Manitoba’s new NDP government is planning a fuel-tax holiday on January 1st and aims to keep it in place for at least six months.
During the election campaign, the New Democrats had promised a temporary suspension of the province’s 14-cent-a-litre fuel tax until inflation drops, although the government has not yet determined how low inflation would have to fall before reinstating the tax.
Finance Minister Adrien Sala says a bill will be brought in soon so the tax break can start on New Year’s Day.
Fuel taxes currently bring in about $340 million a year to provincial coffers.
(With files from The Canadian Press)
