City Mayors Meet with Minister Sohi, Talk Common Issues

Saskatchewan’s city mayors and managers are meeting in Meadow Lake to discuss common issues and meet with Minister Amarjeet Sohi, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.

The minister met with the group last night, with the conversation focused on infrastructure funding — the New Building Canada Fund — and the new funding for transit and clean water and wastewater.

“It was a productive conversation between two orders of government,” said Mayor Malcolm Eaton, chair of the City Mayors’ Caucus. “It was a pleasure to meet the minister, and everyone was grateful that he took the time and energy to travel to Meadow Lake to meet with us.”

Along with infrastructure, the group is discussing provincial funding levels for highways that run through cities, the potential impact of aquatic invasive species, such as zebra mussels, and the rates paid to fire departments by SGI for attending motor vehicle collisions.