Winnipeg - Of Interest

[bon_vivant]

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/why-so-m...toba-1.7044328

I was one of those young people who left. The takeaway? We do a terrible job of promoting ourselves. It's a decades-old problem.

[borkborkbork]

Originally Posted by bon_vivant

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/why-so-m...toba-1.7044328

I was one of those young people who left. The takeaway? We do a terrible job of promoting ourselves. It's a decades-old problem.

They're really overstepping the actual findings from their study. They talk about how people are leaving for lower taxes. That's a VERY shaky claim to make based on their actual survey responses.

It's almost like the Chamber of Commerce and Canada West Foundation want to tell a story about how the loss of young workers is primarily a taxation story... I wonder why

[peg]

Originally Posted by borkborkbork

They're really overstepping the actual findings from their study. They talk about how people are leaving for lower taxes. That's a VERY shaky claim to make based on their actual survey responses.

It's almost like the Chamber of Commerce and Canada West Foundation want to tell a story about how the loss of young workers is primarily a taxation story... I wonder why

I take most of what the Chamber of Commerce says with a grain of salt..

[WinCitySparky]

Almost everyone I know who moved to BC, southern ONT or Alberta when they were in their 20’s have all moved back here because they couldn't afford to have families with two jobs and have a good quality of living.

[bon_vivant]

Originally Posted by borkborkbork

They're really overstepping the actual findings from their study. They talk about how people are leaving for lower taxes. That's a VERY shaky claim to make based on their actual survey responses.

It's almost like the Chamber of Commerce and Canada West Foundation want to tell a story about how the loss of young workers is primarily a taxation story... I wonder why

Hmm, interesting. Never thought of that. But I have to say, coming from another province, Manitoba's age-old claims of affordability don't really hold up anymore (other than housing).

[harls]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Almost everyone I know who moved to BC, southern ONT or Alberta when they were in their 20’s have all moved back here because they couldn't afford to have families with two jobs and have a good quality of living.

Really? Almost all of the people from my graduating class moved to Alberta or BC and none of them moved back. This was early 90's.

Only 3 people in my graduating class moved east. 2 of us are still here.

[WinCitySparky]

I think the era in which your people moved vs mine revolves a lot around cost of living and ease of establishment at that time vs 20- some years later, if I could guess.