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Garry Breitkreuz, MP for Yorkton-Melville, says it has been a positive year overall in 2014, and one that has seen positive results for many of the issues he holds at the forefront.

Breitkreuz has always been known for his work on firearms, and says while he regards the dis-mantling of the long gun registry as a long fought

victory, he says there are more changes coming to protect the rights of gun owners. He says that the new package will simplify licensing and paperwork for people who enjoy sport shooting, for example, though he says the work is not complete it’s some-thing he is proud to have as a legacy.

“I’ve become the resi-dent expert, they call me the gun guy in Ottawa. If you follow an issue inside and out and get to know

it well enough they trust your judgement on what needs to be done. It’s more important than many people realize, it’s not often you see legisla-tion undone.”

Another focus has been family, and Breit-kreuz is also proud of the new package of family benefits, which he says he has been advocating for quite some time. This package will allow for income splitting, which he says is going to put

single income families on better footing in the tax bracket, as well as expanding the Universal Child Care Benefit.

Being tough on foreign policy has been another area where Breitkreuz says the Canadian gov-ernment has to show leadership. He says that the Russian aggression in Ukraine has been something which the Canadian government is strongly opposed to, and applauds Prime Minister

Stephen Harper for standing up to Russia and says this policy needs to continue.

Another area where he wants to see Canada take an aggressive stance is in the fight against ISIS in the middle east. Breitkreuz says it’s clear that the group needs to be stopped where it lives, and not allowed to expand further.

“We had the incident on Parliament Hill and we don’t need more of

that. We need to have Canadians safe... If we’re going to let them loose in any way, it’s going to hurt the whole world. Some people suggest if we leave them alone or negotiate with them things would be better and they wouldn’t want to harm us. That is absolutely not true, they see it as a weakness and so we have to stand firm in our resolve to fight back.”

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Garry Breitkreuz prepares for final year in office

CHRISTMAS TIME – Staff at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre got into the Christmas spirit, decorating their different departments with a wide range of seasonal decora-tions in a friendly competition. Brenda MacLean with the Sunrise Health Region says that since being in the hospital during Christmas is always difficult, they want to brighten the facilities for patients and visitors.

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December of 2014 has been one unlike many others, and Captain Glen Fraser says a normally busy month has been on another level after the fire that began the month. However, he says that it has also been a month that has shown what Yorkton can do in a crisis.

“There are many children and families having a merry Christmas due to the generosity of the com-munity.”

The fire victims are in new homes now and are getting back to life as normal. He says that they were first on the scene to deal with the emotional crisis as soon as it happened. He notes that things like Flaman’s Rentals giving all residents

new beds and other businesses giving food, clothing, small appli-ances and other essen-tials have been an example of what a community can do, and how “Yorkton takes care of Yorkton.”

“Hopefully in the years to come they can look back and say ‘my community supported me,’ because we believe they did.”

Meeting the needs of the community is the primary goal of the Salvation Army, Fraser says, and that’s the driving force behind everything they do.

“If we had no clothes donated to the fire vic-tims, we would have taken everything off our shelves to give to them... What we have on our shelves to sell, which helps us pay rent and the bills, is what we will give away

if necessary. We’re a resource to the com-munity and we pride ourselves on being part of the community.”

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , there is now also a higher demand on the services they offer. The number of hampers has increased to 250 from 200 last year, and over 300 kids needed help, up from 230 in 2013. While the com-munity overall is doing well, Fraser says it’s clear there are people within the community getting left behind.

“As prosperity booms, those in the upper end take off, while those in the lower end seem to get left further behind.”

Donations are still being accepted, and Fraser reminds people that if people date their donations for 2014 they can still count for this financial

year.While this is the big

fundraising month, Fraser says that it’s important to know that the SalvationArmy is always part of the community, doing what they can for peo-ple who need help. He says that money and time are both things that they can always use, with more volun-teer spots opening up in the near future. The budget for each year is the amount of money that is raised, and they always plan to use every cent to help the community.

“We’re not here just at Christmas time, we’re not just here when disaster strikes... We are here 52 weeks a year, what we have left over after Christmas goes to operate the food bank all year round.”

Salvation Army thanks Yorkton for support

CAPTAIN GLEN FRASER would like to thank Yorkton and area for their generous support in 2014, a year which saw the Salvation Army tend to victims of the recent apartment fire and the flood in Melville, as well as meet a rising need for the services of the food bank and Christmas hamper program.


The City of Yorkton had an eventful 2014, but one which saw les-sons learned from the past and one which sees positive developments moving forward. Mayor Bob Maloney recently sat down with The News Review to discuss the past year.

One thing that domi-nated again was flood-ing, with eight inches of water over a weekend leading to flooded streets and full basements. Maloney says it seems to be the new norm, and it has been a focus of the city for the past several years. While the city had been considering taking money out of the drain-age budget to do some-thing else, Maloney says the past year has proved that it still needs to be a priority for the city, espe-cially if we keep seeing storms of the same mag-nitude.

The flood could have been worse, however, and Maloney says that the drainage systems installed at the moment have worked well, noting that if none of the upgrades occurred areas like Broadway would

have been hit hard again. As the ground is still saturated with water and floods are predicted for the next year in some RMs already, Maloney says that there needs to be a reaction that addresses this as simply what Saskatchewan weather is now.

“I think, provincially, the government is going to need to take more stri-dent measures to control runoff. You’ve got people who have never had water on their land, and when you’ve got a sec-tion of land flooded that’s money out of your pock-et.”

With the level of rain the province is having to handle, Maloney says it’s something he has never seen before and he hopes to see an end to the years of excessive rain.

“I’m thinking a couple years with just enough rain to get a good crop would be nice.”

One of the good things the city is seeing is the upcoming opening of the Parkland College’s Trades and Technology Centre. Long in the works, and with signifi-cant investment from the city in the form of the land granted to its devel-opment, Maloney credits

former mayor James Wilson as well as Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit with its successful devel-opment, and once stu-dents begin attending in the fall of 2015 he sees it being a big benefit to the city.

“I think over the long term, education contrib-utes so much to your community, through the graduates in your com-munity. Trades and tech-nology people are more likely to start a business, and that’s where the value is. People staying in your community in higher level jobs is a good thing, but when someone

starts a business that changes the whole dynamic of what makes a com-munity work.”

