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Gord Steeves

Candidate in the 2014 City of Winnipeg Mayoral race.

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Want to protect freedom of expression? Strengthen hate speech laws

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

The theory might sound nice, but when the wife of Winnipeg mayoral candidate Gord Steeves was revealed last year to have made racist comments on Facebook, as many people leapt to her defence as condemned her. When a leader speaks out, like Mayor ...

Winnipeg mayor ready to face racism concerns 'head on'

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Former councilor Gord Steeves, in the middle of a mayoral race, had his campaign come off the rails after Facebook comments his wife Lorrie made about aboriginal people came to light. In a description of Winnipeg that remarkably spans only a handful of ...

Maclean's cover story labels Winnipeg most racist 7:54

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Winnipeg's mayor choked back tears as he began to address the media today about claims by Maclean's magazine that his city is the most racist in Canada. "My wife is Ukrainian. I am Métis. I want my boys to be as proud of both those family lines — to ...

Browaty plays by different rules

Friday, 16 January 2015

The issue last came up in 2011 when then councillor Gord Steeves criticized the legislation forcing him to resign if he ran provincially for the Progressive Conservatives. He suggested the law might even be unconstitutional. The law, however, is not ...

Veteran Manitoba MP calling it quits

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

No need for byelection, yet. COUN. Jeff Browaty said he has confirmed with the city clerk's office he won't have to resign his council seat while campaigning federally, adding this would delay the need to hold a civic byelection unless he is successful ...

Browaty mulls run to succeed Joy Smith

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Gord Steeves who made an unsuccesful jump to provincial politics, cost $334, 167 and it involved the election of two school trustees. Browaty was clearly excited with the prospect of making the jump to federal politics. He said one of his reasons for ...

Despite limitations, more indigenous Manitoba politicians than ever

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

As government funding is cut for indigenous political lobby groups such as the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the Manitoba Métis Federation, it is interesting to note how much power indigenous politicians are gaining ​across​ the mainstream political ...

Looking back on 2014

Saturday, 03 January 2015

For the first month or two of the campaign, I had written it was likely going to be a two-horse race between Wasylycia-Leis and former city councillor Gord Steeves, while Bowman, a privacy lawyer with little name recognition but a lot of potential, was ...

Mayor for a day

Saturday, 03 January 2015

He was past president of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce with no political connections or resumé. Front-runners such as former MP and MLA Judy Wasylycia-Lies and former councillor Gord Steeves garnered most of the headlines, for better or worse.

2014 How much do you remember about the year that was?

Wednesday, 31 December 2014

It started off cold and ended up cold. In Winnipeg, you can pretty much say that about every year. But when the time comes to reflect upon 2014, you may not, in fact, remember everything that transpired between the frigid morning of Jan. 1 and this ...

Now it's time for action

Saturday, 27 December 2014

Then on Aug. 8, hours after mayoral candidate Gord Steeves pledged to rid downtown of intoxicated vagrants, his spouse's four-year-old "drunken native guys" rant on Facebook was brought to light. The fuse on the ethnic powder keg was set. The discovery ...

NDP members gather behind Oswald

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Was the first NDPer ever to win Seine River and won 2011's race against a then-popular Gord Steeves by more than 1,000 votes, showing her campaigning prowess. Con: As a Rebel Five member, members angry she aired the party's dirty laundry in public ...

Teacher pulled from classroom

Friday, 12 December 2014

Mayoral candidate Gord Steeves recently faced a firestorm when comments his wife posted four years ago about aboriginals surfaced during the election campaign. Social media gone viral led to two teachers losing their jobs in 2010 -- the Winnipeg School ...

Ouellette seeking Liberal nomination in Winnipeg Centre

Wednesday, 03 December 2014

... Winnipeg mayoral race but finished a strong third with 16 per cent of the vote. His campaign was lauded for being well organized with sound policy and his finish ahead of more established candidates such as former councillor Gord Steeves surprised ...

All eyes on our Métis mayor

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

And, of course, the "drunken native guys downtown" Facebook slur from Gord Steeves' wife that sounded the beginning of the end of his campaign and opened the door wide for Bowman's victory. "We have a growing indigenous community in Winnipeg," ...

All eyes on our Métis mayor

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

And, of course, the "drunken native guys downtown" Facebook slur from Gord Steeves' wife that sounded the beginning of the end of his campaign and opened the door wide for Bowman's victory. "We have a growing indigenous community in Winnipeg," ...

Why Brian Bowman — Winnipeg's first Metis mayor — is the most important ...

Friday, 21 November 2014

Shortly after mayoralty candidate Gord Steeves announced in August he would rid the downtown of public drunkenness, a diatribe written in 2010 surfaced from his wife Lorrie's Facebook page complaining about being “really tired of getting harassed by ...

Why Brian Bowman — Winnipeg's first Metis mayor — is the most important ...

Friday, 21 November 2014

Shortly after mayoralty candidate Gord Steeves announced in August he would rid the downtown of public drunkenness, a diatribe written in 2010 surfaced from his wife Lorrie's Facebook page complaining about being “really tired of getting harassed by ...

Fielding says goodbye to city hall

Tuesday, 04 November 2014

A report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information in September showed that some patients waited over nine hours before seeing a doctor, a record Fielding called "abominable." Though he initially endorsed former Coun. Gord Steeves early ...

Fielding says goodbye to city hall

Tuesday, 04 November 2014

A report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information in September showed that some patients waited over nine hours before seeing a doctor, a record Fielding called "abominable." Though he initially endorsed former Coun. Gord Steeves early ...

Mayes keeps St. Vital seat by a landslide

Wednesday, 29 October 2014

30, 2011 in a 10-person byelection to replace then-councillor Gord Steeves, who stepped down to take a run against Theresa Oswald in her Seine River riding in that year's provincial election. "I said on the night of my victory I really want to thank ...

Have your say

Wednesday, 29 October 2014

The extensive selection fleshed out to a tired Judy Wasylycia-Leis, an arrogant Gord Steeves, and a poster-boy for the future in Robert-Falcon Ouellette. The only "suits" guy was Brian Bowman, who shook out as a young, fresh-faced, business-tempered ...

Bowman becomes Winnipeg's first indigenous mayor

Saturday, 25 October 2014

There was the exploitation, disappearance and murder of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine, who was last seen alive -- intoxicated in a downtown alley -- the same day Gord Steeves promised to get rid of downtown drunks. There was the discovery of both Fontaine ...

Downtown Ouellette's oyster

Saturday, 25 October 2014

He came in ahead of Gord Steeves for goodness' sakes. It's crazy." Ouellette won support from neighbourhoods with a high concentration of indigenous people, and Koop says that strategy of reaching out to unlikely voters worked. "This was a campaign ...

Election autopsy

Saturday, 25 October 2014

At 8:15 p.m., the first advance voting results came in showing Wasylycia-Leis with a 780-vote lead over Bowman, with Gord Steeves sitting slightly ahead of Robert-Falcon Ouellette. At about 8:35, Wasylycia-Leis's narrow lead flipped into a 3,500-vote ...


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