Tag: budget

Liberals begin road to 2019 with budget focused on their strengths

Source: Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press, February 26, 2018  OTTAWA — The Liberals are paving the road to the next election with a mid-mandate budget focused on fulfilling some on-brand promises, while potentially saving room for flashier, big-ticket items that will come closer to voting day in 2019. “The hints thus far seem to be around… Continue reading Liberals begin road to 2019 with budget focused on their strengths

Liberals asked to make basic living costs more affordable in poverty plan

Source: Jordan Press, The Canadian Press, February 20, 2018  OTTAWA — The minister in charge of a federal plan to reduce poverty nationwide says he has heard clearly that Canadians want the Liberals to find a way to make it easier to cover the basic costs of living as part of a sweeping strategy to be… Continue reading Liberals asked to make basic living costs more affordable in poverty plan

Economists to push for fiscal restraint in pre-budget meeting with Morneau

Source: Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press, February 13, 2018  OTTAWA — With so much uncertainty surrounding trade and competitiveness, private-sector economists will press Finance Minister Bill Morneau to keep his fiscal powder dry when they gather later this week for a pre-budget meeting. Morneau is scheduled to sit down Friday in Toronto with leading economists at… Continue reading Economists to push for fiscal restraint in pre-budget meeting with Morneau

Improved economy, tax changes set to give federal government a budgetary boost

Source: Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press, January 16, 2018  OTTAWA — After months of battling controversies, Bill Morneau’s spring budget has the potential to blunt some criticism by showing that a return to balanced books could be within striking distance in just a few years. However, it will likely be up to the finance minister himself… Continue reading Improved economy, tax changes set to give federal government a budgetary boost

Report: traffic violations drop, affecting revenue

Source: Matt Young, September 19, 2017  A new report is highlighting how traffic tickets affect Saskatoon’s city budget. It shows there was a decrease in provincial and city traffic violations between 2012 and 2015. As a result, revenue from traffic tickets during the same period declined by just over half a million dollars. The report… Continue reading Report: traffic violations drop, affecting revenue

Ottawa says federal deficit for 2016-17 was $17.8B

Source: The Canadian Press, September 19, 2017  OTTAWA — The federal Finance Department says the government ran a smaller deficit than it was expecting in the spring budget, ending its 2016-17 fiscal year with a deficit of $17.8 billion. That compared with a $23-billion deficit that was forecast in the spring budget. The smaller-than-expected deficit came as… Continue reading Ottawa says federal deficit for 2016-17 was $17.8B

Kindersley’s Library “Back to Normal” with a New Twist

The provincial government wasn’t afraid to say they made a mistake on Monday, April 24 when they made the announcement to reverse its funding cuts to Saskatchewan’s libraries.   Education Minister Don Morgan told reporters that the government planned to match the $4.8 million allowed in last year’s budget after the outcry from library users across… Continue reading Kindersley’s Library “Back to Normal” with a New Twist

Communities Urged to Support Local Libraries

Save Our Libraries After learning their local libraries could have over 58% of their funding cut, Saskatchewan residents are ready to take action. The shocking news hit headlines late last month when the new provincial budget was released to the public. “I was always so proud of the library system that we had in Saskatchewan,… Continue reading Communities Urged to Support Local Libraries

Kindersley Patrons Object Library Cuts

Taking time from their lunch breaks, library users from the Kindersley area gathered in front of Bill Boyd’s office on Friday, April 7. The attendees read out of library books for the space of about half an hour, quietly objecting to the recent funding cuts to libraries across the province. “The majority of my teaching… Continue reading Kindersley Patrons Object Library Cuts