Housing, crime dominate debate
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WINNIPEG — Housing and crime are dominating a packed all-candidates debate in the Daniel McIntyre ward tonight.
All the candidates except the right-leaning Lito Taruc are gathered at the Magnus Eliason community centre, along with 200 voters.
The low vacancy rate and frequent conversion of apartments to condos in the inner-city ward sparked some of the best pledges from the candidates. Liberal Cindy Gilroy-Price said she’d push for a condoization strategy and would mandate that all new developments include a low-income element.
NDPer Keith Bellamy said he’d take a lesson from Toronto, where condoization stops when the vacancy rates drops too low and where the city takes over derelict buildings much faster.
Also running are John Cardoso, who has strong support from the Portuguese community and spoke about the needs of new Canadians, and Harvey Smith, the ward’s longtime councillor.
Bellamy also dismissed Mayor Sam Katz’s plan to hire more police officers as a shallow solution to a deeper problem.