@RiverWardRiley Seems like people are the problem. Oc transpo has a culture problem. Like much of the city. It's just not as visible in other departments. One mechanic for every 7 busses and many are sent to private garages. Just wow.
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Baldeep U. Singh
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Transit Committee Meeting Today
Top 3 bus routes not delivered, March 2026
Route 12 - 7.4% of runs not delivered
Route 6 - 5.9%
Route 88 - 4.7%
Why were runs not delivered:
30% on street adjustments
29% operator availability
21% mechanical breakdown
10% no bus available
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@SteveDesroches "Mark" as in "you hit the mark!"
#AprilFoolsDay
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You’ve heard of the City of Ottawa’s name that plow & name that LRT car initiative in the past? I’m thrilled to learn that the city will be launching the next name that park porta potty contest! So go ahead & give your best Number 1 & Number 2 suggestions. Celebrating #Ottawa200
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@ctvottawa As if the feds contribute more than a drop in the ocean on the global scale. Wow.
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Feds should allow public servants to work from home to curb fuel demand: Union ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article…
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OC Transpo currently has 149 licensed mechanics on staff and need to hire another 20 asap.
When buses can't be maintained and serviced on time, due to a lack of mechanics, they are taken out of service, which impacts service delivery.
Operators + mechanics + buses = reliability
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@StuntmanStu surprising that the train is not working in the worst ice storm in 30 years….
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Good lord... WHY DOES OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM SUCK???
DownHooligan@DownHooligan
Ottawa LRT frozen on the tracks. Millions of dollars spent on this nonsense.
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@StuntmanStu Why is the train on the transitway? Who came up with that plan and who approved it? Hopefully they don't work for us anymore...
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@ctvottawa The worst driving in Ottawa occurs in south keys. Especially on Fridays.
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Woman struck by vehicle in South Keys parking lot dies ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article…
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@LeiperOttawa The decision is always already made before the consultation. Give me two examples where a consultation changed an outcome....
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Here’s the truth: last night’s Ottawa Charge game sold out with 8,500+ fans, yet the new Lansdowne arena will seat only 5,500. A lack of transparency and consultation, even with key partners like the PWHL, shows that opening up City Hall will lead to better outcomes for our city.
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@LeiperOttawa The busses weren't low floor back then. Pick a lane/bus.
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Remember when Ottawa had transit that worked?
Many of us have fond memories of catching a 95 after a night out in the market. Good transit is good for the Market.
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@bob_fedderly @LichTamara Seems putting an end to the bullshit ended the pandemic. Maybe the conspiracy theorists were right (I'm not one of them).
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SIX days have passed since the Federal Court of Appeal upheld Justice Mosley’s ruling - the Liberal government unlawfully and unconstitutionally violated the rights and freedoms of Canadians by invoking the closest thing we have to martial law, the Emergencies Act, to stifle the most peaceful and polite protest of all time, all to avoid a conversation regarding the valid concerns of their own citizens.
In a healthy, functioning democracy, Canadians would’ve already accepted the resignations of every single MP and staffer involved, saw the commencement of investigations, and, at bare minimum, received an apology for unlawfully freezing their bank accounts, being threatened from an interim police chief (looking at you Steve Bell!) they would be hunted down and financially crippled, tear gassed, shot with rubber bullets, trampled, defamed, knowingly and wrongfully accused of heinous crimes, having the ‘justice’ system weaponized against them, and for stealing their money under the guise that Canadians were funding t3rr0rism, although they knew this was not true.
SIX DAYS.
No statement from the PMO.
No statement from the Justice Minister.
No taxpayer subsidized media asking questions.
No substantive statement from the Official Opposition.
