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Last Updated: August 30, 2024

Tax cuts are bad fiscal policy

Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 28, 2024 Since the oil price shocks of 2021/22, gas taxes have become highly political in Canada. Premier Smith in Alberta, and Premier Ford slashed gas taxes in 2021/22. In …

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Category: Carbon Tax, Gas tax, Tax Cuts, taxes Tags: Manitoba

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Last Updated: January 11, 2024

Reversing the tide on income inequality in Manitoba

By Niall Harney Previously published in the Winter 2024 issue of the Monitor page 6. Federal and provincial governments’ rapid responses to the economic fallout caused by COVID- 19 taught us important lessons about the capacity of government …

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Category: austerity, Manitoba, taxes Tags: Niall Harney

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Last Updated: May 24, 2023

Economic inequality in Manitoba almost doubling since 2016 – new report

Category: Education Property Tax, Income Equality, Manitoba, taxes Tags: Ian Hudson

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Last Updated: March 28, 2023

Opposition Parties Need to Stand Firm Against Tax Cuts for the Rich

By Jesse Hajer

Category: Cost of Living, economic well-being, economy, Infation, poverty, public sector, Tax Cuts, taxes Tags: Jesse Hajer, Manitoba

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Posted: March 25, 2022

Low spending in Manitoba results in surplus during COVID-19 era

By Molly McCracken

Category: austerity, Manitoba, taxes, Uncategorized Tags: Molly McCracken

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Last Updated: March 24, 2022

Education Property Tax Cuts in Manitoba: Examining Bill 71

By Micah Zerbe

Category: education, taxes Tags: Micah Zerbe

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Last Updated: June 29, 2021

Education Property Tax Cuts Worsen Income Inequality in Manitoba

By Molly McCracken

Category: education, inequality, taxes Tags: Education Property Tax, Manitoba, Molly McCracken

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Last Updated: May 12, 2021

Nova Scotia Education Overhaul a Cautionary Tale for Manitoba

By Molly McCracken and Pamela Rogers

Category: austerity, democracy, education, Fast Facts, Government spending, Income Equality, Manitoba, poverty, privatization, taxes Tags: Molly McCracken, Pamela Rogers

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Posted: January 23, 2020

Time is Now for 2020 Vision: Need Manitoba Climate & Social Action Budget

Category: Aboriginal issues, activism, agriculture, budgets, city planning, climate change, colonialism, debt, Deficit, economic well-being, economy, Employment, environment, Fast Facts, Harm Reduction, housing, immigration, Incarceration, Income Equality, inequality, Inner City, Labour, Manitoba, Mental Health, poverty, privatization, public sector, Role of Government, social exclusion, sustainability, taxes, Winnipeg Tags: Manitoba, Molly McCracken

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Last Updated: December 12, 2019

Lynne Fernandez Executive Policy Committee presentation November 28, 2019

Category: budgets, city planning, Committee Presentations, Indigenous, inequality, infrastructure, Inner City, parks and recreation, taxes, Winnipeg Tags: Lynne Fernandez, Manitoba