Growing Saskatchewan

In 2019, Premier Scott Moe released the government's plan for the next decade of growth. It included 20 actions and 30 goals for growing Saskatchewan.

We'll continue this important work to keep Saskatchewan strong!

20 Actions for 2020

  • Growing our population by keeping more young people in Saskatchewan and increasing immigration to the province.
  • Maintaining a competitive tax environment and undertaking SaskFirst new growth tax incentives.
  • Growing Saskatchewan exports and core exporting sectors, such as manufacturing.
  • Engaging internationally to secure access and expand international markets for Saskatchewan products.
  • Growing Saskatchewan's agricultural economy.
  • Adding value and increasing Saskatchewan-based processing of the province's agricultural products.
  • Growing Saskatchewan's oil, gas and natural resource economy.
  • Promoting the quality and sustainability of Saskatchewan's agricultural and natural resource exports.
  • Creating opportunities by reducing interprovincial barriers to trade.
  • Growing Indigenous participation in the economy through the growth of Saskatchewan's natural resource industries and labour market development.
  • Expanding Saskatchewan's export infrastructure.
  • Supporting the transformation of Saskatchewan's economy through innovation and technology and the growth of Saskatchewan's technology sector.
  • Developing Saskatchewan's labour force.
  • Growing small businesses and reducing government red tape for businesses.
  • Delivering on Saskatchewan's climate change plan to reduce carbon emissions.
  • Reducing carbon emissions in electricity production and advancing the development of zero-emission small modular reactor technology using Saskatchewan uranium.
  • Keeping the province's finances strong and balance the budget by 2024.
  • Building strong communities by investing in infrastructure.
  • Delivering on the purpose of growth by ensuring growth builds a better quality of life for Saskatchewan families and communities.
  • Always standing for a strong Saskatchewan.

30 Goals for 2030

  • 1.4 million people living in Saskatchewan.
  • 100,000 new jobs.
  • Grow private capital investment in Saskatchewan to $16 billion annually.
  • Increase the value of exports by 50 per cent.
  • Grow the number of international markets to which Saskatchewan exports more than $1 billion.
  • Grow Saskatchewan's agri-food exports to $20 billion.
  • Increase crop production to 45 million metric tonnes and livestock cash receipts to $3 billion.
  • Expand irrigation in Saskatchewan.
  • Increase agriculture value-added revenue to $10 billion.
  • Crush 75 per cent of the canola Saskatchewan produces in Saskatchewan.
  • Process 50 per cent of the pulse crops Saskatchewan produces in Saskatchewan.
  • Double meat processing and animal feed value-added revenue to more than $1 billion.
  • Increase oil production by 25 per cent to 600,000 barrels per day.
  • Increase the annual value of uranium sales to $2 billion.
  • Increase the annual value of potash sales to $9 billion.
  • Double the growth of Saskatchewan's forestry sector.
  • Grow Indigenous participation in Saskatchewan's natural resource industries.
  • Triple the growth of Saskatchewan's technology sector.
  • Increase the value of Saskatchewan manufacturing exports by 50 per cent.
  • Increase tourist expenditures in Saskatchewan by 50 per cent.
  • Enhance oil recovery, carbon capture utilization and storage and position Saskatchewan as the best place in North America to test, commercialize and scale new oil and gas technologies.
  • Invest $30 billion in infrastructure over the next decade.
  • Build and upgrade 10,000 kilometres of highways.
  • Expand Saskatchewan's export infrastructure.
  • Balance the budget by 2024.
  • Keep Saskatchewan's debt-to-economic growth (GDP) ratio within the top three in Canada.
  • Deliver on Saskatchewan's climate change strategy, Prairie Resilience.
  • Advance development of zero-emission small modular reactor technology.
  • Support communities through $2.5 billion in revenue sharing.
  • Reduce surgical wait times to a three-month target.