Happy Mother’s Day! Each year my office has the pleasure of putting together The Bay Ward Mother’s Day Tea. A luncheon, held at the Ron Kolbus Centre at the beginning of May, in celebration and recognition of mothers. Last year the pandemic kept us from being able to join in person, so we decided to…
What a week! It has been over a year since The World Health Organization declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. This declaration brought forth an ever-evolving environment of which we now live. Sending our daily routines and “normalcy” out the window. Over the past two weeks my office has received many emails and…
The Transit Commission today approved a report outlining OC Transpo’s recommended transit service evaluation criteria if transit service cuts are required in the future. The report provides next steps if Council directs OC Transpo to make cuts to transit services and provides specific criteria that staff will use to assess all potential service cuts. The…
Two Good News Stories from City Council this Week First, the Women and Gender Equity Strategy As the City Council’s Liaison for Women and Gender Equity, and Chair of the City’s Women and Gender Equity Sponsors Group, I am proud to announce that Ottawa City Council approved the City’s first Women and Gender Equity Strategy on Wednesday, April 14. The strategy outlines actions to address the impacts of discrimination on women…
I have the privilege of viewing the Ottawa River from my neighbourhood and I continue to be awed by its beauty and importance as a major resource to our city. Not only can we swim and canoe in it, it is also the source of our city’s drinking water. The Ottawa River is essential to…
Stay-At-Home Order As of Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 12:01 a.m., under the direction of the Ontario Government, we are in a province-wide Stay-at-Home Order for the next four weeks – requiring everyone to remain at home except for essential purposes. This includes going to the grocery store or pharmacy, accessing health care services (including…
Notice of Motion Passes with Unanimous Consent As a City Councillor for Bay Ward I am very proud of our city’s reputation of having some of the highest quality and safest drinking water in the country. Most of it comes from the Ottawa River where our own Britannia Filtration Plant operates. We take for granted…
Spring has sprung! Birds are chirping. Flowers are beginning to peak through the soil, emerging from their winter slumber. Trees are starting to bud, and warmer days lie ahead. These are some of the positive things that I am focusing on as we head into the Easter Long weekend – usually a time for celebration…
Women and Gender Equity Strategy In late 2018, City Council voted in favour of creating the City’s first Women and Gender Equity Strategy. I was privileged to champion this endeavour, taking on the role of Council Liaison for Women and Gender Equity and Chair of the Council Sponsors’ Group. I am pleased to announce that…
Covid Vaccination Update This morning at 12:01 Ottawa moved into the Red-Control Level Framework as a result of worsening trends in key health indicators in the region. From March 10 to 15, 2021, Ottawa’s case rate increased by 24.8 per cent to 46.8 cases per 100,000 people, and is continuing to climb. Hospitals in our…