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Author: Joanne Laucius
Publication Date: December 17, 2025 - 04:00
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Ottawa's rezoning could develop over significant NCC greenspace, community groups fear
December 17, 2025
Two swatches of NCC land on both sides of the Rideau River could be rezoned as "development reserve" — and that has both nature-lovers and poetry buffs worried about the future of greenspace as the city overhauls zoning bylaws. Read More
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Keep your grubby hands off of our natural land. There’s all kinds of land inside Ottawa to develop. Especially, contaminated land that needs to be cleaned. This is where affordable housing should be built.
Clean the contaminated properties and build new communities on top of them. Do not cut down any more trees or destroy any more of our natural habitat. We don’t care that you want the waterfront properties. Go where you’re needed not where you’re not.