Should emergency generators by required of landlords? An Ottawa MPP trying to make it happen, but city councillors not sold

The big issue for the committee majority, who voted against a public expression of council support for Pasma’s bill, was lacking clarity about implications if it actually got passed.

At that time, residents in apartments without a backup power source went days without elevator access, lights and running water. Council’s emergency preparedness and protective services committee heard Monday about how traumatic that was for some, including Ottawa resident and wheelchair user Lynn Ashdown.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

Pasma’s presentation included nightmarish personal accounts reported by residents who lived through post-disaster power loss, from a mobility-challenged senior scooting down 17 storeys on her rear, step by step, to people spending a week in dark apartments, without ventilation and no ability to flush their toilets.

Pasma and Devine found a supporter in Hydro Ottawa CEO Bryce Conrad. Speaking to committee Monday, Conrad highlighted that Ottawa is now “the weather alert capital of Canada,” seeing more weather advisories and warnings in 2022 than any other of the country’s major population centres. On how that gets paid for, the MPP explained that private members’ bills are not allowed to include any funding, but said that if it does pass, she believes the provincial government “would have a moral obligation” to provide financial support for not-for-profit housing providers.

“Serious issues require serious analysis,” said Coun. Matthew Luloff. “I really like to make decisions based on the best information available. I don’t feel we have that information.”Article content

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