Today at the Legislature, the NDP was joined by Brenden Owens and Nolan Dezotell of Prairie Sun Solar to push the Sask. Party to change course on its decision to kill the solar energy industry in Saskatchewan.
“The solar industry was booming in this province – people wanted to take part, jobs were being created, and it was helping reduce emissions,” said NDP Leader Ryan Meili. “It was short-sighted and destructive for this government to pull the plug on this successful industry.”
Owens and Dezotell wanted to question the government on why the Sask. Party has claimed that Saskatchewan has “the shortest payback period in all of Canada,” when, based on their analysis of per-kilowatt-hour and credit rates, Saskatchewan's program is the third worst in the country. They are part of the 800 workers in the solar energy sector that say the Sask. Party’s decisions will kill their industry.
“The changes made to the net metering program devastated the solar energy industry in Saskatchewan,” said Owens, a co-owner of Prairie Sun Solar. “I’m a small business owner, and now I may need to move my young family to a province that respects business and the environment.”
“We need a program that works for the solar energy companies in Saskatchewan, and a program that keeps people working in Saskatchewan,” Meili said. “That starts with a government that believes in using clean energy to create jobs, lower utility bills and build a strong future.”
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.