First Nations have more power with status card in Ontario than Manitoba

Ontario and Manitoba sit side-by-side on a map but are an ocean apart when it comes to what a status card can do.

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Ontario and Manitoba sit side-by-side on a map but are an ocean apart when it comes to what a status card can do.

In Ontario, Indian status cards make First Nations exempt from provincial sales tax.

But that’s not the case in Manitoba.

That’s because the taxation laws in the two provinces differ.

But why?

APTN’s Matt Thordarson and Delaney Windigo takes a look.

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