All Entries Tagged With: "Georges Bedard"
Councillors’ Quotes
The Sun’s Sue Sherring lists positive City Councillor’s positive and negative quotes following the Lansdowne debate and vote: “Barrhaven Coun. Harder: I just want to say how happy I am for the people of Ottawa. We’re about to agree on something that is very special. It’s an opportunity to grow together.” “Bay Coun. Alex Cullen: [...]
Marleau Throws Hat In Ring For Rideau-Vanier
Two candidates are now vying for Councillor Georges Bedard’s Ottawa City Council Seat: “Perry Marleau is running for the council seat in Rideau-Vanier. Marleau ran in Alta Vista in 2006 and finished third in that race. For a couple of years after the election, he was a member of Eye On Ottawa, a watchdog group [...]
Panhandler Union Rep To Run For Council
Ottawa Panhandlers Union spokesman Andrew Nellis will take a new approach this week when he files his electoral papers: “Nellis will be registering to run for city council in Rideau-Vanier Ward later this week.” “The current councillor, Georges Bedard, has not yet registered for the race, but is expected to run again.” Click here for [...]
Company Offers OC Transpo Discount Articulated Buses
Chicago’s loss may be Ottawa’s gain, as Manitoba bus company offers articulated buses at a discount rate: “Bay Councillor Alex Cullen, the transit committee chairman who pushed for the proposal to be considered by the transit committee, said the deal has a tremendous payback.” “But Kitchissippi Councillor Christine Leadman, the only committee member to dissent [...]
Councillors Defend Vote Against Salary Freeze
Bay Councillor Alex Cullen, Rideau-Vanier Councillor Georges Bedard, and Rideau-Rockcliffe Councillor Jacques Legendre defend their decision to oppose salary freeze motion: “Cullen, a candidate for mayor in the October municipal election, said he saw Chiarelli’s motion as ‘all optics and no substance’ with no implications for this budget year. He also observed that the vote [...]
Taxpayer Advocacy Group Beginning a Full-Court Press on Ottawa City Councillors?
A kind soul forwarded this email to me this morning: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Taxpayer Cocktail for the 2010 Elections, could you please register this week? March 10, 2010 XXXXXX, The purpose of this event is to give members and the community who support a reduction in spending at City Hall an opportunity to interact with declared [...]
Candidates File Papers For Municipal Election
Two more Ottawans take the plunge into the pool of municipal politics: “Sriyan Pinnawala has filed papers to run in Rideau-Vanier ward and Mano Hadavand has filed in Capital ward.” “They are the only candidates who have so far filed nomination papers in those wards.” Click here for more on this story.
uOttawa Law Student To Challenge Georges Bedard In Rideau-Vanier Ward
Thirty-four year old law student wants to bring new blood and ideas to the Council table: “Brazeau moved here in 1998 for his undergraduate studies at the University of Ottawa, after which he taught English in Taiwan.” “He went on to work with children who had lost parents to HIV/AIDS in Tanzania before returning to [...]
More Ward Candidates File Papers
Councillor Georges Bedard now faces challenge in Rideau-Vanier; six candidates are now vying for retiring Councillor Gord Hunter’s Council seat: “In Knoxdale-Merivale, Syed Asghar Hussain, James O’Grady and Jules Ruhinda recently joined the ward race. Also running are James Dean, Keith Egli and Rod Vanier.” “The corporate services and economic development committee next week will [...]
Council In Step With Karl Marx
The Citizen’s Randall Denley explains how proud Karl Marx would be today as a result of Ottawa City Council’s decision to continue down the path of implementing a ‘Living Wage’ policy: “A group called ACORN Canada argues that no one should make less than $13.50 an hour.” “The level of thinking was appalling, even for [...]
