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Quiz by Trevor Pritchard, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Trevor Pritchard
about 2 years ago
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Question 1
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CBC Ottawa published profiles of several of the top mayoral candidates to provide insight into what drives and defines them. In Bob Chiarelli's case, where did he live as a child — at least, until the federal government booted his family out to bulldoze the area?
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Above his father's butcher shop in Little Italy.
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In a small LeBreton Flats rowhouse with his six siblings.
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Next door to his grandmother's Hintonburg laundromat.
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In a Carlington bungalow expropriated to build Highway 417.
Question 2
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Mark Sutcliffe has written a pair of books about his big passion, one of which is titled Long Road to WHERE?
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Boston.
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Rio de Janeiro.
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Marrakech.
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Iqaluit.
Question 3
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Catherine McKenney told CBC about one particularly meaningful tweet they sent and how "surprised" they were when it went "a bit viral." What did they share in that tweet?
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A video of residents being harassed during the Freedom Convoy protests.
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A photo of their two dogs, two cats and one rat, taken at city hall.
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The fact that they're trans non-binary.
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A personal letter they'd received from late Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar.
Question 4
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Which mayoral candidate's climate policy secured them an endorsement from Quebec MP Alexandre Boulerice, deputy leader of the federal NDP?
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Param Singh.
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Nour Kadri.
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Mike Maguire.
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Brandon Bay.
Question 5
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Advance voting was way up this year. According to city figures, roughly how many ballots had been cast by Oct. 16, eight days before election day?
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40,000.
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62,000.
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85,000.
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112,000.
Question 6
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Regardless of the outcome of Ottawa's mayoral race, city council will look quite different as many candidates didn't run for re-election — including which 28-year council veteran who briefly was in the running for the top job? This is a partial map of their ward.
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Jan Harden.
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Keith Egli.
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Diane Deans.
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Eli El-Chantiry.
Question 7
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Speaking of races with no incumbent, which ward could end up being represented by the brother of the outgoing councillor? That councillor chaired Ottawa's board of health and is seen here during a COVID-19 update in 2020.
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Knoxdale-Merivale.
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College.
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Rideau-Vanier.
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Alta Vista.
Question 8
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Which growing Ottawa suburb has been divided into west and east wards for the first time? The western ward briefly made headlines after this candidate was caught removing another candidate's material from a resident's doorstep.
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Kanata.
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Barrhaven.
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Orléans.
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Navan.
Question 9
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Voters will also be casting ballots for school board trustees on Monday, and the normally sleepy races are more heated than usual. Why did several Ottawa advocacy groups issue a joint statement condemning eight specific trustees running for office in the nation's capital?
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The eight trustees are calling for more police in schools.
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They disagree with the way Canada's colonial history is taught.
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They've expressed opinions or shared social media posts downplaying COVID-19.
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They've been accused of using transphobic rhetoric.
Question 10
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In which city are these four candidates running for mayor? The incumbent is second from right, has held the job since 2014 and is also an assistant economics professor at a local college.
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Brockville.
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Cornwall.
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Kingston.
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Pembroke.
Question 11
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BONUS QUESTION! As of Oct. 22, which Ottawa mayoral candidate had cemented themselves as the most popular on Twitter, with roughly 47,000 followers?
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Catherine McKenney.
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Mark Sutcliffe.
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Bob Chiarelli.
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Gregory Guevara.
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