Leading Mayoral Candidates Debate – Sept 17, 2026
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Mayoral EcoDebate on September 17, 2026! If you couldn’t make it,…
POP Mayoral Candidate Forum – August 26, 2026
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Mayoral Candidate Forum & Meet and Greet! If you couldn’t attend…
POP Letter on 2026 Budget Trends and Directions
On July 30th, 2025, the Peoples Official Plan Coalition submitted a letter to the City’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Cyril…
Climate Resiliency Strategy POP Submission
The Peoples Official Plan Coalition (POP) submitted a rich feedback document to the City of Ottawa on Monday, June 30th,…
POP Letter to Marcia Wallace
The Peoples Official Plan Coalition submitted a letter to Marcia Wallace, newly appointed General Manager of Planning, Development and Building…
POP Submission on Draft 2 of the New Zoning By-Law
On Monday, June 30th, the Peoples Official Plan Coalition (POP), submitted set of recommendations to the City of Ottawa planning team…
POP Letter to Mayor on Response to Tariffs
On February 24th, 2025, the Peoples Official Plan Coalition submitted a letter to Mayor Mark Sutcliffe regarding the City of Ottawa’s…
Community Stewardship on Public Lands Meeting
The Peoples Official Plan Coalition (POP) organized a successful Community Stewardship on Public Lands Meeting on Saturday, February 8th, 2025 at Trinity United…
POP Renoviction By-law Submission
On January 14th, 2025, the People’s Official Plan Coalition submitted a statement to the Planning and Housing Committee demonstrating our…
Building a Better Budget for 2025
On Wednesday November 13th, 2024, the People’s Official Plan coalition co-sponsored an event focusing on Building a Better Budget for…
POP Submission on McBean Cycling Facilities Removal Motion
12 November 2024 Ottawa City Council 110 Laurier Ave W Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 Dear Mayor Sutcliffe and Councillors, We…
Meeting with GM of City’s Strategic Initiatives Department
Peoples Official Plan (POP) coalition members were pleased to meet with Debbie Stewart, General Manager in the City of Ottawa’s…
POP Submission on Draft 1 of the New Zoning By-law
On October 31st, 2024, the People’s Official Plan coalition (POP) submitted feedback to the City of Ottawa’s planning and zoning…
SPEAK UP for Climate Action: Virtual Dialogue
On Wednesday June 12th, 2024, People’s Official Plan hosted a wonderful virtual dialogue to provide Ottawa residents with resources and…
POP Submission & Response on Ottawa’s Urban Boundary Expansion
To: Councillor Jeff Leiper, Chair of the Planning and Housing Committee From: Peoples Official Plan Coalition Subject: Urban Boundary Dear…
POP Submission on Trail Waste Facility Stage 5 Landfill Gas Recovery
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, City of Ottawa, 110 Laurier Avenue W. Ottawa, ON, K1P 1J1 . Re: Trail Waste Facility Stage…
POP Submission & City Response on draft Infrastructure Master Plan
July 7, 2023 Chris Rogers, P.Eng. Program Manager, Infrastructure Planning City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th floor Ottawa…
POP comments on Review of New Provincial Policy Instrument ERO-019-6813
August 4th, 2023 Row no. Portion of the proposed PPS ERO – 019-6813 POP Analysis & recommendations to the Province…
POP Recommendations to Transportation Committee on Right of Way Planting
Councillor Tim Tierney, Chair, Transportation Committee Councillor Catherine Kitts, Vice-Chair, Transportation Committee Councillor Jessica Bradley, Member, Transportation Committee Councillor George…
POP Letter On User Pay Waste Program
Thursday, May 25 2023 Mayor Mark Sutcliffe & City Councillors 110 Laurier Ave WestOttawa, ONK1P 1J1 Re: Curbside Waste Diversion…
POP Letter on City Leadership Recruitment
May 8, 2023 His Worship Mayor Sutcliffe and City Councillors 110 Laurier Avenue WestOttawa, ONK1P 1J1 Dear Mayor Sutcliffe and…
POP Letter to GOHBA on Tewin
Pat Daniels, PresidentJason Burggraaf, Executive DirectorThe Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association 30 Concourse Gate #108,Nepean, ON K2E 7V7 Dear Mr. Daniels…
POP Follow up Letter on Ottawa City Budget Process
Le Francais suit April 27, 2023 To:Ottawa City Mayor Mark Sutcliffe Cc:Ottawa City Councillors Interim City Manager RE: Ottawa City…
POP Memorandum of Understanding 2023
Peoples Official Plan (POP) Memorandum of Understanding 1. Goal ○ The goal of the Peoples Official Plan (POP) is to…
Letter To Mayor and Council on Tree Protection Bylaw- Tewin
April 10, 2023 Mayor Mark Sutcliffe & City Councillors 110 Laurier Ave WestOttawa, ONK1P 1J1 Re: Tewin clear cut of…
Letter of Concern Regarding Tewin (Ottawa) to One Planet Living
March 14th, 2023 To: Sue Riddlestone, President, Bioregional; Joe Pitts-Cunningham, Team Leader, One Planet Living framework Subject: A letter of…
POP Virtual Press Conference on Budget 2023 February 27
On February 27th, 2023, the Peoples Official Plan Coalition held a virtual press conference on Ottawa City Council’s Budget 2023….
