Adrien SalaMinister of Finance

Recent interventions

A teaser slice of each chamber intervention — read the full text on the official record.

1. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Economy, Taxes and Inflation Gov­ern­ment's Record on Affordability

   Let's take a look at our record, Hon­our­able Speaker. We just passed a bill that's going to take the PST off all food in grocery stores in Manitoba. And let's dig deeper into our record. We came in–what do we do? We go…

   2026-06-01·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

2. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Cost-of-Living Crisis Budget 2026 Measures

   Hon­our­able Speaker, what about no PST on food? What about free transit for youth? And what about free child care for the lowest income families in Manitoba? We're going to go–we're going to keep going to work every sin…

   2026-06-01·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

3. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Basic Personal Income Tax–Exemption Increase Gov­ern­ment Vote on Resolution

   Hon­our­able Speaker, on the one hand, you've got a group offering something that will create huge dis­propor­tion­ate benefits to the wealthiest in Manitoba, create a huge fiscal hole, result in another $2-billion defic…

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

4. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS — Bill 53–The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2026

   To the question, 1,750 properties would have their benefits reduced as a result of this change.

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

5. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS — Bill 53–The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2026

   I'm happy to share that these amendments that we're making to the credit modernize the application process. They'll create efficiencies for producers. We also know that they're proposing–or this will reduce financing cos…

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

6. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS — Bill 53–The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2026

   So in relation to, you know, the question of whether or not we had an opportunity to meet with Restaurants Canada, the answer to that is yes. I met with Restaurants Canada myself, along with our local Restaurant Associat…

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

7. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Property Taxes Brandon, Manitoba

   Hon­our­able Speaker, when it comes to edu­ca­tion and property taxes, this team is doing the work to lower them for Manitobans. With our first budget, we brought in a $1,500 credit. Last budget, that was raised to $1,60…

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

8. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — PST Exemption on Prepared Foods Convenience Stores and Restaurants

   Hon­our­able Speaker, by taking the PST off all groceries, we are helping all Manitobans. It's that simple. And, again, the member opposite stands here; he fights against BITSA. That's a bill that has a proposal for a $1…

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

9. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Basic Personal Income Tax–Exemption Increase Gov­ern­ment Vote on Resolution

   Hon­our­able Speaker, this member and all members opposite seem to forget what we're doing here. We're proposing to cut taxes from Manitobans. Get on board. You want to help your con­stit­uents? Support the BITSA bill. W…

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

10. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS — Bill 53–The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2026

    I'm very pleased to speak to Bill 53, our budget bill that brings savings to homeowners and renters and removes the PST from all groceries starting July 1. For weeks now, members opposite have been filibustering this bi…

    2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