12-Month Lobbying Summary - Consultant

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Subject matters	Details	Categories
Agriculture	AgriStability- ensuring that it serves to maintain and increase the competitiveness of the agricultural sector.	Policies or Program
Agriculture	Agriculture: Business Risk Management Program suite under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, in particular requesting changes that will enhance support for producers under the programs.	Policies or Program
Transportation	Amendments to update the Navigable Waters Act so it reflects the current use of navigable waters and is less cumbersome.	Regulation
Natural Resources	Aquatic Invasive Species - Requesting federal government lead the fight to prevent spread of aquatic species throughout Canada and Saskatchewan's waters.	Regulation
Climate	Bill C-234 is calling for changes to the "Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act"	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Infrastructure	Bridge and Road Funding - Supply chain impacts in BC have shown the importance of maintaining strong infrastructure; Rural Saskatchewan needs more funding for bridges and roads in order to carry agriculture, mining and forestry products.	Policies or Program
Telecommunications	Broadband - Requesting government investment to enhance service in rural Saskatchewan. "Use it or lose it" provisions in spectrum allocation and unused spectrum.	Policies or Program
Telecommunications	Broadband - SARM's key focus is to assist with addressing long-standing issues affecting broadband connectivity; and, advise and direct actions leading to a shared strategy, investment, and vision. The SARM Broadband Action Committee is committed to achieving broadband parity by 2024, and exceed the CRTC standard by 2027, for all Saskatchewan residents, regardless of location.	Policies or Program
Telecommunications	Broadband - The Rural Broadband Action Committee is moving forward with bringing entities together that will help bring affordable, reliable broadband connectivity to rural Saskatchewan.	Policies or Program
Telecommunications	Broadband – continue the investments in rural broadband and meet the CRTC’s targets of download speeds of 50 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of at least 10 Mbps	Policies or Program
Infrastructure, Municipalities	Canada Community Building Fund; eligibility requirements and thresholds. Requests to maintain the Fund and to reduce related administrative requirements for RMs.	Regulation
Agriculture	Canadian Agricultural Partnership - Ensuring CAP serves to maintain and increase competitiveness in the Canadian Agricultural sector.	Policies or Program
Industry	Carbon Tax/Offset – Requesting Canada follow the EU and remove carbon tax from natural gas bill. Carbon credits would balance between environmental protection and economic growth. SARM participating in development of provincial offset program that is meaningful for agricultural producers and equivalent to a federal program	Policies or Program
Industry	Carbon tax, impact of carbon tax on Saskatchewan's agricultural producers and municipalities.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Animal Welfare	Chronic wasting disease; policies to prevent spread of chronic wasting disease.	Policies or Program
Agriculture	Control of Richardson Ground Squirrels with regard to research and control measures.	Policies or Program
Municipalities	Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) with respect to increasing the compensation for use of municipally owned equipment.	Policies or Program
Agriculture	Drought Impact - Business risk management tools will have to be maintained and possibly enhanced if drought conditions continue.	Policies or Program
Economic Development	Economic Development – SARM seeks to find ways to expand the rural workforce, explore ideas that foster innovation, be a catalyst for economic investments, and provide rural municipalities with the much-needed tools to ensure that Saskatchewan can continue to support Canada’s economic growth and development	Policies or Program
Economic Development	Economic Development- relating to agriculture and agri-food sector	Regulation
Taxation and Finance	Emergency response fund; establishment of an emergency response fund that will give departments the resources they need to continue providing essential services without risk of non-payment.	Policies or Program
Energy	Emissions regulations - industries are heavily dependent on fossil fuels to produce energy, food and fertilizer, products and commodities needed around the world. Efforts to reduce greenhouse gases should not disadvantage one region of Canada more than the another	Regulation
Infrastructure	Energy Infrastructure - advancing the notion that pipelines are a safer mode of transportation than rail.	Regulation
Justice and Law Enforcement	Enhancements to the Criminal Code	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture	Federal fertilizer emission reduction targets: SARM is concerned with the impact this will have on the agricultural sector.	Regulation
Agriculture	Fertilizer reduction – focus on an absolute emissions reduction, rather than an intensity-based target, is misplaced and will likely cause severe economic harm & more emissions can be reduced through increased uptake of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program while improving the competitiveness and profit of farmers	Policies or Program
Agriculture	Financial assistance programs for agricultural producers, ensuring that they serve to maintain and increase competitiveness and success of the agricultural sector.	Policies or Program
