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Despite sharp decline in business confidence levels, a sizable number of local businesses reported rising revenues and plans to recruit new employees.

Survey gathered data from hundreds of local business leaders about their market outlook, hiring intentions, financial performance and other key metrics.

But latest figures offer hope that job losses in hard-hit sectors have bottomed out

Jobless rate reaches highest level in more than a decade.

Highway will be expanded from two to four lanes between Arnprior and Renfrew.

Region’s unemployment rate climbs to 6.9 per cent – up from 4.3 per cent prior to the pandemic.

Density of aging office complex to be expanded by 40% to accommodate 6,800 full-time employees

Initial wave of cuts leads to loss of 17,200 jobs in the National Capital Region

OBJ Datebook highlights the must-attend upcoming events for Ottawa's corporate community hosted by Ottawa Business Journal and its partners.

Councillors will examine a proposed 832-unit mixed-use building in the Hog’s Back/Confederation Heights neighbourhood aimed at Carleton University students

Amid warnings that many tenants have few options for space when looking to relocate or expand, the Ottawa Real Estate Show invited the head of one of the city’s major developers to explor

How close are we to a new downtown build? Does Amazon’s arrival signal greater demand for industrial space? And what will a growing federal government be looking for in 2019?

With class-A office vacancy rates dipping below four per cent in Ottawa’s central business district, talk among some real estate watchers is turning to when ground will be broken on the city’s next

One of Ottawa’s largest developers and property managers says the launch of light rail has the potential to breathe new life into an often overlooked corner of the city’s office market.

Fresh off its $230-million initial public offering of a new apartment REIT, Ottawa-based Minto Group is looking to expand both through acquisitions and new developments in Canada’s larges

In his first major policy announcement of the 2018 election campaign, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson promised nearly $1 million in additional support for the city’s tourism, tech, film and resta

Local developers looking to build in Ottawa’s business parks and industrial corridors have fewer options than ever before, but municipal officials say the city still has enough land to la

One of Ottawa’s largest – and oldest – shopping centres is preparing to get slightly smaller.

Construction on the largest warehouse in the National Capital Region officially got underway Monday as dignitaries gathered to symbolically break ground on a new 1.02-million-square-foot

Construction of Amazon’s new Ottawa distribution centre has yet to officially begin, but the developer behind the project is already fielding inqu

The costs of an aggressive push to become a full-service water and wastewater treatment utility continues to weigh down Clearford’s bottom line, the Ottawa-based firm reported this week.

The federal custodian of a disused laboratory complex in central Ottawa plans to rezone the property to permit a handful of new towers, rising up to 24 storeys, in advance of selling the land to pr

With Kanata office vacancy rates approaching a 10-year low, one of the west end’s largest landlords

Online shopping giant Amazon is expected to create 600 local jobs at a massive new 1.02-million-square-foot distribution centre – the largest facility of its kind ever constructed in the

An Ottawa developer is hoping that an under-construction grocery store in Greely will be the anchor tenant for a new wave of commercial development in the rural south-end village.

Shorter lease terms, bicycle parking and an occasional willingness to allow canine tenants are some of the ways downtown Ottawa landlords are marketing buildings to the growing number of

The developers behind the ambitious plan to turn a 37-acre industrial site on the Ottawa River into a mixed-use community is poised to receive a discount of up to $60.9-million on municip

Global commerce giant Amazon has been named in a media report as the tenant slated to occupy a huge new warehouse planned for southeast Ottawa.

The tech firms snapping up office space in Ottawa’s central business district will soon face greater competition for accommodations if the federal government resumes its expansion in the core, acco

Several former executives from a Carleton Place cannabis firm are launching a new venture and hope to construct a 100,000-square-foot facility in west Ottawa and start cultivating marijua

A Montreal-based developer is planning to construct the largest distribution centre in the National Capital Region, a massive 1.02-million-square-foot facility that experts say could kick

Members of the Orléans Chamber of Commerce voted Thursday morning to hold off on deciding whether to pursue a merger with the West Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Chamber of Commerce unt

With three massive mixed-use real estate projects poised to transform the western edge of downtown Ottawa – and compete for residents and business tenants – the lead developer behind Zibi

City staff are recommending that a future extension of Ottawa’s light-rail line in the west end bypass the Kanata Research Park and instead follow a “central spine” that largely follows H

After spending several years working to reduce the federal government’s presence in downtown Ottawa, Public Services and Procurement Canada is hinting it may be open to resuming its growth in the c

The company leading the charge to redevelop LeBreton Flats and Bayview Station is a

Intouch Insight (TSX-V:INX), an Ottawa developer of data collection programs, said it swung to a financial loss last year despite a four per cent increase in revenues.

