Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association

In the end Premier Scott Moe didn’t get either of his two wishes regarding the 2024 federal budget delivered Tuesday. At a speech to delegates Monday at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention in Regina, Moe had called for the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to be reloaded and funded, and also called for the […]

The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association is calling on the federal government to roll back proposed changes to the Canada Community Building Fund. Its a federal program to have dollars flow through the provinces to the municipalities to build or repair infrastructure. The proposed changes include language around affordable housing, which just adds more regulation and […]

The members of Municipalities of Saskatchewan have spoken. They want the organization’s old name back. Municipalities of Saskatchewan announced in a release on Friday that it will be transitioning back to the name Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) after a vote from its membership. The vote was held virtually from June 1 to 3. “As […]

The President of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association is taking an active role in western representation at the federal level. Gordon Barnhart will be part of a Federation of Canadian Municipalities task force set up to speak with the Liberal minority government in Ottawa. Barnhart feels it will be a key voice for Saskatchewan which […]

The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association has a list of concerns for federal election candidates. An association survey pegged taxation as the number-one concern of the 56 members who took part. Public Safety was next at 20 percent. President Gordon Barnhart is calling for face-to-face meetings with future federal decision makers to discuss areas such as […]