Welcome to this week’s edition of City In Review. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent is steering the ship. And here is what we are following!

The Week In Review

• CTV Nanos Poll: Sutcliffe displays commanding lead, but 23 percent still undecided.
• CTV Nanos Poll: Transit is identified as the top city service in need of improvement.
• CTV/CFRA Mayoral Debate airs on Wednesday morning.
• Advanced Voting numbers are in, and it displays a promising increase.
• Candidate highlights from the week that was.
• Ottawa Police investigating damage to councillor candidate’s election sign as hate crime.
• OC Transpo will not provide further details on pre-phase testing delays.
• Ottawa Police Chief assures residents the Downtown Core is safe.
• Municipal leaders are in Ottawa this week to push for federal budget priorities.
• City of Ottawa to remove ‘unauthorized’ ads for PC A.I. Health chatbot.

Ottawa’s Police Chief and public safety

Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs speaks to City In Review host Andrew Pinsent about his recent update to the Police Services Board. He discussed the latest on the city’s Downtown Safety Plan, a potential new police training facility, and traffic enforcement.

CTV News / 580 CFRA Debate Prep

CTV Ottawa and Newstalk 580 CFRA will host a mayoral debate this coming Wednesday, which will feature the Top 4 polled candidates. It will be moderated by CTV newsanchor Patricia Boal and air on the CTV Ottawa website, Newstalk 580 CFRA, and on CFRA’s YouTube page. Ahead of that debate, City In Review picks the brain of debate expert Barry J. McLoughlin, who is also the President of Transformational Leadership Consultants. We examine how candidates prepare for these showdowns, and understand the potential impacts these debates can have on the final results.

Candidate Corner

City In Review has been speaking to, and profiling, as many of the 14 mayoral candidates as possible before the October 26th election. This week, candidate and OC Transpo employee Ali Shayvand introduced himself and discussed his reasons to run for Mayor.