Canadian asset manager Fiera Properties is expanding its real estate footprint in the National Capital Region through its purchase of four Kanata office buildings, including the leased ho

Last year’s record-breaking purchase of Ottawa’s Constitution Square complex reunited property owner Canderel with the downtown office complex it helped construct some 25 years earlier an

A new $200-million electronic procurement platform, money to fix up the National Capital Commission’s crumbling assets and a new pay system for public servants are some of the ways the 20

Ottawa’s largest tech hub is poised to add a few new residents as a local developer prepares to break ground on a new Herzberg Road condo project.

An expansion of Bayview Yards, a digital business-to-business marketplace and a narrower focus on supporting specific industries are part of a new five-year plan unveiled this week by

One of Quebec’s largest clothing chains has chosen Ottawa for its first Ontario store and says it plans to hire up to 50 employees ahead of its March opening.

One of the city’s largest commercial landlords has added 243,000 square feet of industrial space to its portfolio with the purchase of a recently constructed Gloucester property.

The number of visitors to Canada’s capital is expected to remain elevated through 2018 thanks in part to the exposure Ottawa gained from the festivities held this year marking the country

The city will allocate millions of additional dollars for infrastructure while sticking to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson’s election pledge to hold tax increases to two per cent thanks to an une

Clearford Water Systems says it’s closed two new deals in India that will see the Ottawa company’s technology installed in two large ma

As municipal councillors worked to finalize next year’s budget, the head of the Orléans Chamber of Commerce asked the city for more resources to support east-end businesses.

The head of Invest Ottawa unveiled his vision for the city’s lead economic development agency Wednesday, arguing the organization needs t

10 p.m.: John Ruddy reflects on a lifetime of achievements To close the evening, Trinity Group founder John Ruddy took to the podium to reflect on his career and pay t

Ottawa clean-tech firm Clearford Water Systems (T

The federal government’s top real estate official says he wants to rely more heavily on the private sector to fulfil the bureaucracy's office space requirements.

Preliminary work on constructing the tallest towers in Ottawa is slated to start by the end of the month, according to the lead developer behind the project.

The popular Nordik Spa-Nature in Chelsea is poised to start construction of a $10-million hotel next year – a “dream” the company’s CEO says has been 15 years in the making.

The battle of Ontario took on a new dimension this week with the release of new data by job search websit

On the eve of his first full season as president and CEO of the Ottawa Senators, Tom Anselmi laid out a vision for turning the team into a “

Despite a soft second quarter, commercial real estate experts say they’re expecting 2017 to be “one of the most significant years on record” for investment sales in Ottawa.

An aspiring marijuana grower an hour west of Ottawa says it expects to receive Health Canada approval to plant its inaugural crop within the next two weeks.

In a rare glimpse of negative local economic news this year, employers in Ottawa and Gatineau cut 3,600 jobs last month, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

Investors poured more than $85.5 million into Ottawa-area tech companies in the first six months of the year, led by a $43.73-million funding round raised by semiconductor firm

Shopify shares soared more than 13 per cent on Tuesday after the firm reported a massive increase in revenues and merchants using the Ott

Looking to add more geographic diversity to its revenue mix, Ottawa-based clean-tech firm

As Canadians, we’re often interested – some would argue obsessed – with how we’re viewed from abroad.

With the expected legalization of marijuana for recreational use less than a year away, a Gatineau pot producer flush with cash is looking to accelerate its expansion plans.

Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne travelled to Kanata on Friday, meeting with business representatives and other politicians while using one of the city’s most high-profile tech firms as a b

As its losses continue to mount, Ottawa telecom firm DragonWave (TSX: DRWI

With the first new homes at the former Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe under construction and slated for occupancy later this year, another major homebuilder has secured a stake in the ma

As traditional taxi companies adjust to competing against ride-hailing services such as Uber, an Ottawa taxi brand is releasing a new app that it says offers a new way of booking rides.

