Leaders offer competing visions as Saskatchewan election campaign moves into Day 2 | Globalnews.ca

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s general election campaign moves into its second day today with both main parties staking out competing visions for the province.

The Saskatchewan Party’s Scott Moe kick-started the race by promising broad-based tax relief to reduce personal income taxes.

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He says the average family of four would save $3,400 over four years.

The NDP’s Carla Beck has said it’s time for change, arguing the government has been incompetent at managing money.

Beck has pledged to pause the gas tax for six months and scrap the provincial sales tax from children’s clothes and some grocery items, while not raising other taxes.

Both parties say they plan to provide a fully costed platform before voters go to the polls on Oct. 28.