Le Registre des lobbyistes
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Agriculture, Immigration, Travail
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Ag Labour- Focus on timeliness and efficiency of immigration applications and reduce barriers so employers can access readily available employees. Federal government to constantly evaluate its processes and the requirements for newcomers to get proper permits to enter the Canadian workforce.
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Règlement
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Agriculture, Travail
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Ag Labour – Incentivize employment and employee retention programs in rural areas of the country to aid in stabilizing much needed labourers.
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Politique ou Programme
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Agriculture, Travail
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Ag Labour - Provide agricultural operations with the eligibility to apply for the Class 1A licensing for their employees through a grant funding program. Provide grants for employment training opportunities or programs to assist in gaining skills prior to busy times in the ag industry.
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Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier
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Agriculture
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Agriculture: Business Risk Management Program suite under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. In particular requesting changes that will enhance support for producers under the AgriStability Program.
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Politique ou Programme
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Agriculture
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AgriStability- ensuring that it serves to maintain and increase the competitiveness of the agricultural sector.
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Politique ou Programme
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Transports
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Amendments to update the Navigable Waters Act so it reflects the current use of navigable waters and is less cumbersome.
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Règlement
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Ressources naturelles
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Aquatic Invasive Species - Requesting federal government lead the fight to prevent spread of aquatic invasive species throughout Canada and Saskatchewan’s waters.
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Règlement
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Infrastructure
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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.
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Politique ou Programme
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Télécommunications
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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
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Politique ou Programme
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Télécommunications
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Broadband - Requesting government investment to enhance services in rural Saskatchewan. “Use it or lose it” provisions in spectrum allocation and unused spectrum.
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Politique ou Programme
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Télécommunications
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Broadband - SARM's key focus is to assist with addressing long-standing issues affective 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 infrastructure parity by 2024, and exceed the CRTC standard by 2027, for all of Saskatchewan residents, regardless of location.
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Politique ou Programme
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Télécommunications
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Broadband – The Rural Broadband Action Committee is moving forward with bringing entities together that will help bring affordable, reliable broadband connectivity to rural Saskatchewan
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Politique ou Programme
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Infrastructure, Municipalités
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Canada Community Building Fund; eligibility requirements and thresholds. Requests to maintain a this Fund and to reduce related administrative requirements for RMs.
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Règlement
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Agriculture
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Canadian Agriculture Partnership - Canadian Agriculture Partnership; ensuring that it serves to maintain and increase the competitiveness of the agricultural sector.
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Politique ou Programme
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Impôts et finances
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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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Règlement
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Industrie
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Carbon tax; impact of carbon tax on Saskatchewan’s agricultural producers and municipalities.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Industrie
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Carbon Tax/Offset – Requesting Canada follow the EU and remove carbon tax from natural gas bill. Carbon credits would help balance between environmental protection and economic growth. SARM participating in development of provincial offset program that is meaningful for agriculture producers and equivalent to a federal program.
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Politique ou Programme
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Protection des animaux
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Chronic wasting disease; policies to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease.
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Politique ou Programme
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Agriculture
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Control of Richardson Ground Squirrels with regard to research and control methods, including the use of Strychnine.
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Politique ou Programme
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Municipalités
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Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) with respect to increasing the compensation for use of municipally owned equipment
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Politique ou Programme
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Agriculture
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Drought Impact - Business risk management tools will have to be maintained and possibly enhanced if drought conditions continue
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Politique ou Programme
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Développement économique
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Economic Development - relating to agriculture and agri-food sector
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Règlement
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Développement économique
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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
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Politique ou Programme
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Impôts et finances
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Emergency response fund; the establishment of an emergency response fund will give fire departments the resources they need to continue providing essential services without risk of non-payment.
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Politique ou Programme
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Énergie
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Emissions regulations – industries are heavily dependent on fossil fuels to produce energy, food, fertilizer, products and commodities needed around the world. Efforts to reduce greenhouse gases should not disadvantage one region of Canada more than another
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Règlement
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Infrastructure
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Energy Infrastructure - Advancing the notion that pipelines are safer mode of transportation than rail to the Canadian Energy Regulator.
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Règlement
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Justice et application des lois
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Enhancements to section 34, Defence of Person, and section 35, Defence of Property, of the Criminal Code.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution, Règlement
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Agriculture
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Federal fertilizer emission reduction targets: SARM is concerned with the impact this will have on the agricultural sector.
