Manitoba's grocery tax cut will expand to corner stores
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says his plan to cut the tax on food at grocery stores will be expanded to include convenience stores.
Kinew originally planned to remove the sales tax from food at grocery stores only, as of July 1, to help people with the cost of living.
Basic groceries are already tax-exempt, but the change will remove the tax from snacks, soft drinks and prepared meals.
Convenience store owners had cried foul, saying they sell many of the same products, and Kinew says the NDP government will change its plan to include any store where people can buy food to go.
Kinew also reiterated earlier comments about planning to end the changing of clocks in spring and fall.
He says public consultations will be done, but says there is a possibility all three Prairie provinces could be in the same time zone by the end of the year.
