#abortion #city of ottawa proclamations #editorial #FlagEDITORIAL: Ottawa needs to stop issuing proclamations before it shoots itself in the foot[caption id=“attachment_67963” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Mayor Jim Watson issues anti-abortion proclamations, but that doesn’t mean he agrees with them. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] The controversy last week over an anti-abortion flag flying over City Hall reminded us of a problem with the city’s issuing of proclamations on request – that there is little discretion and one way or the other, it’ll come back to bite us. ...