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“No New Money” Mayoral & Council Debate   In order to better inform residents, the Ottawa Taxpayer Advocacy Group is hosting a debate on tools to control the spending problem at City Hall. “No New Money”, the brain child of Ottawa Citizen City Hall Columnist Randall Denley; simply means that any new spending initiatives have to be paid for by an equivalent cut in existing services or administration costs.  AGENDA

Monday, Sept.13, 2010
5:00  - 9:00 p.m.
Council Chambers - City Hall 110 Laurier Ave. W
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Free entry.  Donations are welcome.  If you would like to see more events like the Mayoral and Council Debate please consider supporting OTAG.

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
  • 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)
  • Iain McCallum Ward 21 Rideau Goulbourn
  • Larry O'Brien Mayoral Race (Zero Means Zero) 

Candidates Cocktail a Success LISTEN1  LISTEN2 Thank you to all the speakers and elected officials MP John Baird, MP Pierre Poilievre and MPP Lisa McLeod.    

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