Party leaders call for equalization payments fix in federal budget
Saskatchewan Party leader Brad Wall is hoping next week’s federal budget will include $570 million for Saskatchewan.
That is the amount of money taxpayers in the province provided in equalization.
Given that contribution, Wall said he’d like some recognition of the struggling energy sector.
“We’re hoping perhaps to get a little bit more than what we would usually get recognizing this $570 million we’re putting into equalization, we’d like to have it back,” he told reporters in Regina Wednesday. “We’re also hoping to see the oil well clean-up program supported.”