Manitoba: Land of the Entitled
I was recently involved in a discussion on the woes of Manitobans. It started with a comment I heard yesterday on the Mercer Report of all places. In one of Mercer's commentaries he discussed the current state of all provinces and territories in Canada wherein he concluded Manitoba was a "never has and never will be province". Manitoba!
It continued this morning when I read Manitoba would never eliminate business taxes because "this province could never afford the poor". The notion Manitoba must afford the poor is mind-boggling.
I believe this impression we and others have of our province is hugely counter-productive to turning it around. I believe it begins and ends in this society of the entitled we've created in Manitoba.
We do have a society of entitlement here in Manitoba. The notion Manitoba is a province of the poor is absurd. It is the province of the chronically lazy. Our unemployment rate has been amoungst the lowest in Canada for a few years now. Business is SCREAMING for tradesmen yet we have Indian Chiefs crying unemployment amoung their people is epidemic.
We have some of the lowest secondary education fees in North America. Ton's of jobs. A relatively stable economy. Why aren't people working?
People argue eliminating our business taxes can't be done because we have too many poor. Stop funding these entitled people. The lowered business taxes (plus a business friendly government) will lead to more business leading to more jobs.
Jesus H. Christ we've got 10,000 plus immigrants entering Manitoba annually and they all seem to be productive taxpaying citizens immediately.
Our own people must get off their asses and get to work. And now.
Manitoba Economy
- Manufacturing capital investment is up 29.8 per cent, compared to 5.3 per cent nationally. In the last 12 months, the number of manufacturing jobs increased by 1.7 per cent compared to a loss of 5.4 per cent nationally.
- Construction work increased 13.7 per cent, compared to 4.7 per cent nationally.
- Total exports increased 9.9 per cent, compared to 2.5 per cent nationally.
- Capital investment is forecast to be up 11.3 per cent, compared to 4.6 per cent nationally.
Discuss this further on the Winnipeg Sandbox.
