NDP finance critic Trent Wotherspoon renewed opposition calls for tax reductions following news that the March inflation rate hit 5.7 per cent—the highest level in thirty years.
He released a priority list for the provincial government to consider:
-a moratorium on provincial fuel tax at the pumps for three months
-a roll back of the proposed PST on entertainment and gym memberships
-a PST moratorium on children’s clothes and restaurant meals
-a rate cut for Saskatchewan plate holders
-a freeze on increases to electrical rates
Wotherspoon says it’s clear the government has money to give people a break after reporting rising resource revenues in the recent budget.