Summary of survey results for each Candidate
Summary of survey results for each candidate (spreadsheet)
Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces
Summary of survey results for each candidate (spreadsheet)
28 September, 2014 Dear Jim, It was a pleasant surprise, at last week’s environmental debate, to hear you commit to bringing in a site alteration by-law — a Council promise unfulfilled since 2003. People concerned about protecting the remaining natural spaces in this city (such as woodlots and wetlands) should consider this the best news in this municipal election campaign so far. I know you keep your promises so this
The Centretown News published an article by Garrett Barry dated 24 October about our fourth proposition, on the role of advisory committees. It includes comments from Erwin Dreessen, Jim Watson and Martin Canning.
September 14, 2014 Municipal Election: Four Propositions The Greenspace Alliance today is sending a letter to each candidate registered for Ottawa’s October 27 municipal election, asking whether they support the following four propositions: 1. Support for a strong site alteration by-law, with emphasis on “strong.” 2. Renewed commitment to an annual allocation towards an environmental lands acquisition fund. 3. Standing firm in support of the prohibition against future country lot
The Ottawa Citizen, Jun 19, 2007. pg. C.1 NCC tags $175,000 for land survey; Study intended to identify property, not targets: director by Mohammed Adam (Copyright The Ottawa Citizen 2007) The National Capital Commission is launching a major $175,000 study of federal land holdings in the nation’s capital, including such landmarks as the Central Experimental Farm and Leamy Lake Park, to determine how they fit into the continuing development and
(Click here for a PDF version of this topic. Download the excerpts from the links below.) The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), in his 2009-2010 Annual Report issued September 2010, made mention of the efforts to protect Leitrim Wetland. Besides reporting that a leave to appeal to the Environmental Review Tribunal had been granted on a few narrow grounds, the Supplement to the Report describes and comments on two applications
We were pleased to see this report. Of course, as is acknowledged, the promoters of the myth that was the population growth projected for the 2003 Official Plan have now themselves long conceded to the facts. We would like to remind Council that at the time, in 2002, the Alliance provided advice in the clearest possible terms that these projections were not credible and we explained why, by their own