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Feb 2 6 tweets 2 min read
In the absence of any clear plan communicated to residents, here is what I would suggest needs to occur:
1) Every action should be geared towards protecting the residential areas of #Ottawa, stopping the noise, violence and harassment people are enduring
2) Begin ticketing and towing existing vehicles that are part of the convoy parking illegally in our residential areas, when it is safe to do so.
3) Allow for protest on Wellington and in the Parliamentary precinct and begin cordoning off for people in that vicinity
4) Protect residents accessing services both through community support. Don’t engage the convoy occupation but protect one another from harassment defensively
5) The city should have a court injunction for removals from residential areas
6) The federal government needs to get involved and take over the management of the area where this occupation is occurring
7) Our services should not be held hostage, our libraries and social agencies should be operating and protected
8) Begin to set deadlines with strict fines imposed on the occupation if they are not moving to designated areas focused on the federal government
9) Support eachother with buddy systems and demonstrated actions such as clean ups and peaceful assembly
10) Do not allow further trucks and vehicles into the occupation this weekend nor free flow of gas cans to refuel them
11) We don’t need mass arrests, that is not wise
12) Apologize to Ottawa residents for this complete mishandling #ottnews

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Jan 15
This is important for #ottnews media and #Ottpoli candidates because I’ve been seeing it mentioned repeatedly. The transit budget is not 50/50 (fares/transit levy). The operating budget is nearly $700 M. In “normal” years we collected $200 M in fares. Lately, we collect much less
This is important as people debate lower cost or #FreeTransit. We’ve been collecting about 1/5th of normal fare volume. Think about that. We are already so close to free transit, it’s a low fraction of the operating budget. $40 million? For universal transit in #Ottawa? Wow.
There are caveats of course. This includes other orders of gov compensation during the pandemic. But the point is, with operational funding now being discussed at the federal level, and as a powerful call to meet climate, equity and congestion objectives, this is achievable.
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Aug 10, 2021
Voting records matter. Let’s take a trip down memory lane on now uncontested appointment, candidate Sudds. 1) Voted to give a Porsche dealership a $2.9 million tax break. 2) Didn’t want to use the word ‘emergency’ when it came to homelessness in Ottawa, while sitting as CPS chair
3) Voted to massively expand Ottawa’s sprawl, despite claiming to care about the environment. 4) Voted not once but twice to just accept the new design for the Chateau Laurier without pushing for more changes.
5) Voted to try and ensure that the Mayor did not have to meet with Indigenous leadership regarding the Taggart Tewin lands expansion. 6) Voted for more sprawl despite staff opposition to new lands, lobbied by Taggart
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