Transparency needed on disastrous choices in 4th wave
SASKATOON - Today, Official Opposition Health Critic Vicki Mowat called on the province to release all recommendations that informed the Premier and Health Minister’s decision to scrap all public health measures in July and to create a transparent public reporting system on advice given by Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer moving forward.
“It took over two weeks for the Premier to implement Dr. Shahab’s recommendations for vaccine mandates and indoor masking. We’re in a global pandemic -- every day this government sits on its hands has a cost” said Mowat. “If the Premier and his Health Minister want to claim they have in fact taken the independent expert advice of Dr. Shahab throughout the pandemic, there is no reason they shouldn’t be able to show their work.”
In August, Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer told the media he recommended indoor masking and proof of vaccination. It took the province nearly three weeks to introduce those measures. Despite repeated questioning from the media on what advice the Premier and the Health Minister have received from Dr. Shahab, they have refused to disclose what advice has been given.
“Saskatchewan people are now seeing this government’s response to the 4th wave for what it is - pandering to anti-vaxxers when they should have been protecting people. We need transparent information about what expert advice was thrown to the wayside and process to ensure this doesn’t happen again” said Mowat. “Anything less is a betrayal of Saskatchewan people’s trust.”
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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.