2022 Winnipeg Mayoral election

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by Riverman

Welcome to Elmwood Transcona.

Familial political "dynasties" happen everywhere, at all political levels.

https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ott...ical-families/

https://theworld.org/stories/2015-10...ical-dynasties

https://www.thestar.com/news/city_ha...-business.html

[rrskylar]

Originally Posted by Riverman

Welcome to Elmwood Transcona.

Despite never doing anything for Elmwood/Transcona they keep electing speNDP MLA’s and MP’s who for the most part are self serving do nothings but who all talk a great game!

Shows how easily fooled some in lower educated/disadvantaged areas people are, still expecting something for free without putting in the effort or work required!

[Trutherteller]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Despite never doing anything for Elmwood/Transcona they keep electing speNDP MLA’s and MP’s who for the most part are self serving do nothings but who all talk a great game!

Shows how easily fooled some in lower educated/disadvantaged areas people are, still expecting something for free without putting in the effort or work required!

Ah yes your favourite imagined straw man. The dumb hopeless Poor's that are so stupid the NDP is their natural party. You're such a fool I bet you're a miserable person to be around

[Trutherteller]

Obviously Manitoba is doing terribly because of our NDP govt and socialist city govt eh Skylar you tool? Keep drinking that con kool-aid you chump. I bet you haven't worked a hard day in your life and got handed everything from mommy and daddy.... Also, you're clearly too good for Winnipeg since you hate how socialist it is here. Why do you continue to grace us with you presence and sage shitposting?

[Danny D Oh]

Originally Posted by drew

The standard procedure for aspiring politicians in Winnipeg seems to be the School Trustee - City Councilor - MLA/MP ladder or something like that.

From what I can see, Rollins has followed the standard procedure. Which is great, but doesn't mean she is better qualified to be an MP versus someone who takes a different route, even if on name recognition alone.

The Liberals would be in a huge hole with Rollins given the potential for any of their MP's from Manitoba-Sask-Alberta to need to take on prominent cabinet roles. Her history of cultural appropriation is a disqualifier at this time in history. Her credibility would immediately be attacked in Ottawa and she'd be relegated to the back bench.

[plrh]

Originally Posted by Danny D Oh

The Liberals would be in a huge hole with Rollins given the potential for any of their MP's from Manitoba-Sask-Alberta to need to take on prominent cabinet roles. Her history of cultural appropriation is a disqualifier at this time in history. Her credibility would immediately be attacked in Ottawa and she'd be relegated to the back bench.

What did she do?

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Despite never doing anything for Elmwood/Transcona they keep electing speNDP MLA’s and MP’s who for the most part are self serving do nothings but who all talk a great game!

Shows how easily fooled some in lower educated/disadvantaged areas people are, still expecting something for free without putting in the effort or work required!

....

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by Trutherteller

Ah yes your favourite imagined straw man. The dumb hopeless Poor's that are so stupid the NDP is their natural party. You're such a fool I bet you're a miserable person to be around

...

[Hecate]

Originally Posted by BlackDog204

Yes, he is an embarrassment to all of us who support the Ukraine.

You don’t have to say “the” Ukraine. That’s how Russians talk. It’s Ukraine.

And despite his occasional inappropriate rants, I, as a ukrainian, appreciate the support of his bi national flag. Maybe he’s Ukrainian himself?

[Danny D Oh]

Originally Posted by plrh

What did she do?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...tity-1.4916951

[cheswick]

Originally Posted by Danny D Oh

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...tity-1.4916951

So by history of cultural appropriation, you meant this? Her identifying as first nations, but not having enough first nations blood for some peoples tastes? Yeah, that would preclude her from cabinet under a prime minister with a history of black face.

[Luisito]

Originally Posted by Danny D Oh

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...tity-1.4916951

People claiming to be Native seems to be a popular things these days.

What I find a bit ironic about the whole thing is that I see many Natives that look like her but the only difference is they have "status" and she doesn't. Many people considered Native in Canada clearly have more European dna/ancestry than Native blood, but they have ID that says they are Native. This is specially true in Eastern Canada. Of course pointing out the obvious usually gets you labeled a colonizer and or a racist.

