Northern advocacy group calls for status quo budget
An advocacy group working on behalf of northern municipalities is looking for a status quo budget this year from the provincial government.
New North’s CEO Matt Heley said the organization hoped to see a more tame budget than the one tabled last year.
“If we see a status quo budget, that doesn’t sound like something you’d hope for but given what happened last year, last year’s budget had so many surprises in it,” Heley said. “Some of the announcements in it were shocking, really.”
He noted the closure of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company as one surprising announcement in the budget, and said the closure of the provincial bussing service came as a dramatic blow to northern residents.