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Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff advocated for increased education, training and infastructure spending and put in a plug for a east-west power grid, in a speech to business leaders in Winnipeg today.

Ignatieff addressed a joint luncheon of the Winnipeg and Manitoba Chamber of Commerce at an airport hotel.

WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Michael Ignatieff was the guest speaker at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Winnipeg Friday.

Ignatieff, chosen as party leader in December, has travelled to Saskachewan and Alberta in recent weeks in a bid to rebuild the party in western Canada.

This is his first official visit as party leader to Winnipeg.

Ignatieff will speak this evening at the provincial Liberal Party annual general meeting at the Canad Inns Hotel at Polo Park and leaves Winnipeg tomorrow afternoon.

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