Affordability debate raises questions of PST existence on Sask. groceries [Video]

The Saskatchewan NDP called on the province to cut the provincial sales tax (PST) on groceries Thursday as part of its plan to address ongoing cost of living concerns, but the premier says there is no such tax on groceries in the province.

The NDP’s shadow minister for finance Trent Wotherspoon put forward an emergency motion inside the legislature Thursday, two days after the NDP made a similar move looking to scrap the provincial gas tax, a plan that was not successful.

Wotherspoon’s emergency motion on Thursday was again shut down.

“Foods that everyone buys – salads, granola bars, rotisserie chickens – are subject to PST imposed by this Sask. Party government, costing families hundreds of dollars every year at the grocery store,” the NDP said in a news release.

NDP Leader Carla Beck’s first question on Thursday morning to Premier Scott Moe was asking why they won’t remove the PST on those items. Moe said there is no …