Council meets this morning to consider Hazelview’s controversial redevelopment project in Heron Gate. About 40 people protested this morning outside city hall shouting, “Fight, fight, fight, housing is a right.” #ottpoli Liberal federal candidate Coun. Sudds gets a moment at the beginning of the meeting to tell colleagues she's on an unpaid leave from city hall but she's “committed to my residents and that’s why I’m here today.”

LRT update begins now. How close are we from riding the rails? We might find out. #ottpoli First up, the derailment last week. GM John Manconi says "human error" on switch movement. Train was moving at the right speed, one set of wheels off track at a switch. The switches are manually controlled in the yard (on the main line they're auto).

LRT update starts with virtual tour of a train. Then a pretty pic of Parliament Station. #ottpoli Manconi: RTG has "done some amazing work" in recent weeks. Significant progress, he says. But adds "winter ops" as a ninth area to watch.