Michael Tay
"My priority is making better use of the land and infrastructure we already have. I support intensification and building more housing within our existing urban area where we can support it with appropriate infrastructure and transportation.
Ottawa needs considerably more housing, including affordable, supportive, family-sized and market housing. We should make it easier to build those different forms of housing.
Any proposal to expand the urban boundary should have to demonstrate a clear need. The farther we expand outward, the more roads, transit, water, sewers and other municipal services we have to build and maintain.
If Ottawa is going to grow, we need to grow responsibly. That means planning housing alongside the transportation, sewer capacity, parks, trees, recreation and community services needed to support the people who will live there."
Dillon Anderson
"Strongly oppose expanding Ottawa's urban boundary.
Sprawling outward is fiscally irresponsible and structurally unsustainable. Opening up greenfields outside our current boundary forces the city to incur massive, long-term capital and operating deficits to service low-density subdivisions with new roads, water mains, and emergency services. These sprawling expansions lock in car dependency, destroy natural and agricultural lands, and drain resources away from the core infrastructure maintenance our existing neighborhoods desperately need.
Instead of expanding outward, our focus must be on smart, compact infill development within the existing urban footprint—prioritizing affordable housing near transit nodes and revitalizing our core neighborhoods efficiently."
Nicholas Golle
"I would only support expansion of Ottawa's urban boundary where the evidence demonstrates that it is necessary and consistent with the City's broader planning, infrastructure, financial and environmental commitments."
Ariel Troster
"I am against it."