Ottawa mayor trial

The real verdict will be in November - he has only 15 months left to prove he can run efficiently this city. Quite the task with the kind of council you guys have and his erratic performance so far. Council is fairly competant. It's Scary Larry who makes it ineffective. Posted Aug 14, , AM. This discussion thread continues Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts.

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The mayor outlined his version of events to police. In those records, Mr. O'Brien tells police he did have an initial meeting with Mr. Kilrea over coffee where he described their one-hour discussion as a "big swinging dick contest. O'Brien also told police that it was Mr. Kilrea who raised the issue of a federal appointment. He said he told Mr. Kilrea to call Conservative cabinet minister John Baird, the political minister for the Ottawa area, to inquire about an appointment.

The mayor told police the conversation was a "rookie mistake" that should not have happened, yet there was no criminal intent. Follow Bill Curry on Twitter: curryb Opens in a new window. In any case, given how extraordinary the past few years have been, Ottawa should be happy it did not have to contend with the political jockeying a known lame-duck leader would have prompted on council, distracting from essential issues at hand. Quebec premier says pandemic projections improving enough to end curfew and reopen schools.

How many Hepa filters and where are they going? These Windsor students want transparency. Ukraine is shoring up its defences as Russia conducts live fire drills near its border. Suspected injuries, complications tied to breast implants underreported for years, CBC News finds. Watson mentions it only to praise others. Certainly people such as Dr. Vera Etches, former emergency services boss Anthony Di Monte and hundreds of people deserve kudos: we were told this week that 82 per cent of eligible Ottawans are fully vaccinated, and 40 per cent of children 5 to 11 have had their first dose.

But a central leader had to marshal these disparate heroes and set an overall tone of calm and competence. When COVID surfaced, Watson immediately set up regular public briefings to keep Ottawans abreast of the evolving situation and ensure health recommendations were clear. City venues were swiftly made available for testing and vaccination. COVID is a unique, life-changing event, but most residents would agree their city government has handled it well.

The mayor can take considerable credit for being the steady hand in this tempest. There is still so much to sort out with LRT, and Watson will wear the final outcome. Still, Ottawa will miss him when he goes. Politics Technology Video Weather News. Vulnerable in B.