There is a moment, every so often, when a government makes a choice that tells you exactly how it sees itself. Winnipeg just had one of those moments. The city’s leadership is signalling that it believes it can effectively overrule the provincial government, ignore the authority of a provincial board, and do so on the advice of its own public service rather than independent legal counsel. That raises a question residents and businesses deserve to ask out loud. Who does the city think it is accountable to?

The latest example follows a familiar pattern. When the Municipal Board agrees with the city, its decisions are held up as confirmation that the administration got it right. When the Board disagrees, the city insists it can sidestep the ruling. That double standard reveals more than frus

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