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Ontario starting path to growth and economic recovery

The health and well-being of the residents of Carleton, Ottawa & Ontario is my top priority. Please visit my website for the latest information & updates from the Government of Ontario, as well as information regarding upcoming virtual town hall meetings & public consultations.

Recent updates include: • Ontario extends declaration of emergency to July 22; • Ontario introduces online training to promote safe workplaces; • Ontario makes it easier to get truck drivers tested for COVID-19; • Ontario supporting restaurants as province safely reopens; and • Ontario encourages support of local and small businesses If you are providing services/resources to the community and would like your information included on this community resource page, please fill out the contact form on my website.

NEWS FROM QUEEN’S PARK The Ontario government is taking the first step in a madein-Ontario plan for growth, renewal and economic recovery. On July 8, the province introduced the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, proposed legislation that lays the foundation to restart jobs and development, strengthen communities, and create opportunity for people in every region of the province.

Details of the legislation were provided by the Premier, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and the Minister of Finance.

If passed, the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act will: • Restart jobs and development to get Ontario’s economic engine roaring again by getting key infrastructure projects built faster, attracting more jobs and investment, and cutting red tape to help businesses adapt to the new environment.

• Strengthen communities by ensuring municipalities are equipped with the tools they need to continue to provide the critical services people rely on every day, including allowing municipalities and their local boards to continue to choose to hold meetings electronically at any time and putting in place a new community benefits charge to help municipalities pay for the infrastructure and services needed for growing communities.

• Create opportunity for people as they recover their lives and livelihoods by protecting consumers, modernizing services, improving the education system and removing the social and economic

barriers that stand in the way of success for young people.

The government is committed to working in partnership with people, businesses and municipalities to respond to the challenges they face and support the long-term health and prosperity of Ontario’s economy.

Ontario expanding access to modern digital economy

The Ontario government is expanding access to reliable broadband and cellular service in underserved and unserved parts of the province. The application intake for the $150 million Improving Connectivity for Ontario program (ICON) opened on July 9, 2020. This funding will help drive economic investment and job creation across the province, while allowing more people to work from home more efficiently, engage in online learning, and connect with family and friends.

“The outbreak of

COVID-19 reinforced the need to improve access to reliable broadband and cellular service as more people work and learn from home in order to practice physical distancing,” the Minister of Infrastructure. “By making these investments we will help to ensure every region in the province can participate in the modern digital economy, and contribute to Ontario’s economic recovery.”

Any areas across Ontario that do not meet the national standards for broadband speeds would be eligible for provincial funding. Up to 12 per cent of households in the province - mostly in rural, remote or northern areas – do not have adequate broadband service, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

Telecommunication service providers, municipalities, Indigenous communities and non-profits are invited to submit innovative proposals and lend their investment, expertise and experience to improve

connectivity in communities across Ontario. The preliminary application deadline for the first intake of the ICON program is August 21, 2020. The province’s investment of $150 million announced on July 9, is part of the $315 million Up to Speed: Ontario’s Broadband and Cellular Action Plan. This action plan has the potential to leverage up to $1 billion in partner funding for broadband infrastructure investments.

Office Notice: In an effort to contain the COVID-19 virus, our Constituency Office went virtual on March 16, 2020. Our location will remain closed until further notice. We are still open & working during regular office hours to answer your calls & emails. If you require assistance on any matter, please contact me at any time. It’s why I’m here. Even if it’s not a provincial issue, I’ll make sure to connect you with the proper office.

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Manotick man charged with child pornography possession

While events and gatherings are few and far between this summer, foodies in Richmond took advantage of a donut truck rally at the Richmond Shopping Centre on Perth Street last weekend.

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A 64-year-old Manotick man is facing charges related to the possession of child pornography.

In August 2019, the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) received a third-party complaint that a Manotick man had uploaded images of child pornography.

Subsequent investigation and authorized forensic examination of his computer confirmed the allegation as well as discovery of additional images.

Last week, the ICE Unit charged Andrew Huggett of Manotick, with Possession of child pornography contrary

to s. 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code. He scheduled to appear at show cause court last Wednesday.

Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800222-8477 or crimestoppers.ca.

For more information on how to protect children from child sexual abuse and exploitation, please visit www.protectchildren.ca.

The Ottawa Police Service is a member of the Provincial Strategy to protect children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on the Internet. This Project has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of the Solicitor General.

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Nurses protest in front of Ghamari’s office over Bill 124

By Jeff Morris

Nurses from Local 83 of the Ontario Nurses Association joined the growing number of protests across the province last Thursday as they gathered in front of Carleton MP Goldie Ghamari’s office in Richmond to protest Ontario’s Bill 124.

Last month, the ONA released a statement saying it is deeply disappointed that the province’s hospital-sector registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals will see just a one-per-cent wage increase retroactive to April 1, 2020 and one per cent at the end of the contract (April 1, 2021) in a one-year, arbitrated contract.

“Our hospital-sector RNs and health-care professionals have been hailed as heroes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,” notes ONA President Vicki McKenna, RN. “They have put their health and the health of their own families at risk to provide care for their patients, even without necessarily having access to proper protective equipment. Yet, due to the provincial government’s wage suppression legislation (Bill 124 – Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act), Ontario’s highly skilled RNs will again fall further behind with a wage increase that does not come close to the rate of inflation or the increases received by their male comparators.”

The ONA said in a media release that RNs and healthcare professionals have suffered under austerity measures implemented by successive governments for more than

a decade, with increases of less than the rate of inflation for many consecutive years.

They have worked long, very difficult hours throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and hundreds have been infected with the coronavirus due to a lack of PPE. “RNs continue to be the backbone of our health-care system,” says McKenna. “We want to be at the bedside, to provide care for those who need us, and employers demand that dedication. Yet at the bargaining table, employers and government continue to undervalue and disrespect our female-dominated professionals. RNs have been constrained from reaching a fair agreement. This is unacceptable.”

The local march was organized by Angel Paniagua Perez.

In his time as a nurse, he said he and his colleagues have never received a raise equal to the rate of inflation. Lately, the wage increases have been one per cent.

“We here from the government that we are heroes for the work we do,” said Paniagua Perez. “But Bill 124 has crippled our ability to get more than one per cent each year.

Nurses are essential health care workers and have no right to strike. We can’t strike like teachers can.”

Paniagua Perez said that there would be other demonstrations in front of the offices of Conservative MPPs in Ottawa. There was a protest in front of the office of Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod Thurs., July 9.

Discontent over Bill 124 has been there since the bill

Angel Paniagua Perez and Heather Derdzinski were among the nurses who protested in front of MPP Goldie Ghamari’s office last week over Bill 124.

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was passed in November, 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought even more attention to the situation.

“During this pandemic the public has seen our work, and they value our work,” said Paniagua Perez. “When COVID-19 hit, it was a huge mess for everyone. There was

a big emotional toll on the nurses that were working with COVID-19 patients. We have to protect ourselves and make sure our families are protected.”

Regardless of the pandemic, Paniagua Perez says it’s time for Ontario’s nurses to be heard.

