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The head of the City of Ottawa’s emergency management program is suddenly no longer employed with the municipal government, the city confirmed Monday, as the nation’s capital remains in a state of emergency because of the Ottawa River floods and is now cleaning up damage from Sunday’s tornado.

The city said it couldn’t provide more details about why Jim Montgomery is no longer working at city hall.

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Montgomery, who was the program manager of the office of emergency management, declined to comment about why he’s no longer employed by the city when reached by phone Monday afternoon.

Asked if the city’s emergency management will be impacted by the loss of a manager at a critical time, the general manager that oversees the emergency office said the work will not suffer during the natural-disaster responses.

“The city has a robust emergency management program and one individual does not impact the effectiveness of the program as a whole,” Anthony Di Monte, the city’s general manager of emergency and protective services, said in an emailed statement supplied by the communications department.