Manitoba Election 2019: Party Leaders' Survey

NDP: 

• Increase the small business corporate income tax threshold from $500,000 to $550,000.
• Balancing the budget in 2022-2023.

PC:

• Long-term plan to eliminate school property taxes once the budget is balanced. 
• Balancing the budget in 2022-2023.

Green:

• Moving school property taxes into under personal and corporate income taxes.
• Require the public release of a full costing of all significant new government initiatives before they are implemented.

Liberal:

• The Liberal Party of Manitoba did not respond to CFIB’s Leaders’ Survey

NDP: 

• Increase the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour.
• Eliminate the Regulatory Accountability Secretariat, which oversees the province efforts to measure, track, report and reduce red tape.

PC:

• No plan to deliver on 2016 commitment to raise the BPE amount by $2,000 by 2020.
• No commitment to not raise taxes or introduce any new ones.

Green:

• Introduce a higher carbon tax in 2020 ($50 per tonne), which would increase annually by $10 per tonne.
• Introduce a 35-hour work week.

Liberal:

• The Liberal Party of Manitoba did not respond to the Leaders’ Survey

While the four parties are all offering too little tax relief, there are some areas where the parties share positive ideas:

• Both the NDP and PCs committed to balance the budget in the 2022 fiscal year.
• Both the NDP and PCs committed to work with municipalities to reduce permitting red tape.
• The NDP, PCs and Green Party all committed to allow businesses to choose whether to open on statutory holidays.
• The NDP, PCs and Green Party all committed to bring forward prompt payment legislation or similar changes in the construction industry and work with industry stakeholders.