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“I think if you asked the vast majority of Manitobans … I don’t think they would say they are rich,” said Finance Minister Scott Fielding. “That dog don’t hunt, it doesn’t wash. Someone who is paying on average, in Manitoba to the education property tax about $1,700, so paying a $3,200 tax bill when you take into consideration municipal taxes. I wouldn’t categorize that as someone who’s rich, it’s just providing a much needed break for everyone.”
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I can also say, as a renter for the last 21 years in three different provinces, I welcome the news of a rent freeze for 2022 and 2023. Yes, our own rebate on the education tax is being phased out as well, but Manitoba is the only province in Canada that has a rebate to renters based off the education tax. After having previously lived in B.C. and Alberta, it didn’t even cross my mind that this would be a thing when I moved here in 2019. It was a welcome surprise but this can be bala
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Finance Minister Scott Fielding said if Bill 71 (Education Property Tax Reduction Act) wasn t enacted, the planned mail-out of rebate cheques worth $248 million to an estimated 658,000 property owners would be delayed.
Legislation introduced by the Pallister government, that enables it to rebate 25 per cent of the value of education taxes to residential and farm property owners this year, has received second reading.
Legislation introduced by the Pallister government, that enables it to rebate 25 per cent of the value of education taxes to residential and farm property owners this year, has received second reading.
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