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When I think about Manitoba's problems, "too much tax" is just not up there for me. I mean, yes, would I prefer to pay less in taxes? Sure.

The crises of substance abuse, homelessness, mental health, etc. have made the city unpleasant to live in and unappealing to go out in. Transit is so unreliable that it's hard to depend on to get to work. The health care system is in such crisis I'm having to reconsider whether I can actually retire here or whether I'll need to move somewhere with a functioning system. The public schools are deteriorating and turning into a have (private) and have-not (public) system. And that's all before we start dealing with the real impacts of climate change, which we've only seen the tip of the iceberg for.

In other words, I don't need a $300 cheque. I need a government that will actually govern and do the things that individuals and the market can't, and that we rely on to have a reasonable quality of life