Winnipeg

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Winnipeg city councillors will reconsider proposed changes to a community grants program that would have cut available money by more than half and disqualified operational funding.

Representatives of some of those organizations and their supporters rallied Thursday outside city hall, where councillors were gathering for a meeting that included a vote on the grant program.

The crowd erupted in cheers when, minutes before meeting started, Art City executive director Eddie Ayoub announced the mayor had agreed to reconsider the plan.

Gillingham, speaking to a delegate during the council meeting, confirmed he would reconsider the cut.

The mayor and other councillors have said the changes were necessary to control the city's deficit, which a financial update earlier this year projected could be up to $40 million.

Gillingham has also said the changes are being made to give city staff the ability to review grant applications and approve those that best align with its guiding documents, and give groups that have not received city funding a chance to apply.

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