There are many ways you can help us to promote a rethinking of the Dow’s Lake/Experimental Farm site.
- Sign the petition calling for an inquiry!
- Read our catalogue of issues to educate yourself about the issue.
- Talk to your friends and neighbours.
- Follow us on FaceBook and Twitter and share posts.
- Write letters and make phone calls to decision makers. Check out our sample letters and contact lists.
- Volunteer to help our small team with various tasks. Contact our Volunteer Coordinator.
- Get on our mailing list.
Write or call decision-makers
Opposition is being mounted on two levels:
- Federal/Provincial and the hospital board: object to the site and the questionable process by which it was chosen. Ask for an inquiry.
- Municipal: criticize the Master Plan
1. About the site and the flawed decision-making process
- Toni Nussbaum, CEO of the NCC, 613-239-5678, info@ncc-ccn.ca
- Prime Minister Trudeau, 613 992-4211, justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca
- Sylvia Jones, Minister of Health, Ontario, Email – 416-327-4300
- Your MPP
- Claude Doucet, Chair, Ottawa Hospital Board: 613-761-4867, board@toh.ca
- Ontario Hospital Association
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation: 613-798-555, ext. 12761 – Tim.Kluke@toh.ca
- Minister of Canadian Heritage: Pablo Rodriguez Email – 819-997-7788
- Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: Marie-Claude Bibeau Email – 613-773-1059
- Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada: Steven Guilbeault Email – 613-995-1225
- Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, François-Philippe Champagne: Email – 343-291-2500
2. About the Master Plan
- Your city councillor – See the list.
Planning Committee members and Council as a whole will vote on the master plan in October. It is essential to object to the Experimental Farm site, recommend Tunney’s Pasture, and pick holes in the Hospital Master Plan to make it difficult to pass.
- Premier Doug Ford: Correspondence – 416-325-1941
- Steve Clark , minister of municipalities: Email – 416-585-7000
- Ottawa’s Built Heritage Sub Committee, Chair Rawlson King and members (Standing Committee list)
- City planner Stream Shen: Email – 613-580-2424, ext. 24488
- Mayor Mark Sutcliffe: Email – 613-580-2496
More info: Noel Lomer, 613-799-4257 windisfreesailor@gmail.com