Finance committee  If I had my druthers I would pick the gas tax because it allows me the opportunity to budget.

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Ms. Block. I would like to first apologize that my colleague had to leave. He had a previous commitment. Certainly I think there is considerable distress in some of the smaller communities, as I mentioned earlier, to try to come up with their third of the p

Finance committee  Once again, there's a huge need, and we have communities that don't qualify for that eligibility because they don't have the--

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  We have 470 members.

Finance committee  I believe there were 67 projects approved.

Finance committee  Yes, they have.

Finance committee  The shovels are in the ground.

Finance committee  It appears to be working quite well in Saskatchewan. Certainly there was a time lag, and that seems to have been caught up. Our main concern right now is March 2011. If projects aren't finished by that time, do we cease, or does that period get extended through to the end of 2011

Finance committee  The matching is certainly a problem in some aspects. There are numerous communities in the province that just don't have the financial wherewithal to come up with their third, so they drop off the scope altogether. But it seemed to take quite a bit of time at the outset to get th

Finance committee  I'm not sure.

Finance committee  Thank you, Fred. Our final recommendation is for the federal government to avoid downloading responsibilities onto municipal governments without the required funds to cover the costs. Specifically, SUMA is referring to the new standards for treatment of waste water that have bee

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. My name is Allan Earle. I'm president of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association. At this time, I'd also like to introduce another official from our organization, SUMA's vice-president for cities and my colleague, Fred Cli