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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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It was President Donald Trump’s day at Davos yesterday. His speech was a long one. He looked tired. His flight had been delayed.
The early going was dedicated to a lengthy self-promotion of the United States’ Trumpian economy. Among the self-plaudits was a zinger about how, thanks to his “landslide” election victory and his energy policies, the US had avoided the “Green New Scam,” what he called “perhaps the greatest hoax in history.”
Mixed in with stuff about credit card debt and making the US the crypto capital of the world, there was a reminder about how the president had...
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