Letsgetitright.ca was launched on September 29th during the first week of public consultations on the Lansdowne Partnership Plan. The site was created to empower local residents to communicate quickly and effectively with Mayor O’Brien, City Council and the Media.  

We built it for two reasons: 

1. We were concerned that the public consultation process may not be everything it was chalked up to be.
2. We were unsure of how the data collected through the city’s e-consultation tool would be conveyed to Council.

We felt that the best way for residents to be heard on this subject would be to provide a simple and easy way for them to reach the decision makers directly. We achieved this by automating the letter writing process and allowing residents to voice their opinion about Lansdowne Live with just one click of the mouse.

Over the six weeks it operated in the Fall of 2009, Letsgetitright.ca provided 425 Ottawa residents the opportunity to freely express their opinions on this proposal. Of those 425, roughly 90% wrote to express their opposition to the Lansdowne Partnership Plan with a vast majority expressing their concern about sole sourcing and a lack of an open, transparent and fair procurement process.  

View letters written to City Council in the Fall.

Read James O'Grady's submission to City Council on behalf of Letsgetitright.ca (PDF).

We would like to express our deep appreciation to everyone who participated in the Fall and we hope that you will continue to voice your opinion on this very important issue, this Spring.