Resolution

WHEREAS Short line railways reduce traffic on public roads and create new marketing opportunities for Saskatchewan agricultural products; and

WHEREAS Saskatchewan short line railways have to compete with the trucking industry and are facing rising costs as a result of reduced grant funding and higher prices for fuel and other inputs;

BE IT RESOLVED That APAS request the Government of Saskatchewan to provide provincially regulated short line railways tax relief through a PST exemption on the purchase of fuel and other railway inputs.