Mark Sutcliffe, who is making his first run for office, said the city is in “an affordability crisis.”
Sutcliffe also said that, if elected, he would target the same range of tax increases for the subsequent years — albeit with a caveat.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
His promise to hold tax increases below 2.5 per cent undercuts the promise of his main rival for the mayor’s chair, Catherine McKenney, who promises to hold tax increases to three per cent. McKenney plans to announce a more detailed fiscal plan on Thursday.Sutcliffe says he’ll launch a strategic review of city spending with the goal of finding $35 million to $60 million in “efficiencies” — equivalent to about one per cent of the city’s budget.
Although he says no one will lose their jobs, he says 100 positions will be eliminated by attrition of vacant and non-essential positions.
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