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"2025-26 MB budget should build resilience so Manitoba can guard our province against emerging risks...time is ripe to develop a green economy by supporting economic growth from the bottom up" #mbpoli

www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Manitoba prepares spring budget amid economic uncertainty
Manitoba is preparing a budget ahead of crippling trade tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump, while it promises to protect jobs, support industries and balance the books in its first term...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Manitoba has the unacceptable designation of having the highest rate of Deep Income Poverty in Canada 5.9% of people are 75% below the poverty line - thx for covering this @cbc www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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February 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Context: MB biz got huge tax break under previous gov't, MB ONLY province where biz/corps do not pay any tax on 1st $500K taxable income; how much a provincial "tax deferral" in the face of tariffs would really matter to MB businesses bottom line? #mbpoli

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Tax deferrals on table if Canada hit with U.S. tariffs: Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew
On Wednesday, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew hinted that tax deferrals — for example, postponing the collection of retail sales fees or corporate ones — are up for consideration in response to Trump
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Cutting taxes, she argues, usually requires cutting services. “After 40 years of that approach, with many bureaucracies cut to the bone, there is no more fat to trim.”

What’s more, once taxes are cut, it’s hard to raise them back to where they were." www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...
Opinion: Everyone wants better public services but it seems we’re loath to pay more to afford them
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January 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM