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Chiefs irate over possible tobacco tax changes 

Jump to full article: CBC News (ca), 2010-03-19

Intro:

Saskatchewan First Nations leaders are reacting angrily after Premier Brad Wall said changes to the way tobacco is taxed on reserve could be part of next week's budget.

"Push has come to shove," vice-chief Morley Watson of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations told CBC News.

"Right now the chiefs of Saskatchewan have said, 'Enough is enough. Let's get together and counterattack the aggression, the attack on our treaty rights by this provincial government.'"

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