Take Action!

Rally for a Sustainable Ottawa: HOLD THE LINE, NO MORE URBAN SPRAWL!

Tues., May 12 @ 12:00 p.m.
Human Rights Monument (outside City Hall, Elgin & Lisgar)

The City of Ottawa's draft official plan includes a significant expansion of the urban area. That's the area inside which the city will supply infrastructure likes piped water and sewers, and therefore the area where developers build most new housing.

City staff want to add 850 hectares to the urban area. Developers are lobbying for even more rural land to build sprawling suburbs on. City council is under a lot of pressure to cave in to developers' demands -- we need to push back, and tell them to hold the line on urban sprawl!

Join the Coalition for a Sustainable Ottawa for a rally outside City Hall, and tell city council that it's a bad idea to expand the urban boundary at all.

The public is also welcome all day at City Hall as the planning committees consider revisions to the urban boundary and other parts of Ottawa's official plan. 

For more information, write to coalition4aSustainableOttawa@gmail.com, or see the flyer below:

May_12_-_Rally_for_a_Sustainable_Ottawa.pdf

Sign the petition to end the transit strike. It's time to let city council know that we want an end to the transit strike, and we want it now! (January 2009)

Sign the petition for a five-year moratorium on new roads in Ottawa, coupled with investments in transit, cycling, and pedestrian infrastructure. (July 2008)

Tell the city to make recycling mandatory for businesses. (May 2008)

Sign a petition against uranium exploration in the Ottawa River watershed. (2007)

Check out Ecology Ottawa's Top 10 Actions, and find out what you can do today to reduce your environmental footprint. (2007)

Join the search party and help find Mayor O'Brien's missing climate strategy. (2007)

Sign the Green Budget Petition. (2006)

Submit your comments before February 17, 2008 about Ontario’s proposed legislation to restrict the use of cosmetic pesticides, at: http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTAyNTUz&statusId=MTUzMzE3

The City of Ottawa is accepting public comments on the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park, both online and at a workshop to be held February 26th, 2008. For more information, see http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/public_consult/lansdowne/index_en.html.

Coalition for a Healthy Ottawa
Petition ‒ urge city council to pass a bylaw to restrict the non-essential use of lawn and garden pesticides. Supporters of a ban include: CHEO, the Ottawa Hospital, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Ontario College of Family Physicians and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

Across Canada, pesticide bylaws already protect 127 communities, including the entire Province of Québec. Let's send a strong message to City Hall ‒ we need a bylaw in Ottawa, to protect our health and the environment.
Pesticide Bylaw Petition
Below download a hard copy of the petition.

Petition_2007.pdf