Low Taxes Don’t Work: JEFF LEIPER
Kitchissippi Councillor Jeff Leiper says you can’t revitalize Ottawa’s downtown core with the city practising austerity.
This from Bluesky:
We know what will attract people downtown, but it takes investment. Office-to-housing conversions, great public spaces, social supports, great transit and programming dollars are needed to prevent a hollowing-out. None of that is possible with low-tax austerity.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic…— Jeff Leiper ??????? (@jleiper.bsky.social) April 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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FFS, the give developers nearly $30 M in tax breaks for reducing their rents by 1% and now they are putting through the tunnel to nowhere under Terry Fox in Kanata Centrum for $27 M because it was on the books in 1995, and Leiper says were practicing austerity???
C, the word “or” is not part of Leiper’s vocabulary. On the other hand “more” is.
Lower faxes don’t work
Of course they don’t when elected polititians throw tax money around like water.
For most polititians it appears the political life is a road to wealth, free spending, expense accounts, unaccountability and living large.
Cut back waste, unnecessary programs, expense accounts,
Handle tax money as if it was your own and there would be money for taxpayers and necessities.
And start with going after the character who put us in debt for billions with the useless LRT
It’s not about more tax dollars – it’s about using what we already collect responsibly. Laroche Park is a textbook case of political interference and poor project management. Residents asked for clean, usable public space and basic amenities. What they got was years of delays, questionable spending priorities, and unusable infrastructure.
Saying “low taxes don’t work” misses the point when we can’t even execute on existing budgets. Before demanding more from taxpayers, the city should prove it can deliver. That starts with removing elected officials from the planning process and hiring qualified urban planners who listen to residents – not just consultants and political staff.
City-building should be about trust and competence, not vanity projects or arbitrary decisions.
Jeff Leiper has always had a skewed view of the world. That’s understandable as his left ear is firmly attached to the ground. During a previous (Watson was mayor) BS ……pretend we care what voters say….budget consult in Bay ward Jeff Leiper said what could council do about rising staff costs. I said “just say NO” it’s not like they don’t have a better deal right now than they’d find elsewhere. That is a hell of a bargaining position for management (who also need a serious talking to). Leiper looked shocked, if he had pearls they would have been clutched. Not much has changed.