NEWS RELEASE
April 6 , 2009	For Immediate Release

YORKTON-MELVILLE COMMUNITIES ELIGIBLE FOR OVER
$6 MILLION IN GAS TAX FUND TRANSFERS

OTTAWA – Villages, towns, cities and rural municipalities in the constituency of Yorkton-Melville are eligible to receive in excess of $6 million over the next two years in Gas Tax Fund (GTF) transfers, announced Garry Breitkreuz, M.P. for Yorkton-Melville.

“Today, I am pleased to announce that more than $2 million in accelerated 2008-09 gas tax transfers are available to municipalities in Yorkton-Melville, and that that amount will double for next year,” said Breitkreuz. “Our government remains committed to supporting municipal infrastructure today, and years from now.”

The Gas Tax Fund is part of an ongoing commitment from the Government of Canada to create jobs and stimulate the economy through modern public infrastructure. It is also an example of all levels of government working together to improve infrastructure and the quality of life of Canadians. The first GTF payment will be made in April. In the past, payments have been made in July and then November.

The GTF makes capital investments in water, wastewater and solid waste infrastructure, public transit, community energy systems, and local roads and bridges. The Fund combines predictable, long-term funding with local decision making and planning to enable municipalities to build and rehabilitate their core public infrastructure. Gas Tax funding is provided nationwide and the money is allocated based on population.

“Across Canada $1 billion in Gas Tax Fund transfers will be available for 2008-09, and that amount will double to $2 billion for 2009-10,” said Breitkreuz. “For residents of Saskatchewan, that amounts to $29.5 million in 2008-09 and $59.1 million in 2009-10 and each year beyond that until 2014.”

The GTF supports environmentally sustainable municipal infrastructure projects that contribute to cleaner air, cleaner water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The Fund provides predictable and long-term infrastructure money to Canada's cities and towns.

Eligible investment categories include: public transit, drinking water, wastewater infrastructure, green energy, solid waste management, local roads and bridges.

Municipalities can pool, bank and borrow against this funding, providing significant additional financial flexibility. To ensure accountability to Canadians, communities report on their use of the funds' activities on an annual basis.

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* Please see the table (below) detailing the amount eligible to each Yorkton-Melville municipality.

The following table is a breakdown of the Gas Tax fund allocation to Yorkton-Melville municipalities between 2008-2010.

Municipality	2008-09	2009-10
Archerwill Arran Atwater Bangor Bjorkdale Bredenbury Buchanan Buchanan No. 304 Calder Calder No. 241 Cana No. 214 Churchbridge Churchbridge No. 211 Clayton No. 333 Cote No. 271 Dubuc Duff Ebenezer Elfros Emerald No. 277 Esterhazy Fenwood Fertile Belt No. 183 Foam Lake Foam Lake No. 276 Fosston Garry No. 245 Gerald Good Lake No. 274 Goodeve Grayson Grayson No. 184 Hazel Dell No. 335 Hubbard Hudson Bay Hudson Bay No. 394 Insinger No. 275 Invermay Invermay No. 305 Ituna Ituna Bon Accord No. 246 Kamsack Kellross No. 247 Kelvington Kelvington No. 366 Keys No. 303 Killaly Lakeview No. 337 Langenburg Langenburg No. 181 Lemberg Lintlaw Livingston No. 331 MacNutt Margo McLeod No. 185 Melville Melville Beach Mistatim Neudorf Norquay Orkney No. 244 Pelly Ponass Lake No. 367 Porcupine No. 395 Porcupine Plain Preeceville Preeceville No. 334 Rama Rhein Rose Valley Saltcoats Saltcoats No. 213 Sasman No. 336 Sheho Sliding Hills No. 273 Springside Spy Hill No. 152 St. Philips No. 301 Stanley No. 215 Stenen Stockholm Sturgis Tantallon Theodore Togo Tullymet No. 216 Veregin Wadena Waldron Wallace No. 243 Weekes Willowbrook Yarbo Yorkton	6,682 1,709 932 1,492 7,117 11,002 7,242 15,726 3,388 15,820 29,588 24,740 23,994 25,330 20,637 2,486 1,243 4,569 5,004 20,793 72,976 1,492 27,102 37,855 21,694 1,709 15,975 4,942 21,538 2,176 6,527 17,094 22,067 1,181 55,416 46,371 14,856 8,827 13,116 22,036 16,535 62,440 14,639 31,298 19,176 13,768 2,828 14,825 34,406 20,109 9,510 5,812 13,271 2,642 3,294 18,586 138,399 497 3,232 9,448 15,074 53,706 9,417 21,165 34,064 25,486 33,380 33,939 2,797 5,439 12,277 15,354 24,895 31,204 4,600 17,560 16,317 12,712 9,169 17,995 3,419 9,417 19,487 3,419 11,841 4,444 8,329 2,580 43,885 466 29,992 2,020 1,461 2,890 469,526	13,480 3,448 1,881 3,010 14,358 22,195 14,609 31,725 6,834 31,914 59,689 49,908 48,403 51,099 41,632 5,016 2,508 9,217 10,094 41,945 147,216 3,010 54,673 76,367 43,764 3,448 32,227 9,969 43,450 4,389 13,167 34,484 44,516 2,383 111,791 93,546 29,970 17,806 26,459 44,453 33,356 125,961 29,531 63,137 38,685 27,775 5,706 29,907 69,407 40,566 19,186 11,725 26,772 5,329 6,646 37,494 279,196 1,003 6,521 19,060 30,409 108,343 18,998 42,698 68,718 51,413 67,338 68,467 5,643 10,972 24,766 30,973 50,221 62,949 9,279 35,425 32,917 25,644 18,496 36,302 6,897 18,998 39,312 6,897 23,888 8,966 16,803 5,204 88,530 940 60,504 4,075 2,947 5,831 947,186
TOTAL FOR YORKTON-MELVILLE	2,088,885	4,213,965