Client of a consultant lobbyist
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
- Meetings this Parliament
- 0
- With MPs
- 0
- Since Nov 2021
- 6
- Active registrations
- 0
Most recent reported meeting: Oct 24, 2024.
Lobbying by Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
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Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities has no active registration. Organizations must register once paid lobbying passes the legal threshold, and their registration ends when it stops.
Reported meetings
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Reported by Laurel Feltin · Consultant
- Jean-François Tremblay · Deputy Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Carbon tax; impact of carbon tax on Saskatchewan’s agricultural producers and municipalities. Read more
Carbon Tax/Offset – Requesting Canada follow the EU and remove carbon tax from natural gas bill. Carbon credits would help balance between environmental protection and economic growth. SARM participating in development of provincial offset program that is meaningful for agriculture producers and equivalent to a federal program.
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Reported by Laurel Feltin · Consultant
- Stefan Matiation · Director, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
- Chris Duschenes · Director General, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
- Simeone Tonina · A/Director General, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
- Cheri Moreau · Associate Regional Director General, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
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- Helen Harrison · Manager, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
The Rural Municipal (RM) Tax Loss Compensation Trust Fund tied to Treaty Land Entitlement agreements continues to decrease and appears to be unsustainable without municipalities absorbing significant reduction in monies from the fund. The agreements need to be updated. Read more
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Reported by Laurel Feltin · Consultant
- Terry Duguid · Member of Parliament
Water Infrastructure – the need for funding to develop and enhance water storage, conservation and distribution systems to mitigate drought conditions. Read more
Railway/supply chain concerns especially around being able to move the crop from harvest to ports. Declare railways as an essential service.
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Reported by Laurel Feltin · Consultant
- Marty Klyne · Senator, Senate of Canada
- Natasha Entwistle · Parliamentary Affairs Advisor, Senate of Canada
Federal fertilizer emission reduction targets: SARM is concerned with the impact this will have on the agricultural sector. Read more
Fertilizer reduction – focus on an absolute emissions reduction, rather than an intensity-based target, is misplaced and will likely cause severe economic harm & more emissions can be reduced through increased uptake of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program while improving the competitiveness and profit of farmers
Pesticide regulations: strongly support maintaining a science based and evidence based approach to pesticide management. The regulation of pesticides needs to consider the importance of food security.
Control of Richardson Ground Squirrels with regard to research and control methods, including the use of Strychnine
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Reported by Laurel Feltin · Consultant
- Michael Vandergrift · Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Daniel Russett · Executive Assistant, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Erin O'Brien · Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- David Tousignant · Director General, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Carbon Tax/Offset – Requesting Canada follow the EU and remove carbon tax from natural gas bill. Carbon credits would help balance between environmental protection and economic growth. SARM participating in development of provincial offset program that is meaningful for agriculture producers and equivalent to a federal program. Read more
Bill C-234: An Act to amend Greenhouse Gas and Pollution Pricing Act – remove carbon tax from grain drying and barn heating.
Energy Infrastructure - Advancing the notion that Pipelines are a safer mode of transportation than rail to the Canadian Energy Regulator.
Pipeline: The pipeline as a greener alternative to shipping oil and gas and the positive effect on Saskatchewan
Carbon tax; impact of carbon tax on Saskatchewan’s agricultural producers and municipalities.
Energy- Reliable source options and the importance of affordable access for rural Saskatchewan and the need for providing incentives for agricultural operations to adopt emission-reducing practices.
Financial assistance programs for agricultural producers, ensuring that they serve to maintain and increase competitiveness and success of the agricultural sector.
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Reported by Laurel Feltin · Consultant
- Marian Campbell Jarvis · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
- Tricia Mitchell · Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
- Jenie Cooper · Senior Policy Analyst, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Road and Bridge Projects and the projects near water review process. Timely approval of these reviews is a concern as this impacts project construction timelines that are time sensitive. Read more
Species at Risk Act (SARA); mitigating negative effects of SARA.
Fisheries Act; ensure it effectively balances the need for habitat protection with the need for municipal infrastructure development.
From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.