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Ottawa taxpayers face 7 per cent tax hike to fund OC Transpo, mayor warns
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is calling on the federal government to provide new funding to support transit in the City of Ottawa, warning the city won't be able to afford to open and operate phase two of the Light Rail Transit system.
The mayor said without financial help from the other levels of government to cover a $140 million a year gap in transit funding each year over the next three years, “It’s going to be very painful.”
"We’ll have to raise taxes and transit fares enormously, or we’ll have to cut service, drastically – either transit or other services, so we can pay for transit," Sutcliffe said.
怪省和联邦政府不补贴。
Sutcliffe warns without funding help from the upper levels of government, the transit levy would need to increase 37 per cent, equalling a seven per cent increase in property taxes.
帐算好了，地税涨7%.
房东消停了，房租不能涨，自己补吧
省政府马上出来打脸说给了$543 million，显然5亿多纳税人的钱对LRT 大窟窿是杯水车薪。
When reached for comment, the provincial government pointed to a major $543-million deal it signed with the City of Ottawa earlier this year, which included money for transporation priorities.
"Four months ago our government stepped up and signed a historic New Deal with City of Ottawa that provides up to $543 million in supports for the city," said Colin Blachar, press secretary for Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy.
现在都要加税补贴目前的LRT, 二期再搞起来，再加税
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is calling on the federal government to provide new funding to support transit in the City of Ottawa, warning the city won't be able to afford to open and operate phase two of the Light Rail Transit system.
"We're in transit crisis," Sutcliffe said Thursday at Ottawa City Hall. "We don't even have the money to operate our available transit service."
