The latest edition of Ecology Ottawa’s Council Watch Report was unveiled on Tuesday, September 7th at City Hall.
While, six councillors scored in the ‘A’ range and a further five scored in the ‘B’ range, a majority (13 of 24) received a grade of C+ or lower over their four years in office. Among them, Mayor Larry O’Brien received a C- in the 2010 report, but a D over his four years in office.
“We want Council to know that we are watching as it relates to the environment and when they do well we will applaud and when they don’t, it will be noticed,” said Ian Thomson, a member of Ecology Ottawa’s Steering Committee and the Coordinator of the 2010 Report.
This is the 5th time that Ecology Ottawa has released a report card documenting the environmental performance of city council. Council members’ grades are based on how they voted on key environmental decisions made at City Hall during the past year.
“This report card is particularly relevant given that this is an election year and we hope to encourage conversations about environmental issues in the City of Ottawa” said Ben Liadsky, Communications Officer for Ecology Ottawa.
To read Ecology Ottawa’s 2010 Council Watch Report, please click here.