WINNIPEG — With a warning that Manitoba is facing “significant fiscal challenge”, the newly elected Progressive Conservative government unveiled it’s agenda for 2016 Monday afternoon.
“They made commitments in terms of additional spending that were totally unsupportable by the ability of Manitobans to pay for them,” said Premier Brian Pallister about the the Manitoba NDPs.
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“They promised the moon and they were going leave everyone here with a crater.”
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Among the items on the agenda included:
- An immediate review of all government spending.
- A re-iteration of $1 billion in infrastructure investments.
- The introduction of “The Protecting the Children Act” , a new law the government says will make sharing information between departments easier.
Many of the promises outlined in the throne speech were made during the election campaign.
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The throne speech did not include plans to immediately lower the PST from 8 per cent to 7 per cent, something Premier Brian Pallister has only ever said would happen during the first term.
Pallister said on Wednesday Manitobans will get an update from Finance Minister Cameron Friesen on the “state of the books.”
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A budget that will outline how the government pays for its promises is expected May 31. In its speech from the throne Monday the government said “Manitoba’s new government finds itself facing significant fiscal challenges, the full extent of which was not previously disclosed to Manitobans. This magnifies our shared challenges.”