
Premier Scott Moe has announced record revenue sharing with Saskatchewan’s 296 rural municipalities. Moe told SARM delegates in Saskatoon almost 298 million dollars will be shared with rural municipalities this year, up 13 percent from the previous year. He says it is a jump of 36 million dollars from the previous year. Premier Moe adds […]
Premier Scott Moe has returned from a successful week-long trade mission to India. Last year, Saskatchewan shipped exports worth 1.4 billion dollars to India. Saskatchewan supplies more than half the lentils shipped to India. Moe says there was good interest in Saskatchewan-grown food and manufactured farm equipment, particularly seeding equipment. Moe also promoted Saskatchewan potash […]
With the cost of living increasing and the resource sector seeing a boom, the NDP calls on the provincial Government to give Saskatchewan families a break. The NDP proposes a windfall profit resource surcharge to deliver a cost-of-living dividend to address the affordability crisis. The surcharge would add one per cent to the provincial resource […]
Premier Scott Moe leaves on a trade mission to parts of Europe Saturday. Moe will be in the United Kingdom and Germany to reinforce the critical role Saskatchewan can play in food security and energy security as a sustainable partner. The week-long trade mission will officially open Saskatchewan’s new Trade and Investment Office in London, […]
On Monday, the provincial government announced more than $275 million in 2021-2022 as part of the Municipal Revenue Sharing Program. This is the second-highest overall amount ever. “This unconditional provincial funding for municipalities provides local leaders the flexibility and adaptability to invest in their community’s current key priorities,” said Moe said in a government release. […]
Premier Scott Moe admits the pace of the province’s vaccination program is off to more of a “sluggish start” than what the government had hoped for at this point. While he points to the province seeing a dramatic improvement in the rate of vaccinations in the province, Moe acknowledged his concerns of the delay in […]
A project being referred to as “generational” is being announced by the province. It will see the irrigation of over 200,000 hectares of land from Lake Diefenbaker over the next 10 years which basically doubles the amount of irrigable land in Saskatchewan. The project will begin with an immediate $22.5 million investment in preliminary engineering […]
Municipal revenue sharing next fiscal year will see a big boost in Saskatchewan. Premier Scott Moe broke the news on Monday morning at the SUMA convention from the Queensbury Convention Centre in Regina. The program will receive a boost of $27 million in the upcoming 2020-2021 fiscal year for a overall record amount of $278 million. […]