Typical of Manitoba

[foragefarmer]

Klaus

Who's the one with attitude. You described Wpg as a slum and in my OPINION I don't agree with you. Your leaving the province, so I guess it's your choice to leave on a negative note. Hopefully you don't turn on Regina and Saskatoon in a few years.

[grassfarmer]

You still don't get it Klause - it's not about left being bad and right being good. That's an over simplification that clouds your thinking.

It's the same in Alberta, all the oil and gas yet look at the financial mess - and the roads are beaten to crap in most oil activity areas. I've heard people say the AB roads are worse than SK roads in places and that wasn't the case not so long ago.
I must say the only difference I noticed driving rural roads around Brandon/Killarney etc was that they had gravel hard shoulders versus paved here. Road surfaces were about the same.

Immigrants here work the minimum wage jobs too - is that different anywhere in Canada?

And I think foragefarmer is right to an extent - being dissatisfied with the area you came from is part of the process of relocating. If you didn't dislike it you wouldn't be motivated to move in the first place. I suspect with time you will lose the negative memories and remember the best parts with nostalgia.

[stonepicker]

Hmm, other cities may be as dirty as winnipeg but i believe winnipeg is still the murder capital of canada. ( helps keep our pop. down i guess ) grass and forage, how can you really compare us with alberta, in the last 30 years alta. pop. has what? doubled? ( not sure ) . mb. pop. in the last 30 years, stagnant? it hasn't grown like alta's i know that. alta has very little debt, mb. is swimming in debt, alta has a tremendous amount of economic activity, mb. has a little oil activity in the western part of the province. What we do have is the highest number of gov. employees per capita in canada.

[grassfarmer]

If Manitoba had taken in the resource revenue Alberta has over the last few decades I really doubt they could have squandered it much worse than AB has. They are no economic geniuses the Gov of AB don't be fooled.

[Klause]

Just look at Dauphin vs Yorkton. Dauphin used to have slightly more population almost 8,000... today Dauphin is 5000 people vs. Yorkton at 17,000.

Dauphin barely has a Walmart clearance center... Yorkton has a Super center.


Look at how Estevan and Weyburn have grown. Killarney and Virden barely change.



Don't forget the extra checkoff on cattle you sell in MB, grass

[seabass]

Klause u still pissed u picked Ethelbert to start farming? I would be to. Lol

[Oliver88]

In my opinion, Manitoba should make the Morden/Winkler/Carman area the goal for the entire province to become. The south central region has a booming economy with virtually no unemployment, a very low crime rate and great work ethic full of entrepreneurs and great businesses.

Winnipeg on the other hand has been the murder capital of Canada for several years. This crime ridden, NDP voting, low income city is full of free loaders.

Winnipeg needs to strive to become more like Morden or Winkler and less like Quebec.

[stonepicker]

Your dead on oliver, winkler and area should be the example for the entire country.

[grassfarmer]

Nice try Klause, but another fail. Checkoff is $1 higher in MB but i'll save the $1.25 brand inspection we have in AB so still be a quarter ahead. Good example though - Manitoba choosing not to introduce brand inspection which would cost producers $millions a year when only 55-60 cattle are proven stolen each year (MCPA figures)

Meanwhile in AB we continue to implement this ridiculous system, rooted in the 1800s, an animal welfare issue, at great cost even after two court case judges decreed that brands did not constitute proof of ownership.
Who is the progressive province in this scenario?

[foragefarmer]

Stonepicker

Reread my posts I never compared Ab to Mb once. I did say Ab roads are better than Mb. Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

Klaus, Stonepicker, Oliver88.

Here are the latest stats. Sk and Regina top both categories. But, I as a Manitoban take NO pride in Wpg coming in second. The prairie provinces cities all have a crime problems. Not a good thing for any of us.

Yes I did copy and paste from Google but all the sites were saying the same thing.

Regina has highest crime and murder rate in Canada ...
globalnews.ca/news/.../regina-has-highest-crime-and-murder-rate-in-cana...
Jul 23, 2014 - Regina's 3.8 homicides per 100000 people was the worst in the country, with Winnipeg second at 3.2 homicides per 100000 people.

[seabass]

Ever been to PA? Holy hell! Better be packin when u walk around there.