Mayor Mark Sutcliffe talks about his ‘Fairness for Ottawa’ campaign, why the government needs to pay more in property taxes [Video]

Ottawa Mayor’s “Fairness for Ottawa” campaign continues, as the city seeks more funding from all levels of government.

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe sat with CTV News Ottawa’s Austin Lee Saturday to talk about his campaign, and why the capital is asking higher levels of government for more funding rather than hiking taxes.

Why hasn’t city council raised property taxes in line with other Canadian cities?

Sutcliffe said raising taxes to match other Canadian cities is not fair for the capital’s residents, citing not only they’ve already been paying their fair share of OC Transpo and the cost of all municipal services, but the federal and the provincial governments have been giving Ottawa less money than other cities.

“And because of that, a burden has been transferred already to the property taxpayers in Ottawa,” he said. “I don’t want to add to that with nine per cent property tax increases. That wouldn’t …