REGINA – The Saskatchewan government tabled a $14.5-billion budget Wednesday for the 2016-17 fiscal year. Here are the highlights:
- Deficit forecast to be $434 million, with a plan to balance the budget next year.
- No new taxes or tax increases.
- A $20-million boost to reduce surgery wait times.
- Elimination of funding for parks in five cities.
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- Elimination of a tax benefit for families with children in cultural, recreational and sports activities.
- $1.7 billion for government capital projects, with $1 billion of that financed through borrowing.
- More than 1,300 kilometres of provincial highways to see repairs or upgrades this year.
- A special commissioner to be appointed to recommend options for fewer health regions and more efficient delivery of services.
- Some 66,000 families with children and 120,000 seniors to pay more for medicine as drug plan increases to $25 from $20 per prescription.
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