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Manitoba restaurants say tax cut on groceries puts them at a disadvantage

The Manitoba government’s plan to eliminate the provincial sales tax on all food sold in grocery stores was questioned Wednesday by restaurant owners who argue they’re being put at a disadvantage. The tax cut, included in Tuesday’s provincial budget, will expand a sales-tax exemption that already covers basic groceries, such as milk, meat, produce and […]

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‘Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs

People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsidy. The emails about the Nutrition North subsidy program ranged from desperate pleas to do something to lower food costs, to angry demands that retailers receiving subsidies be investigated. […]

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