2020 MANITOBA BUSINESS OUTLOOK SURVEY
ADDITIONAL EXPECTATIONS FROM GOVERNMENT Beyond specific pandemic relief measures, if you had the opportunity, what would you tell the provincial government it should do to support the Manitoba business community? (TOTAL MENTIONS) Base: All respondents (n=397)
42%
Reduce/Eliminate business and payroll taxes
37%
Provide more financial supports to businesses
26%
Reduce the volume of regulations/red tape burden
21%
Provide incentives for capital investment
14% 14%
Deliver government-funded training to increase skilled workforce
Provide a grant to defray PPE costs
13%
Lower taxes for consumers
8%
Implement a commercial rent moratorium
Reform labour legislation
4%
Other
11%
Don't know
3%
OPINIONS ON MANITOBA’S FUTURE In spite of the pandemic, in your opinion as a business person, do you feel things overall in the province are still heading in the right direction or is Manitoba on the wrong track? Base: All respondents (n=397)
7%
5%
Total WRONG TRACK: 48% Total RIGHT DIRECTION: 47%
18%
STRONGLY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SOMEWHAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SOMEWHAT ON THE WRONG TRACK STRONGLY ON THE WRONG TRACK DON'T KNOW
41%
29%
In our 2019 survey:
• Strongly Right Direction 7% • Somewhat Right Direction 65% • Somewhat Wrong Track 16%
• Strongly Wrong Track 8% • Don’t Know 4%
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WINTER 2020
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