Denley: Special social-housing tax levy won't solve Ottawa's problems

When politicians tell me something will only cost as much as a cup of coffee, I get a little wary, especially when they are asking for $40 million. That’s part of the pitch from Ottawa councillors Mathieu Fleury and Catherine McKenney, who want the city to boost its social housing spending by $10 million a year for four years.
Achieving that would cost the average home owner the equivalent of a single cup of coffee a month, the councillors say, but they wouldn’t be collecting our loo