Committee votes to ban councillors from brokering developer donations to wards

City councillors should not engage in discussions with developers over "voluntary contributions" to their wards, members of Ottawa's finance and corporate services committee decided Tuesday. 

Committee votes to ban councillors from brokering developer donations to wards
A photo taken with a drone of Ottawa City Hall downtown. The sky is sunny and the trees are green. The courtyard is relatively empty.

City councillors should not engage in discussions with developers over "voluntary contributions" to their wards, members of Ottawa's finance and corporate services committee decided Tuesday.