The former mayor has decades of political experience, but he\u0027s splitting the vote among more fiscally conservative Ottawans.
poll conducted in the middle of September showed McKenney with 34 per cent support, the same number as July. Former broadcaster Mark Sutcliffe was at 20 per cent, up from 15 per cent in July. Chiarelli’s support had risen to 11 per cent, up from seven. The poll showed 24 per cent of voters as undecided. It’s considered accurate to +/- 3.5 percentage points 19 times out of 20.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
It’s difficult to argue that Chiarelli is the better choice. Yes, the former mayor does have decades of political experience, but the Bob Chiarelli of 2022 is not the Bob Chiarelli of 2006, the last time he held the job. It’s not just his age, 81. It’s actually his ideas that are out of sync with the Bob Chiarelli that we knew. Chiarelli was once good with facts and figures, but much of his platform lacks the cohesive, detailed approach one would have expected.
For example, Chiarelli would throw out the city’s greenhouse gas reduction program. At a cost of $32 billion over 28 years, he says it’s financially unsustainable. That’s a fair comment, but he suggests a series of uncosted ideas with unspecified benefits to replace it.Article content
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