Editorial: Ottawa budget a careful election-year effort

If there’s a lesson Jim Watson can take from the recent stunning defeat of Denis Coderre as Montreal’s mayor, it’s this: Stay close to your citizens and listen – really listen – to their concerns.
In presenting the city’s 2018 draft budget Wednesday, Watson showed he is indeed taking taxpayers seriously. He embraced their priorities while presenting a plan that stays within the two-per-cent tax-increase ceiling that has long been his pledge.
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