PROVINCIAL SALES TAX NOT BEING “EMBRACED” DESPITE FALLING OIL PRICES – says MLA Starke

Promising a “no frills” budget sometime later this month, Dr. Richard Starke, MLA Vermilion-Lloydminster told a Viking audience last week that the provincial budget committee is not “embracing” a sales tax to bridge its budget shortfall.

The Thursday, Feb. 26 presentation was arranged by Viking’s Recreation and Culture Coordinator, Amber Hennig.

In his address, Dr. Starke said reducing expenses, increasing revenues, and deficit financing are all being looked at as possible solutions to the current fiscal concerns.

With the help of PowerPoint visuals, Dr. Starke assured a Viking audience that while government is looking at all avenues to balance the budget a provincial sales tax is… for more see the Mar. 3/15 Weekly Review