Request for Submissions

Potential Amendments to Municipal Acts

in 2025-26

The Ministry of Government Relations is proposing to open the three municipal Acts for amendments in the 2025-26 legislative session. The legislation concerning municipal governance—The Cities Act, The Municipalities Act, and The Northern Municipalities Act, 2010—is periodically reviewed and amended to respond to changing policy needs and stakeholder concerns. These three Acts will be reviewed concurrently for the greatest possible alignment and consistency; however, any suggested amendments are encouraged, whether they are common to all three or specific to one particular Act.

Please note that this will not be the only opportunity to provide suggestions for amendments. The ministry will be asking for additional feedback on potential amendments this fall and winter. Please see the outline below for approximate timing on consultations throughout the process.

In addition to SARM's active resolutions, we want to hear your recommendations that the government should consider.

Please send your comments to consultation@sarm.ca by Friday, July 5, 2024. We will compile them and share them with the Ministry of Government Relations during this initial round of consultations.

(The Ministry of Government Relations is requesting all stakeholder feedback be submitted by July 15, 2024.)

Targeted Sector Support (TSS) Initiative

The TSS Initiative is a cost-shared grant program that uses a portion of Municipal Revenue Sharing ($1.5 million per fiscal year) to support municipalities on projects that focus on partnerships, planning, and collaboration. Projects are offered 75 per cent of the project’s eligible costs to a maximum amount.

The TSS Steering Committee will be accepting applications for funding until June 7, 2024.

SCIC Important Dates & Deadlines

June 2024

The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) has several upcoming important dates and deadlines in the month of June. Please see a listing below for reference as well as a link to the SCIC website for more information.

The Ditch is Not the Dump: Saskatchewan Kicks off Campaign to Prevent Illegal Dumping During Canadian Environment Week

In recognition of Canadian Environment Week (June 2-8), the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment has launched an educational campaign to reduce the number of illegal dump sites in the province, focusing on northern areas that experience a disproportionate amount of illegal dumping.

Crop Report for the Period of May 21 to May 27, 2024

Producers made significant progress this week, with seeding now 77 per cent complete in Saskatchewan. This is behind the five-year average of 91 per cent and the ten-year average of 89 per cent. Crop emergence is reported as excellent to good condition and topsoil moisture shows improvement over past year.