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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

25 days

A lovely schooner cruise on Lake Seneca…. The boat will be 100y old next year.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

What if, hear me out, this was people having fun in a park, having pizza? And is a call to action for better waste collection (and recycling) and, while we’re at it, washrooms and drinking fountains.

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@Toon_Dreessen

4 months

Here’s the deal @LoblawsON ; no idea if you got a building permit for this or not, nor how it was reviewed and approved if so. But here’s my unofficial take: see that exit sign? If it’s dark, lights are out, room getting smoky, seeing that sign would save my life. 1/

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 month

What a terrible MPP.

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@Toon_Dreessen

4 years

What if (hear me out) this was a sign that ppl wanted to use the space and we need to step up services like waste pick up, provide washrooms, public amenities and services. Be the city we aspire to.

Carol Anne Meehan

@MeehanCarolAnne

4 years

Is it time to remove waste bins from from park and trail entrances and force users to take their garbage home? This mess at Beryl Gaffney Park. Thoughts? ⁦ @ottawacity ⁩ ⁦ @BarrhavenEastCA ⁩ ⁦ @StonebridgeCA ⁩ ⁦ @RSCAssociation ⁩ ⁦ @FindlayCreekCA ⁩

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

Hey @JimWatsonOttawa if we’re providing toilets for this group of protesters, how come we can’t also provide them for the people who live here? @GottaGoCampaign

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

For 2 and a half minutes I watched and there wasn’t a single train on these tracks. #subtweet for ⁦ @ladybugspicnic ⁩

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@Toon_Dreessen

4 months

Here, I added a green line to show where it is. So maybe @LoblawsON this is fine, maybe it’s got a permit and it meets code requirements for exit, access to exit etc. Who am I to know what process you go thru to do construction in your stores. But it feels wrong to me.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

4 months

But if I ran for the sign, I’d have a hard time, in a panicked state, finding the gap in the barrier, especially now that you’ve lined it with plexiglass. How easily could you find the le gate (circled in green)? 2/

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

I’m incredibly sad today. This is the first time I’ve ever felt really embarrassed for my city for my country. 1/

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Defund catholic schools of all public funding.

Michelle Mackey

@michellemackey

1 year

#BREAKING Police called in to manage the crowd at the York Catholic District School Board meeting. The topic of raising the Pride flag at YCDSB schools this June sparked this scene. The man at the beginning who you are seeing get swarmed was there to support raising the flag.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

4 months

Another perspective: you see the exit sign? Head for the barrier and run into it. How are you to know the gate is 50ft to the left? Can you even see the barrier? 3/

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Well fuck.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

27 days

Rideau Street was the subject of millions of dollars and investment as part of the LRT; note the lack of trees, benches, places to sit; how do we attract people, residence and tourists, when the built environment is in hospitable or even hostile?

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

27 days

Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

6 months

It’s pretty disingenuous to suggest that rural residents (13% of pop, 11% of tax revenue) need to be heard when urban (majority of pop/rev) is routinely ignored when it comes to how decisions are made on things like transit, social/public infrastructure, etc. 1/

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

6 months

I want to make sure that rural residents feel included in the decisions we make as a city. You should not feel like people in downtown Ottawa are deciding how you should operate your farms or live your lives or that your unique needs are being overlooked. Je veux m'assurer que

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Tell me #ottcity is a car-centric city: darling was thinking of volunteering at humane society: 3 buses and a train plus walk: 2 hours one way to get there. Drive? 26 minutes.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

Dear Martha; we have fought bravely at the battle of Billings bridge; while we have lost the Harvey’s, a McDonalds remains. The truck bros have been stopped and we persevere. We are inspired by the warm hearts of our leaders, and seek solace in rousing music. Farewell.

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@Toon_Dreessen

17 days

A long piece from me will come out but (TLDR) thread is that this is nonsense. This was a predictable hole in the budget that, thru a series of poor choices, we’re now saddled with and asking, petulantly, be be bailed out. 1/

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

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I'm grateful for my working relationship with Minister Sudds and all Ottawa-area MPs. We're also thankful for the two areas of funding the federal government has provided to Ottawa this year, for affordable housing and new arrivals. However, neither that funding nor the

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

Thousands of hooligans descend on ottawa, desecrate tomb of unknown soldier and memorial to terry fox; create chaos in rideau centre and on streets while displaying fascist/racist ideology. There, fixed it.

