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Ottawa’s tourism industry is losing money as more and more companies are choosing to hold conventions in cities such as Toronto, Montreal or Calgary.
The city is losing convention business because it doesn’t have the type of space most companies are looking for.
Just because your commercial property assessment falls doesn’t necessarily mean your taxes will do the same.
For some Centretown businesses and landlords, this is the reality of the new method of assessing property taxes.
Edgar Mitchell, owner of the Duke of Somerset Pub at 352 Somerset West and landlord of a commercial building, expresses frustration with the new tax policy.
By now, many of you have heard about the MacKay Report detailing the increasing role banks should play in our society, particularly in the insurance sector.
Banks have not yet touched this lucrative market, and many small insurance brokers in Ottawa, and across Canada in general, fear a disaster if banks sell insurance policies.
During a guided tour, visitors to Sparks Street Mall can now hear about the life and shooting-death of D’Arcy McGee, a father of confederation, — as it happened on that street in 1868. The tour is a way of promoting Ottawa’s history, while at the same time attracting locals to the commercial district.