“It’s our time,” he said. “If not now, when? If we can’t stand up now, when do we stand up? This is our time to make sure we our heard. This has been going on for so many years, it is our turn to be shown that we are valued like policemen, firemen and other essential workers are.”

ONA is the union representing more than 68,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals, as well as more than 18,000 nursing student affiliates, providing care in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, the community, clinics and industry.

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Rural Affairs Office steps up to help agricultural committees

By Jeff Morris The City of Ottawa’s Rural Affairs Office will be stepping up to assist the various agriculture committees who operate the five rural fairs in Ottawa.

While not all fairs have officially been cancelled due to COVID-19, there is a possibility that the Carp Fair, Richmond Fair, Metcalfe Fair, Navan Fair and the Capital Fair will be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic for 2020.

At the City’s virtual Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meeting Thursday, the Rural Affairs Office announced it would provide $15,000 to each of the agriculture committees operating the local fairs. The money would come from the Rural Affairs Office Budget. The

funds would help the various agricultural committees to fund programming that runs throughout the years and is funded by revenue from the fairs.

“The money raised at these fairs is re-invested into the community,” said Geraldine Wildman of Ottawa’s Rural Affairs office. “The cancellation of these fairs will have an impact on rural communities.”

Wildman said that last year’s Richmond Fair drew 45,000 people and visitors spent $4 million over four days. She added that people throughout the region look forward to the fairs and are a highlight of the year.

Osgoode Councillor George Darouze, who ward hosts three of the five fairs, expressed his thanks for the gesture.

“It’s the minimum we can

do for our fairs,” Darouze said. “Thank you very much.”

Although she is a suburban councillor, Barrhaven Councillor Jan Harder has long been a supporter of Ottawa’s rural fairs and the agricultural community.

“It’s clear that 4-H clubs across Ontario have been more important than ever,” Harder said, noting the changes in agriculture systems as technology plays a greater role in farming and agriculture.

“The more we can do to keep our youth encouraged in big picture agriculture the better.”

Harder added that the fairs are important to the city’s culture.

“A lot of things are not happening now,” Harder said of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“When we think of fairs, they are such an important part of Ottawa’s culture and history.”

The Richmond Fair is one of five rural Ottawa fairs that is expected to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year.

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What was Trudeau thinking?

Just when you think our prime minister may actually be growing into his job, he does something so ill-considered, so tone-deaf and so contrary to generally accepted political convention that all the confidence he has earned in the past few weeks evaporates in a flash.

Such was Justin Trudeau’s foolish and inexplicable attachment to the WE Charity, an organization to which he and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau have a personal connection.

WE was initially granted a $19.5-million sole source contract to administer the $912-million Canada Student Service Grant.

Finally, after a string of critical stories about its internal turmoil and labour practices, the group mercifully exited the contract late last week.

It was pretty much impossible for the contract to continue in the face of such controversy. But WE’s withdrawal comes too late to spare Trudeau’s image – so carefully cultivated through his daily COVID-19 briefings – as a prudent and thoughtful leader.

Instead, Canadians are once again asking themselves: “What was he thinking?”

WE is clearly in no state to run a federal program as it deals with its internal upheaval. The chairs of both WE’s Canadian and U.S. boards of directors resigned in the spring. Most of the other members of both boards have been replaced and staff have been laid off in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As an experienced politician, Trudeau ought to have stayed away from recommending WE for any federal work. To do otherwise merely reinforces the deeplyrooted public belief that the leader in power gets to throw favours to his buddies, if not for financial gain then at least to win a popularity contest with his cohort.

When Trudeau’s poor judgment has been exposed in the past, he has asked for the public’s forgiveness. Canadians have generally been pretty gracious and most have given our PM the benefit of the doubt, even for the egregious black-face racist makeup he wore when he was a younger, seemingly less mature, man.

Canadians did so because they believe a person can change and acquire wisdom with age. But that’s not always the case. Sometimes, people who are forgiven for past sins use it as a hall pass that merely sets them up to test the public’s tolerance yet again with new outrages.

Trudeau doesn’t appear to be a humble and contrite person who is learning from past indiscretions. Instead, he more and more appears to be the kid who thinks he has his parents wrapped around his finger.

We expect more, so much more, from a national leader.

Veteran political commentator Doug Firby is president of Troy Media Digital Solutions and publisher of Troy Media.

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Reader says Sweden is not a place we should be exalting

The Editor, I started to scream when your editorial opined that I could determine for myself what is safe for me and those close to me. Have we not, as a society, agreed on speed limits? We’ve seen the sign “no shoes, no shirt, no service,” agreed, but a mask goes to far? In the middle of a pandemic?

No that’s a human right? I can’t believe this is worthy of debate.

But then you exalt Sweden! Aaagh!

Being a lifelong geek, I’ve been collecting/ analyzing international COVID data daily since March 18.

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adjusted for population, are five times higher than other Scandinavian countries. They are comparable to the science-denying United States (4-5% of the world’s population - 25% of the deaths)!

This is a wiley virus – ease up too early and it will simmer and re-emerge much stronger.

Sweden was an early favourite. I once thought they had it right. I was wrong.

If current evidence from the southern states is not sufficient; what would it take for science deniers to admit they were wrong?

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The quality of the information used by decision makers determines the quality of the decision made. The more complete and credible the information, the more confidence there is that the decision is right. But decision makers (e.g., legislators, juries, parents, consumers, city councils) are routinely required to make decisions where the information essential to informing that decision is incomplete, unavailable and / or uncertain.

In deciding whether to mandate wearing a mask in enclosed public spaces, and given the current reality of rapidly evolving and inconclusive scientific information, Ottawa Council could make one of two decisions that, as future scientific evidence determines, is

proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, to be RIGHT: • masks save lives, so decision to mandate was good; or, • masks are useless, so decision not to mandate was good.

Equally, Ottawa Council could make one of two decisions that as future scientific evidence evolves, is proven beyond a reasonable doubt, to be WRONG: • masks are useless, but decision was to mandate; or, • masks save lives, but decision was to NOT mandate.

History has taught us that, while we strive to make right decisions, we routinely make wrong decisions.

Criminal law provides an excellent example.

Despite amazing advances in forensic sciences

a judge or a jury still make wrong decisions whenever they declare: • an innocent person guilty; or, • a guilty person innocent.

Recognizing this unfortunate reality, society developed rules to maximize WRONG decisions that are socially “palatable” (guilty person declared innocent) and minimize WRONG decisions that are socially unacceptable (innocent person declared guilty). Criminal procedural rules determine that a person is presumed innocent until the State can provide the decision maker with enough evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In the result a person who is in fact guilty will go free if the evidence is inconclusive / uncer-

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But do we want to use this “proof of harm beyond reasonable doubt” rule to determine public health issues when the possibility of making a WRONG decision is real and the consequences of a wrong decision for the general public far outweigh individual liberties? Evaluating the risks to public health when assessing a new chemical is illustrative.

When deciding whether or not to allow the use of a new chemical (e.g., a pesticide) the decision maker can make one of two wrong decisions:

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• declare a harmful chemical safe, thereby allowing its use; or, • declare a safe chemical harmful thereby banning its use.

