With the City of Ottawa election weeks away and Jim Watson likely
assured another term as mayor, Clive Doucet has a transit plan that he hopes
will entice people into voting for him. Unfortunately, while Doucet’s
wide-ranging pie-in-the-sky transit plan may appeal to those that share his transit
vision, it does not include the most critical element of detailed cost. If his
plan is based on budget cuts he should elaborate on the impact of those cuts
and how he intends to remedy their consequences. If he intends to seek funds
from other sources and considering his past experience as a city councillor knows,
or should know, that budget planning at both the provincial and federal level
can take a few years before the funds are available. And to state that his plan
will be all done by 2022 is essentially wishful thinking.
Rather than trying to hoodwink voters into believing a plan which is
unlikely to happen in the time frame proposed due to costs, or more likely not
at all, it would be more helpful if political candidates offered voters a platform
that was both realistic and fully costed.
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