SASKATCHEWAN FAMILIES HAMMERED BY SKY-HIGH FOOD PRICES, SCOTT MOE SITS ON HANDS AND REFUSES TO CUT GROCERY, GAS TAXES — AGAIN

Essential Items Have Seen Massive Increases During Moe’s Time As Premier.
REGINA — Food and gas prices in Saskatchewan have shot up over the past year, according to the Sask. Party Government’s own reporting, and still Scott Moe continues to reject Carla Beck’s call to cut the grocery tax and suspend the fuel tax while the government takes in windfall resource revenues.

Figures published for February as part of the government’s Inflation Rate Report show grocery prices have jumped 5.5 per cent year-over-year and food from restaurants has increased 5.4 per cent.

But that’s just the start of the story as analysis provided to Carla Beck’s team that relied on Statistics Canada shows essential food items have seen massive increases since Moe became Premier in 2018.

From February 2018 to December 2025, the price for:

Baby formula – increased 47 per cent
Ground beef - increased 45.7 per cent
Strawberries – increased 45.5 per cent
Iceberg lettuce – increased 45.3 per cent
Canola oil – increased 45.3 per cent
Canned tomatoes – increased 43.7 per cent

According to GasBuddy, gas in Regina costs $175.9 per litre today, approximately 50 cents or a 40 per cent increase in cost since February.

“There are many more increases like these, too,” said Carla Beck, Saskatchewan NDP Leader. “The bottom line is this — people in Saskatchewan are being forced every day to make impossible decisions between putting food on the kitchen table and keeping a roof over their heads.

“Scott Moe is going to say he’s not taxing all the groceries, only some. Fair, but why tax them at all when we know families can’t take any more pocketbook pain? The Sask. Party piles $25 million in taxes on grocery bills every year and push people to the breaking point.

“Clearly, it’s time for change.”

Beck also posted Monday night online that her team was actively looking at other legislative options to lower food prices and would have more to say when the Spring Sitting resumes next week.

Finance Shadow Minister Trent Wotherspoon said cutting the Sask. Party grocery tax would go a long way to showing struggling families that the provincial government has their backs.

“Families are being squeezed at the checkout line every single week,” Wotherspoon said. “People expect their government to step up with real solutions. It’s time for leadership that puts people first and tackles the rising cost of living head-on.
“It’s time for change.”

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