Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Morantz. It's great to be here again. It's great as well to see a fellow Winnipegger. I will say this. The Winnipeg chamber, along with eight of the largest metropolitan chambers in this country, formed the Canadian Global Cities Council in 2016. In 2018 we produc

Finance committee  Well, challenge the public servants.... Challenge them to do what they do best. I work with many incredible individuals.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I'll say—and I'm sure members of the committee can share this as well, those who have very vibrant and strong arts and cultural sectors in their communities—that Winnipeg is one of those fortunate communities where we punch above our weight when it com

Finance committee  Thank you. The one that comes to mind is the Farmery Estate Brewery. They were, of course, on Dragons' Den. You can actually get hand sanitizer in beer cans now. It's quite innovative and doing exceptionally well. The Capital K Distillery produces a high-end vodka—I encourage yo

Finance committee  I will say this to begin with. In my previous life I was a federal civil servant for 10 years. One of the lessons I would bring from that experience to what we're going through now is that too often MPs, be they from the government or the opposition, accept “no” from the civil se

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the standing committee. My name is Loren Remillard, and I'm president and CEO of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1873 with a clear purpose to foster an environment in which Winnipeg busin