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Publication Date: December 16, 2025 - 18:02
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Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. December 16th, 2025
December 16, 2025
A working group on public service productivity has issued a new report, as well as a list of 19 suggestions for the federal government. These suggestions are aimed at improving effectiveness and accountability within the public service. Does the public service need a productivity review? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, a school in Ottawa’s West End got into the Christmas spirit a little early this year with a festive lunch. That’s largely thanks to the generosity of a local entrepreneur. Gregory Aboukheir drops by for a visit in Hour 3.
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Good morning. Years of sanctions, repression and economic mismanagement have left Iranian protestors with little to lose – more on that below, along with an Olympics sabotage scandal and the hunt for Canadian words. But first:Today’s headlinesTrump’s escalating attack on the Fed draws pushback but a muted market reactionTwo Liberal MPs cut their Taiwan trip short ahead of Carney’s China visitOttawa’s debt writeoffs climb above the $5-billion mark
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In recent years, Canada has conducted major Arctic exercises to reinforce its sovereignty over the North. Those operations tend to reveal the same fragility: specialized equipment dependent on foreign manufacturers and logistics chains stretched across borders and oceans. The flag may be Canadian. The infrastructure, often, is not.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said repeatedly that the future of national defence depends on building domestic capability and diversifying our defence partnerships. We have made commitments to meeting our NATO defence spending targets, and we have signed onto...
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