A month after the Saskatchewan Party was re-elected, the government is outlining its priorities in the 2024 throne speech.
“We should never take for granted the tremendous privilege that we have in our province and our country to freely choose our representatives and our government,” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said in the speech.
Moe says his government plans to start working on affordability issues, including a promise to reduce personal income tax rates.
The provincial government also plans to address problems in health care, education and community safety.
Affordability
The largest section of the throne speech, Moe said he will introduce the largest personal income tax reduction in Saskatchewan since 2008 by raising the personal exemption, spousal exemption, child exemption and seniors supplement by $500 a year in each of the next four years, in addition to fully indexing income tax brackets.
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Moe said a family of four can expect to save more than …