A Special Thank You to Springfield Residents who participated in our Referendum/Poll on the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (WMR) Plan 20-50.

The results are now in: 98+% of Springfielder’s participating in our opinion pole say No to Mayor Therrien’s plan to turn Springfield's sovereignty in land use planning to Winnipeg by joining the new 20-50 WMR plan. Over 3,500 ratepayers representing more than 33% of Springfields eligible voters said no to Therrien’s unpopular proposition.

This campaign had two components:

1) Inform Springfield Residents: The WMR Plan 20-50 is a plan to extend the City of Winnipeg’s existing land use decision-making and boundaries to include Springfield. Plan 20-50 has been negotiated, and led by non-elected officials, without public input or approval. The final document was created in secret meetings. For the most part, it was kept under the radar, by design, by its authors. Mayor Therrien, acting independently, voted for Plan 20-50 at 1st Reading without consulting his ratepayers. Nor did he receive approval from Springfield Council Members.

2) Expectations of Springfield Residents: We believe over one-third of Springfield voters sends a strong message to the THREE of our COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Therrien, Councillors Fuhl, and Warren on this issue. They should now agree and confirm that they will start respecting resident’s voices and interests, and put them above their own opinions. We want to keep our Rural Lifestyle and Values that include large acreage lots with a minimum of rural services which allows, in turn, for lower property taxes. We do not want our Green Space and Agricultural Reserve Lands to be consumed by more costly intensive small-lot housing Developments at our expense.

We believe Springfield’s own Master Land Use Development Plan Bylaw needs to be protected by Council.

We expect our Representatives at the municipal council table to be more open and transparent. We request that all 5 members of council publicly confirm that they will guard and protect Springfield’s country lifestyle and rural values for the sole benefit of EXISTING SPRINGFIELD RESIDENTS as their first and most important Priority.

Thank You

For more information please contact
Allan Akins, Springfield Taxpayers Rights Corp.
204-791-6270
allanakinsis@gmail.com

A special thanks to Springfield Councillors Miller and Kuczynski for their unwavering support for all Springfield Residents. You can reach out to them directly.
Mark: mark@mmiller.ca and Andy: kasprod@mymts.net