Brigitte Pellerin and Evan Potter discuss City of Ottawa politics. randomactsofurbanism.substack.com
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2 h 06
Live election results with Evan Potter and Brigitte Pellerin
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29 min
Take It Up With Math
Brigitte Pellerin (00:05) Hi everyone, hi Evan. Last regular podcast before voting day.Evan Potter (00:10) Last regular podcast before a number of intensive last-minute podcasts.Br…
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41 min
The state of the race, with just days to go
Let’s talk about polls. It’s fair to say that in this municipal election cycle, pollsters have not done anybody any favour. We haven’t had a lot of public polls, for one thing, and…
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19 min
The flood response, part 2
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29 min
Forget the bloody polls
I wish all candidates had this level of transparency. I do this work as an independent journalist. You, my readers, are the ones funding it through paid subscriptions. Help me dig…
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16 min
Flood: Who asked for what, when?
I do this work as an independent journalist and no outlet is paying me for it. You, my readers, are the ones funding it through paid subscriptions. Help me dig into stories that ma…
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30 min
The Eight-Day Delay
Timing note: Between recording the podcast and broadcasting it, this poll came out. TL;DR: plus full transcript below. * The flood delay: the province says the mayor’s office took…
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30 min
The job was not even started
I asked the three main challengers what they thought of Mark Sutcliffe’s $10-billion infrastructure plan. Neil Saravanamuttoo did not answer, but we can safely assume he’s not espe…
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28 min
Seven polls, two realities, and a surprise that better be monumental
Let’s have beer! Evan and I will be at Big Rig in Gloucester Centre Friday October 2, from 6-6:30 pm (traffic depending). Come see us! CRIC database that lists polling firms, as we…
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29 min
Does Jeff want the job?
For debates on Rogers TV, start here. The Ottawa Student Debate is here. Evan’s piece on the councillors supporting Mark Sutcliffe is here. TranscriptBrigitte Pellerin (00:01): Hi…
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30 min
A reverse Bernie Sanders?
This week: Signs Go Up, a Poll Goes Missing, and Lawson Pulls From Both EdgesHere is the piece Evan wrote about Alex Lawson. Fact check: Near the end of the episode Evan said somet…
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3 min
Safety in Ottawa
Philip shared some stats he put together from police reports comparing 2014 to 2024 and no, it’s not pretty. There are events and incidents that make the news, and these need to be…
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29 min
Why is the mayor running against the incumbent?
Here is a link to my parking column from July. A Safety Czar, Free Parking, and the Two Things That Have to Happen for Leiper to WinBrigitte Pellerin (00:01): Hi everyone, hi Evan.…
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31 min
Brigitte’s Blow-Up Scenario
The real campaign starts now. Evan lays out the four scenarios that could each explain how this election ends (fragmentation, sleepwalking, consolidation, and the Lawson shock) and…
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30 min
Raise your hand if you’re running
The video about Neil Saravanamuttoo’s position on Gaza is here. If you want to consult the complete and final list of candidates for the October 26 election, you can find the list…
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29 min
An insult to residents
Evan’s piece on the communications problems at the city of Ottawa is here. Carolyn Mackenzie’s piece on half truths and infrastructure deficit is here. My viral moment of the week,…
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30 min
How to become mayor with 32 percent of the vote
My video from earlier this week on Wellington Street is here. Otherwise, we discuss how lacking in riz everyone is, how our system can elect a mayor with barely a third of the vote…
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8 min
Politics, but for smart people: Not parade-worthy
Sometime in the first year of this mandate, about three years ago now, I told someone (I forget whom, which is convenient for them) that Mark Sutcliffe would be a one-term mayor.Ma…
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28 min
Cue eye roll
We have some words for the former provincial politician turned potential mayoral race disruptor who, after all, will stay home. And for the St. Laurent LRT station fiasco that remi…
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28 min
Longing for a brawl
In our weekly discussion about the state of the race, Evan Potter and I talk numbers (*lots* of numbers), yellow-orangish lights flashing at Sutcliffe HQ and those rumours Lisa Mac…