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Sask Party Decision to Pay Medical Costs Raises Questions
Posted: August 25, 2008
NDP health critic Judy Junor said today that two recent decisions by the Sask Party government to pay for medical expenses incurred by families in the U.S. set what could be a very expensive precedent. In each case, the people sought treatment in the U.S. without prior approval from the minister o
Sask Party Criticized by Saskatchewan Law Review
Posted: August 27, 2008
NDP Labour Critic Andy Iwanchuk today pointed to a recent article in the Saskatchewan Law Review in which the Sask Party’s actions in terminating three members of the Labour Relations Board were characterized as a “black cloud” over changes to The Trade Union Act.   &
Sask Party Needs to Explain Ongoing Firings
Posted: August 26, 2008
NDP agriculture critic Pat Atkinson today called on Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud to explain why he recently fired six senior managers at the Saskatchewan Crop InsuranceCorporation. The six employees, with close to 100 years at the corporation combined, were dismissed without cause in early J
NDP Calls on Sask Party to Begin Moose Jaw Union Hospital Upgrades as Promised
Posted: August 21, 2008
“Saskatchewan Party Leader Brad Wall has said the expansion of the Moose Jaw Union Hospital is a top priority.” – Saskatchewan Party election leaflet   Moose Jaw Wakamow NDP MLA Deb Higgins is questioning the Sask Party’s  commitment to planned upgrades
Sask Party Continues Privatization Agenda
Posted: August 8, 2008
NDP Health Critic Judy Junor today decried a move she says is another shift toward private, for-profit health care and demanded Health Minister Don McMorris explain why families will pay more for medically required nutritional supplies. For over a decade the Nutritional Products Program has all


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John Nilson
Regina Lakeview
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Saskatchewan has seen more than 4700 people lose their jobs under the Wall government.

"The ILO has offered an opinion that's non-binding. The analysis is incomplete. Certainly from where we stand we have every confidence in both our essential services legislation and the amendments to the Trade Union Act."

- Minister of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour, Rob Norris

Wall Government's broken promises hurting Saskatchewan families...
December 1, 2009
Promises made, promises broken. How might the province's backtracking on funding promises to municipalities and school boards affect you and me? The bad news just keeps on rolling this week. -Garth Materie, CBC News, Blue Sky