REGINA — Here are some of the winners and losers in Saskatchewan’s budget tabled Tuesday:<\/p>\n
WINNERS:<\/b><\/p>\n
Police: The budget includes $4.9 million in new money to combat rural crime, including 30 new police traffic-safety positions.<\/p>\n
Agriculture: A new 15 per cent tax credit will be established for agriculture facilities that invest at least $10 million to expand capacity.<\/p>\n
New tech companies: A two-year pilot project will offer a 45 per cent tax credit for equity investments in technology start-up businesses with 50 or fewer employees.<\/p>\n
Children with autism: As promised in last year’s throne speech, children under the age of six with autism spectrum disorder will receive $4,000 for support services.<\/p>\n
People on HIV medication: The government will provide an extra $600,000 to ensure universal drug coverage for HIV medications.<\/p>\n
LOSERS:<\/b><\/p>\n
Taxpayers: The government will no longer exempt used light vehicles and energy-efficient appliances from the provincial sales tax, and is backtracking on a promise to cut income tax rates next year.<\/p>\n
Ratepayers: SaskEnergy rates will likely rise for many people as more municipalities will have the option of adding a five per cent surcharge.<\/p>\n
Municipalities and First Nations: Direct provincial funding for municipalities is being cut this year by 4.9 per cent and First Nations groups are being cut by 1.5 per cent.<\/p>\n
Low-income renters: The government will stop accepting new applications for the Saskatchewan Rental Housing Supplement on July 1.<\/p>\n
School divisions: A 1.6 per cent funding increase is more than some other areas will receive, but it falls below the rate of inflation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
REGINA — Here are some of the winners and losers in Saskatchewan’s budget tabled Tuesday: WINNERS: Police: The budget includes $4.9 million in new money to combat rural crime, including 30 new police traffic-safety positions. Agriculture: A new 15 per cent tax credit will be established for agriculture facilities that invest at least $10 million […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4697,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696\/revisions\/4697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}