Ottawa has the assets of a city ready to lead. This election is about choosing the leadership and execution to turn them into results.
Ottawa has the talent, institutions, businesses and quality of life to compete with leading cities around the world. But potential is not a strategy. The decisions made by the next mayor and council will determine whether Ottawa builds the housing, infrastructure, economy and capital city experience its future requires.
What does that ambition look like in everyday life? A city that works better for the people who live, work, build and invest here.
More homes, built faster, with the infrastructure growing communities need.
Reliable transit, better roads and stronger connections that make it easier to move around the city.
A city that is faster, clearer and easier to invest in, build in and do business with.
Public progress on key priorities that builds confidence and strengthens Ottawa's future.
A safer, more vibrant core that strengthens jobs, tourism and investment across all of Ottawa.
See why each matters, what the mayor and council can do, what progress could look like by 2030 and how OBOT will advance and track it.
See What Ottawa Needs NextMore homes, built faster, with the infrastructure growing communities need.
A city that is faster, clearer and easier to invest in, build in and do business with.
A safer, more vibrant core that strengthens jobs, tourism and investment across all of Ottawa.
Reliable transit, better roads and stronger connections that make it easier to move around the city.
Public progress on key priorities that builds confidence and strengthens Ottawa's future.
See why each matters, what the mayor and council can do, what progress could look like by 2030 and how OBOT will advance and track it.
See What Ottawa Needs NextWe're asking every candidate what they will do, who they will work with and how Ottawa should measure the results. This election, we must ask candidates how they will deliver, and track the progress that follows.
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