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NDP school tax policy hitting Manitoba homeowners hard
The NDP replaced tax rebates with a flat credit and restored school boards’ authority to levy taxes, leading to steep increases in school property taxes
Homeowners in Manitoba are facing higher school property taxes due to a flawed education funding model, worsened by the NDP government’s reversal of previous reforms intended to address the issue.
Unlike health care, which is fully funded by the province, public education in Manitoba is financed through a complicated mix of provincial grants and local property taxes set by school boards. This hybrid approach means that school taxes vary widely depending on where you live, often with little connection to the quality of education being delivered.
School boards in areas with higher property assessments can raise more money with less effort than those in lower-income areas, creating an unequal system where educational resources depend more on geography than need.
Manitoba’s broken school funding system needs a fix.
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