Ever since meeting and marrying my wife five years ago, I’ve traveled to Ottawa at Christmas every year to visit her family. The trips have become longer and more eventful every year - and that’s because I’m fallen in love with Canada’s capital city. In the beginning, the Xmas trip was an interesting excursion, but a long bloody drive. To ensure my expenses were tax deductible, I used to try to seek out people to meet with. It surprises me that, unlike Toronto’s towers of power, Ottawa’s financial mangers are extremely accessible. The relationships I have created there are, for the more part, meaningful and lasting. More surprising is how much I love the City of Ottawa, and the surrounding area. As a typical Southern Ontario resident, I’m hooked on the “live in the city, relax
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