WINTER 2018 13
0 5 10 15 20 25
Hiring retaining staff
Increasing sales/Growth/Margins
Access to capital/Cash flow/Grants
Tax burden/Carbon tax
Too much red tape/Bureaucracy
Economic uncertainty/Economic downturn/Trade Concerns
Competitiveness
Increasing wages/Pensions/Cuts
High cost of living/Rent/Fuel
Interest rates
Transportation/Northern MB isolation
Other
Nothing
Don't Know
15%
22%
12%
11%
8%
6%
6%
5%
4%
4%
2%
1%
6%
7%
12%
Thinking about 12
months from now, do you
expect the number of
people employed by your
company will be...?
Do you feel things overall in the
province are heading in the right
direction or have they gotten off
on the wrong track?
0 5 10 15 20 25
67%
27%
6%
0 5 10 15 20 25
60%
17%
6%
7%
11%
{
23%
Wrong
Track
{
71% Right
Direction
Larger
About the same
Smaller
Strongly right Direction
Somewhat right direction
Strongly wrong track
Somewhat wrong track
Don't know
Thinking about the next 12 to 18 months, what is the
greatest challenge facing your company?
