Premier Heather Stephenson addressed the issue at a press conference Thursday, announcing an increase in Manitoba’s minimum wage. “My message today is clear: our government is here to help you. To help you and your families mitigate these challenges,” Stefansson said in the release. The premier went on to say that mailing checks to Manitobans to help with the cost of inflation is off the table. “We’ve already done enough,” Stefansson said. “We recognize that there are further inflationary pressures out there, I have indicated that we are looking at what we can do and that could potentially be an option to provide more affordability. But we will have more. We will have more coming in the coming weeks on that front ». New numbers released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday show that Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 7.6% in July, largely due to falling natural gas prices.
