Mr. Speaker, a secretive organization of the government is making decisions behind closed doors without public scrutiny.
The unelected National Capital Commission proposes to spend some $5 billion on a questionable project affecting the city's tax base.
Now we have learned that unelected NCC chairman Marcel Beaudry pressured elected Ottawa city councillor Elisabeth Arnold. Mr. Beaudry asked Councillor Arnold to withhold two recommendations from a city draft report. The recommendations strongly object to the destruction of the heritage buildings and the shrinkage of downtown development the NCC's Metcalfe Street proposal would cause.
We have advice for the National Capital Commission. Be transparent and be accountable.