Once, \u0027there was respect between the councillors and the mayor ... and that enabled us to pull some things together quite well.\u0027
Bob Chiarelli is an experienced politician. He is by far the candidate with the longest record in office. He was mayor of Ottawa between 2001 and 2006. He was also regional chair of Ottawa-Carleton between 1997 and 2001. Before and after that, he was a Liberal MPP, between 1987 and 1997, and again between 2010 and 2018.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“My first three years as regional chair, no tax increase,” he explains. “My first three years as mayor, no tax increase.” That’s six years of no tax increases. Which he accomplished by working with others. “There was respect between the councillors and the mayor and the mayor’s office. And that enabled us to pull some things together quite well.”
I went into the interview with Chiarelli wondering why he thought he had a chance. Not that he doesn’t have his qualities as a person and a politician, but I thought: He had his turn, you know?
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