Saskatchewan has frozen wages for cabinet ministers and all senior government officials.
Premier Brad Wall announced the freeze today, citing revenue challenges due to low energy prices.
He said it will save $15 million.
The freeze applies to senior managers and out-of-scope employees in executive government and crown corporations, as well as out-of-scope health region employees. It is in effect for the 2015-16 fiscal year for government and the 2015 fiscal year for the crowns.
Wall said the government will ask school divisions and post-secondary institutions to implement the same policy.
MLAs are supposed to receive an annual cost of living wage increase of 2.4 percent April 1. The Board of Internal Economy governs those wages, and the premier said he has asked government members of that committee to also freeze wages.
The provincial budget is to be released March 18.