A contraction in Ottawa’s construction sector in May contributed to the region’s unemployment rate rising for the second straight month, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

Donald Trump’s threats to bar travellers from several Middle Eastern and African states from entering the United States is causing some conference planners to consider moving their events

In a sign of growing confidence in the local economy, hundreds of Ottawa business owners and managers say they plan to hire new employees over the next 12 months, according to a new repor

After months of gaining steam, Ottawa’s housing market surged in May as buyers set an all-time record for sales in a single month and average resale prices, new figures from the Ottawa Re

After a dozen years leading the board of Clearford Water Systems, Rod Bryden is leav

Business executives from Ottawa and around the world are paying tribute to Antoine Paquin, a serial entrepreneur at the forefront of the city’s telecom boom in the ’90s who remained a lea

The key to innovation isn’t building a perfect product. It’s solving a customer’s problem – specifically a problem they’re willing to pay you to solve.

As it builds a video technology firm that already helps CNN, CBS and broadcasters from South America to east Asia transfer news clips, Ottawa-based VideoShip is turning its attention to helping sma

In a bid to boost its international presence and bolster its service offerings, Ottawa-based Calian Group (

The National Capital Commission released a new long-term vision for Ottawa-Gatineau on Tuesday, drawing praise from local business leaders for its potential to help attract tourists and s

 

Easier access to government contracts, energy efficiency retrofits of federal buildings and the prospect of funding for the second stage of Ottawa’s light-rail network were among the highlights of

Years of lobbying for an outdoor NHL game in Canada’s capital, coinciding with the country’s 150th anniversary, came to fruition Friday when league commissioner Gary Bettman officially announced th

The federal government’s local hiring spree showed no signs of stopping last month as higher public-sector employment pushed the local unemployment rate down to its lowest level since August 2011,

Nearly seven years after starting construction on one of Canada’s largest new purpose-built rental developments in a generation, an Ottawa developer has finalized the sale of the project’s final tw

Ottawa businesses that operate patios on municipal property could see their summer rental fees slashed by 22 per cent under a plan endorsed by the city’s transportation committee Wednesday.

Ottawa ended 2016 with a $5.4-million surplus even as a growing number of tax-assessment appeals put a major dent in the city’s finances.

Leonard M. Gold has joined Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP/s.r.l. as a foreign legal consultant. Mr.

An Ottawa-based renewable energy organization is looking to raise a fresh round of financing so it can expand its number of solar power installations across eastern Ontario.

The federal government has awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to a Gatineau contractor to refit two floors of a large office complex for the Department of Employment and Social Development Cana

If you think Elgin Street just ain’t what it used to be, you’re not imagining things.

Inflation in the nation’s capital accelerated last month, reaching an annualized rate of 1.9 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday. That’s up from 1.4 per cent last month.

Maplesoft, Randstad and IBM are among the local firms and operations that won federal contracts, standing offers and supply arrangements between Jan. 30 and Feb. 5.

The Orléans Chamber of Commerce recently held its annual Business Excellence Awards. The recipients included Jeremy Ash of C.C.

One of Canada’s most prominent cannabis activists opened a retail outlet on Bank Street Wednesday in the latest challenge to the country’s marijuana laws.

If you think you spend a disproportionate amount of time fuming about bumper-to-bumper traffic in Ottawa, it’s not just your imagination. By Adam Kveton

An Ottawa resident is suing BlackBerry for more than $20 million, alleging he lost his severance entitlements after being transferred to the high-tech firm’s business partner, automaker Ford.

An Ottawa data classification firm says a new agreement with NATO’s information and communications technology division opens the door to further sales to the military alliance.

If you think sales is all about being a fast talker, you’d be wrong. Today’s sales techniques are about being an active listener, building relationships and listening to your intuition.

More stores and restaurants, more cycling infrastructure and more patios — all are part of a vision for the future of Armstrong Street.

The trip from Ottawa to Manhattan is about to get slightly longer aboard the country’s largest airline.

