Category Archives: Municipal

My remarks to London City Council: Good evening, my name is Abe Oudshoorn and I am a professor in the School of Nursing at Western, and have the privilege of serving as the Chair of the London Homeless Coalition. This … Continue reading →

After hours and hours of public participation and engagement, several debate sessions, hundreds of pages of paper, and much media attention, Mayor Fontana has relented on his campaign promise of 4 years of 0% and decided instead to focus on … Continue reading →

The final budget vote for 2013 happens this Thursday commencing at 4pm.  The budget is currently sitting at a 1.2% tax increase, or $5.6 million.  This represents the hard work of citizens to save things like affordable housing, public transit … Continue reading →

This is what I will be presenting to Council on Monday the 14th at 4:30pm.

2012 Budget Staff Proposed 2013 My Proposed 2013 Culture 21.9 22.3 22.3 Economic Prosperity 8.4 8.4 8.4 Environmental Services 16.4 16.5 16.6 Parks, Rec & Neighbourhoods 28.2 28.2 28.5 Planning 4.8 4.9 4.9 Protective Services 145.6 152.9 151.4 Social and … Continue reading →

I will be making the following motion at the January 16th meeting of the London Housing Advisory Committee: Recalling that London’s Community Housing Strategy was approved by Council in 2010; Acknowledging that objective 5.3 of the strategy is to “Maintain … Continue reading →

I have thoroughly critiqued the 2013 London Municipal Budget, so it’s only fair that I offer an alternative.  In fact, I have been asked repeatedly, “What percentage increase would you propose if zero is a bad idea?”  The simplest answer … Continue reading →