This PUB's For You
Greater public oversight for Winnipeg’s water and sewer rates.
Ask your local candidates about signing our pledge.
What is the Pledge?
In an effort to strengthen public scrutiny of our water and sewer utilities, we're asking candidates to sign a simple pledge:
In order to ensure greater public accountability of the City of Winnipeg’s water and sewer rates, I pledge to support passing a motion within the first 180 days of being elected Mayor or City Councillor for the City of Winnipeg to call upon the Government of Manitoba to include the City of Winnipeg’s water and sewer rates under the regulatory authority of the Public Utilities Board (PUB).
What is the Public Utilities Board (PUB)?
An independent regulatory tribunal created by provincial law. Its basic job is to ensure utilities are just and reasonable, and that ratepayers receive fair value for utility services.
Right now, the PUB does not regulate the City of Winnipeg’s water and sewer rates and we believe this oversight would provide better financial protections for our city’s seniors.
Who is MSEAC?
The Manitoba Seniors Equity Actions Coalition (MSEAC) is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2023 as a seniors-led legal and policy advocacy voice for older adults in Manitoba, with focus on seniors from Indigenous, racialized, 2SLGBTQI+, persons with disabilities, unhoused and low-income communities.
Key issues for the coalition include aging-in-place housing and home care supports, long-term care, public health, culturally/identity-based services, and affordable utilities.
Seniors Advocate Pledge Campaign
A historic win for Manitoba seniors. Working in collaboration with seniors and community groups, the provincial government passed legislation in 2024 to establish a Seniors Advocate Office which opened in November 2025.
Seniors Advocate Priorities Campaign
Working in partnership with seniors and community groups, a four-point priorities plan has been identified for the newly appointed Seniors Advocate, including establishing a Seniors Advisory Council for the Seniors Advocate Office; undertaking a comparative review of for-profit and non-profit long-term care homes; producing an annual seniors housing inventory report; and conducting a review of the home care system.
Seniors Assisted Living Housing Campaign
In collaboration with seniors and community groups, a five-point plan has been identified, including advocating for a commitment from the provincial government to fund non-profit seniors assisted living housing for low/fixed income seniors; negotiating with the federal government to ensure seniors assisted living housing is funded by the new Build Canada Homes program; provincial government support for proposal development funding for equity-based seniors groups, provincial government setting annual targets to expand Social Housing Assisted Living (SHAL) program, and establishing a new Assisted Living Assist program, similar to the Rent Assist program
Affordable Utilities Campaign
In collaboration with the Public Interest Law Centre and the Consumers Coalition, representing the interest of seniors as intervenors at the Public Utilities Board (PUB) general rate application reviews for Manitoba Hydro, Centra Gas and the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation
This PUB’s For You Pledge Campaign
Working in partnership with seniors and community groups, asking the candidates for Mayor and City Council to sign a pledge during the 2026 City of Winnipeg municipal election to ensure greater public accountability of water and sewer rates by supporting to pass a motion, if elected, calling upon the Government of Manitoba to include the City of Winnipeg’s water and sewer rates under the regulatory authority of the Public Utilities Board (PUB).
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