Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. March 26th, 2024

If you had any visions of cracking open an ice-cold beer at a city park this year, toss those fantasies out the window. That’s because Ottawa City Council has rejected the idea of allowing any sort of drinking in public parks, even for tourists. Capital Ward councillor Shawn Menard joins Kristy Cameron in Hour 1. Meantime, our country’s lagging productivity growth is turning into a huge problem, according to the Bank of Canada. In fact, Canada’s biggest bank fears that our productivity growth is approaching ‘emergency levels’, which could force higher interest rates and limit rising wages for Canadians.