The slow-moving plan to redevelop the office complex at Tunney’s Pasture inched forward late last month after the federal government contracted a firm to prepare a “phasing strategy” to guide the p

Canada's largest publicly traded marijuana company says it has had a hard time keeping up with demand for high-potency pot as its list of registered medical marijuana patients more than tripled at

Computer scientists believe that even the strongest data encryption of present-day computers won’t stand a chance against their quantum heirs.

The unemployment rate in the National Capital Region hit its lowest level since September 2011 last month, driven in large part by a rapidly expanding federal government, Statistics Canada said Fri

Investors in Ottawa-based patent licensing firm WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN) pushed the company’s shares up more than seven per cent on Thursday following a positive earnings “surprise.”

BlackBerry (TSX:BB) is launching a new product this month to allow developers to add secure text, video and voice messaging into apps.

The week-long celebration of Canadian music that’s scheduled to kick off in Ottawa in late March is expected to pump more than $10 million into the local economy, according to the head of the Juno

The Calian Group (TSX:CGY) kicked off what was already guaranteed to be a historic year for the professional services firm with a record $68.7 million in first-quarter revenues, up six per cent ove

Some two years ago, executives at Ottawa-based clean-tech firm BluMetric set a straightforward goal: Return to profitability.

An Ottawa property management firm says it plans to spend $1.8 million renovating its recently acquired Pembroke properties in a project the company’s president said will “change the downtown lands

An Ottawa native with decades of executive experience at multinational technology companies has been hired to head up the city’s lead economic development agency.

A National Capital Commission official says taking a more “business-based approach” to commercial leasing has helped the Crown corporation reduce its vacancy rates.

An anticipated drop in office vacancy rates failed to materialize last year, despite a massive increase in government spending and the local hiring of thousands of civil servants, according to a ne

Construction of the city’s light-rail line has crossed a major milestone after crews connected both ends of the 2.5-kilometre tunnel beneath downtown Ottawa, Mayor Jim Watson said Thursday morning.

The federal government says it’s planning another major overhaul of the central heating and cooling plant that serves dozens of downtown Ottawa buildings.

The owners of a boutique hotel in downtown Ottawa are ending their decade-long affiliation with international hospitality giant IHG and plan to start operating independently next month.

Centre Block has loomed large over Ottawa’s economy for more than a century, symbolizing the outsized role the federal government plays in the local business community.

Each year, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives releases a report criticizing what it argues are “exorbitantly high” levels of executive compensation, drawing attention to income inequality

Despite their ubiquity in homes and offices around the world, traditional light bulbs come with significant drawbacks: Toxic components, limited lifespan, electrical shock hazards and, in the case

The owners of an Ottawa retirement residence are asking the city to ease height restrictions on the property, located on Carling Avenue near Highway 417, as part of a long-planned expansion.

An Ottawa cashmere company is selling scarves and wraps in this country that help to rebuild classrooms in Nepal. By Ryan Tumilty

As Christmas creeps closer, outgoing emails increasingly trigger automated out-of-office replies containing standardized, boilerplate messages that most of us scan over at best.

Second Cup will construct one of its new café concept stores in the former World of Maps storefront on Wellington Street West as the Canadian coffee chain attempts to regain market share lost in re

Canada’s next federal election may still be some three years away, but Elections Canada is ramping up its local purchasing of ballot boxes, voting screens and other supplies.

The federal government’s local hiring binge continued for a second straight month, pushing the number of people working in Ottawa-Gatineau to an all-time high, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

The Ottawa Hospital says its board has unanimously rejected a recommendation to construct a new Civic campus at Tunney’s Pasture.

Daniel Laframboise doesn’t hesitate when asked what excites him about the prospect of becoming an entrepreneur.

One of Ottawa’s largest urban redevelopment projects took a major step forward on Thursday morning, but the start of construction still remains more than a year away.

While Canadians from across the country are expected to travel to Ottawa next year to celebrate the nation’s 150th anniversary, new figures show tourists from further afield are also taki

As the federal Liberals continue to tout plans for an “innovation agenda,” one of the country’s leading technology industry advocates is calling on the federal government to reverse the dramatic de

Being forced to hold meetings at nearby coffee shops because there’s no longer space inside the office can be a sign of success for rapidly growing firms.

Four years after it opened its doors in the ByWard Market with much fanfare, the Real Sports Bar & Grill suddenly announced it was closing permanently on Wednesday.  

