REGINA - Premier Scott Moe has announced Saskatchewan will be the first carbon tax free province in Canada.
Moe made the announcement in a social media post that went out on the X platform on Wednesday afternoon. In his announcement he pointed to both major federal parties having announced plans to remove the carbon tax as reason for this decision.
Here is the full text of what Moe had to say in his post on social media:
"Saskatchewan is now a carbon tax-free province, the first carbon tax-free province in Canada. Now that the two major federal parties and their leaders have announced their plans for removing the carbon tax, Saskatchewan is taking the next step by reducing the industrial carbon tax rate charged in our province to zero to give our consumers a break and make our industries more competitive in this new tariff environment.
"So what does this mean for you? Well, the immediate effect is the removal of the carbon tax on your SaskPower bills, saving Saskatchewan families and small businesses hundreds of dollars a year. And in the longer term, it will reduce the cost of other consumer products that have the industrial carbon tax built right into their price.
"Saskatchewan is producing some of the most sustainable products in the world today. We want to create the environment to produce more of those sustainable products, to make our industries more competitive in the face of U.S. and Chinese tariffs, and to protect and create Canadian jobs right here in Saskatchewan.
"Making Saskatchewan a carbon tax-free province will do just that, and I would hope that all of the parties running in the federal election would agree with those objectives and allow the provinces to regulate in this area without imposing the federal backstop."
