The Kerrobert Chronicle - March 28, 2022 by yourwestcentral

Saskatchewan Finance Minister reveals 2022-2023 Budget

Saskatchewan’s 2022-23 Budget, tabled last week by Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Donna Harpauer, highlights a growing economy, improving finances and a clear path to balance with significant investments in government services for Saskatchewan people.

“Saskatchewan is back on track,” Harpauer said. “We are seeing strong economic growth and job creation as we come out of the pandemic and as a result, the provincial’s financial outlook has improved significantly.

“The deficit has been reduced by over $2.0 billion. Our economy is growing, with 30,000 new jobs created over the past year and the second highest rate of job growth in Canada so far in 2022.

“Our finances will steadily improve and we are on track to balance as a result of careful management of spending and prudent revenue forecasts.

“This budget makes significant investments that will get important government services back on track as we come out of the pandemic. This budget will fund thousands of surgeries in the first year of a three-year effort to bring the waitlist down to pre-pandemic levels. This budget helps make access to high-quality child care more affordable. 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.”

Strong Finances

The $463 million deficit forecast for 2022-23 is a $2.1 billion improvement from last year’s budget.

Through the next three years, the path to balance shows successively smaller deficits of $384 million in 2023-24, $321 million in 2024-25 and $165 million in 2025-26. A balanced budget is expected in 2026-27.

Revenue of $17.2 billion is forecast in the 2022-23 Budget, up $2.7 billion from last year’s budget. Nonrenewable resource revenue is projected to be $2.9 billion, up $1.6 billion from last year, largely due to higher potash and oil price forecasts because of expected global demand.

“While volatile world events have made commodity prices difficult to forecast, as always our revenue forecasts are based on cautious oil price projections,” Harpauer said. “It’s too soon to tell if oil prices will remain high for an extended period and what impact that could have on revenues. We will continue to monitor the impact on both revenues and affordability and respond as required.”

Expense of $17.6 billion is projected in the 2022-23 Budget, an increase of $531 million, or 3.1 per cent over last year’s budget.

Investing in Health Care

“This budget includes key investments in health care” Harpauer said. “A record $6.8 billion includes funding for thousands of additional surgeries to bring down wait times. It includes increases to hire and retain physicians, to hire and train more nurses, and to hire more paramedics to provide the best possible health care services for Saskatchewan people.”

The 2022-23 Budget provides the Saskatchewan Health Authority with $4.2 billion this year, up more than $277 million, or 7 per cent, compared to last year - also record investment.

An increase of $21.6 million will address the surgical waitlist, and fund thousands of additional surgeries this year, the first year of a three-year plan to deliver on the largest volume of surgical procedures in the history of our province. The aggressive plan targets a return to pre-COVID

levels in surgical wait times by the end of March 2025.

This budget invests $470 million into mental health and addictions programs and services - over seven per cent of total health care spending - including a targeted investment of $8 million over last year, representing the highest investment ever in Saskatchewan for these programs and services. The increase will fund initiatives that provide effective counselling and treatments and introduce further proactive prevention measures.

A $17.0 million increase in this budget supports our seniors to live safely and comfortably and includes a number of important initiatives, among them:

• $4.8 million for home care services;

• $4.1 million to provide high-dose influenza vaccine to adults 65 and older;

• $1.6 million for operations at the Meadow Lake Northwest Community Lodge; and

• $6.5 million in new funding for an additional 117 continuing care aide positions.

The new care aide workers represent the second year of a three-year, $18.4 million commitment to hire 300 continuing care aides to work in long-term care and expanded home care services. The twoyear total is now 225, and the final 75 will be funded next fiscal year.

This budget establishes a new and independent agency dedicated to recruiting and retaining health care workers. This budget also incudes a $1.5 million increase to support recruitment initiatives including the development of a settlement and relocation incentive program, to recruit 150 health care workers to Saskatchewan from the Philippines. It is the first year of a two-year program aimed at bringing 300 health care workers from the Philippines to Saskatchewan.

There is also $3.5 million in this budget for physician recruitment and retention initiatives, particularly targeting family physicians working in rural areas of the province.

There is $12.5 million in new funding for 11 additional intensive care beds across the province, the first year of a three-year strategy to add 31 ICU beds to bring the total to 110 by 2024-25, up from the current 79.

An increase of $3.0 million will fund 10 new high acuity beds at Regina General Hospital to care for patients with more complex medical needs than a traditional inpatient bed. Acuity beds are important for flexibility and can ease the demand on ICUs.

To enhance Emergency Medical Services in rural and remote areas, a $10.8 million increase in this budget will fund new paramedic positions for ambulance services, Community Para-medicine and the Medical First Responder Program.

Investing in Education

Education spending across govern-

ment is $3.8 billion in this budget, up more than $47.2 million, or 1.3 per cent compared to last year.

Through this budget, the Ministry of Education will support pre-K to Grade 12 students, early learners and school and child care staff with $2.9 billion, up nearly $220 million compared to last year.

Saskatchewan’s 27 school divisions will receive $1.99 billion in operating funding for the 2022 school year - a record level and an increase of $24.9 million over last year.

A new $7.0 million fund in this budget will allow school divisions to hire up to 200 additional, full-time educational assistants to support students and manage increasingly diverse classrooms.

This budget helps make access to high-quality child care more affordable. Funding for child care and early learning is $309.6 million, including funding provided through the Federal-Provincial Early Years agreements.

Of that funding, $4.3 million will create 6,100 new child care spaces, part of government’s goal to create 28,000 new licensed spaces over the next five years.

“Starting in February 2022, parent child care fees were reduced up to 50 per cent on average in licensed care. This year’s funding will support further reducing parent fees as early as September 2022, making life more affordable for Saskatchewan families,” Harpauer said.

