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Winnipeg Homelessness Adviser Resigns to Lead NDP-Backed Housing Fund as Street Counts Reach 10-Year Peak

The personnel move shifts focus to evidence-based housing options and tighter scrutiny of public spending.

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The Carney Liberal government will table its budget on Tuesday.
The NDP appear so deep in the ideological purity of their narrative at this point, they can’t consider better alternatives and save face. And so energy and efforts go into denial, distraction, repetition and using social media, image optics and the most vulnerable people at their lowest point, to bolster their political careers.

Overview

  • The latest Winnipeg Street Census reports 2,469 people experiencing homelessness, nearly double the 2022 count of 1,256, according to End Homelessness Winnipeg.
  • Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud left her role after about nine months as the province’s senior adviser on homelessness to head a government-supported construction and housing fund.
  • That housing fund received a $10 million seed injection from Manitoba’s NDP about a year earlier, drawing attention to governance and potential conflicts.
  • Provincial officials declined media access to the 'Your Way Home' senior adviser regarding the city’s encampment strategy, with Housing and Addictions Minister Bernadette Smith saying the province is working with the city and wants to keep public spaces public.
  • Opinion writers highlight Finland’s Housing First model as a template for Winnipeg and caution against politically driven 'investment' strategies, citing the GM Ingersoll EV subsidy shortfalls as a warning.