Saskatchewan NDP Caucus

Meili calls for urgent Last Mile measures including “tail-gate” vaccine clinics at Rider games

SASKATOON - With Saskatchewan’s vaccine rollout stalled, case numbers rising in Northern Saskatchewan and experts warning of a deadly fourth wave of COVID-19, NDP Leader Ryan Meili called on the Sask. Party government today to take immediate steps to increase vaccine uptake - including at Rider games.

“Scott Moe has decided to pat himself on the back for a job half-done. It’s time to get serious about getting past the Last Mile and reaching true herd immunity in our province,” said Meili. “The Delta variant is more aggressive and resistant and has become the dominant strain in much of the world. It is more important than ever that the vaccine roll-out be targeted, aggressive and effective.”

Open Letter from NDP Leader Ryan Meili and Agriculture Critic Trent Wotherspoon to Premier Scott Moe and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 2021 Drought

After touring drought-affected areas in Saskatchewan yesterday, NDP Leader Ryan Meili and Agriculture Critic Trent Wotherspoon wrote to Premier Scott Moe and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging them to work together and take immediate action to help farmers and ranchers.

The text of the letter is below. Please see a PDF of the letter here.

NDP tours drought devastated areas, calls for more action to help struggling farm and ranch families

REGINA - NDP Leader Ryan Meili and Agriculture Critic Trent Wotherspoon are touring Saskatchewan ranches and farms devastated by the 2021 drought today, along with NDP MLAs Carla Beck and Betty Nippi-Albright.

SASK NDP calls on Sask. Party to put affordability over vanity when it comes to our Crowns

REGINA – Today, Leader of the NDP Official Opposition Ryan Meili and Official Opposition Critic for SaskPower Aleana Young called on the Sask. Party government to shelve their rebranding project and focus on helping families and businesses who missed payments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“So many families are struggling to make ends meet and the Sask. Party should be working with them to help them out, not trying to make an extra buck off them,” said Meili. “Instead of prioritizing making families whole after the last 18 months, Premier Moe and his government are looking to spend millions on a rebranding vanity project to paint the Crowns in Sask. Party colours. The people of Saskatchewan deserve better.”

NDP Calls for Urgent Action to Fix Worst Child Care System in Canada

SASKATOON – Today, Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili and Carla Beck, Critic for Education and Early Learning, joined with parents and advocates to call on the Sask. Party government to stop playing games with the lives of Saskatchewan families and immediately sign on to the national child care strategy which would lower fees and increase spaces.

“A child care plan is a jobs plan. The more we invest in increased spaces and jobs in our child care system, the more we can get families back to work building our Saskatchewan recovery,” said Meili. “There is no reason for Scott Moe not to sign up for the national child care strategy unless he plans on playing partisan politics with the lives and incomes of Saskatchewan families and their children.”

NDP Call on Sask. Party government to help farm families fighting drought

REGINA - NDP Leader Ryan Meili and Agriculture Critic Trent Wotherspoon called on the Sask. Party government to stop taking rural Saskatchewan for granted and come forward with real supports for producers and ranchers fighting drought conditions in Saskatchewan.

“As drought is severely impacting and threatens many producers, farms and ranches, it’s clear the Sask. Party is asleep at the switch and taking farm families for granted,” said Wotherspoon. “In the face of this drought and very serious feed and water challenges, producers and ranchers need a government that will listen to them, step up and support them when they need it.”