Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. March 19th, 2025

Thursday marks the first day of Spring, but the final day of April could signal the return of Ottawa’s e-scooter program. And if the vision of a new idea is well received by City Council, we could see this program expand even further. That brings us to today’s Question of the Day. Should we avoid a potential expansion of the program? Should we roll it back? Should it be eliminated altogether? Kristy Cameron sifts through the textboard and gathers your thoughts. Meantime, after a Vancouver woman was detained in America over a denied visa, immigration lawyers are issuing an urgent warning to all Canadians, stating that it’s no longer ‘business as usual’ when crossing the border for work. We dig deeper with Jim Hacking, a U.S. immigration lawyer who works for Missouri-based Hacking Immigration Law. And finally, for the third time in his political career, Doug Ford has been sworn into Queen’s Park as Ontario’s top dog. He has also chosen his new Cabinet members, but nobody in Canada’s Capital will be joining him. CFRA’s Chris Holski has more on that.