Ministers’ Roundtable Underway In P.A.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 14:09
The chair of northern Saskatchewan’s municipal group says he feels good progress is being made at today’s roundtable conference in Prince Albert.
For the better part of the day northern mayors and councillors have been dialoguing with government ministers and officials on numerous issues.
Roads, wastewater programs and landfill requirements are just some of the topics being covered.
Woods says the delegates wanted some assurances about when their various concerns would be dealt with, and he says that so far, they’ve been getting that.
Woods says he’s encouraged by the fact that three cabinet ministers are attending today’s meeting in person.
The government was blasted last month for failing to turn up at New North’s annual meeting, prompting today’s gathering.
Northern mayors have said they want to seek commitments made on a number of fronts, to show the government is listening to their communities’ concerns.