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Why does Ottawa generate so little money with paid parking? | Opinion

Brigitte Pellerin: It seems like a lot of effort is going into what amounts to a rounding error in a municipal budget.

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You’ll have to excuse my new obsession with paid parking, but I’ve been wondering what, exactly, we are trying to do. Do we even have a goal for this program that we are pursuing?

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