Both the flood and the develop-ment of the college have been consid-erations in one of big projects the city has done this year, which has been the rebuild of Dracup Ave. Much of the work is to replace an old storm sewer main that couldn’t cope with the volume of water it was required to handle,

something which contributed to the hard-est hit area in this year’s flood being in that area. Given that the area needed construction as it was, the plan also saw the installation of the services the Trades and Technology centre will require.

“We thought, if we’re going to tear up the street we might as well get all the work done. That’s something our former city manager Dave Putz was very com-mitted to, planning, that will serve the city well.”

Planning has been a priority for the city, and

this will continue to be a theme into the future. One of the advantages of this approach, explains Maloney, is that when federal and provincial funds become available, it’s often on short notice and the city needs to know what they need to accomplish. That means having the plans in place and ready so applications can go in and funding can be procured.

Maloney says that infrastructure is the issue all cities in the province face, and says that issues are shared province-wide, the mayor of Vonda has the same worries as he does, just on a different scale.

The city has many plans that are difficult to fund, especially as the level of funding from the federal government has been low for new proj-ects, though Maloney says that the revenue sharing agreement with the province is the envy of other provinces. He says the city’s growth might be challenging in some ways, but allows it to accomplish what it needs to do.

“The growth in our tax base is helping us do stuff, because we have money coming in. If we

weren’t growing we would be in a much worse position than we are growing, that’s some-thing people need to understand. When you add business, when you add more jobs in your community, you’re grow-ing your tax base which allows you to do more things. If you have no growth at all, it would be a difficult circumstance to try to balance budgets and provide services peo-ple want.”

There is also a priori-ty to do the “fun stuff,” as Maloney describes it, the things that make the community a better place to live, things like get-ting two of the soccer fields near the Water Treatment Plant open for 2015, and continue working on the popular walking trail network. He says that while there are serious infrastruc-ture needs, it’s also a priority to make the city a place people want to live.

“I love the community, the people here are so friendly. I’ve been the mayor for two years, and it can be a difficult job in many communities... people in Yorkton are so gracious.”

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Breitkreuz says that the goal of the govern-ment for the next year, leading up to the elec-tion in October, is to continue down the same path they have, and he believes they can be proud of their legacy.

“We have the lowest taxes in 50 years, which I think is a huge accom-plishment for us as Conservatives, there isn’t another country in the world that can make that claim, but it also leads to the fact that we have the num-ber one economy in the world. To continue that, I think, is very impor-tant.”

While he won’t be running in the next election, Breitkreuz says he wants to see

the government stay the same.

“I believe, strongly, that Canada needs a Conservative-lead gov-ernment.”

The next year will be Breitkreuz’ last as an MP, as he prepares to retire from Parliament after 22 years of hold-ing the seat.

“It’s been a privilege and an honour to serve the constituents ofYorkton-Melville. The longer I’m an MP, the more I realize what a responsibility it is, as well as an honour and a privilege, and I really thank the people for the support they have given me.”

Garry Breitkreuz prepares for final year in office


The shortest day of the year is the perfect time to watch a good film, and the Yorkton Film Festival hosted

the shortest day in film for the second year. Airing the family selec-tion of short films, the event was held in part-nership with Telefilm and the National Film Board.

Randy Goulden, Executive Director of the Yorkton Film Festival says that they are always looking for opportunities to show short films, and the Shortest Day package

included several films that have been nomi-nated or won the Golden Sheaf in the past.

“We feel that before Christmas we need to take a breath, have some family films, and sit down to enjoy the Christmas season.”

The festival’s screen-ings are now a year-round event, and this will continue into the new year. December has seen films from the fes-tival shown across Saskatchewan, Goulden

says, and this will be something that contin-ues into the new year as well.

One new series for YFF will be showings highlighting events in the news, beginning on January 8 with a screen-ing of Ebola War: The Nurses of Gulu at the Film Festival office. Goulden says that while ebola is not a pleasant topic, it is a serious cur-rent event and some-thing which people need to be better informed

about.“As there are current

issues in the world, we are seeing what films we can show.”

The Film Festival’s open screenings will also continue in 2015 on the first Tuesday of the month at the Yorkton Public Library.

Submissions are now open for the 2015 film festival, which will be held May 21 to 24, and Goulden says that so far the lineup looks like a great one.

The shortest day marked with short films

As 2014 draws to a close, many of us are giving thought to our New Year’s resolutions and the goals we are setting for ourselves in 2015.

As a farmer or ranch-er, having a set of goals provides the power to steer farm business activities in the same direction as hopes and intentions.

Farm managers need to have a clear view of the future to create a business that is in line with their strategic goals. Here are some steps that can help in this planning process:

Know where you have been:

The successes and failures of the past pro-vide valuable knowledge

to help plan the future. Many of us are not aware of the things we do right simply because we do not consistently evaluate past activities.

Know where you are:Good things have

been done in the past to get the business where it is today. Knowing what strengths of your business are will help you to build on them and shape the way mov-ing forward.

Know where you want to be – your busi-ness goals:

Take the time to look forward. Figure out what the business goal is. Is it to expand the business, change the focus, increase value-added activities, or make more money?

Know how to get there:

Having an under-standing of how the business is going to achieve its goals is as important as having the goal in the first place. Figure out what is known or can be seen, evaluate whether it is likely to be a success, start on the path towards this goal, build in flexibility, and re-evaluate as information about the path to the business goal becomes clear.

Know how to tell when you get there:

It is entirely possible to pass business goals without knowing they have been achieved. Each goal must have at least one clear objective

so that it can be recog-nized when and if it is a success.

A business goal to improve efficiency is a good target, but without a defined objective such as reducing the number of labour hours per acre farmed from one hour per acre to half an hour per acre, there is no way to show how the goal was achieved.

Look back only to ensure there are bench-marks and be aware of the business’s strengths and weaknesses. Otherwise, focus on those activities that take the business from where it is, towards the end that is in mind.

Business Strategy, sometimes referred to as strategic planning, is

the building block for many other farm man-agement practices. Implementing this farm management practice will lead to a farm or ranch business that has a vision and purpose.

It should include a formal written business strategy that is reviewed annually.

