There was an article published in the Winnipeg Free Press about waste diversion fees being applied to condo unit owners for corporations with more than seven units. The proposed annual fee would start in January of 2023 at $44 per unit to help cover recycling costs. As this late breaking news came just as we were going to print for our fall newsletter the implications and rationale are not clear. Already there are letters to the editor and we encourage you to contact your City Councillor about this matter.

There was a meeting of the Standing Policy Committee on Property and Development, Heritage, and Downtown Development (SPC-PDHDD) on Oct 23, 2021. The presentation compares and contrasts the options for regulating short term rentals (STRs) versus short term rental platforms, such as AirBnB and Vrbo. 

In our Fall 2021 Newsletter, we raised the issue of waste diversion fees being applied to condo unit owners for corporations with more than seven units in the City of Winnipeg. The good news is that the proposal has been dropped for the 2022 budget. But this is also bad news because the program doesn’t have sustainable funding so that means property tax funding will continue to be used.

In November, City of Winnipeg departmental budgets were presented to various Council Committees to meet the budget constraint for minimal property tax increases. The proposal to the City's 'Water and Waste, Riverbank Management and Environment Committee' (wow, that is a mouthful) to "Discontinue garbage bin collection for multi-family, charity and commercial customers ... Impacted customers would select service directly through private contractors" caught the attention of CCI-MB Directors and condo owners alike.