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The City will further enhance its competitiveness in a global marketplace by advancing economic, social and environmental sustainability principles, and by presenting a compelling, progressive and unified voice on all economic development matters.
A recent study identified that a local market’s ability to promote itself as a desirable place to live is expected to become the most important decision for all companies in the years ahead.
Traditionally, the key tools available to promote economic development focused on attracting new investment in the form of new companies or expansion of existing ones, relying on an available plentiful labour force. However, cities are now competing on a global stage and borders are becoming less relevant. In the emerging age of a sustained labour force shortage in Canada, the Winnipeg economy now has a much bigger task at hand, which involves ensuring that there are optimal conditions in place to attract and retain a creative, talented labour force. This requires us to address a more robust part of the economic development equation – ensuring a range and mix of lands that appeal to different types of company and employee needs; attractive and affordable housing; proximity to amenities; access to services and an efficient transportation system.
This key path is based on what we’ve heard about City Competitiveness
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