Question Period (1 December 2025)

From Hansard (1 December 2025)

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Increase to Cost of Tire Recycling

Aleana Young: — Thanks very much, Mr. Speaker. Tax more, deliver less. It’s just the Sask Party way. But this tax-and-squander Sask Party government is clearly driving up the cost of living, like they’ve done for their entire 18 years in office. Carbon, taxed. Properties, taxed. And now, Mr. Speaker, tires, taxed, and taxed 30 per cent higher today than they were yesterday.

Mr. Speaker, why is the Minister of Environment hiking taxes on people putting winter tires on their car?

Hon. Travis Keisig: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. $1.50-a-tire fee increase is going directly towards the Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan. Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan is tasked with the recycling of tires all across the province of Saskatchewan. It’s a fee increase going towards the recycling of tires all across the province. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

 

Aleana Young: — Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. That was a very enthusiastic answer. It’s just a tire fee. That’s right. It’s not a tire tax. It’s not a carbon tax. It’s a tire fee. It’s not the provincial sales tax. It’s the provincial sales fee.

Mr. Speaker, people in the province can see right through that. There’s no denying it. This minister is responsible for a 30 per cent hike on the cost of new tires in Saskatchewan. People in Saskatchewan are living with the highest levels of financial anxiety anywhere in Canada. Property taxes are going up. Power bills are going to go up. And under this minister, tire taxes are up.

What does the minister say to the over 800,000 drivers in Saskatchewan who are going to be paying more for new tires today?

Hon. Travis Keisig: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would say to the 800,000 drivers across the province of Saskatchewan, it's $1.50 fee increase. This was asked for by municipalities to see tires not go into municipal landfills. This fee is going directly towards the Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan to see that tires are recycled all across the province of Saskatchewan. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

 

Aleana Young: — Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. That’s a thoughtless answer for the 800,000 drivers in Saskatchewan who are being nickel-and-dimed by this government. They might not care about increasing fees or taxes on drivers in Saskatchewan, but you can bet that the people putting winter tires on their cars right now do.

To that minister: why? Why is Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan having to increase their fees?

Hon. Travis Keisig: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was $1.50-a-tire fee increase. Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan manages all the financial responsibilities to see that tires are responsibly recycled all across the province of Saskatchewan. Those questions are best addressed to the Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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