Mazhar Choudhry
"By advocating and voting for green initiatives."
Bob Bell
"We need to make sure that we're not just protecting the spaces for the sake it, but using them thoughtfully to help build a more resilient city. Protecting areas like wetlands can help protect us from flooding, as well as preserving vital greenspace for future generations. I would push for the city to consider how ecological preservation and climate resilience go hand-in-hand, and make sure that informs our infrastructure decisions moving forward."
Yvette Ashiri (response given in French)
"Je soutiendrai la création de partenariats avec les Peuples Autochtones, les communautés, et les organismes environnementaux afin d'identifier et de protéger les zones prioritaires. Enfin, la Ville doit rendre compte publiquement de ses progrès et s'assurer que la conservation devienne un pilier de la planification urbaine. Protéger la biodiversité, c'est protéger la santé, la résilience et la beauté de notre ville."
Translation (By Ecology Ottawa Volunteers)
“I will support the creation of partnerships with Indigenous Peoples, communities, and environmental organizations to identify and protect priority areas. Finally, the City must publicly report on its progress and ensure that conservation becomes a pillar of urban planning. Protecting biodiversity means protecting the health, resilience, and beauty of our city.”
Tammie Trellert
"Protecting biodiversity has to be part of how Ottawa grows, not something we consider after the fact.
I would work to protect Ottawa's forests, wetlands, waterways, green spaces and wildlife corridors, while restoring degraded natural areas and improving connections between them. Our Official Plan already provides a framework for protecting natural heritage, water resources and agricultural areas, and we need to use it effectively.
That means making informed decisions about development, protecting significant natural areas, expanding urban forests and supporting community and Indigenous-led conservation.
For me, being green means protecting what we have, restoring what we can and measuring whether we're actually making progress. Ottawa should publicly track its contribution toward the 30% conservation goal and be transparent about where we are succeeding and where more work is needed."