Growth rate among the four western provinces
The cross-beam is currently level. In the years ahead, the western "seat" will take on relatively more weight while the eastern seat, due to slower provincial population growth rates, will lift higher.
Manitoba (+1.1%) may be experiencing the lowest population growth rate among the four western provinces, but it is still speeding ahead faster than anywhere between itself and the Atlantic Ocean.
The citizens of the province should rightly take pride in Winnipeg's newest landmark. After 14 years of a sometimes intense struggle for existence, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has opened its doors.
Its monumentally swirling appearance stands testimony to how architecture can ennoble the human spirit. Kudos to the civic-minded and philanthropically-inclined Asper family for their prodigious fundraising efforts and generous donations that have carried a worthy dream to fulfilment.
In 2013, Manitoba's "real" (i.e. inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate exceeded the national average (+2.2%) by a slight margin. In comparison with the other western provinces, it was beat by Alberta (+3.9%) and lapped by Saskatchewan (+4.8%). B.C. (+2.0%) trailed, but even that province's expansion was the equal to the country as a whole (+2.0%).
As for upcoming large projects in Manitoba, two of them are in the hydroelectric field and it has become almost embarrassing to mention one of them, it's been talked about so long.