College Councilor, Rick Chiarelli states that but the year 2012, Ottawa residents should be capable of purchasing their morning coffee, get on to the bus, borrow books from library, and go for a skate in a societal arena, all of this, by just making use of the similar pre-paid smart card.

What was progressive in 2000 is being put in use by Tim Hortons at present, said Chiarelli, who chairs council's IT committee. The committee could shift to one O-card that is your bus pass, your library card, your city gym membership, your parking card. It can all be set into just one, because it is in the chip.

Urban Transit Expert, George Hazel, who gave a speech at the Canadian Urban Transit Association's National Congress in Ottawa last week, said that the idea of a bus pass that is two folded as a pre-paid debit card for a number of types of public and private services is getting more attraction in cities throughout the world.

Chiarelli stated that the idea for a debit card that can cover all city services has been argued about in Ottawa for a decade, but has again and again been thwarted by what he called technical dominion.