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Règlement
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Agriculture
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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
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Politique ou Programme
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Agriculture
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Financial assistance programs for agricultural producers; ensuring that they serve to maintain and increase the competitiveness of the agricultural sector.
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Politique ou Programme
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Justice et application des lois
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Firearms: Participating in consultations on reducing violent crime; consultation on Canada's gun laws.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Environnement, Infrastructure
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Fisheries Act; ensure it effectively balances the need for habitat protection with the need for municipal infrastructure development.
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Règlement
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Agriculture, Municipalités
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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.
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Règlement
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Infrastructure, Municipalités
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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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Politique ou Programme, Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier
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Commerce international
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International Trade, with respect to Canola exports.
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Règlement
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Justice et application des lois
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Justice and Law Enforcement with regard to amending acts and regulations in relation to firearms.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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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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Règlement
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Agriculture, Environnement
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Liberal Fertilizer Reduction plan
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Règlement
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Infrastructure, Municipalités
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Municipal access to Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant.
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Règlement
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Municipalités, Sécurité nationale/sécurité
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Mutual aid agreements; formalizing mutual aid agreements is important because rural municipalities (RM) need assurance that they will be reimbursed for providing emergency services to neighbouring municipalities and First Nations.
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Règlement
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Sécurité nationale/sécurité
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National Disaster Mitigation Program; to ensure mitigation projects and strategically and effectively undertaken.
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Politique ou Programme
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Municipalités
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Navigation Protection Act; placed administrative and financial burdens on municipal infrastructure projects.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Santé
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Pesticide regulations: strongly support maintaining a science based and evidence based approach to pesticide management. The regulation of pesticides needs to consider the importance of food security.
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Règlement
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Industrie
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Pipeline: The pipeline as a greener alternative to shipping oil and gas and the positive effect on Saskatchewan
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Règlement
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Agriculture, Immigration, Travail
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Provide comments on the need for improvements to the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program.
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Politique ou Programme
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Transports
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Rail Safety - Transporting dangerous goods by rail. Grade crossing improvements.
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Règlement
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Transports
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Railway/supply chain concerns especially around being able to move the crop from harvest to ports. Declare railways as an essential service.
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Règlement
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Municipalités, Sécurité nationale/sécurité
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RCMP costs - related costs coupled with rising policing costs overall could result in significant financial burdens for municipalities
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Règlement
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Sécurité nationale/sécurité
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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
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Règlement
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Sécurité nationale/sécurité
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RCMP presence in rural Saskatchewan. Preventing rural crime.
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Politique ou Programme
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Justice et application des lois
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Rural Crime; in regard to a provincial police force
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Politique ou Programme
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Santé
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Rural Healthcare & Recruitment - funding for increase recruitment and retention of healthcare workers in remote rural areas of Saskatchewan
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Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier
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Environnement
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Species at Risk Act (SARA); mitigating negative effects of SARA.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Agriculture, Infrastructure
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The Canada Infrastructure Bank Program - Irrigation infrastructure for agriculture in Saskatchewan. Need a joint infrastructure agreement with Saskatchewan.
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Politique ou Programme
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Affaires autochtones
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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. The agreements need to be updated.
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Politique ou Programme
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Commerce international
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Trade Agreements; including Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement, our request is to better international trade for agriculture producers.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Transports
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Transportation policy and regulation with regard to grain and grain products, and the products of agriculture generally.
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Politique ou Programme, Règlement
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Santé
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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
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Règlement
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Environnement, Sciences et technologies
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Water treatment systems; alternative water treatment technologies continue to be explored and, where feasible, applicable regulations and guidelines be updated to allow for the most efficient use of those technologies.
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Règlement
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The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is a provincial municipal association representing and serving the interests of Saskatchewan's 296 Rural Municipalities.
Jay Meyer, Executive Director
Date de la fin du dernier exercice financier complet : 2023-12-31
| Institution gouvernementale | Financement reçu au cours du dernier exercice financier | Financement attendu pendant l'exercice financier en cours |
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| Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant | 18 688,12 $ | Oui |
Adresse :
2301 Windsor Park Road
Regina, SK S4V 3A4
Canada
Numéro de téléphone :
306-761-3721
Numéro de fax :
306-565-2141