Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe remains committed to his campaign promise to raise property taxes by no more than 2.5 per cent as city staff embark on crafting a budget for 2023 under "extraordinary inflationary pressures."
Former Ottawa mayor Jim Watson has issued his first public statement since the release of a scathing report into Stage 1 of LRT. He said he takes full responsibility for the system s shortcomings but did not directly address many of the report s findings.
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The City of Ottawa wasn't allocated enough funding in a long-awaited provincial announcement to fully cover off its anticipated $85-million transit deficit.
Ottawa s interim city manager is vowing to restore the public s trust after a damning report on the city s problem-plagued LRT system identified egregious violations of the public trust.