One of Ottawa’s largest homebuilders has added more than 500 new tenants to its growing portfolio of income-generating properties with a new 28-storey student apartment building in Little Italy.

With the Ottawa RedBlacks preparing to host the CFL’s East Division final this Sunday, fans looking for tickets now have another option backed by the team.  

Gary Zed’s work and community involvement are guided by common principles: Give back wherever you can to leave the world better than you found it.

Ottawa-based bluArc wants to make it easier for you to ditch your desk phone … if only for part of the day.

Amid the celebrations Thursday night at the Westin Hotel, where more than two dozen local residents and companies were feted at the Best Ottawa Business A

Mere hours after Donald Trump was named the surprise winner of yesterday’s divisive presidential election, several Ottawa immigration lawyers say they’re already fielding calls from U.S.

The number of condominiums under construction in Ottawa has dramatically slowed this year as developers work to sell off the hundreds of completed new units already on the market, the Canada Mortga

The owner of one of Ottawa’s least-loved accommodations wants to demolish a Vanier motel and replace it with a cluster of rental residential low- and high-rises.

With the number of Airbnb rentals in Ottawa proliferating, the city’s hoteliers association says it’s increasing pressure on government officials to introduce licensing requirements for t

Jim Roche knows a thing or two about scaling up a business.

The federal government’s office space modernization program is a “disaster,” according to its top real estate executive, who also suggested he was cool towards continuing to own, rather than lease,

Rapidly growing IT services firm Pythian has appointed four new directors with a common theme: all are sitting as independents.

The University of Ottawa has filed development plans for its next large-scale construction project, a new science, technology, engineering and math building planned for the southwest corner of camp

Michael Potter has held many titles in his career: Chief executive, Philanthropist of the Year and even Honorary Colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

With legislation legalizing marijuana expected in the spring, Eastern Ontario’s largest craft brewery is considering what the changes will mean to the brewing industry, its chief executive said.

Ottawa’s housing market showed no signs of losing steam last month as local realtors collectively sold the highest number of properties in September at least eight years, statistics from the local

Three years ago, when Ross Video purchased a Florida-based sports production firm, CEO David Ross made a bold prediction.  “We’re just getting started,” he told OBJ in 2013.

The Westboro Village business improvement area wants to grow again.

An agreement reached earlier this year with telecom giant Bell will allow Ottawa-based Gusto TV to produce some 100 hours of new content annually from its Glebe headquarters, CEO Chris Knight said

Board members of Kanata-based telecom firm Magor Communications (TSX-V: MCC) could be looking for suitors to buy the company as part of a strategic review that follows several years of disappointin

Thermal Energy (TSX-V: TMG) shares inched up to their highest level in a year Wednesday as the Ottawa clean-tech firm announced a $1.7-million order from an unnamed customer in the industrial and f

Armed with a new name and fresh funding, a local medical marijuana firm says it hopes to bring its pharmaceutical product to market in early 2018, a company executive says.

The investment arm of one of the world’s largest media companies has thrown its weight behind a rapidly growing Ottawa technology firm.

The pace of new home construction in Ottawa increased last month, the country’s housing agency said late Thursday.

Life sciences firm Annidis (TSX-V:RHA) is losing one of its veteran directors, less than three months after the Ottawa-based company replaced its chief executive.

The realty arm of well-known auction house Sotheby’s opened its first Ottawa office Wednesday with an eye to capturing a share of the city’s luxury property market, despite taking a less-than-exclu

The architect behind the Ottawa Convention Centre and Ottawa International Airport terminal is working with the owners of the Rideau-Carleton Raceway to prepare the facility’s plans for a new casin

Another major tenant appears to be lined up to take a sizable block of space inside downtown Ottawa’s newest private-sector office tower.

More than two years after paying $208 million to buy the sprawling former home of Nortel Networks, the federal government says it still lacks a budget, timeline and specific plans to renovate the c

Condo builders are squeezing office developers out of the downtown core to the point that the few remaining commercial development sites are insufficient to meet demand for new space beyond the nex

One of Ottawa’s largest condo builders is expanding its downtown footprint with the purchase of a 1.25-acre supermarket and development site.