CTV News

@CTVNews

3 years

Thousands protest in solidarity with Freedom Convoy

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Ottawa planning staff asked me to make a building (new, 6 st) more grey and beige, less colour so it fits with the rest of the neighborhood (mostly 1 st 1930-50s commerical); is this the city we want? One designed by/to meet planning staff or one ppl like and want?

Philip Oldfield

@SustainableTall

2 years

Architecture needs more vibrant, playful yellow balconies Seven Lives, Barcelona by Anna and Eugeni Bach

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 months

Ah yes…. The iconic architecture of the Quebec gas station. Feel like this deserves a @mcmansionhell post.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

I’m also incredibly angry. I’m angry at the silence from leaders; I’m angry that our mayor has done so little. I’m angry that we’re allowing giant trucks to take over our streets drive and park illegally and intimidate people.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Did you mention that the park honouring her mother that’s been demolished for a parking lot?

Jim Watson

@JimWatsonOttawa

5 years

Today, I met Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet, who was born in Ottawa during WWII. It was her birth that started the special relationship between 🇨🇦 and the 🇳🇱. To commemorate her history, I propose renaming Fairmont Park after her: #friendship75

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

@goldiej7 Actually, the people were probably having a good time, saw a trash can and put their waste in it; we don’t make people take their coffee cups home when they get coffee to go. This is a poorly thought tweet, and a sign we need better park waste collection.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

7 months

The conservatives are willing to renovate Staples stores and Walmarts but meanwhile we have tens of billions of dollars in backlogged school repairs. @alexbozikovic

Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi 🇳🇬🇨🇦

@birgitomo

7 months

Doug Ford is more interested in renovating American-owned corporations like Staples and Walmart rather than addressing the unprecedented long wait times in Ontario’s ERs. We have tax-paying patients lying on the floor in hospital hallways for 32 hours+ as a result of the dire

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Lol.. 214k views later and they deleted the tweet.

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Loading flights would be faster and better if everyone didn’t have massive oversized “carry on” luggage.

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Short thread, a counterpoint: we don’t need a $900k study to tell us that free transit is better; it’s possible & creates a positive social outcome; it’s a balance to road/car subsidies and makes sense if we want to be the bold leaders we think we are; 1/

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

2 years

We don't need to spend $900k on a consultant's study to tell us what every taxpayer already knows: we can't afford to make transit free. Let's work together to fix light rail and improve bus service.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

It’s funny how we design the road to be clear and concentrate the water right at the pedestrian crossing. (By funny I mean goddam pathetic). #designMatters #accessible

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Can’t sleep stressing ab a meeting earlier. Community residents upset about an infill project. Comments included that families will move in and they’ll have children and make noise that will affect the peace and tranquillity of their ‘hood. Really? Is this where we are? #ottpoli

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Hello @OttawaBylaw ? I’d like to report an unauthorized use of a roof as an assembly occupancy. Oh and bring the ministry of labour just in case there’s anyone without proper fall arrest training, harness or otherwise.

JOANNE CHIANELLO

@JCHIANELLO

2 years

On the roof of the ⁦ @OttawaCitizen ⁩ building awaiting PC Leader ⁦ @fordnation ⁩’s first appearance in Ottawa during this campaign. #onpoli #ottnews

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

I am so lucky! My amazingly talented DIL made this cake for my birthday gift...and it tasted so good! Modeled off my IG photo, all freehand! Amazing!

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

@peggy_blair This has been bothering me. It means a lot to me, as an immigrant to Canada, it stands for much that I hold dear. Really struggling with this.

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Imagine this down Bank Street; Montreal Rd, Wellington west/Somerset; Gladstone and Elgin. Imagine. @cmckenney

Billy Fields

@BillyISTEP

2 years

Green tram plus cycle track right in the heart of Amsterdam

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

This is insane. Our pitiful public space downtown just got worse.

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@Toon_Dreessen

18 days

We’ve earmarked nearly a billion dollars in suburban road and road widening projects; we’ve committed half a billion dollars (and growing) to Lansdowne; we’ve cut transit service and reliability to point where fewer ppl use it bc it’s expensive and untrustworthy.

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

19 days

It's time for the federal and provincial governments to recognize the scope of the crisis in our city. And to recognize that we didn’t create this mess. It's time for Ottawa to get our fair share. Please sign my petition and add your voice to the fight for fairness:

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Counterpoint; roads and parking aren’t free either. Yet users aren’t charged for the use of the road and city vastly undercharges cost of parking, while offering free parking as incentive to drive downtown. We also build park and rides and let people use them for free.