Most people would agree that when a decision must be made with incomplete information, maximizing the chance of making a wrong decision that presents the LEAST harm to society is preferable. If using “proof of harm beyond a reasonable doubt” rules, the harmful chemical will ALWAYS be declared safe until there is conclusive evidence that it is harmful. Of course if the decision turns out to be wrong (the chemical was declared safe but is in fact harmful) it will be too late, as the damage to human health and the environment will have been significant

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and irreversible! This is socially unacceptable.

The same reasoning applies to assessing the costs and benefits of wearing masks in enclosed public spaces.

The main argument for refusing to wear a mask is that there is no proof beyond a reasonable doubt that masks save lives.

In other words, until there is conclusive proof that masks save lives, masks will be presumed to be useless. The flaw in this approach is an inappropriate use of proof of harm rules to make decisions when the CONSEQUENCES of a WRONG decision to public health and well being are significant and irreversible, as follows: • Masks are useless but decision was to mandate: Impact:

Masks cost very little and wearing one while in an enclosed public space is, at best, a minor inconvenience. Any limitation on individual liberty is also minor.

Enforcement costs will be minimal as most people will obey the law or will simply be refused entrance [socially “palatable”]; or, • Masks save lives but decision was NOT to mandate: Impact: Enormous immediate and long term irreversible public and individual health, emotional and economic harm [socially unacceptable].

Was Ottawa’s decision to mandate the wearing of masks in enclosed public spaces the right decision? ABSOLUTELY! Hajo Versteeg, Manotick

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Absence of NY license plates provides challenges, opportunities

By Jeff Morris Last week, the Washington Post ran a story about how Canadian businesses wanted the borders to open back up to American tourists, but that Canadian people wanted to keep the borders closed.

That was before the fourth of July weekend and the extreme spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases throughout the U.S., particularly in the southern states.

In the corridor along the St. Lawrence River from Morrisburg to Gananoque and then up the 416 through Kemptville, Merrickville, Manotick and even into Ottawa, the absence of New York State

license plates in front of restaurants and tourist destinations is noticeable.

Recreational boaters and fishermen are noticeably absent.

In Manotick, for the first time in memory, there are no New York plates parked in front of Watson’s Mill or the restaurants in the village. A Taste of Manotick, which draws several thousand visitors to the village, will not take place in August this year.

Hundreds of people from upstate New York – from Ogdensburg to Canton to Postdam to Massena to Alexandria Bay to Watertown – crossed the border and made the trek to Manotick for the day last year.

Many New York State residents who live in the se communities close to the border told us last year they would spend the day at the event with friends who lived locally, or they first heard about the event on the radio, since most Ottawa FM radio stations have clear reception in those towns.

The pinch is also being felt north of Prescott along the 416. The Rideau River is open to boaters again, but the lack of American boaters – and their U.S. dollars and spending habits – are being felt in Kemptville, Manotick and Ottawa.

Robin Warren, who manages the Woodview

Inn in Gananoque, was interviewed for the Washington Post story. When interviewed last week she said the hotel would normally be at capacity, filled with American and European tourists. On that day, she had one guest scheduled to check in.

“It’s keeping us safe,” she said on the border and travel restrictions.

On the other side of the Thousand Islands Bridge, the lack of access to Canada is hurting businesses on the other side of the border. Dave Cortright, who owns and operates Reel Commander Fishing Charter in Alexandria Bay, NY, told the Post that 80 per cent of his customers

want to fish in Canadian waters but can’t. He is calling for Americans to be able to fish in Canadian waters, and for Canadians to be able to fish on the American side of the St. Lawrence.

“As long as you’re not touching the land or coming in contact with anybody . . . what are we affecting?” Cortright told the Post. “It makes no sense to me.”

Also interviewed for the story was George Ruddy, owner of Cavallario’s Steak House in A-Bay. I haven’t been to Cavallario’s since 2009, but in the 1980s and early 1990s, before I moved away to Texas, it was a destina-

tion that we hit about five or six times a year, even more when I was playing semi-pro football for the Watertown Red and Black.

Whether I was living in Prescott or Manotick or even when I was in Lockport, NY, it was a place to go where I knew I would likely see some Canadians I knew and probably some Americans I knew as well.

Ruddy says the loss of Canadians was “a blow”, not just financially but also in the absence of his many Canadian friends that he says he misses. He said it’s a struggle, and added he hopes we never see anything like this in our lifetime again.

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Last year’s A Taste of Manotick drew thousands of visitors to Manotick, including many from upstate New York. The closing of the border to tourists, shoppers and boaters have changed the playing field for businesses on both sides of the border.

As much as local businesses are hurting from the closure, the impact across the river may be even worse.

Forty per cent of Boldt Castle’s visitors each year are from Canada. Friends and colleagues south of the border have also told me that it is “surreal to go to the Ogdensburg UPS Store, to the Ogdensburg Wal-Mart or to Salmon Run Mall in Watertown without seeing a strong presence of Ontario license plates.”

The Ogdensburg UPS store is particularly interesting as a destination, as most shoppers in Eastern Ontario with easy access to the 416 – from Prescott to Ottawa and even to Gatineau – get online shopping items shipped to that store to when shipping to Canada is either too expensive or not available.

The challenge now is for businesses who are strapped by the lack of American visitors to this side of the bridge to take advantage of the local shoppers who

are not going on weekend roadies to Salmon Run Mall in Watertown or Destiny USA in Syracuse, also a popular weekend getaway for cross-border shoppers.

And for you, the consumers and shoppers, the time has never been better or more crucial for local businesses within the community to be supported.

Many retail businesses and restaurants in the area will not survive the pandemic. The biggest culprit is rent. Some landlords have been working with businesses to get through the pandemic. Others have shrugged their shoulders and muttered, ‘not my problem, your rent is due.’

In the community, small businesses provide services and convenience, usually with exceptional rarely-found-in-the-city levels customer service.

The presence of these businesses keep your property values strong. These local businesses provide jobs in

the community. They sponsor the Timbits and youth hockey and soccer teams that your kids play on – or at least played on last year and hopefully will play on again next year. They sponsor corporate fundraising events.

In other words, they give what they can to the community. It’s time for the community to support them like never before.

As for the border and the pandemic, things aren’t going to change any time soon. The US is close to three million cases of COVID-19. The snow boulder is growing and picking up momentum as it rolls down the snowy mountain. Until that avalanche ends, the borders will not open.

Donald Trump’s famous promise was to build a wall to keep people out of America. Now, the virus has created a wall to keep Americans – and their tourism dollars – stuck at home.

Practice physical distancing, stay two metres apart.

Wear a face covering when physical distancing is a challenge.

Continue to wash hands frequently.

Get tested if you are worried you may have COVID-19, or have been exposed to the virus.

Inside or out, stay safe.

Save lives.

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Pandemic has brought unprecedented level of debt

The Great Unknown.

That is precisely where we find ourselves today in 2020.

