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Posts by Neil Saravanamuttoo

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Does anyone believe that fixing Ottawa’s transit system is all about uploading the light rail to the province?

Would an LRT upload fix transit in Ottawa for you?

#ottawa #betterottawa #613trending

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Restore Community Five reforms to restore local residents' say over decisions in their streets and neighbourhoods.

Fixing our city starts next door.

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Five Developers Own Most of Ottawa’s Housing Land. A Strong Public Builder Can Restore Competition. A Public Option is Key to Keeping Housing Affordable for Ottawa Families

Five developers. One city. Getting competition back in Ottawa.

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Neil Saravanamuttoo (@neilsara) http://BetterOttawa.ca City Hall computed the fair market value of the dump site it paid $95m for -- but it won't tell us what is the fair price is. Join me and The Thousand if you want a City Hall th...

How much did Ottawa choose to overpay?

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The Infrastructure Bills We Delayed Are Coming Due. Ottawa Needs a Plan. Ottawa faces an $11 billion gap in infrastructure repairs. The solution starts with fixing structural inefficiencies.

For decades Ottawa delayed its infrastructure bills. Now they’re coming due. Here’s how we dig out.

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My BetterOttawa.ca plan for fixing transit recognizes that until we fix how oversight and decisions are made, these operational issues are going to keep coming up again and again.

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Ready to Fix City Hall An outsider with a professional background in public finance, leading 1,000 concerned citizens. Together, we are the vehicle for change in Ottawa.

Ottawa spends over $5 billion a year — with surprisingly little scrutiny. That needs to change.

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BetterOttawa.ca The City keeps "fixing" transit, so why does it keep breaking? See my comprehensive plan to rebuild transit in Ottawa.

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Transit Is Broken. Here’s How We Rebuild It. The real problem isn’t just buses and trains — it’s how decisions are made.

Transit is failing Ottawa — here’s how we turn it around.
( To make happen: BetterOttawa.ca/TheThousand )

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BetterOttawa.ca/TheThousand to discover your people power

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Find your power. BetterOttawa.ca/TheThousand

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Winning Ottawa. Governing Differently. A City Hall that puts residents first.

We can’t fix Ottawa until we fix how it’s run

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Neil Saravanamuttoo (@neilsara) Vote Splitting VS Putting Ottawa First
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Three Priorities for Restoring Ottawa Lower your costs, where only the City can act. Return control to the people. Live up to our true potential.

Cost. Control. Potential.

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BetterOttawa.ca/TheThousand -- Fair question: What would I have done instead? Instead of $95m for land for a future dump -- here's my answer. #Ottawa City Hall can do better #betterottawa

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Who Really Runs Ottawa? City Hall is broken. Fixing it means taking on the cronies and power brokers who think they own this city.

What everyone knows about City Hall, but no one in power will say

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Ariel should stop badmouthing NYC Mayor Zorhan Mamdani.

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Former top McKenney advisor laying groundwork for his own mayoral run | CBC News The field of candidates planning a run for Ottawa’s mayor could soon have a fourth name, as another potential challenger seeks support to formally launch his campaign.

Join the movement to take back Ottawa at betterottawa.ca/TheThousand

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I agree with Mark on this point.

There are many lessons from our LRT, including:

If you’re gonna do it, do it right.

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From the ottawa community on Reddit: Train Evacuation Posted by WA472P - 634 votes and 134 comments

Not a good look for Sutcliffe

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Happening tomorrow (Wednesday) 6:30pm in Blackburn Hamlet. Join us to be heard -- in this election year -- on how we get Ottawa moving again.

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Do you have thoughts on how to improve transportation in Ottawa? If so, join our community town hall on 28 January and be heard.

Info/reg: betterottawa.ca/townhall

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Thanks Lucy for articulating clearly what so many of us were thinking.

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Thanks for jumping in, Councillor. I hope the mayor will do the same, and call out these unnecessary personal attacks between Council members.

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Neil Saravanamuttoo (@neilsara) Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he has found a quarter billion dollars of savings and efficiencies in the 2026 Ottawa city budget. Are these really savings, or just the ravings of a guy trying to get re-ele...

Don't fall for the Marksplaining

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I seem to remember that PILTs are coming in higher than expected, so I don’t think he’ll be beating that dead horse.

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Next time, drive up and down QED and CBD at their speed limits.

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There's enough inaccurate or concerning information in the way in which @en.ottawa.ca is communicating about the 2026 Budget that I felt it should be addressed. And it's the concept of $252M in "savings" that I want to talk about, because this information is being used falsely. 1/

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There's a name for it. Marksplaining.

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