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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Email Update #81
I’m hearing a message loud and clear from residents: it is time to demand consultation and accountability on the new Civic Hospital development.
At risk are 524 trees, Queen Juliana Park, and dela...
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Email Update #78: Back to school without a serious plan (yet)
This week the government claimed to offer a back to school plan for September.
I know many of us are enjoying a novel this summer, but we don’t expect governments to write fiction in their public p...
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