Environment, Infrastructure	Fisheries Act: ensure it effectively balances the need for habitat protection with the need for municipal infrastructure development.	Regulation
Agriculture, Immigration, Labour	Food Security – Provide farm operations with the eligibility to apply for the 1A grant funding; incentivize employment and employee retention programs in rural areas of the country to aid in stabilizing labour supply; provide employment training opportunities to be held well in advance of busy times in the Ag industry; and ask that the federal government evaluate its process and the requirements for newcomers to get proper permits to enter the Canadian workforce. Focus on efficiency and reduce barriers so employers can access readily available employees	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Municipalities	Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act and Clean Fuel Regulations; in regard to the impact it will have on Western Canada's agricultural producers and municipalities.	Regulation
Infrastructure, Municipalities	Infrastructure funding programs for municipalities with regard to the need for continued and increased levels of funding.	Policies or Program
Infrastructure, Municipalities	Infrastructure funding; ensuring eligibility requirements and thresholds allow rural municipalities to access infrastructure funding.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
International Trade	International trade with respect to Canola exports	Regulation
Justice and Law Enforcement	Justice and Law Enforcement with regard to amending acts and regulations in relations to firearms.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Environment	Liberal Fertilizer Reduction plan	Regulation
Municipalities	Municipal access to Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant.	Regulation
Municipalities, National Security/Security	Mutual aid agreements; formalizing mutual aid agreements is important because RMs need assurance that they will be reimbursed for providing emergency services to neighbouring municipalities and First Nations.	Regulation
National Security/Security	National Disaster Mitigation Program; to ensure mitigation projects are strategically and effectively undertaken.	Policies or Program
Infrastructure, Municipalities	Navigation Protection Act; placed administrative and financial burdens on municipal infrastructure projects.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement	Participating in consultations on reducing violent crime; consultations on Canada's gun laws.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Industry	Pipeline: The pipeline as a greener alternative to shipping oil and gas and the positive effect on Saskatchewan	Regulation
Transportation	Port of Vancouver grain loading issues, Railway/supply chain concerns especially around being able to move the crop from harvest to ports	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Immigration, Labour	Providing comments on the need for improvements to the Temporary Foreign Workers TFW) program.	Policies or Program
Municipalities, National Security/Security	RCMP costs - related costs coupled with rising policing costs overall could result in significant financial burdens for municipalities	Regulation
National Security/Security	RCMP presence in rural Saskatchewan. Preventing rural crime.	Policies or Program
National Security/Security	RCMP – given the economic increase/market adjustments in the collective agreement, pay increases total more than 23 per cent over the six years, retroactive to 2017 & SARM is calling on the federal government to fully absorb all retroactive pay increases that the federal government negotiated	Regulation
Transportation	Rail Safety; Transporting dangerous goods by rail. Grade crossing improvements.	Regulation
Taxation and Finance	Railway tax exemptions - CP Rail's request for tax exemption will affect provincial budget and revenue sharing	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Justice and Law Enforcement	Rural Crime; in regard to a provincial police force	Policies or Program
Health	Rural Healthcare & Recruitment - funding for increase recruitment and retention of healthcare workers in remote rural areas of Saskatchewan	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Environment	Species at Risk Act (SARA), mitigating the effects of SARA for landowners, municipalities.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Agriculture, Infrastructure	The Canada Infrastructure Bank - Irrigation infrastructure for agriculture in Saskatchewan.	Policies or Program
Aboriginal Affairs	The Rural Municipal (RM) Tax Loss Compensation Trust Fund tied to Treaty Land Entitlement agreements continues to decrease and appears to be unsustainable without municipalities absorbing significant reduction in monies from the fund.	Policies or Program
International Trade	Trade Agreements, including Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), our request is to better international trade for agricultural producers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Transportation	Transportation policy and regulation with regard to grain, grain products, and the products of agriculture generally.	Policies or Program
Health	Vaccine Development: resulting from the COVID-19. SARM would like to see vaccine development in SK and throughout the country - SARM supports VIDO's initiatives	Regulation
Environment, Science and Technology	Water treatment systems, alternative water treatment technologies continue to be explored ad where feasible, applicable regulations and guidelines be updated to allow for the most efficient use of those technologies.	Regulation

