Melfort MLA, Nipawin Mayor react to provincial budget
A local SaskParty MLA was encouraged by his government’s budget this week.
Melfort SaskParty MLA Todd Goudy told northeastNOW the document featured increased spending in several areas, but there is a challenge to get as much bang for the buck as possible.
He pointed to increases in spending for education (nine percent), health care (ten percent), and revenue sharing (fourteen percent) as items that will benefit residents, institutions, and communities in the northeast. Goudy said they’re the biggest increases in those areas in the province’s history.
Goudy was pleased to see that Highway 368 from Melfort to St. Brieux will see some work done, however it won’t be the full re-pave that he hoped for.