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When does “good” city planning have “bad” outcomes? I’ve been thinking a lot since getting back from a planning conference in Toronto about the difficulty city planners often face when trying to balance competing public interest considerations as the city develops. Since returning, I’ve had strip malls on my mind. While I was at the…

In my newsletter last week, I pointed to the work the City is doing to implement a protected intersection at Byron and Churchill. You can read more about that here. I’ve already received feedback opposing the change since the re-design would remove the northbound left turn lane from Byron to Churchill. Residents are concerned that…

Earlier this month, I posed several Kitchissippi-centric questions to the candidates running for the four major parties in our riding in the federal election. Below, I’ve reproduced the answers from Joel Harden (NDP), Yasir Naqvi (Liberal) and Amanda Rosenstock (Green) who provided their replies by the April 23 deadline, as well as Paul D’Orsonnens (Conservative)…

This morning, in keeping with my past practice, I’ve written to the candidates for the four major parties in Ottawa Centre to pose some Kitchissippi-specific questions. I’ve asked them to provide me with their replies by April 23, and I’ll publish those in my social media channels and weekly newsletter shortly thereafter. These have been…