Robert "Bob" Monette (born February 18, 1952) is a politician in

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, Canada. He first joined political life in 1985 when he served on the

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City Council for six years. Monette returned to serve on the Ottawa City Council in January 2006 in a

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and was then reelected in November 2006 and October 2010. Prior to being elected, Monette served as the constituency office manager to

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of the

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. He ran for the

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nomination for the

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but lost. Monette currently sits on the Planning Committee, Transportation Committee and the Hydro Ottawa Holdings Board. Monette has also been elected by Council to sit on both the Central Canada Exhibition Association and the Heart of Orléans Business Improvement Association. Monette has assisted at cleaning up the Ottawa River; helping to secure over 100 million dollars in funding from all the levels of three levels of government after his 2008 tour of the ROPEC facility. Monette is also focused on the development of Lansdowne Park, and actively participated in the Lansdowne Live proposal. Monette also supports

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as the new location of the

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. Some of Monette's local accomplishments are, opening up a community garden, the first ever Seniors Park in Eastern Ontario, facilitated in the development of Orléans first hotel in 30 years: Quality Inn, worked in paternership with Forum Inc to develop the Town Centre, and ensuring that Orleans is graffiti free. Monette has been involved in many non-profit groups including, the Cumberland Community Resource Centre; Ottawa Arthritis Society; Queenswood Heights Neighbourhood Watch Association; Queenswood Heights Community Association, Fallingbrook Community Association. There was much speculation that Monette would run for the

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in the

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. However, on March 2, 2011, he announced he would not be running. He switched to the Tories after disagreement with the policies of Premier Dalton McGuinty. Monette resides in

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with his wife and three children. On June 13, 2018 he announced he would not seek re-election in the 2018 municipal election.

Controversy

During Ottawa's 2008-2009 Bus Strike, Monette threatened legal action against Councillor

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for speaking out against the city's bargaining strategy. In March 2009, Monette attempted to block atheist slogans from being advertised on OC Transpo buses in an Ottawa City Council motion, despite a

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that such censorship would probably fail in a court challenge. Bob Monette is firmly in favour of the Corridor 5 (Kettle Island) option for an interprovincial bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau. According to a report released by the consultants engaged to explore bridge options (www.ncrcrossings.ca), a bridge at Kettle Island would result in severe congestion at key intersections along Aviation Parkway for East-West traffic between Ottawa and Orleans.

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Orleans by-election, 2006

Ottawa municipal election, 2006

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References

External links

Bob Monette election websiteBob Monette city of Ottawa website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monette, Bob Ottawa city councillors Franco-Ontarian people Living people 1952 births

Controversy

Election results

Cumberland municipal election, 1985