CHARLEBOIS: Manitoba's decision to remove taxes on all groceries is a big deal

“Taxing food disproportionately punishes those with the least flexibility. It’s not just inefficient—it’s fundamentally wrong.”

By: Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois is director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast and visiting scholar at McGill University.

Manitoba’s decision to remove the provincial sales tax (PST) from all groceries is a sound policy move—though perhaps not for the reasons many assume. What makes this…