Security rebate program a massive success

Elmwood

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This article was published 18/09/2024 (422 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

When the Manitoba government launched its first security rebate program at the end of June, it was quickly fully subscribed. On Aug. 15, the initial budget of $500,000 was increased to $2 million. By Aug. 23, just a week later, the program was again fully subscribed, with over 8,800 applications received. Such was public demand for home and small-business security rebates.

The new program, which offered a $300 rebate to Manitoba homeowners, renters, and small-business owners for purchasing security equipment, was designed to help offset the cost of improvements to security measures such as cameras, doorbell cameras, alarm systems, motion detectors, reinforced doors and windows, anti-graffiti film and paint, security gates, roll-down protection shutters and permanent security fencing.

Over the next few months, this first-of-its-kind provincial program will be evaluated, as will many of the new public safety initiatives undertaken by the new NDP government, including the additional funding for fighting retail and violent crime in partnership with the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS).

Our government is providing up to $774,000 to continue supporting the WPS’s enhanced response to violence and retail crime, targeted retail theft initiatives and engagement with business organizations and leaders to improve the safety of retailers and residents. The Retail Council of Canada has enthusiastically welcomed this unprecedented investment, designed to reduce crime and enhance safety for retail employees and their customers.

Our government has also increased funding to support the victims of crime, raising last year’s total of $500,000 to $750,000 – a 50 per cent increase. The criminal property forfeiture fund, another first-of-its-kind in Canada at the time when it was brought in by the NDP in 2009, uses the proceeds of the sale of seized criminal property to protect Manitoba families and enhance public safety.

For more information, please call my office at 204-415-1122, email me at jim.maloway@yourmanitoba.ca, or visit me at YourElmwood.com