The Coronavirus Pandemic is affecting our health, physically and mentally, our social and work structures and our economy. It’s hard to know which will have the most lasting impact. But for the sake of this article, let’s look at where we are financially.

The national Capital’s unemployment rate this spring jumped to 8.4 percent. Better than the national picture, but consider our unemployment rate has never risen above 7.2 percent in the

last decade. A lot of people are out of work. It’s slowly improving, but the virus isn’t done with us yet, and companies that were just holding on may not make it if we see a second wave.

Pandemic spending has meant the Federal deficit has soared to $343 billion dollars, and debt will top $ 1 trillion, a number we have

not seen in Canada before.

The Provincial deficit - $40 Billion dollars, and locally the City of Ottawa needs to find $192 million dollars to cover its coronavirus deficit.

Those are massive holes that will need to be filled. Over the past decade, Ottawa’s debt has soared to $2.7 billion, a 235 percent increase!

Mayor Watson has gone cap in hand to the Federal Government for a bailout, but so far, no guarantees. A similar request to the Ford Government by the city of Windsor this week was reportedly rejected. Let’s say I am not optimistic any more

provincial money will be coming Ottawa’s way either.

Ottawa city officials have taken some measures; temporary summer workers weren’t hired, we’re borrowing from city reserves and are planning to delay capital infrastructure projects. We have yet to see the list of what’s on the chopping block.

The mayor says we still need financial help from other levels of government if we don’t want to cut services or raise transit fares or city taxes above 3 percent, but there are other options. Now is the time to do a thorough

review of city programs, the money spent and staffing levels. You can’t tell me there’s no fat to cut.

No one ever likes to talk about asking public sector workers, including politicians, to shoulder some of the burden. Civil servants are well paid, and we have not suffered like workers in the private sector have.

Finding the equivalent of a one-year wage freeze would save Ottawa $40 million dollars. Now maybe the time to introduce Zero Based Budgeting.

The City Manager likes to say Ottawa’s staffing is

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The biggest unknown right now is whether there will be a second wave of COVID-19. While that’s a scary prospect, what’s worse is that no level of Government seems to have a plan on how it will manage the financial impact of round one, let alone another wave. As a fiscal conservative, I can’t see how we can keep spending without it impacting all of us, and probably sooner than we think. At some point the money will run out and it will be the taxpayer left holding the bag.

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City plans for gradual reopening of pools and modified swimming instruction Swimming pools are one step closer to being opened.

The City of Ottawa is now planning for a phasedapproach to opening wading pools and a gradual opening of indoor and outdoor swimming pool facilities – with COVID-19 prevention measures.

Wading pools Wading pools across the city will open in a phased approach, with the first group of pools opening on July 6 and a second group on July 13, as indicated on ottawa. ca. Wading pool attendants will be present at the pool to provide safety supervision.

Admission numbers will be reduced to allow for physical distancing.

Indoor and outdoor swimming pools The indoor and outdoor swimming pool facilities will open in a phased approach beginning the week of July 6, with additional pools opening the following week and the remaining pools opening at later dates.

The number of swimmers will be significantly reduced for both public and lane swims to ensure physical distancing can be maintained. In order to accommodate as many swimmers as possible, swims will be scheduled in one-hour sessions with fifteen-minute blocks between sessions to allow staff to manage numbers entering and exiting the facility, and to perform additional cleaning. In the initial phase of the pool reopenings, the City recommends that people over the age of 65 and those who are immunocompromised or have underlying health

issues do not participate in any swimming program.

COVID-modified swimming lessons The City has reformatted its Learn to Swim Program to incorporate COVID-19 prevention measures. Swimming instructors will maintain physical distancing from participants and a parent or guardian must accompany their child in the pool for the following levels: Private lessons – preschool to Swim Kids 4 Pre-school to Swim Kids 1 to 4 – low-ratio classes Inclusive Swim Kids 1 and 2 Lessons for all levels will be 30 minutes long to allow for physical distancing between participants entering and leaving the facility. This also provides sufficient time for cleaning and disinfecting common areas.

The swimming lesson guide will be posted online at ottawa.ca, and registration will be held on Monday, July 13 at 9 pm. Swimming lesson spots will be limited to reduce the number of participants in each session and allow for proper physical distancing.

The City will not be offering aquafitness, regularratio classes, Power Swim, and lifesaving and leadership classes during this phase of reopening.

To help reduce the risk, some of the COVID-19 measures and protocols that will be in place at the pool facilities include: One entry and exit point, with a staff member ensuring physical distancing is followed.

Swimmers at outdoor pools will enter and exit

through the gate and not through the facility.

Frequent cleaning and disinfecting of common areas, high-touch surfaces, change room and washroom facilities, and lifejackets.

Saunas, steam rooms, whirlpools, diving boards, rope swings, and water slides will be closed.

Viewing areas will either be closed or their capacity reduced, to allow for proper physical distancing.

Parents or guardians who are not accompanying their child in the pool for swimming lessons are encouraged to wait outside the facility.

Directional flow of swimmers around the outside of the pool for entering and exiting the swimming area.

Washrooms will have every second sink and urinal closed.

Hand sanitizers will be located in central areas for both clients and staff.

Swimmers are asked to do their part to protect themselves and others from COVID-19: Shower at home before going to the pool.

Wear their bathing suit to the pool.

Practice personal COVID-19 hygiene – washing or sanitizing hands, staying home when exhibiting any symptoms.

Keep a distance of two metres from other swimmers and staff.

Wear a mask while walking in the facility. Some people who are infected with COVID-19 may have the virus and not know it.

Masks can help decrease the risk of spreading the virus.

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Manotick BIA helping local businesses move forward As the gradual reopening of businesses in Manotick continues, the Manotick BIA has continued to offer support to ensure the safety of both customers and staff at businesses in the village.

The BIA has been working closely with the City of Ottawa and a strong network of BIA’s around the city to make sure that relevant and up to date information is readily available for businesses in the community.

Preventing exposure and spread of the COVID-19 virus remains the first priority.

“It is important to note that implementation of a

mandatory mask policy should be enacted and enforced in ‘good faith’ and should be primarily used as a means to educate people on mask use in public spaces,” said Ottawa Public Health’s COVID-19 Liaison Team Deputy Chief Phil Jansson. “No person shall be required to provide proof of any of the exemptions set out in the instructions.

“As we transition to reopen businesses and community settings in a safer way, it is critical that we continue to take efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 and work to prevent a resurgence in

cases. This means being COVID-wise about our daily activities and business operations including accessing enclosed public spaces.”

BIA Executive Director Donna Smith has been sending daily reports to all Manotick businesses, and is pleased with the efforts being made by local businesses to keep everyone safe.

“The efforts that our businesses have made in ensuring the safety of their staff and their customers has been exemplary,” Smith said.

Last week, Manotick BIA Chair Dr. Salima Is-

mail reached out to local businesses to stress the importance about the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic.

“Although we are all open for business, many of our customers are nervous about coming out and doing business with our businesses,” wrote Dr. Ismail.

“Remember, they have been at home, for months, hardly coming out with the exception of medications, gas for their vehicles and groceries. And even at that, one of the members of the households was in charge of groceries. So now they are all allowed

to frequent your businesses. This can be stressful to quite a few people.”

