Transportation Committee: Cancelled
Planning Committee (May 14): Councillors approved the Bayview Station District Community Design Plan.
Environment Committee (May 21): The Environment Committee held their first meeting since March this month. Despite the lengthy absence, the meeting was unexpectedly short. Councillors’ received an update on the City’s increasing efforts on Solid Waste Services in City Facilities and approved a recommended expansion of the program to include waste generated within large City facilities, City parks, and right-of-ways. Ecology Ottawa awards Councillors on the Environment Committee a thumbs-up for diverting waste from landfills. For more information and for Ecology Ottawa’s critique of this meeting please visit our blog.
City Council (May 22): City Council approved the Bayview Station District Community Design Plan put forth by the Planning Committee (from May 14) and for this Ecology Ottawa awards City Council with a Thumbs Up.
Planning Committee (May 28): The Planning Committee approved the O’Keefe Drain Environmental Management Plan (EMP) (Item 3). The Planning Committee members are awarded a Thumbs Up for approving these recommendations to protect our City’s natural environment.
Ecology Ottawa’s Rating of City Councillors:
| Approved the Bayview Station District Community Design Plan | |
| City Councillor | Rating |
| Councillors on the Planning Committee* and on City Council** | Thumbs-up |
| O'Keefe Drain Environmental Management Plan | |
| City Councillor | Rating |
| Councillors on the Planning Committee* | Thumbs-up |
| Expanded the Solid Waste Services program | |
| City Councillor | Rating |
| Councillors on the Environment Committee* | Thumbs-up |
| An Environment Committee Agenda lacking in substance | |
| City Councillor | Rating |
| Councillor Maria McRae | Thumbs-down |
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Ecology Ottawa urges protection of Ottawans from Idling Pollution
Ottawa City Council's Environment and Climate Change and Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committees met today to discuss staff recommendations for amendments to the City's Idling Control By-law. Ecology Ottawa made a delegation, supporting the recommendations and adding a few of our own to better reduce our GHG emissions and Ottawans' health—especially that of our most vulnerable.
Stop Harmful Idling Emissions!
As part of their review of the Idling By-law, Ottawa City staff have issued new recommendations for the By-law. These recommendations come to a joint meeting of the Environment and Climate Change and the Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committees this Thursday. Here’s what you need to know!
Ecology Ottawa delegates on Budget 2025 Directions: Where are the Strategic Priorities?
Ottawa Council's Finance and Corporate Services Committee considered the Directions for the City's 2025 budget this morning. Ecology Ottawa was there, calling out the Directions' failure to respond to the crises—climate, biodiversity, housing affordability, addictions—facing Ottawans, as well as their failure to incorporate any of the City's Strategic Priorities. You can watch our delegation or read it below.