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Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger: NDP

Greg Selinger Dept: NDP grassroots decided this morning at the party s annual convention to defer a resolution calling for the provincial government to hike the PST to raise more money to fix Manitoba's crumbling roads and bridges, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Or, in other words, it s disappeared into the ether and manitoba Premier Greg Selinger. MIKE DEAL / Related Items Articles NDP should raise tax, get out of the way Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger asks NDP members not to be complacent The decision means a call by the Manitoba Federation of Labour to increase the provincial sales tax by a percentage point will not be addressed. Instead, it will now be examined by the party s executive at its next meeting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.