Ottawa City Hall: Prime Minister meets with Mayor Sutcliffe to discuss municipal-federal issues [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe at Ottawa City Hall on Thursday, to discuss municipal-federal issues including the future of the downtown core.

Trudeau made the short trip down Elgin Street from the Prime Minister’s Office to Ottawa City Hall for the 9:15 a.m. meeting.

“This is the first time ever that the sitting prime minister of Canada has come to Ottawa City Hall for a meeting with the mayor,” Sutcliffe said.

“It’s an honour to welcome you here.”

The prime minister told reporters, “it’s a real pleasure to be here. Obviously, the work we’ve already done over the past times together; lots of great initiatives on housing, on transit and on other things we’re continuing to do.”

“Good relations with cities has always been fundamental for this government.”

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Sutcliffe said the two leaders discussed “working together to address …