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…
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…
For immediate release: POP releases its key issues document challenging the 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…