Things are looking grim at the Saskatchewan Legislature. Premier Brad Wall has revealed that it appears the budget this spring will show a $1.25 billion deficit and that means everything is on the table when it comes to balancing that budget.

Wall spoke to delegates at the annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention in Saskatoon Monday and explained that they are dealing with an extra $250 million in crop insurance claims due to the terrible harvest conditions last fall.

In explaining the deficit, Wall also explained that they don't want to leave this open ended.  They want to have a plan.

"We're not going to procrastinate." said Wall during a scrum with media after his presentation. "We're not going to do what other jurisdictions are doing and what happened in the past in this country, where provinces and the federal government said 'Ah, we'll balance it somewhere down the road.' They didn't set a specific goal or plan to get to balance and we all saw the results of that and we're not going to do that in Saskatchewan and that means some difficult decisions."

Wall said one scenario has them cancelling some of the PST exceptions they offer and another has them altering the revenue sharing formula with cities across the province, funding that many communities count on to balance their own budgets.

The province has already started to move towards administrative savings following the announcement of a single health care district, rather than the multiple health care regions that currently serve the province.  There has already been speculation that amalgamations are on the way for the education sector as another cost saving effort.