Adam: In the next Ottawa city election, we need more people voting

The municipal election is over and now we look ahead to a new era of open, transparent government.
But as we do that, it is important to reflect on why so many of us failed to vote. Of the 633,946 eligible voters locally, 269, 772 voted, a measly 42.55-per-cent turnout, up from the woeful 39.92 per cent in 2014. Year after year, election after election, we moan about low turnout but do nothing concrete to alleviate the problem. That must change, and all of us – city council, citizens and c