Manitoba is set to reopen as the province’s COVID-19 numbers slowly dwindle and the infection curve remains flat. More than a dozen different types of businesses and services are allowed to resume Monday — with increased public health scrutiny and protocols in place.
A cautious approach to reopening the province is important to reinvigorating Manitoba’s economic recovery, according to an economist. “It’s important for businesspeople and the economy to be able to reopen — but even more important, maybe, is it’s another step in getting consumers, people who spend the money, comfortable spending money doing things they like to do,” said John McCallum, a University of Manitoba economics professor, said. “The best boost you can have to an