by Glen Gower | Oct 30, 2025 | Notebook
La version française suit City Council will be making a decision next week (Friday, November 7) on the future of Lansdowne Park. This week at committee, we’re hearing from nearly 90 delegations, asking questions to city staff, and debating the pros and cons of...
by Glen Gower | Oct 27, 2025 | Development, Notebook
A City report that I always look forward to is the Greenfield Residential Land Survey*. It’s a yearly report that gives a point-in-time snapshot of vacant land that has been designated for future development in suburban Ottawa, including Stittsville. The report...
by Glen Gower | Oct 23, 2025 | Information, Notebook
Good news: New data from the City of Ottawa shows that the amount of waste that residents are sending to the landfill has been trending downwards since the new 3-item garbage limit was introduced in September 2024. Garbage tonnage sent to the landfill decreased by...
by Glen Gower | Oct 10, 2025 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit This week City Council received the Housing Innovation Task Force report and approved a series of measures to help deal with Ottawa’s housing crisis. The approved measures include things like: Streamlining rules and processes to make...
by Glen Gower | Sep 26, 2025 | Notebook
La version française suit (Originally published in my Substack newsletter.) If you’re someone who prefers that policy is informed by data and evidence, yesterday’s press conference from Premier Ford about banning speed cameras was a very frustrating spectacle to...
by Glen Gower | Sep 24, 2025 | Notebook
La version française suit Three things about today’s debate at City Council about return-to-office for municipal staff: 1. I don’t support a mandatory return-to-office policy for City staff. So it was good to get clarity from the City Manager that hybrid work will...