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

2 years

Now is not the time to put more financial pressure on Ottawa families. The price of everything keeps rising and yesterday the Bank of Canada raised interest rates by a full point. "Free" transit isn't free:

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Here’s the thing: I’ve interviewed with, spoken with and met Mark a number of times. Wouldn’t say he’s a friend; but friendship is a poor basis for governance. That’s called an #OldBoysClub and frankly, we’ve had far to much of this in #ottcity

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

Listening to news clip of Watson being frustrated by lack of consultation and engagement with counsel and not knowing what’s going on seems ironic given is pathetic lacklustre approach to public consultation and engagement nor listening to the public on other files.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

@JimWatsonOttawa But the damage was done. A remedy would be to recognize the error (active voice) and realize that the #publicInterest means that the vote needs to be reset; revoke yesterday’s vote, reset this conversation and allow democratic procedures to unroll fairly.

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

One of the things that I adore about @cmckenney posts is that they’re genuinely smiling and happy to be running for mayor; every post features them with an open, hopeful smile and an attitude of positive change. Love it.

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@Toon_Dreessen

17 days

Maybe, hear me out, we shouldn’t be paving over rural farmland for massive roads…. Might help with the whole budget thingy too.

Ottawa Citizen

@OttawaCitizen

17 days

Rural Ottawa intersection flooded from heavy rainfall

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Crossing the Atlantic in style; about to take off for two glorious weeks away. First time ever taking that much of a break. So looking forward to this. #paris

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 months

Weeps in #OttCity tears.

Saad Baig

@saadbaig3

2 months

Hey @cityoftoronto , see below! ✅🚶‍♂️🚴‍♂️ and ❌ 🚘

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

So glad you and Eli are having fun while another group of people invades the city, terrorizes residents, businesses get shut down and the city is disrupted. Have fun!

Jim Watson

@JimWatsonOttawa

2 years

Very pleased to join many colleagues and friends of @Eli_ElChantiry as we celebrate his 65th birthday in Carp. Nice touch to have the volunteer firefighters drop by to sing happy birthday between their training sessions today! Eli is one of the most dedicated persons I’ve met

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

@ivadixit Waiting tables in LA in early 90s was first time I’d heard this phrase; first time someone pushed they the line to demand that they’ve validated i told them “you exist, and I see you” bc I had no idea what they were asking.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 months

@MaOnTheAir If you’ve been away it’s kinda nice: you see the sign on the highway that says “welcome to ottawa” and know you’ll be home in an hour.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

@JimWatsonOttawa And imho, it’s not just @dianedeans that is owed an apology; owed apology is: all of council, and women in particular, as well as the people of ottawa for the pettiness that has blackened Ottawa’s reputation; there is no apology to the residents of this city for LRT failures.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

If there’s a cyclist on the sidewalk it’s generally a sign that the road isn’t safe; don’t blame the cyclist for taking their safety in their hands, hold city accountable for failure to build safe cycling infrastructure @BikeOttawa @tomflood1

Spicy Garage

@spicygarage

3 years

@OomphGroup @Toon_Dreessen @BenSpurr @MichaelSuddard Sidewalk cyclists (caveat: going at a faster pace than walking) are a menace. As a cyclist, I come every time I see one zooming by — the worst is when they do this right 👏 next 👏 to 👏 a 👏 separated 👏 #bikeTO 👏 lane. (Typically, delivery bikes going the lane's oppo dir.)

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@Toon_Dreessen

14 days

Imagine if I spent millions of dollars I don’t have and then expected someone to bail me out.

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

14 days

Imagine what would happen if you didn’t pay the full amount of your taxes. Please join me in the fight for fairness. Sign the petition:

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@Toon_Dreessen

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Actually, city council has not. Council, as a body, has been complicit in underfunding investment, approving too-low property tax increases and approving unsustainable projects like Tewin and Lansdowne. While there are a handful to vote against, as a body, council is complicit 1/

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

13 days

Our city council has done a lot of work to manage our finances carefully and responsibly. But the growing financial pressure from the decisions of other levels of government is unsustainable. Sign the petition: Notre conseil municipal a fait beaucoup

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Everyday I wake up and read the paper, scroll thru bird app while having breakfast and coffee. And lately every day I’m filled with hope that @cmckenney will be our new mayor. Every. Day.

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

I can’t imagine why our sidewalks are in such poor condition. A mystery really.

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Dinner. Better not go to the park.

