Category Archives: Message from Councillor

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

This past Thursday marked the one-year anniversary since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. So much has happened since that fateful day; we have had to change…

International Women’s Day March 8, 2021 #ChoosetoChallenge On Monday, March 8, we will celebrate International Women’s Day. It’s a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and…

Motion for Chalk River referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Protection and Waste Water Management One of the most important natural resources we have in Ottawa is our drinking water…

Community and Protective Services Committee Update This past Thursday I attended, the first Community and Protective Services Committee (CPSC) meeting of 2021, as a voting member. During this meeting we…

This week City Council voted to add 1,281 hectares of land to our city urban boundary and designated where those lands would be located.  This was based on a decision made in May 2020…