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City Reserves Drop into the Red Zone
Reserves are the black box of Ottawa city finances. Budget 2025 shows them dropping below recommended levels.
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Lansdowne 2.0 Gets Up to $22 Million in Ottawa's 2025 Budget
While we're increasing the bus passes of seniors by 60%, to raise $820,000.
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A Better Way to Manage Transit
Nickel-and-diming OC Transpo is turning it into a half billion dollar a year white elephant.
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What I'm Looking For in Ottawa's 2025 Budget (Part 3)
Will the City continue to drain its reserves, as it has done for the past 2 years?
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What I'm Looking For in Ottawa's 2025 Budget (Part 2)
Poor infrastructure decisions made today could keep taxes high for generations to come.
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What I'm Looking For in Ottawa's 2025 Budget (Part 1)
My 4 top questions for the upcoming city budget
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October 2024

Ottawa's Night Council is an Opportunity to Do Better
Mathieu Grondin is about to announce his Nightlife Advisory Council. That Council requires three ingredients for success.
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How Ottawa Could Get an Extra $72 Million a Year from the Feds and Province
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says affordability for residents is his top priority. Will he put his money where his mouth is?
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Thank You!
How your support is helping me do my part to build a better Ottawa.
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So Many Smart Ideas to Get People Engaged in Their City
Join Dave Meslin live this Thursday at 5:30pm at Centrepointe Theatre
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Doug Ford is Locking Ottawa and Other Ontario Cities into a High-Tax Urban Expansion Growth Model
Urban expansion is costly for taxpayers but great for developers. Ford just made urban expansion in Ontario a lot easier.
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Can You Help Me Advocate for a Better Ottawa?
I'm opening up the option for paid subscriptions, for anyone who wants to support my writing and to expand in-real-life advocacy efforts.
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