This is why certain tribes strongly discourage peple from taking DNA tests like ancestry dna or 23andme. I personally know people who have status and are from a reserve and have taken dna tests with results as low as 10 % indigenous to the Americas.

[BlackDog204]

Originally Posted by thebasketballgeek

Based on current trends they’re probably headed to Alberta. And honestly speaking now that Edmonton is more affordable then Winnipeg it’s looking like a very enticing location to relocate for me post graduation.

Calgary is wayyy better.

[plrh]

Originally Posted by Luisito

People claiming to be Native seems to be a popular things these days.

What I find a bit ironic about the whole thing is that I see many Natives that look like her but the only difference is they have "status" and she doesn't. Many people considered Native in Canada clearly have more European dna/ancestry than Native blood, but they have ID that says they are Native. This is specially true in Eastern Canada. Of course pointing out the obvious usually gets you labeled a colonizer and or a racist.

This is why certain tribes strongly discourage peple from taking DNA tests like ancestry dna or 23andme. I personally know people who have status and are from a reserve and have taken dna tests with results as low as 10 % indigenous to the Americas.

Isn't it about culture as much as it's about DNA? How much DNA is required to be considered a part of any other nationality?

[thurmas]

Reported this morning city of Winnipeg posted a $70 million surplus for 2022.

[thurmas]

People may not like Gillingham on here but in 6 months already look at the progress he has made on portage place, portage and main a kenaston.you may not like the designs but atleast they are moving forward compared to the complacency and nothingness of the Bowman years.

[thebasketballgeek]

Originally Posted by thurmas

People may not like Gillingham on here but in 6 months already look at the progress he has made on portage place, portage and main a kenaston.you may not like the designs but atleast they are moving forward compared to the complacency and nothingness of the Bowman years.

Yea I gotta agree even if some people don’t like his policy on certain things (ex Kenaston) atleast he’s getting shit done.

Now we just gotta see if he sticks to his words regarding patios and using the levy frontage for AT infrastructure.

[drew]

Originally Posted by thurmas

People may not like Gillingham on here but in 6 months already look at the progress he has made on portage place, portage and main a kenaston.you may not like the designs but atleast they are moving forward compared to the complacency and nothingness of the Bowman years.

I would say it has a lot to do with a Provincial gov't that is all of a sudden willing to play ball with the City (gee, I wonder why?) - more than anything to do with who happens to be in the Mayor's chair.

[thurmas]

Originally Posted by drew

I would say it has a lot to do with a Provincial gov't that is all of a sudden willing to play ball with the City (gee, I wonder why?) - more than anything to do with who happens to be in the Mayor's chair.

I think that's tied to Gillinghams own personal ties to the PC party and Stefanson being somewhat more moderate and centrist than Pallister. I don't think these things would have gotten as far along as they have so far with Glen Murray as he would have been feuding with Stefanson in all likelihood.

[Winnipegger]

Originally Posted by drew

I would say it has a lot to do with a Provincial gov't that is all of a sudden willing to play ball with the City (gee, I wonder why?) - more than anything to do with who happens to be in the Mayor's chair.

Yep. In Manitoba, where Winnipeg holds more than half the population and economy, the Premiere and province controls the city's destiny more than the Mayor. The Province can make or break a mayor's ability to meet campaign promises.

The province has become more compliant and loosened the purse strings a bit because:

1) It's an election year and nearly all swing seats are within Winnipeg. Cons won't win an election if suburban Winnipeggers are pissed. Conservatives are taking their spending up a notch to try and prevent an NDP win, even though this spending should have been sprinkled throughout the last 8 years, not just this year.

2) Inflation has boosted PST revenue and Trudeau has boosted federal transfers to provinces including Manitoba so the current provincial budget is in a much better position than was forecasted a year ago thanks to factors outside the conservative's control, giving them opportunities to cut taxes and spend more to win votes.

3) Gillingham's willingness to raise more revenue via property tax and frontage levy will enable council to leverage a larger amount of provincial and federal dollars. Municipal tax rates are still far below what they should be for a city our size, but it's probably the most progress council has made on the revenue front in three decades. This enables the City to spend more and take better advantage of federal initiatives like Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program and the Housing Accelerator Fund.