Consultations
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The Manitoba Intercity Bus Consultations ran from May 2010 until September 2010. The consultation strategy sought to be inclusive of all stakeholders with an interest in intercity bus and freight services in Manitoba. The consultation strategy employed a variety of methods to gather feedback from the identified stakeholder groups: public workshops; stakeholder focus groups; and online and paper surveys.
The public workshops and the surveys were open to the general public and were designed to capture the same information in different formats. Participants were asked to consider: 1) personal and community transportation needs; 2) personal experience using bus service; 3) ideas for increasing bus use; and 4) economic and social implications of bus service for their community.
Public Workshops
An average of 14 participants attended one of 6 public workshops, for a total of 86 participants in all.
| Public Workshop Location | Date of Meeting |
Number of Participants |
Minnedosa |
May 26, 2010 |
15 |
Thompson |
June 2, 2010 |
19 |
The Pas |
June 8, 2010 |
6 |
Swan River |
June 9, 2010 |
22 |
Powerview-Pinefalls |
June 22, 2010 |
11 |
Morden |
September 1, 2010 |
13 |
Total Participants Public Meetings |
86* |
|
* includes Greyhound representatives
Stakeholder Meetings
Focus groups were used to engage participation from specific stakeholder groups. These meetings typically had less than 10 participants and were run in a traditional focus group format.
Each meeting had an overall agenda, but the discussion was largely driven by the stakeholders themselves. The fundamental questions posed in each meeting were similar to the questions addressed in the public meetings.
Approximately 125 groups and organizations were invited to participate in one of 14 stakeholder meetings. Of the 53 groups who participated in the stakeholder meetings, those who completed the evaluation form self-identified as representing over 30,000 Manitobans.
A summary of invited organizations and those who attended is included the full consultation report available on the Results page.
