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Sask Party Should Use Surplus to Deal with Affordability Issues
Posted: July 31, 2008
Battlefords NDP MLA Len Taylor today responded to the Government’s release of the First Quarter Financial Report. Taylor noted that the $3.1 billion increase in revenue over budget displays a shocking lack of fiscal management on the part of the Sask Party. “It’s no sur
NDP Warns of Private Health Care Plan
Posted: July 28, 2008
NDP Health Critic Judy Junor is calling on Health Minister Don McMorris to clarify recent statements he has made about increasing the role of private health care delivery in the province. As part of the Sask Party's planned "patient-first review" of the health care sy
Sask Party Should Release Results of Community Development Trust Consultations says Furber
Posted: July 24, 2008
Sask Party Should Release Results of Community Development Trust Consultations says Furber  Seven months after Brad Wall announced Saskatchewan's share of a federal fund to assist workers in hard hit industries, Prince Albert-Northcote NDP MLA Darcy Furber is calling on
NDP Calls On Sask Party To Explain Why It Joined a Pro TILMA Organization
Posted: July 21, 2008
(PNWER Trade and Economic Development Working Group) “Is exploring the possibility of of expanding the BC-Alberta TILMA concept throughout the PNWER region. – Pacific Northwest Economic Region website, July 2008   NDP Deputy Leader Pat Atkinson has called on Premie
Calvert Welcomes New NDP MLA to Legislature
Posted: July 21, 2008
NDP Leader Lorne Calvert last week welcomed Doyle Vermette to Saskatchewan’s Legislative Assembly. Vermette won the recent Cumberland by-election and is the newest member of the NDP Opposition Caucus. He is in Regina for orientation to the Assembly and will be sworn in later this year, &nb
Suzuki Report Highlights Sask Party's Failure on Climate Change
Posted: July 16, 2008
“Instead of strengthening existing climate change plan, Saskatchewan’s new government gutted it, including many good renewable-energy and energy efficiency programs.”         -David Suzuki Foundation, Provincial Power Play: Breaking Away
Wall Needs to Come Clean on Plan to Go Green
Posted: July 15, 2008
“We know what we need to do and we’re going to be working toward actual action on this front." – Environment Minister Nancy Heppner speaking to reporters about Sask Party greenhouse gas reduction commitment, January 16, 2008 NDP Opposition Leader Lorne Calvert has called on Brad Wall to
NDP Calls Government Decision to Drop Equalization a 'Massive Betrayal'
Posted: July 11, 2008
NDP Leader Lorne Calvert said today Brad Wall picked his friend Stephen Harper over the people of Saskatchewan by tearing up the Equalization Court Challenge, something the Prime Minister has asked him to do. “Stephen Harper has been after Brad Wall to tear up the equalization challenge
Sask Party Should Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is On Climate Change
Posted: July 10, 2008
NDP Environment Critic Sandra Morin today said Saskatchewan is being left behind compared to neighbouring Alberta on the issue of fighting climate change. Earlier this week, Alberta announced it is spending $4-billion to tackle the problem. Two-billion dollars will be spent on carbon capture a
NDP Calls on Agriculture Minister To Act On Drought
Posted: July 4, 2008
“In Opposition, as you know, I could say just about anything I wanted, and I did on a lot of occasions for 12 years." – Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud, April 30, 2008 NDP Agriculture Critic Pat Atkinson today called on Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud to keep his promi


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When faced with an 80% increase in Employment Insurance claims in Saskatchewan, Minister Rob Norris said the increase was not unexpected and no cause for alarm.

"We do not have a gang or a violence issue in our provincial correctional system."

- Corrections Minister Darryl Hickie

Wall Government moves to protect ponies while introducing a bounty on coyotes the same day...
November 16, 2009
The Saskatchewan Party has been making hay over a private member's bill introduced a week ago by MLA Tim McMillan to protect a small herd of wild ponies in eastern Saskatchewan. At the same time, the government is touting a new bounty on coyotes announced Monday that will see the province pay $20 for four paws brought to an RM office. -The StarPhoenix