All members of the management team agree to the short and long-term goals for the farm business and those goals align with family goals. The farm’s day-to-day actions are directed by the agreed upon goals.

Setting (and meeting) goals in our personal lives as well as in busi-ness can be difficult.

Through the Growing Forward 2 program,

Farm Business Development Initiative (FBDI) funding is avail-able to assist producers with the cost of training and consulting to improve their farm busi-ness management.

Jenay Werle PAg, Farm Business Management Specialist

For more information on Farm Business Strategy, or the FBDI program, please contact our Yorkton Regional Office (306-786-1531), the Agriculture Knowledge Centre (1-866-457-2377).

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When I moved to Yorkton in 2009 I lived in an apartment that cost $575 a month. Today, if someone wanted to live in the same apartment, they would be looking at paying $935 a month, going by the apart-ment management’s website. For that fee it appears that there has been little change to the apartment overall, though the air conditioner has been replaced and presumably doesn’t trip the breaker anymore.

At the time, finding a place to rent was not exactly easy, I chose that particular apartment because it was available and appeared structurally sound. Of those two key points, only one still holds true, since the building in question has no available suites. I won’t say my old apartment was necessarily bad, but it did have a shirtless man smoking on the front steps which isn’t something that would be highlighted by any real estate agent. As a place to live, it was totally functional shelter and definitely worth what I was paying for it. The fact that it’s now over $350 more is what gives me pause.

Still, if that place is getting dangerously close to the $1,000 a month threshold, it highlights what has become a very real issue in the city, that being rental housing. This has become the barrier for entry for people who intend to live here, you effectively need to know someone before you can actually move to the

city. That was true five years ago, when I spent the first month living with some acquaintances as I searched for a place to live, and it’s true now. A large number of people I know who move to the city spend the first month living with someone who they know while they find a permanent residence. This is sensi-ble in a way, because it gives you time to properly search property and find a place. On the other hand, it does mean that you’ve got to know people if you actually want to live here.

The solution is inevitably an issue of supply and demand. There’s plenty of demand, but the rental supply has always been short. What the city needs, more than anything, is a new apartment build. That

need has become more acute during the past month, of course, but it’s actually not new at all, the city has needed an apartment build for the past several years. The issue is that it’s difficult to actually encourage apartments, especially those on the less expensive side of the equation. It’s not that profitable to develop a building full of units priced around $600 a month, especially since people are clearly charging much more than that all the time.

Part of the solution could be some new builds that are priced comparable to the older units currently on the market. Those buildings would put pressure on the older market, because for a little more than an older apartment which always had problems with the shower drains, you could get in a new building where the shower works properly. That would theoretically cause the prices on existing stock to drop, but there would need to be enough new units that people would still have actual choices to make. At the current vacancy rate it would need to be more than one build-ing, and it would be difficult to convince a developer to not just charge extra for a shiny new building, but given that it’s a provincial problem, some kind of incentive for those who build new apartment build-ings and price them sensibly could be a way to fix this issue.

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ED I TOR I A L

I N S I GHT S

Inequality divide increasing

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Let’s take a moment to imagine what Santa’s ‘naughty and nice’ list might have said about government bodies in Saskatchewan.

First up on the nice list, Finance Minister Ken Krawetz and his cabinet colleagues have got to feel pretty proud about the province’s credit rating being upgraded earlier this year. Moody’s, an international bond-rating agency, awarded the province their highest grade back in September.

After years of paying down debt, balancing the provin-cial budget and making tough financial decisions, the Wall government’s efforts have paid off. The credit rating increase benefits taxpayers as it means the government will pay less in interest rates on its outstanding debt. Thus, there will be more money available for services like fixing roads and health care services. Not to mention, there will be a bit less pressure to raise taxes in the future.

While the Wall government has more work to do when it comes to actually paying off the debt, the Moody’s announcement is a feather in its cap and symbolic of the good work they’ve done to date.

Next, the Saskat chewan government deserves to be put on the ‘nice’ list for moving ahead with alcohol sales reform. While the exact model for reform has yet to be announced, it’s pretty clear the government is intent on getting out of retail alcohol sales – a service best left up to the marketplace, not government.

Premier Wall deserves an honourable mention for starting to talk about allowing private MRIs in Saskatche-wan. It just makes sense for Saskatchewan patients to be able to decide for themselves – go on a government waiting list for the service or pay out of pocket for faster care? Right now, many Saskatchewan residents pay for faster care outside of Saskatchewan. Why not keep those dollars in Sask by giving patients choice?

As for the naughty list, Minister June Draude makes her way to the top of the pile after the excesses from her trips to Ghana and England were revealed back in April. A $3,600 car service (for three days in London) and a $200 lunch with her friend were bills that received the most public scrutiny, and rightfully so.

The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, Ministry of Health and SaskPower all deserve lumps of coal for fail-ing to release straightforward information to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (and the public) when receiving Freedom of Information requests.

Highways and Infrastructure also failed to release information concerning the massive Regina Bypass proj-ect. We asked for briefing notes provided to the Minister, as well as analysis on how much different options were estimated to cost, but apparently it’s all confidential. Go figure, taxpayers just get the bill, hold the details.

Similarly, the Ministry of Health blacked out a whole bunch of analysis related to changing demographics and what the cost will be for taxpayers. One might think the government would want to talk about the pending “grey tsunami” and why it’s important to restrain spending now… apparently not.

SaskPower released some information on its now moth-balled $143 million headquarters renovation project, but significant details on some of the more questionable pro-posals are apparently ‘confidential.’

Colin Craig is the Prairie Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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Things I do with words...

Devin Wilger

In a classic Christmas tale of redemption, one of Canada’s biggest banks, TD, recently released The Case for Leaning Against Income Inequality which pointed out the dangers of the widening divide, and gave some strong suggestions on how to turn the tide.

It’s a timely message, as another report, recently released by the Broadbent Institute, shows that the majority of Canadians desire action on income inequality, despite under-estimating just how unbalanced the distribution actually is in this country.

Incomes and resources have become increasingly concen-trated in the hands of a smaller and smaller percentage of Canadians. The Broadbent Institute reports that the richest 20 per cent now control over 67.4 per cent of all wealth in the country.

