Wednesday February 2, 2022

What Ottawa is Talking About – 2 February 2022

▪️The latest person to through their hat into the civic election ring is David Hill. The 14 year Barrhaven resident, retired from the Canadian Armed Forces, plans to run for the Barrhaven West ward seat on a recover-from-Covid and improve transit platform. Incumbent Jan Harder is not re-running for the seat. [Barrhaven Independent

▪️Pop of local mom and pop business Shopify, CEO Tobi Lütke, has taken a second job as a director at Coinbase Global Inc. Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange, which is in no way like a 17th century tulip bulb exchange. [Ottawa Business Journal

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