Printable Petition TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA: The background to this petition is as follows: 1. Historically, the Province of Manitoba has received funding for education by the assessment of property that generates taxes. This unfair tax is only applied to selected property owners in certain areas and confines. 2. Property-based school tax is becoming an ever-increasing burden without acknowledging the owner's income or owner's ability to pay. 3. The Provincial Sales Tax was instituted for the purpose of funding education. However monies generated by this tax are being placed in General Revenue. We therefore petition the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as follows: 1. We request that the Minister of Education remove education funding by school tax or education levies from all property in Manitoba within the next four years. 2. We request Minister of Education find a more equitable method of funding education that follows the Constitutional funding of education by the Province of Manitoba. Name (Please print)  Address           Signature _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ _______________________  ____________________________  ___________________ MACO School Tax Petition 2007 PO Box 281 Station Main, Winnipeg R3C 2G9