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Job Losses Continue Under Sask Party Govt
Posted: June 26, 2009
NDP Regina Caucus Chair Trent Wotherspoon said today’s announcement that the closure of the Sears Call Centre in Regina will result in 250 lost jobs displays a sharp contrast to the selective job numbers the Sask Party continues to focus on. “This is a government so focused on its own self-prom
Sask Party Government Letting Oil Industry Slip
Posted: June 26, 2009
NDP critic for Energy and Resources, Darcy Furber, called on the Sask Party Government today to produce a plan to sustain the strong economic foundation left to them by the former NDP government. Furber’s call comes in light of a recent Fraser Institute Report that suggests Saskatchewan has been s
NDP Raises Questions about Bruce Power Agreements, More Nuclear Consultations
Posted: June 26, 2009
As the Sask Party’s so-called consultations on the future of nuclear power in Saskatchewan have drawn to a close, NDP Environment critic Sandra Morin questioned today if an agreement or memorandum of any kind has been signed between the Sask Party government and Bruce Power. A Bruce Power executiv
Sask Party’s Hand-Picked Advisory Board Agrees with NDP
Posted: June 26, 2009
The Sask Party government’s hand-picked economic advisory board has now joined with the Opposition New Democrats, student groups and the public in calling for the expansion of the Graduate Retention Program to include Masters and Ph.D. graduates. NDP Advanced Education and Employment Critic Cam Br
Public Accounts Report Confirms Unanswered Questions
Posted: June 25, 2009
The release of the government’s Public Accounts Report today has prompted the Official Opposition to re-ask some of the questions it has been asking for months without receiving any answers. “There is no question that the last year was a very strong year for the Saskatchewan economy” said
NDP Says 80% Spike in EI Claims Deserves Action from Govt
Posted: June 23, 2009
"Advanced Education, Employment and Labour Minister Rob Norris said the increase in EI recipients was not unexpected but no cause for alarm, either." - Leader-Post, June 23, 2009 As Statistics Canada released figures today revealing that the number of Employment Insurance (EI)
Government Drought Announcement Little Help: NDP
Posted: June 20, 2009
NDP Agriculture Critic Dwain Lingenfelter said today the Sask Party government’s announcement that it will allow drought-stricken cattle producers to have their animals graze on Fish and Wildlife Development Fund Lands is a necessary step, but of little meaningful help to cash-strapped producers w
Brad Wall Needs to Come Clean with Plan to Build a Nuclear Reactor in Saskatoon
Posted: June 22, 2009
“If Premier Wall and his government have a plan, I would definitely encourage him to submit it to our expert review panel.” – Natural Resources Minister Lisa Rait on Brad Wall’s plan to build a medical isotopes reactor in Saskatoon NDP Uranium Development Partnership Critic Sandra Morin today
Sask Party Needs To Produce Drought Plan
Posted: June 18, 2009
 “Driest Spring Ever.” – Headline in Saskatoon Star Phoenix, June 9, 2009 NDP Agriculture Critic Dwain Lingenfelter today called on Brad Wall to present a plan to deal with an issue more and more people are talking about in Saskatchewan –- drought. Producers, particularly those in West-Centr
Sask Party Denies Full Access to Public Hearing on Construction Industry Act
Posted: June 17, 2009
As public hearings on sweeping changes to the Construction Industry Labour Relations Act begin at the Legislature today, NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter said the Sask Party’s war on labour continues unabated. Lingenfelter said the hearings were supposed to be designed so that interested parties coul
NDP Re-aligns Critic Responsibilities
Posted: June 15, 2009
NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter today announced some changes in critic duties within the Opposition Caucus. Dwain Lingenfelter will assume responsibility for Agriculture, The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation and Executive Council. Deb Higgins takes over as Deputy Leader while retaining respon
Sask Party Ignoring Funding Requests from Sask Seniors
Posted: June 11, 2009
