The provincial fuel tax in Manitoba will return in the new year, albeit at 1.5 cents below its rate prior to a one-year holiday throughout 2024.

Manitobans can expect to see a permanent change at the gas pump as early as next week. In his year-end interview with CTV’s Maralee Caruso, Premier Wab Kinew confirmed his government will be making a permanent 10 per cent cut to the gas tax.

The Manitoba government temporarily suspended the 14-cents-a-litre fuel tax at the beginning of 2024 as a way to help people deal with the rising cost of living