Province to take over Winnipeg health inspections
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This article was published 27/05/2011 (5231 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
WINNIPEG – The city and province have finally found a way to solve an intergovernmental health-inspection headache that stems back to the formation of Unicity in 1972.
For decades, City of Winnipeg health inspectors have been responsible for restaurants, pools, daycares and other facilities in the city’s core, while provincial inspectors worked in outlying areas.
In recent years, this has resulted in unequal enforcement environmental health regulations, as downtown Winnipeg restaurants – for example – have been five times more likely to be inspected than counterparts in the suburbs.
Mayor Sam Katz pledged to eliminate this split jurisdiction as part of his Red Tape Commission in 2005. But the situation persisted until today.
The city and province have agreed to place all Winnipeg health inspections within provincial jurisdiction over the next three years, the city’s community services department’s and Manitoba Health announced. Bylaw enforcement regarding vacant buildings and garbage will remain a city responsibility.
City council’s executive policy committee is slated to approve the move on Wednesday.
It is unclear whether the province will be hiring more inspectors to bring the suburban areas up to the core standards.
