The Winnipeg School Division board is demanding an emergency meeting with Premier Brian Pallister to ask how they can fund improvements in education when the province is effectively preventing them from hiking property taxes as much as they want. The letter from division chair Chris Broughton says the province's new cap on administrative spending is an attack on public education. Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen argued the Winnipeg School Division shouldn't be surprised that there's a penalty for defying the province's directive on property tax increases. (CBC)Goertzen said he would answer questions from the province's board chairs during the Manitoba School Boards Association convention next week. NDP Leader Wab Kinew argued the province is painting the school division into a corner.

Source: CBC News March 06, 2019 17:10 UTC