On September 25, the provincial government gave the gas tax freeze another bump down the road. According to Premier Wab Kinew, Manitobans can expect to keep saving at the pumps until December 30 of this year.
“Since we cut the gas tax in January, inflation has gone down in Manitoba,” says Kinew. “This is what governments are for. We know Manitobans are still struggling with the impact of interest rates and grocery prices, so we’re going to continue to step up and save you 14 cents at the pump.”
The NDP first introduced their gas tax freeze in January of this year as a six-month incentive, applying it to gasoline, diesel, and natural gas.
They extended the cost-saving measure again in July.
Since January, Manitoba has had the lowest average retail price on gasoline in Canada, the province says. And inflation has dropped to within the Bank of Canada’s target inflation range of one to three percent.
