Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Agriculture
- Budget
- Climate
- International Trade
- Employment and Training
- Energy
- Environment
- Taxation and Finance
- Infrastructure
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Municipalities
- Fisheries
- Health
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
Subject Matter Details
Politique ou Programme
- 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.
- Broadband - requesting government investment to enhance services in rural Saskatchewan. “Use it or lose it” provisions in spectrum allocation and unused spectrum.
- Canadian Agriculture Partnership; ensuring that it serves to maintain and increase the competitiveness of the agricultural sector.
- Chronic wasting disease; policies to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease.
- Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA); with respect to increasing the compensation for use of municipally owned equipment.
- 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.
- Energy Infrastructure - Advancing the notion that pipelines are a safer mode of transportation than rail to the Canada Energy Regulator.
- Federal support for municipalities and agricultural producers in Saskatchewan in relation to the Economic Response Plan.
- Infrastructure funding; ensuring eligibility requirements and thresholds allow rural municipalities to access infrastructure funding.
- Municipal access to Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant.
- 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.
- National Disaster Mitigation Program; to ensure mitigation projects and strategically and effectively undertaken.
- New Building Canada Fund; eligibility requirements and thresholds.
- Provide comments on the need for improvements to the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program.
- Rail Safety; Transporting dangerous goods by rail. Grade crossing improvements.
- Requesting federal government lead the fight to prevent spread of aquatic invasive species throughout Canada and Saskatchewan’s waters.
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) presence in rural Saskatchewan. Preventing rural crime.
- 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.
- 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.
Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
- Actively lobbied and supported the federal governments efforts to resolve the trade issues regarding Country of Origin Labelling (COOL)
- Cannabis Act and regulations; mitigating potential risks to municipalities resulting from legalization.
- Carbon tax; impact of carbon tax on Saskatchewan’s agricultural producers and municipalities.
- Fisheries Act; ensure it effectively balances the need for habitat protection with the need for municipal infrastructure development.
- Navigation Protection Act; placed administrative and financial burdens on municipal infrastructure projects. SARM is concerned that the 2012 amendments will be reversed.
- Participating in consultations on reducing violent crime consultations and position against bringing in a long gun registry.
- Species At Risk Act (SARA); mitigating negative effects of SARA.
- Trade Agreements; including Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), our request is to better international trade for agriculture producers
- Transportation Modernization Act; SARM participating in consultation to promote efficient and effective grain transportation.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
Government Institutions
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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House of Commons
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Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
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Elections Canada
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
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PPP Canada
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Canadian Energy Regulator (CER)
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
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Health Canada (HC)
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NAFTA Secretariat
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Senate of Canada
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Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
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Statistics Canada (StatCan)
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Transport Canada (TC)
Client Details
Government funding
End date of the last completed financial year:
2019-12-31
List of Government Funding
Government Institution
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Funding Received in Last Financial Year
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Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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$3,532.00
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Yes
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Province of Saskatchewan - Immigration and Career Training
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$20,709.69
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Yes
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Client Contact Information
Address:
2301 Windsor Park Road
Regina, SK S4V 3A4
Canada
Telephone number:
306-757-3577
Client representative
Jay Meyer, Executive Director
Parent Company Information
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
Coalition Members Information
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities is not a coalition.
Individual, organization or corporation with a Direct Interest Beneficiary Information
The activities of Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities are not controlled or directed by another individual, organization or corporation with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.
Subsidiary Beneficiary Information
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities does not have any subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking
Lobbyist Details
Larry Grant
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No public offices held
Business address:
2301 Windsor Park Road
Regina, SK S4V 3A4
Canada
Telephone number:
306-757-3577
Consultant relationship to the client
- The registrant is on the board of directors for this organization.