Today is going to be a pretty decent day at the commission.

We start today with D. Wynne (SEMP) and S. Mammoliti (TUV Rheinland/ISA) then we go to the incomparable Jim Watson 🎉 after 2pm.

This is DAY 14 of Ottawa Light Rail Transit Commission
ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… So I'm following along and it's just a whole lot of talk about the safety and poor SEMP talking about how they provided damage control in a lose-lose situation 🤣

A big one on the Transit Commission Today

Starting with the former public face of RTG. Then going to a panel what will be a whole lot of FUN 😂

Peter Lauch (Rideau Transit Group) – Morn

Then C. McKenney, A. Hubley, S. Wright-Gilbert, D. Deans – Aft

ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… Peter Lauch was technical director, communicating to the board and the city - then he later became the CEO of RTG and RTM to around July 2020.

You should recognize him from council and pressers.

Day 11 Transit Commission Highlights thread.

Today's Guests:
Thomas Prendergast (STV Inc.) – Morning
AND YA BOI John Manconi – Afternoon

ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… So nothing important in the first hour I got called into my day job meeting just got out of it.

Now continuing with interrogations leading into lunch.

Day 7 - June 21
#OttawaLRT Inquiry Live Tweet Mega Thread!

Today's Guests:
Lowell Goudge (Alstom) – Morning
Jacques Bergeron (OLRT) – Afternoon

ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… Slow start... looking for the witness.
Irony isn't lost on me.

Day - 6 Mini Thread.

Missed most of the morning, got pulled into 2 hours of day job meetings. Now watching, but missed 90% of Remo which just finishing up now.

Remo Bucci (Deloitte) – Morning
Michael Burns (Thales Canada Inc.) – Afternoon

ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… We are back from break with Thales Project Manager, now going to get the business.

He got into the project then, and still on the project to this date.

His background is economics major, with previous history with Raytheon as a PM.

Day 5 - June 17

#Ottawa Light Rail #Transit
#PublicInquiry #LiveTweet Mega Thread

🍾🎊😵

Today's guests:
Antonio Estrada (Rideau Transit Group) – Morning
Rupert Holloway (OLRT Constructors) – Afternoon

#Ottawa #OttawaLRT #OLRTCommision

ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… Antonio of RTG starts the party off on time. He was RTG's first CEO from March 2013 to March 2018

He is (now?) working for ACS one of the construction partners.

The City approved his appointment.

Day 4 - June 16

#Ottawa Light Rail Transit Commission Live Tweet Mega Thread 🎉

Today's guests:
Yves Declercq (Alstom) – Morning
Manuel Rivaya (OLRT Constructors) – Afternoon

#Ottawa #OttawaLRT #OLRTCommision

ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… And we are starting on time.

They are talking in French, but "you'll be able to translate in zoom".

@CommissionOlrt such things don't exist for anyone watch the screen share live stream or after the fact recording.

At least the close captioning is in English :)

Good morning this is your Ottawa weather update. It's 20° heading to 27. Currently winds are mild.

The potential for a severe storm is sometime after 1: 00 pm but before 2 pm.

We are currently on watch. I'll update when it makes landfall in Western Ontario or escalates. Environment Canada it is now saying the gusts should be 30-60km/h

Winds need to exceed 60km/h to really start damage.

That windstorm we had was ~132km/h for contrast.

So the major risk is that conditions form a localised tornado, which will take on a life/speed of its own.

Day 3
#OttawaLRT Inquiry Live Tweet Mega Thread

Today's guests:
John Traianopoulos (Infra Ont) - Morning
Nancy Schepers (City of Ottawa) - Afternoon

#Ottawa #ottLRT

ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… For those tuning in. These things go from 9:00 to around 4:00 p.m. with a lunch break of 2 hours around 12:00 to 2:00.

I'm live tweeting the highlights and hypocrisy, with added commentary and sass that you have come to love 😂

Day 2
#OttawaLRT Commission Live Tweet Mega Thread

Today Guests:
- Rob Pattison (Infrastructure Ontario) – Morning
- Marian Simulik (City of Ottawa) – Afternoon

#Ottawa

ottawalrtpublicinquiry.ca/public-hearing… So we now begin. We start be talking about AFP's and cost over runs and procurement process - and the role of Infrastructure Ontario.

Lots of laundry being aired. 90% of the conservation is:
- There was tons of warning that this was all filled with mountains of risk
- Mostly everything was new, untested, and not known to work in a combined system
- What the city wanted and what it got was deeply mismatched RTG get nailed 1M dollars-ish for each month of non compliance. Then gets rewarded 200M plus for finally brining the LRT online.

Aka. You can be 16.6 (200 months) years giving the city the finger and break even, in this metric.

Brutal.

OH LUARD HE'S A COMING!

#OttawaPolice are currently handing out flyers similar to the actions taken in #Windsor before actual police action was undertaken.

Metaphorical shots are being fired! Let #Freedom Ring!

#OttawaOccupation
#OttawaOccupied
#RamRanchResisitance SO EXCITED!

🧵After watching the walkaround today and knowing what we know about the #Trailerban. I'm definitely seeing the difficulty required to strike and get a swift win before they reinforce/react/entrench.

#Ottawa
#OttawaOccupation
#OttawaOccupied
#RamRanchResisitance If you are of the mindeset that they are not armed and that they will cave. Then a long, block by block would be a valid and effective tactic.

If you think they will dig in - or worse, go extreme with scorched earth tactics, then you are looking at literal fire full of fuel.