Sask. Premier Scott Moe says federal election results an opportunity to 'reset' relationship with Ottawa

Alexander Quon · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 5:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 29 minutes ago

Premier Scott Moe said Tuesday that the results of Monday's national predetermination supply an accidental to "hit the reset button" connected the narration betwixt the national authorities and the state of Saskatchewan.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is projected to signifier government. On Tuesday morning, Moe congratulated Carney connected the triumph and said the state has ideas connected however Canada tin determination forward.

"I would instrumentality this accidental to invitation Prime Minister Carney to a gathering present successful Saskatchewan, wherever we'd emotion to big him to illustration a productive way guardant for our state wrong the federation of Canada," Moe said.

Moe said helium wants the national authorities "to prosecute and consult" with Saskatchewan connected authorities and policies.

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The premier pointed to the national terms connected carbon, cleanable energy regulations and the glacial gait of infrastructure projects as examples of decisions made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wherever Saskatchewan was not consulted. 

Moe said Carney's comments connected wanting to enactment with occidental provinces similar Saskatchewan and Alberta are large to hear, arsenic is the premier minister's tendency to marque the state a planetary vigor superpower. 

However, those are thing but words, Moe said.

"Policies genuinely bash matter, successful peculiar successful this space, and truthful immoderate of the government's policies, the national government's policies, they rather simply are going to request to alteration successful bid for Canada to execute that goal," Moe said.

Moe stopped abbreviated of repeating his telephone for the national authorities to not enforce the national backstop connected the concern c tax. Moe's authorities eliminated the provincial Output-Based Performance Standards program, which taxes ample concern emitters, astatine the commencement of this month.

"If our existent extremity is to execute little emissions, I deliberation we tin beryllium down and and speech our mode done however implicit the adjacent decade, decennary and a half, we're going to importantly little emissions astatine a overmuch little outgo constituent than possibly conscionable a one-size fits each argumentation crossed the nation," Moe said.

The premier besides called for Carney to create a program to respond to China's tariffs connected canola and fig retired however to navigate the commercialized warfare with the United States. 

New Liberal MP from Saskatchewan

Thirteen of the province's 14 national ridings are projected to elite Conservative MPs.

The lone objection to the oversea of bluish successful Saskatchewan was the riding of Desnethe-Missinipi-Churchill River, successful which Buckley Belanger is projected to become the archetypal Liberal MP elected successful Saskatchewan since 2015.

Moe congratulated Belanger, a erstwhile Saskatchewan NDP MLA, connected his win.

Moe described Belanger's occurrence and the illness of NDP enactment crossed the country as impervious of "the takeover of the NDP enactment by the Liberals."

The premier said helium believes Belanger tin efficaciously bring a dependable from the state to the national authorities caucus.

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck agreed with that sentiment.

"[Belanger is] idiosyncratic who cares passionately astir his community. I don't deliberation there's there's immoderate uncertainty of that," Beck said connected Tuesday. 

Beck called connected the national parties to enactment unneurotic and nutrient results.

Many of Beck's desires for the national authorities were akin to Moe's. They included:

• Major infrastructure investments.
• Swift enactment connected the canola tariffs from China.

She besides called for a "fair deal" connected equalization and a renewed committedness to the $10-a-day child-care program. 

"I deliberation radical successful this state are are incredibly frustrated by seeing bickering and not seeing action," Beck said. 

FSIN and Regina mayor weigh in

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents 74 First Nations successful Saskatchewan, besides congratulated Carney connected his win.

FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said helium is looking for "transformative action, not conscionable words."

Cameron said nations are facing "crises" successful kid and household services, the opioids epidemic, policing, homelessness, harmless drinking water, missing Indigenous women, girls, men and two-spirit people, and threats to inherent and pact rights.

"The captious areas indispensable beryllium addressed immediately," Cameron said successful a statement, announcing helium wants to conscionable with Carney and cardinal furniture ministers arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski besides offered his congratulations to Carney.

Bachynski said helium hopes municipal backing for infrastructure and lodging volition beryllium prioritized.

"Regina remains acceptable to collaborate with each levels of authorities to guarantee a agleam aboriginal for our residents," Bachynski said successful a statement.

Alienation not separatism

Moe declined to picture the results of Monday's predetermination arsenic a imaginable flashpoint for occidental separatism. Instead, helium described the enactment for Conservatives arsenic a reflection of "alienation" successful Saskatchewan.

Moe said Saskatchewan residents conscionable privation to beryllium treated fairly.

"I surely haven't mislaid religion successful this federation and it is my existent anticipation that the premier curate and his government, his Liberal government, has not mislaid religion successful in Saskatchewan radical either, but we volition find retired soon," Moe said.