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 | Apr 27, 2023 | Information, Notebook
La version française suit This week, Mayor Sutcliffe wrote to Premier Ford with an urgent request regarding funding for supportive housing and homelessness programs. (A copy of the letter is included below.) The 2023 Ontario budget allocated an additional...
by Glen Gower | Apr 16, 2023 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit (image credit: Brent Toderian) / (source de l’image : Brent Toderian) On April 6, the Ontario government unveiled their latest proposals to update provincial planning legislation, including a new Provincial Policy Statement and Bill 97 (the...
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...
