This is Ottawa

CBC

How are high rents impacting Ottawa businesses? What happens during an all-nighter at the Elgin Street Diner? Every week, host Robyn Bresnahan does a deep dive into a story you're curious about and the issues you want to understand in the city we call home. New episodes every Monday. Have an idea for an episode? Email: thisisottawa@cbc.ca

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This is Ottawa

Episodes (101)

Monday Ottawa’s oddest auction: how to legally buy confiscated goods
Mon Feb 2nd Dude, Where’s My Bus?
Jan 26th ‘You are not your job’: how job cuts helped public servants reinvent themselves

This is Ottawa

Feb 9, 2026
17 minutes
17 MB

It’s like eBay - but run by the Canadian government. The GC Surplus site sells everything from ATVs used by the military to Air Jordan sneakers confiscated at the border. Robyn Bresnahan gets a tour of the Ottawa warehouse - where she discovers the most gobsmacking item of all.

This is Ottawa

Ottawa’s oddest auction: how to legally buy confiscated goods

CBC

00:00 -16:42