Develop a long-term vision of universally accessible, high quality, affordable early learning and childcare services for all children and families who wish to use them
Work towards implementing this vision, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care Commission, 2016
Mandate school divisions, in collaboration with Healthy Child Manitoba and parents/caregivers and the early childhood development community, to develop and implement early childhood education and development programming and initiatives
Provide funding to school divisions for early childhood education and development programming and initiatives
Bring in $10/day childcare all year, including summer months, with flexible hours
"Today in Rossmere Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew, joined by young families, committed to making childcare work for every Manitoban. Kinew promised an NDP government would expand the $10/day program to include summer months for school age children and make childcare hours more flexible for shift workers." — mbndp.ca, 2023-08-20
Work with all cities in Manitoba with public transit systems to provide fare-free transit service, supported by increased provincial funding for fare-free public transit systems
Revise bankruptcy laws so as to prevent any employer in bankruptcy from gaining possession of the Pension Trust Fund, its capital, and its earnings which that employer administers in trust
Work towards a target of all Manitoba Student Aid recipients receiving at least 50% of their funding in the form of non-repayable grants rather than loans
Develop programs to structure repayment of Manitoba Student loans through an income-contingent repayment plan, based on the individual student's ability to pay
Develop and implement a Guaranteed Basic Income program for Manitoba, with the aim of replacing the patchwork of social assistance programs currently administered by the provincial government.
Require that Manitoba’s minimum wage rate be set at that level that allows a single working-age adult working full time, full year to achieve an after-tax income equal to the weighted average MBM low-income threshold for Manitoba
Annually indexing this wage rate to the most current MBM threshold. For November 2022 the minimum rate would be $ 16.75 per hour
We don't have any NDP policies on Poverty and the minimum wage.
Provide $8.8M over 4 years for new Winnipeg Transit routes
"A re-elected PC government will provide $2.2 million annually to support the Aurora and Castlebury Meadows transit lines in northern Winnipeg, as well as Prairie Pointe and Waterford Green transit lines in Waverley West, Smith noted." — pcmanitoba.com, 2023-09-28
Work with all cities in Manitoba to improve public transit service including increasing frequency, operating hours, and coverage
Work with all cities in Manitoba with public transit systems to provide fare-free transit service, supported by increased provincial funding for fare-free public transit systems
Develop and implement a province-wide system of electrified intercity bus and rail service
Work toward a target where all busses, new and replacement, are zero emissions, battery electric or electric trolley busses
Investigate a system of airship transportation for goods and services to remote and northern communities
Halve the tax rate for the lowest provincial income tax bracket over 4 years
"To create bigger paycheques for all Manitobans, a re-elected PC government will cut the tax rate on the lowest provincial income tax bracket in half over the next four years, representing a 1.35% tax reduction annually, PC Leader Heather Stefanson announced today.
For the average income of $50,000, that amounts to savings of $1,900 per year by 2028, or roughly the equivalent of an extra paycheque every year, providing long-term tax relief for Manitobans." — pcmanitoba.com, 2023-09-05
Remove PST on trees and flowers
"To put more ‘green’ back into Manitoba streets and gardens, a re-elected PC government will remove the PST from the sale of trees and flowers, Janice Morley-Lecomte, PC candidate for Seine River, announced today.
“We want every Manitoba family to have the opportunity to beautify their homes and neighbourhoods, and dig into the benefits of gardening,” said Morley-Lecomte. “More trees and plants mean cleaner air and healthier communities. We believe these measures will make home and community greening efforts more affordable, and help us all add an extra splash of nature to our streets.”
Fruit and vegetable plants are already exempt from PST, Morley-Lecomte noted. Extending the exemption will build on the PCs’ commitment in Budget 2023 to plant an extra 1 million trees every year in rural, urban, and Indigenous communities across Manitoba over the next decade, she said." — pcmanitoba.com, retrieved 2023-09-17
Develop and implement a Guaranteed Basic Income program for Manitoba, with the aim of replacing the patchwork of social assistance programs currently administered by the provincial government.
Instruct Manitoba Hydro to remove the carbon tax from all bills
"Manitobans also continue to be punished by the unfair NDP-Liberal Carbon Tax, and the PCs have previously committed to fighting the carbon tax on Manitoba Hydro. Now, with a favourable legal opinion, a re-elected PC government will instruct Manitoba Hydro to immediately remove the carbon tax from all Hydro bills within the first 10 days of a new PC mandate, Stefanson said." — pcmanitoba.ca, 2023-09-05