• Subject matter details in previous versions

  Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

  Subject matters	Details	Categories
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	AgriStability- ensuring that it serves to maintain and increase the competitiveness of the agricultural sector.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Agriculture: Business Risk Management Program suite under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, in particular requesting changes that will enhance support for producers under the programs.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Aquatic Invasive Species - Requesting federal government lead the fight to prevent AIS throughout Canada and Saskatchewan's waters.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Bill C-234 is calling for changes to the "Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act"	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Broadband - Requesting government investment to enhance service in rural Saskatchewan. "Use it or lose it" provisions in spectrum allocation and unused spectrum.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Broadband - SARM's key focus is to assist with addressing long-standing issues affecting broadband connectivity; and, advise and direct actions leading to a shared strategy, investment, and vision. The SARM Broadband Action Committee is committed to achieving broadband parity by 2024, and exceed the CRTC standard by 2027, for all Saskatchewan residents, regardless of location.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Broadband - The Rural Broadband Action Committee is moving forward with bringing entities together that will help bring affordable, reliable broadband connectivity to rural Saskatchewan.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Broadband – continue the investments in rural broadband and meet the CRTC’s targets of download speeds of 50 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of at least 10 Mbps	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Canadian Agricultural Partnership - Ensuring CAP serves to maintain and increase competitiveness in the Canadian Agricultural sector.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Carbon pricing – Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment is working on finalizing a provincial offset program & SARM has been working with the province to create an Offset program and make it meaningful for agricultural producers and one that is equivalent to a federal program	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Carbon tax, impact of carbon tax on Saskatchewan's agricultural producers and municipalities.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Control of Richardson Ground Squirrels with regard to research and control measures.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) with respect to increasing the compensation for use of municipally owned equipment.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Drought Impact - Business risk management tools will have to be maintained and possibly enhanced if drought conditions continue.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Economic Development – SARM seeks to find ways to expand the rural workforce, explore ideas that foster innovation, be a catalyst for economic investments, and provide rural municipalities with the much-needed tools to ensure that Saskatchewan can continue to support Canada’s economic growth and development	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Economic Development- relating to agriculture and agri-food sector	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Emergency response fund; establishment of an emergency response fund that will give departments the resources they need to continue providing essential services without risk of non-payment.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Emissions regulations - industries are heavily dependent on fossil fuels to produce energy, food and fertilizer, products and commodities needed around the world. Efforts to reduce greenhouse gases should not disadvantage one region of Canada more than the another	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Energy Infrastructure - advancing the notion that pipelines are a safer mode of transportation than rail.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Federal fertilizer emission reduction targets: SARM is concerned with the impact this will have on the agricultural sector.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Fertilizer reduction – focus on an absolute emissions reduction, rather than an intensity-based target, is misplaced and will likely cause severe economic harm & more emissions can be reduced through increased uptake of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program while improving the competitiveness and profit of farmers	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Financial assistance programs for agricultural producers, ensuring that they serve to maintain and increase competitiveness and success of the agricultural sector.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Fisheries Act: ensure it effectively balances the need for habitat protection with the need for municipal infrastructure development.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Food Security – Provide farm operations with the eligibility to apply for the 1A grant funding; incentivize employment and employee retention programs in rural areas of the country to aid in stabilizing labour supply; provide employment training opportunities to be held well in advance of busy times in the Ag industry; and ask that the federal government evaluate its process and the requirements for newcomers to get proper permits to enter the Canadian workforce. Focus on efficiency and reduce barriers so employers can access readily available employees	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act and Clean Fuel Regulations; in regard to the impact it will have on Western Canada's agricultural producers and municipalities.	Regulation
