SASKATOON - Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili called on the Sask. Party government today to accept responsibility for the overdose crisis that is taking lives at an unprecedented rate in Saskatchewan.
“The overdose crisis is spiralling out of control while Scott Moe and the Sask. Party ignore this public health emergency,” said Meili. “This is costing lives and leaving families and communities shattered.”
REGINA – Today, the Official Opposition called on the Sask. Party government and the Provincial Capital Commission to immediately consult with Indigenous leadership on the redevelopment of the PCC bylaws, which were struck down as unconstitutional by the Court of Queen’s Bench this past summer.
SASKATOON - This week Everett Hindley, Minister for Seniors, told the media his government had implemented recommendations from the Ombudsman’s report into the deplorable care at Santa Maria in Regina. That’s flat out wrong. Not only has the government not operationalized the vague and unenforceable Program Guidelines for Special Care Homes, they still do not publicly report how they are being met on a facility-by-facility basis.
SASKATOON – The Official Opposition Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations, Betty Nippi-Albright, called on the Sask. Party government today to strengthen its flawed consultation framework which is hurting both businesses and First Nations and Métis communities. Recent tensions between the Birch Narrows Dene Nation and a Toronto based uranium mining company have highlighted Saskatchewan’s insufficient consultation framework with respect to impacted First Nations communities.
REGINA - A report released today by Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth makes it clear that the Sask. Party’s doesn’t care about keeping vulnerable kids safe.
“Our kids deserve the best care possible, but we are seeing a real lack of oversight under the Sask. Party,” said NDP Social Services Critic Meara Conway. “Minister Carr needs to answer for why her government has not made meaningful interventions to reduce the rate of kids in care while the group home model is on the rise. The Advocate has made it clear that the Ministry of Social Services doesn’t adequately resource or oversee these homes.”
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili and Deputy Leader Nicole Sarauer called on the Sask. Party government to call a special meeting of the Human Services Committee of the Legislature. The committee is urgently needed to examine the Sask Party’s dismal pandemic response and a vaccine plan that has left families frustrated and confused.
“The Premier has repeatedly stood by his comments that there is ‘nothing he would change’ in his pandemic response, but the fact is that Saskatchewan families have paid the price for this government’s failures,” said Meili. “Instead of leading the country into recovery, we have led the country in cases and death rates. It’s unacceptable, and demands accountability.”