Better transit, more patrols would improve downtown: mayoral candidate Fillion
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This article was published 08/09/2014 (4373 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Mayoral candidate Michel Fillion outlined a four-point plan Monday afternoon to improve downtown.
Fillion, who lives and works on Portage Avenue, said panhandlers, drunks and the homeless, who have been portrayed as dangerous, are nothing more than individuals with mental health or addiction issues that need to be addressed.
Standing the lobby of the ornate 234 Portage Ave. building near Fort Street – known as the White House – Fillion said the public perception of downtown is different than the reality, and steps can be taken to deal with the area’s poor image.
Fillion’s plan includes:
- increased police foot patrols,
- reviving the Downtown Watch ‘Red Coats,’
- improving transit and
- supporting the Block By Block crime prevention initiative.
This was Fillion’s first news conference of the Winnipeg mayoral campaign. He has restricted his campaigning to date to appearances at mayoral forums and posting tongue-in-cheek policy videos on YouTube.
aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca
