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Gord Steeves
Candidate in the 2014 City of Winnipeg Mayoral race.
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Ouellette says LRT, not BRT, is the way to go
Friday, 05 September 2014
Ouellette joins Gord Steeves in dismissing the effectiveness of BRT. Steeves said last month he would cancel the $600-million second leg of the southwest transit corridor. Candidate David Sanders, speaking Thursday morning, said he would support “real ...
Lots of criticism, few solutions
Friday, 05 September 2014
Gord Steeves set his sights on front-runner Judy Wasylycia-Leis for the third consecutive day, challenging her Thursday to explain how she'd pay for financing costs to complete the Southwest Transit Corridor. The challenge caused Wasylycia-Leis to ...
Lots of criticism, few solutions
Friday, 05 September 2014
Gord Steeves set his sights on front-runner Judy Wasylycia-Leis for the third consecutive day, challenging her Thursday to explain how she'd pay for financing costs to complete the Southwest Transit Corridor. The challenge caused Wasylycia-Leis to ...
Steeves Continues To Point Finger At WasylyciaLeis
Friday, 05 September 2014
There was finger pointing from Gord Steeves on Judy Wasylycia-Leis plan to proceed with Phase 2 of Bus Rapid Transit. Steeves says that will only happen with a property tax increase in excess of 12 percent. Candidate David Sanders wants to scrap plans ...
Future of Winnipeg's rapid transit in hands of voters
Thursday, 04 September 2014
Recently, candidate Gord Steeves has also said he would quash Phase Two of BRT – something he initially supported in May of this year, prompting harsh criticism from fellow candidates. But Steeves has not been clear about what alternatives he would ...
Tom Brodbeck
Thursday, 04 September 2014
It looks like the shine is coming off mayoral candidate Judy Wasylycia-Leis' campaign. The former NDP MP stumbled, tripped and became tongue-tied during more than 20 minutes of intense questioning by the media Thursday on how she plans to finance the ...
WasylyciaLeis explains how she'd spend tax hike
Thursday, 04 September 2014
My goodness, that's so unrealistic,” she said. “And I have another opponent (Gord Steeves) that's prepared to freeze property taxes and give us more of the same.” Wasylycia-Leis also said she would provide more training to those working the 311 help lines.
Steeves only knows BRT needs to be stopped
Thursday, 04 September 2014
Gord Steeves said his opponent in the mayoral race Judy Wasylycia-Leis will have to raise taxes by 5% if she plans to follow through on Phase 2 of bus rapid transit. Her previous pledge to raise property taxes 3% annually will not be enough to pay for ...
Judy WasylyciaLeis doesn't know how she'll fund rapid transit
Thursday, 04 September 2014
Wasylycia-Leis has been under attack by competitor Gord Steeves over the past week for her plan to raise property taxes and her connections to the provincial NDP. Earlier, Wasylycia-Leis pledged that one-third of her proposed tax increase would be used ...
Busy Campaign Day For Wpg Mayoral Candidates
Thursday, 04 September 2014
There was finger pointing from Gord Steeves on Judy Wasylycia-Leis plan to proceed with Phase 2 of Bus Rapid Transit. Steeves says that will only happen with a property tax increase in excess of 12 percent. Wasylycia-Leis promised a better response to ...
Steeves attacks WasylyciaLeis' plan for BRT without new proposals of his own
Thursday, 04 September 2014
Finishing the second leg of the Southwest Transitway will mean an extra five percent tax hike, warned mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, who vowed to cancel rapid transit and start fresh. Speaking to reporters near the Parker lands, the controversial ...
Bowman wants to tap into expertise at Winnipeg's universities
Thursday, 04 September 2014
"As Mayor, I want our incredible colleges and universities to be part of a stronger, vibrant Winnipeg." Bowman's announcement was the first of several that will be made by mayoral candidates today, including this morning by David Sanders, Gord Steeves, ...
Steeves says rapid transit will cost taxpayers an extra five per cent
Thursday, 04 September 2014
Finishing the second leg of the Southwest transitway will mean an extra five percent tax hike, warned mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, who vowed to cancel rapid transit and start fresh. Speaking to reporters near the Parker lands, the controversial ...
Steeves says rapid transit will cost taxpayers an extra five per cent
Thursday, 04 September 2014
Finishing the second leg of the Southwest transitway will mean an extra five percent tax hike, warned mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, who vowed to cancel rapid transit and start fresh. Speaking to reporters near the Parker lands, the controversial ...
Gord Steeves says second phase of rapid transit will see five per cent tax hike
Thursday, 04 September 2014
Gord Steeves says the second phase of rapid transit is going to cost Winnipeggers too much money and promised to stop it if elected. The mayoral candidate continued his targeted needling against frontrunner Judy Wasylycia-Leis on Thursday, standing in ...
Another aim at Judy WL's NDP link
Thursday, 04 September 2014
MAYORAL candidate Gord Steeves tried for the second consecutive day to link front-runner Judy Wasylycia-Leis to the unpopular NDP provincial government, and said if elected she would be powerless to defend the city's interests in discussions with the ...
Letters: September 5, 2014
Thursday, 04 September 2014
I have come to the conclusion that Gord Steeves should drop out of the race. It sounds to me that his only interests are for himself. Who needs drones flying over Winnipeg! There are so many more important issues to address. The people of Winnipeg are ...
Bowman wants to tap into expertise at Winnipeg's universities
Thursday, 04 September 2014
"As Mayor, I want our incredible colleges and universities to be part of a stronger, vibrant Winnipeg." Bowman's announcement was the first of several that will be made by mayoral candidates today, including this morning by David Sanders, Gord Steeves, ...
City should help fund engineering research at University of Manitoba: Bowman
Thursday, 04 September 2014
Bowman made the announcement at the university on Thursday morning. He's one of five mayoral candidates making announcements on Thursday. Also slated to appear before the media cameras are frontrunner Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Gord Steeves, Paula ...
A new, blue Steeves emerges
Thursday, 04 September 2014
As recently as July, the Gord Steeves campaign resembled the rotting carcass of a roadside raccoon. It wasn't moving, and all the parts were mangled so gruesomely, even the world's most talented taxidermist could never reassemble them. Against most ...
Mayoral hopeful Gord Steeves slams NDP, Judy WasylyciaLeis
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
Mayoral hopeful Gord Steeves railed against fellow candidate Judy Wasylycia-Leis Wednesday afternoon criticizing her campaign manager Peter Dalla-Vicenza for his affiliation with the provincial NDP party. "Will Judy join me in telling Greg Selinger and ...
Bowman's rapid transit plan poorly thought out
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
If mayoral candidate Brian Bowman had any hope of presenting himself as a financially responsible alternative to frontrunner Judy Wasylycia-Leis, he blew it Tuesday with his Hail Mary pledge to waste billions on a poorly thought-out network of bus ...
WasylyciaLeis, Sanders call for missing, murdered inquiry
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
Candidate Gord Steeves declined comment on the matter. The federal government has repeatedly said it will not look at an inquiry but, with many premiers and aboriginal leaders sounding the alarm, federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay indicated in a ...
Social media campaign aims to boost number of First Nations people voting
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
A four-year-old Facebook post from the wife of mayoral candidate Gord Steeves was leaked, where she complained about aggressive panhandlers calling them “drunken native guys.” “Seeing that there is open racism here in the City of Winnipeg I just feel ...
Gord Steeves attacks Judy WasylyciaLeis' ties to provincial government
Wednesday, 03 September 2014
Standing on the front steps of the provincial legislature, Gord Steeves blasted mayoral opponent Judy Wasylycia-Leis again over her close connections to the NDP government inside. Citing Wasylycia-Leis' history as an NDP provincial cabinet minister and ...
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