Fireworks retailers are pushing back against calls from a city councillor to review fireworks regulations within the city because they believe any problems in Winnipeg should be blamed on a lack of enforcement, and not on the regulations that are already in place.

"We didn't know there were any issues, there was no consultation at all, it just took us by surprise," Matt Bialek, the co-owner of Red Bomb Fireworks and Blast-Off Fireworks said.

"And the reason I'm able to say that is Winnipeg has a very robust system in place."

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Bialek said he and others in the industry were "blindsided" this week when Waverley West Coun. Janice Lukes asked the city's public service to compile a report showing how fireworks are regulated in other j

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