Mazhar Choudhry
"By promoting and advocating for active lifestyle and active transportation."
Bob Bell
"The biggest impact we can make in the City is in reducing the emissions associated with commuting and other transportation, by getting more people to choose transit and active transportation where possible. That means building OC Transpo into something that actually works and can be relied on."
Yvette Ashiri (response given in French)
"Je vais soutenir l'approche d'Écologie Ottawa et ses initiatives. Je vais appuyer une approche ambitieuse et réaliste pour que la Ville d'Ottawa respecte ses engagements du plan Évolution énergétique et atteigne la carboneutralité d'ici 2050. Cela passe par des actions concrètes : renforcer l'efficacité énergétique des bâtiments municipaux et résidentiels, accélérer la transition vers les énergies renouvelables locales, et réduire la dépendance à l'automobile grâce à un réseau de transport collectif, cyclable et piéton bien intégré. Je crois aussi à la transparence : la Ville doit publier des rapports annuels clairs sur les progrès réalisés et les émissions évitées. Enfin, il faut soutenir les ménages à faible revenu pour qu'ils puissent participer à cette transition sans en subir les coûts."
Translation (By Ecology Ottawa Volunteers)
"I will support Ecology Ottawa’s approach and its initiatives. I will advocate for an ambitious yet realistic strategy to ensure that the City of Ottawa fulfills its commitments under the Energy Evolution Plan and achieves carbon neutrality by 2050. This requires concrete actions: improving the energy efficiency of municipal and residential buildings, accelerating the transition to local renewable energy, and reducing dependence on cars through a well-integrated public transit, cycling, and pedestrian network. I also believe in transparency: the City must publish clear annual reports on progress made and emissions avoided. Finally, we must support low-income households so they can participate in this transition without bearing the costs."
Tammie Trellert
"I support Ottawa's commitment to reaching net-zero community emissions by 2050, but commitments only matter if we measure them, fund them and are willing to hold ourselves accountable when we fall behind.
Energy Evolution identifies the major areas where Ottawa needs to make progress: electrifying transportation, retrofitting existing homes and commercial buildings, diverting organics from landfill, transitioning commercial fleets and increasing renewable energy. The City estimates these five areas account for roughly 80% of the emissions reductions required.
My approach would be to focus investment where it produces measurable results.
That means accelerating energy-efficiency retrofits and making programs more accessible to homeowners, renters, small businesses and older buildings. Buildings account for about 45% of Ottawa's greenhouse-gas emissions, so we cannot reach our target without addressing how we heat and power them.
It also means continuing to improve public transit and active transportation, supporting the transition to electric vehicles and zero-emission municipal fleets, and making sure new development is designed around energy efficiency and sustainable transportation from the beginning.
I also believe the City has to lead by example. Our own buildings, fleet, operations and procurement should be moving toward the same targets we are asking residents and businesses to support.
And this comes back to transparency. Ottawa already has emissions targets and an annual reporting process. The community target is a 100% reduction by 2050, with interim targets of 43% by 2027, 68% by 2032 and 96% by 2040, measured against 2012 levels.
I would want residents to see those numbers in plain language, alongside the actions being taken, the money being invested, what is working and where we are falling short.
Being green isn't about making promises. It's about doing the work, measuring the results and being honest with residents about whether we're on track. We owe that to our environment, our children and the generations that come after us."