The Maple Leaf Lounge

[Avro Arrow]

Ottawa ran the tests and then when the tests failed they changed the requirements for the test to be deemed successful so that they wouldn't be marked as failures to delay the opening

The James T. Kirk method of testing: "I didn't cheat, I changed the conditions of the test!"

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Happy Tim Hortons retro doughnuts day to everyone! I love the blueberry fritters, so I am very glad to have them back, at least for a limited time.

Which of the four are your favourite?

 

[DEWLine]

I'm sure the upper management of OC Transpo, Rideau Transit Group and Ottawa City Council's Transit Commission as was will be flattered by the comparison to Jim Kirk. At first.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

It's been awhile since I've been to Ottawa...I know this sounds like a stupid question, but does the train go to the airport yet? It didn't the last time I was there.

 

[wayoung]

It's been awhile since I've been to Ottawa...I know this sounds like a stupid question, but does the train go to the airport yet? It didn't the last time I was there.

No

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

OK.

Are there any plans for it to do so? Maybe by the time all the construction on Parliament Hill is done? (see my earlier post about Hell freezing over )

 

[wayoung]

OK.

Are there any plans for it to do so? Maybe by the time all the construction on Parliament Hill is done? (see my earlier post about Hell freezing over )

It's part of the current line being built.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Greatness!

 

[wayoung]

Semi related, $476k in fines issued this week in Ottawa alone for winter parking ban violations.

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-is...lating-winter-parking-ban-this-week-1.6721630

 

[DEWLine]

There's a branch line being set up to connect South Keys Mall to the main airport. Details here:

https://www.octranspo.com/en/news/article/welcome-to-your-future-otrain-network/

 

[DEWLine]

RIP Ed Broadbent.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ed-broadbent-dies-1.7080936

 

[Marc]

speaking of testing trains, the toronto star had an article a couple of weeks updating on the return of the Northlander with the process supposed to begin in 2025 for a 2026 entry into service.

The Northlander trains are poised to make a return (thestar.com)

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, let's hope so. It hasn't been in service since 2012, and they've kept saying it would return for many years now.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Time for another stupid question...

With all the renovations in Centre Block, where do the various government offices go? Did they just build a bunch of temporary buildings?

And, bloody hell, I just checked...construction's not supposed to be done until at least 2030...

Also, are they renovating any of the other buildings up there, or just the one?

 

[DEWLine]

Renovations of other buildings have been ongoing for years. West Block is serving as fill-in for the House Chamber until it's done, and those renos - as well as the East and PMO Blocks - are done. The old Union Station building is now housing the Senate, and that required a whole bunch of refitting of its own.

Also, the Pandemic seemed to free up a lot of federal buildings for reno work, too. Schedules got accelerated at CRA's old Data Centre complex, for example...

 

[Ovation]

Yeah. Meanwhile, the existence of the trains was used to justify selling off buses rather than boosting trips/hour frequency on all the routes.

So that’s where Montreal/provincial governments got the idea about getting rid of South Shore buses to the island once the REM started over the new Champlain Bridge (which was designed and built with dedicated bus lanes). And here I thought it was homegrown idiocy.

 

[DEWLine]

And this was back during the Watson years at Ottawa City Hall.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

@DEWLine, when you mentioned Union Station it reminded me of this little gem.

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I am very embarrassed to admit that I had totally forgotten Lorne Greene was Canadian.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I am very embarrassed to admit that I had totally forgotten Lorne Greene was Canadian.

Come on, @Mr. Laser Beam , do I need to break out the infographic again?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I consider myself duly chastised.

But at the risk of incurring the wrath...who is the one to the left of Bruce Greenwood?

 

[Avro Arrow]

But at the risk of incurring the wrath...who is the one to the left of Bruce Greenwood?

No wrath. It's Commander Shepard of the SSV Normandy, in this case voiced by Canadian (& American, in fairness; she does have dual citizenship but was born in Canada) Jennifer Hale. If you've never played Mass Effect, or never played the female version of Shepard, then it's understandable you might not recognize her. The voice of male Shepard, Mark Meer, is also Canadian, so Shepard earns their way on the list either way.