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

I’m supporting @cmckenney w/out regard to friendship, how often we’ve run together (lol), but bc of their platform, dedication, experience, knowledge, commitment; bc of their ability to listen and be there for people & bring ppl together; bc their work ethic will serve city well

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Where is @OttawaPolice or city leadership on condemning this behaviour? Are any of our leaders willing to take action? Bear responsibility for protecting people who serve the public interest?

Nili Kaplan-Myrth MD PhD

@nilikm

1 year

TRIGGER WARNING: At our @OCDSB meeting in #Ottawa March 7, I did my job. March 8, this arrived. Don’t look away. Don’t be indifferent. This vitriol is a threat to us all. #Antisemitism and #transphobia have no place in our society. #EnoughIsEnough #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

@FuckCarsReddit Small trucks sized to suit the environment #Florence

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

While it’s true councillors receive this allowance/free parking, and it’s debatable it’s fair/right, every single one of them gets it; why not focus on changing this as a matter of city policy than simply attack @ShawnMenard1 ?

Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich

@RebeccaJaremko

2 years

Good evening #CapitalWard ! Did you know that City Councillors, including @ShawnMenard1 collect $4000 per year in a vehicle allowance and get free parking? I won’t! If elected, I will decline these and commute by e-bike #GreenEnergy

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Gotta love a public market.

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Apparently there’s a new story coming up at 8:30 about the flight of downtown parking lot owners and have they struggled and are hoping for a resurgence and people coming back to work is their livelihood depends on it. And not on the onion.

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@Toon_Dreessen

4 months

I don’t need direct flights to London; what I need is for our city to be the sort of place that makes tourists want to come here: set aside federal investments (museums, canal, etc) what does the city do to make an attractive offer?

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

4 months

Do you want more direct flights from Ottawa to London and other cities? The more people who support this campaign, the more we will show the airlines that Ottawa wants and deserves more direct flights :

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Next time there’s a road widening, road expansion or repaving, will tolls be applied? Or will roads remain free for drivers?

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

2 years

There is no such thing as free transit. In an affordability crisis, taxpayers can’t afford massive tax hikes to fund free transit schemes. /8

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@Toon_Dreessen

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For 2 ½ minutes I watched and there wasn’t a single car on this highway. Clearly, the answer is to remove it and turn this space back over to the people of ottawa.

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@Toon_Dreessen

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There are many things that keep Ottawa from being the city it aspires to be. Yes, money is part of that and we have ourselves (city council) to look at: $600m for Tewin subdivision, against all good planning rationale; 1/

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

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If Ottawa is going to be a city in accordance with its national significance, it needs real dollars, and the feds should pony up. Si Ottawa veut devenir une ville à la hauteur de son importance nationale, elle a besoin d'argent et les autorités fédérales devraient y contribuer.

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@Toon_Dreessen

6 months

I mean….. it’s not like we have a concern about water quality or the environment or anything….. FFS

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

What if, hear me out, we expected no cancellations?

Josh Pringle

@PringleJosh

1 year

OC Transpo General Manager Renee Amilcar told Council that OC Transpo/City of Ottawa need to expect 80 bus route cancellations a day on a week day, and 10-12 cancellations on a weekend.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

Actually, I’d argue this is more a failure of political leadership at the city level, followed by local police and police board.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

Imagine Rideau canal lined with homes; ground floor #smallbiz ; wide #ottbike and walk spaces and trees

createstreets

@createstreets

3 years

Do the world’s cities have any higher form than the house-lined canals of Holland?The narrow fronts, the variety in a pattern, the jangle of slightly different heights & breadths, pot plants & shops, the quiet of the bicycles, the gentle density all magically doubled by the canal

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@Toon_Dreessen

4 years

Struck? By lighting? By a good idea? By a match? This is a tragedy and right words are: pedestrian killed by a driver.

CBC Ottawa

@CBCOttawa

4 years

Pedestrian struck, killed in west Ottawa #ottnews #ottawa

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Question for the universe: building codes require washrooms for buildings; construction sites require porta potties (yes, I know, over min size/type etc). So why don’t we require public washrooms in parks? Or within communities as a basis of density? @GottaGoCampaign

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@Toon_Dreessen

4 years

Am looking for a local #ottcity sculptor/artist to create some public/garden art w/this as an inspiration (but much smaller); any suggestions?

