5 issues important to Ottawa this election [Video]

It’s still early in the federal election campaign, but — provided they’ve been listening — national leaders and local candidates likely already know what issues are topping the city’s wishlist. 

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe spent months attempting to negotiate a deal to provide Ottawa with its “fair share” on a number of fronts, from public transit to an ongoing dispute over payments on federal properties.

He extended that lobbying to Liberal leader Mark Carney within hours of him landing the job. 

Earlier this week, Sutcliffe joined Gatineau Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette to lay out priorities from their perspective. 

“I think it’s possible for our local candidates and our federal party leaders to deal with more than one issue at a time,” he told CBC on Monday. “Of course, there is going to be a …