Toon Dreessen

In all the recent talk of trade wars, tariffs and buying Canadian, I didn’t expect procurement to...

Ottawa is facing many challenges: we need more housing that achieves better sustainable density to create homes...

Ottawa is a unique place. We are a city of a million people and growing. We are...

"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 city should engage in this project."

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 place?

"We can be the city we want to be. But we can’t get there if we don’t vote," writes Toon Dreessen.

"We need to be both a city for people and a city for the world," writes Toon Dreessen.

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 Dreessen.

By limiting development on certain streets to four storeys, the city has virtually guaranteed that these lots will remain undeveloped, writes Toon Dreessen.

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 a firm’s ability to deliver the work.