Peoples Official Plan Priorities for Budget 2023
Le français suit 31 January 2023 Ottawa City Mayor Mark Sutcliffe Ottawa City Councillors Ottawa Interim City Manager The Peoples…
Letter to City Clerk Rick O’Connor on City advisory Bodies
January 26, 2023 Rick O’ConnorCity Solicitor and Clerk City of Ottawa110 Laurier Ave West Ottawa, ONK1P 1J1 Dear Mr. O’Connor,…
Letter to Councillors Gower and Curry on Transit Advisory Committee
January 24, 2023 Councillor Glen GowerChair, Transit CommissionandCouncillor Cathy CurryVice-Chair, Transit Commission 110 Laurier Avenue WestOttawa, ONK1P 1J1 Dear Councillors…
POP organizations join Ottawa ACORN Rally against Bill 23
Organizations from the Peoples Official Plan Coalition joined Ottawa ACORN at a rally on December 7th to protest Bill 23…
POP Written submission on Bill 23
The Peoples Official Plan Le Plan Officiel Populaire To the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy Re: Bill…
POP Rally against Bill 23
On November 15th, the Peoples Official Plan Coalition held a rally at City Hall to reject Bill 23. It was…
City of Ottawa Approved Official Plan Tracked Changes Nov 2022
The City of Ottawa’s Official Plan was approved with several changes made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and housing….
POP Mayoral Debates on the Environment
In the lead up to the October 2022 Ottawa Municipal Election, POP organized four Mayoral Debates on the Environment to…
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…
POP Press Release: Will this official plan do the job?
2021/10/05 Will this Official Plan Do the Job? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 5, 2021 OTTAWA – The New Official Plan promises to…
Transparent and accountable reporting
Deliver transparent, accountable and evidence-based decision-making The City intends to report annually on progress in achieving some of its Official…
POP releases its key issues document challenging new draft official plan
2021/05/03 OTTAWA, May 3, 2021 – The People’s Official Plan (POP) has released its Key Issues document challenging the new…
Pour diffusion immédiate: POP Le Plan Officiel Populaire (POP) a publié ses Questions-clés
La version provisoire du Plan officiel de la Ville Ottawa souffre de graves carences et ne rencontrera pas ses objectifs…
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…
We can do it!
2020/05/06 (Updated 2021/08/31) Maintaining the current urban boundary while meeting the new PPS housing supply constraint by Paul Johanis, Greenspace…
Five reasons to hold the line(s) on the urban boundary
2020/05/04 (Updated 2021/08/31) By Daniel Buckles Too often health, environmental, economic, and social equity goals are pitched against each other,…
How closing bike lanes opens a green corridor
2020/05/04 (updated 2021/08/31) By Daniel Buckles, [Originally published in October, 2019] Here’s a silver lining in the LRT story —…
Housing for an aging population
2020/05/04 (Updated 2021/08/31) By Daniel Buckles Housing for an aging population Housing for an aging population is the housing everyone…
Actions and campaigns (Forum post)
2020/02/24 Daniel Buckles On February 22, 2020 more than 125 people from community-based organizations across the city came together to…
Rural Resilience (forum post)
2019/12/30 Table discussion interpreted by Christopher Kelly-Bisson. Priority: Establish rural land use policies and programs that give local farmers and…
Reduce car(bon) use (forum post)
2019/12/30 Table discussion interpreted by Simon de Verteuil, Anthony Imbrogno, John Woodhouse and Daniel Buckles.[1] Priority: Quickly transition away from car-centric…
Improve the quality of the public transportation system (Forum post)
2019/12/30 Table discussion interpreted by Marie-Laure Collet and Daniel Buckles. Priority: Improve the reach, affordability and reliability of a clean-technology…
Transform Transit Hubs into Community Hubs (Forum post)
2019/12/30 Daniel Buckles Priority: Transform transit hubs (Light Rail Train and major bus stations) into Community Hubs that connect people…
Ensure Accountability and Implementation (Forum post)
2019/12/26 Table discussion interpreted by Sonia Pacin Priority: Put sustainability and community well-being at the core of all land use decision-making,…
Protect Biodiversity (Forum post)
2019/12/26 Table discussion interpreted by Sundaura Alford-Purvis. “The Tangled Garden”, by J.E.H. MacDonald, 1917. Priority: Provide legal and enforceable protection for…
Declaration 1: hold the line(s) on urban expansion (Forum post)
2019/12/23 Prepared by “The People’s Official Plan for Ottawa’s Climate Emergency” working group. Humanity is facing a climate emergency, and cities are…
Foster 15 minute neighbourhoods (Forum Post)
2019/12/20 Table discussion interpreted by Roland Dorsay and Erin Whittingham. Priority: Foster affordable, diverse (both in income and household demographics), walkable…
Create High Performance Buildings (Forum Post)
2019/ 12/20 Table discussion interpreted by Linda Francis and Alain Jegen. Priority: Specify in Ottawa’s Official Plan the need to reduce…
Reduce waste/ reuse waste (Forum post)
2019/12/06 Group discussion interpreted by Duncan Bury and Brian Tansey Priority action: Require waste reduction through a combination of disincentives for…
Reclaim and protect land for green space (Forum post)
2019/12/03 Table discussion interpreted by Daniel Buckles. Priority: Reclaim and protect a wide range of lands within the city limits that…
Just Healthy Neighbourhoods: Agenda and presentations (Forum post)
2020/02/24 Daniel Buckles On February 22, 2020 more than 125 people from community-based organizations across the city came together to…