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January 2025

4 Takeaways from Ottawa's $180m Transit Funding Deal
This could work out to be a smart move from City Hall.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
5
It's Time for Plan B on Sprung Structures
Let's end this misguided plan to put asylum seekers in Sprung tents. We already have a better solution that is cheaper, proven and more dignified.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
9
Expect Lansdowne to Be a 1% Tax, and Here's the Math
City staff and OSEG officials, I invite you to debate me on these numbers.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
8
Fairness for Ottawa Was Always Going to Fail
Expect to hear that help is just around the corner, until elections provide the Mayor with the excuse to abandon this fruitless campaign.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
9

December 2024

November 2024

City Reserves Drop into the Red Zone
Reserves are the black box of Ottawa city finances. Budget 2025 shows them dropping below recommended levels.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
Lansdowne 2.0 Gets Up to $22 Million in Ottawa's 2025 Budget
While we're increasing the bus passes of seniors by 60%, to raise $820,000.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
5
A Better Way to Manage Transit
Nickel-and-diming OC Transpo is turning it into a half billion dollar a year white elephant.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
4
What I'm Looking For in Ottawa's 2025 Budget (Part 3)
Will the City continue to drain its reserves, as it has done for the past 2 years?
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
2
What I'm Looking For in Ottawa's 2025 Budget (Part 2)
Poor infrastructure decisions made today could keep taxes high for generations to come.
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Neil Saravanamuttoo
4
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