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Ottawa's infrastructure spending gap is a double XL problem | Opinion

Every mayoral candidate should take a position on how to pay for repairing the city's deteriorating roads and sidewalks

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Here’s the most important question you can ask any candidate for city councillor or mayor before the upcoming municipal election — what do they intend to do about the city’s $3.8 billion infrastructure deficit?

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