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Saskatchewan NDP calls for emergency legislative session over proposed rate hikes

  • Jeremy Simes

  • Canadian Press

  • January 5, 2026

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck speaks during a press conference before the throne speech in Regina, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government is rejecting calls from the Opposition for an emergency legislative session on affordability issues, including proposed rate hikes to power and car insurance.

A statement from Premier Scott Moe's office says the New Democrats had ample time to debate the matter if their leader, Carla Beck, had showed up more often.

Beck has said she sat in the legislature for about 12 of 25 days last fall, so she could meet with people in various communities.

SaskPower, the province's electricity provider, is proposing to increase rates 3.9 per cent this year and the same amount next year.

Saskatchewan Government Insurance, or SGI, which oversees vehicle insurance, is requesting to hike rates 3.75 per cent this year and next year.

Beck says the proposed increases would make life more expensive, while Moe's Saskatchewan Party government says it has addressed affordability issues.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 5, 2026.