MOE CONTINUES TO STALL ON GAS TAX RELIEF AS FEDERAL BREAK TAKES EFFECT

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SASKATOON – Scott Moe has ignored desperate pleas from Saskatchewan drivers to suspend the provincial gas tax, even as the federal government removes its own tax until Labour Day.

Effective Monday, the federal gas tax has come off, knocking down the price at the pumps by 10 cents per litre.

Still, Moe and his Finance Minister have repeatedly downplayed the need to follow suit and cut their own 15-cent-per-litre tax. Moe’s tax costs rural Saskatchewan households an average of $750 per year.

“Scott Moe continues to insist over and over that life is so affordable in Saskatchewan — who exactly is he listening to? It certainly isn’t my constituents,” said Darcy Warrington, Shadow Minister for Highways, Infrastructure & SGI.

“Saskatchewan is a driving province. People rely on their vehicles to get to work, pick up their kids from school, hockey practice and so much more.

“The Sask. Party government should stop resisting, step up, do the right thing and ease the pain at the gas pump.”

Saskatchewan people report the highest financial anxiety in Canada and four-in-10 say they’re borrowing money just to put food on the kitchen table.

Warrington spoke to media about the need to suspend the gas tax from Saskatoon Monday morning, where prices have surged over $1.70 per litre in recent weeks — the prices at some pumps have rivaled those in Toronto.

Moe is also planning to hike rates for car insurance on June and has already imposed a $136-million power rate hike on families, farms and small businesses. He also charges a $25-million per year tax on groceries and $20-million per year tax on kids’ clothing.

“If it’s an everyday life essential, Scott Moe and the Sask. Party will find a way to tax it,” Warrington said. “This is a government that, after 20 years, is focused only on fat-cat contracts for their friends and insiders while everyone else is left in their dust.

“Clearly, it’s time for change in Saskatchewan. It’s time for a government laser-focused on making life more affordable.”

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