Councillor’s Message
As Chair of Ottawa Community Housing and a Councillor, affordable housing is a top concern of mine, and I am not alone. In 2020, City Council declared a Housing and…
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Councillor’s message
This will be the last newsletter from my office until August 18. I will be out of the country from July 22 to August 8. Please note that we are…
Councillor’s Message
This week we held the final City council meeting until September, and I am very proud of the work we’ve accomplished so far in this term of Council. This week…
Councillor’s Message
Zoning changes will be required to accommodate the provincial legislation C-23 This week at Planning and Housing Committee we discussed the upcoming zoning changes that will be required to accommodate…
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This week we made some great steps forward to permitting residents to garden in the City’s Right of Way (ROW) and legitimize the placement of Free Little Libraries. These discussions…
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Use and Care of Roads By-law update proposed by City Staff This week at Transportation Committee discussion took place regarding the “Use and Care of Roads” By-law update proposed by…
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Federation of Canadian Municipalities Conference – A time to share and learn Last weekend I attended the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference held in Toronto. It was a great opportunity…
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Province commits $24.1M in funding in support of affordable housing This past Wednesday I had the privilege, in my capacity as Chair of Ottawa Community Housing, to introduce Provincial Ministers…
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On Thursday morning I was pleased to have my motion on creating an inventory of high rise building over 6 storeys that did not have generators, pass unanimously. This could help…
Councillor’s message
Here are some highlights from this week’s council meeting: We voted on a motion from Councillor David Hill to refer the High Performance Development Standard report back to staff. I…