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==Workforce==
Approximately 375,000 people are employed in the metropolitan Winnipeg area. Winnipeg's largest employers are The Province of Manitoba, The City of Winnipeg, The University of Manitoba, The Health Sciences Centre, [[Manitoba Telecom Services]] (crown corporation, privatized in 1997), [[Manitoba Hydro]], Palliser Furniture, and Great-West Life Assurance. Other large private employers include Motor Coach Industries, [[New Flyer]] Industries, [[Boeing]] Aerospace, [[Bristol Aerospace]] and Investors Group. More than 54,000 people are employed in the public sector.
Winnipeg is also home to "[http://www.airforce.forces.ca/organization2_e.asp '1 Canadian Air Division (1CAD)']", the headquarters of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] "Air Command" (Canada's Air Force). This is also the command structure responsible for strategic coordination and control of [[Norad]] operations over Canada (tactical control is in [[North Bay, Ontario]], in a bunker reminiscent of [[Cheyenne Mountain]]).
==Transportation==
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