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Today's letters: Lessen the physician shortage by bringing in doctors from abroad
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One candidate for city council has made this a key part of her platform: Stéphanie Plante in Rideau-Vanier. As she notes: “The City of Ottawa needs to have a family doctor recruitment and retention plan. Many municipalities across the province have gone ahead often with unanimous support from their councils, and there are templates and toolkits already in place as to how these committees can be set up.

Our councillor held a Zoom “consultation” with the neighbours that summer. More than 100 people attended and no one was in favour of this development. Many of us indicated that we would have been fine with a few doubles or some rowhouses but that in our single-family home neighbourhood, these six-unit buildings were inappropriate. The meeting was to show us this done deal; consultation had nothing to do with it.

Since federal public servants are still working from home, with no final decisions seemingly being made concerning future work locations, can I ask if our tax dollars will be spent heating these empty buildings all winter?Article contentAs an annual fall visitor to Ottawa, I was shocked the other day to see 11 “out-of-service” OC Transpo buses at Tunney’s Pasture transit station, all idling for eight to 10 minutes, as I waited for my bus #75 to Barrhaven.

Good fun. Good feelings between the two Ottawa universities. That was in the late 1950s when violent events between universities were never carried out.

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