Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. September 9th, 2025

Kristy Cameron is back in the saddle after a relaxing long weekend. And while a little more money in the piggy bank sounds like a proposal everyone would take right now, perhaps a payraise for city councillors would cause a fair degree of division, especially with a pending increase for several municipal taxes. Last Spring, the Ford government unfroze the wages of Ontario MPPs, and Toronto city councillors voted to increase their salaries by 24 percent. Here at home, Capital Ward councillor Shawn Menard is bringing a motion to City Hall within the next few days. He wants city staff to review other municipalities, and adjust the salaries for Ottawa’s Mayor and city councillors in line with that. Joining us with his two cents is Jon Willing, a Journalism Professor at Algonquin College and a former Municipal Affairs reporter with Postmedia. He agrees that these wages should be reviewed on a regular basis, but also admits that these salary rates will always be politicized. Speaking of municipal matters, Ontario’s Premier is urging Ontario’s municipalities to scrap their armada of speed enforcement cameras. And if they don’t, he might do something about it. CTV’s Josh Pringle delivers the details in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.