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Originally Posted by hwy418
I would like to see a system where elected mayors of each provincial capital city (sans Rob Ford  ) in addition to the mayor's of Ottawa and Gatineau have a seat on the board - not just random people from all over Canada without any accountability.
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Why? Those mayors were elected to govern their cities, not influence ours. And the citizens of those far-flung cities already have representation in Ottawa through their MPs, no need for duplication of effort. Recall that the NCC reports to the government of the day.
Additionally, and I'm not sure if I'm the only one who's noticed this or not, but I don't hear a lot of people from outside Ottawa taking any interest in, or even caring about, what the NCC does for Ottawa. The only ones who do are the minority of Canadian tourists who visit their national capital and see a nice clean downtown, wander through the market or maybe skate on the Canal.
These are important things for a national capital, but it doesn't take a body like the NCC to do manage this. Ottawa & Gatineau could just as easily do these things themselves without the obstructionist NCC claiming that only they can accomplish it.
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