Union Bug Blog
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Dec 15, 2008 -
Winnipeg's Worst Enemy: Winnipeggers
I was recently surprised to see a full-page ad from the Manitoba Government in Time magazine. I’m not sure what surprised me more: the fact that the Government would spring for full-page ad in Time or the fact that they were trying to attract people from other provinces as Alberta and others have done for many years now.
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Nov 21, 2008 -
Council Votes to Explore Municipal Corporate Utility
On November 19, City Council voted in favour of a proposal to explore setting up a City owned Municipal Corporate Utility "as a new arm's length business model to operate city owned utilities." They also approved actually using that model to design, construct, finance and operate two water and wastewater control centres. In other words, while Councilors said they were open to exploring new ways of providing these utilities, they are going forward with a business/public-private partnership (P3) model to provide these services.