More money is coming to our province in 2025 in the form of equalization payments from Ottawa, although the increase is not as much as it was this fiscal year.
The total of more than $4.6 billion, an increase of $337 million, or a 7.7 per cent increase over this year's level.
It follows a 24 per cent jump last year.
Equalization is a federally-funded program that gives money to poorer provinces so that they can offer similar services to richer provinces at comparable tax rates.
The program is based on a complex calculation of each province's ability to raise its own revenues, and Manitoba is the only western province that receives equalization.
Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala says he will look at the federal funding as he prepares the next provincial budget.
Equalization payments from Ottawa account for more than 15 per cent of the Manitoba government's revenues.
