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Bill Boyd's Court Documents
Posted: November 23, 2009
The Wall government has tabled legislation to make public any criminal record checks for individuals running for elected positions at the  municipal level. Following this to the logical conclusion, if it is good for politicians at the municipal level, why not at the provincial level too? When
Wall Government Cuts Hit Rural Saskatchewan
Posted: November 27, 2009
NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter said today the Wall government’s unprecedented financial mismanagement has left the province’s finances in disarry, and has resulted in harmful budget cuts to a variety of rural Saskatchewan programs and services. “With the release of the mid-year financial report,
Wall Government Continues to Hide from its Financial Incompetence
Posted: November 26, 2009
Refuses to answer questions until after next year’s budget NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter said today that the Wall government continues to hide from proper scrutiny of its financial mismanagement. Having received notice yesterday that instead of answering the Opposition’s written quest
Finance Minister Unaware of 100% Budget Overrun
Posted: November 25, 2009
NDP Finance critic Trent Wotherspoon charged today that the Wall government’s fiscal incompetence is even worse than expected with revelations that it has increased the debt of the Municipal Financing Corporation by $30 million – a 100% increase from what was originally budgeted. Wotherspoon said
EI Numbers Show Training Cuts Were Irresponsible
Posted: November 24, 2009
NDP Employment critic Cam Broten pointed to a dramatic rise in Employment Insurance (EI) recipients in Saskatchewan as proof that the Wall government’s massive cuts to training and employment programs were reckless and irresponsible. Statistics Canada reported today that 1,600 more people in Saska
NDP Acknowledges 20th Anniversary of Broadbent Resolution
Posted: November 24, 2009
Occasion should act as renewed call to action to eliminate child poverty 20 years after the House of Commons unanimously supported a resolution to eliminate child poverty in Canada by the year 2000, NDP Social Services critic David Forbes lamented that progress towards that goal has been inad
NDP Introduces Emergency Motion Calling for Extension of Legislative Session
Posted: November 24, 2009
Sask Party response to original request provides no opportunity to properly scrutinize financial mismanagement   Citing an inability to properly scrutinize the Wall government’s current fiscal situation on behalf of the people of Saskatchewan, NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter put forwar
NDP Demands Extension of Legislative Sitting
Posted: November 23, 2009
NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter has written to Brad Wall demanding that the government extend the current sitting of the Saskatchewan Legislature by at least two weeks, to provide adequate time for the Opposition and the public to review the government’s unprecedented fiscal mismanagement, and to ge
Wall Government Leaves Rural Saskatchewan to Fend for Themselves
Posted: November 20, 2009
NDP Leader and Agriculture Critic Dwain Lingenfelter said today that with the release of the mid-year financial report, it is becoming clear that the Wall government’s incompetence and financial mismanagement are hurting the quality of life in rural Saskatchewan. “After promising rural Saskatc
Mid-Year Update Confirms Unprecedented Financial Mismanagement
Posted: November 19, 2009
Reckless Sask Party budget results in $1 Billion summary deficit With the release of the Mid-Year Financial Report, NDP Finance critic Trent Wotherspoon said the Wall government has confirmed that it is responsible for the biggest example of fiscal incompetence in the history of Saskatchewan. H
NDP Supports Real Plan for Climate Change
Posted: November 18, 2009
Opposition proposes amendment to inadequate government motion NDP House Leader Kevin Yates said today that the Opposition will vote in favour of climate change legislation brought forward during the fall sitting of the Legislature if it contains the reduction target of 32% by 2020 that the Sa
Wall Government Abandons More Environmental Targets
Posted: November 17, 2009
NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter said the Wall government’s accomplishments to date on the issues of conservation, energy efficiency, and climate change targets have amounted to nothing more than empty rhetoric and photo-ops. He highlighted the Sask Party’s broken election promise to reduce greenhous
Wall Government’s $20M Cut is no Help for Producers
Posted: November 13, 2009
NDP Leader and Agriculture critic Dwain Lingenfelter repeated today that many agriculture producers in Saskatchewan are cash-strapped and running out of time to get their remaining crops harvested. He said that while many crops are wet and face the harsh reality of spoiling before they can be drie
NDP Calls for Expanded Autism Treatment Services
Posted: November 12, 2009
NDP Health critic Judy Junor said today that the Wall government must implement a comprehensive, long-term strategy for the diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Junor, accompanied by representatives of SASKFEAT (Saskatchewan Families for Effective Autism Treatment), raised th
Sask Party Political Patronage
Posted: November 10, 2009
NDP Information Technology Office (ITO) critic Frank Quennell charged today that a company run by former Sask Party staffer and political insider Doug Emsley received a substantial increase in payments for its services to the government since the Sask Party came to power than it did under the NDP.
Wall Government Cuts Skills Training Programs
Posted: November 10, 2009
NDP Employment Critic Cam Broten today questioned why the Sask Party has cut $8.7 Million from skills training programs at a time of rising unemployment in the province. “According to Statistics Canada, there are 6,500 more unemployed people in Saskatchewan than there was a year ago,” Broten no
Crop Insurance Extension Inadequate
Posted: November 6, 2009
NDP Leader and Agriculture critic Dwain Lingenfelter said today that the Wall government’s two-week extension of the deadline for Saskatchewan crop insurance coverage is inadequate, because too many farmers will still have crop in the field next spring. “If the government can extend the deadlin
Spike in Unemployment Shows Need for Real Leadership
Posted: November 6, 2009
The news from Statistics Canada that 6,500 more people were unemployed in Saskatchewan last month - compared to the same month a year ago - shows the Wall government has blown the economic boom it inherited from the NDP and needs to recognize the need for a plan to deal with the slowing economy, N
Wall Gov’t Ignores Safety Concerns; Workers put at Risk
Posted: November 3, 2009
NDP Labour critic Andy Iwanchuk blasted the Wall government today for knowingly putting workers’ safety in jeopardy. Iwanchuk revealed during Question Period that the government has allowed a faulty crane to operate on the construction site of the Loblaws Distribution Centre west of Regina despite
Wapawekka Sawmill Closed for Good
Posted: November 3, 2009
NDP Forestry Critic Doyle Vermette today pointed to the permanent closure of the Wapawekka sawmill near Prince Albert as proof that the Wall government has abandoned the forest industry, forest workers and their families. Nearly two years ago, the Wall government tore up a deal negotiated by th
NDP Says Details of BC Surgeries Deal Still Unknown
Posted: November 2, 2009
NDP Health critic Judy Junor continued to press the Wall government today for details of a deal with British Columbia that would see Saskatchewan pay what the BC Minister of Health has described as a “premium” for hip and knee surgeries done in that province. Junor said aside from the unknown cost
NDP Raises Motion of Privilege on Correction Minister’s Misleading Statements
Posted: November 2, 2009
Referencing misleading answers provided by Corrections, Public Safety, and Policing Minister Yogi Huyghebaert in the Legislative Assembly last week regarding the mistaken early release of a dangerous offender from the Regina Correctional Centre, NDP House Leader Kevin Yates will later today raise


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- Premier Brad Wall

Brad Wall tries to hide the bad news...
November 27, 2009
Hidden somewhere behind all the ponies, gophers, cheesy moustaches and general warm and fuzzies that Premier Brad Wall has served up at the legislature this week has been a lot of bad news in what’s become a bad sitting for his Saskatchewan Party government. -Murray Mandryk, The Leader-Post