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@Toon_Dreessen

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It’s astonishing that the ON gov would care so little about internationally recognized public space/buildings/parks that it would choose to willfully underfund, undermine and ultimately destroy such works in name of profit and secret deals. @ONPlace4All

World Monuments Fund

@WorldMonuments

8 months

WMF is dismayed at a proposal to demolish the urban forest of Canada’s Ontario Place. In 2020, we named this Toronto landmark to the World Monuments Watch out of a belief that it was a modernist icon deserving of protection. Read our statement:

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Flying to London is a nice “want to have” but getting around our city is an actual need. As is housing, care for the vulnerable and climate change. Guess it’s a question of priorities.

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

29 days

It was a great pleasure to meet today with the UK High Commissioner @SusannahGoshko . We are united in our quest to reestablish a direct flight between our two amazing capital cities, Ottawa and London. Show your support for a direct flight here: C'est

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

@tomflood1 I should get one next time i need to get a quart of milk

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@Toon_Dreessen

9 months

We are a deeply unserious city. We could design for the weather, design for maintenance, design for the winter city we profess to be. This is a sad excuse for cheapness of design; cheapness of utility, cheapness of procurement.

City of Ottawa

@ottawacity

9 months

We received some questions about the Chief William Commanda Bridge closing for the winter. Typical plowing, salting and grit could damage the steel heritage structure and timber decking. 1/2

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@Toon_Dreessen

7 months

Make QED into a linear park, lined with food trucks at widest points, plus public washrooms; narrow road surface to be a 6m wide woonerf; make rest into ski, fat bike and walk paths; add fire pits and benches; add ice sculptures, buskers @OttawaCitizen

Big void left by the closure of the Rideau Canal Skateway

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Toon_Dreessen

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If your 18 wheeler transport truck has to make a right turn from the left lane and still can’t get through the corner without having wheels on the sidewalk maybe it’s the wrong size vehicle for an urban traditional Main Street?

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

3 months

I’m looking forward to an urban summit to talk about the unique needs of 51% of our population who lives inside the greenbelt, on 12% of the land, pays 56% of tax revenue and depends on transit, active transportation and quality of public spaces that are continually slashed.

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

3 months

I joined Councillor @_ClarkeKelly with @KanataNorth at the Rural summit workshop to talk about the uniqueness of our rural communities in Ottawa. J'ai rejoint le conseiller Kelly avec conseillère Curry à l'atelier du Sommet rural pour parler du caractère unique de nos

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Montreal Road, Wellington West, Bank street…. Take your pick: any or all of these and more could look like this if we wanted to.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

33 years together…… everyday is an adventure. Can’t imagine spending my life with anyone else.

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@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

So nice that police are asking friendly; look forward to same treatment from bylaw officers and police at next #blm or homeless encampment clear-out.

Ottawa Police

@OttawaPolice

3 years

@davidakin Hi there -- When asked by police to move, they complied and are no longer there. Thank you.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

When @globeandmail said article was going to be published Monday, I wasn’t expecting here on the opinion section with the other greats that are usually here. 😲 #buildingCodes #architecture

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Avocados. Strawberries. Raspberries. Looks like imported Norwegian smoked salmon. In March. Not going to be cheap. Hardly fed govs fault

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@Toon_Dreessen

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Curious why this petition is on Mark’s personal website and not, say, on a city of ottawa website as something citizens could support (or not).

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

19 days

Ottawa is facing a financial crisis. I'm prepared to do everything I can to resolve it, but I can’t do it alone. Today, I'm calling on Ottawa residents to join me as I fight for Ottawa’s fair share of federal and provincial funding. Here is my message to the federal and

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@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Then and now. #30years

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Bc of poor planning, instead of a close walk from the nearby station, ppl are expected to walk 1km or more (uphill on way back) crossing several +4 lane roads: few/no benches along way; no washrooms, no spots to rest/do anything along journey. This is result of poor procurement

OC Transpo

@OC_Transpo

1 year

🍁Canada Day is tomorrow and trains, buses and #ParaTranspo are FREE all day. Take Line 1 or a bus and get off at Lyon Station. Come for a walk with OC Owl and see how easy it is to get to the party at LeBreton!

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

3 years

Hey @ottawacity have we tried this?

Windsor Police

@WindsorPolice

3 years

Active enforcement in relation to parking in the area of the protest is commencing. Vehicles are being ticketed and towed.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

18 days

Lansdowne is $500m and growing; we’ve earmarked nearly a billion $ in suburban roads.

