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Toon Dreessen

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Canada needs an architecture policy

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The Globe and Mail

Toon Dreessen

Small firms are being unfairly shut out of the federal home-building program

Toon Dreessen is president of Architects DCA. He is a past president of the Ontario Association of Architects. The federal government has made some...

30.12.2024 3

The Globe and Mail

Toon Dreessen

Dreessen: Ambitious plan for south side of Wellington Street shows how building design should be done

A staged design competition with public presentation of ideas could be used for community centres, libraries, parks and street redevelopment....

01.10.2024 20

Ottawa Citizen

Toon Dreessen

Canadian cities need a new funding model and the national capital is a prime example

More than 80 per cent of Canada’s 41 million people live in a city, more than double from a hundred years ago, yet the way we fund cities hasn’t...

27.09.2024 2

IRPP - Policy Options

Toon Dreessen

Dreessen: Ottawa can become a great city without nagging other levels of government

The fact is that we’re in a mess because we spent money we don’t have on things that aren’t people-centred, don’t deliver lasting value, and aren’t...

04.09.2024 10

Ottawa Citizen

Toon Dreessen

Dreessen: Creative thinking could make the ByWard Market so much better

What we need is a vision for excellence for the once-vibrant heart of Ottawa.

15.08.2024 2

Ottawa Citizen

Toon Dreessen