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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
Maybe. But mayors are far more likely to face consequences for higher home prices than NIMBY councillors.
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I've never seen a Mayor being blamed for high home prices. If anything, home owners (
66.6% home ownership rate in Ottawa) often use loss of home value as an argument against development.
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Originally Posted by passwordisnt123
So just to sum up then, Watson doesn't want strong mayor powers. McKenney doesn't want them either and neither does Sutcliffe. Why the hell is Doug Ford foisting this US-style mayor power dynamics upon our city?
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It's not about Ottawa. Just like when he was elected the first time around, he's introducing a significant change to the municipal level without ever even mentioning it once during the election campaign. Last time, he cut Toronto City Council nearly in half during the municipal election camping in an effort to remove power from his and his late brother's enemies. He's doing the same now, but decided to throw Ottawa into the mix to make it seem a little less obvious that he's targeting Toronto City Council.
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Originally Posted by Williamoforange
It was part of a meeting on the HATF report in response to dean tester of Affordable Ottawa.
Currently, Brandon Bay, but they readily admit their running just to get airtime to the issue of housing in Ottawa. The rest haven't really put out a policy on what they will do about the subject.
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Source? I'm sure they didn't just say that point blank. McKenney generally has a decent record of voting for development within existing zoning, and sometimes even over.
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