Colin Fast

@MattCundill Well, you were paying less city taxes than any other major city in Canada.

@policyfrog Thanks for clearing that up. I was paying so much in city taxes I just left. In terms of what was being delivered from the city vs the quality of life, it was time to move on. Winnipeg wasn’t worth it.

The data is clear: Winnipeg is a national leader in affordability. 🔌 2nd-lowest electricity 🏠 3rd-lowest home prices 🚌 6th-lowest transit fares of 20 cities ⛽️ 3rd-lowest gas prices And not mentioned...the lowest municipal property taxes in Canada. cbc.ca/news/canada/af…

@WPGMurat 100% the draft. It’s the most viable path away from having this exact same debate every year.

Should the Jets try to make playoffs or embrace the draft? Held a debate with myself — and one Murat ended up getting kind of mean about the whole thing 🤷🏻‍♂️ ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/71264…

@MattCundill Tax burden relative to home value is a pointless stat. It costs roughly the same to pave a road, hire a police officer, buy a bus, or build a fire hall. Cities don’t get a discount on costs if property values are lower. That’s why cities make comparisons using actual taxes paid.

@ScottGillingham @grok What are the top 5 cities in Canada when examining tax burden relative to home value?

@jonismrnibs @ChrisDca No. Two new contracts with external companies, running to 2032, are currently making their way through the committee/Council approval process. One of the contracts would switch to a different company, so people might be getting confused about that.

@ChrisDca People who work for others have already been told the city is taking over once the contract ends

Winnipeg Residents Favour City-Run Garbage Collection: Poll chrisd.ca/2026/03/13/win…

@scottcwheeler I have to imagine he’ll have an even higher ranking in Winnipeg’s prospect pool.

Isak Rosen, acquired by the Jets, was my No. 4 Sabres prospect in my upcoming prospect pool rankings. He’s a quick, knifing winger with an NHL release who risked becoming a bit of a AAAAer in Buffalo. Will have more of an opportunity in Winnipeg to become 20-goal PP2 type.

Trade Nyquist in the next five minutes.

I wonder how Scheifele feels about Buffalo...

@ScottBilleck April 2022 wins over this. Schools were preemptively closed for two days, a Jets game was rescheduled in preparation for “the worst blizzard in decades.” In the end, there was some snow but it was no big deal.

Most disappointing winter storm ever.

@KevinKleinwpg The entire premise of this column is false. Re-assessment doesn't raise any additional revenue for the city. It just determines each property's share of the overall tax bill. Someone's share goes up, someone else's share goes down.

Winnipeg is inflating property values to grow revenue. winnipegsun.com/opinion/column…

Reminder #6,732,691,789 to not believe everything you see posted by some random account online.

@FedotOff90 GEMINI

Gemini 3 just dropped yesterday… and if you run ecom, you better lock the f*ck in. I’ve spent the last 5 months testing every major AI model for ecom Claude Sonnet 4.5 GPT-5 DeepSeek R1 Higgsfield All killers. All useful. But Gemini 3? It’s a complete shift in how ecom brands will operate. Here’s what I saw in the first 48 hours: → It identifies winning ad angles in seconds (shit that used to take agencies weeks) → It breaks down competitor funnels with scary accuracy → It rewrites hooks in your brand voice without losing tension → It builds offer variations that actually convert, not generic template trash → It generates new creative concepts faster than you can test them This isn’t “AI that helps.” This is “AI that replaces 3 people on your team without blinking.” I ran it through 150+ creative tests, 12 funnels, and 40+ product angles. The results were insane: 5 new creative concepts that hit above 1.7 ROAS on cold CPC dropped 22% on two of my testing campaigns It found competitor patterns inside Gethookd that I didn’t even see It generated STATIC ads that looked handcrafted — not AI-goo It gave me 20 hooks from one single winning angle (no more blank page syndrome) And here’s the part nobody is ready for: Your competitors who adopt Gemini 3 early will scale faster than you can react. Not because they're smarter… But because their creative volume just multiplied overnight. Ecom is a speed game. If you’re still: launching 3 creatives a week guessing angles manually analyzing competitors spending days writing scripts relying on outdated product research methods …you’re gonna get buried by brands using Gemini to pump out: 50 creatives a week 6–8 new angles every Monday daily funnel audits real-time offer iteration instant competitor teardown This is the “GEM” moment for ecom — the same way Meta’s GEM update punished slow advertisers, Gemini 3 is about to punish slow operators. If you want to stay relevant in 2025 ecom: Start using AI as your creative engine Build systems around it Scale faster than your competitors can blink And if you want the exact Gemini prompts I’m using to generate high-performing angles, hooks, scripts, and PDP upgrades: Connect with me Comment “GEMINI" and I'll send it over.

@KevinKleinwpg The real number, the facts, show a 7.4% increase in housing starts year-to-date.

Political spin at its best in Winnipeg as the Mayor touts record housing. But the real numbers, the facts, show a collapse in housing starts. winnipegsun.com/opinion/wintru…

@KevinKleinwpg The numbers show that housing starts are up 7.4% year-to-date.

The Mayor of Winnipeg tells us we have record housing starts under his leadership........ Well, the numbers tell the real story.

Regina is looking at a 15.69% tax increase for 2026. leaderpost.com/news/local-new…

@Cappy204 @ScottGillingham The city has zero authority over school taxes. Those are decisions made by school divisions and the province.

@ScottGillingham Great post telling people we have low taxes when you double tax people with cabins the school tax. Makes me feel so much better plus home and cabin went up $1000 this year. Great I pay less than Toronto. I feel better now.

Think Winnipeg’s property taxes are high compared to other big cities? Think again. Winnipeg homeowners actually pay the lowest municipal property taxes in Canada on a typical home. I'll keep breaking down the numbers ahead of the November 14 city budget.

@privatecitizenn @rockiedogg That's an actual slide from another city's budget document. So tell me what truth you think has been twisted here. Pg. 18 - pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ash…

@rockiedogg @ScottGillingham The twisting of the truth is amazing. The new mayor of nyc ditto free transit except mta is run by the state. Rent controls the state. Income taxes the state and feds. Point is these folks never tell the truth

Even Calgary says it: Winnipeg has the lowest municipal property taxes in Canada. This is straight from the City of Calgary's 2026 budget preview.

"With an average home price of $381,500 and a happiness score of 65.9 according to Leger’s Happiness Index for 2025, Winnipeg has the distinction of being the most balanced Canadian city." financialpost.com/news/surprisin…

@rockiedogg The City also recently approved strict new regulations for encampments with enforcement to begin this month. winnipeg.ca/news/2025-09-0…

@ScottGillingham Yet people in tents and bike parts everywhere is ok ✅ It’s all trash if u look at it

One of my biggest pet peeves downtown: trash on the sidewalk and garbage bins sitting wide open. We’re fixing that. ♻️ 121 new lockable bins are being installed along Portage Ave and Main St. Cleaner streets, less mess — and if they work well, we’ll look to add more.

@BM12344321 @ScottGillingham Winnipeg is middle of the pack for utility rates.

@eduito @ScottGillingham Not the exact same list, but here's info from the City of Calgary's 2026 budget.

@ScottGillingham Mr. Mayor, these are nominal amounts, It would be super interesting if you present data as a % of average household income, for example.