Dr. Ismail encouraged local business owners and operators to ensure customer safety is at the forefront.

“Your customers need to feel safe and need to see you taking all the measures to ensure their safety,” she wrote. “Manotick is small and word gets around fast.

If your customers feel safe and see that you are taking COVID pre-cautions, word will get around and many more will frequent your business.”

Dr. Ismail encouraged local businesses to use

social media to showcase safety in the business place.

“One of the greatest marketing tools you can do for free, immediately, is to show your customers, through whatever social media your business utilizes, the safety steps your business is going through to ensure their safety,” she said. “This can be a very powerful message to your clients and prospective new clients.”

Dr. Ismail added that there would be focus in the coming weeks to get more “feet on the street” and into Manotick businesses.

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FRIDAY, July 17, 2020 Page 15

MANOTICK MESSENGER

Life’s challenge of change is challenging us all these days In the park across from St. Leonard School, on Long Island Road in Manotick, there are a few small oak trees.

Thinking about how those trees became what they are made me think a little more.

The acorn becomes an oak by means of ordinary growth, no commitment is necessary. In the same manner, the kitten becomes a cat on the basis of natural instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like these.

It’s different with a man or a woman; they become adults by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. In some cases, these decisions require courage; in our society the opposite of courage is not cowardice but conformity. It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one’s journey, into new thoughts, times, places, opportunities and friendships.

Life progresses with an almost constant series of

THis week,

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challenges, some bigger than others but all of which we must face. Although they may seem unconquerable at times, the obstacles in our lives are often just detours that we must take in order to meet our goals. Goals change in many cases, therefore needs change and the goals are reassessed. No matter what sort of adversity or challenge we might face, we can always believe that with hope, it can be conquered, and, in the end, we will be stronger for it. The path we ultimately take may not be the one we had originally expected. Each challenge we face causes a ripple in our lives. When things happen to us it is the action we choose

The trees in the park across from St. Leonard’s Elementary School make us think of the changes and challenges in life.

that can create the difference between sometimes the actions or the regrets of the past and the hopes and joys of the future.

Talk about Life’s Challenge these days – well, Covid 19 has given us a huge challenge for everyone.

I think we’re just beginning

to appreciate the scope of the long term impact of this pandemic. Having said that, our hope is that we will learn how to live with the changed

circumstances and still see our friends - and hopefully be able to host our friends and family from time to time very soon!

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Shirley Mildred Stuewe, Matriarch of the Stuewe, Townsend, Twomey and Gunn clans passed away peacefully, surrounded by family in the home of her son Doug in Manotick on July 3, 2020.

Born in Sydney, Cape Breton to the late James and Nina Townsend, she was predeceased by her husband Jack and her brother Carl Townsend and sisters Gladys Peach and Vern Dobbin.

At 94 years Shirley saw many changes in the world and lamented the passing of a kinder and gentler time. She was known for her salt of the earth, Cape Breton approach to life, her community service and kindness to others. An exceptional Head Nurse at the Halifax Infirmary she was loved and respected by all she encountered. Shirley will be fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews from Cape Breton and Newfoundland who found a welcoming second home during their university years in Halifax.

Her legacy lives on in her three children David, Trish and Doug, her 8 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and 15 nieces and nephews. Although a Manotick resident for only 2 years Shirley loved her life on Stuewe Drive. Coffee & Biscuits at 6 am, Nyla her constant companion and the many birds, squirrels and wild turkeys that were her source of daily entertainment.

Doug, Lyne and the Family wish to express their heartfelt thanks to Shirley’s exceptional caregivers. FleurLynn and Murielle, the staff of the LLIN organization, Dr. Jeff Hovey and Dr. Aun Yeong Chong and to her niece Anna (Stuewe) Sullivan who travelled from Calgary to lead Mom’s palliative care team. Shirley will join her husband Jack in All Saints Cathedral in Halifax.

There will be a Celebration of Life held in Nova Scotia at a future date that will be heard all the way back in her Manotick Home.

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City presented five options for ward boundary changes

The City of Ottawa has five options on the table for realigning ward boundaries based on the growth of the city both overall and in suburban areas. In most cases, the Rideau-Goulbourn ward will end at Barnsdale Road to the north to correct the current situation of the ward crawling into the southern end of Barrhaven’s Half Moon Bay and Stonebridge communities. Most options also have Riverside South splitting with eastern Barrhaven in the GloucesterSouth Nepean Ward.

The City of Ottawa

Finance and Economic Development Committee received an update on the review of Ottawa’s ward boundaries at its July 7 meeting. To ensure effective representation of Ottawa’s growing population, the City hired an independent consultant to conduct the review.

On June 12, 2019, City Council considered the staff report titled, “City of Ottawa Ward Boundary Review (2019-2020).”

The staff report noted that the City of Ottawa’s current ward boundaries have largely been in place since the City’s last com-

prehensive ward boundary review was conducted by an independent consultant in 2004-2005.

Boundaries established by the 2004-2005 review were expected to meet the test of “effective representation” until 2015.

The staff report described how ward populations and future estimates for the City of Ottawa indicated that certain wards are, or are projected to be, outside of generally acceptable population variances.

The staff report proposed a ward boundary review process that is

meant to establish boundaries that could be used in at least three municipal elections (2022, 2026 and 2030) and, perhaps, a fourth municipal election in 2034. Council approved the following report recommendations, as amended by the Finance and Economic Development Committee.

The report includes five options for new ward boundaries. Of these, two options would maintain the same number of wards as provided by the City’s current ward boundaries (23). One option would provide a lower number

of wards (17) and two options would provide an increased number of wards (25 and 24, respectively).

The first option would have 13 urban wards, nine suburban wards and three rural wards and increases the size of Council by two members. The average ward population is 46,000 for the 2026 target year.

Option 1 adds one urban ward in the core area to improve voter parity and capacity to represent and adds two suburban wards, one in Ottawa East and one in Ottawa South, to improve

voter parity in these areas.

One ward is removed from the rural area, as a result of the suburban population of Cumberland Ward becoming a separate suburban ward in Ottawa East. The extra suburban ward in the south would be with Gloucester-South Nepean becoming two wards split by the Rideau River.

The second option has 12 urban wards, nine suburban wards and three rural wards and increases the size of Council by one.

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BOUNDARY continues from page 16 dressing the growth in suburban Ottawa. The Option 2 suburban and rural ward boundaries are the same as in Option 1.

Option 3 This Option has 11 urban wards, nine suburban wards and three rural wards and maintains the size of Council. A sizeable number of respondents during Round 1 of the project’s public process wanted to maintain the current number of wards.

Option 3 responds to the comments that either “things seem to be working fine” or “there should be no increase in the size of Council”. The average ward population is 50,000 for the 2026 target year.

