Mayor Mark Sutcliffe no longer wants to hear that Ottawa is the 'town that fun forgot.' The late Macleans Magazine columnist Allan Fotheringham first dubbed Ottawa 'the town that fun forgot' in an article in the 1970s.
"It's an insult, we shouldn't be repeating it," Sutcliffe told reporters at the end of a media conference on Tuesday to introduce the city's new nightlife commissioner.
"That phrase was an insult that was levied at Ottawa in the 1970s; we're 50 years removed from that. I've lived in Ottawa my whole life, this is not the city I grew up in," Sutcliffe said. In 2023, CNN Travel named Ottawa as a top destination to visit, calling it"graceful and understated." Now, Ottawa is appointing a"nightlife commissioner" to help implement a new Ottawa Nightlife Economy Action Plan, focusing on leisure, live entertainment and cultural activities during the 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. economy. Mathieu Grondin will be tasked with working with businesses, city officials, regulators and the public to develop and implement the plan.
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