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 to the AgriStability Program to provide enhanced support for producers.
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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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Agriculture, Santé
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Animal Health as it relates to the Bovine TB testing process and compensation to the livestock owner. Enhancements in the process are needed especially around communication and transparency to all stakeholders.
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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 waters.
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Règlement
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Environnement, Impôts et finances
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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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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Agriculture, Développement économique, Commerce international
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Bill C-282: An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management) – SARM advocates for a balanced approach that supports supply-managed sectors while protecting the interests of all agricultural producers and rural communities.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Agriculture, Santé, Transports
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Bill C-293: An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness – ensure this Bill addresses undermining of the agricultural sector’s viability and supply chain disruptions.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Agriculture, Santé, Transports
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Bill C-293: An Act respecting pandemic prevention and preparedness – ensure this Bill addresses undermining of the agricultural sector’s viability and supply chain disruptions.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Ressources naturelles
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Bill C-317: An Act to establish a national strategy respecting flood and drought forecasting – advocate for drought resilience as a vital component of the national strategy for flood and drought forecasting and collaboration with local stakeholders.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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Institutions financières, Impôts et finances
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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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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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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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Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier, 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 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 infrastructure parity by 2024, and exceed the CRTC standard by 2027, for all 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 the 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; 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 a safer mode of transportation than rail to the Canadian Energy Regulator.
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Règlement
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Agriculture, Énergie
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Energy- Reliable source options and the importance of affordable access for rural Saskatchewan and the need for providing incentives for agricultural operations to adopt emission-reducing practices.
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Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier, Politique ou Programme
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Justice et application des lois
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Enhancements to the Criminal Code: review penalties for repeat offenders.
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Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution
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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 competitiveness and success 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; consultations 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, Climat, 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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Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier, Politique ou Programme
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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; ensuring eligibility requirements and thresholds allow rural municipalities to access infrastructure funding.
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Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier
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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 relative to the possession and acquisition of 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 and the need for a balanced approach between the environment and agriculture industry as it relates to food security.
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Règlement
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Santé
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Mental Health – the need for the building of more treatment centers for mental health issues and treatment for addictions. The importance of funding for mental health support for youth and accessibility for help options for youth.
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Politique ou Programme, Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier
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Municipalités
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Municipal access to Canada-Saskatchewan Job Grant for class 1A driver training.
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Règlement, Politique ou Programme
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Municipalités, Sécurité nationale/sécurité
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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.
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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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Infrastructure, 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 Worker (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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Pêches
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Road and Bridge Projects and the projects near water review process. Timely approval of these reviews is a concern as this impacts project construction timelines that are time sensitive.
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Règlement
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Justice et application des lois
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Rural Crime; in regard to a need for 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 - 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 United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), 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, grain products and products for agriculture generally.
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Règlement, Politique ou Programme
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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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Infrastructure
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Water Infrastructure – the need for funding to develop and enhance water storage, conservation and distribution systems to mitigate drought conditions.
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Subvention, Contribution ou autre avantage financier
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Agriculture, Développement économique, Ressources naturelles
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Water Management - A balanced Water Stewardship Policy is needed in Saskatchewan to promote sustainable agriculture, protect resources, and drive economic growth.
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Politique ou Programme
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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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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 :
306-757-3577
Adresse Web :
www.sarm.ca
Jay Meyer, Executive Director
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities n'est pas une filiale d'une société mère.
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities n'est pas une coalition.
Les activités de Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities ne sont pas contrôlées ou dirigées par une autre personne morale ou physique ou par une organisation, qui est directement intéressée au résultat de cet engagement.
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities ne possède aucune filiale qui pourrait être directement intéressée au résultat de l'engagement
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