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Mohammed Adam

The London Free Press

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Adam: Ontario Liberals need Bonnie Crombie in the legislature

Adam: Ontario Liberals need Bonnie Crombie in the legislature
thursday 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Thanks to Trump, this wasn't a typical Ontario election

Adam: Thanks to Trump, this wasn't a typical Ontario election
28.02.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Who's buying Canadian now? Well — me, for one

Adam: Who's buying Canadian now? Well — me, for one
20.02.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Should light rail in Ottawa be run from Toronto?

13.02.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Why Ottawans don't want a Kettle Island bridge

06.02.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Make Ontario's election a referendum on health care

30.01.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Ottawa’s tent plan for refugee claimants deserves support

The capital city is at war with itself over asylum seekers. But Ottawa should be able to house them all.

21.11.2024 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Doug Ford needs to step up to fix Ottawa's public transit mess

Funding more 'transit constables' to crack down on fare cheats is hardly Ottawa's top priority, Premier.

14.11.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Maybe Mayor Sutcliffe should be talking to Pierre Poilievre about public transit

Canada's big-city mayors want more transit help from Justin Trudeau's government. But Pierre Poilievre may soon hold the purse-strings. So what...

07.11.2024 9

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Doug Ford is outsourcing his family doctor problem

By leading an 'action team' on family doctors for the premier, ex-federal health minister Jane Philpott insulates Doug Ford from criticism as he...

01.11.2024 5

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Ottawa mayor's pitch to limit protests is an assault on rights

Anyone should be able to worship or go to school without fear of violence or intimidation — but if they are not, the answer lies in enforcing the...

24.10.2024 3

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Bill to protect Gatineau Park is badly needed, but also badly timed

Gatineau Park's future isn't a priority for any federal politician, be it local MPs or cabinet ministers. Thirteen unsuccessful bills to protect it...

17.10.2024 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: 1,100 new housing units in Alta Vista by 2028, if federal government gets its way

The 1495 Heron Rd. project would include affordable housing — and preserve heritage buildings, the Canada Lands Company says. It's a positive step.

10.10.2024 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Why Mark Sutcliffe's 'fairness for Ottawa' campaign should target Doug Ford too

Ford, who wants to spend billions and billions on a traffic tunnel under Highway 401 in Toronto, has been badly shortchanging Ottawa on transit...

03.10.2024 3

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Stars are aligning for the Ottawa Senators' move to LeBreton Flats

This time, there are no battling egos among the ownership team to scuttle the downtown arena plan.

26.09.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Is Sutcliffe's 2.9% tax hike right for Ottawa?

This should be a vigorous budget debate based on financial reality in Ottawa, not on fulfilling election promises.

19.09.2024 3

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: How nurse practitioners are starting to fill big gaps in Ontario health care

With a family doctor shortage, nurse practitioners are gradually gaining a foothold in primary health care and demanding an even greater role.

12.09.2024 2

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Can nurse practitioners fill the family doctor gap in Ontario?

More than 4,000 nurse practitioners are registered in primary care in Ontario. How best to deploy them? And are clinics run by them good value for...

05.09.2024 9

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Cutting OC Transpo train service now makes very little sense

It would be better to wait a few months and gauge the impact of public servants' return to office so we can get a better picture of the level of...

29.08.2024 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: No, the feds aren't shortchanging the City of Ottawa

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is setting up higher levels of government to take the blame if property taxes rise significantly in the 2025 budget.

22.08.2024 8

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Fixing Ontario's doctor shortage isn't just about money, but about vision

THE DOCTOR DRAIN: Family physicians need more resources, yes, but what's still missing is an overarching idea of what health-care delivery should...

08.08.2024 7

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: OHIP pays family doctors just $37.95 a visit. No wonder so many are quitting

THE DOCTOR DRAIN: Family practice is really a small business — but with government-imposed price controls. In Ontario, it's getting harder and...

07.08.2024 1

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Here's what the pay of an Ontario family doctor looks like

The Doctor Drain: Family physicians in this province aren't poor, but they're not exactly getting rich — particularly, given the workload, pressure...

07.08.2024 3

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Canada's Olympic women soccer players are heroes. Get behind them

With all the focus on the drone spying, people forgot that there are 22 women, who had nothing to do with it, in Paris to represent their country.

29.07.2024 1

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Secrecy over LRT Stage 2 payments is just unacceptable

On LRT, Ottawa Council is again hiding behind 'solicitor-client privilege' — but we taxpayers are the clients and we have a right to know more than...

25.07.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Adam: Ottawa's street names should celebrate heroes, ignore questionable figures

The City's new commemorative naming policy should be a genuine effort to recognize local people who have done great things for Ottawa.

18.07.2024 2

Ottawa Citizen

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