Manitoba Leads the Way in Growth – CBC

Mar 04, 2015

The news that Manitoba will outdo nine of the 10 provinces next year in the barometer for economic health, the gross national product, was exciting but only confirmed what many of us have been witnessing for a long time.

Manitoba has changed.

The Conference Board of Canada is forecasting a 2.9 per cent increase in Manitoba’s GDP this year, well ahead of the national pace of 1.9 per cent and second only to British Columbia.

There are certainly many factors that have forced other provinces like Alberta, bruised by the glut of oil on the market, further down the list. But Manitoba has gotten to the top of the list on its own steam – slowly, but surely.

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