All Entries Tagged With: "John Baird"
City Forecasts Stimulus Cash Surplus
Ottawa’s stimulus projects are expected to come in $31 million under budget – City staff want to use extra money on additional projects: “In June 2009, 115 projects worth $375.8 million were approved under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, and another $25.6 million were approved under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada Project.” “Newell said all but one [...]
Baird Backs Downtown Tunnel
Federal Cabinet Minister John Baird agrees with Ottawa mayoral candidates Larry O’Brien and Alex Cullen that a downtown tunnel is a necessity; mayoral candidate Jim Watson disagrees: “If you go down to Slater or Albert on a weekday during rush hour, you don’t have to worry about anyone jay-walking, Baird said in an interview with [...]
Mayor Attacks Colleague’s ‘Unseemly’ Request
Mayor Larry O’Brien says Councillor Diane Deans is making a mockery of the light-rail process between the city and the federal government: “O’Brien said Tuesday he doesn’t support the ‘unseemly’ request, suggesting council defer the motion until a later date. There’s no harm in asking. It’s just when we ask, he told reporters. Hers is [...]
Federal Gov’t Approves $600M For Ottawa Light-Rail Project
Federal Transport Minister and Ottawa West Nepean MP John Baird announces $600 million Tuesday morning for the city’s light rail project…Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien extatic: “Baird said the money shows the federal government delivers for Ottawa. We have a strong team that delivers for the city,” he said. This is real action and what leadership means.” [...]
Light-Rail Cash Only ‘Days’ Away
Federal transport Minister John Baird ready to announce funding for the City of Ottawa’s light-rail project: “We will be making a major announcement in a matter of days. This will be the single largest infrastructure announcement from the federal government in the City of Ottawa’s history,” a senior government official said.” “This would come as [...]
Baird Avoids Light Rail Funding In Transit Speech
Federal Transport Minister John Baird delivered a major transit speech this morning in Ottawa: “There’s no doubt that Mr. Baird, he’s got to do that right thing for his government. But in the end we think we have a really good plan and a viable plan and we think that the funding should be forthcoming, [...]
Funds For Tunnel To Come ‘Any Day Now,’ Says Cullen
Ottawa mayoral candidate and Bay Ward Councillor says federal funding committment to Ottawa’s downtown tunnel portion of its LRT plan is right around the corner: “They’re about to announce. It’s just a question of when, said mayoral candidate and Bay Ward Coun. Alex Cullen. The details of the business case go to prove, not only [...]
Several Bumps Ahead For Light Rail
The City of Ottawa’s two most prominent mayoral candidates stake out their electoral positions on our City’s never ending transit debate – to light rail or to not light rail? Yes that is the question: “I have and continue to express concern about a $2.1-billion plan … I will not support a plan if we [...]
Minister John Baird Knocks Ottawa Councillor Marianne Wilkinson Down A Notch
Transport Minister John Baird gives City Councillor Marianne Wilkinson a reality check at Ottawa Taxpayers’s Advocacy Group open forum for city council candidates: “Councillor Marianne Wilkinson from Kanata North took the liberty of giving a backhand remark about a federal proposal to ban dumping raw sewage into the Ottawa river.” “When Minister John Baird got [...]
Councillors Meet With Baird To Discuss Bridge
East-end Ottawa City Councillors and community activists meet with Conservative Minister Responsible for Ontario to share their ideas on the location of a new interprovincial bridge: “Study after study after study has shown that Kettle Island is the appropriate place to have an interprovincial bridge, said Bloess, adding the councillors are also concerned that the [...]
