Saskatchewan government keeping PST at 6%
June 23, 2020The Retail Council of Canada noted sales in its businesses have been soft with each phased reopening.
“Often with online purchasing especially with foreign sellers like Amazon, they don’t collect taxes and create a disadvantage to brick-and-mortar stores that are located in the province. We think that increased PST is one of those things that would’ve added an additional barrier to recovery,” said John Graham, Director, Government Relations (Prairies).
