Mayor Watson on Ottawa's 2018 city budget: 'People will be very pleased'

When the 2014 budget was tabled four years ago, Mayor Jim Watson surprised many with a 1.9 per cent tax increase — a lower rate than what had previously been suggested. It was something positive he and other council members seeking re-election the next year could take to voters.
But the mayor, who’s already announced his intention to seek a third term, wasn’t saying Tuesday whether there would be a similar election-year treat in the 2018 budget, to be tabled Wednesday.
Indeed,