Beck welcomes MLA Teed following historic Meewasin win
PRINCE ALBERT - Fresh off a historic win in the Saskatoon Meewasin by-election, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck today welcomed MLA Nathaniel Teed to the NDP Caucus and revealed fall session priorities with the creation of critic portfolios for affordability, jobs and rural and remote health.
“In the last three months, I’ve had the honour of traveling across Saskatchewan, putting nearly thirty thousand kilometers on my car,” said Beck. “Whether it’s on main street or shop floors, the messages are the same - Scott Moe’s Sask. Party has given up on helping people and aren’t going to bat on issues Saskatchewan people are facing. Whether it’s cost-of-living, job creation or our crumbling health system, Scott Moe is missing in action.”
This summer, Beck and her MLAs crossed the province highlighting short-staffing and bed and hospital closures. In Assiniboia, Canora, Shellbrook, Kamsack, Yorkton and Meadow Lake, Beck and her team highlighted gaps in health services people rely on. Matt Love will become the new Critic for Rural and Remote Health to advocate on behalf of residents in smaller centres and rural and remote areas.
With the Sask. Party still failing to deliver any affordability relief for families, Trent Wotherspoon, who holds the finance portfolio, has been tapped as Affordability Critic. Aleana Young, Critic for Jobs and the Economy, has taken on the Energy and Resources file.
Nathaniel Teed, a small business owner, teacher and the newest addition to the NDP Caucus, will become Critic for Parks, Culture and Sport, Tourism, SLGA, SaskGaming, and SGI.
Appointments and portfolios:
Vicki Mowat
Doyle Vermette
Jennifer Bowes
Trent Wotherspoon
Betty Nippi-Albright
Matt Love
Meara Conway
Aleana Young
Erika Ritchie
Nicole Sarauer
Nathaniel Teed
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Poor working conditions, favouritism, $300K travel nurse pay at issue
REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition released a letter signed by 49 emergency room nurses in Saskatoon. The letter slams the Sask. Party government for failing to support Saskatchewan nurses and curb the province’s reliance on expensive out-of-province travel nurses.
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations Betty Nippi-Albright hosted a Day of Action with Indigenous leaders from Nekaneet First Nation, Yellow Quill First Nation, Waterhen Lake First Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Carry The Kettle First Nation, Key First Nation and the residential school support team from Yorkton Tribal Council. Together, they continue to draw attention to the Sask. Party government’s disregard for the Duty to Consult process.
MOOSE JAW - Today, the Official Opposition stood with Taylor Enns, president of the Moose Jaw Firefighters Association, and Brayden Dutchak, the son of a cancer survivor. Together, they called on the Sask. Party government to reopen Saskatchewan’s only hyperbaric chamber.
Records show former Sask. Party Finance Minister lobbied for Calgary surgery scheme on behalf of a major Sask. Party donor
REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition grilled the Premier and his Minister of Health after the Minister misled the public, claiming that he had not been lobbied by a former Sask. Party MLA when Saskatchewan's official lobbyist logs show the exact opposite.