The 2022-23 Budget also includes a $4.9 million increase to expand nurse training by 150 seats. More than $680 million for operating and capital grants to post secondary institutions is included in this budget.

As well, this budget includes $38 million for student supports.

A Strong and Growing Economy

The rise in streaming services means the time is right to attract new investment from the film and television industry to Saskatchewan.

This budget includes an increase of $8.0 million, bringing the total funds available to $10 million, for the Creative Saskatchewan Production Grant Program, for film and television. Only Saskatchewan labour, goods and services are eligible for support under the program, ensuring dollars stay in the province.

“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. “We are going to see a busy sound stage in Regina and today, I am honoured to announce that it will be renamed the John Hopkins Regina Sound Stage, honouring the memory of a strong advocate for our capital city, our province and our economy.”

This budget includes $3.1 million to fully fund the International Trade and In

vestment Strategy. The strategy advances the province’s economic interests abroad. Funding is used to operate Saskatchewan’s international office network. 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.

The Saskatchewan Value-Added Agriculture incentive has been enhanced, and record agri-food exports of $17.5 billion in 2021 show the province is on track to meeting its goals.

This incentive and others are key to Saskatchewan’s competitiveness, attracting private investment from global companies like BHP, Richardson International, Viterra, Ceres Global Ag, Cargill, Federated Co-Operatives, AGT Foods, Paper Excellence and Red Leaf Pulp.

These companies and others are investing $13.6 billion into Saskatchewan with projects including a new potash mine, new and expanded canola crush facilities, a wheat-based pulp plant, a renewable diesel facility, a lumber mill and others. It is expected that nearly 9,000 thousand jobs in the construction phase and 2,330 permanent jobs will be created.

This budget includes $475,000 to create the Saskatchewan Indigenous Investment Finance Corporation. The corporation will offer up to $75 million in loan guarantees for private sector lending to Indigenous communities and organizations for investments into natural resource and value-added agriculture projects.

Investing in Capital to Build a Better Saskatchewan

There is $3.2 billion for capital projects in the 2022-23 Budget, record investment in Saskatchewan.

This budget includes $156.6 million for health care capital, including $15.2 million for urgent care centres in Regina and Saskatoon, $13.5 million to continue construction at the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital, $6.0 million to continue the project to replace the Weyburn General Hospital, and $6.5 million to continue design and procurement activities for specialized and standard long-term care beds in Regina.

The 2022-23 Budget includes $846.0 million to operate, maintain, build and improve the province’s roads and highways, through the Ministry of Highways.

The budget provides for over 1,100 kilometres of improvements on provincial highways - on track to meet the Growth Plan commitments to upgrade and build 10,000 kilometres of the provincial highway network by 2030.

Upgrades include Highway 3 twinning west of Prince Albert, and Highway 5 corridor improvements east of Saskatoon. Planning and pre-construction for twinning projects on Highways 6 and 39 near Regina and Weyburn are part of this budget.

The 2022-23 Budget includes $168.6 million for school infrastructure. This budget includes $95.2 million to support the ongoing planning and construction of 15 new schools and the renovation of five existing schools, as well as $55.9 million for preventative ad emergency maintenance. An additional $12 million provides for the purchase of relocatable classrooms.

The budget includes a few small revenue measures.

The existing application of PST is being broadened to match the federal GST base for admissions and entertainment events. Effective October 1, 2022, the PST will apply to sporting events, concerts, museums, fairs, movies, gym memberships, green fees - among others. There are exemptions for children’s activities, amateur events and events run by schools and non-profits. This change is projected to add $10.5 million in PST revenue this year, and $21 million annually.

Mill rates for the education portion of property taxes (EPT) are being adjusted slightly, including a decrease to the differential between the highest and lowest EPT mill rates, to improve overall fairness. Slight increases to mill rates, combined with forecasted base growth are expected to total about $20.0 million in 2022-23.

Tobacco taxes are increasing by 2 cents per cigarette and 8 cents per gram and 1.3 cents per stick of heatnot-burn products. Tobacco tax increases are effective midnight on March 23, 2022, and are expected to generate $12.1 million in additional annual revenue.

Total public debt is forecast to be $30 billion at March 31, 2023, a $2.3 billion increase from the public debt forecast in last year’s budget.

A strong Saskatchewan economy and higher revenues have reduced operating debt requirements by $450 million in 2021-22, bringing operating debt to less than $10 billion.

The $450 million lower operating debt requirement carries through to the 2022-23 debt forecast, as well.

“Saskatchewan is back on track and our future is bright,” Harpauer said. “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.”

OPINION

False alarms cause harm

Recently the newly installed security system at the Martensville Veterinary Hospital kept sounding a false alarm. The culprit was their feisty resident cat, who had been triggering the alarm, causing the Martensville RCMP to show up every time this occurred.

There’s been a few false alarms in Canada recently. We all remember Prime Minister Trudeau making this announce-

ment in February, “These illegal blockades are being heavily supported by individuals in the United States and from elsewhere around the world. We see that roughly half of the funding that is flowing to the barricaders here is coming from the United States.”

CBC Radio, who claim to be “Canada’s most trusted audio newscast”, reported that GoFundMe ended a fundraiser for the protesters over ques-

tionable donations to the group. Two CBC News website stories claimed hundreds of donations appeared to be from abroad, and at least onethird of the donations were made by donors with fictitious names.

CBC TV had reported on Jan. 28 that “there is concern that Russian actors could be continuing to fuel things, as this protest grows, or perhaps even instigating it from the outside”.

However, on March 3, a representative from GoFundMe said, “We commenced a review of where donations were coming from. Our records show that 88% of donated funds originated in Canada, and 86% of donors were from Canada.” Their records found no donations by terrorist groups or criminals.

