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Dec 30 2025- City Logic Lacking In Granite Housing Push
Episode 61 reviews an editorial from Don Woodstock about the insistence of City Councillors and Mayor Scott Gillingham to disregard a ruling by the Municipal Board and ram through a Housing Accelerator Fund "affordable" apartment building on the west parking lot of the Granite Curling Club.
"When a win-win requires one side to give up land, parking, certainty, and peace of mind while being told the details will come later, it is fair to ask whether the benefits are truly shared."
Given the effect on the viability of the Club, a squeeze on area parking, and the persistent threat to neighbourhood liveability by a lawless encampment in the adjacent Mostyn Park that was allowed after every major blaze to re-establish itself and endanger the community, Woodstock's points about the proposed 11-storey project should be addressed and not dismissed out of hand.
"Winnipeg needs housing. That is not in dispute," wrote Woodstock. "But how housing is built matters. Site selection matters. Spillover impacts matter. Transparency matters. And whether the public can clearly see who benefits matters."
(We note that according to Heritage Winnipeg - "The redevelopment plans are in collaboration with the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation 2.0" and "the tender is being chosen by the city and the UWCRC, rather than through an open process as city-owned projects often are." The ghost of Sherman Kreiner looms large in this process.)
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Our recent columns in the Winnipeg Sun:
Dec. 21 - Unique partnership developing safe accommodations, cultural supports for northern First Nations visitors
Dec. 27 - Failures on Homelessness file top news story of 2025
Dec. 28 - Safety of Jewish Canadians compromised by political cowardice
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- To end Season 6, we thank our sponsors, supporters, guests, listeners and the readers of the Winnipeg Sun and wish you all a Happy and Safe New Year.
- TGCTS remains committed to holding elected officials, bureaucrats, and mainstream media to account as Your Watchdog!
- To contribute to the Season 7 Funding Drive for 2026, please email [email protected]
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By The Great Canadian Talk ShowEpisode 61 reviews an editorial from Don Woodstock about the insistence of City Councillors and Mayor Scott Gillingham to disregard a ruling by the Municipal Board and ram through a Housing Accelerator Fund "affordable" apartment building on the west parking lot of the Granite Curling Club.
"When a win-win requires one side to give up land, parking, certainty, and peace of mind while being told the details will come later, it is fair to ask whether the benefits are truly shared."
Given the effect on the viability of the Club, a squeeze on area parking, and the persistent threat to neighbourhood liveability by a lawless encampment in the adjacent Mostyn Park that was allowed after every major blaze to re-establish itself and endanger the community, Woodstock's points about the proposed 11-storey project should be addressed and not dismissed out of hand.
"Winnipeg needs housing. That is not in dispute," wrote Woodstock. "But how housing is built matters. Site selection matters. Spillover impacts matter. Transparency matters. And whether the public can clearly see who benefits matters."
(We note that according to Heritage Winnipeg - "The redevelopment plans are in collaboration with the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation 2.0" and "the tender is being chosen by the city and the UWCRC, rather than through an open process as city-owned projects often are." The ghost of Sherman Kreiner looms large in this process.)
*****
Our recent columns in the Winnipeg Sun:
Dec. 21 - Unique partnership developing safe accommodations, cultural supports for northern First Nations visitors
Dec. 27 - Failures on Homelessness file top news story of 2025
Dec. 28 - Safety of Jewish Canadians compromised by political cowardice
****
- To end Season 6, we thank our sponsors, supporters, guests, listeners and the readers of the Winnipeg Sun and wish you all a Happy and Safe New Year.
- TGCTS remains committed to holding elected officials, bureaucrats, and mainstream media to account as Your Watchdog!
- To contribute to the Season 7 Funding Drive for 2026, please email [email protected]