Where will our food come from?
Daniel Buckles A cow paddock in Riverside South, within the catchment area of two transit stations of the Phase II…
Do we understand nature (and our place in it?)
2021/10/13 Hydro Ottawa recently opened the gate to the lookout at it’s Chaudière station overlooking the Ottawa river. This comes…
Dreessen commentary on Draft official plan
2021/02/02 (Updated on 2021/08/31) Read Erwin Dreessen’s commentary on the Draft Official Plan below. He is cutting when needed, constructive…
Roads, retrofits and rights of way
2020/12/22 (Updated on 2021/08/31) By Daniel Buckles Photos: Depaving a section of Pontiac Avenue, Kitchissippi (upper); A Pollinator Garden in…
Tree action now: shaping the future of ottawa’s urban forest
2020/10/16 (updated on 2021/08/31) Priorities of Community Associations for Environment and Sustainability (CAFES), Ottawa, Autumn 2020 Prepared by Daniel Buckles…
Policy directions expected in the new official plan
2020/08/20 (Updated on 2021/08/31) On September 24, City staff briefed the FCA-GOHBA (Federation of Citizens’ Associations, of which the Greenspace…
Economic development and ottawa’s official plan (Forum post)
2020/08/20 Prepared by the People’s Official Plan for Ottawa’s Climate Emergency Municipal governments in Canada are empowered to promote cleaner,…
Build back a better municipal budget (compiled)
2020/07/21 (Updated 2021/08/31) This Blog compiles recent correspondence with Mayor Watson regarding the City of Ottawa COVID-19 deficit and budgeting…
open letter on the municipal budget reprofiling
2020/07/08 (updated on 2021/08/31) Dear Mayor Watson, We, the undersigned, understand that you have instructed the City’s Planning Department and…
No urban sprawl: the safer and more responsible path
2020/05/12 (updated on 2021/08/31) Daniel Buckles, May 11, 2020 Presentation to the the Joint Committee of Planning, Agriculture and Rural…
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