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Originally Posted by Authentic_City
Interesting thread.
Winnipeg (and to some extent the Interlake, Red River Valley and Pembina triangle) area are more dependent on manufacturing than other parts of the prairies. Trade unionism is strong in Winnipeg (like ONT) but not in other parts of southern MB or SK.
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While I can see that trade unionism might be strong in Winnipeg, I can't see how this is similar to Ontario. One would think that most trade unionism in Winnipeg is related to government and institutional jobs, similar to someplace like Regina, whereas Ontario is heavily focused on blue-collar manufacturing in places like the auto sector around the GTA and steel industries around Hamilton. This is not the type of manufacturing one thinks of when talking about Winnipeg.
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Originally Posted by Authentic_City
Interesting thread.
The politics in Winnipeg tends to lean toward the centre (or centre left). In recent years, Winnipeg is like a microcosm for the national (read ONT) political scene (most WPG ridings went LIB this election).
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Again, I'm not sure what this is meant to imply. Winnipeg is centre-left, just like most cities tend to be. In fact, ignoring Saskatchewan's rural ridings (or rural/urban split ridings), then one sees that Regina's two urban ridings went Liberal/NDP, which is a similar voting pattern to that in Winnipeg. I'm guessing this result is indicative of the labour pool in both Regina and Winnipeg, which I would assume skews more heavily towards government and institutional jobs. Likewise, Manitoba's rural ridings and split urban/rural ridings tend to vote PC, much like the rest of the prairies (and Ontario, for that matter).
For what it's worth, I agree with the previous posters who correctly identify that it's the rural/urban split that is more of a defining characteristic across the prairies than is any supposed difference between the 3 individual provinces.