The gas tax came back, bracket creep returned, and spending kept rising. The result is higher taxes today and more debt tomorrow

You can only cancel plans so many times before your friends stop believing you will ever show up.

The 2026 budget is likely Premier Wab Kinew’s last chance to make good on his promises to taxpayers before they start to feel they’ve been taken for a ride.

Kinew’s NDP campaigned on making life more affordable for families and balancing the government’s books.

Three years later, Manitoba families are still feeling squeezed. Tax bills remain high. And the government is spending money it does not have.

After being elected, the government started on the right path on tax relief by cutting the provincial gas tax to zero.

But it took a wrong turn and hiked the tax back up by 89 per cent a year later.

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Kinew also hiked income taxes on Manitobans by bringing back bracket creep in last year’s budget.

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