The Democracy Fund@TDF_Can
🚨Appeal Court: Invocation of the Emergency Act by government was unreasonable The Federal Court of Appeal affirms lower court ruling today that the invocation of the Emergency Act by the government was unreasonable. OTTAWA— The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that the invocation of a public order emergency under the Emergencies Act during the Freedom Convoy protests was unreasonable, dismissing the government's appeal against the Federal Court judgment of Justice Mosely. The decision of the Appeal Court also upheld the ruling of Justice Mosley that the seizure of bank accounts using Emergency Orders and the broad prohibition on peaceful protest infringed the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Chief Justice de Montigny, writing for the 3 judge appeal panel, stated that: "We are of the view that Cabinet did not have reasonable grounds to believe that a national emergency existed, taking into account the wording of the Act, its constitutional underpinning and the record that was before it at the time the decision was made." In the lower court decision at the Federal Court, Justice Mosley concluded that there was no national emergency that seriously endangered the lives, health and safety of Canadians and that there were no reasonable grounds to believe that there was a threat to national security, as defined by the Emergencies Act and the CSIS Act. This was the legal position that The Democracy Fund lawyers argued before Commissioner Rouleau at the Public Order Emergency Inquiry in 2022. The Federal Court of Appeal has now vindicated this position. TDF litigation director, Mark Joseph, hailed the Appeal Court's decision: "TDF lawyers attended the Freedom Convoy protests as legal observers and represented many clients criminally charged for their peaceful participation at these events. Our legal position then and now is that the invocation by the government of a public order emergency was a misuse of the Emergencies Act and a misreading of the legal authority to do so. We are pleased that the Court of Appeal has confirmed our legal position. More importantly, the Court has rehabilitated the rule of law in Canada and implicitly admonished the government for its abuse of power. Governments at the highest level now know that the exercise of power to curtail freedoms is not unfettered even in times of civil unrest and such power will be subject to review by courts." Read the full update and donate to our legal fund here: thedemocracyfund.ca/federal_court_…
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@bob_fedderly @LichTamara Fair. But they were on and off like a hooker's drawers. Haven't had any since.....
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@UBaldeep @LichTamara Wasn’t any then other than the US ones.
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@LichTamara Really nothing to say other than it was wasted diesel fuel.
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@maddyeisenberg The train is on the transit way. The joke started way before they even started building it. No planning... no vision. No thought.
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Is this saying what I think it's saying?
That the trains are not equipped to run at full capacity?
It's actually a joke at this point.
OC Transpo@OC_Transpo
This is being done to ensure that trains continue to be safe for customers and staff and is due to a new maintenance requirement that reduces the number of trains available for service. 2/7
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Two men convicted in the 2023 death of an Orléans physiotherapist ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article…
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@DevineSean City staff have not gotten used to austerity. They've gotten used to a culture of councillors starting every sentence by saying "thanks to staff", "thanks to our amazing team", "thanks to our amazing staff" no matter what they (don't) do.
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In the latest issue of our Ward 9 Newsletter, we examine the politics of snow removal in an age of austerity, as we dissect the "fiscal prudence" behind the proposed 2026 City of Ottawa Budget. That, and a whole lot more. Thanks for reading! seandevine.ca/december_2_202…
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Joel Lightbound and Marc Miller have just showed up at Rideau Hall for the Cabinet swearing in #cdnpoli
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@KEriksenV2 Parents that love their millennial children a little too much.
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What do you think is the number one problem Canada is facing right now?
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@DevineSean I wonder if he was able to sign his kids up for some winter activities or not.
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Shooting a video about affordability and keeping taxes low and fighting for the priorities of Ottawa residents at LANSDOWNE was, shall we say, an interesting choice.
Mark Sutcliffe@_MarkSutcliffe
I will never stop working for you to make life safer, more reliable, and more affordable. Join me in the fight for affordability: marksutcliffe.ca/active/fightin… Je ne cesserai jamais d'œuvrer pour vous afin de rendre la vie plus sécuritaire, plus fiable et plus abordable. Joignez-vous à moi dans la lutte pour l' abordabilité : marksutcliffe.ca/fr/active/figh…
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@DevineSean How many times this summer did you have to cut your grass at home? And yet we weren't able to pivot some of the city's grass cutting staff to cutting the weeds growing on the concrete medians. Anyone looking at the city's books would see that revenue is not the problem...
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@0ttawaJ0N @LichTamara Tamara looks way better here than Carney's wife does in the pic Tamara shared. Every man would agree lol. What's your point?
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Find someone who looks at you the way Diana Carney looks at Canadian Veterans….😍
#CoupleGoals
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