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Last week I had a twitter conversation with Liberal MP Wayne Easter who sat in the parliamentary committee on the new anti-terror Bill C51. Most Liberal MPs... more
June 19, 2015
Nepean, June 18—Following up on President James O’Grady’s presentation to the City of Ottawa’s Planning Committee on May 26th, the Trend-Arlington Community... more
June 18, 2015
To: Councillor Shad Qadri
Cc: Councillor Wilkinson, Mayor Watson
Re: Huntmar Bridge
On behalf of the residents of the Fairwinds Community in your ward, we are... more
By
Glen
Gower
June 16, 2015
Dear Councillor Harder,
I am writing to you today to follow up on my presentation to the Planning Committee on May 26th requesting an exemption from Infill 2... more
June 15, 2015
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church is situated across from the Supreme Court of Canada on Wellington Street.
At the bottom of the steps leading to the front door... more
June 11, 2015
I recall a number of conversations in recent years between FCA members on what it would take to allow communities to fully engage in the process to which I'm... more
By
Neil
Thomson
June 10, 2015
Dear Mayor Watson, Ottawa City Councillors and City Planning Department,
Our Federation of Citizens’ Association (FCA) members and Community Associations were... more
June 9, 2015
We were outraged to read about the city’s new initiative to give developers their own ambassadors.
This speaks to the current attitude in the planning... more
June 9, 2015
In response to Ottawa City Councillor Jan Harder's comments in the Ottawa Citizen about the Developer Ambassador initiative the Planning Department is touting... more
June 9, 2015
Dear Mayor Watson:
The members of the Federation have directed me to again write on their behalf. As you may recall, I wrote on January 20 requesting City... more
June 8, 2015
The Senate has moved the final vote on the controversial anti-terror bill to Tuesday at 5:30pm EST. Coincidentally that will be hours after the Auditor General... more
June 5, 2015
A long time ago, while working at Ontario Hydro, first as an expeditor and then a buyer in their Nuclear Generation Division, I experienced a rare glimpse into... more
By
Graeme
Boyce
June 5, 2015
GTA EYES OTTAWA LANDFILLS TO WASTE!
June 4, 2015:
The Capital Region Citizens Coalition for the Protection of the Environment (CRCCPE), and the Citizens’... more
June 4, 2015
People in countries like India, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Paraguay are outraged over Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to control what billions of soon-to-be... more
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Open
Media
June 4, 2015
As President of the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association, my initial reaction to Jan Harder’s “client relationship leaders” (CLR) project is that it puts... more
By
Neil
Thomson
June 4, 2015