City lowered bond amount for Winnipeg police HQ project despite warning of risk, inquiry hears

Photo shows a large building with flagpoles in the front and a large sign saying police on it.

A longtime city procurement official says she was instructed to lower the bond amount for bidders on a contract to develop the Winnipeg Police Service’s new headquarters more than a decade ago, despite providing an opinion at the time that doing so would increase the risk the project posed to the city.