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Originally Posted by Bdog
It's great to see that our neighbours to the west take such an avid interest in the well-being of our province. If it is indeed genuine concern, and not some sort of thinly-veiled schadenfreude like it often seems, they'll be happy to follow those changes over the coming months and years.
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VanRiderFan, in response to my comment a page back, you said that the former was the case - that you are genuinely concerned about the province's future well-being and prosperity. It sure doesn't seem like that's the case considering your tone in subsequent posts.
As Drew said, how exactly is joining the New West Partnership going to help usher in a new era of prosperity here in Manitoba? How does not joining show that we're content with the status quo, and aren't at all forward-thinking? What are the tangible results that your province has seen as a result of this 4-year old agreement? What do you think some of the benefits Manitoba would experience that make it such a high priority?
From my understanding, last week's "summit" ended with the 3 premiers asking for a Billion dollars from the feds to increase funding for transportation. Is this a lobby group, or an organization to reduce trade barriers between western provinces? It's hard to tell what exactly the mandate is, let alone the benefits. But maybe you have better insights that you could share, since it sounds like joining is the be-all end-all of western prosperity...