In order to maintain 23 wards, one ward has to be redis-

tributed in the urban area. There are two reasons for this. First, two wards need to be added to the suburban area to improve voter parity and second, the rural population is too large to be reduced to two wards. This requires major changes to virtually all ward boundaries due to the “domino effect” of removing a ward. The Option 3 suburban and rural ward boundaries are the same as in Options 1 and 2, with a second Barrhaven ward being added and the boundary between Barrhaven and Rideau-Goulbourn moving back to Barnsdale Road.

Option 4 also has 11 urban wards, nine suburban wards and three rural wards and maintains the size of Council. The average

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Like Option 3, Option 4 responds to the support for maintaining the current number of wards expressed during Round 1 of the project’s public process. Option 4 also redistributes one ward in the urban area inside the Greenbelt.

While Option 3 starts the design of new ward boundaries from the west of the urban area, Option 4 begins in the east. This results in very different boundaries in Option 4 than in Option 3. Option 4 is a distinctly different Option. The Option 4 suburban and rural ward boundaries are the same as in Options 1, 2 and 3.

Option 5 would have the most impact on boundaries, with

a reduction in wards from 23 to 17.

This Option has nine urban wards, six suburban wards and two rural wards. During the project’s public process another sizeable group of respondents thought that less than 20 wards would be appropriate for Ottawa, some suggesting wards should be reduced to as few as 7 or 8.

Option 5 responds to the sentiment that government should be smaller and wards should be larger. The average ward population is 67,600 for the 2026 target year.

This Option represents a major departure from the current situation. It reduces the number of wards significantly, which leads to major ward boundary adjustments

for all wards. In this Option the rural wards are reduced to two, and one suburban ward and three urban wards are redistributed.

In this option, Rideau-Osgoode and West Carleton would become one large rural ward, while Osgoode and the rural part of Cumberland would form the second rural ward. The boundary between Rideau-Goulbourn and Osgoode would no longer be the Rideau River. The new boundary would be Highway 416.

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The average ward population is 47,900 for the 2026 target year.

Like Option 1, Option 2 responds to the support expressed for increasing the number wards during the project’s Round 1 process and the sentiment that Ottawa’s growing population requires more wards.

Option 2 retains the twelve12 urban wards inside the Greenbelt.

Various boundaries have been adjusted to improve the functioning of the wards and establish easily recognizable boundaries. Within the urban area, this Option has the fewest boundary changes of any option. Option 2 can be considered as the Option that requires the least boundary adjustments, while still ad-

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Minimal changes to Rideau-Goulbourn in 4 of 5 boundary options

In June 2019, City Council directed staff to retain an independent consultant to conduct a comprehensive review and establish the city’s ward boundaries that could be used in at least the 2022, 2026 and 2030 municipal elections. Beate Bowron Etcetera Inc., in association with The Davidson Group and Hemson Consulting Ltd., were tasked with leading the review and ensuring an objective and impartial process. In layman’s terms, that means free from political influence. Easier said than done.

The last major ward boundary review was conducted 15 years ago. At that time, we saw the creation of our current RideauGoulbourn ward, formed out of joining Rideau Ward with rural Goulbourn and rural Nepean. Since then, Ottawa’s population has grown significantly, particularly in our suburban wards. That has created an imbalance between wards and that will only get worse with our projected growth

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Over the last several months, the consultants were busy conducting the first round of public consultation, collecting your input on existing ward boundaries. With the first phase complete, the consultant has prepared an information report that set out options for revised ward boundaries. This report was presented to the Finance and Economic Development Committee last week and to City Council this week.

Round two will be later this year and will seek opinions and feedback on the various ward boundary options. I’ll explain the various options.

There are five options that will go out for further consultation. Two options would see an increase in wards, two options see the ward count remain the same

and the final option would see a reduction in wards down to 17. All options create different ward boundaries for every ward than what we have today.

To begin, let me recap where we are today. Of the 23 wards, there are four wards that are considered rural wards, but all have some suburban population within them as well with Cumberland Ward actually having 75% of its population in suburban Orleans.

In the Kanata/Stittsville area, we have three wards and in both the suburban south and east, we have two wards each. Moving just inside the Greenbelt, we have a ring of seven wards with five wards around the core of the City.

Option 1 proposes 25 wards. In this scenario, there would be three wards in rural Ottawa, nine wards in suburban Ottawa and thirteen wards inside the Greenbelt. A new ward would be created in Barrhaven splitting the community in two and creating a ward solely comprised

of Riverside South and Findlay Creek. While the Kanata/Stittsville area generally remains the same, a new ward is also created in Orleans by virtue of rural Cumberland being joined with Osgoode Ward, which loses its suburban portion as well. West Carleton and Rideau-Goulbourn see minor changes in each, mostly centered on suburban communities shifting back into suburban wards. The final new ward in this option is created in downtown as lines are moved around in the current twelve wards to balance population and create a thirteenth ward.

Options 2, 3 and 4 all have generally the same plan for rural and suburban wards. All three options create a new CumberlandOsgoode ward. All three options maintain the idea of three wards in each suburb as well. The changes come inside the Greenbelt. Option 2 maintains the same number as we have now but moves the lines around to balance the population.

Options 3 and 4, in order

to maintain the ward count at 23, actually result in one less ward in that outer urban ring. Essentially, what happens is that the current day wards of College, Knoxdale-Merivale and River Wards become two wards instead of three.

The fifth option is a little off the wall. Instead of four rural wards, we would have two. The dividing line would be Highway 416.

This means Kars would be in the same ward as Vars and Burritt’s Rapids would be in the same ward as Constance Bay. By virtue of moving boundaries around in the urban and suburban area, we would see the removal of current day wards Innes, Stittsville, Somerset and Knoxdale-Merivale as the lines around them just push those wards out.

This would result in two rural Councillors, six suburban Councillors and nine urban Councillors. It would also result in much heavier workloads for each office as the constituent count would be increased substantially.

Personally, and know-

ing full well that none of the first four options really impact Rideau-Goulbourn to any great degree, I believe Option 1 satisfies the principles of the boundary review taking into consideration ward populations, geography of wards and ability to represent effectively. As was the case in 2005, it would mean two new wards. It worked then and our ultimate objective is effective representation so it would stand to reason that it would also work for the next three elections.

You can get more ward boundary review information at ottawa.ca/wardboundary or by calling 3-11 (TTY: 613-580-2401).

Inquiries and comments can also be sent to wardboundary@ottawa.ca.

If you have any comments, questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at Scott.Moffatt@ ottawa.ca or contact me by phone at 613-580-2491.

For information on RideauGoulbourn issues, please visit RideauGoulbourn.ca.

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Amazon to build second fulfillment centre in area New 450,000 square-foot facility at 416-Fallowfield will create more than 1,000 fulltime jobs Amazon.com, Inc. has announced plans to open its second Ottawa facility, which will be located within the CitiGate Corporate Business Park at the Highway 416-Fallowfield Road interchange. The new fulfillment centre, which is anticipated to open in 2021, will create more than 1,000 new, full-time jobs starting at $16 an hour with comprehensive benefits and opportunities in an industry-leading workplace. This will be Amazon’s eighth facility in Ontario and its 14th fulfillment centre in Canada.

