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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: August 27, 2025 - 10:32
Bellerive: Ottawa taxpayers get no respect in latest budget proposal
August 27, 2025
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe likes to frame his budgets around “respect for the taxpayer.” It is an easy phrase to repeat at press conferences and in newsletters. But in the City of Ottawa’s 2026 draft budget directions, that respect is defined in the narrowest way possible: a headline number on property taxes. Read More
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