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Toon Dreessen

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Dreessen: Can the city spend smarter on its 'social' infrastructure?

11.07.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

Toon Dreessen

Canada needs an architecture policy

10.05.2025 10

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 5

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