Josh Pringle

@PringleJosh

19 days

STORY: Ottawa's mayor is warning of service cuts, transit fare hikes and a 37% hike in the transit levy without funding to cover a $140,000,000 hole in the transit budget. #ottnews

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Putting the auto in #autowa . Think goodness those 4 cars have a place to park. Imagine a #betterByWard

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@Toon_Dreessen

5 months

The ByWard investment is in more police; most of the $ is in roads; nothing for transit (unless feds cough up $ for kanata north); reserves are being depleted bc of austerity budgets; festivals are being defunded bc we can’t be bothered to want nice things. This isn’t progress.

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

5 months

The new half a billion dollar deal for Ottawa we negotiated and announced with Premier Doug Ford @fordnation responds to Ottawa’s unique challenges. Le nouvel accord d'un demi-milliard de dollars pour Ottawa que nous avons négocié et annoncé avec le premier ministre Doug Ford

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@Toon_Dreessen

7 months

Relocating it destroys an iconic work of architecture of national importance, created by one of Canada’s greatest architects, in a unique location to place it in a location less accessible, smaller, and with diminished cultural value

Lisa MacLeod

@MacLeodLisa

7 months

The Flemingdon Science Centre? It’s an asset for the WHOLE province of ONTARIO. It should be modern, accessible and available to all Ontarians.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Imagine if we built our hospital right on a dedicated, high capacity, transit line, where we could encourage people to take transit to visit relatives, or go to work. Imagine the opportunity we have squandered by not building our new hospital at Tunneys Pasture.

Ottawa Citizen

@OttawaCitizen

1 year

Today's letters: Ticketing people who can't find hospital parking isn't right

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

4 years

So a bike going 48 is shocking but a car going 70 in a 50 zone is routinely ignored. Considering the significantly increased danger a driver going more than 30 is to cause catastrophic injury to pedestrians, maybe we need to focus on them instead? @VisionZeroCA

Joe Perkins

@JoePerkinsCHEK

5 years

I’m blown away at how fast cyclists are moving these days. This is an e-bike. We clocked non e-bikes going even faster. Is it time to slow down? More tonight on @CHEK_News . #YYJ

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Errands all over city today. @cmckenney signs everywhere. Almost none from anyone else. So it’s not just twitter…… 😍

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@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

Each of these (esp downtown buildings) should be retained under public ownership, leased for $1 in perpetuity and converted to housing at range of scales/affordability. @CWhitzman @Yasir_Naqvi ; that make a move for #OurBestOttawa

Federal government looking to jettison 9 Ottawa buildings | CBC News

The federal government says it's interested in selling or transferring nine of its buildings in central Ottawa and another in Gatineau, Que., as it looks to cut costs under the hybrid work model...

www.cbc.ca

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Man does election pitch about expanding highways to improve traffic in front of highway flowing smoothly and easily because traffic and highway width isn’t the issue.

Doug Ford

@fordnation

2 years

Only Doug Ford and the Ontario PCs will Expand Highway 417 for Ottawa Drivers

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

5 months

I’m glad Mark is sharing these beautiful photos of NCC properties, public spaces and the beauty that comes from long term federal investment in our city. We could do the same w/our city investments and create a lasting legacy for future generations; reform procurement.

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

5 months

Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

1 year

One winter I stood here and waited for 2 ½ minutes and didn’t see a single boat use the canal. It’s time the NCC just paved this over and made it parking.

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

2 years

Were the only province that hasn’t signed a daycare agreement; we forgo billions for license plate sticker renewal’s; yet there’s money for this. I want a government that is actually for #People and #place

CBC Ottawa

@CBCOttawa

2 years

Doug Ford government pumps tax dollars into Ontario ad campaign, but won't say how much #ottnews #ottawa

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

10 months

With respect, I don’t agree with the position taken. I don’t agree that what you’re proposing is a balanced solution. I also don’t agree that QED being open for active transportation has any negative impact on emergency vehicles. Fundamentally, I disagree.

Mark Sutcliffe

@_MarkSutcliffe

10 months

I believe in a balanced approach to Queen Elizabeth Driveway that leaves room for everyone: drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. Do you agree? Have your say here: Je crois en une approche équilibrée de la promenade Reine-Élizabeth qui laisse de la place à

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Toon_Dreessen

@Toon_Dreessen

6 months

I’ve never had trouble identifying a police car. What I have had trouble doing is justifying spend of public tax dollars on repainting/branding exercises.

Ottawa Police

@OttawaPolice

6 months

If you see a blue and white cruiser with Ottawa Police markings – it’s still us! We’ve redesigned our cruisers for better visibility.

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