Severance packages for outgoing mayor, councillors will cost Ottawa taxpayers $660,000
Ottawa taxpayers will pay out more than $660,000 in severance packages for Mayor Jim Watson and the 10 councillors leaving city hall this fall.
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Ottawa taxpayers will pay out more than $660,000 in severance packages for Mayor Jim Watson and the 10 councillors leaving city hall this fall.
The City of Ottawa's general manager says he doesn't think last winter's truck convoy would have left Ottawa if the federal government agreed to meet with some members because the convoy was made up of different factions that didn't act in unison.
Of the new city councillors elected in Ottawa on Monday, no one had to beat out more competition than Stéphanie Plante.
With Mathieu Fleury deciding not to run in 2022, the field of 10 potential replacements was the largest of any ward. Stéphanie Plante beat out others and took the seat.
Polling stations will be open across Ottawa from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday.