As we sift through the LRT inquiry report, one of the recommendations is ​​to appoint an independent monitor, who would report directly to City Council and not through City Staff. Does that suggest we can’t trust city staff members to give our councillors the straight goods? Is the City of Ottawa capable of overseeing massive infrastructure projects in the future? We pose those questions to former councillor Diane Deans in Hour 3. Meantime, a Registered Nurse fears that staff members at the Ottawa Hospital are reaching a breaking point. Rachel Muir says Emergency Room wait times are roughly 20 hours long, and sometimes even longer than this horrific estimate.

<p>As we sift through the LRT inquiry report, one of the recommendations is ​​to appoint an independent monitor, who would report directly to City Council and not through City Staff. Does that suggest we can’t trust city staff members to give our councillors the straight goods? Is the City of Ottawa capable of overseeing massive infrastructure projects in the future? We pose those questions to former councillor Diane Deans in Hour 3. Meantime, a Registered Nurse fears that staff members at the Ottawa Hospital are reaching a breaking point. Rachel Muir says Emergency Room wait times are roughly 20 hours long, and sometimes even longer than this horrific estimate.</p>

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