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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly will be in Ottawa on Monday, as the sale process for the Ottawa Senators continues.
"The city's got a role to play in this. It may not be a financial role, but there are lots of other ways that the city can contribute to the process. I'm ready to have those conversations, but it's very early." Gary Bettman takes questions from reporter at the NHL general managers' meeting on Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2023. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is promising"targeted inflation relief" to help make life more affordable in this week's federal budget.
The NDP has called on the government to extend the temporary boost to the GST rebate that was offered in the fall, and to provide funding for school lunches.The Ottawa Carleton District School Board will take the first step in finalizing its 2023-24 budget on Monday night, with the approval of the staffing plan.budget deficit this year, due to rising operating costs, the discontinuation of COVID-19 funding from the Ministry of Education and increasing costs to cover absent teachers.
The proposed budget for academic staffing in elementary and secondary schools is $528 million next school year, which provides for 4,938.67 full-time equivalent positions. Staff say there will be 151 new FTE positions in elementary schools and 39 more FTE positions in secondary schools for 2023-24 than the 2022-23 school year.Stage 2 LRT update
A memo to council earlier this month said the north-south line is expected to be completed by August/September, contingent on: competition of trackwork, successful completing of signal testing and system-wide commissioning, regulatory approvals and training completion.
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