With just days left in the race to become Winnipeg’s next mayor, the candidates continue to battle it out for votes.
Whoever is elected will need to work with new and existing councillors to tackle the city’s diverse issues and build consensus at city hall.
"We need to have an open, transparent, honest government,” said Judy Wasylicia-Leis. “And that's going to take teamwork and that's going to take leadership and I think I've got what it takes for the job."
Gord Steeves thinks his track record as a former councillor speaks for itself, and he would rely on that experience to reach out to new council colleagues.
"I am going to be calling on every ounce of that political capital, if elected mayo,r to build those relationships, because whomever wins is going to have a difficult time managing a new council,” said Steeves at his campaign headquarters.
Political newcomer Robert-Falcon Ouellette thinks being an outsider could give him the inside track when it comes to creating consensus on council.
"It's that ability not to show up with an ideology, but the ability to take an idea and then to allow people from all political stripes to then feed into that idea and improve it,” he said during a campaign announcement.
Ouellette also said that if elected mayor he would scrap the current $1.5-million police helicopter program and use the money to fund initiatives for murdered and missing indigenous women.
In front of a crowd of supporters at his campaign headquarters Brian Bowman claimed various elements of his campaign already appeal to people across the political spectrum and he hopes to continue on that path if voters send him to the mayor’s office.
"I'll do what I've done when I've led other organizations,” said Bowman. “You get to listen, you get to lead, and at the end of the day, you're right, the next mayor is going to have to bring people together."
Each candidate claims to be the best choice to lead a politically diverse city council. On Wednesday, voters will have their say.
