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Ottawa Financial Sustainability Summit:  OTAG Inquiry and  City Responses SUMMARY

OTAG 2010 Election Mandate  OTAG would like to announce a new litmus test for council and candidates. It is being implemented by the federal Conservative government and to some extent by the Liberal provincial government. A “2 year departmental budget freeze-no new money” approach would generate $200 million in savings.  It's been described by Ottawa Citizen columnist Randall Denley as “a worthwhile attempt to pin candidates down, to take them beyond the meaningless endorsement of tax increases around the rate of inflation, with no detail as to how that could be done”. It involves a cost benefit analysis of existing services and "no new money" means that any new project or service has to be paid for by an equivalent cut in an administration costs or an existing service.

Candidates Supporting a 2 year Departmental Budget Freeze "No New Money" Approach

  • Harley Collison, Ward 13, Rideau-Rockcliffe
  • Matt Muirhead, Ward 4 Kanata North
  • Wade Wallace Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate
  • Stephen Knight, Ward 22 Gloucester South Nepean
  • Derek Hallworth, Ward 3 Barrhaven
  • Bruce Webster, Ward 21 Rideau Goulbourn
  • Richard Eveleigh, Ward 6 Stittsville 
  • George Guirguis, Ward 7 Bay Ward
  • Ralph Anderson, Ward 8 College
  • Councillor Rick Chiarelli, Ward 8 College
  • Jane Scharf, Mayoral Race
  • Stan Pioro, Mayoral Race
  • Marianne Wilkinson - Ward 4 Kanata North (2 yr freeze for admin or 7% of the City budget)

CFRA Poll: 87% of people say they will vote for candidates who would reduce some service levels and/or programs in order to minimize or eliminate tax increases and user fees.  Read more

Candidates Cocktail a Success LISTEN1  LISTEN2 Special thanks to all those who made donations and came out to the event.  Thank you to all the speakers and elected officials MP John Baird, MP Pierre Poilievre and MPP Lisa McLeod.    

OTTAWA CITIZEN COVERAGE  "Pierre Poilievre, MP,  applauded OTAG as a counter-balance to special interest groups which, he said, apply pressure on governments to spend more money on programs."  and "Federal Infrastructure Minister John Baird was on hand to deliver a short speech …"Any time you cut taxes and let people keep more of their hard-earned tax dollars, that's a good day".   We need you to join our organization, to participate as an active volunteer and to contribute with a donation. We are an incorporated non-profit non-partisan organization. See Ottawa TAG coverage in the news media.

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