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Heartfield: In praise of the undecided voter
You can spot them at any all-candidates’ meeting, those engaged citizens who haven’t made up their minds yet. They’re the ones leaning forward in their seats when the booing or cheering starts because...
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Heartfield: In Ottawa Centre, foreign policy matters
As the news broke late Saturday afternoon that the government was changing its rules and speeding up Syrian refugee resettlement, some of the candidates in Ottawa Centre were discussing that very...
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Heartfield: The myth of the Conservative no-show
If the campaign in Ottawa so far is any indication, reports of Conservative disdain for all-candidates’ meetings are greatly exaggerated. In five single-riding debates over the last couple of weeks, a...
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Video: This week's election round-up with Kate Heartfield and David Reevely
The Citizen’s Kate Heartfield and David Reevely will be delving into the local campaign, bringing their insight on capital region election races, policies and personalities to Ottawa readers through...
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Heartfield: Violence against women is an outrage Canada has failed to address
On Monday night, four of the people vying to be prime minister of this country provided videotaped answers to questions about violence against women, making varying degrees of sense. The man who is...
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Heartfield: A new government must create a housing policy that does no harm
The Conservative government has presided over one of the most exciting shifts in social policy this country has ever seen. The government’s endorsement of the Housing First model is a strong beginning...
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Heartfield: A worrying chill between the mayor and Conservatives
On Monday, candidates in the federal election will debate local issues at Ottawa City Hall. Unless something changes before then, the Conservatives will be conspicuous by their absence. They were...
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Heartfield: For the public service, the election issue is respect
Several ridings in Ottawa look likely to be tight races between Liberals and Conservatives. Lo and behold, last week the leaders of both parties took the time to write open letters to the public...
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In the early 1990s, there was a place called Ottawa where the smoke was so thick in the government cafeteria that the plastic wrap on my egg-salad sandwich reeked of it. In that Ottawa, the military...
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