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Neil Saravanamuttoo

@neilsara.bsky.social

Ottawa, cities, economics, skiing with dogs Substacks I write: the 613, Fix Your City. Podcast: Better Ottawa

1,843 Followers  |  2,464 Following  |  274 Posts  |  Joined: 06.07.2023
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Transit Is Broken. Here’s How We Rebuild It. The real problem isn’t just buses and trains — it’s how decisions are made.

Transit is failing Ottawa — here’s how we turn it around.
( To make happen: BetterOttawa.ca/TheThousand )

28.02.2026 23:50 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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BetterOttawa.ca/TheThousand to discover your people power

25.02.2026 23:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Find your power. BetterOttawa.ca/TheThousand

24.02.2026 13:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Winning Ottawa. Governing Differently. A City Hall that puts residents first.

We can’t fix Ottawa until we fix how it’s run

22.02.2026 12:46 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Neil Saravanamuttoo (@neilsara) Vote Splitting VS Putting Ottawa First
17.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Three Priorities for Restoring Ottawa Lower your costs, where only the City can act. Return control to the people. Live up to our true potential.

Cost. Control. Potential.

14.02.2026 16:41 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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BetterOttawa.ca/TheThousand -- Fair question: What would I have done instead? Instead of $95m for land for a future dump -- here's my answer. #Ottawa City Hall can do better #betterottawa

10.02.2026 16:53 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
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08.02.2026 13:57 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Who Really Runs Ottawa? City Hall is broken. Fixing it means taking on the cronies and power brokers who think they own this city.

What everyone knows about City Hall, but no one in power will say

07.02.2026 16:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Ariel should stop badmouthing NYC Mayor Zorhan Mamdani.

01.02.2026 13:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 18    📌 5
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Former top McKenney advisor laying groundwork for his own mayoral run | CBC News The field of candidates planning a run for Ottawa’s mayor could soon have a fourth name, as another potential challenger seeks support to formally launch his campaign.

Join the movement to take back Ottawa at betterottawa.ca/TheThousand

30.01.2026 12:15 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 11    📌 2

I agree with Mark on this point.

There are many lessons from our LRT, including:

If you’re gonna do it, do it right.

30.01.2026 00:01 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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From the ottawa community on Reddit: Train Evacuation Posted by WA472P - 634 votes and 134 comments

Not a good look for Sutcliffe

28.01.2026 11:21 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Happening tomorrow (Wednesday) 6:30pm in Blackburn Hamlet. Join us to be heard -- in this election year -- on how we get Ottawa moving again.

27.01.2026 17:39 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Do you have thoughts on how to improve transportation in Ottawa? If so, join our community town hall on 28 January and be heard.

Info/reg: betterottawa.ca/townhall

19.01.2026 17:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks Lucy for articulating clearly what so many of us were thinking.

10.12.2025 17:44 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks for jumping in, Councillor. I hope the mayor will do the same, and call out these unnecessary personal attacks between Council members.

07.12.2025 17:11 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Neil Saravanamuttoo (@neilsara) Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he has found a quarter billion dollars of savings and efficiencies in the 2026 Ottawa city budget. Are these really savings, or just the ravings of a guy trying to get re-ele...

Don't fall for the Marksplaining

06.12.2025 12:13 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

I seem to remember that PILTs are coming in higher than expected, so I don’t think he’ll be beating that dead horse.

05.12.2025 16:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Next time, drive up and down QED and CBD at their speed limits.

05.12.2025 01:29 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

There's enough inaccurate or concerning information in the way in which @en.ottawa.ca is communicating about the 2026 Budget that I felt it should be addressed. And it's the concept of $252M in "savings" that I want to talk about, because this information is being used falsely. 1/

03.12.2025 03:25 — 👍 56    🔁 24    💬 9    📌 4
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There's a name for it. Marksplaining.

20.11.2025 18:00 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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10 things we'll lose by spending $500M to renovate the sports stadium at Lansdowne. #ottawa #lansdowne

What to do about it: BetterOttawa.ca/WeAreTheCity

16.11.2025 20:55 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 1
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Exactly how unpopular is the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal?

Councillor Riley Brockington: "My inbox has about 1400 emails on Lansdowne. ... 5 in support"

Other than @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social and the sports tycoons behind it, did anyone want this project?

www.youtube.com/live/C94IU-g...

15.11.2025 15:59 — 👍 22    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 1
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Typical of so many Ottawa City Councillors. Ignore facts that contradict their narrative.

AG: "the City is allocating an annual amount from the budget specifically to repay the debt associated with Lansdowne 2.0, representing an opportunity cost as this could be used for other City priorities."

15.11.2025 15:36 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0
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NYTimes ($) on the Charge and Lansdowne 2.0

www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...

11.11.2025 17:12 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2

Funded by you, the Ottawa taxpayer.

07.11.2025 22:02 — 👍 22    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Lansdowne 2.0 vote is in. How did your Councillor vote?

07.11.2025 21:49 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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I used to be in favour of the Lansdowne 2.0. I've changed my mind I used to be in favour of the Lansdowne 2.0 development. I changed my mind because I don’t trust this deal. | Opinion

Yep!

06.11.2025 12:21 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

This is shaping up to be big. A mass movement of people telling City Hall ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

To stop throwing away our money. Stop endangering the Charge.

WE NEED YOU to show up so Councillors think long and hard, and understand the consequences, before voting for Lansdowne.

Friday 8:30am.

05.11.2025 20:15 — 👍 20    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1