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Old 10-30-2006, 10:40 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by Shazam View Post
Not sure where you're getting the $53 million budget for Winnipeg:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/st...-20051115.html

Also, where are you getting the $100/year extra figure from?
Sorry, back in the 90's they used to refer to the budget as a per season basis. Looks like they are doing a calendar year thing, so there's $14.1 M left in the 2006 budget. I could also have the number wrong; when I left Winnipeg the Internet wasn't anywhere near what it is now so we would have to take news reporters at their word.

As for the $100 per year; it was an approximation of there being 500,000 households in Calgary splitting a $50M budget.

In any case; a city like Winnipeg spends way more than Calgary because they have to; the snow will not "just melt" like it does here. And if it gets left behind it just accumulates. My point remains; if people want extra services like they get in other cities are they also willing to pay for those sevices?
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