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Mayoral candidate, Sam Katz' environmental voting record speaks for itself
Friday, October 6, 2006
"Sam Katz' record on the environment is not Green. It is Black.", says Dave Danyluk, Winnipeg Green Party candidate for Elmwood - East Kildonan.
If Winnipeggers want a greener city they should vote for Winnipeg Green Party candidates:
- Markus Buchart, St.Vital
- David Danyluk, Elmwood-East Kildonan
- Robert Galston, Mynarski
- Constance Menzies, St. James-Brookland
- Steve Smith, Transcona
- Glenda Whiteman, St. Norbert
Sam Katz' record on urban sprawl according to City of Winnipeg Hansard:
Plan Winnipeg Amendment - Waverley West, January 26, 2005
Yeas: Mayor Katz
Glenda Whiteman, Winnipeg Green Party candidate running in St. Norbert says, "Greens would not foist a new, car-dependent, mega-suburb the size of Manitoba's second largest city, Brandon, in the south-west corner of Winnipeg."
Chipman Subdivision, January 25, 2006
Yeas: Mayor Katz
Under Sam Katz' leadership, approval of this subdivision means that residential development leapfrogs outside the west Perimeter Highway. The land is on the north bank of the Assiniboine River, between the Perimeter and Camp Manitou Road (the boundary with the R.M. of Headingley. Expect the Chipman subdivision to trigger more ex-urban residential development westward in Headingley.
Olywest Project - Economic Incentive Package, November 23, 2005
Yeas: Mayor Katz
The Olywest proposal is for a $200-million, 300,000 sq. ft. hog processing plant in St. Boniface Industrial Park. The province and the city are contributing $30-million in loans and other assistance.
Markus Buchart, Winnipeg Green Party candidate for St. Vital says, "A hog slaughtering plant of this scale does not belong in Winnipeg."
Civic Environmental Committee (CEC), December 14, 2005
Resolution 1. City Council reaffirm its support for the Civic Environmental Committee.
Nays: Mayor Katz
Resolution 2. City Council extend the existing mandate, policy assistant, budget and membership of Civic Environmental Committee.
Nays: Mayor Katz
Resolution 3. City Council cooperatively develop, as soon as possible, a renewed mandate, budget and membership for the Civic Environmental Committee that reflects a shift from the developing environmental objectives, strategies to establishing priorities and plans for implementing these strategies and monitoring progress towards meeting the City's environmental objectives.
Nays: Mayor Katz
For the City of Winnipeg's official mandate for the Civic Environmental Committee - www.winnipegcec.org/about_us/official_mandate.html
The Civic Environmental Committee ceased to exist January 1, 2006.
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Contact: Markus Buchart, Winnipeg Green Party Spokesman, Tel. 772-9869
