An Ottawa ‘Solution’ To An Ottawa Problem: GRAY

Ottawa is not just the capital of Canada but the capital of Canadian bureaucracy.

With the major industry in town government, Ottawans have honed bureaucracy to a razor-sharp edge. And it doesn’t just confine itself to government. The sons and daughters of bureaucrats beget public servant sons and daughters who beget public servant sons and daughters work in government or take government culture into the city as a whole. Never saw a form they didn’t want to fill out.