by Colleen Sklar | Aug 26, 2019 | Manitoba
Creating successful partnerships has been a struggle since the beginning of time. Whether we are talking about personal or professional partnerships, challenges are plenty. There are, however, successful strategies to follow ensuring the essential groundwork gets laid...
by Colleen Sklar | Jul 26, 2019 | Manitoba
The federal government is moving forward on a plan that will link regions across Canada to critical economic infrastructure. Minister of Rural and Economic Development, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, announced a $40 million investment yesterday through the...
by Colleen Sklar | Jun 21, 2019 | Manitoba
Through JohnQ, the Winnipeg METRO Region’s municipal participation corporation, we have been working hard to ensure our growing region has the high-speed Internet infrastructure it needs to build better lives for residents, to ensure we are...
by Colleen Sklar | May 16, 2019 | Manitoba
IF we are going to align regional economic development efforts and grow our economy in Manitoba, we need to adopt a localized approach – one that includes bold leadership, the coordinated delivery of programs, strategic land use planning and a revamp of...
by Colleen Sklar | Mar 21, 2019 | Manitoba
By Dylan Robertson, Winnipeg Free Press [email protected] The Liberals have pegged the cost of giving all households access to high-speed Internet from $5 billion to $6 billion, by way of grants to help launch low-orbit satellite connections. But Barlow...
by Colleen Sklar | Mar 13, 2019 | Manitoba, Featured Blog
The economy of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region is driven by the agriculture, transportation, and manufacturing sectors and if we are to grow and compete in these key sectors we must make significant investments in high-speed communications infrastructure. Lower...
by Colleen Sklar | Feb 23, 2019 | Manitoba, Featured Blog
With 85% of net new economic growth generated by metro regions across Canada, working regionally has never been more important. As our leaders work to increase Canadian competitiveness, provinces and municipalities too are looking for ways to collaborate to compete on...
by Colleen Sklar | Feb 2, 2019 | Manitoba
Planning and building strong communities today requires more attention than ever before. Leadership at all levels of government have worked long and hard to provide residents with basic services such as functioning roads and bridges, clean water and waste water...
by Colleen Sklar | Jan 14, 2019 | Manitoba
Last week, 60 leaders from businesses, municipalities and Indigenous communities teamed up to explore best practices in purchasing, and meeting the needs of a growing population. They reviewed legal and trade obligations as well as ways to harness their purchasing...
by Colleen Sklar | Nov 5, 2018 | Manitoba, Featured Blog
We are at a unique place in time as we work to establish the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region model of collaborative development. Leaders from government, business and industry recognize that if we are to grow our economy, provide quality of life benefits for our...
