without getting in people’s faces or intimidating them.

29.10.2024 10

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Randall Denley: The Ford government finds a brilliant way to silence health critics

Enter Dr. Philpott, dean of the Queen’s University medical school. Just like that, campaigning PCs can deflect criticisms by saying they have a plan...

24.10.2024 4

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Denley: Lansdowne Park shopping crowd a welcome show of normality in a tumultuous world

The artisans who sell their products at market shows here are a triumph of hope, and the customers remind us that neighbourliness is possible.

22.10.2024 6

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Randall Denley: 'Our kids first,' not foreign students, is a policy perfect for Doug Ford

Making up for lost foreign-student fees will produce a dividend that benefits both the economy and Ontario's young people You can save this article by...

17.10.2024 10

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Denley: Ottawa has badly neglected road repairs — as any driver or cyclist can tell you

The road repair budget is out of date, the data is old and the overall plan to fix the roads is largely ignored in favour of political considerations.

15.10.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Dear Ontario Liberals, why are you so bad at your job?

'Democracy doesn’t work well unless there are at least two parties offering credible alternatives on important issues' You can save this article by...

10.10.2024 10

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Denley: Ottawa's idling bylaw shows council is mired in trivial issues

Haggling over how many minutes a car can idle, or how many minutes between LRT trains, prevents Ottawa Council from focusing on what matters.

08.10.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ford Tunnel skeptics should offer alternatives, not the same old ideas

Right now, the 401 is a roadblock. Fixing it won't be easy or cheap You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an...

03.10.2024 8

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Denley: Do Ottawa police really need horses to help fight crime?

For missing persons in particular, police use of drones seems much more workable. Plus, who will clean up after the mounted unit?

01.10.2024 30

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford's political superpower is saying what normal people think

In an era of vanilla politicians afraid to utter an intelligible sentence for fear of offending someone, Ford’s style is refreshing You can save...

27.09.2024 10

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Denley: Ottawa Senators' LeBreton plan is nothing like Lansdowne 2.0

The president of the Ottawa Senators, Cyril Leeder, is right when he says the team shouldn’t expect taxpayers to pay for a new NHL arena.

24.09.2024 10

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Randall Denley: More money for doctors but no clear benefit for patients

The deal will cost taxpayers about $1.6 billion a year as the decision awards doctors 6.95 per cent for inflation, plus a three-per-cent increase this...

19.09.2024 10

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Denley: PSAC is being petty, but the Trudeau government has been inept

From the fuss the unions are making about returning to the office, you’d think the government was asking them to crawl to work on their knees. But...

17.09.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: It's put-up or shut-up time for wind power under Doug Ford's new energy strategy

The new policy allows the Ford government to claim it doesn’t oppose wind and solar, while making future energy choices on the rational basis of...

12.09.2024 10

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Denley: OCDSB elementary education must stress excellence, not equity and inclusion

What’s needed is a revitalized English program with a strong academic emphasis, which can compete with French immersion.

10.09.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Decision to close supervised drug injection sites in Ontario based on faulty logic

If location is the issue, why not move those ones to less controversial spots? If the problem is that they are ineffective, why keep any of them open?...

30.08.2024 10

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Denley: 'There's only one taxpayer' mantra ignores reality for Ottawa and other cities

As the City of Ottawa knows, only municipal governments are tied to fiscal discipline. The feds and provinces can run up big deficits and impose as...

27.08.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Why Doug Ford is likely to call an early election

Last week’s cabinet shuffle demonstrated just how weak the premier’s team is You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if...

22.08.2024 10

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Denley: Don't blame Mayor Sutcliffe for Ottawa's public transit woes

The feds, Ontario and the city all made over-exuberant 'investments' in LRT and subways. Now it's a level of service we can't afford.

20.08.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Ontario struggles to reconcile its conflicting urges

Tracking a balanced budget is like tracking a unicorn. The tracking is easy, but finding one is hard You can save this article by registering for free...

