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April 2, 2024 Finance & Corporate Service Committee Agenda: 2024 Tax Policy – Multi-residential Tax Rate
Dear Mayor Sutcliffe:
I am writing to you... more
By AlexCullen
March 27, 2024
I ran for council in 2022. I know that spending $500 million on Lansdowne was not a priority of any candidate for mayor or council. Yet, here we are, a year... more
November 4, 2023
You probably are thinking how could I have been so naïve? Why didn’t you rant more? In my defence, I ranted more than I wanted. Some things are bigger than... more
By Clive Doucet
February 18, 2023
Councillor Diane Holmes came out to see me perform at my first public meeting after I announced that I was going to run for Regional Councillor. Diane was the... more
By Clive Doucet
February 18, 2023
I had a happy childhood but that doesn’t mean I had a childhood that would suit another child. Today for the middle-class children, summers are for camps,... more
By Clive Doucet
February 5, 2023
There’s no greater grace than to be where you are supposed to be and know it. I lived in that graceful place for eight years. Of all the jobs I’ve ever had,... more
By Clive Doucet
January 26, 2023
The first difficult issue that came at me after my election was similar to the Aberdeen, but much smaller beer. The City of Ottawa had decided it would like ‘... more
By Clive Doucet
January 26, 2023
The Ottawa River is one of the largest, grandest rivers on the entire planet. When you look down at the earth from 20,000 feet, you can’t see Parliament Hill... more
By Clive Doucet
January 16, 2023
On November 17, 2022, more than thirty Ontario mayors endorsed a Conservation Authority letter to the province expressing concerns with Ontario provincial... more
By James OGrady
November 22, 2022
The Honourable Chandra Pasma, MPP
Education Critic
Dear MPP Pasma:
Thank you for your recent work in publicizing the challenges faced by people living on ODSP... more
By Guy
September 24, 2022
