Highlights from Manitoba's latest budget

Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government introduced its 2019-2020 budget on Thursday.

Here are some of the highlights:

• The provincial sales tax is to drop to seven per cent from eight as of July 1, saving an average household $350 a year.
• Ambulance fees to be capped at $250, down from $340.
• Funding for the film and video production tax credit to double to $31.5 million a year due to a growing number of projects.
• Operating funding for health, education and other areas to be tightly controlled. Spending increases to be below one per cent.
• Infrastructure spending on highways, airports and other items to drop by two per cent.
• Deficit forecast to be $360 million, down $161 million from the current fiscal year.

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