Saskatchewan Party
Parti saskatchewanais
Saskatchewan's right-of-centre governing party. Founded August 8, 1997 from the merger of several breakaway Liberal and PC MLAs, replacing the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan as the main non-NDP option. Brad Wall led the party to its first government in November 2007, ending 16 years of SK NDP rule under Roy Romanow then Lorne Calvert. Wall won re-election in 2011 and 2016, retiring in 2018. Scott Moe became leader and Premier on February 2, 2018, winning re-election in 2020 and 2024 (the 2024 result reduced the SK Party seat count to 35 out of 61, with the SK NDP winning 26 in its best showing since 2007). The Moe government's signature legislation has included the Saskatchewan First Act (2023), the 2024 refusal to collect federal carbon tax on home heating, and the 2026 Saskatchewan Affordability Act.
Leader
Scott Moe
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Positions on Issues
Cost of Living
The Saskatchewan Party government under Premier Scott Moe issued one-time affordability cheques of $500 per adult Saskatchewan resident in 2022 ($450-million total programme cost), suspended the four-cent-per-litre provincial gas tax for July 2024 through June 2025, eliminated the provincial small-business tax for businesses earning under $500,000 (made permanent in the 2024 budget), and indexed Saskatchewan's basic personal amount to inflation (a $200 personal-tax-credit increase per Saskatchewan adult under the 2024 budget). Opposes the federal carbon tax and has secured the heating oil exemption that benefits roughly 12 percent of Saskatchewan households.
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The Saskatchewan Party under Premier Scott Moe passed the Saskatchewan First Act (S.S. 2023, c. 56) asserting provincial constitutional authority over natural resources and electricity-grid policy, which the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations has challenged on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 grounds. Joins Alberta's Smith UCP and Ontario's Ford PC in opposing the federal carbon-pricing backstop and the Clean Electricity Regulations. Calls for equalization-formula reform that better reflects the contribution of oil-and-gas-producing provinces.
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Members (7)
- BESK PARTY
Bronwyn Eyre
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Saskatchewan)
SK PARTYEverett Hindley
Minister of Education (Saskatchewan)
SK PARTYJeremy Cockrill
Minister of Health (Saskatchewan)
SK PARTYJim Reiter
Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance (Saskatchewan)
- SK PARTY
Scott Moe
Premier of SaskatchewanRosthern-Shellbrook
SK PARTYTim McLeod
Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Saskatchewan)
SK PARTYTravis Keisig
Minister of Environment (Saskatchewan)