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Good news for Winnipeg dog lovers! Mayor Brian Bowman and a majority of  city councillors – a total of 10 out of 16 incumbents – have declared themselves to be dog park-friendly. WINDOG has awarded five of them – Bowman, Browaty, Lukes, Mayes, and Schreyer –  “super dog-park friendly” status for their pro-active efforts to expand and enhance the city’s off-leash green spaces.

During the election campaign, dog park-friendly candidates  responded positively to WINDOG’s  survey, indicating they’re open to the coalition’s proposal to establish a dedicated tax-supported line in the City’s capital budget. The dedicated funding would be used to create new dog parks and upgrade existing ones to comply with standards in the City’s new Off-Leash Dog Park Master Plan.

Dog park friendly candidates also indicated their willingness to designate off-leash areas as single-use spaces where only those activities associated with off-leash dogs are permitted.

DOG PARK FRIENDLIES AND SUPER FRIENDLIES

Mayor Brian Bowman

Charleswood – Kevin Klein

East Kildonan / Elmwood – Jason Schreyer

MynarskI – Ross Eadie

North Kildonan – Jeff Browaty

Old Kildonan – Devi Sharma

River Heights – John Orlikow

St. Boniface – Matt Allard

St. Vital – Brian Mayes

Waverley West – Janice Lukes

DOG PARK NEUTRALS

St. Norbert / Seine River – Markus Chambers. Qualified support for single-use dog parks.

Transcona – Shawn Nason responded to WINDOG’s survey but declined to say if he will support dedicated funding for dog parks or whether he supports single-use off-leash areas.

DOG PARK UNFRIENDLIES

WINDOG considers that candidates who chose not to respond to the survey view off-leash dog parks as a very low priority. Unresponsive candidates are considered to be dog unfriendly.

Daniel McIntyre – Cindy Gilroy

Fort Rouge / East Fort Garry – Sherri Rollins

Point Douglas – Vivian Santos

St. James – Scott Gillingham