Question Period (5 May 2025)

From Hansard (5 May 2025)

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Government Procurement and Contract for Tire Recycling

Jared Clarke: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now more than a hundred good-paying Saskatchewan jobs were lost because this Sask Party government took a contract from locally based Shercom and gave it to a California company, CRM. This was wrong when we first brought it up a year ago, Mr. Speaker, and it’s wrong now.

This Sask Party government has claimed for weeks it was going to focus on buying Canadian in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs, but despite weeks of questioning they have not identified a single American contract that they have cancelled.

Will the government cancel the contract for CRM today and give it back to Shercom so we can get back to supporting Saskatchewan people with good-paying Saskatchewan jobs?

Hon. Travis Keisig: — Well thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank the member opposite for the question. It’s important to note that Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan is an independent organization, industry led, industry driven. It is not managed by the Ministry of Environment or the Minister of Environment. What they do with their contracts is the Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan’s business, Mr. Speaker.

It’s also important to note, Mr. Speaker, that over the past five years our government has awarded more than 99 per cent of our procurements to Canadian businesses and Saskatchewan industry. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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