GiveSendGo also verified these were false allegations. GiveSendGo is the second online fundraising platform the convoy turned to after GoFundMe froze convoy donations.

Nevertheless the false alarm had sounded loudly throughout the world, and Prime Minister Trudeau publicly announced his strategy to put out the fire. “Invoking the Emergencies Act has been necessary ... it prevented foreign money to continue to fund illegal blockades,” the PM said. Trudeau followed up by freezing the accounts of numerous Canadians by evoking the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act, claiming the funds should be consid-

ered as terrorism funding as a large portion came from abroad. Precautions were also taken to ensure the safety of CBC journalists. An online Ottawa news source (Blacklock’s Reporter) noted it was company policy that no CBC news person could go near the protests without being accompanied by their hired security guard.

Not many people were aware that CBC TV corrected their Jan. 28 story, adding a clarification note on Feb. 3, or that the website stories had been retracted. And it’s not known how many people read the Toronto Sun article informing the public of CBC Radio’s error in reporting.

But the entire world has heard about Prime Minister Trudeau invoking the Emergency Act and freezing accounts. Those who had their accounts frozen are acutely aware of the harm it caused. What Canadians and the world have not heard is Justin Trudeau admitting his accusations were false.

The entire world heard Canada’s false alarm blaring, but the world is not hearing about our nation’s debt alarm. Our federal debt has reached $1 trillion and is going up by $4500 every single second. At the same time our payroll taxes are going up yet again, and the government is proposing an annual guaranteed income that would cost taxpayers $90 billion dollars every single year. Now that’s an alarm that needs to be taken seriously! Unfortunately, we’re not hearing much about it, and the Prime Minister is not responding to this legitimate alarm.

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When looking for solace in the subtle land.

We all have the earth in common. The land called the settlers to her, away from the noisy industrialized cities, writes Sheri Mitchell in Sacred Instructions. “The newcomers believed it as manifest destiny. But they were mistaken. It was something much deeper calling them to these lands, an ancient impulse was guiding them back to what they had lost.” The settler was not meant to conquer but to “seek healing” from the deeply entrenched “illusion of separation. They had lost their connection to the impulse of life and their understanding of the web that ties all life together.”

North Americans, from the beginning and all the way back beyond the smokes stacks of the early American Empire to the rusty chassis of Michigan to the crusty alkaline sloughs of Saskatchewan, had a chance to live a life of harmony with all creation. They were shown early, through the example of the Iroquois Confederacy, the ways of democracy. But it decided to go solo.

Today we think the web that ties all life together is the worldwide web, the internet. Writers like Robert Macfarlane (Underland) and Richard Powers (Overstory) prefer the term Wood Wide Web to redirect us into

our longing for a connection to nature. The term was coined by Canadian forest ecologist Suzanne Simard, leader of the Mother Tree Project. She’s helping the world understand how trees communicate and cooperate through a subterranean network of fungi. She’s shifted the way we understand the web that literally, not virtually, ties us together.

The glacial pace of sunset as I stare down into the valley is another way to get back to subtlety. People who call the prairie bleak and bald have never spent time here. They speed through Manitoba and Saskatchewan and don’t slow down until they get to the Rockies. They are oblivious to the clouds that dominate nine-tenths of the view, in their constant state of change, now a whale, now a continent, now a feather headdress, now a feather boa. Clouds are an ongoing Rorschach test.

A friend visiting says it’s all fine, but he prefers the ocean. But this is the ocean, I say, you’re looking at it. Just without the water. It’s the bottom of the Bear Paw Sea.

A child, let loose out a car, under this sky, will make a break for it. That’s what happened to my neighbour who moved here from Ontario as soon as she left home. As a kid, on holiday from Toronto with her family,

she demanded her father stop the car somewhere after Regina, and she bolted. She laughed as she recounted the story. I ran laughing and laughing, she said. Until my parents laughed too.

The blues singer Colin James was born out here. In an interview I did with him about a song that was derived from a bus trip with his mom across the Prairies, in the days when cross-country trips on buses still were a thing. If you’re not moved by a prairie sky, you have no soul, he said.

It’s misleading and dangerous to think there is nothing going on out here. Once, heading south, on my way home from Swift Current, passing through Cadillac, a big dog lumbered onto the road from behind the Husky station. He stood in front of my car and would not budge. He didn’t bark. He didn’t wag his tail. He just looked at me, like a tired doorman at a club. I smiled at him. I’m in no hurry, either, I thought. A tumbleweed blew by. Then another gust of wind blew dust around the car.

Ok, pal, time to move, I decided after a few minutes. That’s when, out of nowhere, came a train. Out of nowhere, I say, because there are no lights, no lowered barrier in Cadillac. And in my eight years here, it’s the first time anything ever

The Subtle World

By Madonna Hamel • madonnahamel@hotmail.com

came down that track. So I never look. I would never have noticed it edging along.

The train passes through Cadillac. The dog lumbers back home. Not only have I never seen the dog since. The old guys around here are not prone to believing in supernatural occurrences. They believe all pets are meant to live outdoors, in the extremes of prairie weather, minus 51 or plus 42. But they all say: Yep, that dog was looking out for you. Animals have their ear to the ground. They pick up on subtle cues.

People come here to time travel back into the silence and the darkness. People learn to take forever to tell a story. Of course, the silence is not total silence - it’s the silence that courts owls and coyotes and deafening thunder and howling wind and the dam racket of birds at 3 am in the summer. And the darkness is not darkness but a sky full of a frightening eternity of stars and a giant rising moon.

Slow is doing things with attention so that it doesn’t have to be done over and over and so that you don’t have to turn back and get the things you forgot. Slowest is fastest, in the end. We used to sell a -shirt at the

museum that said: We may not have wifi, but we guarantee an even better connection. Won’t be re-ordering any more of those, I mumbled when hi-speed internet hit the village.

