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Manitoba NDP’s promise to exclude out-of-province billionaires from education tax rebates draws criticism

Pledge to target specific businesses unfair, inappropriate: Retail Council of Canada CBC News · Posted: May 12, 2023 12:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 hours ago https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-ndp-education-rebate-exclusion-criticism-1.6840927 The Manitoba NDP’s plan to exclude out-of-province billionaires from receiving education property tax rebates is getting some pushback. On Monday, Opposition NDP Leader Wab Kinew told reporters that if the […]

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Manitoba government says it already rejected school funding proposal that hinted at cuts

NDP says they’re confident leaked document shows PC government’s intentions Ian Froese · CBC News · Posted: May 11, 2023 9:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 11 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-school-funding-model-rejects-1.6840751 Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government says it has already shelved a proposal that the New Democrats say would leave 40 per cent of school divisions with less money than under the existing […]

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NDP wouldn’t make big changes to education tax rebates if elected, but out-of-province billionaires are out

Wab Kinew says his party’s approach won’t be ‘dramatically different;’ NDP doesn’t say if they’d eliminate tax Ian Froese · CBC News · Posted: May 08, 2023 8:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 8 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ndp-manitoba-education-property-tax-rebate-changes-1.6836643 Education property tax rebates would stick around under a Manitoba NDP government, party leader Wab Kinew is promising, but the number of recipients will shrink.  Kinew told reporters […]

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