Nearly 15,000 of the cheques the Manitoba government wrote earlier this year to help with rising fuel and food costs never made it to their intended recipients.
The province reports 14,913 cheques that were billed as a “carbon tax relief fund” in January were returned to the sender. Mail can be returned for numerous reasons, including being sent to the wrong address or the individual moving away.
While the government says it’s responding to every eligible adult who says they didn’t receive their $225 or $375 cheque, the province’s inability to reach thousands of people with free money is renewing questions about using only the mail service to give out cheques.
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