Politics

CITY HALL – West Carleton’s, and all Ottawa’s rural volunteer firefighters will join the ranks of the city’s casual employees giving rural first responders access to employee benefits and other perks.

CARP – Ontario Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy spent Wednesday (Feb. 7) on a tour in Carp, visiting some of the local business community.

KANATA – Lanark County Paramedic Greg Kung won the Kanata-Carleton Conservative nomination meeting yesterday (Feb. 1) and will now focus on preparing for the next federal election.

KANATA-CARLETON – On Feb. 1, the Kanata-Carleton Conservative party will pick its representative for the next federal electio. For candidate Dr. Rouba Fattal, the sooner that decision is made, “the sooner we have the election and the faster we can salvage the damage.”

CARP – On Sept. 20, 2021, Kanata-Carleton Conservative candidate Jennifer McAndrew, a virtual unknown in the world of politics at the time, ended up just 1,348 votes shy of toppling heavy favourite Jenna Sudds in the federal election – just a three per cent difference.

WEST CARLETON – Ward 5 Coun. Clarke Kelly, the City of Ottawa’s representative on the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA), will head to Toronto this weekend with an opportunity to speak to several provincial ministers with a focus on West Carleton issues at the annual conference.

WEST CARLETON – Like a movie actor promoting their latest blockbuster, Ward 5 Coun. Clarke Kelly is doing the media tour getting ready to host the 2024 rural summit at city hall later this year.

CITY HALL – Ottawa’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) will put their support behind one of four proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects targeting rural Ottawa, the only proposal not based in West Carleton.

CITY HALL – The Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) will have the City of Ottawa’s first public discussion on the various Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) proposals, including three in the West Carleton area, and city staff will recommend the committee approved giving all three a Municipal Support Resolution.

It has been a very busy few weeks at city hall and around West Carleton-March when it comes to municipal affairs.