Winnipeg police headquarters inquiry finds a "total catastrophe", Manitoba premier says

Overpaid by the city, according to the premier

43.3 million $

Premier Wab Kinew says the inquiry found the city overpaid by about $43.3 million for the headquarters. Without that overpayment, he said, the project would have been on budget.

First estimate

$135 million

Final cost

$214 million

The city had estimated the purchase and conversion of the former Canada Post building at $135 million, and the cost grew to $214 million.

Kinew says the report finds misconduct by people involved at the time, with fabricated invoices and misappropriated funds. The province will accept all its recommendations, which he did not detail.

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Winnipeg municipal election

Kinew expects the report to be released by the end of next week at the latest, before Winnipeg's municipal election on Oct 28.

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Winnipeg police headquarters inquiry finds a "total catastrophe", Manitoba premier says

Premier Wab Kinew says the inquiry found the city overpaid by about $43.3 million for the headquarters. Without that overpayment, he said, the project would have been on budget.

The city had estimated the purchase and conversion of the former Canada Post building at $135 million, and the cost grew to $214 million.

Kinew says the report finds misconduct by people involved at the time, with fabricated invoices and misappropriated funds. The province will accept all its recommendations, which he did not detail.

Kinew expects the report to be released by the end of next week at the latest, before Winnipeg's municipal election on Oct 28.

Winnipeg police headquarters inquiry finds a "total catastrophe", Manitoba premier says

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