Assiniboia Times - April 29, 2022 by Assiniboia Times

4 Assiniboia Times, Assiniboia Saskatchewan -- April 29, 2022

Letter to Editor: Robin Hood is preparing to rob you To the Editor, How many of you have paid attention to the recent provincial budget? The matter that should concern each one of you the most is the expansion of the PST. Soon you will see the expanded six per cent sales tax apply to concerts, cultural and sporting events, movies and other fees paid to enter attractions. Most basic entertainment and fun activities will soon cost six per cent. Just to make it clear why you should be annoyed about this taxation move, here is what you find online: “Some examples of types of charges that will become PST taxable include, but are not limited to: admissions to sporting events, concerts and shows, movie

theatres, museums, zoos and historical sites; admissions to fairs, rodeos, trade shows, arts and craft shows; admissions to conferences and seminars; professional theatre tickets and subscriptions; gym, golf and curling fees and memberships and hunting and fishing guide fees and outfitter services” This is an indefensible tax grab. It is an awful idea for many reasons. First of all, we have just come through two very difficult pandemic years where entertainment was not part of our lives. Life was very restricted and we are now finally starting to participate again. We all need the resumption of sporting events, concerts and social activities. We all enjoy go-

TOWN OF MOSSBANK Assessment Roll 2022

Notice is hereby given that the Assessment Roll for the Town of Mossbank for the year 2022 has been prepared and is now open to inspection in the Oﬃce of the Assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 21st to May 30th, 2022 (excluding public holidays). A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to ﬁle his or her notice of appeal with: The Assessor, Town of Mossbank, P.O. Box 370, Mossbank, SK, S0H 3G0, by the 30th day of May, 2022. Dated at Mossbank, Saskatchewan this 21st day of April, 2022. Chris Costley, Assessor

2022 ASSESSMENT ROLL RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF POPLAR VALLEY No. 12 Notice is hereby given that the assessment of roll of the Rural Municipality of Poplar Valley No. 12 for the year 2022 has been prepared and is open for inspection:

April 29 to May 30, 2022 at the R.M. 12 office, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays. A Bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who desires to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file a notice of appeal, accompanied by a $50.00 appeal fee, for each property, which will be returned if the appeal is successful, with: The Assessor, R. M. of Poplar Valley No. 12, Box 190, Rockglen, SK SOH 3RO by the 30th day of May, 2022. Dated at Rockglen, Saskatchewan this 29th day of April, 2022. Lynn Fisher Assessor

Public Notice Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality of Willow Bunch No, 42 intends to adopt a bylaw pursuant to Section 199 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007 for the sale of dedicated lands. INTENT The proposed bylaw will allow for the sale of a municipal reserve parcel. AFFECTED LAND BLK/Par R-Plan BW2705 Ext 0

ing to Saskatchewan Rush games, Roughrider games, hockey games, concerts, movies and museums. All of these will soon cost you six per cent more. Can you explain to me why a government should tax “enjoyments”? Think how this tax impacts tourism. Soon visitors to Saskatchewan will have to fork out an extra six per cent if they want to attend ticket events in our province or just visit a museum or local attraction. It doesn’t seem fair and it sure doesn’t present our province as tourist friendly. Consider our local movie theatre here in Assiniboia. It is struggling to keep operating. Now our government is going to penalize people who enjoy a movie and want to support our theatre. Shame, shame!!! Assiniboia has a new $17.5 million arena under construction. It is scheduled for completion by August and will open for the next hockey season soon after. Everyone is excited about this grand new addition to our community. But hockey fans will now be subject to a new six per cent charge when they purchase their season pass or individual ticket. Wow. What a way to initiate a new building and local hockey season. You will pay the PST on

your admission to cultural events. That means an extra six per cent levy on the Assiniboia Arts Council concerts at the Prince of Wales. How does a government rationalize that? We all know that we should stay as active as possible. Well people will pay an extra six per cent to go for a swim at our local swimming pool. Can you believe that there will be a six per cent tax charge for those going to the gym to work out? Those who enjoy golfing will have to fork out an extra six per cent. Curlers will have to cough up the six per cent PST too. No matter how hard I try, I cannot see the wisdom in applying the PST to activities that are being recommended and encouraged by health officials. I would welcome an explanation as to how our government justifies taxing healthy life style behavior. Think about the impact on clubs, community groups and local associations that host/organize events. Each one will now be expected to collect the PST and then forward it to the provincial government. This will mean extra work and cost and turn these organizations into tax collectors for the provincial government. Another burden from this tax. One must note how infla-