With all that’s happening in the world I spend too much time on the internet. But with Spring finally here and the birds starting to form another seasonal choir and the owls calling back and forth, I spend more time in the golden light of the longer days. Because I’m not helping anyone by watching hour after hour of damage done by

bombing raids. My measured steps, one foot after the other landing on the ground, reciting repeated prayers may be subtle, but surely it’s better than adding to all the fear in the world.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

AMENDMENT OF TOWN OF LUSELAND ZONING BYLAW

Public notice is hereby given pursuant to section 207 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the Town of Luseland intends to pass a bylaw to amend Bylaw 2014-09 known as the Zoning Bylaw.

It is proposed to amend the Zoning Bylaw by revising the following:

Lot 5 Block 22 Plan G674 and Lots Pt 18, 19 and 20 Block 2 Plan G70 are rezoned from R1 to C1, as shown on the maps.

Subclause 7.2. 1) is removed because it refers to one specific business when all home-based businesses are a discretionary use in all residential districts.

PUBLIC INSPECTION

Any person may inspect the Town of Luseland Zoning Bylaw during regular hours at the Town Office. Copies of the proposed bylaw are available.

PUBLIC HEARING

The Public Hearing shall be held on April 11, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Office at Luseland, Saskatchewan.

Issued at the Town of Luseland, this 9th day of March, 2022.

Karyl Richardson, Administrator

LUSELAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

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Garrett Flueny, Jayden Olfert

Matthew Siwak (Lieutenant)

Steven Meissner, Brenden Obrigewitch

Devon Townsend

Kerrobert Library receives $2500 grant

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Randy Gottfried, Brian Gottfried Matthew Thrun, Garret Walford Christopher Brost, Kevin Sloboda Austin Gleave, Adam Franko Neil Kennedy, Koby Reiber

ro Properties through the Saskatoon Commu-

programs, which pro mote academic success,

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Luseland has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Special Use - Sports Facility Golf Club permit to sell alcohol in the premises

Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address, and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds, and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competition based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

Important Phone Numbers

West Central Crisis Center – 1-306-463-6655

West Central Crisis after hours

1-306-463-1860 (24 hour line)

Kerrobert Food Bank - 306-834-2376

Macklin & District Food Bank - 306-753-3663

Kerrobert KidSport – 306-834-2344

Recreation on call phone – 306 -834-8355

Macklin & District Crime Watch Division 306-753-4001

“This money will be stretched as far as it can to do as much as possible this year,” Staci said. “This year, we already have two children’s authors lined up for April and May.”

Keagan Bazylinski , Kirk Meyer Shane Bardick

Attendance at the tot’s program varies from up to six children, Staci explained. “There is no commitment required, and it’s a way to get out and interact with other

From left to right Fire Chief Vic Sittler, Shane Kruesel, Jarret Johnson, Deputy Chief Grant Sittler,

families who you may not know.” The children enjoy listening as Staci reads them a story, or they may participate in a storybook trail outdoors in the summertime. Parents and tots meet on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month, at 3:00 p.m., for an hour or two. The funds will also help purchase supplies and provide funding for additional staff.

DODSLAND VOLUNTEER

Caleb MacDonald, Cory Turk, Dean Ellis, Devon Lovenuk, Jordan Halter, Kaid Hoffman, Patrick McGrath, Ryan Neumeier, Trent Nienaber, Travis Kennon Tyler Srigley, Ryan Webber

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Nick Anderson Brad Galbraith (Captain) Matthew Rumohr (Chief)

A tough budget made easier to take

MURRAY MANDRYK Political Columnist

Getting the provincial budget right is no easy task in the best of years.

Suffice to say, the past two years of an economic downturn driven by the pandemic and accompanied by last year’s drought that saw a 47-per-cent drop in crop production last year have not been the best of years.

It’s been really hard for the Saskatchewan Party government to get the past couple of budgets completely right.

The massive $2.2-billion monster deficit in 2021-22 likely tells you all you really need to know about how badly this budget has gone off the rails — something the government seemingly acknowledged in its 2022-23 budget that is themed back-on-track.

Unlike what’s been happening on the CP Rail lines, let’s hope this train keeps running.

Perhaps the best news in the budget is the concerted effort to put the brakes on the runaway public debt.

Finance Minister Donna Harpauer’s plan calls for a $463-million deficit in 2022-23 — one-fifth the 2021-22.

However, it won’t be enough to prevent public debt from soaring past $30 billion this year. Moreover, this year’s deficit will be followed by a $384-million deficit in 2023-24, a $321-million deficit in 2024-25 and a $165-million deficit in 2025-26, further hiking public debt past past $35

million by 2027.

Worse, we will be paying $622 million on the $9-billion operational debt — the interest we are paying the cumulative costs of past deficits, and other borrowing that we have to shell out before any of the bills are paid.

But unlike 2017, when the Sask. Party government slashed programs like the Saskatchewan Transportation Company bus service and implemented major tax hikes like a one-percentage point provincial sales tax increase; Harpauer opted for a gentler approach after two tough years for all of us.

Rather than a general PST increase, the Harpauer expanded the PST to previously exempt items in which we are now paying the federal goods and services tax like “sporting events, concerts, museums, fairs, gym memberships and golf green fees.” However, such changes won’t come into Oct. 1 — after golf season and before the Grey Cup — to allow various organizations to have time to make adjustments.

The government also hiked sin taxes — two

cents a cigarette for that have 29 cents provincial taxes.

However, what’s really driving the increase in 2022-23 government revenue —$17.2 billion this fiscal year is our good old natural resources that have been the staple of the Saskatchewan economy for years.

