The Manitoba government is asking Crown corporations and other government-funded agencies, including universities, to create a plan to reduce their provincial funding by up to 30 per cent, in order to deal with the financial burden of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Premier Brian Pallister said that money is needed for front-line workers. “This could be Manitoba Public Insurance, Liquor & Lotteries, universities, Workers Compensation Board, crop insurance, you name it,” Pallister said.
The University of Winnipeg has an operating budget of about $100 million, with $60 million of that coming from a provincial operating grant. “The amount of money that we pay in salaries and wages, I think that’s what they’re asking for,” U of W senior executive