announced layoffs to the public-sector to free up money for the fight against COVID-19. Coronavirus: Manitoba unions wary of provincial work-reduction proposal At the time, the Progressive Conservative government said it was expecting the pandemic to deliver a $5-billion hit to the province’s budget — a combination of increased health-care costs and reduced tax revenues from a slumping economy.Today's fiscal update or whatever term the PCs use is a joke so long as they're afraid of introducing it in the house.
Any fiscal document has to go through the Leg. otherwise it's just a press release #mbpoli— Wab Kinew (@WabKinew) June 30, 2020After the government announced Tuesday’s media briefing, Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew took to Twitter to.