Issue Brief 1: Municipalities and Sustainability - Municipal involvement is needed to achieve a sustainable Saskatchewan

The seat is the and into the future. [...] On 1 January exert a significant degree of control over the speed 2021, the Government of Saskatchewan included and transparency of administrative decision- a community health and well-being category in making and policy implementation and can act its Statements of Provincial Interest Regulations, as hubs for local partnerships (Teixeira et al., providing for the first time a regulatory framework. [...] Municipalities play a key role in many areas, such as economic development, stewardship Progress towards sustainable development is of water resources, transportation systems, land use strongly influenced by the local area and the unique planning, and the management of assets and waste. [...] For larger municipalities, the effects may include floodwater Table 1: Categorization of municipalities Category Municipality Act Municipal Association Characteristics Cities The Cities Act (2002) Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities The capital city of Regina has a population of Association (SUMA) 226,404 (Economic Development Regina, 2021) and the city of Saskatoon has a population of 266,141 (Sask. [...] How do municipalities monitor progress and assessment? Regular monitoring and tracking are necessary include tasks such as developing local indicators, to maintain a focus on the goals of sustainability defining the variables in local settings, selecting initiatives and to identify and overcome any appropriate measurement techniques, assigning barriers.