The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour says the province’s Finance Minister’s $8-thousand flight is an insult to to workers struggling to make ends meet.

The Canadian Press says Donna Harpauer’s recent expenses show she flew on a chartered plane on March 25 from Regina to North Battleford at a cost of nearly $8,000. She was attending a luncheon with the local Chamber of Commerce.

SFL President Lori Johb says, “It’s unbelievable that at a time when workers are finding themselves unable to put food on the table, or to fill their cars with gas just to be able to get to work, the Sask. Party has no issue booking private jets and sending Saskatchewan people the bill

The SFL says the Finance Minister should pay back the cost of the flight and apologize to working people for being so arrogant and out of touch with reality.

The SFL has been calling on the Sask. Party government all summer to provide workers with relief from inflation at a time when the province is experiencing record resource revenues while at the same time raising taxes and utility rates, including: immediately increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and come up with a plan to introduce a living wage; scrapping planned PST hikes passed in the 2022 provincial budget and cancel proposed power rate hikes; provide relief from high fuel prices, provide PST rebates and tax profits from companies with record revenues from high resource prices.