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 |
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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 |
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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 |
$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.