FCA comments on speed cameras
FCA-FAC sent a letter to Premier of Ontario Doug Ford regarding provincial policy on municipalities’ deployment of speed cameras. The letter sent October 27, 2025 is at https://fca-fac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/251027speedcamera.pdf
FCA-FAC General Meeting – Wednesday October 15, 2025
The General Meeting was held by Google Meet video conferencing. A feature of the meeting was a talk by Chief of Police Eric Stubbs addressing a new model proposed for policing. The agenda for the meeting is found at https://fca-fac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/251015DA.pdf. FCA Treasurer Lorne Cutler provided a briefing on anticipated changes in reporting requirements from Canada […]
FCA comments on Tewin
On October 15, 2025 FCA issued a statement on the Tewin development, a significant development proposed to the south-east of the present urban area of Ottawa. The statement was issued on the occasion of a motion before the Planning & Housing Committee calling for reconsideration of the earlier designation of the Tewin lands as a […]
FCA comments on third/final draft of zoning by-law
On October 4, FCA-FAC submitted comments on the third and final draft by City staff for the new zoning by-law. It is expected that those comments will be included in an “As we heard” report which till go to the December 17 joint meeting of the Planning & Housing and Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committees. […]
FCA expresses concerns about Housing Innovation Task Force
On September 30, 2025 FCA Chair Paul Johanis wrote to the Mayor and Councilors protesting the lack of public engagement in the Housing Innovation Task Force and its report. The document is found at https://fca-fac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/250930HousAccel.pdf
FCA-FAC General Meeting – Wednesday September 17, 2025
The General Meeting held September 17 featured two presentations: one from City staff on the development of a bylaw on the protection of vulnerable social infrastructure (the so-called bubble bylaw) see https://fca-fac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/250917VulnerableInfra.pdf and the other by the Ottawa Community Land Trust see https://fca-fac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/250917LandTrust.pdf. A draft agenda for the meeting is found at https://fca-fac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/250917DA.pdf. Draft minutes […]