Saskatchewan’s Official Opposition noted during Question Period Thursday that the province is receiving high resource revenue and NDP MLA Aleana Young proposed that with that extra money in the bank, the government could cut its gas tax.   The gas tax is fifteen cents per litre.

Finance Minister Donna Harpauer responded saying that the federal government receives more than that per litre.

Harpauer says if gas is priced at $1.20 per litre, the provincial excise tax on 500 litres of fuel is $75, but the federal government also has taxes.  She says the federal government will receive $144.26 from that same 500 litres because of its excise tax, the GST and the carbon tax.

Aleana Young says with the SaskPower rate hike of eight per cent, that could be nixed to help people with affordability at a time when many are struggling with the high cost of living.