Budget 2022

Saskatchewan's 2022-23 Provincial Budget, tabled today by Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Donna Harpauer, highlights a growing economy, ...

"The investments made in this budget will ensure our economy remains strong, important government services continue to improve and our best days are still ahead in Saskatchewan." "This investment is estimated to generate a $50 million increase in film and television production and millions in annual economic activity, including significant increased spending in the hospitality industry, which has been hit hard by the pandemic," Harpauer said. Tobacco tax increases are effective midnight March 23, 2022, and are expected to generate $12.1 million in additional annual revenue. It is expected that nearly 9,000 thousand jobs in the construction phase and 2,330 permanent jobs will be created. This year we established offices in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Mexico and Vietnam, complementing our existing offices in Japan, India, Singapore and China. Only Saskatchewan labour, goods and services are eligible for support under the program, ensuring dollars stay in the province. More than $680 million for operating and capital grants to post secondary institutions is included in this budget. The 2022-23 Budget also includes a $4.9 million increase to expand nurse training by 150 seats. This budget establishes a new and independent agency dedicated to recruiting and retaining health care workers. This budget invests in our economy, it invests in health, education, important capital projects and it ensures our investments in those priorities are sustainable into the future." The aggressive plan targets a return to pre-COVID levels in surgical wait times by the end of March 2025. We will continue to monitor the impact on both revenues and affordability and respond as required."

With an increase of $277.1 million, or seven per cent, to $4.242 billion, the 2022-23 budget is the largest in history for the Saskatchewan Health Authority ...

The 2022-23 budget will also provide $95 million to assist with the province’s ongoing COVID-19 response. This includes carrying through with its plan of hiring more continuing care aides in long-term and home care, and more funding to meet increasing demand for home care. The government says this will “ultimately (lead) to a higher quality of care.” Recruiting physicians and retaining them requires long-term, prudent planning to prevent shortages in the future,” Strydom added. Physicians will be pleased when their patients receive the care they need,” Strydom said. What we should be seeing right now after what the pandemic has revealed about health care is a generational investment. - $13.5 million for the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital to cover procurement and design states of the project - a $389,000-increase for a medical oncologist to support the establishment of a new medical oncology residency program in partnership with the College of Medicine - a $1.1-million increase for additional resourcing and funding to address the growing demand in the Bone Marrow Transplant Program The provincial government will be allocating $9.5 million in 2022-23 to mental health and addictions. In 2022, 11 ICU beds will be added to the provincial system for a total of 90 ICU beds. “This is nowhere near adequate to respond to the need.…

Le ministre des Finances, Éric Girard, a présenté mardi son budget 2022-2023. Quelques investissements sont prévus pour la Gaspésie et les ...

« Il y a des montants d’argent qui sont inscrits au budget, mais il faut attendre le plan de relance. Il vise à offrir un chèque au plus grand nombre de Québécois possible », croit le député des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Joël Arseneau. Le ministre des Finances, Éric Girard, a présenté mardi son budget 2022-2023.

Le nouveau plan québécois des infrastructures de Québec confirme l'arrivée d'un Espace Bleu à Baie-Saint-Paul. À l'étape de planification, le coût relié au ...

À l’étape de planification, le coût relié au projet lié à maison mère est toujours inconnu. Rien d’anormal dans la mesure où les soumissions avaient été faites avant l’explosion des coûts de construction », dit-elle. Publié le 23 mars 2022 à 17:24, modifié le 23 mars 2022 à 17:30

The 2022-23 Saskatchewan provincial budget has been released. Here are five things you need to know.

The family of two children who were struck and killed by a vehicle in their own driveway in Vaughan, Ont. last year said they 'lost faith in the systems that are supposed to keep us safe' after the teenage driver of the vehicle was sentenced to one year in an open custody youth facility. - 'Lost faith in the systems': Family of children killed by teen driver react to sentencing The archbishop of Edmonton says the apology from Pope Francis for the role the Roman Catholic Church played in the residential school system is just the first step on the road to healing. The federal government will consider whether to include booster shots in the next version of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its workers, the Treasury Board said as it reviews the rules. A new study suggests there has been a decrease in the number of suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic. A trial started Monday morning for a man charged with manslaughter in the death and disappearance of 59-year-old Eduardo Balaquit. A teen driver who struck and killed a young brother and sister playing at the edge of their driveway last spring was sentenced to one year in an open custody youth facility on Monday. It marks the first of a three year plan the province said will “deliver on the largest volume of surgical procedures in the history of the province”. “The additional EAs will provide support to students and assist teachers in managing increasingly diverse classrooms,” the province said in a release. The Saskatchewan Tobacco Tax will increase from 27 cents to 29 cents on cigarettes and from 27 cents to 35 cents for loose tobacco. The PST applies six per cent to a range of different transactions in Saskatchewan. The province expects to collect $10.5 million in revenue in 2022-23 and an additional $21.0 million annually.

Saskatchewan's Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says the province is "back on track," forecasting a $463 million deficit for 2022-23.

Opposition finance critic Trent Wotherspoon called the budget "no help" to Saskatchewan people. The budget shows an increase in spending of 3.1 per cent, or $531 million, for a total of $17.6 billion. Disruptions in the supply chain, which were already there are being even more accelerated due to the war." Meili said that when you take out slated increase in teacher salaries, the government is giving the 27 school divisions $6 million for staffing and supports out of a budget increase of $24.9 million. It is also lower than last year's projection of a $1.7 billion deficit for 2022-23. It was actually positive experience because our revenues are strengthening that we didn't anticipate a year ago." A condition of the Creative Saskatchewan grant is "only Saskatchewan labour, goods and services are eligible for support under the program." Overall spending in the area of Protection of Persons and Property is up by $91.1 million, for a total of $936.2 million. The budget provides funding for a new Saskatchewan Indigenous Investment Finance Corporation. The government said it will "provide loan guarantees for projects that will help Indigenous people to participate in our growing economy." He said the government would rather reduce taxes in Saskatchewan but he said government sought to find a balance in the numerous revenue streams available to the province to and redistribute those effectively, to "impact families corner to corner in Saskatchewan." The government is looking to recruit and retain physicians, specifically in rural Saskatchewan, and will spend $3.5 million to do so. "The risk definitely in this budget and for all of us going forward is going to be how high will inflation go due to circumstances, both with the pressure spending through the pandemic as well as global issues," she said.