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3.3 per cent of Manitoba GDP directed to fighting COVID-19, report says
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COVID-19 at 3.3 per cent of its GDP, but across the country, the federal government is largely funding the effort, according to a new report.That publication, Still Picking Up the Tab, by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, shows the provinces have boosted their share of COVID-19 spending from 8 per cent to 14 per cent since January, totalling $57 billion.The federal government meanwhile, had earmarked $366 billion as of the spring budget.In terms of GDP spending, Manitoba was outranked by B.C.
at 3.5 per cent and Quebec at 3.4 per cent.The report’s authors say the equivalent of $10,930 per person has been spent on “direct measures” to combat COVID-19 in Manitoba, 16 per cent of which was provincially funded.
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