The “$2 million in savings” claim really needs a net calculation.

The City’s own report says that figure combines direct savings, new taxes and fees, estimated staff-time efficiencies, and future costs avoided. It then compounds recurring amounts over multiple years to get above $2 million.

Once you separate those categories, the picture is very different.

The identifiable hard spending and levy improvements are roughly $370,000 from court security, $45,000 from retiring a records platform, and $41,340 from fleet changes: about $456,000 per year before costs.

The modernization effort also created new proprietary software expenses. Cloudpermit added about $44,000 per year in net operating costs, while ProjectTeam cost $50,770 to implement plus $24,840 every year for licensing and support.

Those two systems alone add roughly $68,840 in recurring annual software costs and represent about $364,000 in contracted spending. The original MNP Service Review also cost $108,000 in provincial public funds.

After just those known recurring software costs, the identifiable hard annual improvement falls to roughly $388,000, before counting the substantial staff time spent implementing these projects or other implementation costs that the final report does not total.

And here is the biggest reality check:

City spending actually increased during this period.

Budgeted net expenses rose from approximately $37.53 million in 2024 to $41.18 million in 2026.

That is an increase of about $3.65 million, or 9.7%, in only two years.

The amount required from taxation also increased by approximately $3.34 million, or about 9.6%.

Meanwhile, annual software-maintenance spending climbed from about $492,000 to $697,000, an increase of more than $204,000, or 41.5%.

So whatever value the Service Review produced, residents certainly did not experience a $2 million reduction in City spending.

There were worthwhile accomplishments here, particularly the court-security agreement. But combining new tax revenue, “soft” staff efficiencies, future expenses avoided, and recurring benefits counted repeatedly under a headline of $2 million in savings creates a very inflated impression of the City’s actual financial position.

Residents deserve a straightforward ledger:

cash savings + new revenue − implementation costs − subscriptions − consultants − staff costs = actual net financial benefit.

If the City wants to celebrate millions of dollars in savings, it should publish that calculation.

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Removed by mod

Jesus says to bless your enemies my friend. Pray for your health and long life, the growth in your compassion. things like that. You may be confusing Christian pastors with perhaps something else?

Well feel free to find any at all, I’ll wait here for you in your search.

Well like I said earlier there is no separation of church and state in Canada, that’s a US thing. In Canada our parliament building is full of bible quotes etched into the stone, and the values you are portraying like “All are free to worship or not as they choose” is a Christian idea based on Jesus’s teachings to forgive love and be kind to all people, and if someone doesn’t want to hear the message to “shake off your feet and be on your way” (Matt 10:14). This is in stark contrast to other faiths like Islam and Judaism where non believers are discriminated against. Fundamentally the government needs some kind of basis of morality, otherwise it turns into relativism soup, where people are allowed to rape and assault people because “it’s part of their religion/culture” like in Europe. By contrast in Canada the criminal code doesn’t care what religion/culture you are, if you commit a crime, it’s a crime, it’s not relative, it’s absolute, and it’s based on Christian ethics.

But trans ideology is based on the Talmud and that’s part of the public education system. So are you saying that some religions have more value than others? Cause that would go against the charter. Having a basic understanding of different faiths and their core beliefs is an important part of understanding how to navigate the world.

Some people were just basically told they were Christian by their parents without further elaboration, and due to school policies where it is forbidden to let anyone know about Jesus’ teachings to forgive, love and be kind to one another, they never learned about them. So you can be that shining light that informs them about the articles of their faith, and who knows maybe they will even be grateful to you for it.

That’s ins

What makes you say that? Do you think all religions are as kind forgiving and loving as Christianity?

Man did you get those from the Talmud? Did you know Christians actually follow the New Testament and Jesus not the Talmud?

They are most certainly Canadian and it is thanks to our Christian values that recognize that all deserve forgiveness love and kindness that makes it possible.

This is something absent from pretty much all other faiths I know of.

Christian values are why we have soup kitchens, cause Jesus said to feed the hungry, it is about th values of love and kindness for all creation. Because even the least is considered divine.