SASKATOON, Sask. — Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP says Premier Scott Moe's government needs to address high food prices and pause the gas tax in light of recent scurvy cases in the province's North.
SASKATOON, Sask. — Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP says Premier Scott Moe's government needs to address high food prices and pause the gas tax in light of recent scurvy cases in the province's North.
Northern affairs critic Jordan McPhail said Tuesday the cost of fresh produce and milk is exorbitant in Stony Rapids, a community near the Northwest Territories boundary. McPhail also renewed his party's calls for the province to suspend the provincial sales tax from ready-to-eat grocery items. The sales tax does not apply to basic groceries, such as meat, dairy and produce."Fuel is a huge factor, and the government can provide some much needed relief today," McPhail said.Scurvy symptoms vary from fatigue and joint pain to hair changes, wounds not healing and loss of teeth.
Of 50 vitamin C blood tests, 27 were confirmed to be deficient, pointing to scurvy, and 10 showed low levels. All patients were over 20 years old and 79 per cent were Indigenous.
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