Manitoba Tories say premier's promise to control food prices has rung hollow

WINNIPEG — Manitoba 's Opposition Progressive Conservatives say the NDP government's promise to crack down on rising grocery prices has proven to be an empty threat.

Data from the Manitoba government show a similar trend in recent months. Food prices have risen since Jan. 1, when the province temporarily suspended its 14-cent-a-litre fuel tax. The tax holiday is slated to end Sept. 30. Grocery companies warned at the time that the price of fuel is only one of many components that determine the retail price of food, and that wages, wholesale prices and other items are factors.Deputy premier Uzoma Asagwara pointed to other affordability measures the government has taken, such as doubling a tax credit for fertility treatment. But Asagwara was unable to specify what actions, if any, the province might take to keep grocery prices in check.

The comment was made while Wasyliw was on the doorstep of a Winnipeg resident, and a recording of it was obtained by The Canadian Press. Neither Wasyliw nor the party offered details of what regulatory methods were possible.ANAHEIM, Calif. — Visitors to Disney's California parks could one day walk through the snow-covered hamlet of Arendelle from “Frozen” or the bustling, critter-filled metropolis of “Zootopia” under a park expansion plan approved by the Anaheim City Council.

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