Broken NDP Promise Makes Life More Expensive for Manitobans
Manitobans cannot afford burdensome NDP tax hikes: Ewasko
WINNIPEG — Months after getting elected on a promise to not raise taxes, Wab Kinew’s NDP government has already pulled their bait-and-switch on Manitobans by bringing more taxes and higher costs in 2024.
“Manitobans are starting to pay the price of this new NDP government,” said Wayne Ewasko, Leader of the Official Opposition. “School taxes are increasing to 17%, carbon tax is increasing to 17 cents a litre, and even some consumer taxes are being doubled under the NDP’s upcoming budget.”
“While this NDP premier hikes taxes and fills his office fridge with $16 salads, Manitoba families are paying $700 more for groceries this year. They can’t afford this premier’s lavish lifestyle and they can’t afford his tax hikes,” Ewasko added.
During the 2023 election, Wab Kinew promised to not raise taxes on Manitobans. Manitobans are now rightfully concerned that Kinew is following in the footsteps of his mentor Greg Selinger, who made the same promise right before raising taxes, and took $1 billion out of the pockets of hardworking Manitoba families and businesses.
The NDP is taxing Manitobans and making life more expensive, even as economists warn of weak economic growth and rising unemployment this year.
“Despite the bleak outlook for Manitoba’s economy, the NDP is putting their tax-and-spend ideology over Manitoba’s prosperity,” said Ewasko. “The NDP will drive entrepreneurs out of business and put Manitobans out of work.”
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