Mayor Watson sticks with plan on gun violence rather than asking province for backup

Mayor Jim Watson is sticking with a plan drawn up by Ottawa police brass in response to gun violence, rather than asking Queen’s Park to provide backup.
Responding to an opinion piece in the Ottawa Sun co-authored by Senator Vern White, Watson was cool to the former police chief’s idea of asking the province to send money for more police resources.
“If we’re going after the province, every other municipality is going to want money, too,” Watson said Wednesday at cit