That assumption has been challenged in recent years, in particular as it has become clearer that income inequality leads to worse health outcomes - most true for those who make the least. As studies that compare life expectancy by neigh-bourhood, such as Code Red in Hamilton, have shown, people living in poverty often have life expectancies 20 or more years less than the wealthiest members of society.

It is perhaps discouraging that the health effects of inequality have not been of sufficient concern to drive decision-makers to change direction. But a new kind of evidence may make a greater difference: it’s not only the people in unequal countries that are sicker, it’s their markets as well.

According to the OECD, income inequality is at the highest level in 30 years, and, as a result, economic growth has been slowed by as much as 10 per cent in some countries. And a 2014 IMF study showed that redistributive policies through tax and transfers not only do no harm to the economy but can

improve performance in the long-term. According to CUPE, public investments in child care and other services are far more effective in creating jobs and increasing economic growth than corporate or income tax cuts.

The TD report recommends a variety of key public invest-ments to reduce inequality, including affordable housing, health and social services, early childhood development and decreasing barriers to all levels of higher education, from skills training to professional colleges. These are excellent recommendations as they also address key social determi-nants of health.

One drawback is the report’s focus on means-testing the recommended programs. While this can be a way to decrease the overall cost of social programs, it can also erode the public support needed to maintain them while at the same time fail-ing to reach the “hidden poor” - people who are earning mid-dles class wages but are unable to keep up with rising costs.

The most glaring gap in the TD report, however, lies in the recommendations on how to pay for the social investment required to decrease barriers to success. There is a passing and unenthusiastic reference to increasing income taxes on the top 1 per cent of Canadian earners, and a revealing omis-sion of any mention of corporate taxation, non-salary compen-sation or CEO salaries.

When one of the ‘Big Five’ banks - Canada’s largest lender, in fact - comes out with a strong position on income inequality, it’s indicative of how much income inequality has moved from being a fringe concern to economic orthodoxy.

Ryan Meili is a Saskatoon-based family physician, expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and author of A Healthy Society: How a focus on health can revive democracy.

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To the Editor:

There have been several mistruths put forward by Ralph Goodale, but the people of Saskatchewan haven’t forgotten his pat-ented Liberal doublespeak.

Under thirteen years of Liberal rule, he and his Government treated both farmers and the Province of Saskatchewan as their personal whipping boy.

Our Government is proud to deliver on the commitments we made to farmers and the people of Saskatchewan in our cam-paign platform. A quick look at the facts and its easy to see how out of touch

the Liberal party is with the people of Saskatchewan.

Mr. Goodale’s Liberals jailed farmers for selling their own wheat and bar-ley. As promised, our Con-servative Govern ment gave farmers marketing free-dom they wanted and deserved.

Mr. Goodale’s Liberals established a long-gun reg-istry designed to throw law-abiding farmers and hunters in jail and confis-cate their firearms. As promised, our Con servative Govern ment abolished this wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry.

Mr. Goodale’s Liberals

balanced the budget of the backs of the provinces, slashing transfers to healthcare and education. As promised, our Con-servative Govern ment will balance the budget in 2015 all while ensuring trans-fers to healthcare continue to increase.

Mr. Goodale and Mr. Trudeau have also said they would eliminate income splitting for seniors, end the family tax benefit and rollback the universal childcare benefit. Trudeau and company also oppose the Energy East pipeline, claiming it is “not socially responsible.”

Fortunately for the peo-

ple of Saskatchewan, our Government continues to lower taxes, expand trade opportunities and invest in important infrastructure projects to ensure our prov-ince is well positioned to prosper well into the future.

After more than a decade of Liberal destruc-tion and deceit, voters now have a Government that follows through on its com-mitments. We will proudly take our record into the 2015 election, and Mr. Goodale and his Liberals will be forced to defend their legacy of letdown.

- Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz

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Except for the Harper government, there seems to be complete consensus about the lead-ing importance of municipal infrastructure in building a more prosperous Canadian economy.

Globally, the G-20, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development are all promoting it. So are the provincial Premiers, the Bank of Canada, the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, along with major “think-tanks” like the C.D. Howe Institute, the Conference Board and the Canada-West Foundation.

Add to that the voices of industry – the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Council of Chief Executives, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Construction Association, three different groups of Professional Engineers, the Urban Transit Association and the Insurance Bureau of Canada.

Internally, even the federal Finance Department agrees. Their analysis shows that expanding infrastructure is the most cost-effec-tive way for the Government of Canada to boost jobs and growth – far more effective than tax cuts, for example. Statistics Canada has point-ed out that our greatest gains in productivity have occurred when we were making our big-gest investments infrastructure.

And Former Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge says that such investments now are espe-cially advantageous because they transform the value of historically low interest rates into long-term capital assets to underpin growth for gen-erations to come.

Municipalities are responsible for more than 60% of the nation’s public infrastructure, but with less than 10% of the nation’s tax-base, local governments obviously need more federal sup-port.

Many of the physical facilities that our com-munities depend on today were built decades ago. They’re worn down, while our population and economy have outgrown them. So we’re falling behind in public transit and transporta-tion, adequate and appropriate housing, water and sewer services, flood protection, environ-mental integrity, recreation, culture and other amenities.

All of this makes it hard to understand why the Harper government has chosen to cut its major program for supporting municipal infra-structure projects this year by 87%. It’s been chopped down to just $210-million for the whole country (compared to $1.7-billion last year). Mr. Harper says he may put some more federal money into this program in future years, but at best, it won’t get back to last year’s levels until after 2019.

So why this 5-year funding gap? The answer is actually pretty simple. The timing is all con-trived to help Mr. Harper claim a budget sur-plus in 2015 so he can implement his “Income Splitting” scheme. That expensive Conservative campaign promise from four years ago is trump-ing things like municipal infrastructure (and decent levels of support for veterans too).

The late Jim Flaherty warned about this problem. He said this government could actu-ally take some additional time to balance its books. There’s nothing magical about 2015. But Mr. Harper contradicted him. Mr. Flaherty also said Income Splitting in inherently unfair because 86% of Canadian households cannot qualify and thus get nothing from the $2-billion it costs to implement.

Canadians would be better off by refocusing available resources on a more substantive and immediate expansion of community infrastruc-ture – creating good jobs today, and laying the foundations of a bigger and better economy tomorrow.

