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Manitoba cabinet to approve or deny power deals with the United States - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

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The NDP government issued a directive to Crown -owned Manitoba Hydro that says cabinet approval is now needed for any new major power purchase or export contract with bodies in the U.S. The province is not going as far as Ontario , which is applying a 25 per cent extra charge on electricity shipped to 1.5 million Americans .

Premier Wab Kinew says he’s not ruling out measures similar to Ontario Premier Doug Ford .

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