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Podcast: The Great Canadian Talk Show
Episode: April 12 2024- CTF Flags Winnipeg and Manitoba Debt Burden
Description: A tradition returns to TGCTS as we welcome the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for Episode 36!
Part 1- Gage Haubrich, CTF Prairie Director, starts off by tackling the City of Winnipeg budget.
We dig into the under-the-radar subject of the $200M civic 40-Year Bond, and the interest cost to taxpayers.
Despite the city carrying a higher than Canadian average debt load, somehow $82,000 of support for residential services like Happyland Park pool just didn't fit council's "urban vision".
Gaubrich urges all taxpayers to tell their councilor they "want the government to focus on basic...