Ralph GoodaleMember of Parliament Wascana

Balanced books causing hardship

Liberal track record questionable

To the Editor:

Looking back on the year, it is increasingly clear that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s priorities are no longer the priorities of Canadians.

His Conservative government has focused economic attention solely on its promise to introduce an expensive income splitting scheme.

Paying for it has trumped every other need. Over a billion dollars for veterans’ services have gone unspent while the government closed nine local offices – making it even harder to access a support system the Auditor General called “complex and time-consuming.” Veterans who needed mental health services have been left waiting months, even years, to get help.

Spending on infrastructure proj-ects through the Building Canada Fund has been cut by 90 per cent. Employment Insurance payroll taxes have been frozen at artificially high

levels. Other taxes, such as tariffs on imports, have gone up. Public safety has been shortchanged, from search and rescue to food inspection and rail safety to environmental protection.

All for the sake of income split-ting, which will cost the federal gov-ernment a whopping $2 billion a year, but will not benefit 85 per cent of Canadian households. Single moth-ers and fathers, those who have the least and couples with similar incomes will get nothing. Among the few who will benefit, the largest ben-efit will go to those who need it the least.

There is no reason why middle class families should have to pay to give families like Mr. Harper’s a $2000 tax break.

Worst of all, this scheme will do nothing to help with our middling economic outlook. Economic growth continues to be low, the jobs market sluggish and household debt high. Federal mismanagement has left big projects like the Keystone XL pipe-

line struggling to get going. Exports are only returning to their pre-reces-sion peak.

Liberals have been hearing from Canadians that this is just not good enough. They are looking not only for a different government, but a bet-ter government. We are working hard to earn their trust.

We believe that a surplus built by Canadians should be invested for the benefit of all Canadians. That means investing in our people, our natural resources, our infrastructure, our trade and our drive to innovate. These are the things that made Canada successful in the first place. That is how we will restore growth and bring relief to struggling middle class families and all those striving to get there.

Canadians can’t afford another misspent year.

Judy Foote, MP

Liberal Party of Canada Whip

Majority of middle class left out

Despite being charged with the guardianship of an exceptional economy with prosperity rooted in the volatile revenues of the oil and gas sector, there appears to be an absence of learning behaviour on the part of governments in Alberta. Government bud-gets are still very depen-dent on energy related gov-ernment revenues.

Indeed, the reliance on natural resource revenues has been described by some as a fiscal “substance-abuse problem” which can turn the blessing of natural resources into a curse.

Despite a long-term trend towards economic diversification, Alberta’s economy is still energy intensive. Whereas in 1985, energy accounted for 36 per cent of Alberta’s GDP, by 2013 it still accounted for 23 per cent with crude petroleum accounting for two thirds of Alberta’s exports. The 1970s and 1980s saw a boom and bust period whereas the 21st century witnessed an ener-gy boom, which is now again being followed by a correction in energy prices. Despite claims that Alberta is an energy superpower, the fact remains that mar-ket superpowers can set prices rather than take them as they come.

The current plunge in oil prices is a reminder that

Alberta’s economic and fis-cal performance is prone to cycles. Over the entire peri-od 1970-2014, the average resource revenue share of Alberta government reve-nues was 31 per cent, but this ranged from as high as 77 per cent in 1979-80 to a low of 14 per cent in 1998-99. Since 2000, the resource revenue share averaged approximately 28 per cent, though in recent years it has dropped below 20 per cent. Nature’s bounty means that during boom times Alberta is able to fuel rapid increases in govern-ment spending, but busts mean restraint.

Given the reluctance of Alberta to diversify its gov-ernment revenue stream by implementing a provin-cial sales tax, another solu-tion for provincial revenue stabilization is investment revenues from savings accumulated during peri-ods of resource revenue abundance.

However, when it comes to oversight of the bounty afforded by natural resource revenues, Alberta has not been as persistent as other jurisdictions when it comes to investing natural resource rents in sovereign wealth funds. An adequate-ly managed fund would have resulted in a substan-tial sum that could yield earnings to help stabilize the province’s finances dur-

ing downturns. Indeed, Alberta has squandered decades of natural resource revenues by not adequately investing them.

Although Alberta estab-lished the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (AHSTF) in 1976, there were no inflows to the fund for the period 1988 to 2005 and substantial outflows of income earned were made to the Alberta government’s general operating fund and capital expenditures. Indeed, if one takes the market value of the funds and adjusts for inflation and population, there has been a near continuous decline in the real per capi-ta value of the Heritage Fund since the early 1980s.

Compared to other resource revenue rich juris-dictions such as Alaska and Norway, Alberta’s Heritage Fund has suffered from poor stewardship for much of its history. Whereas the Alberta Heritage Fund’s assets are currently esti-mated at US$17.5 billion, Alaska’s (established in 1976) is estimated at US$51.7 billion and Norway’s (established 1990) was worth approxi-mately US$890 billion. North Dakota, which estab-lished its Legacy Fund in 2011 has already managed to acquire just over $2 bil-lion in assets. Alberta bare-

ly contributed 5 per cent of its resource revenues to its sovereign wealth fund, whereas Alaska contribut-ed 25 per cent and Norway - albeit an extreme case - 100 per cent.

In 2007, the Alberta Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Commission chaired by the University of Calgary’s Jack Mintz recommended setting a target of $100 bil-lion in assets in a reinvigo-rated Alberta Heritage Fund by 2030 by saving a fixed percentage of Alberta’s total revenues each year. The recommendations, however, have yet to bear fruit and the drop in energy prices now means that Alberta will have to delay any plans to build up its sovereign wealth fund.

When oil prices are high and times are good, there is little incentive for Alberta to build up its sovereign wealth fund. When oil pric-es fall, the need for revenue stabilization is starkly evi-dent, but more pressing needs for dwindling gov-ernment revenues super-sede those of a sovereign wealth fund. Alberta is caught in a repeating cycle from which it has yet to engineer an escape.

Livio Di Matteo is Professor of Economics at Lakehead University.

