Public Meeting by Springfield Councillors Miller and Kuczynski (Sio Silica, WMR), October 22, 2025

The following video documents the Annual Public Meeting hosted by RM of Springfield Councillors Andy Kuczynski (Ward 2) and Mark Miller (Ward 3), 7PM on October 22, 2025 at Cooks Creek Community Centre in the RM of Springfield. Everybody was welcome to attend this event, bringing some issues of rural and urban residents in the RM of Springfield together, to openly discuss them with elected representatives and other members of the public. After the short introduction, two presentations by invited speakers were given, one on the topic of Sio Silica and the other on the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (Plan 20-50). For each presentation, there was an opportunity for anybody to ask questions or make comments. After the introduction and the two presentations, the public was invited to stay and discuss anything with those in attendance and the councillors. Of note, they did have available a way for people to ask questions if they were uncomfortable coming up to the microphone.

All members of RM of Springfield Council were invited to attend this meeting. Among many RM of Springfield residents, some residents from adjacent municipalities such as the nearby RM of Reynolds, and some former and current elected representatives from nearby areas, also attended.

Everybody could ask questions, make comments, were allowed to wear hats, and were allowed to record the proceedings of this public meeting.

Approximately 300-330 people attended this meeting. This figure was provided to Dr. Page by Councillors Miller and Kuczynski, and matches roughly what Dr. Page observed in-person.

Technical Note: Around an hour into the video, Dr. Page had to perform small bits of audio reconstruction due to having to fix an audio glitch with his recording devices at that time. All the audio levels of the audience clapping had their volume reduced slightly to increase the overall volume of the video recordings; the audio itself was all recorded from the video cameras Dr. Page employed from his lap/seat.

The footage you are watching was documented by Dr. Page from a seated position in the front row, ad hocly performed with some of his camera equipment. Dr. Page asked on-site if he may document the event, as he wanted to document the meeting for everybody and make that easily available.

Additional resources and sources:
(1) Manitoba Stronger Together,
Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (WMR) Plan 20-50 (slides from presentation can be found here): https://www.manitobastrongertogether....
(2) "Shifting Sands", the video played at the end of first presentation was created by Interlace Media. The original video belongs to Interlace Media, it is merely reproduced here as it was shown that night, unedited.

Time Stamps
0:00 Meeting Begins
1:53 Councillor Kuczynski's Introduction
2:48 Councillor Miller's Introduction
6:04 Manitoba Liberal Party Introduced and Comments from their Leadership
9:25 Some Special Guests Acknowledged.
10:18 Main outline of the meeting, additional information
14:47 Sio Silica Presentation introduction
15:15 Sio Silica Presentation - Georgina Mustard speaks
19:43 Sio Silica Presentation - Tangi Bell speaks
30:35 Sio Silica Presentation - Ernie Nathaniel speaks introducing video presentation.
32:41 Sio Silica Presentation - "Shifting Sands" by Interlace Media begins
38:51 Question Period Begins for Sio Silica Presentation
1:00:40 Land Acknowledgement
1:01:23 WMR Presentation introduction
1:02:49 WMR Presentation - Ken Drysdale speaks
1:33:57 Question Period Begins for WMR Presentation
2:21:42 Closing of Meeting

This video is being provided for educational and archival purposes. The views expressed, heard, and shown, are of what occurred and what was captured at the meeting and not necessarily those of those who published this video/recording. This was documented impartially by Dr. Page, who wanted to provide what occurred at the meeting for the public.

This meeting is for simplicity being placed under the RM of Springfield Meetings playlist; this is just being done as a matter of easy navigation of information for viewers. You can locate the meeting playlist here:    • RM of Springfield Meetings