Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Mon. September 8th, 2025
September 8, 2025
Andrew Pinsent is filling in for Kristy Cameron, who is probably at the cottage right now. We cannot confirm or deny if it's raining outside her porch. For a few weeks in August, it was sheer chaos on the Air Canada tarmac, as a flight attendant strike left countless passengers in limbo. Then, after a testy back-and-forth through the media lens, a tentative agreement was reached between the two sides. That has since been voted on by union members, and a whopping 99 percent of them have declined it. And now, they will head to mediation to work things out. Joining the show with his reaction is Rafael Gomez, the Director for the Centre of Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto. Plus, a handful of recent fires is causing a wave of concern around Canada’s Capital. Are they linked? CFRA’s Chris Holski has the latest developments.
Unpublished Newswire
Good morning. French Prime Minister François Bayrou resigned today after parliament torpedoed his debt-cutting budget – more on that below, along with the end to the Murdoch succession battle and a look at the province that’s embracing hybrid work. But first:Today’s headlinesLeaked files show a Chinese company is exporting the Great Firewall’s censorship technologyAlberta revises its order on books to be banned from schoolsIsrael drops leaflets across Gaza City ordering evacuation
September 9, 2025 - 06:41 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
In April, after months of polls favouring the Conservatives, Canadians unexpectedly chose the Liberal candidate, Mark Carney, to lead the country through economic turmoil. It was a close race. The Conservative Party’s share of the popular vote increased by 7.6 percentage points since the last election, securing the party twenty-five additional seats. That’s despite a leader whose Donald Trump–like style, in an election where the US president was a key factor, became a liability, costing his own seat. In turn, left-leaning parties saw considerable losses. Most notably, voters ousted...
September 9, 2025 - 06:30 | Ricardo Tranjan | Walrus
Only tracked hundreds of violent incidents in schools last year, but individual boards recorded thousands. That's because of the threshold the province applies to reporting.
September 9, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
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