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Friday, January 2

YORKTON TERRIERS vsMELVILLE MILLIONAIRES

Game Time 7:30 p.m. at the Farrell Agencies Arena

Upcoming Yorkton Terrier Home GamesWednesday, January 7

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The Town of Kelvington will benefit from improved waste-water infrastructure thanks to joint federal and provincial funding announced recently by Garry Breitkreuz, Member of Parliament for Yorkton — Melville, on behalf of Minister of State for Western Economic Diversi-fication Michelle Rempel , and Government Relations Minister Jim Reiter.

The investment will allow Kelvington to extend sewer lines, as well as install the man-holes and hydrants necessary for residen-tial development. The project will increase the number of households and industries connect-ed to sanitary sewer systems and improve the reliability of the treatment system.

The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are each investing $40,874 in

the project through sav-ings realized through previous projects com-ing in under budget as part of the Communities Component of the origi-nal Building Canada Fund (BCF-CC). Kelvington will contrib-ute the balance of the $122,622 project.

This project is being funded using savings realized through previ-ous BCF-CC projects coming in under bud-get, allowing dollars to be recommitted to addi-tional initiatives.

Since 2007, more than 150 municipal infrastructure projects have been funded by the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan under BCF-CC, benefitting thousands of Saskatchewan resi-dents and their com-munities.

The Building Canada Fund has been replaced by the New Building Canada Plan.

Infrastructure funds awarded

The Government of Saskatchewan is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Marquette as a judge to the Provincial Court in Wynyard.

“Judge Marquette has practiced law for nearly 20 years, and has a particularly good understanding of the legal issues common in rural Saskatchewan,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Gordon Wyant said. “Her experience as both a legal professional and a community leader make her an excellent choice for this appoint-ment.”

Judge Marquette graduated with distinc-tion from the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan and

was called to the Bar in 1994. Since 2006, she has operated a sole practice, the Marquette Law Office, in Wadena.

During her legal career, Judge Marquette has special-ized in the areas of real estate, will and estates, criminal law, family law, corporate law and civil litigation.

Throughout her career, Judge Marquette has been an active member of her community through her children’s activities and local community groups.

Judge Marquette replaces Judge James Plemel, who will become Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan on January 1, 2015.

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For many Canadians, scarves, mitts, boots and gloves have become fashion must-haves as the last leaves of autumn were followed by the first snow over the past week. For many of us, the thought of dealing with slush and ice on top of fighting a cold sounds pretty depress-ing. But before begging for summer’s return, there are ways that can ease your win-tertime blues. Here are three activities to help you and your family discover the won-der in this land of ice and snow this season.

Spot and hear the birdsBelieve it or not, winter is

as good a season as any for bird watching. “Every so often nature surprises you with sightings of bird species that seem to have missed the memo about migration,” says Kristyn Ferguson, an avid birder and program director with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

The best introduction for beginner birders is to set up a feeder in the backyard. By staying indoors and out of sight, you can watch the feed-er transform into a vibrant social hub. Besides the birds’ plumage, you can observe the hierarchy, competition between different species.

Annual events like Christmas Bird Counts (held across North America) are loads of fun and a way to provide important informa-tion about the distribution and numbers of bird species to determine trends and inform conservation initia-tives. If your goal, like Kristyn’s, is to spot the infa-mous snowy owl, the good news is there are plenty of “hot tips” and time stamped sightings online. Websites such as eBird Canada and Cornell Lab of Ornithology can help improve your sight-ing success.

Decipher animal tracksSometimes, you may see

the traces left by an animal long before catching a glimpse of one. Tracks are best seen as soon as fresh snow falls. More than mere footprints, much of an animal’s move-ment and habits can be deci-phered from reading their snowy impressions. For example, a set of three foot-prints — two larger and one smaller one in the middle — could indicate a rabbit on the run.

“Animals in winter tend not to travel very far and stay within their territory. They also have to stake out points like caches of food,” says Mike Dembeck, profes-sional wildlife photographer. “In late winter, soft, muddy areas become a natural can-vas with animal tracks of all kinds. Taking a snapshot of these tracks, close up and far away, helps with identifica-tion and learning the ani-mal’s behaviour.”

“Every so often nature surprises you with sightings of bird species that seem to have missed the memo about migration”

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As you make time for nature, photography is a great way to share these.

This winter, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is offering an opportunity for Canadians to help protect Canada’s natural heritage through the Gifts of Canadian Nature program. These sym-bolic gifts help conserve spe-cies and habitats at risk so we and our future genera-tions can enjoy them for years to come, no matter what the season.

To find out how you can purchase a gift of nature, visit www.giftsofnature.ca

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The Ebola Fighter: Time’s Person of the Year

Over the next few months, the Yorkton Film Festival is hosting Spotlight on the News, a program that features films relevant to current issues. “The Ebola War: The Nurses of Gulu” is the first in the series. It will screen Thursday, January 8 at 2:00 at the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre.

We’ve seen CBC’s Adrienne Arsenault reporting from the streets of Monrovia, Liberia. We’ve seen the tired face of the doctor, the nurse who digs into her own pocket to buy water. We’ve cringed as we watch the ambulance driver working without protective gear. We’ve seen the patients in tents, the bodies in the streets. These are the images of Ebola in West Africa and they are dread-ful.

The outbreak started a year ago in Guinea with the death of a two-year old child. Since then Ebola has infected 17,800 people and claimed 6,331 lives. (Dec. 10, 2014) Many

believe the numbers are much higher. Patients have carried the disease to Europe and the United States. Signs at Admissions Offices in Canadian hospitals ask whether patients have recently returned from West Africa. The disease is only a plane ride away.

Just recently, Time announced its Person of the Year, a group compris-ing the Ebola Fighters: doctors, nurses, caregiv-ers, ambulance drivers and workers who remove the bodies for burial. In her article, Time manag-ing editor, Nancy Gibb, states that “the rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight.” That willingness is the reason for the magazine’s choice for 2014.

It must be recognized that the Ebola Fighters face great risk. People infected with the virus suffer from diarrhea and bleeding and since the dis-ease is spread through contact with bodily fluids, there is danger of trans-

mission.Extreme precautions

must be taken and so there are the “space suits” that workers don to prevent the spread of the disease, a necessary precaution but one that has its disadvan-tages, too. In West Africa, the protective gear can be worn for only an hour at a time because of the heat.

