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Green bin waste collection to start Jan 4th 2010; City of Ottawa continues to waste taxpayer money
Published on 2010-01-02 19:24:00
Ottawa City Hall User:SimonP wikipedia - Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Green Bin Program Starting Jan. 4th the infamous green bins will be picked up in addition to cities regular waste collection. The green bin waste collection will cost the city $13.6 million annually over the next 20 years excluding inflation. According to the City of Ottawa waste statistics it suppose to divert 35% to 40% of the waste from going to the landfill. The majority of the resistance to the green bin pr
Mayor Larry O'Brien is threatening to lockout OC Transpo to stop winter strikes
Published on 2009-12-16 11:41:00
2008 transit strike The amalgamated transit union (ATU) went on strike for 53 days between December and February. The timing of the strike was to cause the biggest effect from a disruption of service to add pressure for the City of Ottawa to reach an agreement with the union. Many transit riders did not have the resources to have alternative means of transportation effectively stranding many residents. In addition the strike cost tax payers just under $6 million. O'Brien says winter strike wont
Consumer protection weakened by senate representatives
Published on 2009-12-06 19:38:00
AP Photo - Mark Duncan Senators are weakening consumer product safety legislation that should give the government greater powers to investigate and recall dangerous items. What the senators are currently doing is increasing the requirements before a government official can intervene and reducing the need for companies to report consumer complaints. The amendments to Canada Consumer Product Safety Act will make it harder for government officials to crack down on unsafe consumer products acc
The DriveTest strike impact: unemployment and loss of revenue
Published on 2009-12-05 23:02:00
Certain DriveTest Centres are reopening because the strikes impact can no longer be ignored. However they will only be offering limited services at these locations, as stated on their website: Written tests for all classes of licence, Road tests for commercial classified licences, and Out-of-Province and Out-of-Country licence exchanges One of the key problems with the limited services they are providing is that it ignores non-commercial licences. Even at its current operation it ca
Ottawa city councillor Alex Cullen ignores the big picture
Published on 2009-12-01 12:49:00
Councillor Alex Cullen is a mayoral candidate who has a realistic chance of winning. That is because current speculation has the conservative vote split between potential candidates of Jim Watson and Mayor Larry O’Brien. The prospect of Alex Cullen is unsettling image among some Ottawa residents and they have reason to be concerned. There is no question that Alex Cullen is opposed to Lansdowne plan. His position on Lansdowne is his own but he conceals it by claiming that his ward is oppose
Report finds waste, mismanagement in Ottawa
Published on 2009-11-30 10:56:00
The City of Ottawa's auditor general just released his report that exposes waste and mismanagement at city hall. His findings include the $6 million dollar cost of the transit strike that started in December 2008. The fact that not all ambulance calls result in someone being taken to the hospital. Countless other examples of poor management. The auditor general gave recommendations to the city on how to improve the shortfalls but unfortunately his power is limited to paper. No Debt R