{"id":838874,"date":"2026-07-31T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838874\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:14:09","slug":"winnipeg-votes-2026-joshua-pagdato-candidate-for-mayor-of-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838874\/","title":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG VOTES 2026 Joshua Pagdato, Candidate For Mayor Of Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of WINNIPEG VOTES 2026, host Graham McDonald spoke with registered Winnipeg mayoral candidate Joshua Pagdato about his campaign for the city\u2019s top office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pagdato said Winnipeg is experiencing \u201coverlapping systems failures\u201d involving housing, addictions, affordability, and public safety, and argued those issues require a coordinated response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His platform includes expanding prefabricated housing, increasing access to addictions treatment, and positioning Winnipeg as a national hub for housing manufacturing. He also proposed creating after-school skilled trades opportunities for high school students as a way to encourage young people to stay in school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the interview, Pagdato revealed he has already drafted 17 proposed bylaws that he says he would bring forward if elected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want any more pressure on the housing market for my generation,\u201d Pagdato said, adding that he wants to create more opportunities for people to enter the middle class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disclaimer: As part of U Multicultural\u2019s 2026 Winnipeg Municipal Election Coverage, candidates were invited to share messages with our audience. This video represents the candidate\u2019s own statement and does not constitute an endorsement by U Multicultural.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham McDonald, U Multicultural Journalism and Media Arts Centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this episode of WINNIPEG VOTES 2026, host Graham McDonald spoke with registered Winnipeg mayoral candidate Joshua Pagdato&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-838874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}