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Environment,
Taxation and Finance
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Bill C-234: An Act to amend Greenhouse Gas and Pollution Pricing Act – remove carbon tax from grain drying and barn heating.
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Financial Institutions,
Taxation and Finance
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Bill S-243: An Act to enact the Climate-Aligned Finance Act and to make related amendments to other Acts – climate-aligned financial reporting will be a cost burden for agricultural producers, local municipal governments and small businesses in rural Saskatchewan.
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Infrastructure
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Bridge and Road Funding – Supply chain impacts Canada’s economy which shows the importance of maintaining strong transportation infrastructure. Rural Saskatchewan needs more funding for maintaining bridges and roads in order to carry agriculture, mining and forestry products to market.
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Infrastructure,
Municipalities
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Canada Community Building Fund; eligibility requirements and thresholds. Requests to maintain the Fund and to reduce related administrative requirements for RMs.
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Taxation and Finance
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Capital Gains Inclusion Rate - The number of farms could dwindle and plans for succession may be hindered by the introduction of this new tax policy change. Also it could negatively affect the unemployment rates in this country and scare away future investors and entrepreneurs.
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Industry
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Carbon tax; impact of carbon tax on Saskatchewan agricultural producers and municipalities.
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Agriculture,
Climate,
Infrastructure
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Food Security – the importance of enhancing agricultural infrastructure, mitigating food inflation and rising fuel costs, ensuring fertilizer availability and recognition for sustainable farming practices.
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Infrastructure,
Municipalities
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Infrastructure funding; ensuring eligibility requirements and thresholds allow rural municipalities to access infrastructure funding.
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Infrastructure,
Municipalities
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Infrastructure funding programs for municipalities with regard to the need for continued and increased levels of funding.
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Agriculture
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Landownership - concerns over regulating out-of-province landownership in regards to land use and management in ways that interest the local community. Stricter regulations on land purchases.
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