
Op-ed: More procurement reform would allow Ottawa businesses to help shape our city
In all the recent talk of trade wars, tariffs and buying Canadian, I didn’t expect procurement to feature prominently. I couldn’t be more pleased to
Op-ed: More procurement reform would allow Ottawa businesses to help shape our city
In all the recent talk of trade wars, tariffs and buying Canadian, I didn’t expect procurement to feature prominently. I couldn’t be more pleased to
Building The City We Aspire To Be
Ottawa is facing many challenges: we need more housing that achieves better sustainable density to create homes for families and support small businesses for a
Ottawa is a unique place. We are a city of a million people and growing. We are the capital of a G7 country and, as
Op-ed: Is selling ‘air rights’ to public land such as Lansdowne Park the best we can do?
“The proposal has increased in cost and would add $310 million to our debt obligation. While the design is improved…fundamental questions remain about how the
Op-ed: Could Ottawa’s ‘night mayor’ spark a desire to design a city for people?
On May 3, the city approved the role of “night mayor” to help get the word out. So, what is essential to making a vibrant
Op-ed: Your vote helps build our city — literally
“We can be the city we want to be. But we can’t get there if we don’t vote,” writes Toon Dreessen.
Op-ed: We can be better than bland, but it will take a coherent vision for our city
“We need to be both a city for people and a city for the world,” writes Toon Dreessen.
Making smarter development decisions to ‘become the city we aspire to be’
We need to understand the root causes and bring leadership to solving problems so that we become the city we aspire to be, writes Toon
How building height limitations are contributing to Ottawa’s housing crisis
By limiting development on certain streets to four storeys, the city has virtually guaranteed that these lots will remain undeveloped, writes Toon Dreessen.
Why #ShopLocal should be applied to small businesses on – and off – mainstreets
Governments often design RFPs to demand unreasonably high thresholds for insurance coverage, years of experience or firm size that have little or no bearing on
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