Transport committee  May I comment on that?

Transport committee  I would comment on that to say that our municipal council meetings are all open to the public. In the case of tendering, which applies to most of the construction infrastructure projects, either culverts or bridges, they are advertised to the general public. People see that. I

Transport committee  It's not necessary other than going through the standard procedure of doing tendering and things like that. If it's an existing bridge or a culvert, there isn't a consultation period unless, I suppose, they're looking at altering waterways, the flow of water, and things like that

Transport committee  Yes. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you about the Navigation Protection Act and its effect on municipalities in Saskatchewan. My name is Ray Orb and I'm president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, or SARM. W

Finance committee  Yes. We're asking that the gas tax be one of the programs that we use for stacking. We're asking the federal government to really create a rural infrastructure fund. That would be something new. We're not exactly sure how that would work. We know there are federal programs as wel

Finance committee  From our end and I guess from that of SARM too, we haven't been able to access much money. To be honest with you, this is why we're asking for the changes to the small communities fund. I will give you an example. In the first round—I'm talking about phase one—there were only t

Finance committee  Yes, thank you. I would. Very briefly, if I said anything different from what Mr. Hall said it would be simply the fact that farmers, of course, can't pass the costs on. That is a big problem because it comes out of their bottom line and there are already costs. We're not den

Finance committee  Yes, I'd like to comment on that. We have actually been working closely with the FCM, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and I am the chair of the rural forum. Actually, we had Mr. Easter on one of our panels at the AGM in Winnipeg. We're working with the province, in m

Finance committee  Good morning. I'm pleased to be here to give the presentation this morning. For those who aren't familiar with us, SARM represents all of the 296 rural municipalities in the province. The membership is voluntary. I have a 10-minute presentation that I'm going to cut to five m

International Trade committee  Yes, thanks for the question. I would just like to say that, first of all, I'm an elected official and I'm a municipal official. We always have the process of being able to consult with provinces. In my case it's the Province of Saskatchewan, and we have consulted with them. Not

International Trade committee  —infrastructure in place to be competitive traders and producers. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

International Trade committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is my privilege to speak to the House of Commons international trade committee this morning. My name is Ray Orb, and I am the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, also known as SARM. SARM represents all of the