Tank: Provincial politics creates more financial uncertainty for cities

As Saskatoon city council enters the home stretch in preparing the 2018 budget and property tax increase, the timing could not be worse for seeking funding certainty from the province.
The City of Saskatoon finds itself in the same unenviable position as every other municipality in the province — trying to nail down the money situation from the provincial government.
The governing Saskatchewan Party is embroiled in a leadership race that has thrown the entire budget process into question.