As Usual Someone Is Telling Lies in the Mayoral Race

The new annual inflation numbers came out today and folks they are looking pretty good. At 0.7% it is the lowest the annual rate has been in 2 1/2 years. I also heard it reported this morning that the inflation rate for the city of Ottawa was a meager 0.1%. So here in lies the problem.

Bob Chiarelli says that he will fight to keep the tax increase at 1.8 which he says is below the rate of inflation. Excuse me Bob where do you get that number? That was the projected rate but it is obvious that it is way too high. Are you going to adjust your number?

Now Alex Munter also says he will keep tax hikes at the rate of inflation...What number is he going to use and can he deliver? I think we should ask him.

Now Mr O'Brien says that he won't raise taxes at all. Everybody thinks he is crazy, but keep this in mind if we use the rate of the City of Ottawa which is at 0.1% then effectively O'Brien is right and that increase in basically nothing.

So who is telling the truth and what numbers are they going to use to calculate the annual rate of inflation, the National Rate, Provincial Rate or the Municipal Rate...Either way we need to know or are they going to add them all together which is what seems to happen to us every year?


This is an email I sent to all three of the Mayor candidates and I am awaiting their answer.


I have seen all of your promises related to Property Tax Increases and the Annual Rate of Inflation. I would like to get some clarification on your positions. Today the annual rate was the lowest it has been in 2 1/2 years at 0.7%. Does that mean that any tax increase would be in that area?

I read a story that Mr Chiarelli promised that any increase would be 1.8% and that is below the rate of inflation. What rate are you talking about Mr Chiarelli?

It was also reported this morning that the City of Ottawa inflation rate was at 0.1% which is basically no increase and that would bolster Mr O'Brien's promise not to raise taxes at all. How do all three of you respond to this?

It seems that someone is not telling the truth about how much taxes should rise and we deserve to know what inflation rate you are going to use to justify taking more money out of the pockets of tax payers.