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...
Tagged: Jeff Leiper
Leiper Fights Negative Campaigning
Mayoral candidate and Kitchissippi Councillor Jeff Leiper tries to combat the negative campaigning to which he has been subjected: You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please...
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...
Baird Backs Sutcliffe, Condemns Leiper
Former federal Conservative cabinet minister John Baird has written an open letter backing Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s re-election and scathingly attacks Kitchissippi councillor and mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper in an open letter. Wonder where...
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...
Leiper, Sutcliffe Foolishly Clash On Development
This is politics at an extreme level. Mayoral candidate Jeff Leiper criticizes Mayor Mark Sutcliffe over development when Leiper was the chairman of the planning committee. That makes both men developer friendly...
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...
Leiper Serves Up Pablum In Interview: WHOPPER WATCH
“The very cautious approach that Mark Sutcliffe is taking to the relationship with the province doesn’t seem to be yielding a lot of fruit. I don’t think that we are being as...
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