Portage Place needs a safety plan that: Takes a holistic and preventative approach, as opposed to a carceral and reactionary approach Takes into account the entire community’s long term safety Places special emphasis on the safety of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirits

In 1st 6 months of 2022, landlords of 230 MB buildings (about 10,000 tenant homes) got a 9% (average - some as high as 127%!) rent increase while we have a 'rent freeze' guideline of zero %. #HousingCrisis #renoviction #mbpoli winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…

Above guidelines rent increases (an average of 9% in 2022, some as high as 137%! - during a ‘rent-freeze’) push tenants out of their homes and deepen Winnipeg’s housing crisis. 60,000+ MB tenant households have faced AGIs in the past 3 years.

#Indigenous activists and warriors gather are portage place mall to confront security over an incident where an indigenous man in a wheelchair was assaulted. The security guard involved has since been fired. #Winnipeg

#Indigenous activists and warriors gather are portage place mall to confront security over an incident where an indigenous man in a wheelchair was assaulted. #Winnipeg police are on scene as well.

@tombrodbeck truenorthcentre M A Community Vision for Portage Place 1979: Inner City Committee for Rail Relocation fought for years for affordable housing, daycares, clinics. Gov answered with Core Area Initiative, $41 million (2019 inflation-adjusted) of public $ used to build #PortagePlace & never “trickled down” to meet community needs 2/x

@tombrodbeck truenorthcentre M A Community Vision for Portage Place Forks North Portage is a public entity owned by the federal, provincial, and municipal governments, created to revitalize North Portage. Portage Place is a public asset that must be used for reconciliation to address the root causes of economic inequality 3/x

@tombrodbeck truenorthcentre M A Community Vision for Portage Place #Portageplace is build on public land "Land back must come first. Decolonizing the rest will follow" - see: #LandBack policyfix.ca/2021/12/08/lan… 4/x

Gillingham claims that the $650,000 a year to operate this essential public washroom 24/7 isn't available. Yet the City plans to increase its spending on police by $8.3 mil this year. There is PLENTY of money for this kind of thing. CUT THE WPS BUDGET. cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…

"True North does not serve the local community. The City, Govt of Manitoba and Federal Govt should decline this offer and move forward in meaningful partnership with FN, Métis and Indigenous community leadership on the redevelopment of Portage Place." policyfix.ca/2023/03/06/res…

Mary Burton, Executive director of Fearless R2W says she’s ‘deeply disappointed’ there was no cash for Millennium Library community safety hosts on Wednesday, but one councillor says an in-year ask could be coming later. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐢 reports. youtube.com/watch?v=sp8eFI…

In this year's budget, all of recreation has a budget of $60M, with $46M coming from the city. Compare that to the police budget: $327M in spending, with $281M from the city. Cops get 6x the funding as rec. That's why stuff like this keeps happening. winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/full-full-full…

"Make no mistake, these tax cuts are a giveaway to rich that will reduce our capacity to fund public services for years" - op ed Niall Harney, Errol Black Chair #mbpoli Heather Stefanson @CliffCullenMLA Wab Kinew Adrien Sala @DougaldLamont winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analys…

"We have little faith that the Winnipeg Police Service can handle a hub for our missing loved ones. Families of missing persons feel time and time again that the police do not prioritize their cases and lack proper effort and cooperation with communities." manitobachiefs.com/press_releases…

"What should happen is we, as one of the shareholders, and the other two shareholders should be engaging with the not-for-profit groups," he said. "The private sector is only offering us medium-market rents, which are quite high." winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/city-council-t…