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Randall DenleyThe London Free Press |
From the pension fund, to layoff policies, to his back-to-office directive, the prime minister is showing the public service no respect.
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?
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...
The budget identifies $36 million in hoped-for transit money from federal and provincial governments. It may never materialize.
'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...
The City of Ottawa is acting because the federal government — which didn't control the number of refugee claimants it could handle — has not.
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...
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...
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...
The best comparator for Ottawa’s rural areas is not service levels downtown, but those in neighbouring rural municipalities such as Mississippi...
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...
Surely protesters can make their points without getting in people’s faces or intimidating them.
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...
The artisans who sell their products at market shows here are a triumph of hope, and the customers remind us that neighbourliness is possible.
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...
The road repair budget is out of date, the data is old and the overall plan to fix the roads is largely ignored in favour of political considerations.
'Democracy doesn’t work well unless there are at least two parties offering credible alternatives on important issues' You can save this article by...
Haggling over how many minutes a car can idle, or how many minutes between LRT trains, prevents Ottawa Council from focusing on what matters.
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...
For missing persons in particular, police use of drones seems much more workable. Plus, who will clean up after the mounted unit?
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
What’s needed is a revitalized English program with a strong academic emphasis, which can compete with French immersion.
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?...
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...
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...
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.
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...
It took three levels of government to create Ottawa's transit-budget mess.
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...
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.
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...
This is a 16-kilometre conventional rail line. Its construction is a relatively minor project. Yet it has already taken four years.
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...
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...
Ontario has a misguided union disrupting businesses, a government monopoly that can’t serve its customers, and a premier who seems powerless You can...
With his public tiff over noisy children, Kelly practically wrote the textbook on mismanaging damage control.
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...
The broad perception is that secret settlements are cheaper than those that are made public.
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...
Randall Denley says that by supporting big bucks for the Tewin area, councillors are backing into a long-term development priority without looking at...
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...
City council declared a 'climate emergency' in 2019, notes Randall Denley. The term 'emergency' would imply urgency, but it’s not evident.
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...
Randall Denley says we need to be realistic. The city isn’t going to save the planet one garbage bag at a time.
Adding unnecessary cabinet jobs financially benefits the lucky MPPs, further enhancing the perception that Ford takes care of insiders first You can...
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...