The Living Wage......another brain dead plan

Once again Ottawa has been gifted with the brilliance of City councillor Alex Cullen, the left wing socalist, begging the poor for votes in an election that is years away. Alex Cullen has decided to throw his pinhead size hat into the ring and run for mayor. Cullen has proposed that the City of Ottawa start paying a living wage to people the city employes, contractors and anyone else that does business with the city. What he wants is to increase the minimum wage for this group of people from $9.50 to $13.25. Why this group would "deserve" more money than the rest of the minimum wage workers in Ottawa is beyond my thinking. The City of Ottawa is already overtaxed, seniors, pensioners and low income familes see savings vanish at the hands of the tax houdinis. We have property taxes, sewer taxes, land taxes, tree taxes, taxes on what we buy, what we eat, where we go, what we drive. How Cullen thinks that his plan won't raise taxes again is misguided..........it is simply another politician tossing the low income a bone in hopes of getting elected........... Ottawa doesn't need him or his delusional ideas.