Record-setting year for commercial real estate sales After bidding up land prices over the past few years, investor interest in Ottawa development properties appears to be moderating, acc

Building owners should brace themselves for higher contracting bills as a result of a new Ontario regulatory body tightening provincial certification requirements for tradespeople, a local electric

Lease signalled challenges facing landlords A government-occupied office tower on the western edge of downtown Ottawa was a central fixture in both the city’s leasing and investment marke

Plans to link the city’s underground light-rail tunnel with the atrium of the Sun Life Centre are far from finalized, says the general manager of the downtown office complex.

The rush by developers to build up land inventories is causing a spike in the value of Ottawa parking lots, according to one local real estate expert.

A newly launched property firm has purchased six local retirement residences in what is believed to be the largest deal of its kind in Ottawa.

More than six years after signing a $600-million deal to lease space inside the former JDS Uniphase complex in Barrhaven for its new headquarters, roughly 2,200 RCMP employees are still working at

Ottawa's industrial property vacancy rate dipped to its lowest level since March 2010 as another tech tenant of the former Nortel campus found a new home, according to recently published data.

A major Crown corporation has started to hand out millions of dollars worth of architectural and engineering contracts in preparation for a major renovation project on Wellington Street.

Feds deem EDC offer ‘non-compliant’ and forgo $3M in savings A significant office leasing win for a downtown landlord is raising questions about why federal officials rejected a significa

Public Works says it is considering various redevelopment options for a storied downtown office building currently in "critical" physical condition.

Public Works officials provided the first in-depth glimpse of its redevelopment plans for Tunney's Pasture on Monday evening, offering two options that would both add millions of square feet of off

There appears to be a change of heart among top Public Works officials about discussing the federal government's office space needs in public.

Higher-margin McIntosh-brand ‘saved’ family business A century ago, McIntosh & Watts delivered coffee, tea and spices to its customers by horse and buggy.

An Ottawa-based asset management firm is adding a single-storey suburban office building to its growing portfolio.

Purchasing 1.55-million-square-foot office portfolio from GE Capital Real Estate Ottawa’s real estate landscape is set for a shakeup as Quebec’s largest commercial property owner establis

A coveted downtown development site, adjacent to property expropriated by the city for Ottawa's light-rail line, is expected to be purchased by a major developer within the next year.

Public Works plans to dispose of 14 government-owned buildings in the National Capital Region in the coming years, according to an internal government report.

The breakup of Union of Canada is leading to what's expected to be one of Ottawa's most unique real estate deals of the year.

Public Works property branch questions future public speeches

The developer behind a proposed 36-storey condominium tower, which drew public condemnation from the head of the city’s planning committee and the surrounding community, is rethinking its plans, ac

Landlord says it will be ‘competitive and creative’ in marketing downtown portfolio The federal government says it will vacate a 49-year-old downtown office building when its lease with M

Local hotel owners are in for a prosperous year, according to a recent report.

The developer behind a 21-storey office tower under construction in the downtown core says it expects the building to be fully leased when it’s completed in 2014, despite increased competition amon

Fewer buildings for sale leads to increased interest in land Ottawa was the only major Canadian city to see commercial real estate transaction volumes fall in 2011, a year marked by risin

When Morguard Investments first presented plans in 2005 for its new tower at the corner of Elgin and Gloucester streets, the company proposed what would have been a first for Ottawa.

A closely watched downtown office tower is undergoing a significant interior facelift before the space is returned to the market, according to municipal records.

With the first of five new government office buildings scheduled for completion this year, local real estate observers are watching which departments are starting to pack their bags - and what prop

The city's largest private-sector landlord has renewed a lease with the federal government for more than 378,000 square feet inside a downtown office tower, according to a Public Works official.

Local businesses vying for contracts on Ottawa's $2.1-billion light-rail line should showcase their stamina when pitching to the prime contractors and their partners, says one construction official

Additional inventory to put downward pressure on rents, observers predict One of the city's largest landlords is pushing ahead with construction of a 22-storey office tower at the corner

Jim Watson put economic development front and centre when he officially kicked off his election campaign in late April with a lunchtime speech to the Rotary Club of Ottawa at the Marriott Hotel.

For months, MPs have heard a message repeated by representatives from a variety of sectors: the hassles that come along with selling to Public Works is discouraging small and medium-sized businesses…