- Pledges to control spending and maintain fiscal discipline; has indicated that it will not be making many new spending promises while the province is in financial difficulty (1, 5)
- Promises to use the province’s oil revenues to build a $500 million balance for the province’s Growth and Financial Security Fund once the price of oil rebounds to $75 U.S. dollars per barrel. Once the fund reaches $500 million, the Saskatchewan Party pledges to dedicate additional funds to debt repayment (1)
- Believes that its platform’s promises over 4 years will cost $105.4 million total, excluding the $2 billion Highways First infrastructure plan (1)
- Aims to return the province’s finances to a surplus by the 2017-2018 fiscal year (1)
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- Believes its plan can save at least $836 million by cutting existing government programs and policies and reallocating these funds to the party’s election promises (2)
- Promises to repurpose one of the government’s Executive Air airplanes as an Air Ambulance and sell the other two, expecting to save $7 million over its first term and earning $4 million through the sale of the planes (2)
- Pledges to cut at least three cabinet ministers and their associated political staff, and reduce the political staff in the Executive Council by 15% to save $6.9 million in the government’s first term (2)
- Pledges to cut six MLAs for the next election, saving an expected $5.5 million over the government’s second term (2)
- Promises to cut 70% of private advisors and consultants, saving $244 million over the government’s first term. This is in addition to reduced spending on external and foreign contractors, expected to save $110 million over four years (2)
- Pledges to cut the Lean program, which is intended to reduce waste in the public sector and especially in healthcare. The program has allegedly cost more than it has saved, and cutting it provides expected savings of $82 million over four years (2, 6)
- Has not fully costed all of the party’s platform promises (3)
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- Pledges to review the Lean system in health care (4)
- Promises to reduce the Legislature to 48 members from 61 following the 2016 provincial to save government funds (4)
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- The Green Party has not release specifics in regards to government expenditure
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