The Hon Greg Selinger - Premier
Room 204 - Legislative Building
450 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB
R3C 0V8

Cottage owners, as well as others who own properties that are not their principal residences, pay school taxes twice, but do not get to vote for the school trustee who imposes the education tax on their cottage or other property. Education tax has not kept up with the way today's farms operate, either. Instead of a homestead on every parcel of land, today's farms have a lot more land, and the burden of property taxes is much higher.

Over the last few years the Province has played with removing this "levy" and increasing that "credit" in a complicated game to fund education from property taxes. Let's make this simple and get education taxes off my property.

I believe that quality education is a universal right of every child in this province and a core provincial responsibility. All Manitobans benefit from strong education programs; therefore all Manitobans should contribute fairly just like we all contribute for other high priority social programs. Let's pay fair.

The reliance on property taxes to fund education has a negative impact on Manitoba. Seniors, young families, farmers and business owners struggle to keep education adequately funded at the expense of their properties and businesses because in many cases they are taxed on debt.

Manitoba needs fair and equitable funding for a strong education system in this province. I look to you and to your government to show leadership and commit to find a way to shift education taxes off property so we can all pay fair.

PUBLIC EDUCATION IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY.
LET'S ALL PAY BY THE SAME RULES.

I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

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