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Originally Posted by Jets4Life
The population of Winnipeg has been shifting to the south of Winnipeg for decades. In Canada, that is just how it is. Unless there are physical or political barriers preventing growth in the south, people, especially with money, tend to gravitate towards the southern limits of nearly every Canadian city. If you look at Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Regina, it is the same. The Government expenditures tend to go to the areas which are going to be built up in the future, especially if their constituents are better off than the older, less vibrant northern part of the city.
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You do realize the north part of the city has been growing almost as fast as the south, especially in the last 15 years? Yet the road infrastructure in the north is similar to where the south would have been in the mid 1980s? Beofre Bishop between Lag and St Annes was twinned. Before Bishop and Kennaston met up. Before the Kennaston underpass was built. Long before the Waverly underpass was even a discussion. Building CPT is effectively the same as twinning Bishop between Lag and St Annes. That is how big an infrastructure defect the city as a whole is in. We are talking about projects that should have been done 30 years ago that are still "future considerations". Sure south Winnipeg needs improvements but so does every corner of Winnipeg.
There is a reason north Winnipeg is repeatedly getting funding for new schools, more so than south Winnipeg. Here is a hint, there is actual significant population growth happening in the area. The largest high schools in the province? Nope nothing in south Winnipeg, they are all in the north.
As for your incorrect claims that the affluent all move to south Winnipeg, guess you haven't heard of East St Paul or the expensive houses in River Ridge, Amber Trails and similar areas. Not surprising since you don't seem to know much about that part of the city.
Winnipeg needs to start looking at issues as a whole and not focus solely on what works for southwest Winnipeg, unless southwest Winnipeg wants to start being the "losers" as the other areas band together to ensure their voices are the ones running City Hall.