Don’t give Winnipeg city council any ideas.

Over 40 organizations came together to protest this bylaw, including over 100 delegates signed up to opposite and 2000 written submissions. Amazing work Winnipeg 💖 Lets carry that energy into the 2026 Municipal Election

I would like to remind everyone that this is an election year and everyone can be replaced.

The most vital lesson of yesterday is that, together, we can win.

Lighting charter rights on fire so people don't feel uncomfortable when others seek justice and/or disagree with what is happening seems bad to me, a citizen in a democracy.

Exactly one year and one month from now (March 17, 2027), I will qualify for MAID. This is incredibly important reporting. Legacy media seems adamant on not reporting on this with a critical lens. They often just default to speaking to Dying With Dignity, which is a lobby group.

I went to a rally this morning at city hall to protect our right to protest. City hall is 900 metres from my home. I had to take a taxi there because our sidewalks are impassable in winter in our so called “human rights city.” I tried to roll home but got stuck several times and had to ask for help.

Duncan blames us for misreading his draft bylaw, but since we (sadly) live in a colony bound by written laws, it’s his responsibility to make sure the bylaw says what he means. You can’t charge that we should “read the report”; the report ≠ the law! But there’s no amending this, just abandon it

This morning, I join the calls from community leaders, organizers and City Councillors to express concerns with the proposed bylaw titled “Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure."

A proposed bylaw to limit “nuisance” protests is expected to be shelved Tuesday after the city councillor who pushed it forward said he changed his mind in the face of public feedback, including some criticism he described as “misinformation.”

Mayor’s public safety policy file: status update. Don’t stand down speak-up Winnipeg about this & contact me with questions or concerns [email protected]

Hey all, Duncan (and presumably the mayor’s office) backing off is good news, but the battle isnt over—until this measure fails at EPC and Council, it isn’t dead yet. It’s still on the agenda. Rally is on for tomorrow.

The feedback to this draft by-law had DMIS on life support.

Winnipeg, MB. Just in my inbox via Councillor Duncan's office, so I thought I would post for those who've been following this issue, given timelines & delegations tomorrow.

“The chaos that is unfolding south of us right now is a clear indicator that it’s coming our way and if we don’t put these things in place to stop that, it’s going to be your neighborhood next” Is Duncan saying Winnipeg is banning actions similar to the Twin Cities resistance to ICE violence? WHY

Supporters of the by-law are saying that submissions are still open for written statements. If you haven’t written in to express your opposition, you may still have time. It won’t hurt to send something, and given that efforts are being made to solicit support still, it’s essential to try.

The right to protest is essential. Fascism isn’t something that only happens elsewhere.

Looks like the City of Winnipeg’s snow clearing strategy of waiting until it melts is working out quite nicely on some of the sidewalks.

Instead of pursuing a fascistic bylaw that infringes on Charter rights, maybe Evan Duncan should put some energy into working with his council colleagues and the provincial government to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by properly funding our transit system. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Fantastic column in today's paper, @doubleemmartin.bsky.social . Thank you for pointing out the awful ramifications of the proposed bylaw, and for underscoring the bizarre logic used to justify it. "Too much protesting" in MSP is the problem? Who tf thinks like that???

This is the kind of thing Evan Duncan wants to make punishable by a $5,000 fine, per person

Thank you @doubleemmartin.bsky.social Thank you @buck.aboli.sh Let your elected officials hear your voice #Winnipeg instead of sitting back and letting them stifle it.

Hey I’m just some guy, though. Let’s ask some experts

The broadest restriction on Charter rights to free expression in Canada

Good day to be a subscriber to @winnipegfreepress.com

“What this bylaw does instead is create a broad buffer zone around a staggering number of locations and hand bylaw officers and police the discretion to determine what constitutes unacceptable “nuisance” speech…is precisely the kind of open-ended power the Charter was designed to guard against.”

DEMONSTRATIONS ARE DEMOCRATIC - Rally against "ANTI-PROTEST" Bylaw proposed by Councillor Evan Duncan to the City of Winnipeg's Executive Policy Committee on TUESDAY, FEB 17 @ CITY HALL @ 8:45 AM

I wonder what the NDP MLAs who helped kill The Protection of Critical Infrastructure Act when they were in opposition think of the Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure By-law.

You have just under 24 hours to register to speak or submit a statement opposing Evan Duncan’s Charter-free zones. Choose Executive Policy Committee from the drop-down, and write in “7. Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure By-law” for the item you oppose.

Evan Duncan’s intent is to limit protest. He wants to be able to do what Trump is doing without the dissent. That’s why he’s proposed the most extreme version of this by-law in all of Canada.

Evan Duncan looks at this and thinks the problem is people protesting it

Evan Duncan is sympathizing for the opposite side than you are when he watches ICE videos

Shout out to our man @akohan.bsky.social this morning, for his well-crafted letter to the WFP re: the city's attempt to knock down a load-bearing stanchion of our democratic existence.

Evan Duncan on 680, paraphrased: We don’t want to see the kind of protests we are seeing south of the border. Does he mean the protests against Trump and ICE? Yeah, wouldn’t want the public holding the government accountable for its actions. Sounds awful. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

We are gonna stop this shit, and if you want in on that get in touch.

It will be interesting to see which protests will be deemed a “nuisance” once this inevitably passes.

This kind of snow is a goddamn nightmare, and I am sure it accumulates on the wheels of any kind of mobility device, making sidewalks even *more* inaccessible

If the City of Winnipeg actually followed its own policy, downtown sidewalks would actually be passable during freeze/thaw cycles. Instead I had to work from home today instead of going to my office that’s only a few blocks away because it’s impossible to get around right now in this mush.

Downtown sidewalks maintained to bare pavement, but only if Public Works feels like doing it.

Relying on solely adjacent property owners to clear sidewalks is a recipe for an inaccessible walking network.

"Winter is revealing. It shows whose safety is prioritized. It shows whose mobility matters. It shows who is expected to adapt, and who isn’t. If accessibility disappears the moment conditions change, then it was never truly embedded to begin with."

Whenever Thermea hits the news, I’m reminded of this info they used to have on their website, which basically tells you you’re not welcome there if you have a mobility issue. Which is disappointing, because this place was completed in 2015 when we had modern accessibility standards in place.

Telecom monopolies in Canada be like:

Yesterday was a half hour struggle to go the three blocks I need to outside of the skywalk to get to work due to the pathetic snow clearing downtown, where sidewalks are supposed to “generally be plowed to a paved surface” according to the City’s own policy. legacy.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/...

“Just bear with us,” they say, in a city where this has never happened before.

It normally takes me under 15 minutes to roll to work in the summer. Today it took me 30. Just to give you an idea of how easy it is to get around with a mobility device in the downtown core, where the City is supposed to plow the sidewalks to a paved surface according to their own policy.

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The snow operations map currently lists as complete some sidewalks in my area that are presently obstructed by 2m tall piles of ice dumped after blading the adjacent road down to the pavement.

Here’s the “path” along Academy heading east towards the bridge after Stafford last night. There’s a sidewalk somewhere underneath there.