Winnipeg council passes budget in 9-7 squeaker
MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman during a media briefing at City Hall before the preliminary 2021 multi-year balanced operating and capital¤budget¤updates are tabled at a special Executive Policy Committee meeting Friday afternoon.
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Winnipeg city council has narrowly passed a 2021 operating budget that lacked deep pandemic cuts.
Winnipeg city council has narrowly passed a 2021 operating budget that lacked deep pandemic cuts.
On Wednesday, council cast a nine-to-seven vote in favour of the $1.18-billion operating budget, which depends heavily on federal support.
The city will benefit from $74.5 million of federal safe restart program funding, which will offset major pandemic losses in 2020 and provide $10.9 million in 2021.