Teachers and supporters will be walking along Albert Street in Regina on Monday as the one-day strike coincides with the first day of the spring sitting of the Saskatchewan Legislature. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) perhaps unsurprisingly chose the first day of the sitting to send Regina area teachers to the picket lines as talks between the government trustee bargaining committee and STF remain at a standstill. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer presents the Saskatchewan Budget inside the chamber of the legisalture in Regina, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Carbon tax spatThe carbon tax debate was awoken last fall when the federal government exempted the tax on home heating oil, with the largest number of people affected living in Atlantic Canada. Moe said residents pay the carbon tax on things other than home heating, like gasoline.

Source: CBC News March 04, 2024 11:51 UTC