Sask Party leader Scott Moe. (Photo courtesy: saskparty.com)

By paNOW Staff

Sask Party platform

Sask Party’s plan for ‘Strong Economy and Bright Future’; Sask NDP says Moe’s tax credits too small

Oct 12, 2024 | 11:25 AM

The Saskatchewan Party its released full platform on Saturday morning highlighting its records in government and new commitments made over the first two weeks of the election campaign.

Those commitments include reducing income tax, increasing the First-Time Homebuyers Tax Credit, doubling the active families benefit, increasing the graduate retention program and extending glucose monitoring coverage for diabetes to seniors and young adults aged 25 and under, among others.

“A key focus of our 2024 election platform is making life more affordable for Saskatchewan people,” Moe said. “A re-elected Saskatchewan Party government will continue to reduce taxes and make life more affordable for students, for seniors, for homeowners, for families and for everyone in Saskatchewan.”

The party’s platform is fully costed, adding about $1.2 billion of tax reductions and spending commitments over five years. They expect to see the provincial budget balanced by 2027-28.

A summary of the Sask Party platform is being mailed to households in the coming days, but the full document can be found online.

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Meanwhile, the Sask NDP said Moe’s tax credits are small and ignore the people in greatest need.

“Scott Moe’s promising families gravy this Thanksgiving but all he’s delivering is gristle,” said NDP candidate for Regina Mount Royal Trent Wortherspoon. “Even then, we can’t trust him to deliver any relief. He’s had seven years and done nothing but make life more expensive while families were hurting.

In a press release, Wotherspoon suggested Moe’s tax cut will save some families as little as $42 in the first year and that his tax credit for in-vitro fertilization requires $20,000 upfront. He said Moe is playing a sleight-of-hand trick by driving up the cost of home construction and then providing much smaller tax credits for first-time homebuyers.

Later today, the Sask NDP is expected to outline leader Carla Beck’s plan to establish an independent Senior’s Advocate and passing of a Senior’s Bill of Rights.

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