Governments Need To Get Back To Basics

So what concerns the National Capital Commission?

In response to public demand, a floating sauna. You can’t get enough of that. How much do you want to guess that it will be on-time and on-budget?

What else interests the NCC? Rebuilding already popular Westboro Beach. How do you rebuild a beach? More sand? More dredging? No construct a new building in response to public demand for a new structure at a beach.

Meanwhile, a critical piece of infrastructure, the Kitchi Zibi parkway doesn’t look like it will make its rebuild target of fall 2025. What are the NCC’s priorities? Why, floating saunas of course. A shiny little object to distract from the problems on the parkway.

What interests the City of Ottawa?

Fifteen-per-cent wage increases for councillors.

Meanwhile, the problem-plagued LRT is already two years late and probably will be later.

Priorities are fundamental to the city. And the first priority is to get the city’s infrastructure in shape … buildings, transit, roads. Good governance.

Good governance is not floating saunas nor councilor wage increases nor a night mayor, for that matter..

It’s getting the basics done and then, if there’s enough money left, embark on a few frills.

Forget the shiny little objects. Get down to business.

These are serious times. They demand serious government.

Ken Gray

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