LMT August 6th 2018

2 Last Mountain Times • Monday, August 6, 2018 • lmtimes.ca
AUCTION
Vintage Tractor & Farm Sale For
Cecilia Ladner &
Estate of Edward Ladner
Saturday, August 11, 2018, 10 a.m.
Semans, SK
DIRECTIONS: 26 kms West of Raymore SK or 13 kms West of
Semans, SK on Hwy #15, turn North and travel 1.4 kms and the yard is
on the East side of the Grid Road.
A PARTIAL LISTING INCLUDES: Restored Tractors: JI Case;
Co-op B2; Co-op No. 3; Co-op No. 3; Co-op No. 3; Rockol 98; Custom
98; Cockshut 35 Deluxe; Hercano Engine; Running: Oliver Super 88
w FEL; Minneapolis Moline; Minneapolis Moline G 1000; Massey Harris
55; Massey Harris 44; Massey Harris Junior; Massey Harris 44 Special;
Bourgault 8800 Air Seeder, 54’; Flexi-Coil 400 Air seeder, 56’; Case IH
7200 Drills; P30 Packers, 70’; Crown Stone Picker; ‘81 Versatile 875
4WD Tractor; ‘98 Hesston 8110 Swather, 30’; 1990 CI 742 SP
Swather, 42’ Header; JI Case PT Swather; ‘93 NH TX36 Combine with
Reverser; NH 973 Flex Straight Cut Header, 30’; Hart Carter 6 Roll
Indent Grain Cleaners; ‘75 Ford F600 Grain Truck; 2012 Degelman
REV 1500 Mower; Vintage Trucks for Restoration; Antiques &
Collectibles; Tools; Trailers & Much, Much More!
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AUCTION
Prairie Co-op
306-723-1200
Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 10 a.m.
Cupar, SK
DIRECTIONS: South side of Cupar; CP right of way. The Prairie Co-op
old Ag Site or Formerly the Viterra site.
A PARTIAL LISTING INCLUDES: Behlen Steel
Building, 34 ft x 54 ft, Man Doors, Overhead Door, Wired,
Insulated, To Be Moved by August 31st, if possible. Subject to
seller’s approval; Multiple Epoxy Coated Bins 50MT and
70MT; To Be Moved By August 31, 2018; ‘97 Rice Lake
Hopper Scale, 2.5 MT; 2007 Doyle Dry Fertilizer System
Includes: 10MT Rotary Blender,10MT Weigh Hopper, Doyle
30” x 12 ft Transfer Auger, 30” Outload Conveyor, Control
Starter Panel and Breaker Panel; Poly Tanks; Westeel Bin
Parts; High Hog #1370 double Load out gate; High Hog #210
Adjustable Alley spreader; High Hog #1230 Adjustable Alley
Spreader; Transfer & utility Augers; Dewalt Drill, Impact
Driver; 18V Hammer Drill; Gun Cabinet; Electric Meat
Grinder; Cultivator Shovels; Harrow Tines & Much More!
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Strike mandate given to SGEU
SGEU members of the Public Service/Government
Employment (PS/GE) bargaining unit have
given their Negotiating Committee a strike mandate.
The vote was conducted across the province
throughout July.
“This mandate sends a strong, clear message to
government that our members are serious about
achieving a fair and reasonable collective agreement
that protects their rights and improves their
wages and benefits,” said Barry Nowoselsky, chair
of the PS/GE Negotiating Committee. “A mandate
from the members to strike does not mean there
will be immediate job action. The negotiating committee
is willing to return to the bargaining table as
long as the employer is willing to negotiate.”
The collective agreement covering approximately
12,000 workers, including social workers, wildfire
fighters, highways workers, lab technicians, administrative
professionals, agrologists, corrections
officers, and many others, expired Sept. 30, 2016.
Bargaining for a new contract for government employees
began in October 2016. In February 2018,
members were asked to vote on a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA). The tentative deal was rejected
in April. Upon returning to the bargaining table,
the government was unwilling to negotiate. It was
their unwillingness that brought about the need for
a strike vote.
“Hopefully, with this mandate, government will
now return to the bargaining table ready to show
they value the work performed by people who live
and work right here in our province.”
Provincial 911 Centre transitions to not for
profit organization
Last week, the Sask Government announced that
the Saskatchewan-based not-for-profit organization
CanOps has been selected to manage the Provincial
Emergency Communications Centre near Prince
Albert, which is part of the Sask911 system.
CanOps was selected to manage the Provincial
Emergency Communications Centre after a public
tendering process concluded in the spring of 2018.
It had been previously managed by the City of
Prince Albert.
“We are honoured to be selected to take on the
management of this important and essential service
for the province of Saskatchewan,” President
of CanOps John Saunders said. “We will continue
to work with the province on a seamless transition,
and to ensure that the transition does not affect the
delivery of services or the staff. Going forward, we
will ensure that we maintain the excellence in levels
of service and support that the community has
come to expect.”
