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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 5h

Required reading from CBC Kate Porter’s on the Lansdowne 2.0 numbers - facts are important!!!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ottnews

Hitting go on Lansdowne 2.0: Details from the city's big, final report | CBC News

The final reports about updating Ottawa's Lansdowne Park have been made public. Here's what they say about the cost, the financing, the contractors and more.

www.cbc.ca

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm … clearly this should have said “procurement debacle.” (Damn auto-correct/lack of coffee..)

JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent reporting by ⁦‪Arthur White-Crummy‬⁩ … I am deeply disturbed that #ottcity has not released the wording for the Lansdowne 2.0 RFP. They seemed to have learned nothing from the LRT2 predicament debacle. Where is the transparency?

Lansdowne 2.0 cost stays put at $419M as city reveals builder | CBC News

The City of Ottawa has named EBC Inc. as the successful bidder to build Lansdowne 2.0, as the project moves toward a final decision at council with a total cost that has barely budged in two years.

www.cbc.ca

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe, but I don’t know. What’s in the documents is what the city staff (and presumably the mayor’s office) tells us.

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 1d

How does the public and council - who has to vote on this - know what was asked of the proponents? SNC-Lavalin won the Trillium Line 2 contract but it turns out they failed the tech scoring twice, were waived through anyway and council was never told. So, that’s bad.

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent reporting by ⁦‪Arthur White-Crummy‬⁩ … I am deeply disturbed that #ottcity has not released the wording for the Lansdowne 2.0 RFP. They seemed to have learned nothing from the LRT2 predicament debacle. Where is the transparency?

Lansdowne 2.0 cost stays put at $419M as city reveals builder | CBC News

The City of Ottawa has named EBC Inc. as the successful bidder to build Lansdowne 2.0, as the project moves toward a final decision at council with a total cost that has barely budged in two years.

www.cbc.ca

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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Parents, councillors rally to ‘Save Our Safety Cameras’ after Ford’s plan to ban them

Parents, students, and local officials gathered in Ottawa Monday morning as part of a provincewide day of action, calling on the Ontario government to reverse its plan to eliminate automated speed enforcement in school zones.

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to reading the #Lansdowne 2.0 report but I’m disappointed that Mayor Sutcliffe held a media briefing before the report is out. He throws out a lot of numbers, makes his pitch and takes questions from reporters who don’t have all the facts. Not transparent, not accountable. #ottnews

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · 17d

L’événement Right to Food du Parkdale Food Centre a été un autre grand succès aujourd’hui – et tant de mes personnes préférées !

Jeff, Joanne and Tina pose for a picture at the event / Jeff, Joanne et Tina posent pour une photo lors de l'événement

Donations jars full of donations / Des pots de dons remplis de dons

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · 21d

📍Nepean – Oct 22, Barley Mow Merivale
📍Orléans – Oct 23, Café Amore

And on Oct 26, join us at Beyond the Pale, one year out from Ottawa’s election day. Together, let’s build a city that works.

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · 21d

I’m launching a listening tour to hear directly from residents. First stops:
📍Kanata – Oct 7, Three Brewers
📍Hunt Club – Oct 14, Moose McGuire
📍Bells Corners – Oct 15, Kichesippi Beer Co

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · 21d

Across Ottawa, from fairs and markets to townhalls and meetings, I’ve been hearing the same thing: people are frustrated and want a new direction for our city. We need a city that works, with reliable transit, strong services, repaired roads and community centres.

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · 25d

Speed enforcement cameras work to keep neighbourhoods safe by reducing dangerous speeding. I and @catmckenney.bsky.social ask you to write to your MPP and Premier Ford to oppose legislation that would ban their use in Ontario cities.

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Sean Devine @seandevine9.bsky.social · 26d

On Oct. 9, join me for Designing a Better City, an exciting lunch & learn on design vision & leadership. A rare opportunity to hear some of Canada's most exciting voices on architecture & public policy, in a panel discussion with Ottawa's new Chief Planner! www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-...

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · 26d

In 2017, Catherine McKenney and I traveled to Queen's Park to fight for safer streets in Ottawa-Centre. The government listened to residents. Now, Premier Ford is proposing to make our streets more dangerous. It's the wrong move for intensifying neighbourhoods. www.ola.org/sites/defaul...

