Ottawa Now - As the price tag for the new Civic Campus continues to rise, who will be on the hook for the additional costs?

 

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the City of Ottawa won’t be covering the cost overruns for the new Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus. It was initially projected to cost $2.8 billion, with the Ontario government covering $2.1 billion of that. Last week, we learned that the Ford government’s contribution has surged to nearly $10 billion – raising concerns as to who will pay for the rest of it. In a conversation with CFRA’s Bill Carroll earlier today, Sutcllife says it won’t be us. Kristy Cameron gathers instant reaction from our Reality Check panelists – former River Ward councillor Maria McRae, former Kitchissippi councillor Christine Leadman, and former Knoxdale-Merivale councillor Keith Egli.