OTTAWA – Emilie Taman has announced she is running for Ottawa City Council.

Taman, a former federal Crown prosecutor and former NDP candidate for Ottawa-Vanier, is running for councillor of Capital Ward.

Taman currently works as a lawyer in Ottawa and as a criminal law professor at the University of Ottawa.

She also plays a big leadership role in Bookmark the Core, a citizen’s group which advocated for Ottawa’s new central library to be built in the downtown core.

In a statement, Taman said she is running to provide and strong and responsive representation at Ottawa City Hall, and said she plans to run on a platform of greater public accountability.

Her campaign will officially get under on May 1, 2018.

The municipal election is being held on October 22, 2018.