Business Leaders: Provincial Economy

Business Leaders Dept: Considering how significant business leaders in the province believe the return of the Jets has been to the Manitoba economy, provincial officials are probably wishing there was binding arbitration at the NHL to end the labour dispute, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The return of a major league hockey team and the quality of life in the province were the two items out of 16 included in the survey that were deemed to be the most beneficial to the provincial economy and almost half of business leaders polled say the return of NHL hockey, quality of life most beneficial to provincial economy Close to half of the business leaders who responded to a new poll done by Probe Research exclusively for the Free Press said having an NHL team in Winnipeg is beneficial to the provincial economy. Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.