Ecology OttawaCategory: Council Watch
For Immediate Release: Watson asleep at the wheel while other cities rush to show climate leadership
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 MoreClimate change a key point of discussion at today’s city council
On 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 MoreFor Immediate Release: Ecology Ottawa calls on Mayor Jim Watson: Don’t cut out the core!
Ecology 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 MoreDon’t cut out the core!
Let’s make Ottawa a greener city through city-wide representation on committees
Read MoreMayoral Debate on Environmental Issues
In the lead up to the 2018 Ottawa Mayoral Election, Ecology Ottawa is hosting an All Candidates Mayoral Debate on Environmental Issues.
Read MoreACTION ALERT: Let’s Green Ottawa City Council!
We 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 MoreYou’ll never believe what happened at City Hall today
Today 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 MoreA New Urban Forest Management Plan is Officially On its Way to City Council
On Tuesday, June 20th 2017, Ecology Ottawa appeared at City Hall to congratulate the City of Ottawa for developing a new Urban Forest Management Plan draft, and to gift the council with a tree composed of the names of our…
Read MoreResults from the Mayor’s Budget Tele-Town Hall
On 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 MoreWhat Ecology Ottawa will be watching for in today’s Term of Council Priorities report.
In 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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