The Federation of Councils will gather in Victoria on 11 and 12 July to discuss issues related to Canadian provinces. Premier Scott Mo touched on some of his key points before the meeting.
health transfer to canada Mo said this is a topic that is important to all provinces, with premiers seeking a $28 million increase in health transfers, increasing federal funding from 22 percent to 35 percent.
“As you know, in front of all 13 premieres are asked unanimously federal government To correct the mistake of (other) successful governments in reducing our health transfers to the federal liberal government.
“So we will discuss further about how we can engage with the federal government to ensure that they become a full funding partner in provincial and regional health care services,” Mo said.
He added that another topic that is important to Saskatchewan is energy security, suggesting that they want to reflect what is happening in the food security sector, and that they are asking the federal government for provinces to market their energy. asking to work with.
“We produce a lot more food in North America than we actually consume. And we do so through a very integrated system that works not only provincially and between states, but also north and south of the 49th parallel.” operates as well.”
“We use tractors manufactured in Fargo, North Dakota, for example, that are manufactured in East Moline, Illinois. They work in conjunction with Saskatchewan-built air drills. We ship from the US to Canada in the prairie provinces. We use imported crop protection products. And we shipped most of our products back to the US to further process for the North American market as well as contribute to global food security,” Mo said.
Moe also touched on the province pulling funds from the lighthouse in Saskatoon, noting that his government is looking for alternative service providers in the Saskatoon area.
“The government of Saskatchewan has lost confidence in the management of the lighthouse.”
“We are definitely going to make sure that we can continue to provide very important services for some of the most vulnerable residents of our community.”
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