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Saskatchewan NDP calls for emergency legislative session over proposed rate hikes
SaskPower seeks 3.9% rate hikes and SGI proposes 3.75% increases, affecting 98% of vehicles with an average $38 annual rise, amid debate on affordability measures.
- On Jan. 5, 2026, NDP Leader Carla Beck urged an emergency legislative session to pass the Rent Control Act and cut taxes on groceries and children's clothing to ease affordability.
- On Friday, SaskPower filed a two-year request seeking 3.9 per cent rate increases this year and next year, while Saskatchewan Government Insurance asked for 3.75 per cent hikes both years.
- Rate filings indicate SaskPower estimates the average residential customer would pay about $5 more per month and the average farm customer about $11 per month if approved.
- The provincial government rejected Opposition calls for an emergency session on rate hikes, calling it a "do-over" and citing the largest income-tax cut since 2008, while Premier Scott Moe's office criticized Carla Beck's attendance record.
- With decisions due this year and next year, the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel could soon approve rate hikes following Friday filings by SaskPower and SGI, first published Jan. 5, 2026.
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NDP calls SaskPower rate hike “fiscal trainwreck,” Minister calls it “modest” compared to the alternative
NDP Leader Carla Beck. X/@CarlaBeckSK On Jan. 2, SaskPower announced a planned rate hike of 3.9 per cent this February, and another hike of the same value next February. The NDP criticized the move, with NDP Leader Carla Beck saying in an emailed statement on Jan. 2, “Now, they’re going to face increases on both their home power bills and their car insurance. We warned the Sask. Party of the impact these increases would have over and over during…
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