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Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government should be shaken to its core by a recent Environics Institute poll question that asks: “Which government do you trust more to make the right decisions in managing the COVID-19 pandemic?”
According to the survey, 27 per cent trust Moe’s government compared with 31 per cent that trust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberal government. Twenty-one per cent said they trusted both equally, while 18 per cent trusted neither, and four per cent couldn’t say.
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REGINA - Premier Scott Moe s Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2021-22 budget on Tuesday. Here s a look at some of the highlights:
Donna Harpauer, Saskatchewan s minister of finance, speaks at an embargoed news conference ahead of her releasing the 2021-22 budget at the Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday April 6, 2021. The government presented a budget with both record spending and deficits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe s Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2021-22 budget on Tuesday. Here s a look at some of the highlights: A $2.6- billion deficit with revenue projected at $14.5 billion and expenses at just over $17 billion.
A projected West Texas Intermediate oil price of about US$54 a barrel. An anticipated 4.2 per cent real GDP contraction for 2020 and 3.4 per cent forecasted growth in 2021. Spending pf $90 million on testing, personal protective equipment and the province s vaccination campaign against COVID-19. An extra $5 million to open new international trade offices to support Saskatchewan s export market. Adding $4.2 billion to the province s debt load, which is projected to total nearly $28 billion in March 2022, including debt from Crown corporations. A new tax on vaping products of 20 per cent starting in September. Rebate cheques estimated to be an average of $285 per vehicle for drivers to be sent in May.
Vapour tax and rebate cheques: Highlights of the Saskatchewan budget
Donna Harpauer, Saskatchewan s minister of finance, speaks at an embargoed news conference ahead of her releasing the 2021-22 budget at the Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday April 6, 2021. The government presented a budget with both record spending and deficits. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell April 06, 2021 - 1:29 PM
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe s Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2021-22 budget on Tuesday. Here s a look at some of the highlights:
â A $2.6- billion deficit with revenue projected at $14.5 billion and expenses at just over $17 billion.
â A new goal to eliminate the deficit by 2026-27 instead of 2024 as promised in last fall s provincial election.