The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is warning that Manitoba has become the most heavily taxed province in Western Canada for middle-income families and is urging Premier Wab Kinew to use Budget 2026 to “rein in spending,” cut the sales tax and scrap what it calls a “sneaky” income-tax hike.

In a new pre-budget proposal released this week, the CTF says a family earning $75,000 in Winnipeg now pays more in provincial taxes than the same family in Regina, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal, blaming both the province’s high sales tax and the government’s decision to end inflation indexation on income-tax brackets quietly.

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“Manitoba families pay more in provincial taxes than anywhere else in Western Canada,” said Gage Haubrich, Prairie Director for the CTF. “Premier Wa

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