SCOTT MOE MUST SUSPEND GAS TAX AS PRICES SURGE ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN

Premier, MLAs Too Busy Riding High In Private Jets To Hear The Pain Down Below At The Pumps
REGINA – Carla Beck’s team is demanding Scott Moe and his MLAs stop riding high on the taxpayer dime, come back down to the ground and cut drivers a break at the pump.

According to GasBuddy.com, fuel prices over the weekend went to $1.85 per litre in Regina, $1.89 in Saskatoon and well over $1.90 in several other communities. Photos have even emerged online of prices as high as $2.20 at certain stations in rural Saskatchewan.

The sticker shock at the pump marks a dramatic price spike from the roughly $1.60 per litre recorded in early September. Experts have attributed the increase to a refinery outage, renewed Middle East conflict and resulting disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.

Finance Shadow Minister Trent Wotherspoon called on Scott Moe to stop making excuses and suspend the 15-cent-per-litre provincial fuel tax today.

“The bottom line is the Sask. Party is raking in additional revenue from surging oil prices while everyday people relying on their vehicles for work, to pick up their kids and so much more are getting squeezed more than they can bear,” Wotherspoon said. “Scott Moe has the audacity to tell people he’s already making their lives more affordable, but everyone we talk to say the basic necessities needed to get by have never been more expensive.

“Perhaps the Premier has lost touch with reality,” Wotherspoon added. “We know he and his colleagues far prefer cruising at 30,000 feet in luxury jets, but back down here on the ground people are facing real hardship and it’s time for change.”

Earlier this month, the federal government announced they are extending their relief from the federal fuel tax until April 1, 2027. Still, Moe has refused to follow suit.

Transportation & Highways Shadow Minister Darcy Warrington said the pain at the pumps is putting pressure on small business owners and the trucking industry which has been hammered repeatedly by sky-high costs in recent years.

“These gas prices are brutal for hardworking Saskatchewan people,” Warrington said. “We already know this Premier has an abysmal record when it comes to job creation and supporting small businesses. Now, he’s banking on the misery of people just trying to get by.

“This is a greedy government that is only focused on their friends and insiders. It’s time to park the private jets and talk to every day people just trying to fill up at the pump. It’s time for change.”

-30-

Latest posts

REGINA WOMAN WHOSE FATHER WAS ASSAULTED IN LONG-TERM CARE HOME DEMANDS MORE SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS & STAFF

Family Says Scott Moe is Failing Seniors And The Workers Who Care For Them
REGINA – A Regina woman whose elderly father was assaulted by another resident in his long-term care home came to the legislature Thursday to call on Scott Moe and the Sask. Party to provide more supports for residents and staff to ensure seniors receive safe, dignified care.

CARLA BECK’S TEAM PLEDGES TO GIVE PRINCE ALBERT A LOCAL VOICE IN FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE

Sask. Party Insiders Making Decision While People Face Longest Waits For Surgeries, Six-In-Ten Don’t Have Access To A Doctor

PRINCE ALBERT – Carla Beck’s team is in Prince Albert today pledging to immediately give people in the city and in every Saskatchewan community a direct voice in the future of healthcare.

SCOTT MOE, SASK. PARTY HIDE SHADY BACKROOM DEAL ON SHERWOOD HYPERSCALE DATA CENTRE

Sask. Party Also Continues To Hide Locations Of 30 Other Data Centres Touted In Government News Release
REGINA – Building on his well-earned reputation as the least transparent Premier in Canada, Scott Moe and his Sask. Party MLAs have a blocked a motion calling for the public release of the Memorandum of Understanding that locked in the controversial hyperscale AI data centre in Sherwood. Moe has also blocked the public release of the locations of the 30 other data centre applications that he bragged about previously in a Sask. Party news release.

MOE HAS NO ANSWER FOR TRUMP-BACKED DATA CENTRE, MINISTER SHRUGS AS MAGA TARIFFS KILL SASKATCHEWAN JOBS

Carla Beck’s Team Vows To Keep Fighting For Workers & Transparency
REGINA – Carla Beck’s team is slamming Scott Moe and the Sask. Party for clearing the way for a Donald Trump-backed hyperscale AI data centre just outside Regina while downplaying the impact of job-killing MAGA tariffs and constant threats by Trump to Canada’s sovereignty.

NDP Caucus Office