The Government of Manitoba laid out its plan for their next four years in the throne speech last week.
Dauphin City Manager, Sharla Griffiths says that the City is excited about some of the proposed plans.
The proposals the City is excited for were the creation of 40,000 new jobs province-wide, the elimination of Sunday and Holiday shopping restrictions.
“New jobs create a strong economy, and that is beneficial for all Manitobans,” said Griffiths.
When it comes to shopping restrictions, Griffiths said that the city’s bylaws mirror what the province allows. She added that she expects the city to review that bylaw to see what changes they can make to continue mirroring the province.
Griffiths added that the section of the throne speech concentrated on municipalities wasn’t particularly strong, but the mention of increased funding for infrastructure in the province was another thing the city is looking forward to.
The city has a few projects that they would like to see partly or completely funded by the province, such as the expansion of the city’s lagoon.
“We’re hoping that we’ll see some come to the City of Dauphin through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program,” said Griffiths.
The city is also hoping to continue the redevelopment of Main Street South.
Griffiths continued to say that it’s great to see the province describe a Climate and Green Plan.
