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Calls it most business-friendly in country s history
Minister Mary Ng joined Economic Development Winnipeg virtually for a Friday afternoon webinar event.
Manitobans need not look further than Ottawa’s federal budget to find light at the end of a pandemic-sized tunnel, believes the MP in charge of small business, export promotion and international trade.
Manitobans need not look further than Ottawa’s federal budget to find light at the end of a pandemic-sized tunnel, believes the MP in charge of small business, export promotion and international trade. This is the most business-friendly budget in Canadian history, said Minister Mary Ng, joining Economic Development Winnipeg virtually Friday afternoon, after the Liberal government tabled a nearly 700-page fiscal blueprint for the country in the House of Commons this week.
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The dearth of financial investment for Manitoba startups and small firms is expecting a sliver of much-awaited activity.
The dearth of financial investment for Manitoba startups and small firms is expecting a sliver of much-awaited activity.
Under the federal and provincial budgets, unveiled just one week apart, both Ottawa and Manitoba recognized the need for capital and equity investments to kick-start economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
But stakeholders and business leaders, who believe venture capital incentives or funds could not come at a better time, aren’t so sure the new government initiatives will move many needles.
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As the Canadian government carves out an economic path forward beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Manitoba business leaders and stakeholders have mixed feelings about Ottawa’s fiscal blueprint for the country.
As the Canadian government carves out an economic path forward beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, Manitoba business leaders and stakeholders have mixed feelings about Ottawa’s fiscal blueprint for the country.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled the first federal budget in more than two years on Monday, touting it as a lifeline for workers and struggling businesses, with a pandemic-sized asterisk that things could still change drastically if vaccine supplies are delayed or if they prove inefficient against emerging variants of the coronavirus.
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Margot Cathcart has been appointed to be the inaugural CEO of a new organization that is charged with co-ordinating economic development functions across the broad swath of rural Manitoba south of the 53rd parallel, but not including the capital region.
Margot Cathcart has been appointed to be the inaugural CEO of a new organization that is charged with co-ordinating economic development functions across the broad swath of rural Manitoba south of the 53rd parallel, but not including the capital region.