{"id":15253045,"date":"2026-08-13T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/heres-how-ontarios-new-population-projections-will-impact-ottawa-opinion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:33:37","slug":"heres-how-ontarios-new-population-projections-will-impact-ottawa-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/heres-how-ontarios-new-population-projections-will-impact-ottawa-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#039;s how Ontario&#039;s new population projections will impact Ottawa | Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How large will Ottawa\u2019s population become? The answer to that question will drive the nature of our city for decades, but it\u2019s one over which Ottawans have frustratingly little say. <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/opinion\/ontario-new-population-projections-ottawa?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=truncated_content&amp;utm_content=opinion&amp;utm_term=randall_denley\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/opinion\/ontario-new-population-projections-ottawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Canada \u2013 Ottawa \u2013 Ottawa Citizen \u2013 rss.app<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randall Denley: Juicing up population numbers is a clever way of making city councillors look closer at expanding the urban 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