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Following what’s certain to be a raucous Question Period in front of jam-packed galleries this afternoon, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer will rise and deliver the Saskatchewan Party government’s final budget before this fall’s election (more on Harpauer’s last budget below).

In tomorrow’s newsletter we will have full coverage of the budget, including the big ticket items and the numbers within it, the NDP’s response and what other stakeholders think of the budget, and a lot more.

Here’s The SKoop for today:

• Donna Harpauer set to deliver her last budget,

• Premier Moe signals what to expect this afternoon, and

• The Saskatchewan Party nominates their candidate for Regina Coronation Park.

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Finance Minister Donna Harpauer ready for one last budget

Donna Harpauer will deliver her last budget with the Saskatchewan Party government today. After being elected for the first time in 1999, Harpauer would go on to win again in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2020. Representing the people of Humboldt for over 25 years and serving in almost every major cabinet position, she now serves as the Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance. She is the longest-serving female cabinet minister in all of Canadian history.

“The challenge we are having is growth without the benefits of growth,” Harpauer said in a recent Leader-Post column by Murray Mandryk. “We have more people, so we need more schools. We need more health-care facilities, but we don’t have the tax base yet to pay for it. When we get there, the potential will be absolutely enormous.”

She will deliver her final budget, and the last budget before the provincial election, this afternoon.

(Regina Leader-Post)

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‘Classrooms, care and communities’ to be focus of budget, Moe says

While the full budget will be introduced this afternoon by Minister Harpauer, Premier Scott Moe took to social media this week to unveil some budget commitments early. saying, “In this new budget, you will see our government respond to the challenges of a growing province by reinvesting the very benefits from that growing province in classrooms, in care and in communities,” Moe said. “And there will be a lot more detail on Wednesday.”

“It will deliver the largest-ever increase in municipal revenue sharing for Saskatchewan communities. Cities, towns, villages and RMs will be up $42 million, or about 14 per cent. And it will deliver the largest increase in health-care funding in Saskatchewan’s history, up $726 million, or more than 10 per cent.”

Moe previously noted the education budget will add up to $2.2 billion, and will include more than $356 million that has been specifically allocated to classroom supports.

(CKOM News)

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Sask. Party nominates candidate for Coronation Park

The Saskatchewan Party has nominated its 42nd candidate of 61 for the upcoming election.

Riaz Ahmad was been nominated by Saskatchewan Party members in Coronation Park last night. Mr. Ahmed was previously the party’s candidate in the by-election for Coronation Park last summer, following the resignation of Mark Docherty.

Last week, hundreds of people attended the acclamation of Rahul Singh in Regina Northeast. The party has nominated 11 new candidates in addition to 31 incumbents.

Thursday night is a big night for the Saskatchewan NDP when members will nominate their candidate for Regina University. The winner of that contest will go up against longtime Saskatchewan Party MLA Gene Makowsky.

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