A boycott of Russia and Belarus potash resulting from the invasion of Ukraine will result in $420-million more in potash royalties this year. Oil now trading at $115 US a barrel will result in $77-million more in resource surcharge that might even go higher, given that the government is only counting oil to average $75.75 US a barrel in the coming year.

The upside of the commodity windfall is that it helps get us out of a worse budget deficit. The downside is that this budget makes us further depend on such natural resources that only accounted for about eight per cent of total government revenue last year. This year, resource revenues will account for about 16 per cent of revenues.

Better news is a recovering economy means an added $104-million more in PST revenue.

This likely afforded Harpauer the option of spending more — $17.6 billion in total in 2022-23 - $3.2-billion of which is capital project spending.

However, the government is largely counting on $13.6 billion in private sector investment to drive the economy.

That is allowing the government to focus on program funding to reduce surgical wait times and to recruit nurses.

Many won’t see it as doing enough.

But coming out of two tough years, the budget is doing a surprising amount.

Town of Kindersley works on plan to support Ukrainian nationals

JOAN JANZEN

Your Southwest Media Group

Ukrainians are coming to Canada to escape the crisis in their country. When they arrive, many will be seeking employment, and Rod Perkins, Mayor of Kindersley, and his staff are working on a plan to help in that endeavour.

Mayor Perkins said, as he’s watched the situation over the last month, he thought our community could help in some way. “I saw what was going on, and it’s getting worse,” he said. “We had many refugees who came over here in the 1920s and settled in various areas of Saskatchewan, making it successful.” Now, he felt it was an excellent opportunity to help employ refugees fleeing from a harmful situation.

He reviewed the process employers would go through in order to apply and realized businesses in Kindersley that are in need of workers would be able to help out some of these families and, in return, gain long-term

employees.

“Every time I talk to businessmen in town, everyone is having trouble getting employees. So, it’s a pretty good fit; Ukraine has a lot of agriculture which is exactly what Saskatchewan has,” Mayor Perkins said. “We’re trying to get it out there, regarding how to get people here, but it’s not as simple as one would think.”

The Government of Canada Job Bank offers assistance for employers who want to support Ukrainian nationals in Canada with a job. The employer creates an employer file and then creates and saves a job posting before submitting it to the Job Bank. Ukrainians let the Job Bank know that they are a Ukrainian national looking for a job in Canada.

“On one hand, we can help people,” Mayor Perkins said. “On the other hand, as a community, we can be a winner in attracting workers to town. It’s a win-win situation, but it won’t be easy. It

will probably be one family at a time.”

He also noted the possibility of a language barrier, although the younger generation seem to know some English. He also stressed that this would be a community effort, as many refugees have very few possessions.

The best way for employers to proceed is to apply directly on Canada’s Job Bank. So far, more than 9,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Canada since January, after their applications were expedited. Canada is allowing an unlimited number of approved Ukrainians to find refuge in Canada for three years while they decide their next steps.

“It won’t be easy, but if we don’t try, we won’t get anywhere,” Mayor Perkins concluded. If you’re not an employer but wish to help in some way, a list of organizations that will send support to Ukraine is available online at ucc. sk.ca

Sask Budget 2023: Rising resource revenue has big impact

REGINA – In the years after the oil downturn hit in late 2014, the deficit hole in the Saskatchewan budget was typically almost exactly the equal to the decline from previous oil revenues. And now that hole is closing.

That’s apparent in the 2022-23 budget tabled by Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on March 23, entitled “Back on Track.”

Oil and potash are back, and the two non-renewable resources are having a big impact not only on the upcoming budget, but the closing out fiscal year. Oil and natural gas revenue is forecast to be $383.7 million higher than budgeted last year.

First off: The Ministry of Finance is using conservative estimates for its forecasts in oil prices and potash.

For the West Texas Intermediate benchmark, the forecast is US$75.75 per barrel WTI. That’s just 75 cents more than the forecast of what will have been received for the current fiscal year ending March 31.

That number is also considerably larger than what was budgeted last year, when the province expected oil prices to average US$42.43 per barrel.

As Saskatchewan’s natural gas production has fallen considerably in recent years, the province no longer includes the natural gas price estimate in media briefing documents. You have to dig into the budget to find the 2022 forecast price of C$3.9 per gigajoule, and $3.4 per gigajoule for 2023.

The light to heavy oil differential, the bane of provincial finances for several years, has also dramatically reduced. At times during the seven-year downturn the differential was over US$40 per barrel. Next year’s budget is putting it at 14.5 per cent of WTI. That’s down from 16.9 per cent forecast in last year’s budget, but a little worse than the 13.7 per cent forecast to have been the actual number for the current fiscal year about to end.

“Oil and natural gas royalties are budgeted at $867.5 million in 2022-23, a decrease of $21.3 million from the 202122 forecast. The decrease is primarily due to a wider lightheavy oil price differential, partially offset by higher West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil prices and a slight increase in oil production,” the budget document stated.

Oil production is anticipated to increase very slightly. Last year’s budget pegged oil production at 152.5 million barrels for the year (417,808 barrels per day), but the budget forecast is showing that number to be 163.5 million barrels actualized (447,945 bpd). The new budget is expecting nearly identical production to 2021-22, with 163.7 million barrels forecast (448,493 bpd).

The budget states, “At present, new well drilling is still well below historical norms as industry focuses on paying down debt incurred in the 2020 downturn and returning capital to shareholders.”

The wellhead price is budgeted at C$74.19 per barrel, down slightly from the 2021-22 forecast of C$74.62 per barrel. Last year’s budget had pegged a wellhead price of C$36.54 per barrel.

All these budgeted price numbers are considerably lower than what is happening on the market. Oil has seen a tremendous spike since Russia, one of the top oil exporters in the world, invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. That also happened to be the week that the Ministry of Energy and Resources locked in its estimates for the Ministry of Finance.

