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Saskatchewan Premier Wall, cabinet ministers freeze wages to face 'challenges'

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Feb, 2015 10:26 AM

    REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he and his cabinet ministers have agreed to take a wage freeze to help address "revenue challenges."

    Wall says the wage freeze also applies to senior government officials and other non-unionized executives, such as Crown corporation and health region employees.

    He says the move is for one year and is expected to save $15 million.

    Wall is also asking the board that governs the salaries of legislature members to implement a wage freeze.

    The government will also be writing to school divisions and post-secondary institutions to ask that they apply the same policy.

    Wall said earlier this week that the world oil price slump means Saskatchewan will face a budget shortfall of between $600 million and $800 million this year.

    "With the revenue challenges we are facing, our government is committed to controlling operating spending," Wall said in a release Friday. "I believe those measures have to start at the top and that's the intent of this wage freeze."

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