Ottawa City Council Stuck in the Ditch

 Ottawa City Council met today for its second session of 2024. The meeting was short, with most of the debate centring around the ditch policy. In 2022, the then municipal administration updated its Ditch Alteration Policy, allowing citizens to alter drainage courses subject to city approval and enforcement by by-law

A 2.5% Increase in Ottawa Property Taxes is Approved by Council

 The focal point of today’s Ottawa City Council meeting was a motion for the city’s plan to increase property taxes to no more than 2.5% under the proposed 2024 budget directions put forward by the Finance and Corporate Services Committee. However, in this second meeting since the end of summer