Harden calls for Auditor General investigation into Ottawa LRT
QUEEN’S PARK - After the Ottawa LRT was derailed with no return date for service, MPP Joel Harden (Ottawa Centre) called on the Ontario government to support his call for an Auditor General invest...
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Email Update #88: Billboard bigots begone
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Ottawa Centre never ceases to amaze me.
From hurricanes to massive floods, from bus crashes to an historic pandemic -- I’ve seen our community rise in t...
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RSVP to our rally for our democracy on October 29th
With the latest decision at City Hall to approve the new Civic Hospital plan to bulldoze 500+ mature trees to build an airport-sized parking garage, we must reckon with the fact that our local dem...
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Email Update #87: On October 29 - let's rally for local democracy
This week we hit a new low at Ottawa City Hall.
In the heat of debate around Ottawa’s LRT, Mayor Jim Watson shut off the microphone for Councillor Diane Deans. Deans who was attempting to support ...
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Email Update #86: We must be persistent (and thankful)
This week I returned to the Legislature for the first time since last June. The Ford government had given itself a lengthy absence from public scrutiny.
Ontario’s Official Opposition put them back ...
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Email Update #82: Civic Hospital - This is NOT a Done Deal
I have promising news to share from my column last week.
The Civic Hospital project at Dow’s Lake is not a done deal. We are speaking up and it’s making a difference -- don’t let anyone tell you o...
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