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A councillor was stopped in the hall and asked about the possibility of luring a minor-league baseball team to Ottawa. Not what the politician wanted to talk about. “The people who want baseball had better pay for it themselves. Government can’t subsidize baseball and fix sewers, too.” The councillor railed on. “There are no votes underground. For years politicians bought ...
Re: Time to pay the piper, Feb. 1. As a fiscally prudent person I’m naturally averse to hiking any fee above the rate of inflation. However, when faced with these decisions, I often think of a Chinese proverb “A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.” Without casting stones, inaction by previous councils has allowed our water infrastructure to seriously ...
A $2.1-billion plan to repair Ottawa’s crumbling water and sewer pipes might not be aggressive enough, says veteran councillor and infrastructure wonk Peter Hume. “I don’t think it’s a bad idea to have a debate about spending more sooner,” said the Alta Vista politician, who formerly chaired the city council committee responsible for the city’s ...
EMC news – A fairness auditor will be installed to look out for the public interest during the latest consultation process for the National Capital Commission’s interprovincial bridge project. The plans to introduce the auditor were announced at the Jan. 25 meeting of the NCC board of directors, where an update was presented on the progress of the Ontario-Quebec interprovincial ...
They’ve actually been there all along, at least as long as anyone’s been paying attention, but the city missed Alexandra and Simcoe islands, west of Fitzroy Harbour, when it was making up a comprehensive official plan after amalgamation. So they’ve kind of just been left out. Luckily, the planning department and city council’s agriculture and rural affairs committee are on the case. ...
Poll Question Results Do you support Canadian heritage designation for the Ottawa River? A) Yes. The Ottawa River is worthy of the heritage designation and the potential economic benefits such as tourism. 56% B) No. The designation could result in overregulation and impact property owners’ rights along the river. 22% C) The designation should be granted, with protections built in ...
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s water rates are set to rise a combined 74 per cent over the next 10 years as the city struggles to repair and replace a system of old and failing pipes. Years of putting off major work on the water and sewer system have to come to an end, council’s environment committee heard from staff Tuesday morning. The city needs to double its spending on maintaining and expanding ...
Quebec’s Environment Department says new penalties that come into effect Wednesday will help protect the province’s waterways, forests, wetlands and natural areas from pollution. The department now has the power to impose penalties between $250 and $10,000 on individuals, companies and municipalities it believes are not respecting Quebec’s environment-quality law. It ...
Environmental advocacy group Ecology Ottawa has launched a letter-writing campaign to get local MPs onside with the Ottawa River Action Plan. In an email sent to subscribers of their mailing list, the group is urging people to send a letter to Ottawa-area MPs so that the cleanup strategy gets adequate funding in the 2012 federal budget. From the “action alert,” as Ecology Ottawa ...
Foreign Affairs minister John Baird is giving Mayor Jim Watson the option of using millions in federal LRT money for the Ottawa River cleanup. In a letter to Watson dated Sept. 30, 2011 and obtained by the Sun, Baird says he viewed the cleanup as the city’s “top priority,” but city officials during last term of council said their priority was transit. “I went along with the city’s ...
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