Reading Time: 5 minutesFront-runners in Ottawa’s Mayoral election debate environmental and liveability issues
Catherine McKenney
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCity council voted unanimously on Wednesday to declare an affordable housing and homelessness emergency, making Ottawa the first Canadian city to do so. The motion was brought by Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, who is council’s liaison for housing and homelessness.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe challenge, which ran from Feb. 4 to 10, resulted in a higher lack of productivity than usual, with only three of 23 councillor seats occupied throughout the week. (Councillors who were not part of the challenge still used it as an excuse for their absences).
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe City’s voter turnout increased by three points from the 2014 municipal election, at 42 per cent.
Reading Time: 7 minutesOttawa heads to the polls on Oct. 22 to vote in this year’s municipal election. The Fulcrum spoke to candidates in five wards surrounding campus to hear their priorities and ideas on issues affecting students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDorimain said the march had two goals, to raise money for BLM Toronto and to get politicians to say they support the movement. “We were asking our mayor and councillors to support what’s going on over there because it also happens here in Ottawa,” she said.
