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Greg Selinger: Business Leaders

Greg Selinger Dept: The Selinger government's decision to postpone balancing its books by another two years sent shivers through the business community Tuesday and sparked concerns of new tax hikes for Manitobans, according to Winnipeg Free Press. But that didn't stop business leaders and the Conservative Opposition from weighing in on the implications of the government's new fiscal timetable and wAYNE GLOWACKI / Premier Greg Selinger speaks to the media after delivering his state-of-the-province address at the convention centre Tuesday. In a speech to nearly 1,000 people at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Premier Greg Selinger made only a fleeting reference to an admission to the Free Press that the province would be unable to avoid deficit budgets until 2016-17. It had been saying it would escape red ink by 2014-15. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.