Submissions to Joint Meeting of Planning/Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committees, August 22 2019

Downtown Ottawa and the Parliament of Canada
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Oral presentations were made by the following members of the People’s Official Plan team: Mitchell Beer (The Energy Mix), Paul Johanis (GA), Daniel Buckles (CAFES), Moe Garahan (Just Food), Sally Thomas and Trevor Hache (Healthy Transportation Coalition), John Woodhouse (Council on Ageing), Heather Pearl (Champlain Park Community Association) and Sheila Perry (FCA).

Four high level strategic direction papers were submitted on the following themes:

Growth management (Greenspace Alliance)

Intensification and Climate Change (Federation of Citizens’ Associations and Champlain Park CA)

Transportation  (Healthy Transportation Coalition and Bike Ottawa)

Economic Development and Regional Integration (Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability, The Energy Mix, Friends of Carp Hills, Just Food)

Speaking notes for the oral presentations are published below.

Mitchell Beer (The Energy Mix)

Paul Johanis (Greenspace Alliance)

Daniel Buckles (Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability)

Moe Garahan (Just Food)

John Woodhouse (Council on Ageing)