Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Mon. September 8th, 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.