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Mark Sutcliffe: A vibrant, growing Ottawa needs vibrant, growing local businesses

OBJ reached out to the mayoral candidates about their views on the city’s business community and its priorities and will be sharing their responses, in their own words, over the next few days.

Catherine McKenney: I will be Ottawa’s champion — including for our small businesses

OBJ reached out to the mayoral candidates about their views on the city’s business community and its priorities and will be sharing their responses, in their own words, over the next several days.

Bob Chiarelli: Community has strength and leadership to pull together

OBJ reached out to the mayoral candidates about their views on the city’s business community and its priorities and will be sharing their responses, in their own words, over the next several days.

Ukrainian chargé d’affaires addresses business community at sold-out Mayor’s Breakfast

Andrii Bukvych called on Ottawa’s business community for support surrounding the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Ontario government confirms it will match Tax Reduction Subclass for small businesses

The province confirmed today that it will match the municipal property tax reduction put forward by Ottawa city council.

Dear mayoral candidates: A strong economy benefits everyone

Increasingly, politics has become a career path in which the drawbacks outweigh the incentives and the risks are greater than the rewards.

Biz leaders hail ‘consensus-builder’ Watson for pragmatic leadership

Ottawa's longtime mayor – who announced Friday he won't be running for re-election – praised as a "strong advocate" for local entrepreneurs.

Mayor Jim Watson won’t seek re-election this fall

Mayor announced Friday that he is moving on from the job he has held for nearly the last 12 years when his current term ends.

City staff recommending 3% tax hike for 2022

Increase would see the average urban homeowner’s tax bill jump $119 to $4,086, while the average commercial property owner’s tax bill would rise $242 to $8,312.

Council gives green light to vacant-housing tax

Owners of residential properties that are vacant more than 184 days a year will have a one per cent tax tacked onto their annual property tax bill.

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