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House Hansard - 101

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 23, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 101 - Sep/23/22
Mr. Yasir Naqvi (Ottawa Centre, Lib.)
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Mr. Speaker, following the last two years of pandemic hardship, downtown Ottawa has changed significantly. Downtown office workers from communities across the region have changed their commuting habits. A business community that once relied on daily foot traffic of tens of thousands is struggling to get by. Ottawa's transit system, once envisioned to bring workers from the suburbs to downtown, has yet to regain its prepandemic ridership. Recognizing this, as the local member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre I have brought together community and business representatives to propose creative ideas for Ottawa's downtown core postpandemic. The hybrid work model is here to stay, and workers in our beautiful city have stopped commuting daily in search of a better work-life balance. We are working hard to come up with creative ideas to bring people back to downtown Ottawa to live, to work and to visit. I look forward to working with our incredible community partners to find creative solutions that will revitalize downtown Ottawa and make it the envy as our nation's capital.
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