Westward Rising: Building Prairie Sovereignty & Your Voice in the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region

This week’s Manitoba Stronger Together Zoom call brings you a powerful double feature designed to inform, inspire, and equip you for the civic challenges ahead. We are pleased to welcome Brad Williams from the Saskatchewan Prosperity Project, and we will also be reviewing the newly released Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (WMR) Survey together with Ken Drysdale.

Please join us in welcoming Brad Williams from the Saskatchewan Prosperity Project — a growing, citizen-driven movement dedicated to strengthening Saskatchewan’s prosperity, political autonomy, and long-term self-determination. Brad will help our membership understand the motivations behind this movement, what it’s accomplishing, and how it reflects a broader awakening across the Prairie West.

We will also be joined by Ken Drysdale, who will walk us through the newly released Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (WMR) Survey — explaining where to find it, how to complete it, and why your participation is crucial for influencing regional planning and governance in Manitoba. This session will ensure our MST members understand what is being asked, what it means, and how their voices shape the future.

🎙️ What We’ll Explore with Brad Williams
🔹 What the Saskatchewan Prosperity Project is — and why it was founded
🔹 The rise of sovereignty and self-determination discussions in Saskatchewan
🔹 How citizens are organizing, educating, and influencing provincial direction
🔹 What the movement is currently working on across Saskatchewan
🔹 Why Manitobans should pay close attention to this growing Prairie initiative
🏙️ What We’ll Explore with Ken Drysdale
🔹 What the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region Survey is actually measuring
🔹 How to access and complete the survey step-by-step
🔹 Why the wording of the questions matters
🔹 How survey responses may shape future regional planning
🔹 Why MST members must participate to protect community priorities