Declaration of Emergency committee  After that first weekend I was one of the first elected members locally to say that we have to go after the funds, to get the demonstrators to go back home, so that we could get our life back locally. I was pretty clear that we had to go to the source of what was keeping folks in

Declaration of Emergency committee  There are a number of areas I could obviously go towards. I think there are a number of elements, including every element that the mayor described in terms of noise, fumes and the risk. Residents were really asking us, “How do we prevent this risk, as a city, in the future? How c

Declaration of Emergency committee  Correct. Including Rideau Street and the ByWard Market, there are around 1,000 local businesses.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Certainly not. The Rideau Centre is an economic driver. Having the Rideau Centre closed closes a number of things in the area that rely on that business going to the Rideau Centre. The businesses at that point in time, and where we were with the restrictions, were able to open. B

Declaration of Emergency committee  I hear a number of questions in what you're bringing up, and police jurisdiction is certainly an issue of discussion for us locally. The local taxpayers, who pay for the local policing of their city, were extremely preoccupied by what we locally call the “red zone”. Ottawa poli

Declaration of Emergency committee  I have not listened to every member. I continue my role as a councillor, and these meetings that you have here include hours and hours-long testimony, so I wouldn't be in a position to comment.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I think there were certainly obvious errors that happened at the leadership level of the OPS, including allowing trucks to use non-truck routes and not explaining to the public and businesses in the area what the plan was.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The range was very wide, so I'm only going to share a few examples. As you know, Rideau Street is an important transit hub. It connects both local transit routes from the western part of Centretown and the eastern part of the city, which connect at the Rideau Centre with our ligh

Declaration of Emergency committee  Good evening, Mr. Chair, and members. Thank you for inviting me to assist the committee's work in reviewing the declaration of the Emergencies Act. I've been a city councillor for the Rideau-Vanier ward since 2010. The western boundary of my ward runs along the Rideau Canal to t