\n\tFor Ottawa ACORN, work on the municipal election actually began in 2016 when we started reaching out to like-minded allies who were interested and committed to building a progressive City Hall. \/\/ Pour ACORN Ottawa, le travail sur les \u00e9lections municipales a en fait d\u00e9but\u00e9 en 2016 lorsque nous avons commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 chercher des alli\u00e9s aux vues similaires, int\u00e9ress\u00e9s et d\u00e9termin\u00e9s \u00e0 construire un H\u00f4tel de ville progressiste. <\/div>\n

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\n\t\tFor Ottawa ACORN, work on the municipal election actually began in 2016 when we started reaching out to like-minded allies who were interested and committed to building a progressive City Hall. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\tAfter a long series of phone calls, requests for meetings, pledges of support, fundraising and the formation of a steering committee, ACORN\u2019s municipal election coalition – The Agenda for Change – got to work. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\tThe Agenda for Change identified strategic wards where there was real opportunities to elect progressive City Councillors through grassroots, deep community organizing methods. We ran an issue based campaign founded on community & labour concerns and through persistent outreach on the doors and phones, leadership development and community events organized by low and moderate income people, we built a base of voters who pledged to support social change in Ottawa. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\tThe results of this municipal election show that long term, grassroots community organizing works. Our focus ward, Bay Ward, went from being the tightest race in the 2014 municipal election to an overwhelming show of support for the progressive candidate, Theresa Kavanagh. During the last municipal election in 2014 Mark Taylor only just squeaked by his opponent with a difference in votes of 4%. Fast forward to Oct 22nd 2018 and Theresa Kavanagh beat her primary challenger by a 37% difference in votes casted.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tThis election we saw other candidates who signed on to our Agenda for Change platform get elected by their constituents and we are happy to see more progressives on council. However, the balance of power is still not in favour of low to moderate income families and working people. While there is still lots of work to be done, we know victory is possible if we work together and get organized early. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\tOttawa ACORN thanks our partners from labour who helped direct the campaign, fund the work and provided boots on the ground: CUPE503, CLC\/ODLC, OCETFO, OSSTF #25, PSAC-NCR, SEIU #2. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\tLet\u2019s keep the momentum going and get working together today. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\tIn Solidarity, <\/div>\n
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\n\t\tGis\u00e8le Bouvier<\/div>\n
\n\t\tOttawa ACORN Board Member <\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tPour ACORN Ottawa, le travail sur les \u00e9lections municipales a en fait d\u00e9but\u00e9 en 2016 lorsque nous avons commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 chercher des alli\u00e9s aux vues similaires, int\u00e9ress\u00e9s et d\u00e9termin\u00e9s \u00e0 construire un H\u00f4tel de ville progressiste. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tApr\u00e8s une longue s\u00e9rie d’appels t\u00e9l\u00e9phoniques, de demandes de r\u00e9union, de promesses de soutien, de lev\u00e9es de fonds et de la formation d’un comit\u00e9 directeur, la coalition \u00e9lectorale municipale d’ACORN – Alliance pour le changement – s’est mise au travail. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tL’Alliance pour le changement a identifi\u00e9 des quartiers strat\u00e9giques o\u00f9 il y avait de r\u00e9elles possibilit\u00e9s d’\u00e9lire des conseillers municipaux progressistes gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des m\u00e9thodes d’organisation communautaire locales et profondes. Nous avons men\u00e9 une campagne bas\u00e9e sur des pr\u00e9occupations communautaires et syndicales et, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une sensibilisation constante aux portes et par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone, au d\u00e9veloppement du leadership et \u00e0 des \u00e9v\u00e9nements communautaires organis\u00e9s par des personnes \u00e0 faible et modeste revenu, nous avons constitu\u00e9 une base d\u2019\u00e9lecteurs qui se sont engag\u00e9s \u00e0 soutenir le changement social dans Ottawa. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tLes r\u00e9sultats de cette \u00e9lection municipale d\u00e9montrent que l’organisation communautaire \u00e0 la base et \u00e0 long terme fonctionne. Le quartier que nous avons cibl\u00e9, quartier Bay, est pass\u00e9e de la course la plus serr\u00e9e aux \u00e9lections municipales de 2014 \u00e0 un soutien \u00e9crasant en faveur de la candidate progressiste Theresa Kavanagh. Pendant les derni\u00e8res \u00e9lections municipales, en 2014, Mark Taylor a \u00e0 peine d\u00e9pass\u00e9 son adversaire avec 4% des votes. A pr\u00e9sent, le 22 octobre 2018, Theresa Kavanagh a battu son adversaire principal \u00e0 37% des votes!<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tLors de cette \u00e9lection, d\u2019autres candidats ayant adh\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00e0 notre programme \u00ab Alliance pour le changement \u00bb ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lus par leurs commettants et nous sommes heureux de voir plus de progressistes si\u00e9ger au conseil. Cependant, le rapport de forces n\u2019est toujours pas en faveur des familles et des travailleurs \u00e0 faible et modeste revenu. Bien qu’il reste encore beaucoup de travail \u00e0 faire, nous savons que la victoire est possible si nous travaillons ensemble et organisons t\u00f4t.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tACORN Ottawa tient \u00e0 remercier nos partenaires du milieu syndical qui ont aid\u00e9 \u00e0 diriger la campagne, ont contribu\u00e9 au financement du travail et fourni des effectifs sur le terrain : SCFP503, CTC\/CTOD, OCFEEO, FEESO #25, AFPC-RCN, SEIU #2. <\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tContinuons sur notre lanc\u00e9e et travaillons ensemble aujourd\u2019hui.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tEn solidarit\u00e9, <\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\tGis\u00e8le Bouvier<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\tMembre du Conseil d\u2019ACORN Ottawa <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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