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Dear Prime Minister,
You and I are neighbours. We both live near the south shore of the Ottawa River, in the watershed that is the unceded territory of the... more
By cathyremus
November 24, 2017
On Monday, May 15, scholar Michael Lait will defend his PhD thesis titled “The Rotting Heart of Gatineau Park” at Carleton University, 617, Southam Hall, 2:00 ... more
May 7, 2017
The Central Experimental Farm (CEF) in Ottawa is a 1055-acre open-space jewel in a modern metropolis. By comparison, New York's Central park is only 837 acres... more
By Kenskyman
February 24, 2017
For those of us who thought very highly of Pierre Trudeau, the anniversary of his death on September 28th was an opportunity to reflect on the man and his... more
October 1, 2016
NCC communications are rank and fetid with the gangrene of distortion and misrepresentation, and the rot just keeps eating away at the agency’s credibility...... more
September 23, 2016
NCC CEO Mark Kristmanson’s August 11 op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen is pure Orwellian claptrap, lipstick on a pig, a limp apology for NCC impotence and... more
August 12, 2016
Chelsea, August 3, 2016 – The Gatineau Park Protection Committee (GPPC) is condemning the National Capital Commission (NCC) and the Liberal government for... more
August 3, 2016
Chelsea, July 10, 2016 -- The municipality of Chelsea has confirmed it will conduct shoreline inspections along the northeastern section of Meech Lake the week... more
July 10, 2016
Canada’s Capital Region—The National Capital Commission’s (NCC) Board of Directors voted today to invite the Mayor of Ottawa and the Mayor of Gatineau to... more
By unpubadmin
February 29, 2016
You would expect the National Capital Commission, responsible for a large natural area like the Greenbelt, to be more progressive when it comes to wildlife. ... more
February 6, 2015
Today, the NCC released the consultation report for the planning workshop held on May 27, 2014, regarding a linear park along the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway... more
By unpubadmin
December 11, 2014
Ottawa’s western light rail transit corridor: National Capital Commission proposes Rochester Field option
Following its Board meeting this week, the National... more
By unpubadmin
November 21, 2014
What troubles me most about this City/NCC exchange is that substantially critical comments were made by one level of government about another level of... more
By Mike Maguire
February 5, 2014
January 29, 2014
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Langevin Block
Ottawa ON
Prime Minister,
We are writing to you today to express... more
By unpubadmin
January 29, 2014
Dear Canadians and Ottawa-area residents,
Notwithstanding today’s decision by Ottawa City Council of the Richmond underground as the preferred corridor for the... more
By unpubadmin
July 17, 2013