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By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:02:08 +0000

You’re all making me feel better about living in Canberra, Australia’s capital city. There is a push to get light rail up and running here, and there is plenty of broad avenues along which the rails could run.

But there is no strong push by citizens for it, because many already have cars. This gives the politicians an excuse to stall things, and I am wondering if it is similar to Ottawa. Canberra is also a place of transient people who come here for a few years, and move on again…it is quite hard to find people who were born here.

Ditto the place being full of museums and galleries which are nice places, but a long way from both the CBD and each other.

At least we have Greens in the local Parliament who insist on raising these issues….

By: Matt L.

Matt L. — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:23:12 +0000

The thing that sums it up for me is the first two city councillor quotes in the article: “not an amazing badge of honour to this G-8 capital” and “really shameful that as a national capital we allowed this to happen”. Really? Shouldn’t they be more worried about the people with very long walks in the worst possible weather? Would a long transit strike in Calgary matter less because it’s not a national capital?

Ottawa has let its role as the capital become the defining feature of the city, and it’s about the worst defining feature you could choose. As a capital, Ottawa gets a rich collection of museums and galleries, along with extra money for parks and landscaping, but it feels like they go to waste because there’s no effort to focus on how they could benefit local residents. Instead, it’s all about the image and reputation of the city.

Is there a group of people who could talk about what they want out of their city, without once mentioning the word “capital” or worrying about the city’s reputation? If so, they might find ways to make Ottawa a better place to live, rather than just making it a better backdrop for photo ops.

By: Buzzcut

Buzzcut — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:42:26 +0000

Good lord. People take the bus in Ottawa???

Stoic, indeed. And probably missing some appendages to frostbite!