The insinuation by the @_MarkSutcliffe campaign that we have "contributed to McKenney's campaign" in any way is not based on any fact or evidence and is being used to distract from real issues that matter to #Ottawa residents like accountability and transparency at City Hall. 1/5
When it comes to our over 700 members, they are free to do as they wish and support any of the candidates we have endorsed. In fact, we encourage our members to do so and encourage residents across #ottcity to join them too. 2/5
Voter turnout in #Ottawa for municipal elections is historically very low. Our hope is that by informing potential voters about candidates who share their vision and values, we can inspire more people to head to the polls this October. 3/5
It is unfortunate that the @_MarkSutcliffe campaign has spent the past week putting time and energy into trying to discredit a volunteer-driven organization, time that could instead have been spent connecting with community members and communicating his vision for #ottcity. 4/5
Horizon Ottawa was created by a group of concerned citizens who believe a city that works for everyone is possible, and we're focusing our energy on working towards that goal and we invite you to join us. 5/5 horizonottawa.ca/membership
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We're happy to be out tabling at the #Kanata Mayoral debate tonight to talk to Kanata residents about our movement for a better #ottcity!
We'll also be livetweeting the Mayoral debate tonight so follow along with us in the thread below!
First up with opening statements are Param Singh, former police officer at OPS; former mayor Bob Chiarelli (who still reads his statements off the sheet after all these years); and Ade Olumide, who is focused on a police complaints bill of rights.
Two comments from Ade: “I’m not sure why they put me next to the police officer…” and “I would like to hear how Mark Sutcliffe is going to pay for his environmental plan.”
And next up is Sutcliffe - who is the first to stand up during his opening statement, which is something?
Today we are proud to announce that after a vote of our membership, Horizon Ottawa is endorsing @cmckenney to be the next Mayor of Ottawa.
Since becoming a councillor in 2014, Catherine has been one of the most consistently progressive voices at #ottcity Hall. 1/8
They've supported initiatives to push for more affordable housing, a city budget that prioritizes people over big corporate interests, and pushing for an inquiry into our LRT and showed true leadership during the #OttawaOccupation when many other politicians left us behind. 2/8
.@cmckenney was also the first to declare they would not be accepting donations from developers.
To our members, that signaled that the only constituency Catherine would be accountable to would be to residents of this city. 3/8
Hi all, we're here at the @OttawaPolice Services Board. We'll try to livetweet as best as possible, but we've tried to get a critical mass of Horizon members to go in person to speak as delegates, since the public has been denied the accessibility of appearing virtually.
The meeting is kicking off with some administrative business. We've learned that all new members of the board were sworn in beforehand during the in camera meeting. You can follow along here:
@ottawacity There was a motion from @ShawnMenard1 to continue having discussions with @OttawaACORN and other groups before moving forward, were not sure if that passed or not.
As we said, we will be trying to catch some of the meeting but will not be able to catch all of it.