[homeles_ot-l] FAIR DEAL FOR OUR CITY FW: People for a Better Ottawa ACTION ALERT

[Lynne Browne]

Please circulate poster.  


Join Councillors Deans and Doucet on Monday; everyone in our community needs
much more from the federal government – including those waiting for
affordable, appropriate housing!


Also, see below for five things you can do about the Ottawa budget.


 


FAIR DEAL FOR OUR CITY


RALLY


Monday December 3, 2007


12:00pm – 1:00pm


Leave at noon (12:00pm) from 

Ottawa City Hall (Laurier Entrance),

March to Parliament Hill


Let’s send a loud message to our Federal Government


“It’s time for our Federal Government to invest in our cities.”

Lynne Browne 
Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 
147 Besserer Street, Ottawa ON  K1N 6A7 
613-241-7913 x 205, lbrowne at ysb.on.ca 
www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca 

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From: David Robbins [mailto:david at organizingup.ca] 
Sent: November 28, 2007 4:42 PM
To: David Robbins
Subject: People for a Better Ottawa ACTION ALERT

 

~ please circulate ~ ~ sorry for multiple postings ~

 

People for a Better Ottawa ACTION ALERT

 

City Council will vote on the budget the week of December 10.  The public
consultations are wrapping up now and the back rooms are buzzing.  

 

Let’s keep the pressure on!  

 

Five things you can do:

 

1.	Contact your City Councillor (details below)
2.	Present your views at City Council’s “Committee of the Whole” on
Monday, December 3 – to find out how to register, call 311 or visit
HYPERLINK
"http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/budget/budget_2008/cow_budgetdirections_en.h
tml"http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/budget/budget_2008/cow_budgetdirections_e
n.html 
3.	Spread the word – send this action alert to your networks, friends,
facebook groups….
4.	RALLY:  Monday, December 3.  Meet at 12 Noon at the Laurier entrance
to Ottawa City Hall.  March to Parliament Hill.  Organized by Councillors
Diane Deans and Clive Doucet.
5.	Tell folks to sign on to People for a Better Ottawa at HYPERLINK
"http://www.betterottawa.ca"www.betterottawa.ca

 

Now is the time to contact your councillor, if you haven’t already done so.
Please see our “key messages” below more ideas of what to say.  

Next meeting of People for a Better Ottawa:  Friday, December 7, 9:30 AM,
Centretown Community Health Centre, 420 Cooper Street (just west of Bank).

 

Contact your Councillor!

 

Find your Councillor by visiting HYPERLINK
"http://www.ottawa.ca"www.ottawa.ca or by calling 311.  Tell them:

*	Do the right thing and protect community services!
*	Cutting city jobs means cutting programs by stealth – we don’t want
cuts by stealth!
*	Let’s be realistic – we have a revenue problem, not a spending
problem!  Let’s lobby the province to take responsibility for the programs
it has downloaded over the past ten years.   And let’s lobby the federal
government to provide more direct support to municipalities.

Key messages:

 

WE'RE CALLING ON CITY COUNCIL TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND PROTECT COMMUNITY
SERVICES

The people of Ottawa expect leadership from our elected representatives to
make the tough decisions that will address social needs, protect vital
services and protect our quality of life. People are prepared to pay for the
services our community needs.

 

WE'RE CALLING ON CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT BUDGET CUTS BY STEALTH

Laying off city staff or setting global savings targets -- without any
specifics on what or where those reductions are will result in reduced city
services and negative community impacts -- and we won't know what those cuts
are until they actually happen.

 

WE'RE CALLING ON CITY COUNCIL TO BE REALISTIC -- WE HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM,
NOT A SPENDING PROBLEM

Other cities -- like Mississauga -- have been forced to increase property
taxes to deal with the critical lack of revenues cities have to deliver
their mandated services. Ottawa already spends less on most city services
than most urban areas in Ontario.

 

We want a balanced approach that recognizes our city’s social and physical
needs.   

 

We need councilors to show leadership and do the right thing.  

 

HYPERLINK "http://www.betterottawa.ca/"www.betterottawa.ca 

 

 

 

 


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