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The official opposition claims the Manitoba government has a secret plan to hike the PST, but whether it's a valid concern or political paranoia remains to be seen. Premier Greg Selinger denies such a plan, but that isn't stopping the Progressive Conservatives from pointing to his answer to a question about raising the tax earlier this week. 'The problem with those kinds of statements, as you know, is that conditions change, you can have a major flood, you can have a major natural disaster and you have to be able to cope with these things,' Selinger told CJOB radio on Tuesday. 'We have no plans to raise the PST, we've given the equivalent of one per cent, we're very interested in a new infrastructure agreement. But I can't predict the future in terms of all the things that could come down on us.' PC leader Hugh McFadyen, who accuses Selinger of breaking a no-tax promise by boosting the gas tax earlier this year, said 'Manitoba families know that any time Greg Selinger has a plan, it will involve a tax increase.'
