City of Ottawa
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To the Ottawa LRT Commission,
Firstly, thank you from all of us in Ottawa. I appreciate the opportunity to submit my comments to the commission and participate... more
By JustinKelly
August 5, 2022
Dear Council Colleagues,
My office has been working with our business community stakeholders, along with Councillors Dudas, El-Chantiry and Harder as co-chairs... more
By unpubadmin
February 21, 2022
Mayor Jim Watson’s announced departure means that his lock-grip on committees and votes comes to an end. Suddenly new future pathways and new choices are... more
December 19, 2021
Report and analysis by Daniel Buckles (Champlain Park) and Pat Turk (Mechanicsville)
On 26 July 2021 Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna, Chief Whiteduck from... more
July 29, 2021
The city’s draft of its new Official Plan (OP) presents an overall positive, and at times ambitious, vision for our city’s evolution over the next few... more
By Shawn Menard
May 26, 2021
Ottawa is faced with a serious decision regarding housing for its urbanizing population. Having declared a “Housing and Homelessness Emergency” on Jan. 22,... more
January 25, 2021
The City's website "engage Ottawa" (https://engage.ottawa.ca/the-new-official-plan) divides the draft Official Plan into 21 topics, each with a one pager and... more
February 2, 2021
Too often health, environmental, economic, and social equity goals are pitched against each other, as though we can never have one without the other. However,... more
By unpubadmin
April 22, 2020
When Jody Wilson-Raybould stood up for her principles and the rule of law for all, not the rule of law by exception, she gave city councilors, communities and... more
By Clive Doucet
March 18, 2019
(Ottawa) – Today, Jim Watson presented the draft 2019 City of Ottawa budget. The most notable aspect of this budget is what it did not say. In Jim Watson’s... more
February 6, 2019
Today is the first day and it's a cold one. - 20C and -30 windchill. I'm heading to the GRC on Route 62 to begin a busy day of ward meetings. I'll be meeting... more
By Glen Gower
February 5, 2019
My opinion of the tunnel and its extensions has always been it is too expensive, (8 billion), too difficult to build (cave ins) and too long to make happen (20... more
By Clive Doucet
January 12, 2019
After eight years away from City Hall, I returned to watch the debate over the three record heights proposed for buildings close to the new transit stop in... more
By Clive Doucet
July 22, 2018
In a decision on 16 February, the Canadian Transportation Agency (part of the Federal Court system) gave the City of Ottawa two choices. It must take the steps... more
February 20, 2018
This week’s developments on the light-rail transit file have left me pondering questions about core roles and responsibilities in our democratic system.
Much... more
February 16, 2018