Legislative Report
April 3, 2025

Strong Leadership in Uncertain Times

As the tenth day of the spring Legislative Session concludes, it has been a historic three weeks in politics for Saskatchewan and North America. Our government has been steadfast in their leadership through such an uncertain time:

• we held strong against potential United States tariffs while also being financially prepared;
• we cancelled the federal Liberal-NDP Coalition Carbon Tax for everyone and everything in our province;
• and successfully passed the 2025-26 Budget with the biggest tax reductions since 2008.

These affordability measures were implemented while continuing another year of record spending in health care and education.

Trade & Tariff Update

In the past week, Premier Scott Moe led a trade mission to Germany and the United Kingdom to share Saskatchewan's story in food, energy, and manufacturing security with global audiences. While in Germany the Premier addressed delegates at Hannover Messe, the world's leading industrial trade fair, focused on innovation, technology, and advanced manufacturing. Premier Moe also delivered a keynote address to the London Stock Exchange centered around the successful issuance of the province's most recent $1 billion USD bond. 

President Trump did not impose tariffs on Canada as originally promised on April 2^nd. The Premier and Cabinet will continue to advocate for Saskatchewan within North America and the world.

New Small Business Tax Credit

One of the many tax reductions announced during the 2025-26 Budget presentation will be the Small and Medium Business Tax Credit. With this new incentive, more small and medium-size businesses will be able to build equity, allowing them to grow, and create more jobs for our growing workforce. Private capital investment in Saskatchewan increased last year by 17.3 per cent to $14.7 billion, ranking first among all provinces for growth.

New Health Investments

The 2025-26 Budget continues to support existing programs and introduce new ones for the betterment of the people of Saskatchewan. The Health Human Resources Action Plan has seen impressive recruitment results, with 488 physicians establishing practice in the province, which includes 38 from outside the country. These efforts resulted in 243 family physicians and 245 specialists establishing their practices in the province.

Effective April 1, the Government of Saskatchewan is investing $23 million to expand full coverage for Continuous and Flash Glucose Monitors (Advanced Glucose Monitors) to seniors aged 65 and older and young adults aged 18 to 25, as announced in the 2025-26 Provincial Budget. Approximately 9,000 seniors and 700 young adults may be eligible to benefit from the expanded coverage for Advanced Glucose Monitors. 

Saskatchewan is improving patient care by approving 13 additional uses for existing drugs and adding 2 new drugs to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency's oncology drug formulary. Each drug was reviewed for efficacy and deemed to be of high quality. The addition of these oncology drugs will benefit more than 450 Saskatchewan residents who are undergoing

Announced last week as well, 264 of the 500 new spaces under Saskatchewan's Action Plan for Mental Health and Addictions are now available to Saskatchewan residents.

More great programs and initiatives will continue to be implemented from the 2025-26 Budget in the weeks to come.