Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba has dropped further down the rankings of the Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of mining companies.
Manitoba has dropped further down the rankings of the Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of mining companies.
After reaching lofty heights of No. 2 in 2016 in the investment attractiveness index out of 104 international jurisdictions the Fraser Institute ranks Canadian provinces, and Australian and U.S. states individually this year Manitoba is a humbling 37th.
It has been falling steadily for the past few years, ranking 34th last year after first reaching the top 10 in 2014.
While the whole industry has been suffering from depressed commodity prices, the fact is that Manitoba was only ranked higher than Nova Scotia, Nunavut and Northwest Territories among Canadian jurisdictions this year.
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