Put us on the NCC’s board, Ottawa and Gatineau mayors demand

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OTTAWA — The National Capital Commission doesn’t know enough about local affairs and is getting in the way of progress, Ottawa’s and Gatineau’s mayors charged Wednesday, and putting them on its board is the solution. After their first formal meeting since Gatineau’s Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin was elected last fall, he and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson emerged with a list of grievances, from “relentless obstruction in the City of Ottawa’s efforts to create a world-class transit system for the National Capital Region” to the “unilateral decision to close Rue Gamelin” in Gatineau. They signed it and sent it to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, demanding reforms that should start with adding an elected official from each city council to the 15-member NCC board.

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