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Feb 15 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Given the current goings-on in #Ottawa I'm reminded of a book the late Gilles Paquet and I did in 2012 surveying the plans and aspirations for Canada's capital over its lifetime.

The Unimagined Canadian Capital: Challenges for the Federal Capital Region amazon.ca/dp/0986871648/…
The federal government's challenge in Ottawa is that apart from federally owned NCC lands and buildings, it is reliant entirely on municipal and provincial law enforcement. Ottawa is a mere municipality in the Province of Ontario and the Feds are one of many who reside here.
To learn more about how different capitals are governed see our 2011 book
mqup.ca/finance-and-go…
#Canada #federalism #Ottawa #CapitaleNationale

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