The Mayoral Campaign Post-MacLeod: CHANGE THING
Your daily update on the city mayoral campaign from Bulldog editor Ken Gray as it progresses to the Oct. 26 voting day: Aug. 2, 2026: When we last left the mayoral...
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Is Sutcliffe Running A Dirty Campaign? POTTER
By Evan Potter This week, someone asked me if Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is a “dirty campaigner.” I was slightly taken aback, even though my columns since last year have been describing his personal...
Baird Letter Moves Sutcliffe To The Right
Hard to imagine what Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s strategy was in releasing a far right-wing open letter of support from former federal Conservative cabinet minister John Baird. What votes are available to Sutcliffe on...
Sutcliffe Still The Favourite In Vote: POTTER
By Evan Potter: In the words of David Valentin of polling firm Liaison Strategies: “(Otttawa Mayor Mark) Sutcliffe is still ahead, but the race has changed underneath him. He is at...
Ring Road Not Lawson’s Decision: QUOTABLE
“Anyone can make a promise to have a provincially funded multibillion-dollar highway come in, but it’s another thing to make it happen.” Mayor candidate Neil Saravanamuttoo on his opponent Jeff Lawson’s pledge...
Sutcliffe Leads; Lawson, Leiper Tied For 2nd: POLL
The latest Liaison Strategies poll is out: — A new Ottawa Compass municipal survey conducted in partnership with Liaison Strategies finds Mayor Mark Sutcliffe leading the Ottawa mayoral race, while Alex Lawson and Jeff...
Sutcliffe Brands His Opponents Radicals: POTTER
By Evan Potter A recent email to supporters gives away the game. “We have a big decision to make,” Mayor Mark Sutcliffe tells his email list. “Ottawa needs a steady hand and a...
Transit’s No Trip To Disneyland: QUOTABLE
“There’s going to be a lot of things that need to be looked at (at OC Transpo), but to think that it’s just going to be a funding issue, or plans like...
Larry O’Brien Reprised In Election ’26: GRAY
Okay, is this 2026 or 2006? In Ottawa municipal politics, it’s hard to tell. In 2006, big businessman Larry O’Brien came from out of nowhere to defeat former mayor Bob Chiarelli in...
Mayor’s Staffer Attacks Lawson Convoy Action
This didn’t take long. The mayor’s people are all over the fact that mayoral candidate Alex Lawson brought toilets to the truckers during the Freedom Convoy. Here is Mark Sutcliffe’s principal secretary...
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