Joe Curnow

Two security guards menacingly flank a speaker wearing a red shirt and holding a child during a delegation at Winnipeg City Hall

YouTube video by Tim Fennell Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham's Inner Circle Cuts Roadway Safety Budget

Mayor's inner circle votes unanimously to cut $2.5 million from the Roadway Safety Budget #winnipeg #wpgpoli

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The broadest restriction on Charter rights to free expression in Canada

Hey I’m just some guy, though. Let’s ask some experts

Graphic with text reading: What is it? The Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure By-law would set 100 meter buffer zones on how close "nuisance" demonstrations can be to certain types of buildings including places of worship, public and independent schools, post-secondary institutions, healthcare facilities, cementaries, childcare centres, and other designated facilities. Fines range from $500-$5000 per individual. Bottom of graphic shows a map to illustration the amount of space blocked by the proposed bylaw. 78.3 square km of the City of Winnipeg would be restricted.

Graphic with text that reads: "Why is this important?" - Nuisance Protest is non-specific, meaning any and all public protests, marches, round dances & other gatherinsg could be subject. - There are already anti-hate laws and a 50 meter buffer zone set by the Province for Reproductive Healthcare Facilities - Areas restricted by this by-law are public spaces and points of proximity to decision makers. City Hall, University Campuses, Wab Kinew's Office, etc. - Fines of up to $5000 could be issued to every person who shows up to Round Dances, rallies, group bike rides, marches, etc. - The language of the by-law extends to any protests in these exclusion zones that use amplified sound or block traffic. - Police will have new tools they will use to silence and punish protesters - This will almost certainly be racist in implementation.

A graphic with text that reads: "How to Help" - Show up for a rally at City Hall on Tuesday, Feb 17 @ 8:45 AM before EPC puts the by-law to a voite - Register as a delegate to speak to EPC on Tuesday, or submit written delegations by TOMORROW, Friday 13 @ Noon - Check out @wpgsouthcentre4justice on instagram who have shared instructions and a template for written delegations - Speak to your union, community, and religious leaders about your concerns and urge them to submit comments or register to delegate

DEMONSTRATIONS ARE DEMOCRATIC - Rally against "ANTI-PROTEST" Bylaw proposed by Councillor Evan Duncan to the City of Winnipeg's Executive Policy Committee on TUESDAY, FEB 17 @ CITY HALL @ 8:45 AM

Final rally at city hall with asterix on final

Asterix unless we defeat council’s attack on our charter rights Tuesday feb 17 8:45am

Don’t let Evan Duncan create charter free zones blanketing downtown and most of the city

Some fine bike folks of Winnipeg were on the river trail fat biking this morning for a kid’s birthday party which is probably the coolest January birthday party idea ever

The sidewalk snow clearing effort downtown (and outside of downtown by the looks of it) this year has been atrocious and the people that run this city should be ashamed of themselves. But instead, they’ll tell us we’re spoiled by the level of sidewalk snow clearing we have in Winnipeg.

Stop killing pedestrians with cars. Vigil for pedestrians killed by drivers, Friday November 28. Critical Mass ride 5:30 at Central Park. Vigil 6:30 at Roslyn/osborne

Tonight in Winnipeg, Osborne & Roslyn 6:30

fuck you

the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased

i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh

Close call sparks push for better bike safety Mother calls for bike lane installation and new green signal after son struck by car

A 10-year-old boy needed seven stitches and suffered a chipped tooth after a vehicle collided with his bike and sent him flying at a South Osborne intersection.

WHO IS THIS CITY FOR?

This shouldn’t happen. We don’t have to accept it.

Saturday!

The City has known for years that the library needs safer infrastructure on the 4th floor. They know Community Connections and safety hosts have a proven record of improved safety and deescalation. They are consciously withholding funding for adequate maintenance and staffing of the library.

This is Scott Gillingham's fault, and councillors, press, and residents need to treat it like it's his fault. He let DCSP walk on a motion to take over Connections and then let it sit inaccessible. He let redesign plans go unfunded. We deserve a safe accessible library for everyone. He doesn't care.

If Janice Lukes or Scott Gillingham had wanted to make Wellington Cres safe, they clearly could have done so. This is a good program! These changes are good ones! But they do not care about our lives or those of our loved ones.

Every neighborhood deserves safer streets, except where someone has already died.
Gillingham and Lukes are first class weasels!

Hey #Winnipeg

This 🧵 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Mayor Gillingham and (most of) @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social council don't care about the safety of active transportation users.

Organizing really is mostly follow up. Oomph

Vigilante bike lane on Wellington Crescent. Love it.

June 6 4:30-6:30pm Wellington Cres + Cockburn BLOCK PARTY Celebrate the life of Rob Jenner And envision safe streets for all hot dogs • snacks • activities wear red for Rob

Wendy, Rob’s widow, was IN THE ROOM when Janice Lukes promised this. We’re having a block party TODAY at Rob’s ghost bike to celebrate Rob. We hoped we could celebrate safe infrastructure coming in his name, too.

DECISION MAKING HISTORY On December 12, 2024, Council concurred in the recommendation of the Executive Policy Committee and adopted the following: 1. That the Winnipeg Public Service be directed to report back to the Standing Policy Committee on Public Works in 120 days with an interim solution to improve safety for yclists (ahead of a more permanent Walk Bike design study for separated cycling infrastructure can be undertaken, to allow for consideration for initial implementation in 2025. 2. That the Winnipeg Public Service be directed to work with community partners, including Bike Winnipeg to support public engagement and prioritization of Wellington Crescent within the City of Winnipeg plans and priorities in the upcoming Transportation Master Plan 2050 and updated Pedestrian and Cycling Strategies. 3. That the Winnipeg Public Service be directed to work with community partners, including Bike Winnipeg to support targeted stakeholder engagement, focusing on potentially impacted fronting property owners. 4. That the Proper Officers of the City be authorized to do all things necessary to implement the intent of the foregoing.

Rob Jenner was killed by a driver one year ago TODAY. Councillor Janice Lukes hasn’t delivered on safety measures that she promised the community would be implemented THIS YEAR. And now she’s pushing back even LOOKING at the proposal into JULY.

Blaming the “funding model” for the budget choices is a cop out. The funding model is the same as other Canadian municipalities, yet those councils make better choices for road safety #winnipeg #wpgpoli

Janice Lukes’s answer for why we can’t move faster is we don’t have the money, but she’s 100% behind billion-dollar road widening projects that are estimated to save drivers 12 seconds on their commutes, and wants us to celebrate $7m/year for active transportation, much of which is just for studies

Road Safety Strategic Action Plan Vision A transportation system that allows people of all ages and abilities to safely move around without experiencing death or serious injury Goal 20% reduction in fatal and serious injury collisions over the 5-year plan winnipeg.ca/roadsafety Chart of road safety trends showing that the 20% reduction target is higher than the 35% reduction from baseline numbers experienced in 2022

Personally I would be embarrassed, as a city leader, to solicit praise for setting a five-year target for reducing road death that doesn’t even meet levels we experienced three years ago.

She very clearly wants credit for being an advocate for active transportation without committing to build any infrastructure that will inconvenience her suburban driver constituents.