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Manitoba Labour Market: Unemployment rate continues to decline
4-5 Minute Read The Winnipeg Chamber’s Policy & Research Analyst, Jamil Ahmed, highlights current unemployment and job vacancy issues in Manitoba Key Takeaways The unemployment rate in Canada has reached…
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Education property tax caps and school division amalgamation
The most recent Program for International Student Assessment show Manitoba’s 15-year-old students are a year behind their counterparts in Canada’s top performing provinces when it comes to reading and science,…
Manitoba takes first step to fix access to capital issue. Here’s step two…
Manitoba is working to attract and increase access to capital to help small, medium-sized enterprises grow and create jobs #mbpoli https://t.co/ikgGgiqeZa pic.twitter.com/gCu3dGCieT — Blaine Pedersen (@Min_Pedersen) February 8, 2018 Recently…
Why the economy should by the priority in OurWinnipeg
The Winnipeg Chamber has begun work on a comprehensive submission to the OurWinnipeg review. Created in 2011, OurWinnipeg is a 25-year vision of our city’s potential. The regularly scheduled in-depth…
Architect of Obama-era economic laws on how a city prospers
As one of the architects of the crowdfunding reforms that became the “Jobs Act,” signed into law by President Obama in April 2012, economist Michael Shuman has a backstage pass…
What we told Manitoba to adopt in Budget 2018
Few issues matter more than the provincial budget in shaping the health, happiness and quality of life of Manitobans. It impacts every citizen, every business and every community in Manitoba….
Canada is playing with financial fire (and will for years)
In late 2017 Finance Canada released their long term economic and fiscal updates for the country. The report forecasts how Canada’s economy will do up until 2055-2056, as well how…
Manitobans support tax system review in new poll
In a recent survey of 1,000 Manitobans conducted by Probe Research, 75 per cent of respondents support conducting a comprehensive, system-wide review of Manitoba’s tax system. The last time our…
Small business drives Winnipeg’s economy
The following op-ed first appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on December 20, 2017. Last week, city council approved the 2018 budget, albeit with some heated debate, including a motion…
Senate calls on Finance Minister to halt tax changes
Today, Canada’s Senate called on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to withdraw the government’s proposed tax changes and study our entire tax ecosystem. Because these proposed changes will have consequences. They’ll…
Winnipeg brings forward excellent budget (with one hand tied behind its back)
The City of Winnipeg has tabled their 2018 budget. It includes a 2.33% property tax increase, and no frontage levy increases or new fees. In addition, this budget didn’t draw…
Highlights and our reaction to Manitoba’s throne speech
There is a lot on the Manitoba government’s plate, with the recent throne speech touching on everything from better aligning post-secondary programs to launching the province’s first social impact bond….
What we told Canada’s Senate about your taxes
Last week the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance swung through Winnipeg as they continued their study of the proposed private corporation taxation changes. The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce was…
Analysis: Canada’s economy is booming, but will it last?
This article first appeared in The Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Five Minutes for Business November 9, 2017 Boom! Canada hit 4.5% growth in the second quarter after a torrid 3.7%…
Tax changes an improvement, but work remains
Over the past week the Government of Canada has made several announcements regarding changes to their original private corporation taxation proposals. On July 18th, Minister Morneau first announced these proposed…
Opinion: NAFTA – better to have no deal than a bad deal
This article first appeared in The Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Five Minutes for Business October 13, 2017 Never in the history of trade negotiations have we seen a country’s largest,…
Manitoba’s economic future | A Q&A preview of the Western Business Outlook Conference
There’s nothing more critical to business planning than evidence-based forecasts – and there’s few organizations who turn data into reliable prognostications like the Conference Board of Canada. Their solid reputation…
Carbon pricing and Manitoba
This article first appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on June 26, 2017. Climate change is real. Continued debate as to this fact is counterproductive and diminishes our available window…
Winnipeg recognized again in fDI Magazine rankings
This article originally appeared in La Liberté on May 24, 2017. Français Once again this year, Winnipeg has been named one of fDi magazine’s American Cities of the Future in the…
