Reversing the damage: How the federal Liberals can restore hope on the Prairies

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By 2013 the Conservative government had cut overall federal taxes and other revenues to the lowest rate in more than 70 years. Between 2011 and March 2015, 25,000 to 30,000 federal public sector positions were eliminated. Between 2010 and 2015, 4,766 civil service jobs were lost in the Prairie region (1,875 in Manitoba; 799 in Saskatchewan; 2,092 in Alberta).