Budget is business-as-usual at a crisis moment that demands anything but February 6, 2019 (Ottawa) – Today, Jim Watson presented the draft 2019 City of Ottawa budget. The most notable aspect of this budget is what it did not say. In…
Read MoreOn January 30th, City Council met for the first time in 2019. Climate change was a key issue of discussion in two debates, setting the tone for the potential of ambitious climate action. In what is normally a rubber-stamp procedure…
Read MoreEcology Ottawa calls on Mayor Jim Watson: Don’t cut out the core! December 14, 2018 (OTTAWA) – Ecology Ottawa has launched a campaign to urge Jim Watson to fix Ottawa’s committee structure by adding more urban councillors to key committees…
Read MoreLet’s make Ottawa a greener city through city-wide representation on committees
Read MoreIn the lead up to the 2018 Ottawa Mayoral Election, Ecology Ottawa is hosting an All Candidates Mayoral Debate on Environmental Issues.
Read MoreWe need your help getting our all-candidates’ survey into the hands of each and every Ottawa municipal candidate.
The citizens of Ottawa will vote for mayor and council on Monday, October 22. Here at Ecology Ottawa, one of our top priorities between now and election day is to ensure that environmental concerns are a priority election issue.
Read MoreToday was the big day – the City of Ottawa’s final 2018 budget was presented to council. It’s the last one before the election next fall, and a lot was riding on it. We were watching closely for commitments on climate…
Read MoreOn Thursday June 25 the city invited people to call in with suggestions on the 2016 city budget. According to the Ottawa Citizen most of the callers asked about climate change, bus lanes and road infrastructure, transit, parks, social services…
Read MoreIn October Ottawa elected a new city council. At the time Ecology Ottawa approached councillors across the city and met with many of them. We told them clearly what our priorities were and offered to work with them. Today the public…
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