Budget 2018 supports infrastructure, community services, transit, roads and protecting the environment
(WorldNews Canada)

City Council today approved the budget for 2018, making this the fifth year in a row that kept the property-tax increase in Ottawa to two per cent or less. Budget 2018 emphasizes affordability, progressive growth, neighbourhood security, quality of life and environmental sustainability. Council approved the budget after five weeks of review and public discussion at 14 committees, boards and commissions. The approved budget caps the residential property tax increase at two per cent, increases transit fares by 2.5 per cent, increases most recreation fees by two per cent and increases the annual garbage fee by $2. For an urban home assessed at $404,000, the increases are about $76 for the year....