Last year, the company opened a warehouse facility east of Greely at the Highway 417-Boundary Road interchange. Broccolini, the builder and developer of both Amazon facilities, also has plans for a warehouse facility at the Highway 416-Roger Stevens Drive interchange in North Gower.

The decision to allow for a zoning amendment to make that warehouse facility possible is currently being appealed by a group of residents in the vicinity of the location. A tenant for that location has yet to be announced, but wide speculation in the business community has been that it will be e-commerce related.

When finished, the three combined warehouse facilities would bring close to 3,000 jobs to rural south Ottawa.

“We’re thrilled to be opening a second fulfillment centre in the nation’s capital to better serve communities across Ontario,” said Sumegha Kumar, Director, Canadian Customer Fulfillment Operations, Amazon Canada. “We appreciate the strong support from local, provincial, and federal leaders. We look forward to creating over 1,000 full-time jobs while providing the Barrhaven community with great opportunities that have competitive pay and benefits starting on day one.”

At this new fulfillment centre, employees will work alongside Amazon robotics to pick, pack and ship small items

to customers such as books, electronics and toys. This will be Amazon’s newest robotics fulfillment centre in Canada. “‘I’m thrilled that this advanced robotics fulfillment centre is coming to Citigate to create over 1,000 jobs in Barrhaven, helping us diversify our community’s employment base,” said Jan Harder, Councillor, Barrhaven Ward. “I want to thank Amazon for going ahead with this project, and I look forward to attending the official opening.”

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson echoed Harder’s statements.

“I’m pleased that Amazon has once again chosen to invest in Ottawa,” said Watson. “This facility will create more than 1,000 jobs for our residents when it opens in 2021, and it will help keep employment strong in our city.”

Broccolini, who built the first Amazon facility at Highway 417 and Boundary Road, has broken ground on the new facility with an anticipated 14-month construction deadline. Broccolini will hire technical experts from a wide range of fields to ensure timely project delivery, creating over 700 jobs at construction launch.

“We are excited to once again partner with Amazon and begin construction of a new, technologically-advanced fulfillment centre. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve trained our employees and set new protocols to ensure workers can do their jobs safely while respecting the latest health guidelines,” said James Beach, Director of Real Estate and Development at Broccolini in Ottawa. “Amazon will benefit from our considerable and diversified expertise to coordinate all development and construction aspects from the outset through to delivery, as well as our management experience that comes with our impressive portfolio of properties.”

This project is Broccolini’s fourth partnership with Amazon, reflecting the company’s expertise in real estate and its leadership in the design and construction of fulfillment centres. It adds to other prestigious projects led by Brocco-

The new Amazon facility will be located at CitiGate Business Park at the 416-Fallowfield interchange.

lini, such as the New Maison de Radio-Canada in Montreal and some of the city’s largest high-rise buildings.

“Broccolini continues to demonstrate its excellence in building state-of-the-art construction projects. We are uniquely positioned to develop and deliver large-scale projects such as the newest Amazon fulfillment centre, which help the Canadian economy as it reopens for business,” added Mr. Beach.

Once completed, Broccolini will act as landlord and property manager for the new fulfillment centre.

“During these unprecedented times, companies like Amazon are going the extra mile to protect employees and customers, while adapting to the new environment we face,” said Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario. “We welcome today’s exciting announcement of Amazon bringing another 1,000 jobs to the Ottawa area.

Now more than ever, we must all work together to reopen our economy safely, get more people back to work, and chart

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Amazon is also planning five new delivery stations across Ontario in Whitby, Oakville, Cambridge, Brampton, and Scarborough, with the sites anticipated to launch in 2020. Delivery stations power the last mile of Amazon’s order fulfillment process. Packages are transported to delivery stations from Amazon fulfillment and sortation centers, and then loaded into vehicles for delivery to customers. They will create hundreds of permanent, full-time and part-time jobs, in addition to offering entrepreneurs the opportunity to build their own small business delivering Amazon packages, and independent contractors the flexibility to be their own boss and create their own schedule delivering for Amazon Flex.

To learn more, visit www. logistics.amazon.com and https://flex.amazon.com.

Full-time employees at Amazon receive competitive hourly wages, including medical, vision and dental coverage, a group RRSP plan, stock

awards, and performancebased bonuses starting on day one. Amazon also offers employees access to innovative programs like Career Choice, where it will pay up to 95 per cent of tuition for courses related to in-demand fields, regardless of whether the skills are relevant to a career at Amazon.

Since the program’s launch, more than 25,000 employees across the globe have pursued degrees in game design and visual communications, nursing, IT programming and radiology, to name a few.

Amazon is proud to call Canada home. In total, Amazon employs more than 13,500 full-time employees at the company’s fulfillment centres, corporate offices, development centres, and other facilities in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec.

Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than $7.5 billion in Canada through its customer fulfillment and cloud infrastructure and employee compensation. Amazon estimates that its Canadian investments have created an additional

14,000 indirect jobs on top of the company’s direct hires.

Recently, Amazon Canada committed a $3 million donation to support those who are most affected by the COVID-19 crisis in Canada.

Funds are dedicated to supporting local organizations in the communities where employees live and work, including the Canadian Red Cross, United Way Centraide Canada, and numerous food banks. The Ottawa Food Bank is among the recipients.

Amazon’s worldwide fulfillment network supports millions of businesses of all sizes through its Fulfillment

by Amazon offering, and many of those local businesses are based in Canada. There are more than 30,000 authors, small and medium-sized businesses, and developers in Canada growing their companies and reaching new customers with Amazon products and services.

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Second round of ward boundary consultations in the fall

An initial report on how to adjust the City’s ward boundaries has outlined five options for consideration. These options, which could impact the number of City Councillors, will be discussed in a second round of consultations this fall. The report follows a round of public meetings, an online survey and interviews with Councillors this past spring about how to adjust the ward boundaries to ensure effective representation of residents.

The last review was held in 2005.

The five options include two options to increase the number of wards, one option to reduce the number of wards, and two status quo options with different redistribution of urban wards.

The review took into account the following criteria: • Voter parity • Natural physical boundaries (ie Rideau River) • Geographic communities of interest (ie Glebe or Barrhaven) • Minority interests • Ward history • Capacity to represent (relates to Councillor workload, issues and travel distances)

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• Geographic size and shape of a ward (rural wards are larger in size with fewer residents) • Population growth (where will future growth be) While these criteria were all considered, some of them are weighted higher than others. For example voter parity has a greater weight than ward history.

The current 23 ward system includes a rural area (4 wards), a suburban area (7 wards outside the Greenbelt) and an urban area (12 wards inside the Greenbelt). Cumberland Ward, included in rural wards, contains rural and suburban components as a result of residential development.

During the spring consultations, numerous survey responses, online submissions and input from Members of Council urged that rural and suburban wards not be combined. This comment came from all wards, but especially from rural and

suburban wards and focused on the major difference in the interests and activities of the rural and suburban communities.

Comments also noted that combining suburban and rural populations leads to the loss of the voice of rural communities as the suburban population tends to dominate the ward. The current situation in Cumberland (Ward 19) is often cited as an example.

