Who Cares About Mobility? Results from a 3 Question Candidate Survey about Walking, Biking and Active Transportation for All

Election 2022 – posted on October 25th

Background

Winnipeg goes to the polls this October. Winnipeg Trails wants to help you bring you more information to help you choose candidates that align with our shared vision. We gave all candidates for council and mayor an opportunity to quickly summarize their thinking by answering 3 short, high-level questions. Candidates received an invitation and a follow up email.

The three questions focused on how we get Winnipeg to the point where it is acting urgently on creating complete, connected, reliable, and high quality comprehensive walking and cycling infrastructure, as quick as possible, for everyone.

You can view the original survey here.

We would like to thank all of the candidates for putting their name forward, and especially those who took the time to reply. For more info on candidates who did not reply, we urge you to check their websites for any info they may have posted.

Scoring

Each Yes or No question was worth roughly equal points (34 for question one, 33 for the other 2). Candidates were given a chance to answer “Other”, but informed that those answers would then be evaluated and given a score by our team.

Here is a summary of the results:

(You can see the original answers and scoring here.)

Name	SCORE	Ward
Chris Clacio	100	Mayor
Glen Murray	100	Mayor
Idris Adelakun	100	Mayor
Rana Bokhari	100	Mayor
Rick Shone	100	Mayor
Shaun Loney	100	Mayor
Don Woodstock	did not reply	Mayor
Jenny Motkaluk	did not reply	Mayor
Scott Gillingham	did not reply	Mayor
Robert-Falcon Ouellette	did not reply	Mayor
Kevin Klein	did not reply	Mayor
Brad Gross	21.45	Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood
Hal Anderson	did not reply	Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood
Evan Duncan	did not reply	Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood
Gordon Penner	did not reply	Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood
Steven Minion	did not reply	Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood
Omar Kinnarath	100	Daniel McIntyre
Sal Infantino	100	Daniel McIntyre
Cindy Gilroy	did not reply	Daniel McIntyre
Ryan Kochie	83.5	Elmwood-East Kildonan
Jason Schreyer	did not reply	Elmwood-East Kildonan
Sheri Rollins	83.5	Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry
Michael Thompson	did not reply	Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry
Steve Snyder	100	Mynarski
Aaron McDowell	100	Mynarski
Natalie Smith	100	Mynarski
Ed Radchenka	83.5	Mynarski
Ross Eadie	50	Mynarski
Andrew Podolecki	83.5	North Kildonan
Jeff Browaty	did not reply	North Kildonan
Devi Sharma	acclaimed	Old Kildonan
Joe Pereira	100	Point Douglas
Vivian Santos	did not reply	Point Douglas
Moe Eltassi	did not reply	Point Douglas
John Orlikow	did not reply	River Heights-Fort Garry
Brant Field	did not reply	River Heights-Fort Garry
Gary Lenko	did not reply	River Heights-Fort Garry
Nicholas Douklias	did not reply	St.Boniface
Matt Allard	did not reply	St.Boniface
Barcel Boille	did not reply	St.Boniface
Daevid Ramey	100	St.James
Shawn Dobson	did not reply	St.James
Kelly Ryback	did not reply	St.James
Eddie Ayoub	did not reply	St.James
Tim Diack	did not reply	St.James
Markus Chambers	acclaimed	St.Norbert-Seine River
Brian Mayes	83.5	St. Vital
Baljeet Sharma	did not reply	no answer
Derrick Dujlovic	did not reply	no answer
Shawn Nason	did not reply	Transcona
Steve Lipischak	did not reply	Transcona
Ryssell Wyatt	did not reply	Transcona
Wally Welechenko	did not reply	Transcona
Janice Lukes	100	Waverley West
Pascal Scott	did not reply	Waverley West

Conclusion:

We were pleased to see that, of the 24 respondents, 87% of the candidates said they would fight to ensure that the budget for first-class cycling infrastructure is included in all roadwork by 2024.

We were also please to note that, 87% also vowed, if elected, to fight for capital and operating budgets that include world-leading practices in snow clearing on our sidewalks and bikeways by 2024.

Lastly, and importantly, despite a number of new candidates wanting to learn more, there was wide understanding and recognition of the work that Winnipeg Trails does, and the importance of urgency in the face of climate change, and strong desire to see our organization have stronger oversight over Winnipeg’s transportation priorities, with 67% recommending that Winnipeg Trails’ be assigned a formal and sustainable decision-making role, one with the capacity for oversight, that allows us to meaningfully impact/direct Winnipeg’s transportation and mobility strategies going forward.

Note: The year 2024 was chosen deliberately, rather than 2023, since the budgeting process means that it is the first year over which they will be able to exert maximum influence, where as the first year often includes carry over priorities from the previous council.