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Old Posted Nov 7, 2011, 2:48 AM
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You know what, you seem utterly incapable of having a conversation. Manitoba has provided almost $40M in incentives in the last few years alone. The Manitoba NDP haven't exactly been unfriendly to business or resource expiration.
In comparison to what from Alberta, Saskatchewan, BC and even Ontario? Not enough to make us more competitive clearly. The NDP haven't done enough to market us nationally or internationally. They can do much better if they really want to.

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By the way, I voted Conservative federally.
What does that have to do with the Provincial NDP socialists?

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Oh, and it would be nice if you'd make an effort to understand how equalization works. Manitoba's percentage and total have been steadily going down over the last couple of years.
And yet Manitoba is still in the top rankings of the pack for payments, Quebec I believe is still at the top but Manitoba is up there as well. So clearly we have a long way to go before there are any significant changes to the welfare state. Nothing to boast about.
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