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Campaign: MB: Raise the Basic Personal Amount

Every time the Manitoba government raises the minimum wage, guess what businesses do? Yes, they have to pass those higher labour costs on to you the consumer by raising prices.

Campaign: MB: Get Manitoba's Debt Under Control

Manitoba's debt is increasing at $47 per second or roughly $4 million per day. With a debt level now over $16 billion, our province is swimming in the red and has no savings to address significant challenges on the horizon.

 >>Premier Selinger meets the Debt Clock

>>"No Money for New Spending" Tour Launched

 

Campaign: MB: End Bracket Creep

Manitoba is one of three provinces in Canada that has yet to protect taxpayers by indexing its tax system for inflation. Because the government has not made the change, Manitobans' incomes are secretly taxed each year by a back door form of taxation known as 'bracket creep.'

Campaign: Don’t Raise the PST!

Greg Selinger was pretty clear during the 2011 election that he wasn’t going to raise taxes. Two years later, he is breaking that promise.
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Premier Needs to Lead by Example
April 19, 2013
WINNIPEG, MB: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) called on the Selinger government today to cancel plans to raise the PST and instead cut spending by first leading by example. (Photo:Wikipedia/Flickr/US Mission Canada) View More
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Manitoba's looming debt crisis
December 17, 2012

CTF Prairie Director Colin Craig discusses the causes of Manitoba's rapidly growing debt and the provincial government's seeming indifference to the problem.

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More taxes in 2012 Manitoba Budget
May 07, 2012

The 2012 Manitoba Budget brought in new tax increases for provincial taxpayers -- from an increase in gas taxes and fees to an expansion of the provincial sales tax.

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Too Many Holes in Bi Pole 3 Plan
October 26, 2009

A coalition of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s (CTF) Colin Craig, former United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee President Jim Collinson, Electrical Engineering Specialist John Roschuk and University of Manitoba Professor Emeritus Jim Graham released today an analysis on the recently proposed BiPole 3 routes. View More

Prosperity for Manitoba
February 07, 2008

In its 2008 pre-budget submission to the Manitoba government, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) calls for debt repayment, tax relief and more patient choice in health care. Building a prosperous future for Manitoba

The Manitoba chapter of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is grateful for the opportunity to present its findings and recommendations for the 2008/09 Manitoba budget.

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