2022 Assessment Roll R.M. of Old Post No.43

is supposed to take effect October 1, 2022. That day Robin Hood (Premier Moe) will come galloping out of Sherwood Forest at the Legislature and start looting your wallet when you go out for fun. One thing is for sure. You will not feel the full impact of this expanded tax until you have lived through 2023. Then you will need a high powered calculator to add up all the extra PST you paid to have fun and enjoyment for that year. In summary, this expanded PST fails the common sense test. Think back to when the PST was temporarily applied to Blue Cross and GMS health care premiums and wisely removed when the very negative impact became apparent. This is no different. We deserve better. So here is a recommendation: cancel the expansion of the PST and toss that entire idea into the trash bin and leave it there. The government can explain the cancellation by telling the people of this province that they will use the $60 million from the federal government instead to fix the backlog in surgeries. And then we all can go back to enjoying tax free events and activities. We deserve that. Agree? Jim Stangel Assiniboia

2022 Assessment Roll Village of Wood Mountain

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the RM of Old Post No. 43 for the year of 2022 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the Office of the Assessor from 9:00 a.m. to noon and from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 29th to May 30th, 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of Wood Mountain for the year of 2022 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the Office of the Assessor from 9:00 a.m. to noon and from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 29th to May 30th, 2022.

A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with: S. Vaidyanathan, Secretary to the Board of Revision, Western Municipal Consulting, Box 149 Meota, SK S0M 1X0 by the 30th day of May, 2022.

An appeal fee of $50 per property appealed, made payable to the R.M of Old Post No 43, must be received prior to the appeal deadline and will be returned if the appeal is successful. Mail fee to: The Assessor Box 70 Wood Mountain, SK. S0H 4L0

An appeal fee of $10 per property appealed, made payable to the Village of Wood Mountain, must be received prior to the appeal deadline and will be returned if the appeal is successful. Mail fee to: The Assessor Box 89 Wood Mountain, SK. S0H 4L0

Dated this 29th day of April, 2022

Vickie Greffard Assessor

Notice of Call for Nominations Town of Assiniboia PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the office of: Councillor: Town of Assiniboia Number to be Elected: 1 will be received by the undersigned on the 4th day of May, 2022 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Town Office located at the Asaskan Complex, 131 3rd Avenue West, Assiniboia, SK REASON The parcel is no longer required for it’s original intent. Sale proceeds to be deposited to the dedicated lands account for future expenditure on other dedicated lands. PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the bylaw at the municipal office at #16 Edouard Beaupre St., between 7:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. - 4:30 p,m., Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays. Copies are available at cost. PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing on May 9th, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at #16 Edouard Beaupre St., Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the municipal office before the hearing. Issued at the office of the Rural Municipality of Willow Bunch this 21st day of April, 2022. Sharleine Eger Administrator

tionary this expanded PST is going to be. The six per cent tax will mean that several dollars will be added to the cost of most tickets/fees. In addition, you can expect that fractional dollars will get “rounded up” to the next dollar to make transactions simpler to manage. The Finance Minister in her comments suggested that the money collected from this expansion of the PST will be used to clear the surgical wait list. Prime Minister Trudeau recently announced more funding to help with the backlog in surgical procedures. I believe Saskatchewan will receive about $60 million dollars. Surely that is sufficient money to deal with that issue. Since this government took office, the PST has been expanded and applied to the purchase of used autos, your auto insurance premiums, your house insurance premiums, to labor charges and to your restaurant meals. Every time you have a coffee or a burger at A&W, you pay the PST. And now the PST is being broadened to entertainment and activities/events. This expansion is unacceptable. It is wrong. This government should be embarrassed for bringing in such a harmful budget plan. This expanded PST

and during regular business hours from April 1st, 2022 to May 3rd, 2022 inclusive at the Town Office located at the Asaskan Complex, 131 3rd Avenue West, Assiniboia, SK. Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location: Town Office, Asaskan Complex, 131 3rd Avenue West, Assiniboia, SK Dated this 1st day of April, 2022.

Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll for the

R.M. of Lake of The Rivers No. 72 Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Lake of The Rivers No. 72 for the year of 2022 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: Tuesday to Friday April 29, 2022 to May 31, 2022 A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to discuss the notice of assessment or potential appeal may contact the assessor at the R.M. 72 office at 306-642-3533. A notice of appeal must be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Revision: Saumya Vaidyanathan, Secretary to the Board of Revision Western Municipal Consulting Ltd. Box 149, Meota, SK S0M 1X0 by the 31st day of May, 2022. The appeal fee of $100.00 is to be made payable to the R.M. of Lake of The Rivers No.72 and payment must be received by the R.M. prior to the appeal deadline. Cheques can be mailed to the R.M. office at Box 610, Assiniboia, SK S0H 0B0. If the appeal is successful the appeal fee will be returned. Dated this 29th day of April, 2022. Shanese Mielke, Assessor