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Here's how Ontario's new population projections will impact Ottawa | Opinion

Randall Denley: Juicing up population numbers is a clever way of making city councillors look closer at expanding the urban boundary.

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How large will Ottawa’s population become? The answer to that question will drive the nature of our city for decades, but it’s one over which Ottawans have frustratingly little say.

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