Education Property Tax Reduction Act
Manitoba's Bill 37 (Education Property Tax Reduction Act) is the Kinew NDP government's 2024 reform of the previous PC government's Education Property Tax Rebate program. The rebate had been a flagship of the Brian Pallister PC government from 2021, but the NDP campaigned that the rebate's design flowed disproportionately to high-income property owners. Bill 37 redesigns the program to target the rebate at low- and middle-income households (capped by property assessment value), maintaining the policy intent while improving equity. Approximately 500,000 Manitoba homeowners and 90,000 farm-property owners had received rebates under the previous design.
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Cuts Manitoba's Education Property Tax for homeowners. Saves a typical homeowner several hundred dollars a year but reduces a long-standing provincial revenue stream that flowed to the education budget; the province now backfills that gap from general revenue.
Issues this bill touches
- Tax & Fiscal Policy
Manitoba's Education Property Tax reduction. Saves homeowners several hundred dollars a year.
Legislative history
- Introduced
Tabled in the originating chamber by the sponsor.
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Debated in principle; vote sends the bill to committee.
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