In many neighbour-hoods, the suits are a hin-drance to communication. People simply don’t trust these “aliens” in their space suits. They refuse to answer questions about people in contact with the affected patient. They don’t believe when they’re told they have to cremate the body and forego their usual burial customs.

Step into this devasta-tion the front-line Ebola workers. Dr. Kent Bradly worked in Monrovia. When he tested positive for the disease, he returned to Atlanta and received treatment with ZMapp, an experimental drug devel-oped by the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. He has made a full recovery.

Foday Gallah is an ambulance driver who contracted Ebola trying to save the life of a four-year-old orphaned by the dis-ease. He has made a full recovery, too. So has the child.

Salome Karway, a nurse’s assistant, tells the story of a neighbour who would bring her ten-month-old baby to the fence of the Ebola Treatment Unit so she could sing to her. The story gives hope to those a

now recovered Salome vis-its in her role as caregiv-er.

The stories are many and of course, not all of them have had such posi-tive outcomes. That is why people marvel at those who are willing to stand and fight against a disease that carries such risk, against a disease that threatens us all.

Despite the recent news, Ebola goes back a long way. In 2000, the disease attacked Uganda.

More than 425 people con-tracted the virus, mainly in the northern town of Gulu. More than half of them died.

Saskatchewan film-makers Lori Kuffner and David Belluz recognized the heroic struggle of the medical staff in their film “The Ebola War: The Nurses of Gulu”. An uplift-ing story of courage and determination, the DVD will screen at the Godfrey Dean January 8 at 2:00.

Ebola film highlights medical staff’s struggles

TOYS FOR KIDS – Irene Baran, manager of the Salvation Army Thrift Store, front, Captain Rosanne Fraser and Bernie Molnar, rental manager at Flaman, go on $3,000 shopping spree at Canadian Tire Monday. Flaman teamed up with Canadian Tire to donate Christmas presents to Salvation Army. Fraser said they were despair-ing over what they were going to do because they were very low on toys this year until the two business stepped up. Submitted

New Horizons Friday Night Dances

78 First Ave. NorthYorkton, SK

Great night of dancingEveryone is welcomeAdmission only $8.00

Lunch is included Time: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Music by: December 26

Country SunshineJanuary 2

New Year’s DanceMemory Lane

For more information contact Peter at:

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2014/15 Stars For Saskatchewan Concert

Series Line UpEclipse, January 13, 2015; Prairie Debut: Ensemble Caprice Baroque Quintet, January 27, 2015; Royal

Wood, February 22, 2015; Ballet Jorgen presenting

Cinderella, March 10, 2015; The Barra

MacNeils, April 8, 2015; and Lone Tree Road with

JJ Guy and Scott Cornelius, April 26, 2015.

New pricing!For details call the

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The Yorkton Legion Track Club

The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes born in 2003 or older.

Coaches also needed.To register or learn more contact Club Manager, Marcel Porte at [email protected] or call

Cell: 306-621-7716.

Co-Ed Pool League Every Monday at 7 p.m. from October until April. Downstairs at the Legion.

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more information contact Wayne at 306-783-7785

Shelwin House Informational Meetings

Grayson Conference Room, St. Peters Hospital, Melville the first Tuesday

of every month at 6:30 p.m. Also in Preeceville at

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Dart League Attention dart players,

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Parkland Right to Life Meetings

Meets every third Wednesday of the month

@ St. Gerard’s Hall basement @ 7.30 p.m. For

info. call 306-783-6240.

Shelwin House Informational Meetings

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Second Tuesday of every month @ 6:30 p.m.

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No cost, all are welcome!For details call Shannon

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Tot SpotBoys & Girls Club

Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on BroadwayMon., Tues.,

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The Caring ClosetLower level of Safire

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Fittings are done by appointment. Call 306-

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Community Adult Band

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An 11-member Advisory Group on Poverty Reduction was announced in Saskatoon by Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer.

“This group will be responsible for reviewing all of the work we’ve done to address poverty in Saskatchewan and iden-tify any gaps where more work is needed,” Harpauer said. “I look forward to seeing their recommenda-tions this spring as we continue to make life bet-ter for all Saskatchewan people.”

“I am honoured to act as a co-chair for the Advisory Group on Poverty Reduction,” Saskatoon Food Bank Director of Community Operations Alison Robertson said. “I look forward to bringing the community voice to the conversation in develop-ment of a poverty reduc-tion plan that makes sense for Saskatchewan.”

The members of the advisory group will con-sist of six representatives from the community and five representatives from various government min-istries. The members of the group are:

Dr. Cory Neudorf – Chief Medical Health Officer, Saskatoon Health Region

Alison Robertson (co-chair) – Director of Community Develop ment, Saskatoon Food Bank

Dr. Ryan Meili – Physician, WestSide Community Clinic and Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health (SWITCH)

Russ Mirasty – Retired RCMP Commanding Officer in Saskatchewan

Steve Compton – Chief Executive Officer, Regina Food Bank

Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew – Director, Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre

Constance Hourie (co-chair) – Assistant Deputy Minister, Income Assistance and Corporate Planning, Ministry of Social Services

Alastair MacFadden – Assistant Deputy Minister, Labour Market Development, Ministry of Economy

Greg Miller – Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education

Ron Anderson – Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety Outcomes and Corporate Services, Ministry of Justice/Corrections and Policing

Karen Lautsch – Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health

In addition to their research, the advisory group will be holding a poverty roundtable with community groups and the public and will pro-vide their recommenda-tions to government in May of 2015. For more information about the Advisory Group or the Poverty Reduction Strategy, please email [email protected].

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Many Canadians enjoy eating leftovers from family dinners and from dining out as a time-sav-ing and budget-friendly meal. It is important to remember that leftovers need to be properly han-dled to help reduce the risk of foodborne illness. It’s estimated that there are approximately 4 mil-lion cases of food-related illnesses in Canada every year. Many of these ill-nesses could be prevent-ed by following proper food handling and prepa-ration techniques.

Here are some tips to help make sure your left-overs are safe to eat:

Handling leftoversWash your hands

before and after handling leftovers. Wash all uten-sils, dishes and work sur-faces with hot soapy water.

Keep foods out of the danger zone, between 4°C (40°F) and 60°C (140°F), to prevent the growth of harmful bacte-ria. Throw away any

cooked food left in the danger zone for more than two hours.

