Denley: Ottawa's new council needs to start demanding accountability

Here’s the first tough question Ottawa’s new city councillors will face: Will they do their jobs and ask tough questions of city staff, or will they meld in with the silent majority, the councillors who are quite content not to know how city departments are performing, much less demand better?
Politicians like to talk about openness and transparency, but the actual culture at City Hall is closer to “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” Over the past four years, city staff