Mayor Scott Gillingham came into office promising sound fiscal management and a more competitive Winnipeg. Instead, we’ve seen the same old City Hall playbook: spend more, tax more, and watch opportunity go elsewhere.

This isn’t just a mayoral problem — it’s a career pattern. As a city councillor and chair of Finance under Mayor Brian Bowman, Gillingham oversaw property tax hikes totalling more than 15%. Now, in less than three years as mayor, he’s added almost another 13%. And that’s before factoring in steady annual increases to water and waste fees, garbage collection costs, and a long list of user fees.

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