Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Mayor looking for more federal talk on infrastructure

Infrastructure, public safety, quality of life among priorities for SUMA, city

By Lisa Goudy

The federal election is still 33 days away, but Mayor Deb Higgins is lobbying candidates and then whoever forms government about certain issues.

"I haven't seen too many of them so far. We're still pretty early," said Higgins. "I've watched, of course, the federal debates. I think there's one coming up this week on the economy ... There hasn't been an awful lot of discussion on infrastructure so far."

The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA), along with partners such as the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has come up with a list of priorities that communities feel need to be lobbied. There are four areas most relevant to Moose Jaw.

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