According to Bloomberg, at 1 p.m. on budget day, WTI was trading for US$114.98 per barrel, while Western Canadian Select (WCS) was trading for US$102.28 per barrel. That made for a differential of US$12.70 per barrel, or 11 per cent.

And explanation is found in the budget document, stating, “While the current WTI forecast may appear low compared to recent market prices, and WTI has been increasing throughout the 2021-22 fiscal year (from daily prices below US$60 per barrel in April, to highs of over US$95 in February), the current forecast assumes that these price spikes are temporary and reflect brief supply and demand imbalances. It is anticipated that if WTI oil prices remain elevated for an extended period, it will bring U.S. crude production back online and OPEC will look to retain market share and make production adjustments to prevent this from happening. The current major risk to world oil markets is the continued uncertainty surrounding the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and the geopolitical tensions in eastern Europe.”

And this is where the volatility in the markets can have a direct impact on Saskatchewan’s finances. The Ministry of Finance is saying that for every U.S. dollar oil goes up or down, it will either improve or lessen our revenue by C$14 million. But if the Canadian dollar rises in value against the U.S. dollar, the value drops in an inverse manner. For natural resources combined, the difference is C$39 million for every cent change against the American dollar.

If the dollar remains the same, and if WTI oil averaged US$110 for the year, in the increased oil revenue alone would come in around $479.5 million, in excess of the projected deficit of $463 million. CONTINUED

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And none of that factors in what’s been happening in potash, which is seeing its best prices in years. Russia, and its ally Belarus, are the third and second largest potash producers in the world after Canada, and economic sanctions, along with the war, is threatening that supply. In 2022-23, potash is budgeted to bring in $1.451 billion, up over a billion dollars compared to what was budgeted a year ago for 2021-22. The forecasted revenue from potash for the closing fiscal year is now expected to be $1.031 billion, an increase of $599 million over what was budgeted.

Finance minister speaks In an embargoed briefing on budget morning, Pipeline Online asked Harpauer about that volatility and the government’s projects on oil price. She replied, “We use industry to give us their projections on what they think it will be, on av-

erage, throughout the entire year. Right now, a moment in time, and obviously, unusual circumstances oil is as high as it is. But there are some expectations it’s going to be higher than it was last year, and we have built that with the average forecasters $75.75. Only time will tell. It’s a volatile. The challenge with resource revenue is it’s volatile.”

Asked by reporters about the increased resource revenues and how they factored into consideration for this budget, Harpauer said, “It was actually a positive experience because revenues are strengthening that we didn’t anticipate, obviously, a year ago, when we were in the heat of the pandemic and the economy has taken a huge sigh. But it was very much around, ‘Let’s go into the trap that we’ve been in the past, which is to become totally reliant on resource revenues.’

“Right now, those resource revenues are extremely high. We don’t know

how long that will last. There are a number of factors driving these prices, and they’re not going to hold forever. So, the discussion very much was around we need to increase, we need to increase our investment in a number of areas. But let’s be mindful that we’re doing it with the economic growth in mind that is stable and ongoing year over year.”

She added, “I do think that people do want to see a stable base to their government budgets going forward and that we’re not knee jerk reacting to the price of oil each and every year.”

Regarding volatility in commodity prices and possible windfalls, she said this past fiscal year Saskatchewan “did experience a bit of a windfall. We used it to write down the operating debt by $450 million in this particular fiscal year.”

Harpauer continued, “It’s very hard to project what will happen in the next fiscal year. We’re not even in this budget yet. And so, you’re

projecting what the average will be over the year. Should the product, in particular, potash and oil prices, be much stronger than we’re projecting? That will be future discussions as what would be a wise decision on how that money will be spent. What I really don’t think we’re going to do is fall in the trap of putting it into ongoing year-over-year operating costs, because we fell in that trap before, and it does not bode well for the province.”

Asked about the Ukraine War, as well as ongoing COVID-19, she said there was an additional $95 million for pandemic pressures for health care, but the real risk is inflation. “The risk definitely in the budget and for all of us going forward is going to be how high will inflation go due to circumstances both with the pressures and ending through the pandemic, as well as the global issues. There’s no doubt that the political climate, due to what’s happening in Ukraine, is a risk. Disruptions to the supply chain which was already there is being even more accelerated due to the war.”

The budget forecasts deficits for the next several years, but Harpauer said, “I’m optimistic that we can maybe not have the debt deficit as much as projected, but we’ll see how that goes.”

She pointed to significant unprecedented private sector investment, particular in canola crushing and forestry. Indeed, there is so much planned in Saskatchewan for this year, the government purposely did not announce large capital projects in this budget, instead choosing to finish off projects in the works. Harpauer expressed concern about there being enough labour to go around if the province added to the capital mix at this time.

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KERROBERT CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Events are submitted by Kerrobert Rec Director and are subject to change. For more information on any of the below events, call 834-8355 or 834-2344.

March 28 – Kerrobert Memorial Arena closes

March 29 – RM of Mariposa Ratepayers Supper & AGM

March 30 – Kerrobert Minor Hockey Annual General Meeting 6:30

April 1 – Kerrobert Minor Ball registration fees due!!

