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A key Liberal proposal to allow Ontario seniors to defer any future property tax increases is creating a debate between the parties — just days ahead of Thursday’s provincial election — over how to help seniors stay in their homes for as long as money and health allows.
In a forum dominated by local issues, candidates were asked to choose between community allegiances and party lines at an Ottawa Centre debate held at Saint Paul University last night.
The Centretown Citizens Community Association is upset with the delay of a bylaw that would force developers to provide community benefits if they build residential or office towers past height and density limits.
Fall is back in Centretown, bringing with it thousands of students, contract-workers, civil servants and returning vacationers whose rowdy behaviour at popular nightlife hubs is drawing the increased attention of the Ottawa police.