Saskatchewan politics: Affordability and tariffs dominate talk as legislature resumes [Video]

Day two of an exceptionally short fall sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature has now wrapped. An opposition motion to cut the provincial gas tax was struck down while the government faced criticism on more than half a dozen portfolios.

Shadow Minister of Finance Trent Wotherspoon attempted to bring forward an emergency motion to discuss cutting the tax, which accounts for 15 cents of every litre of gasoline and diesel purchased by Saskatchewan residents.

The nays outnumbered the yays and the motion did not pass – much to the dismay of Opposition Leader Carla Beck.

“This was their choice to vote down even the ability to discuss this emergency motion … Something that we heard time and time again on the doorstep, that people are looking some for some real, tangible relief in a hurry in this province,” she told reporters.

“This is a government that says that they understand the …