2022 Winnipeg Mayoral election

[thurmas]

Originally Posted by rrskylar

Wait, habitual quitter Murray won't even commit to serve a full term as mayor if elected, and some of you dopes still want him elected!

Yes he did he said he is committed to serving 2 4 year terms if elected was on ctv 2 nights ago

[zalf]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ding-1.6552424

"I knew getting into politics, there'd be a little bit of crap involved, but what I didn't realize was just how important treating the sewage is to the future of our city," Mayor Brian Bowman said at a news conference on Tuesday.

Our outgoing mayor missed a golden, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to segue into a recitation of the Bowl of Shit anecdote from the The Wire.

[pspeid]

^^ Kind of shows what can happen when you have a Premier and a Mayor that seem to be able to work together. Of course it helps to have a premier desperate to re-write the legacy of her predecessor. Makes me think the only "good" conservative provincial government is the one teetering on the brink of extinction in the next election.

[Luisito]

Are there any candidates talking about knocking down the barrier at portage and Main?

[Brule-le]

Originally Posted by Luisito

Are there any candidates talking about knocking down the barrier at portage and Main?

I hope Murray just does it.

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by Brule-le

I hope Murray just does it.

Exactly. Get it done early in his term so people will see that "carmageddon" isn't going to happen and they can find another made-up crisis to fret over.

[trueviking]

I'm waiting for one of the conservative candidates to use that as a weapon against murray. They are likely waiting for September. It's a tough one for murray because he obviously wants it open and can't lie about that or it will anger the base of people who will support him, but it is a hot button issue that will turn a lot of suburban voters away. It was used last election as way to define who you are as a candidate. I'm not a hoity toity urbanist, I will fix the potholes and make your commute better for you.

[wags_in_the_peg]

can't wait for anyone to say "just do it", no referendum. this should be be asked to every city councilor candidate as well

[borkborkbork]

Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

can't wait for anyone to say "just do it", no referendum. this should be be asked to every city councilor candidate as well

The structure has to be fixed anyway. Promise to fix it and have a design that allows the intersection to be opened or closed. Say that it'll open as a "pilot", and the city will "evaluate the impacts" or whatever.

As soon as it's open nobody will ever remember/care that it was once closed.

[CoryB]

Originally Posted by pspeid

Exactly. Get it done early in his term so people will see that "carmageddon" isn't going to happen and they can find another made-up crisis to fret over.

It won't happen as Winnipeg needs to first address the public transit issue to avoid "busageddon" if the barriers at Portage and Main are removed. If there is one thing the city hates spending money on more than cycling infrastructure it is public transit.

[Kinguni]

Jenny Motkaluk tweeted today that she could fix homelessness by helping landlords restore and re-open existing homes. She since deleted that tweet. Included a photo of a bus shelter homeless encampment.

[thurmas]

Originally Posted by Kinguni

Jenny Motkaluk tweeted today that she could fix homelessness by helping landlords restore and re-open existing homes. She since deleted that tweet. Included a photo of a bus shelter homeless encampment.

Next thing she will say is we can house them all in the stables at assiniboia downs

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by Kinguni

Jenny Motkaluk tweeted today that she could fix homelessness by helping landlords restore and re-open existing homes. She since deleted that tweet. Included a photo of a bus shelter homeless encampment.

So her solution is more slum landlords??

[zalf]

Murray releases his Transit safety plan, drafted with ATU's involvement:

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Glen4Wpg/status/...109464559616#m

Nitter:
https://nitter.ca/Glen4Wpg/status/1560348109464559616#m

[zalf]

Originally Posted by thebasketballgeek

Have any of the 14 or so mayoral candidates even so much as discussed urban sprawl? Because our next mayor needs to end new greenfield development so that we can start acting like a major city and build a lot more infill.

Of the serious candidates:

Murray:

1. A beautiful city in a state of good repair.
By 2040, Winnipeg is a city renowned for its stunning architecture. A beautiful city
known for its urban forest, its state of good repair, and for advancing new green hard
construction materials. There are fewer potholes, and each neighbourhood has
infrastructure performance standards and reporting. To get there, we must model all
infrastructure projects and future developments to ensure they build the net tax
base.

Shone:

Winnipeg was not designed with you in mind. That is why we need to improve the quality of life in our neighbourhoods by encouraging density and infill development, improving the appearance of our city, making walking, cycling, and public transit more convenient and accessible, and making our downtown more attractive by ensuring residents have access to the amenities they need, such as grocery stores, Liquor Marts, schools, and daycares.

As your mayor, I will work with the provincial and federal governments to create incentives for developers to include green space in their projects, such as parks, community gardens, or vertical farms, support the development of community gardens and urban agriculture projects, such as rooftop gardens, and make amenities more convenient for downtown residents.

Gillingham:

Allow residential construction as-of-right, with no parking minimums, over existing
commercial sites along Pembina Highway and Portage Avenue. Existing C2 and C3 zoning
rules already allow for up to four stories of commercial construction on these corridors.
Pembina is well served by transit and active transportation routes, while Portage is a major
transit corridor. New mixed-use zoning rules for these corridors would allow for taller
housing construction, as long as these sites maintained a commercial streetfront. If
successful, the strategy would be applied on other major corridors over time.

Allow residential construction over medium and large retail malls, as-of-right, conditional
on setbacks to minimize impacts on nearby residents. These sites already have services,
ample parking and transit connectivity, and residential projects are already taking off as a
trend in other North American cities.

Couldn't find anything on the subject from Loney (surprisingly), Ouellette, or Klein. I didn't bother even looking for Motkaluk.

From those with positions, it's a bit circumspect, but that's understandable. No one is going to want to create the impression they're declaring war on the suburbs when that's most of the electorate.

[zalf]

^^^

Of these, Murray's has the strongest effect even if it's the most abstract. Creating a policy that new developments have to bring in more taxes than they cost the city in services is as broad and uniform a policy as you could want. It creates a ratchet that fundamentally, inevitably builds density and improves City finances over time.

Gillingham's is detail oriented, but perhaps too focused on particular existing niches.

Shone's is too vague to have an opinion on.

[trueviking]

Gillingham’s statement is great if you remove the words ‘along portage avenue and pembina highway’ and make it for the whole city.

[thurmas]

Shame Gillingham won't be on city council if he loses he is needed there he also would have been a far better leader of the provincial pcs than Stefanson

[WinCitySparky]

Originally Posted by thurmas

Shame Gillingham won't be on city council if he loses he is needed there he also would have been a far better leader of the provincial pcs than Stefanson

Agreed.

I wish my councillor Gilroy would get voted out, she’s basically a cardboard cutout.

[thurmas]

Klein seems to be getting good turnout from elderly voters to his town halls. Motkaluk campaign who knows what she's doing her campaign remains a tire fire.