Never rely on your nose, eyes or taste buds to judge the safety of food. You cannot tell if food is contaminated by its look, smell or taste. When in doubt, throw it out!

Cooling leftoversRefrigerate or freeze

all leftovers within two hours to minimize the chance of bacteria grow-ing.

Refrigerate all hot leftovers promptly in uncovered, shallow con-tainers so they cool quickly.

Very hot items can first be cooled at room temperature and then refrigerated once the steaming stops.

Leave the lid off or wrap loosely until the food is cooled to refriger-ation temperature.

Storing leftoversAlways use a clean

container or leak-proof plastic bag to store left-

overs.Meat from large

cooked birds should be cut, deboned and stored refrigerated or frozen for safety.

Keep different types of leftovers separate to pre-vent cross contamina-tion.

Don’t overstock the refrigerator - allow cool air to circulate freely.

Eat refrigerated left-overs within 2 to 4 days, or freeze them for later use. The recommended refrigeration times may vary slightly, depending on the food.

Label the leftovers so you can identify the con-tents and include the date, to make sure they aren’t stored too long.

Defrosting leftoversThaw frozen leftovers

in the refrigerator or using the “defrost” set-ting on your microwave. Make sure leftovers are completely defrosted before reheating.

Consume or cook the leftovers immediately

after they have thawed.Reheating leftoversWhen reheating left-

overs, cook to a safe internal temperature of 74ºC (165ºF).

Use a digital food thermometer to check the internal tempera-ture.

Bring gravies, soups and sauces to a full, roll-ing boil and stir during

the process.Discard uneaten left-

overs after they have been reheated – don’t reheat leftovers more than once.

Reheating in a micro-wave

Use only containers or plastic wrap designed for use in the microwave.

Loosen the lid or wrap to allow steam to escape.

Stop the microwave midway through reheat-ing and stir the food so that the heat is evenly distributed.

Rotate the plate sev-eral times during cook-ing if your microwave does not have a rotating tray.

SOURCE Health Canada

Make sure holiday leftovers safe to eat

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) commends the Government’s very successful trade mission to China to increase agri-cultural trade ties. The mission included partici-pation in the Canada-China Business Forum, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz witnessed the signing of an agreement to sell $1 billion of Canadian canola oil to China.

“This engagement with China at the high-est political levels is very important to increasing export opportunities for Canadian canola,” says Patti Miller, President of the CCC. “China is one of our most important cus-tomers and this agree-ment ensures that they will continue to be a very promising and consistent market.”

During the trade mis-sion, Prime Minister Harper and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang also

announced the establish-ment of the China-Canada Economic and Financial Strategic Dialogue to deepen bilat-eral trade and invest-ment ties between the two countries. “This is a helpful step towards increased economic coop-eration that could facili-tate better market access for Canadian canola,” says Miller.

Canola is Canada’s number one agricultural export to China, valued at $2.83 billion in 2013. “Canadian canola also plays a significant role in China’s health and wealth,” says Miller. Canadian canola prod-ucts contribute about US$3.6 billion to the Chinese economy annu-ally, including over 16,000 jobs, and can help reduce China’s preva-lence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) when used in place of saturated fat. About 290 million (over 22%) Chinese adults have CVD and 114 mil-

lion (almost 12%) have diabetes, which puts them at greater risk for CVD.

New markets for canola COATS FOR KIDS – From right, Steve Popowich, grand knight and Terry Ruf, Knights of Columbus council member donate coats to Lois Okrainec, program man-ager for Kids First. The Knights have partnered with Geroy Simon’s Coats 4 Kids to collect the thousands of coats needed to keep Saskatchewan’s less fortunate chil-dren. Last week’s donation to Kids first came from the local Knights’ council fund-raising efforts. Okrainec was delighted to accept the coats on behalf of the 121 families her organization services in Yorkton. Submitted


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and a prosperous year to come.

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The federal con-stituency of Yorkton-Melville has a high concentration of seniors, many of whom require live-in care help to accomplish the practices of day-to-day living. But some-times it is difficult to find the right caregiv-er.

If you are looking at the New Year and wondering how you are going to manage the care of a family member in your home, you should know that Canada’s Caregiver Program allows Canadian families to recruit foreign nation-als to live and work in their homes to provide care for elderly per-sons, persons with disabilities and chil-dren, when there is a shortage of Canadians

available to fill these positions.

The Government of Canada values the contributions that caregivers make to Canadian families and the economy. Following extensive consultations with caregivers, our gov-ernment is respond-ing to their concerns with significant improvements to the Caregiver Program, while also working to ensure that Canadians always have the first chance at available jobs.

In recent years, our Conservative govern-ment has delivered important improve-ments to the Caregiver Program, including making open work permits available to live-in caregivers

immediately upon applying for perma-nent residence, increasing the amount of time available for a caregiver to complete the work requirement, adopting a standard-ized employment con-tract for live-in care-givers and arranging emergency processing for new work permits in cases where care-givers have been abused by their employer.

And now, our gov-

ernment is building on these improve-ments.

We are removing the requirement that foreign nationals live in the home of their employer. This will help better protect caregivers from vul-nerable situations, including uncompen-sated overtime, poor working conditions, or worse. In addition, the live-in require-ment for foreign care-givers has kept care-

giver wages low, hin-dering opportunities for Canadian caregiv-ers. By removing this requirement, this will help boost caregiver wages and result in greater opportunities for Canadian caregiv-ers.

The improvements to the Caregiver Program will also enhance the efficiency of the permanent resi-dence application pro-cess for caregivers. To address the backlog of caregiver applica-tions, we nearly dou-bled permanent resi-dent admission levels for caregivers in 2014. We continue to ramp up the processing of applications.

To ensure that going forward perma-nent residence appli-cations are processed

within six months, we are launching the Caring for Children Pathway and Caring for People with High Medical Needs Pathway programs. Following the comple-tion of the applica-tion’s requirements, these programs will help reunite caregiv-ers who have spouses and children at home more rapidly.

Our Conservative government is proud to support the care-givers who deliver important support to Canadian families. These reforms to the Caregiver Program will improve process-ing times for perma-nent residence, reunite caregivers with their families and protect caregivers from potential abuse.

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