Flemming: Ottawa needs tougher rules to preserve heritage buildings

The recent partial collapse of the late 19th-century Magee House – a heritage designated building on Wellington Street West – raises the question of how effective the city’s effort to combat “demolition by neglect” has been.
Demolition by neglect can be defined as the inadvertent or premeditated neglect of properties, leading to their being so degraded that unless repaired to at least meet minimum property standards, they become subject to a demolition order by the