Clean up garbage fouling the canal

On Mother’s Day my husband and I walked from the National Arts Centre down the path by the canal to the Ottawa River and continued along behind the Parliament Buildings.

I was appalled at the amount of garbage and debris floating in the Rideau Canal and at the juncture of the canal and the river.

Surely the National Capital Commission can afford to hire a team of students who do nothing but scoop and clean garbage and debris from the river to Dow’s Lake from the beginning of May until the end of October.

Clean up one of your most valuable assets so that locals and tourists alike can enjoy it. Louise Stewart, Nepean