Resolution

WHEREAS there is a group of industry and business associations working together as the Sask Growth Coalition to lobby the Province to introduce an Effective Mill Ratio (EMR) limit of 0.75:2.0, from the current 1:9 limit;

WHEREAS the tax burden on agricultural property classes would have to increase substantially in order to maintain services and infrastructure if these limits were implemented;

WHEREAS agricultural producers have significant investment in RM infrastructure;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS call on the Provincial Government to reject Sask Growth Coalition’s proposed Effective Mill Rate Ratio of 0.75 – 2.0.