UM Todayincome tax cuts – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Winnipeg Free Press: Sagging revenue, soaring spending contribute to Manitoba’s $2-B deficit https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/winnipeg-free-press-sagging-revenue-soaring-spending-contribute-to-manitobas-2-b-deficit/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/winnipeg-free-press-sagging-revenue-soaring-spending-contribute-to-manitobas-2-b-deficit/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:17:14 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=204139 Sagging revenue, soaring spending contribute to Manitoba’s $2-B deficit]]> “The public accounts update shows that concerns raised by academics, labour and community groups over the last year have been well-founded,” said Jesse Hajer, associate professor of economics at the University of Manitoba. “The income tax cuts implemented by the PCs in the 2023 budget, and maintained by the NDP in Budget 2024, are fiscally unsustainable and have created a structural deficit.”

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