16.08.2024 10

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Denley: Sutcliffe right to ask the feds and province to pony up

It took three levels of government to create Ottawa's transit-budget mess.

13.08.2024 10

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Randall Denley: As Ontario struggles to boost housing supply, the province should look to reduce demand

Construction is falling far short of the average of 150,000 homes a year required under Premier Doug Ford's plan You can save this article by...

09.08.2024 10

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Denley: City has only sad excuses in response to Britannia Beach's dangers

The City of Ottawa should just get a barge, fill it with sand and dump the sand to reduce the depth of drop-off areas.

06.08.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Fatal flaw in federal Liberals' daycare plan hurting Ontario families

In effect, the people who clamour for more government-funded child care are willing to deny it to parents unless the program follows their own...

01.08.2024 9

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Denley: How hard can it be to get Ottawa's Trillium rail line open?

This is a 16-kilometre conventional rail line. Its construction is a relatively minor project. Yet it has already taken four years.

30.07.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Government health-care rationing in Ontario continues, for no good reason

The Ford government is willing to let the private sector provide more service, but only in ways and amounts dictated by the government You can save...

25.07.2024 5

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Denley: Repairs to Ottawa's heritage Aberdeen Pavilion are shockingly overdue

The Aberdeen Pavilion (a.k.a. the Cattle Castle) was built in 1898, in just two months. In the modern world, it has taken five years to get ready to...

23.07.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: The LCBO union will lose, but Ford's anti-monopoly crusade remains incomplete

Ontario has a misguided union disrupting businesses, a government monopoly that can’t serve its customers, and a premier who seems powerless You can...

10.07.2024 10

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Denley: Ottawa's Clarke Kelly and Goldie Ghamari show how not to do politics

With his public tiff over noisy children, Kelly practically wrote the textbook on mismanaging damage control.

09.07.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Ontario ponders another costly, McGuinty-esque electricity spending spree

Ontario's big power expansion is portrayed by the Ford government as a good news story with little context on costs You can save this article by...

04.07.2024 10

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Denley: Ottawa's LRT settlement sacrifices accountability for (maybe) cost savings

The broad perception is that secret settlements are cheaper than those that are made public.

03.07.2024 20

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford derangement syndrome comes to the Ontario Science Centre

Some people in Ontario might think they’d really lucked out if the province was willing to spend a small fortune making their city better You can...

27.06.2024 10

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Ottawa Council meekly agrees to a spending plan for Tewin that doesn't make sense | Opinion

Randall Denley says that by supporting big bucks for the Tewin area, councillors are backing into a long-term development priority without looking at...

26.06.2024 20

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Randall Denley: If LCBO workers go on strike, Ontarians can live without them

The union’s threat to strike as early as July 5 is a strategic error that will hurt its members more than the public You can save this article by...

20.06.2024 10

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City of Ottawa must be practical about climate change plans | Opinion

City council declared a 'climate emergency' in 2019, notes Randall Denley. The term 'emergency' would imply urgency, but it’s not evident.

18.06.2024 10

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Randall Denley: Ontario schools are finally doing their jobs, thanks to one determined minister

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s just-replaced education...

13.06.2024 10

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What if Ottawa's trash problem can be solved more cheaply by the private sector? | Opinion

Randall Denley says we need to be realistic. The city isn’t going to save the planet one garbage bag at a time.

11.06.2024 20

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford's newly bloated Ontario cabinet exhibits his government's worst instincts

Adding unnecessary cabinet jobs financially benefits the lucky MPPs, further enhancing the perception that Ford takes care of insiders first You can...

07.06.2024 6

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Randall Denley: The private health-care scare doesn't work anymore. Someone tell Ontario's opposition parties

We have a system of public payment and private provision. The Ontario government's plans for more private MRI and CT scans is no different You can...

06.06.2024 10

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