REGINA - Today, in light of a Canadian Press report showing that while serving as Advanced Education Minister Premier Scott Moe failed to act on abuse allegations at Briercrest College and Seminary, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck and Human Rights Critic Jennifer Bowes called on the provincial government to implement a recommendation to tie the accreditation of post-secondary educational institutions to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code.
NDP Day of Action culminates in introduction of Duty to Consult legislation
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck and Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations Betty Nippi-Albright were joined by a delegation of Indigenous leaders from Fishing Lake First Nation, Kawacatoose First Nation, Cote First Nation and the Anishinabe Nation Treaty Authority for a Day of Action. Together, they called on Scott Moe’s Sask. Party government to overhaul the Duty to Consult process by enshrining it in law.
Sask. Party’s maternal health failures put mothers and babies at risk
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck and Health Critic Vicki Mowat called on Scott Moe’s Sask. Party government to immediately address chronic disruptions to vital mother-child services across Saskatchewan.
Sask. NDP: Moe must follow words with action, expand funding to domestic violence shelters
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck and Status of Women Critic Jennifer Bowes responded to the Premier’s apology for his government’s invitation of wife-killer Colin Thatcher to the Throne Speech and called for a commitment to provide operating funding for second-stage shelters for women fleeing domestic violence.
Sask. Party’s Duty to Consult talks fall short; NDP and Indigenous Leaders demand DTC be codified
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations Betty Nippi-Albright, joined by a delegation of Indigenous leadership from Onion Lake Cree Nation and Fishing Lake First Nation, critiqued the province’s recently announced Duty to Consult consultations which aim to amend existing policy rather than overhaul the Duty to Consult process and enshrine it in law.
Beck announces new critic portfolios focused on affordability, jobs and rural health
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.