A hardcover version of the Government of Saskatchewan's 2024/2025 Budget. It is titled 'Classrooms, Care and Communities.'
Started 25 minutes agoThe Saskatchewan government has released the 2024 provincial budget. Here’s what you need to know. CBC political reporter Adam Hunter breaks down the numbers.Saskatchewan's Finance Minister Donna Harpauer delivered her final budget on Wednesday, projecting a $273.2 million deficit for 2024-25.
Throughout the budget document, the government boasts of "record" spending in several areas including, health, education and capital projects.The budget does not include a PST cut or a reduction to provincial gas tax, but also does not add new taxes or increase existing ones. Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer delivers the 2024/2025 provincial budget, her final as minister.
"We are putting cash and using debt to continue to build schools, 11 new schools this year. It's the capital plan that continues to put pressure on the budget."Revenues for 2024-25 are projected at $19.9 billion, up $184.2 million from last year.Other own source revenue: $3 billion. On Monday, the federal government announced $560 million in health transfers to Saskatchewan to be spent in various areas including recruitment, retention and training.The budget includes $516.8 million in health infrastructure spending, a year-over-year increase of $179.3 million. This includes the Prince Albert and Weyburn Hospital projects, a new long-term care home in La Ronge, the completion of the Regina General Hospital parkade and long-term care beds in Regina.
Teachers held a provincewide strike Wednesday. As Harpauer detailed the budget for reporters inside the Legislature Building Wednesday morning, the sounds of protest from outside were audible.Sask. teachers to picket in front of legislature as government releases budget
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