SASKATOON, SK: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Saskatchewan government to cut spending, pay down debt, eliminate the small business tax and start a heritage fund to save non-renewable resource revenue. These are the key recommendations in the CTF’s pre-budget submission for Saskatchewan.

“Premier Scott Moe has delivered for taxpayers in Saskatchewan by cutting taxes,” said Gage Haubrich, CTF Prairie Director. “But now he needs to take the next step and cut spending to pay down the province’s massive debt.

“All that tax relief is at risk if the government keeps ballooning the debt and wasting so much money on debt interest payments.”

Since becoming premier, Scott Moe has more than doubled Saskatchewan’s provincial debt. In 2017, the debt stood at about $10.1 billion. By the end of this year, it will hit about $23.9 billion.

The government will waste $878.4 million on debt interest payments this year. Insightrix polling shows 86 per cent of Saskatchewanians are concerned about how much money the provincial government is wasting on debt interest.

To pay down debt, the CTF is calling on the Saskatchewan government to reduce spending by reducing the cost of paying government salaries. The average government employees earn a 4.8 per cent wage premium over their private sector counterparts.

The CTF is also calling on the Saskatchewan government to stop wasting money on corporate welfare and conduct a comprehensive spending review to find other savings.          

“Saskatchewanians can’t afford a government that continually spends beyond its means,” Haubrich said. “The Saskatchewan government needs to find savings and rein in spending in Budget 2026 to start paying down debt.”

The CTF is also calling on the government to eliminate the small business tax, saving small businesses about $56 million per year and starting a Saskatchewan heritage fund to save one-time resource revenues for the future.

The full pre-budget submission is available HERE.