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Business takeaways from 2021-22 budget
The Manitoba provincial government presented its 2021 budget at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg on Wednesday. Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press
It s a provincial budget that comes in the wake of hundreds of struggling storefronts and companies across Manitoba.
It s a provincial budget that comes in the wake of hundreds of struggling storefronts and companies across Manitoba.
So, how exactly is the government planning to help business owners amidst the massive economic stupor caused by COVID-19 pandemic?
Here s a quick rundown of four business takeaways from the 2021-22 budget:
Cutting red tape, taxes
Manitobans will no longer have to pay the retail sales tax on personal services, as of December, which the province believes is a saving of nearly $8 million annually for customers, and trims red tape for business owners.
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Rubin Block in South Osborne sitting vacant since 2014
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The Rubin Block at 270 Morley Ave. has been vacant and growing derelict since 2014, and a new petition has been circulating urging the owners to act and sell it to a buyer who will actually maintain it.
Nobody’s lived at the Rubin Block for more than six years.
Nobody’s lived at the Rubin Block for more than six years.
Its 21 suites sit empty, with most boarded up. The main-floor windows are obscured by plywood, hardly windows at all, more like closed doors. The 106-year-old building at the corner of Osborne Street and Morley Avenue is on a national list of endangered places, and without intervention, it will be in danger of disappearing at a time when housing needs to be maintained and protected, a growing chorus of neighbourhood voices says.