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Infrastructure funding programs for municipalities with regard to the need for continued and increased levels of funding.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Infrastructure funding; ensuring eligibility requirements and thresholds allow rural municipalities to access infrastructure funding.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	International trade with respect to Canola exports	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Justice and Law Enforcement with regard to amending acts and regulations in relations to firearms.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Municipal access to Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Mutual aid agreements; formalizing mutual aid agreements is important because RMs need assurance that they will be reimbursed for providing emergency services to neighbouring municipalities and First Nations.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	National Disaster Mitigation Program; to ensure mitigation projects are strategically and effectively undertaken.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Participating in consultations on reducing violent crime; consultations on Canada's gun laws.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Pipeline: The pipeline as a greener alternative to shipping oil and gas and the positive effect on Saskatchewan	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Port of Vancouver grain loading issues, Railway/supply chain concerns especially around being able to move the crop from 2022 harvest to ports	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Providing comments on the need for improvements to the Temporary Foreign Workers TFW) program.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	RCMP costs - Unionization-related costs coupled with rising policing costs overall could result in significant financial burdens for municipalities	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	RCMP presence in rural Saskatchewan. Preventing rural crime.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	RCMP – given the economic increase/market adjustments in the collective agreement, pay increases total more than 23 per cent over the six years, retroactive to 2017 & SARM is calling on the federal government to fully absorb all retroactive pay increases that the federal government negotiated	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Rail Safety; Transporting dangerous goods by rail. Grade crossing improvements.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Railway tax exemptions - CP Rail's request for tax exemption will affect provincial budget and revenue sharing	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Requests to maintain Gas Tax Fund and to reduce related administrative requirements for RMs.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Rural Crime; in regard to potential need for provincial police force	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Rural Healthcare & Recruitment - funding for increase recruitment and retention of healthcare workers in remote rural areas of Saskatchewan	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Species at Risk Act (SARA), mitigating the effects of SARA for landowners, municipalities.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	The Canada Infrastructure Bank - Irrigation infrastructure for agriculture in Saskatchewan.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	The Rural Municipal (RM) Tax Loss Compensation Trust Fund tied to Treaty Land Entitlement agreements continues to decrease and appears to be unsustainable without municipalities absorbing significant reduction in monies from the fund.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Trade Agreements, including Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), our request is to better international trade for agricultural producers.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Transportation policy and regulation with regard to grain, grain products, and the products of agriculture generally.	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Vaccine Development: resulting from the COVID-19. SARM would like to see vaccine development in SK and throughout the country - SARM supports VIDO's initiatives	Policies or Program
  Subject matters were not required to be associated with subject matter details when this content was submitted	Water treatment systems, alternative water treatment technologies continue to be explored ad where feasible, applicable regulations and guidelines be updated to allow for the most efficient use of those technologies.	Policies or Program

  Subject matters in previous versions

  • Agriculture
  • Budget
  • Climate
  • Consumer Issues
  • Economic Development
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Federal-Provincial Relations
  • Fisheries
  • Health
  • Industry
  • Infrastructure
  • International Trade
  • Justice and Law Enforcement
  • Labour
  • Municipalities
  • Regional Development
  • Research and Development
  • Taxation and Finance
  • Telecommunications
  • Transportation

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
• Senate of Canada
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)

Communication techniques

Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:

• Oral communication
• Written communication
• Arrange one or more meetings

Darwin Whitfield, Member of the Board of Directors for the organization (Business address and contact information)

No public offices held