Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. October 23rd, 2025 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: October 23, 2025 - 18:02

Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Thurs. October 23rd, 2025

October 23, 2025

Ontario’s Premier is getting sick and tired of paying sky-high prices for resale tickets. Granted, most Ontarians are feeling the same way. Heck, probably all of humanity is grinding their gears over this issue. However, in our province, there is no price cap legislation when it comes to resale tickets, or ticket prices of any kind. Is it time for someone to change that, and would you support it? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, a new program that is offering free sports equipment in Ottawa parks has officially launched. We chat with Marco Di Buono, the President of Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities. Plus, as the future of Artificial Intelligence quickly transforms into a top-of-mind issue, an Ottawa-based company has announced a major expansion. CTV’s Natalie Van Rooy tells us more in Hour 3.



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OTTAWA — A Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) report on federal service delivery to small businesses found that Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) received the highest level of dissatisfaction from small business owners. Forty per cent of respondents rated the quality of service as “poor,” and 49 per cent rated timeliness as “poor,” despite the IRCC workforce increasing by 170 per cent since 2013. By contrast, only 10 per cent of small businesses felt they received “good” service. The immigration department was among the five federal services...
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OTTAWA — A stark June memo from the director of Canada’s spy agency highlighting culture and morale issues at the service was applauded by employees relieved that management was no longer sugar-coating longstanding workplace issues. The emails from Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) employees to Director Daniel Rogers reveal some workers were frustrated with years of senior management failing to acknowledge lacklustre employee survey results and serious systemic issues. National Post obtained a dozen pages of CSIS emails via access to information request. All employee...
October 30, 2025 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Inuit women and gender-diverse people say a grassroots social media movement publicizing allegations of sexual and physical assault against the CEO of the Manitoba Inuit Association is giving them the courage to come forward with their own accusations against him.
October 30, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada