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Manitoba farmland education tax study sparks tax reform talk
In Brandon on September 12 2001 the Canadian Taxpayers Federation released Bridging the Property Tax Gap a study on Manitoba farmland taxes. It reports farmland and school division taxes raised 1990 1999 and 2000 totals show wide variation across rural municipalities. The report urges elimination of farmland school taxes voter approval and new funding formulas with minister Drew Caldwell noting a past tax credit and capital funding effort while acknowledging no easy fix.
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Brandon
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
CTF
Manitoba
Victor Vrsnik
R.M. of
South Cypress
Prairie Spirit
Glenboro
Prairie Spirit School Division
Baldur
R.m.’S of
Victoria
Pembina
Manitoba Education
Drew Caldwell
Caldwell
Glenboro School
Ross