{"id":947598,"date":"2026-10-27T01:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947598\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T01:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:48:27","slug":"mark-sutcliffe-reelected-as-ottawas-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947598\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Sutcliffe reelected as Ottawa’s mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

CityNews and RogersTV are declaring Mark Sutcliffe has been reelected for a second term as the city\u2019s mayor after a sizable victory.<\/p>\n

The reports have come in with 45 per cent of the vote, with more than 269 polls reporting.<\/p>\n

The former broadcast journalist was first elected into office in 2022 <\/a>with just over half the vote, and he renewed his mandate on Oct. 26. He ran on a platform of investing in public transportation, affordable housing, lower taxes and rehabilitating the downtown core. <\/p>\n

Here are some of the promises:<\/a><\/p>\n

Tax limit of 2.0 to 2.25 per cent for the first two years<\/p>\n

Montly transit pass lowered to $95<\/p>\n

Recreation fees are frozen for seniors and families<\/p>\n

Finalize the upload of the Ottawa LRT to the province<\/p>\n

Phase 3 started for the LRT<\/p>\n

Hire 350 more police, firefighters and paramedics<\/p>\n

Expand community policing<\/p>\n

Special constables in hospitals<\/p>\n

End youth homelessness by 2030<\/p>\n

Build 650 new supportive housing units in five years<\/p>\n

Healthcare for people experiencing homelessness<\/p>\n

Addressing flooding in flood-prone communities<\/p>\n

What community leaders are looking for<\/p>\n

RogersTV hosted a panel of community leaders to discuss some of the issues the next term of council must face.<\/p>\n

Sueling Ching, CEO of the Ottawa Board of Trade, said a focus on growing the city\u2019s economy can help offset lower tax increases to residents, but there is a specific person, she said, who is best suited to do that.<\/p>\n

\u201c(We need) strong leadership with a clear vision; a mayor and council willing to collaborate with all levels of government and private stakeholders,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Michelle Hurtubise, CEO of Centretown Community Health, said a major point is how the city builds its budget. She believes that municipalities that create a \u201cvision\u201d of what residents want first then figuring out the cost, before setting the tax threshold. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe need the vision and strategy, then build the budget and then determine what it\u2019s going to cost us to get the life that we want,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Experts also mentioned the need to rehabilitate the city\u2019s downtown, which has suffered with little foot traffic during the pandemic and has not rebounded. With the federal public servants mandated to go back into the office, David Jeanes, Transport Action Group and Heritage Ottawa, said more transit is desperately needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are going to have a great capacity demand on the transit system, which can\u2019t be met with what we have now,\u201d he said. \u201d It\u2019s going to be very important to develop suburban employment centres so that the growth and population doesn\u2019t result in a massive downtown and commuter flows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hurtubise also noted that transportation doesn\u2019t mean just to downtown Ottawa, people are struggling to commute within their communities also. She\u2019s hoping to see faster busses within neighbourhoods. <\/p>\n

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