by Glen Gower | Apr 22, 2024 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit On my weekly video update on Saturday, I made a passing reference to one of the provisions in Ontario’s new Bill 185, the “Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act”. Announced earlier this month, Bill 185 is the latest in a...
by Glen Gower | Oct 28, 2023 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit Surprising but welcome news from the provincial government this week: The Minister of Housing is reversing changes the province made to our Official Plan last fall. Last year, I wrote about how those changes would work against Council’s...
by Glen Gower | Nov 26, 2022 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit Changes to development charges in the Provincial government’s new Bill 23 will mean a loss of tens of millions of dollars of revenue for the City of Ottawa in the coming years. That’s the conclusion of the City’s Chief...
by Glen Gower | Nov 12, 2022 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit On Friday, November 4, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing approved Ottawa’s Official Plan, making 30 changes to the version City Council approved in 2021. These changes will impact growth in Stittsville and across the City of...
by Team Stittsville | Nov 7, 2022 | Development
La version française suit A transcript of Councillor Glen’s interview on Monday, November 7 on CBC Ottawa Morning. You can listen to the interview here or read the transcript below. HALLIE COTNAM: On Friday, the Ontario government announced that it had finally...