Planning review recommendations released a day before pre-election blackout Manitoba should create a new quasi-judicial board with the power to second-guess City of Winnipeg land-use decisions, a provincial review of city planning, zoning and permitting recommends. On Tuesday, the day before a pre-election blackout begins, the province unveiled 12 recommendations that flowed from a review of municipal land-use practices that characterized Winnipeg's planning, property and development department as dysfunctional. The recommendations, released two weeks after the review itself was unveiled, include new provincial standards for accrediting inspectors, standardized timelines for issuing permits and ensuring Winnipeg sets water-and-sewer rates in line with provincial economic goals,…