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A new central library should be built in the ByWard Market, says Catherine Fortin LeFaivre, a candidate in the Rideau-Vanier ward.

Jim Watson’s campaign pledge that he would support a public-private partnership (P3) to build a new library should he be re-elected mayor on Oct. 27 is not even a week old and already candidates in various urban wards are fighting over where the thing, if ever approved, should go.

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“Ottawa’s central library belongs to all citizens and should be in the heart of their city and within a short walking distance of other landmarks like the Parliament Buildings, the National Art Gallery and Notre Dame Basilica,” LeFaivre said Friday in a release.

She also notes the location would be close to the new light-rail station at Rideau and help revitalize the market.

But Watson, and Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi before him, have suggested the new library could be built at Bayview Yards, where the city is partnering with the province on a new Innovation Centre.