Battlefords NDP MLA Len Taylor charged today that the Sask Party government is ignoring its commitment and responsibility to senior citizens in Saskatchewan. Taylor attended a conference of Saskatchewan seniors this week and said many of them are upset at the lack of attention being paid to senior
Sask Party Offside With Harper Government In Key Areas
Posted: June 11, 2009
“Depending on how the UDP process goes, Saskatchewan can step up and play a leadership role in being home to a research reactor, possibly, in producing medical isotopes.” – Brad Wall talking about building a nuclear reactor to produce medical isotopes in Saskatchewan, May 28, 2009 “We anticipat
Sask Party Needs to Clarify Who Will Pay For a Nuclear Reactor
Posted: June 10, 2009
“This is not going to be built with taxpayers’ dollars or SaskPower fees. This is going to be built with private funds.” – Lyle Stewart, when asked whether public money will be used to build a nuclear reactor, June 17, 2008 “All scenarios or all possibilities are on the table.” - Lyle Stewart,
Harry Van Mulligen to Step Down After Successful Career in Politics
Posted: June 8, 2009
Regina Douglas Park MLA Harry Van Mulligen announced today his intention to resign as an MLA after 23 years on the job. Van Mulligen will step down effective June 30th. “Shortly after the 2007 provincial election, I came to the conclusion that I would not seek re-election in 2011. When the lead
NDP Calls on Sask Party to Fund Cancer Treatment
Posted: June 9, 2009
"Our government promised to put patients – those patients – first; to strengthen cancer care and it’s a promise that we’re going to work very, very hard together with patients themselves and obviously health care workers and groups like the cancer agency, we’re going to work very, very hard t
Bruce Power Preparing To Select Site For Reactor
Posted: June 4, 2009
"Our view would be that mid next year, mid to late next year, we would expect, through discussions and working arrangements with SaskPower, through discussions with the minister, that we may have, in fact, got to the point of identifying a site.” – Bruce Power President Duncan Hawthorne talki
NDP Questions Wall’s Actions on GM Bailout Comments
Posted: June 4, 2009
NDP Deputy Leader Pat Atkinson questioned today what Brad Wall has done to raise the issue of the General Motors bailout with Prime Minister Harper or Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. In recent days, Wall has been a vocal critic of the bailout which saved thousands of autoworker jobs in Ontario bu
Another Public Nuclear Meeting, More Frustration
Posted: June 3, 2009
“I appreciate the opportunity to point out that there certainly will be expertise on hand to answer questions that the public may have at the consultation process that’s going to criss-cross this province.” – Former Enterprise and Innovation Minister Lyle Stewart, May 14, 2009 in Hansard More p
Frustration At Sask Party Nuclear Meetings a Common Theme
Posted: June 2, 2009
“I appreciate the opportunity to point out that there certainly will be expertise on hand to answer questions that the public may have at the consultation process that’s going to criss-cross this province.” – Former Enterprise and Innovation Minister Lyle Stewart, May 14, 2009 in Hansard NDP En
Sask Party Plan for Prince Albert Mill Could Cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions
Posted: June 1, 2009
New Democrat MLA for Prince Albert Northcote Darcy Furber said today a Sask Party proposal to redevelop the Prince Albert pulp mill into a cellulosic ethanol plant will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. The Sask Party government signed a letter of intent today with Iogen and Domtar t


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The Wall government is spending $49,000 a month for a former Republican Ambassador's advice on how to talk to the Obama White House.

"Deficits are like potato chips...they're not very good for your long-term health, and bet you can't stop at just one."

- Saskatchewan Party Leader and Premier, Brad Wall

Is a $1-Billion deficit really the 'net benefit' Brad Wall would like you to believe?
January 15, 2010
Brad Wall was forced to borrow money to make up for his deficit budget, but I doubt we will be seeing those billboards. Brad Wall makes the leadership of Grant Devine seem like the "Good Old Days". -Kent E. Peterson, The Carillon