Supporting a Growing and
Prosperous Saskatchewan
We Believe in
Saskatchewan’s
Potential
We support the province’s 2020-2030 Growth Plan and anticipate more investment, job growth, and higher exports for a healthy economy and strong communities.
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THE PROBLEM:
Saskatchewan Is Losing Its Competitive Edge
Our tax competitiveness and transparency advantage, especially at the municipal level, is beginning to erode.
We need to take action now to ensure investment, jobs, and opportunity don’t flee to neighbouring jurisdictions.
1 hour of employment in mining and oil & gas sectors contributes
$447 to GDP
5X the average business!
Source: Statistics Canada
THE SOLUTION:
Fair and transparent municipal taxes
We’re advocating for two main changes to the province’s property tax systems:
#1
Competitive, fair,
predictable taxes
Limit the range of the effective mill rate (EMR) ratio on all property classes from 0.75 to 2.0 in order to produce a more equitable distribution of the property tax burden among the various classes.
This change ensures our natural resource, manufacturing and construction sectors won’t unfairly incur the burden of property tax increases.
#2
More transparency
and accountability
This change will ensure financial data is easily accessible by requiring all municipalities to post their public accounts online.
THE SOLUTION:
Competitive and transparent municipal taxes
We’re advocating for two main changes to the province’s property tax systems:
#1: Competitive and predictable taxes
Limit the range of the effective mill rate (EMR) ratio on all property classes from 0.75 to 2.0 in order to produce a more equitable distribution of the property tax burden among the various classes.
This change ensures our natural resource, manufacturing and construction sectors won’t unfairly incur the burden of property tax increases.
#2: More transparency and accountability
Improve municipalities’ financial transparency by bringing into force Section 185.1 under The Municipalities Act and expeditiously creating regulations that require reporting of key financial data.
This change will ensure financial data is easily accessible by requiring all municipalities to post their public accounts online.
THE SOLUTION:
Fair and transparent municipal taxes
We’re advocating for two main changes to the province’s property tax systems:
Limit the range of the effective mill rate (EMR) ratio on all property classes from 0.75 to 2.0 in order to produce a more equitable distribution of the property tax burden among the various classes.
This change ensures our natural resource, manufacturing and construction sectors won’t unfairly incur the burden of property tax increases.
Improve municipalities’ financial transparency by bringing into force Section 185.1 under The Municipalities Act and expeditiously creating regulations that require reporting of key financial data.
This change will ensure financial data is easily accessible by requiring all municipalities to post their public accounts online.
Alberta already has a portal for municipal financial data which can be found here
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Who we are
We represent a cross-section of partners spanning many industries – from mining, rail, pipeline, steel, potash, construction, oil & natural gas, emerging minerals, and chambers of commerce.
We are all together behind the vision of a growing Saskatchewan by ensuring our province is a desirable place to invest and do business.