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · 27d

The decision to remove speed cameras from Ontario streets is unbelievably irresponsible and flies in the face of clear evidence … even police chiefs are against this populist move. It’s disgraceful.

Ford government says it will ban speed cameras across Ontario | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford called the traffic enforcement tool a "cash grab" at a news conference in Vaughan Thursday. He said his government will introduce new legislation to ban speed cameras.

www.cbc.ca

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · Sep 19

The engagement efforts by the city on this plan have been a big improvement over the last “refresh.” Always grateful to my Councillor @jleiper.bsky.social for his commitment to making our city better. Next up: Tunney’s Pasture development update, Monday at 6:30 at HCC! See you all there

Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · Sep 18

The second night of public engagement on the 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan was well-attended. Very glad to get caught up with @jchianello.bsky.social and Kaite Burkholder Harris. It's a critical discussion for this City, and I'm grateful we have the benefit of their perspectives.

Joanne Chianello and Kaite Burkholder Harris at a public engagement session in a community hall / Joanne Chianello et Kaite Burkholder Harris lors d'une séance d'engagement public dans une salle communautaire

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · Sep 2

Getting together with my friends and neighbours - and Councillor! - before school
starts has been a cherished tradition on Patricia Ave N for more than 20 years!

Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · Sep 1

This summer has been busy with block parties all over Kitchissippi! This afternoon I was happy to pop by Patricia Ave's and say hi to neighbours and to @jchianello.bsky.social who has been doing some exciting things in Champlain Park this year.

Joanne and Jeff at the Patricia Ave street party.

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · Sep 1

This summer has been busy with block parties all over Kitchissippi! This afternoon I was happy to pop by Patricia Ave's and say hi to neighbours and to @jchianello.bsky.social who has been doing some exciting things in Champlain Park this year.

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · Aug 28

The biggest change from the second to third drafts of the zoning by-law is the proposed height increase to 11m in the lowest-density zones in the urban area. I provided some comments to CBC today in support of that. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Zoning update would allow 3-storey homes in Ottawa's 'bungalow belt' | CBC News

An update to proposed zoning rules in Ottawa could allow three-storey buildings in essentially every neighbourhood — even in suburban areas now dominated by single-family bungalows.

www.cbc.ca

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · Aug 26

I want to express my profound disappointment today that the City has ordered its workers back into the office five days a week. It is a short-sighted decision that serves no one well in either the short or long term. (1/6)

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com · Aug 26

Brutal. I testified at the Bill 9 hearings. The submissions were nearly unanimous, saying that the threshold of 100% of councillors needing to vote someone w/ serious integrity violations out of office made the process impossible. All it will take is one buddy of an abuser to obstruct the process.

JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · Aug 26

I don't know why the PC Ford government bothered to travel Bill 9, hear from dozens of residents, experts and municipal organizations, simply to ignore the overwhelming feedback from these folks. A waste of time and money. Worse, it further diminishes our belief in the democratic process.

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · Aug 26

I don't know why the PC Ford government bothered to travel Bill 9, hear from dozens of residents, experts and municipal organizations, simply to ignore the overwhelming feedback from these folks. A waste of time and money. Worse, it further diminishes our belief in the democratic process.

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ottawa's local MPPs Stephen Blais and @catmckenney.bsky.social were excellent during today's line-by-line reading of Bill 9, proposing dozens of amendments that would make the bill effective in dealing with abusive behaviour by council members. The PC MPPs voted every single one of them down.

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JChianello @jchianello.bsky.social · Aug 26

After a summer break, our crew talks budget directions, the evergreen issue of extending lifeguard season, why the LTFP is MIA and the NCC-Sens decision. It's feeling like back to school season! #ottnews
Muni Panel: Is the City Breaking the Law?
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Muni Panel: Is the City Breaking the Law?

Insights, opinions and arguments on the latest Ottawa city issues.

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Jeff Leiper 🛴🚲🚇♻️🚌📊 @jleiper.bsky.social · Jul 18

Intensification and transit-oriented development are an existential imperative for North American cites, but who's thinking about the strip malls?! As it turns out, Toronto city planners are. Read my latest post here: kitchissippiward.ca/2025/07/18/t...

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