April 6 – Kerrobert Minor Hockey Awards Night 6:30

April 9 – Spring Market

April 11 – 14 – Kerrobert Music Festival

April 13 – Spring Fling Bingo at KCS

April 23 – Wildlife Supper & Banquet Night

April 30 – Fire Dept Hockey Draft

May 1 – Sieben’s School of Dance

May 2 – Hunter Safety Registration

May 14 – Kerrobert Town Wide Garage Sale

May 28 – Minor Ball Day

May 31 – Kerrobert & District Agriculture Society 4H Days

June 1 – Kerrobert & District Agriculture Society 4H Days

June 3 – Kerrobert Outdoor Market

June 3 – Pool opening

June 30 – KCS Graduation

July 8-10 – Kerrobert Rodeo

Oct. 1 – Fall Market

Oct. 3 – Shuffle Club begins

Oct. 4 – Forever in Motion Walk this Way begins

Nov. 3 – 5 – Prairieland Players Dinner Theater

Nov. 26 – Winter Market

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Dec. 2 – Town Christmas Party

Kerrobert KidSport

Kerrobert KidSport supports children ages 5 to 18 years who wish to participate in registered sports but find a financial barrier that prevents them from playing. Children are eligible to receive up to $750 per child per calendar year including Kerrobert Minor Football, Minor Ball, Minor Hockey, Dance, Swimming Lessons and more. Although we do not cover the costs of equipment, we will work with families to help them find what they need to play. Huge thanks to the Kerrobert Kinsmen organization who continues to support this important local service. If you or someone you know could benefit, please call the Recreation office at 834-2344 or 834-8355 or pick up a form at the Kerrobert Town office. All applications are kept confidential.

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Renovations underway at Bell Acres Golf & Country Club

Golfers will be excited to see the clubhouse expansion underway at Luseland’s Bell Acres Golf and Country Club. Ryley Magnus, secretary-treasurer for the golf and country club, said, “Like most things in Saskatchewan, we get by on what we have.”

Up to this point, the Luseland club has managed to do without basic amenities such as running water, a kitchen and a bathroom. They made it work by using things such as porta-potties and bottled water.

The clubhouse building was originally a one-room schoolhouse located north of Luseland, which was brought to Bell Acres Golf & Country Club after being decommissioned. In 2021, the interior of the clubhouse received a major facelift. New paint, flooring, ceiling

tiles, lights, tables, chairs, cooler and freezer combined to help transform the building’s interior.

This year a 192 square foot addition will be placed on the north end of the building, which will house a kitchen, washroom and mechanical/water storage room. This expansion will be completed primarily by volunteer labour, with the assistance of journeymen electricians, plumbers and carpenters.

Most of the projects undertaken during this golf season will be funded from proceeds received from an online auction fundraiser conducted in January and February of 2022. The auction raised $34,500. This will provide funding for the clubhouse expansion, improvements to the watering system, hydroseeding grass around the synthetic greens, and the purchase of an aerator.

“Eventually, infrastructure must have new investment in order to be feasible in the long term,” Ryley noted. “Our golf club executive members have identified this and chose to make significant improvements to Bell Acres in recent years.”

The clubhouse expansion will allow the golf club to acquire a commercial liquor permit and staff the clubhouse a few days each week. It will also enable them to adequately host events and rent out the clubhouse for social gatherings.

“Our goal is to have everything completed before seeding in 2022,” Ryley explained. Local golfers can look forward to enjoying the new amenities at the Bell Acres Golf and Country Club in the upcoming golfing season.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Be careful about doing someone a favor when you don’t know the full story behind the request. Don’t rely on someone’s unsubstantiated assurances. Insist on all the facts before you act.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) That workplace problem still needs your attention before you finally can close the book on it. Meanwhile, a long-anticipated reunion gets closer to becoming a happy reality.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might be demanding more from others than they can give. Best advice: Have a long and frank talk to determine what the facts are. Tensions should abate as the week winds down.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Aspects are favorable throughout this week for making contacts that could be important to your career plans. Meanwhile, an old friend offers the advice you’re seeking.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) It’s time to stop licking your wounds from past mistakes. Get up and get going toward your future. Loyal friends will be there to help the Lion get back into rip-roaring shape.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Take time out to go over what’s expected of you before you begin your new project. Otherwise, you run the risk of pushing yourself harder than you need to.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) An unusual request could put you in an awkward position. Best advice: Deal with it immediately. The longer you delay, the more difficult it will be to get out of it.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You should feel recharged and ready for whatever your workaday world holds for you. The same positive energy spills over into your personal relationships.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A prospect might be less than it appears to be. Like the Archer in your sign, you always aim for the truth. And this is no time to settle for less than full disclosure.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Start doing some serious thinking about a career move that could entail more than just changing job sites. Some lifestyle changes also might be involved.

1. LITERATURE: Who wrote the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”?

2. TELEVISION: Eric Taylor was the dad in which 2000s TV drama?

3. MATH: What is the Arabic number equivalent of the Roman numerals MDCCLXXVI?

4. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Tyrrhenian Sea located?

5. FOOD & DRINK: What is the primary ingredient in the canned product SPAM?

6. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: What product did football player Joe Greene promote in the “Meet Joe Greene” TV commercial?

7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How fast do honeybees fly?

8. MOVIES: Who was the famous person portrayed in the movie “Lust for Life”?

9. HISTORY: When was Elizabeth II crowned queen?

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) With tensions easing at the workplace, a more positive environment once again encourages the free flow of ideas so typical of the always-innovative Aquarian.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Show some of that usually hidden steel-strong Piscean backbone, and stand up for yourself if you hope to make a case for that promotion you know you deserve.

BORN THIS WEEK: You enjoy doing new things and staying ahead of the crowd. You would make a fine sports coach or military leader.

Trivia Test Answerst

1. Robert Frost; 2. “Friday Night Lights”; 3. 1776; 4. Between the west coast of Italy and the islands of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica; 5. Pork;

6. Coca-Cola; 7. 20 mph; 8. Vincent van Gogh (by actor Kirk Douglas); 9. 1953; 10. Ferdinand Magellan

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Though it’s one of the more disturbing films I’ve seen in the last few years, Dog Pound is a difficult examination of the prison system.

