‘Interim’ Situation At Ottawa City Hall Is Pathetic

In all the hub bub around Ottawa City Hall recently, please note who the key players were in the appointment.

Sheilagh Doherty, Interim Director,
Economic Development Services

Ryan Perrault, Interim General Manager, Strategic Initiatives Department

Perrault is now the emergency and protective services boss which, it appears, is being run by committee as he works with the SID.

Recently The Bulldog noted that one-third of the senior management team is “interim.”

Now this press release with “interim” all over it.

One of the biggest nightmayors at Ottawa City Hall has been the number of interim managers. No doubt this goes down the line if the top is so troubled. When does the memo go out to stop calling senior managers “interim?”

Some misguided people say The Bulldog is too tough on city hall. They are wrong. When you can’t hire people for top posts and people are leaving like rats from a sinking ship, The Bulldog is dead-on accurate.

The situation, ethical and functional, is so bad that the city can’t find ambitious young people to fill very well-paying, responsible posts.

That’s pathetic and not only is bad in the present but bodes poorly for the future. The province needs to take charge. There’s not even a plan to fix the $6.4 billion light-rail system. Premier Doug Ford is derelict in his duties as premier if he does not take charge of this situation.

Here is the press release:

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