Saskatchewan First Nations To Challenge Provincial Tobacco Tax Restrictions
Saskatchewan First Nations leaders gathered at the Muskoday Store and Gas Bar, south of Prince Albert on Thursday October 7th, 2010 to take action against the one-carton tax-exemption legislation passed by the provincial government in this year's budget. On July 1st, 2010 changes limited the amount of cigarettes purchases tax free by First Nations people to one carton from three. Chief Austin Bear of the Muskoday First Nation calls this a breach of treaty rights. "This is not only a Muskoday issue," Bear said. "This is an issue that affects all of our First Nations in Saskatchewan and beyond."

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