Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. July 21st, 2025 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: July 21, 2025 - 18:02

Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. July 21st, 2025

July 21, 2025

Toronto City Council is debating whether Canada’s biggest city needs a ‘Traffic Czar’ to tame its commuting hiccups and flaws. Is it time that our municipality explores a similar conversation, or would creating this specialized role lead to more money wasted and even more problems? Guest host Chris Holski sifts through the textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, a tragic 2023 car crash on Fallowfield Road has reached its conclusion at an Ottawa courthouse. The driver at fault is receiving prison time, while the family of the victim is sentenced to a lifetime of suffering. CTV’s Katelyn Wilson delivers the details in Hour 3. Plus, it’s a Monday afternoon, which means it’s time to chat politics with our Political Heat Panel.



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For the hundreds of Canadian steelworkers who lost their jobs this year amid President Donald Trump’s trade war, talk of reaching a trade deal between Canada and the U.S. is coming too little, too late.  For Trump, the effects — driving down imports, boosting the U.S. steel industry and winning concessions from Canada — seem to be getting him what he wants. Initially faced with a 25 per cent tariff on exports to the U.S., which ballooned to 50 per cent in June, Canadian steel is desperate for a resolution. Trump imposed the levies under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act,...
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July 25, 2025 - 07:00 | Peter Hum | Ottawa Citizen