Sask. calls Ottawa one of its 'biggest threats' in 2023 throne speech

Protecting Saskatchewan from outside "threats" – including the federal government – was a major theme in the provincial government’s 2023 Speech from the Throne on Wednesday.

Protecting Saskatchewan from outside "threats" – including the federal government – was a major theme in the provincial government’s 2023 Speech from the Throne on Wednesday.

Ahead of the fall legislative session, the speech highlighted how Saskatchewan continues to have a strong economy but global instability, rising interest rates, inflation and Ottawa are all threats that need to be addressed.

“Incredibly, one of the biggest threats to Saskatchewan’s economy is our own federal government,” the speech said.

The speech argued Ottawa’s federal carbon tax continues to increase the “cost of everything” while the federal Clean Electricity Standard and net-zero emissions targets are unrealistic.

“My government will continue to build affordable, reliable, sustainable power generation and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050,” the speech read.

Ottawa’s target for net-zero continues to be 2030.

“We will not risk plunging our homes, our schools, our hospitals, our special care homes, our businesses into the cold and darkness because of the ideological whims of others,” the speech said.