Manitoba finance minister says April 7 budget will focus on COVID-19 pandemic and recovery

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Finance Minister Scott Fielding says the fiscal plan will focus on protecting people during the COVID-19 pandemic and charting a recovery as the pandemic subsides

He says the budget will keep in mind that other COVID-19 waves could come or new variants might emerge.Fielding also says the government will live up to its promise announced in the throne speech last fall to start phasing out the education tax on property.The province is forecasting a $2-billion deficit for the current fiscal year, which ends in three weeks.

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