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SaskatchewanNDP say the province is \u201cprofiting\u201d off the plight of those trying to pick up the pieces left behind after this summer\u2019s wildfires.Government confirms it will not waive the taxAlexander Quon \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Nov 17, 2025 7:13 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Jordon McPhail, Saskatchewan NDP critic for northern affairs, is calling on the provincial government to waive PST on the construction of new homes for those affected by this year\u2019s wildfires. (Cory Herperger\/Radio-Canada)The Saskatchewan NDP continues to attack the provincial government\u2019s response to this year\u2019s wildfire season.On Monday, the official Opposition called on the government to waive PST for those rebuilding after their homes were destroyed in this year\u2019s fires.More than 200 homes in the northern village of Denare Beach were burned as a wildfire swept through the area in June.On Monday, NDP critic for northern affairs Jordan McPhail produced invoices provided to him by Denare Beach residents.The documents showed that the PST on some builds was as high as $30,000.\u201dWhen I brought up these questions in the House and the issues of northern Saskatchewan, the minister [of public safety] laughed. The people who aren\u2019t laughing are the people paying these bills in northern Saskatchewan,\u201d McPhail said.McPhail said he believes the government is \u201cprofiting\u201d off of those who have suffered.\u201dWhether there was adequate insurance, underinsured or no insurance at all, PST on construction labour this year in northern Saskatchewan for those that were affected by wildfires is totally unacceptable,\u201d McPhail said.WATCH | Residents of Denare Beach return to devastated village:Residents of Denare Beach, Sask., return to their devastated townWildfires ripped through the town of Denare Beach, Sask., a few weeks ago. On Wednesday, residents started returning to see what\u2019s left of their homes.During Monday\u2019s question period, Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Tim McLeod did not answer whether the government would endorse the NDP proposal. Instead, McLeod highlighted the \u201cunprecedented\u201d support the provincial government has provided to those affected by the fires.That includes $30 million for cleanup and debris removal, temporary housing units supporting displaced families to remain near their community, and project management support, as well as $10 million in the form of $500 payments to evacuees 18 years of age and older and $15 million provided the Canadian Red Cross.In a follow up email sent after Question Period, the provincial government made it clear it will not waive the PST on home construction in Denare Beach. \u201cThe claims by the lost and reckless NDP that the government is \u2018profiting\u2019 from collection of PST is disingenuous when considering the cost of these unprecedented wildfire supports,\u201d the email said.ABOUT THE AUTHORAlexander Quon is the provincial affairs reporter for CBC Saskatchewan. He has been a reporter with CBC Saskatchewan since 2021 and is happy to be working in his hometown of Regina after half a decade in Atlantic Canada. He has previously worked with the CBC News investigative unit in Nova Scotia and Global News in Halifax. Alexander specializes in freedom of information requests and data reporting. He can be reached at: alexander.quon@cbc.ca. FacebookTwitter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opposition calls on Saskatchewan government to waive PST on wildfire reconstruction SaskatchewanNDP say the province is \u201cprofiting\u201d off the plight of those trying to pick up the pieces left behind after this summer\u2019s wildfires.Government confirms it will not waive the taxAlexander Quon \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Nov 17, 2025 7:13 PM EST | Last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,123,1],"tags":[116,122],"class_list":["post-10230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-saskatchewan","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-saskatchewan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}