Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What have the Liberals done for Prince Albert?

Since 2019, the Liberal Government has been working hard to enable local projects with real funding that directly benefit Prince Albert and surrounding communities. Here is some of what we've been work toward so far:

2021: Federal Grants At Work In Prince Albert
Community	Date	Amount	Local Benefit
Nipawin	July 1, 2021	$1,421,742	Decommission Boreal Area Regional Waste Authority Landfill.
RM of Torch River	July 1, 2021	$176,966	Increase capacity to handle spring flooding and replace aging culverts.
Tisdale	2019	$2,130,000	Landfill expansion.
Nipawin	May 20, 2021	$669,000	Jubilee arena dressing rooms.
Beardy and Okemasis First Nation	April 22, 2021	$3,600,000	14 affordable housing units.
Muskoday First Nation	April 22, 2021	$1,400,000	8 affordable housing units.
Nipawin	2016	$6,800,000	New water treatment plant, opened in 2020, reverse osmosis operational in May 2021.
Prince Albert Grand Council	April 13, 2021	1 of 7 groups sharing $2.4 million	Nation Building: rebuilding governance structures on the path towards self determination.
RM of Moose Range	March 4, 2021	$36,080	Municipal Assets Management program.
Kinistino	May 13 2021	$2,336,000	Build a community centre to house town office, hall, daycare, and library.
Prince Albert	May 13, 2021	$817,800	Upgrade the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre.
Carrot River	May 13, 2021	$52,200	Pasquia Regional Park Authority Upgrade.
Prince Albert	Sept 10, 2020	$2,300,000	Supporting city transit ($141,453), and $2,143,130 for general purposes of City
Prince Albert	Nov 8, 2019	$6,000,000	Construction now finished on a 15 million-litre above-ground reservoir and associated works. This includes a new 227 sqm above-ground pump house at Water Treatment Plant.
Prince Albert	Sept 6, 2019	$24,000,000	Aquatic & Arena Recreation Centre (ongoing)

Since 2015 the Liberal Government has been committed to making life better in Saskatchewan and the Prince Albert riding. Here are some recent examples of progressive federal programs at work in our province:

2021: Federal Program Funding In Saskatchewan
Program	Date	Target	Amount	Purpose
Agricultural Clean Technology Program	June 24, 2021	Farmers (National)	$165.7 million	Assist farmers to adopt technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve competitiveness, including $50M to assist in acquiring more efficient grain dryers.
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan	June 24, 2021	Consumers	$300,000	Connects consumers to food and farming.
4-H Saskatchewan	June 24, 2021	Youth	$600,000	Leadership programming for young people.
Ag in the Classroom Saskatchewan	June 24, 2021	Youth	$610,000	Educating youth about agriculture in schools.
Gender Equality Canada	March 30, 2021	Indigenous	$585,000	Congress of Aboriginal Peoples: research to create a sustainability guide and a gender equality guide.
Gender Equality Canada	March 30, 2021	Indigenous	$750,000	National Association of Friendship Centres: to support culturally relevant gender equality programming.
Gas Tax Fund Transfer	March 31, 2021	Municipalities	$2.2 billion	Doubled transfer fund for 1 year to help economic recovery.
Livestock and Forage Research	February 4, 2021	Agriculture	$7.5 million fed/prov split	Research on livestock, water and forage.
Agricultural Climate Solutions	March 2021	Agriculture (National)	$185 million over 10 years	Development of regional climate solutions led by farmers and farm groups.
Green Agriculture	April 1, 2021	Agriculture (National)	$4.5 million	5 national projects to manage or replace agricultural plastic waste.
Engineering Biology Centre	March 11, 2021	Agriculture (U of S)	$3.2 million	Enable Global Institute for Food Security at uSaskatchewan to develop Canada’s first Engineering Biology Centre for Ag Innovation.
COVID19 Response	November 26, 2020	First Nations of Saskatchewan	$357 million	Total provided from start of pandemic until Nov. 26 to Saskatchewan First Nations to support their COVID19 response.
Investing In Canada Plan	March 9, 2021	Municipalities	$721 million	Over 400 infrastructure projects across Saskatchewan.
Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy	June 25, 2021	Saskatchewan Rough Riders	$3.9 million	Emergency wage subsidy helped mitigate effects of pandemic on sports teams and staff. Helped reduce the team’s losses to $7.5 million in 2020-2021

Previously, in 2018 alone, 200 communities in Saskatchewan were able to update water or wastewater facilities thanks to support from federal funding. In Prince Albert that means:

Arborfield: $1,925,000 for a Water Treatment Plant Upgrade
Tisdale : $3,685,000 for Lift Station and Lagoon Upgrade
Tobin Lake: $1,555,000 for Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility
Carrot River: $3,625,000 for Water Treatment Plant Upgrade

Source: Water Canada

In 2019, Tisdale also received support for landfill upgrades for $2,131,200 in federal funding. The project includes a new landfill cell and leachate pond to control some of the water runoff, a new compost area, and the equipment associated with keeping those running. Source: northeastNOW

Currently, Prince Albert, Melfort, Tisdale, and Arborfield are getting support to complete up to date flood mapping. Source: northeastNOW, Humboldt Journal, and Cision

Q: What about our young and our elderly?

Thanks to the Canada Childcare Benefit, $83 million a year goes to 19,100 children in Prince Albert riding who need it.

As for our seniors, the Liberal government has made changes to improve the lives of 900,000 seniors across the country, increasing the income of 57,000 vulnerable seniors to the point that they’ve been lifted above the poverty line. Source: paNOW

Q: Why do we need a carbon tax?

Simply put, the carbon tax is the most efficient way to reduce emissions with the least impact on the economy.

Q: How so?

The federal plan allows provinces to make their own plans, but provides a federal backstop to create an even playing field across the country. The impacts of greenhouse gases are interprovincial, national and international so a price must apply in all provinces.

The structure of the federal plan means that for provinces that chose not to make their own plan, the majority of the money raised from the carbon price will be returned directly to people living within that province, who can then choose to spend that money as they wish. The overall negative economic impact will be negligible, and ideally people will choose to modify their behaviour in order to pollute less and thus pay less in terms of the carbon price, which means that they may come out ahead.