Summary
Initially, there didn't seem to be anything sexy about Winnipeg's plan to replace its water-and-waste department with an arm's-length corporation that would be responsible for completing the city's expensive sewage upgrades and overseeing the mundane tasks of garbage collection, waste-water treatment and water distribution.
On the second-last day of June, as most Winnipeggers prepared for the Canada Day holiday, the city lived up to the municipal reputation by publishing a 91-page business plan that made what previously seemed to be a solid utility plan seem sort of iffy. The main problem was the "strategic partnership" component, which was murkier than ever.What transpired over the next hour was one of the weirdest things I'd ever witnessed during my career as a reporter. [Bryan Gray] and [Glen Laubenstein] contradicted each other. The CAO argued with Free Press columnist Dan Lett. Eventually, Laubenstein conceded he wasn't aware of the details of the "strategic partnership" plan.See the full content of this document
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A City Utility Plan That Kept Getting Murkier
The first time I typed the words "corporate utility" in my basement office at city hall, I could practically hear my editors yawning five kilometres away on Mountain Avenue.
Initially, there didn't s...See the full content of this document
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