Sask. wildfire $100K disaster relief fund ‘isn’t enough,’ dig into agriculture surplus: NDP

Source: CBC News, November 30, 2017 

Province announced it had a surplus of $90M in agriculture spending during the mid-year budget update

The Opposition NDP is calling on the province to dig into a $90 million agriculture spending surplus to provide more disaster relief to producers affected by last month’s wildfires.

Opposition critic Carla Beck says the $100,000 for disaster relief to the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association “isn’t enough” and is “simply inadequate” but the Sask. Party government disagrees.

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