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Spending expected as 2024-25 Saskatchewan budget set to be released
Explaining how it's going to run the province, where the dollars are going to go and where its priorities lie, the Government of Saskatchewan is set to unveil its budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year We...
Mar 20, 2024
'Awful:' Sask. NDP says deficit shouldn't have been a surprise
The Saskatchewan NDP pointed to the provincial government's mid-year financial report on Monday, calling it evidence of the government's awful fiscal management, awful projections, and propensity to w...
Nov 28, 2023 Sask. NDP Finance critic Trent Wotherspoon said if the provincial government had been working more collaboratively with industry and watching and talking with producers more closely, it would have been able ot project this year's budget better. Nov. 27, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Federal government expects $40-billion deficit this year: Freeland
The fall economic update from the federal government projected a $40-billion deficit for the current fiscal year. The update, delivered on Tuesday by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, acknowledged t...
Nov 21, 2023
‘Back on track’: Provincial debt $1.14 billion lower than projected, Harpauer says
Saskatchewan's finances are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than anticipated, according to Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. Harpauer released Volume 1 of Saskatchewan's Public Accounts 20...
Jun 30, 2022
Provincial deficit to increase due to agricultural struggles
A tough year for farmers is having an impact on the province's bottom line. The government of Saskatchewan revealed the province's deficit is expected to increase by $126.5 million, bringing the 2021-...
Aug 26, 2021 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Agriculture support for drought increases provincial deficit by $126.5 million: first quarter report
Agricultural support has reportedly increased Saskatchewan’s deficit, as the government reports working to address drought conditions across the province. The deficit increase reported in the fi...
Aug 26, 2021
Year-end figures show Saskatchewan's deficit lower than expected
Saskatchewan is reporting a $1.13-billion deficit for the 2020-21 fiscal year - a significantly lower number than was forecast. The deficit announced by Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday is...
Jun 30, 2021 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan's finance minister hints province won't eliminate deficit by 2024
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's finance minister says it's going to be tough to eliminate the province's deficit by 2024 and the government is likely to pick a new goal. Donna Harpauer says the province's ec...
Mar 01, 2021 Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Deficit on track to hit $330 billion with COVID effects lasting years, says PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says the federal deficit for the year is on track to hit $328.5 billion as a result of COVID-19. That figure released this morning reflects measures announced ...
Sep 29, 2020
City of Regina heading for COVID-19 deficit, according to report
The COVID-19 pandemic has been playing havoc with people's bank accounts all over the world for the past six months and the City of Regina is not immune. According to the mid-year financial report, to...
Sep 16, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
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