Minimum income, daycare, film tax credits: What the parties promised on Tuesday

Pledges, promises, vows. Whatever you call them, party leaders were full of them Tuesday.

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Pledges, promises, vows. Whatever you call them, party leaders were full of them Tuesday.

Here’s a roundup of what was proposed to voters.


 

Liberals' pledge to end poverty includes establishing a minimum income, voluntary work program

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Surrounded by supporters at Bonnycastle Park Tuesday, Liberal Leader Dougald Lamont announced a plan to reduce poverty in Manitoba, which would include minimum-income and jobs programs.

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The Manitoba Liberal Party pledged on Tuesday to eliminate poverty in Manitoba by 2024, a lofty goal party leader Dougald Lamont insisted was realistic.

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Kinew promises 600 public daycare spaces every year; 16,000 kids on wait lists now

PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 
NDP Leader Wab Kinew announced on Tuesday a pledge to freeze funding on not-for-profit child-care programs if his party is elected.

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Manitoba New Democrats would lift a government funding freeze on not-for-profit child-care programs and add 600 new public daycare spaces each year, if they formed government.

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'Time we invest in child care': Green leader

Provincial Green Leader James Beddome cited the one-third figure in announcing his party’s support for a universal basic income last week at a Winnipeg press conference. (Mike Deal / Free Press files)

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The Manitoba Green party is pushing a sliding scale for child-care fees, vowing to add 2,000 spaces per year over the next decade.

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Tories put spotlight on film industry tax credits

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PC leader Brian Pallister announced a re-elected Tory government would invest an additional $25 million over four years in the provincial film tax credit.

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Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives would shine a spotlight on the local film and video production industry, promising $25-million more in tax credits over four years, if elected for a second act.

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