CanOps will report to the Saskatchewan Public
Safety Agency, a Treasury Board Crown created in
2017, which is responsible for Sask911. The Provincial
Emergency Communications Centre will
continue to provide 911 services for all areas of the
province except for the cities of Regina and Saskatoon.
Those cities will continue to manage their
own 911 centres and serve the residents in their
areas.
Sask911 operators from near Prince Albert,
Saskatoon and Regina handled a combined total
of 364,663 calls in 2017 and 332,297 calls in 2016,
which is about a nine per cent increase.
NFU asks CGC Commissioners to uphold
farmers’ interests and Canada’s grain quality
standards
On July 27, the National Farmers Union (NFU)
wrote a letter to the three Commissioners of the
Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) to express
serious concerns about a proposal being developed
for a new Eastern wheat class that would have no
end-use quality requirements and a grading schedule
that promotes selling via Identity Preserved (IP)
contracts.
After the grain sector rejected a proposal for a
new class with no parameters in 2017, the CGC set
up a consultation process to review and evaluate
the existing eastern wheat class structure before
implementing any changes. Both the new proposal
and the process involved in developing it have
NEWS BRIEFS
raised concerns serious enough that the NFU has
brought them to the attention of the Commissioners.
“Since the destruction of the Canadian Wheat
Board, the Canadian Grain Commission is the
sole remaining institution mandated to act in the
interests of grain producers,” said Cam Goff, Saskatchewan
grain farmer and NFU Vice President
(Operations). “The CGC’s origins can be traced back
more than a century, and since its inception, it has
been tasked with ensuring that farmers receive fair
treatment in the handling of their grain, and maintaining
the quality standards of Canadian grain.
The proposed new class would clearly serve the
interests of grain sector corporations – particularly
the seed developers and elevator companies – at the
expense of farmers and Canada’s quality standards.
The proposal is likely a trial balloon in support of
seed corporations’ desire to eliminate Canada’s
wheat class system altogether. The new class would
also provide a rationale for variety declaration on
delivery, which would be a step towards putting an
End Point Royalty system into effect.”
“The proposed new Eastern Wheat class would
enable seed companies to sell varieties that do not
meet Canada’s standards for milling wheat, it would
provide a supply of low-priced, lower-quality wheat
for companies to blend with other milling wheat
classes, which would reduce prices for farmers and
harm Canada’s international reputation for quality,”
Goff explained. “By requiring IP contracts to get
any price above feed, the new class would harness
farmers more tightly to grain companies, and
provide grain companies with even more market
power due to increased information collected. The
consultation included more than twice the number
of corporate lobby group representatives as farmers,
so this outcome is not surprising.”
“It is obvious that decisions that are be best for
corporate agribusiness profit are not necessarily in
farmers’, or Canada’s, best interests,” added Goff.
“We call upon the CGC Commissioners and Canada’s
federal and provincial Agriculture Ministers
to uphold the stated directives of the CGC, and not
allow the pre-eminence of farmers’ interests to be
undermined.”
Lack of land sales and growing debt
highlight GTH Annual Report
The NDP Opposition says the Global Transportation
Hub’s annual report is showing major concerns
for taxpayers as on top of the $150 million that
has been already dumped into it, the debt level has
risen to $40 million and the Sask. Party has made
no land sales.
“I think the people of Saskatchewan should be
concerned that the Sask. Party has so badly mismanaged
the GTH with their sketchy land procurement
methods that cost taxpayers millions of
dollars and their lack of land sales despite constant
assurances that they were going to happen,” said
NDP GTH Critic Cathy Sproule. “It’s been a boondoggle
and Saskatchewan taxpayers have been left
on the hook to pay the tab. Despite again projecting
$10 million in land sales, the Sask. Party did not
sell a single acre and there is zero revenue from
this stream. The outstanding loan from the Royal
Bank of Canada has grown from $24 million to
$28 million and the line of credit debt continues
to grow. Interest payments are also continuing to
grow, as taxpayers are now paying $845,000, up
from $635,000 the year before.”
“The Sask. Party has paid millions of dollars for
borrow pits that weren’t used by the foreign conglomerate
that was hired by the to build the Regina
Bypass. The annual report shows the outstanding
millions of dollars is now recorded as a liability
on the GTH books, to be paid back when land is
sold or developed. This latest annual report shows
why the people of Saskatchewan deserve a judicial
inquiry into all the Sask. Party’s mismanagement
at the GTH,” Sproule added. “It’s concerning that
the Premier would order the Deputy Premier to
reverse his stance on a judicial inquiry and walk
away from his promise to launch one. With the debt
growing and so many questions left unanswered,
this government just wants to walk away instead of
providing transparency and openness to the people
of the province.”