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Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Tobi Nussbaum is apparently becoming a coveted speaker outside of Ottawa.
He’s off to Seattle later this month to speak at the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ “Designing Cities” conference. He’ll be sharing his insights during a session called Paving the Way for Safe Streets: The Role of Political Leadership.
Nussbaum’s recent trip to Quebec City for a planning conference, at which he was a speaker, attracted some attention because some at city hall didn’t like how he cast some city initiatives in a negative light, based solely on a slide presentation. On Tuesday he was forced to defend the presentation at planning committee, which received a report on his attendance at the conference. Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley particularly didn’t like that an example from his ward was used in Nussbaum’s slide presentation.
Nussbaum said he wasn’t speaking on behalf of the city, was presenting his own views and acknowledged his responsibility as a politician to make changes.
With the amount of scrutiny on his Quebec City trip, I had to ask him about Seattle.
Nussbaum said he was asked to speak at the transportation conference by organizers. He’ll use his office budget for the trip. He said he found a return flight for $400 and he’s staying at a friend’s place. Since he’s a speaker, he’ll get a reduced rate for conference registration.
He doesn’t have a presentation prepared yet.
Nussbaum said he’s particularly keen on planning and transportation issues, which he addressed often on his election campaign.
“I’m fulfilling my promise to residents to work hard to see what future improvements we can make,” Nussbaum said.
Conferences, he said, provide chances to share information.
Councillors can use their office budgets to attend conferences. Nussbaum said the Quebec City and Seattle conferences are the only two he’s attending this year.
It’s not uncommon for council members to go on trips. They go to conferences for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. They go on economic missions. Usually they report back to council (in fact, they’re required to if they use city money for the conference). For example, transit chair Stephen Blais has sent a report to the transit commission this week about his experience at the Canadian Urban Transit Association last May.
Nussbaum said the transportation committee can expect a report on his experience at the conference in Seattle. I’m sure councillors will be eager to see his presentation.
jwilling@postmedia.com
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He’s off to Seattle later this month to speak at the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ “Designing Cities” conference. He’ll be sharing his insights during a session called Paving the Way for Safe Streets: The Role of Political Leadership.
Nussbaum’s recent trip to Quebec City for a planning conference, at which he was a speaker, attracted some attention because some at city hall didn’t like how he cast some city initiatives in a negative light, based solely on a slide presentation. On Tuesday he was forced to defend the presentation at planning committee, which received a report on his attendance at the conference. Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley particularly didn’t like that an example from his ward was used in Nussbaum’s slide presentation.
Nussbaum said he wasn’t speaking on behalf of the city, was presenting his own views and acknowledged his responsibility as a politician to make changes.
With the amount of scrutiny on his Quebec City trip, I had to ask him about Seattle.
Nussbaum said he was asked to speak at the transportation conference by organizers. He’ll use his office budget for the trip. He said he found a return flight for $400 and he’s staying at a friend’s place. Since he’s a speaker, he’ll get a reduced rate for conference registration.
He doesn’t have a presentation prepared yet.
Nussbaum said he’s particularly keen on planning and transportation issues, which he addressed often on his election campaign.
“I’m fulfilling my promise to residents to work hard to see what future improvements we can make,” Nussbaum said.
Conferences, he said, provide chances to share information.
Councillors can use their office budgets to attend conferences. Nussbaum said the Quebec City and Seattle conferences are the only two he’s attending this year.
It’s not uncommon for council members to go on trips. They go to conferences for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. They go on economic missions. Usually they report back to council (in fact, they’re required to if they use city money for the conference). For example, transit chair Stephen Blais has sent a report to the transit commission this week about his experience at the Canadian Urban Transit Association last May.
Nussbaum said the transportation committee can expect a report on his experience at the conference in Seattle. I’m sure councillors will be eager to see his presentation.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
查看原文...
