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Saskatchewan’s premier endorsed the Conservative Party of Canada on Wednesday.
Speaking from his hometown of Shellbrook in a video shared to social media, Scott Moe announced that he intends to vote for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.
Why I'm voting for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives. pic.twitter.com/Y5BEHqe9o2
— Scott Moe (@PremierScottMoe) April 23, 2025
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“Shellbrook is about 3,000 kilometres from Ottawa, but these last few years it’s felt like it’s been about a million miles away,” Moe said. “That’s because we have had a federal government that has turned its back on this part of the country.”
The premier said the Liberal government in Ottawa has made it more expensive for Saskatchewan to produce things like “the most sustainable food, fuel and fertilizer on Earth,” and has made it more costly to bring those products to market.
“When we’ve tried to work with them to take down those barriers to build a stronger Saskatchewan within a strong and united Canada, they’ve turned their back,” Moe said.
He emphasized that Saskatchewan “will never be part of the U.S.” but said it’s time that the province had “a government that treats us like we’re a part of Canada.”
The premier said he’s voting Conservative because he believes that party’s policies would help keep communities safe, allow Saskatchewan to develop its resources and bring them to market more easily, and pave the way for “good paying jobs and opportunities” while ensuring that Saskatchewan receives treatment that is equal to other provinces.
“Only Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives are offering those policies,” Moe said.
“I’m tired of being a million miles from Ottawa, and it’s time for us to bring this country closer together.”
Moe’s endorsement will come as no surprise to most political observers, as his government has clashed publicly with the Liberal government in Ottawa many times throughout his tenure as premier, particularly over the federal carbon tax and pipeline policies.
The Liberals, under new leader Mark Carney, have distanced themselves from several of Justin Trudeau’s unpopular policies, including cancelling the consumer side of the carbon tax, but Moe has called for the industrial carbon pricing scheme to be cancelled as well, saying that ending the consumer tax was just “a step of about 12 steps that need to be taken.”
With less than a week remaining in the federal election campaign, attacks from the party leaders are heating up, with both Carney and Poilievre critiquing each other’s platforms. Carney said the Conservative platform relies on “phantom math,” while Poilievre said the Liberal platform appeared to be authored by Trudeau.
The latest polling suggests the Liberals still hold a lead over the Conservatives.
Canadians head to the polls to vote on their next federal government on Monday.
–with files from The Canadian Press
