Premier justifies spending in 2024-25 Saskatchewan budget – CKOM

Mar 21, 2024

Just like his finance minister, Premier Scott Moe wishes the 2024-25 provincial budget unveiled on Wednesday didn’t have a deficit attached.

But, Moe said, there’s a need for new schools and a need for improvement and expansion in health care, which he called the challenges of growth.

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“We embrace them, but nonetheless they are challenges, and we are taking some of the cash that we have as a government – only due to the strength of our economy – (and) putting that towards building some of this infrastructure that is needed,” said Moe.

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