There was also a diversity of opinion on the number of wards, which has resulted in the five options, but the majority felt a ward population of between 44,000 and 50,000 residents would be appropriate. Currently the ward population averages 43,000 residents but varies from 26,000 in a rural ward to 62,000 in a suburban ward.

Option 2 would increase the number to 24 and includes 12 urban wards, 9 suburban wards and three rural wards.

Options 3 and 4 maintain the current 23 wards (which includes 3 rural wards) but one ward would be redistributed in the urban area inside the Greenbelt. To achieve this, one option starts drawing boundaries from

the western end of the urban area and the other from the eastern end.

While this difference may not seem important, the starting point determines the locale of the ward that is redistributed.

Option 5 proposes 9 urban wards, 6 suburban wards and 2 rural wards.

This proposal would see ward sizes of 67,000 people by 2026. It would also see major changes to the wards with the two rural wards divided by Highway 416. In effect West Carleton and Rideau Goulbourn west of the 416 would become one ward. Manotick would be located in the eastern ward which would include Osgoode, Metcalfe and Greely as well as Vars and Navan.

The details on the results of the first round of consultations and the five options are available at Engage Ottawa

Next steps

Round two of the consultations will include an online survey, public meetings in September (either face to face or virtual) and more interviews with Councillors. Everyone who participates will be asked to rank the five options (using the criteria used to develop the options) and suggest changes to the proposed options. A final report will be presented to Council in December of this year.

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What are the five options?

Option 1 would increase the number of wards to 25 and includes 13 urban wards, 9 suburban wards and three rural wards. The three rural wards would be West Carleton, Rideau Goulbourn and Osgoode.

In general, Rideau Goulbourn Ward remains the same but portions of Bar-

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Two local students have been awarded the Manotick Village and Community Association student award in recognition of their volunteer activities in the Manotick community.

Kyleigh Brooks of South Carleton High School received the award because of her many volunteer hours with Youth of Manotick Association where she helped out with

community and fundraising events. Through her involvement with YOMA, she spent a summer doing weekly visits with seniors at Manotick Place. In addition, she volunteered to help out at curling events at the Manotick Curling Club. Her commitment to helping volunteer in the community began with waitressing at Miller’s Oven.

Owen Connor is the St. Mark High School recipient for 2020. Owen dedicated six years to

volunteering for Youth of Manotick Association, which included helping out with the Dickinson Day booth and other YOMA activities. He was also an active member of the Key Club at St. Mark which helped to raise funds for youth programming.

Each student has received a cheque for $500 and our congratulations!

And congratulations to the graduating class of 2020 at both high schools!

COVID-19 Update

It is now mandatory to wear a mask in any public indoor space. This includes stores, offices, and public washrooms. If you do not have a mask, some stores are providing them, you can buy them online or you can get them through the Human Needs Task Force if you do not have the economic means to buy one.

Around the Village

Patios are popping up all around the Village.

Grabbing lunch out of doors is one way to help our local businesses!

Road construction is in full swing around the Village with the new roundabout at Barnsdale and Prince of Wales, resurfacing of Rideau Valley Drive North, and work on widening Strandherd west of Jockvale. Be kind to road construction workers – it is a hot job!

YOMA is online.

Every week YOMA is offering free online social programs featuring different topics and activities for youth in Grades 4-12.

They are also available for homework help. The schedule is available on their website at yoma.ca Follow us on Twitter @manotickvca and Facebook and Instagram for any other community updates.

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Your voice is making a difference

On June 5, residents of Manotick lined the street in a peaceful protest against racism. Not being a racist is not enough. We have to stand together against racism, and speak out against it.

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Little League Baseball returns with practices, modifications

There will be baseball this year, but like everything else, it won’t be the same as we are still deep into the COVID-19 pandemic.

East Nepean Little League, which takes in players from Barrhaven, Manotick, North Gower, Kars and area, issued a statement on their plans for youth baseball in 2020 last week.

“East Nepean is happy to announce that baseball will be played in our area for the 2020 Season. While the season will be modified from previous seasons, as a result of the new requirements that we must follow, we are excited to see players back on the fields soon,” the notice on the organization’s website said.

Due to some requirement changes, ENLL will only be offering baseball for this year only at Rookie, Minor, Major, and a hybrid Junior/ Senior division. The goal will be to have both Canadian and National level of play at all levels, based on registration.

East Nepean Little League, upon reviewing information made available to it, has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 house league season for TBall, U-19 and Challenger.

East Nepean shares in the disappointment with players and families that these programs are not able to run this season. However, we felt based on the information available this was the best decision. We hope to see all players from these levels back in 2021 for another season.

Currently East Nepean has approval only to run practices on fields. Practices will be team based and will be run by the coaching team. At this time, practices will go until mid-August. The number of practices is currently estimated at 7 per team (as in previous years, weather may impact some practice dates, we will make best attempts to reschedule, but will be dependent on field availability and can not guarantee all practices will be rescheduled if impacted).

If ENLL does not receive approval by the beginning of August to move to game play,

East Nepean Minor Eagles pitcher Evan Amadio (left) and 3B Hayden Gorman celebrate wildly after winning the 2019 District 2 Little League championship at the Eagles’ Nest in Barrhaven. The Eagles announced last week that although there is no competitive baseball this year, a modified program would bring baseball back to local youths for 2020.

File photo by Mike Carroccetto

ENLL will not carry the season beyond mid-August and the season would consist only of practices.

If ENLL receives approval for game play by August, then a season of games will start early August and will run until mid-September. The number of games is currently estimated at 10 per team, with no playoffs. Schedule would allow for two games a week.

Note in September game start times would move to 5:30pm.

New for the 2020 season all players will be required to have their own helmet. Under current guidelines, there will

be no sharing of helmets among teams. ENLL will provide uniforms once teyy are approved for game play.

There will be no uniforms provided for practices.

Bats will be shared, however if a player does have their own bat this can be used for their own personal use, provided the bat meets Little League Standards. This is encouraged to minimize sharing of equipment.

Catching gear will be provided to teams and will be sanitized between games.

There will be no sharing of catcher’s gear during a game.

Teams will have set catchers per game and only these players will use the sets of catching equipment. If a player does have their own catching gear to use, it is recommended that they use it this season.

Players will have the option to opt out of the catching position if they do not want to play that position.

- If ENLL does receive approval for game play, there will be some slight modifications. Modifications include the following: - All players will be required to wash hands between each half inning - ENLL will

provide soap and water for players and coaches. If a player prefers they can bring hand sanitizer for their own personal use.

- There will be no more then three players in the dugout at any one time. Players will be required to line up along the first and third base line - Players will be required to have a small chair at each game to sit in when they are not on the field and will move this chair with them as they move through the batting line - There will be no spectators allowed to sit behind

home plate, all spectators will be required to sit in the outfield At this time, ENLL is anticipating that only one person per player will be allowed to attend a game.

Each team will require a Safety Manager. This volunteer position will focus on managing equipment and facility cleaning, as well as ensuring social distancing requirements.

Spectators will be required to follow social distancing rules of two metres apart if watching any game/practice, from their designated spot.

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