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Another new transit-related Free Press poll: “Should Winnipeg transit drivers face discipline for failing to call out stops?”
Strangely, only 30% voted yes. We don’t know where the other 70 % are employed, but in most workplaces you do your job—or get the boot.
Now that the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has decreed transit drivers must [...]

The ugly truth about the provincial government’s inner city housing initiative
Daniel Hildebrand, The Manitoban
Amidst some media fanfare, the provincial government this past week congratulated itself for investing $7 million into inner-city housing initiatives. The money had come from several recent land sales to suburban developers. In announcing the funding, housing minister Gord Mackintosh stated, “This [...]

In a recent poll, Winnipeg Free Press readers were asked, “Should heated bus shelters be a Winnipeg Transit priority?”
Uh, ya think?
In a city where the average high temperature in January is -12 celsius, where even the most frequent bus routes run infrequently, this ought to be a no-brainer. Sadly, however, a stunning 53 per cent [...]