When Butch, Davis and Angel are sent to a juvenile detention centre for various crimes, they all have to do their best to avoid the ire of other inmates and staff. But the correctional facility may just get the best of them.

Co-writer and director Kim Chapiron creates a visceral, truly difficult portrait of life inside, and it’s a bleak affair.

The young men all endure untold violence and agony, and deal in different ways, some with tragic results.

Young stars Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel and Matthew Morales are incredible, especially Kippel with a heartbreaking performance as Butch.

If you can stomach it, Dog Pound is an essential piece of cinema.

The Adam Project Available On Netflix

Ryan Reynolds is one of the most likeable stars in Hollywood, and after a rough few years, I’m glad he rebounded and got his due.

This wonderful sci-fi nostalgia trip follows fighter pilot Adam Reed, and his traverse through time as he crash-lands in 2022. He meets his 12-year-old self and the two must work together to save the future.

Reynolds re-teams with Free Guy director for this breezy flick, and though it doesn’t break any new ground, it’s a lot of fun.

Our star is joined by younger alter-ego Walker Scobell, who breaks out here. Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner also have a cute little 13 Going On 30 reunion.

It’s a great ensemble and a whole lot of fun for all involved. It’s an interesting little trip.

The Lighthouse

Available On Prime Video

This Nova Scotia-shot black-and-white film is one of the most incredible films to come out in the last few years.

It follows two lighthouse keepers who begin to go insane in the isolation of an island in England in the 1890s.

The Witch director Robert Eggers creates a visually compelling, intense feature with wonderful visuals. It’s a difficult, transfixing watch, though.

Willem Dafoe gives a career-best turn, and Robert Pattinson continues to prove he’s more than Twilight showed us. Their chemistry together is electric.

It’s whacky, weird and entirely grotesque in all the best ways. The Lighthouse is a gothic film that will take your breath away.

American Assassin

Available On Netflix

This actioner follows Mitch, a young man struggling after the tragic loss of his girlfriend. She was killed in a terrorist attack.

He channels his anger when former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan begins to train him to get his revenge.

Director Michael Cuesta is an Emmy-winning director best known for television, but he does create an actioner that ratchets up tension.

With young, charismatic star Dylan O’Brien heating up the screen, Taylor Kitsch in a villainous role, and two great turns from veterans Sanaa Lathan and Michael Keaton, this is a fantastic ensemble.

It keeps things interesting and brisk, and it’s a worthwhile genre film.

C’Mon C’Mon

Available On Prime Video

Following his Oscar win for playing The Joker, Joaquin Phoenix went entirely in the other direction with this understated role.

Writer-director Mike Mills – best known for Beginners – creates an astounding little film about finding your heart with your family.

When his sister goes away, radio journalist Johnny is tasked with caring for her son. He takes his nephew Jesse on a cross-country trip to show him L.A.

Phoenix is astounding, but it’s incredible to see young Woody Norman out-act the megastar. The two are fantastic together.

It’s an understated, beautiful little drama that I couldn’t take my eyes off. I absolutely adored it.

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• On April 6, 1776, the Continental Congress takes the first step toward American independence by announcing its decision to open all American ports to international trade with any part of the world that is not under British rule. It was the first act of independence by the Continental Congress.

* On April 6, 1776, the Continental Congress takes the first step toward American independence by announcing its decision to open all American ports to international trade with any part of the world that is not under British rule. It was the first act of independence by the Continental Congress.

* On April 9, 1859, a 23-year-old Missouri youth named Samuel Langhorne Clemens receives his steamboat pilot’s license. Clemens would later write under the pseudonym Mark Twain, a boatman’s call noting that the river was only 2 fathoms deep, the minimum depth for safe navigation.

* On April 10, 1879, Schandor Herz -- the future John Hertz, the man behind what will one day be the world’s largest car-rental company -- is born in present-day Slovakia. In 1923, Hertz bought a fleet of used Ford Model Ts and named the business Hertz Drive-Ur-Self Corporation.

• On April 9, 1859, a 23-year-old Missouri youth named Samuel Langhorne Clemens receives his steamboat pilot’s license. Clemens would later write under the pseudonym Mark Twain, a boatman’s call noting that the river was only 2 fathoms deep, the minimum depth for safe navigation.

• On April 10, 1879, Schandor Herz — the future John Hertz, the man behind what will one day be the world’s largest car-rental company — is born in present-day Slovakia. In 1923, Hertz bought a fleet of used Ford Model Ts and named the business Hertz Drive-Ur-Self Corporation.

* On April 5, 1955, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, retires as prime minister of Great Britain. In the first year of his administration, Britain had stood alone against Nazi Germany.

* On April 7, 1961, President John F. Kennedy sends a letter to Congress recommending that the U.S. participate in an international campaign to preserve ancient temples and historic monuments in Egypt’s Nile Valley threatened by construction of the Aswan High Dam.

• On April 5, 1955, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, retires as prime minister of Great Britain. In the first year of his administration, Britain had stood alone against Nazi Germany.

• On April 7, 1961, President John F. Kennedy sends a letter to Congress recommending that the U.S. participate in an international campaign to preserve ancient temples and historic monuments in Egypt’s Nile Valley threatened by construction of the Aswan High Dam.

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Volunteers may provide support and services relating to:

• On April 4, 1973, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center officially open in New York City. The buildings replaced the Empire State Building as the world’s tallest building, though they would only hold that title for a year.

• Assaults and Harassment

• Domestic Violence

• Sudden Death/Suicides

• On April 8, 1989, California Angels rookie pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand, makes his Major League Baseball debut in a 7-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners.

• Property Theft and Robbery

Visit our website at: www.saskcentralvictimservices.com to learn more about this rewarding and hands-on volunteer opportunity and to find our volunteer application form. Please contact us if you have any questions or for more information.