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Taxes and fees aren’t the only ways to tackle Winnipeg’s revenue problem: A...
Last week Winnipeg City Council endorsed a proposal to ask the provincial government to allow the imposition of new fees on residential and commercial development. It was the latest turn in a...
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Preventing urban sprawl: The state of the art
The title of this post — “Preventing urban sprawl” — is likely to provoke, in some readers, one of two reactions, the first driven by good old Winnipeg complacency and the second by antagonism: What...
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Time out
I’m taking a leave from my blog for a month or so, to pursue other professional and personal duties and pleasures. In the meantime, some of you might be interested in taking a look at some blog entries...
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Here’s an audit that would help us know how well we’re governed
City land deals have dominated Winnipeg’s news this summer. Reviews of fire hall land swaps and the development of a new police headquarters have turned up a string of irregularities in the way the...
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What does Winnipeg need in a mayor? II
In my previous post, I made an exception to my usual rule that my commentary will be research-based, and offered some comments on homelessness and crime –— both spheres within which I claim no...
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What does Winnipeg need in a mayor? I
With the mayoral election approaching, (it’s Wednesday, October 22nd, in case you’ve been hiding under a rock) it’s time for an assessment. For a change, Winnipeggers are blessed. In past races it has...
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Jane Jacobs: How not to wreck cities
My favourite writer about cities, and a favourite of generations of my students, is Jane Jacobs, a sharp-tongued critic whose polemics were grounded in a strongly positive view of cities. She wrote her...
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“Growth isn’t paying for growth…” At last the Mayor’s office (sort of) faces...
In his year-end interview with the CBC, Mayor Brian Bowman offered a belated acknowledgement on behalf of the Mayor’s office that the city is building too much infrastructure, and providing too many...
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The fortress theory of urban design: How have the neighbourhoods we live in...
I’m registered as a follower of Policing, Politics and Public Policy, a blog by Menno Zacharias, a former Winnipeg police official. Over the years, I’ve read quite a few of his posts and found his...
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Winnipeg City Councillor Janice Lukes is right about Bridgewater Forest, but...
According to the Winnipeg Free Press, smart, hard-working Winnipeg City Councillor Janice Lukes estimated there are over 200 shrubbery beds in the Bridgwater neighbourhoods that the city isn’t...
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