April 24, 2010
Greg Boutin has published several very pointed blog articles, pulling back the covers on MaRS and where our tax dollars are going… definitely worth a read!
http://www.growthtimes.com/2010/04/troubling-facts-about-mars-discovery-district-part-1-of-4/
The articles also calls out OCRI and Communitech for their lack of transparency.
UPDATE April 30:
“The City doesn’t own OCRI”, Claude Hawe, OCRI CEO
UPDATE May 26 – OCRI not in the loop Part 1
Only one Ottawa firm participating in McGuinty’s trade mission to Israel – OCRI “We don’t know anything about that trade mission”
UPDATE July – New Organization to be Funded
Mayor Jim Watson announces funding of new economic development organization – “Invest Ottawa”.
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the nice words. The largest problem with this issue is the lack of “social networking”: many, many people think the same way, as shown by all the emails I receive, but very few dared to mention it, so they don’t know each other and their efforts cannot be concentrated effectively to effect change.
I wrote those posts and offered a set of facts to build a base for collaboration on this issue and make it easier for others to speak up. I look forward to hearing from the experience of your readers, who can post them here or reach me at gregboutin-AT-gmail.com
Thanks again,
Greg