Beck announces new critic portfolios focused on affordability, jobs and rural health

Beck welcomes MLA Teed following historic Meewasin win

PRINCE ALBERT - Fresh off a historic win in the Saskatoon Meewasin by-election, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck today welcomed MLA Nathaniel Teed to the NDP Caucus and revealed fall session priorities with the creation of critic portfolios for affordability, jobs and rural and remote health.

“In the last three months, I’ve had the honour of traveling across Saskatchewan, putting nearly thirty thousand kilometers on my car,” said Beck. “Whether it’s on main street or shop floors, the messages are the same - Scott Moe’s Sask. Party has given up on helping people and aren’t going to bat on issues Saskatchewan people are facing. Whether it’s cost-of-living, job creation or our crumbling health system, Scott Moe is missing in action.”

This summer, Beck and her MLAs crossed the province highlighting short-staffing and bed and hospital closures. In Assiniboia, Canora, Shellbrook, Kamsack, Yorkton and Meadow Lake, Beck and her team highlighted gaps in health services people rely on. Matt Love will become the new Critic for Rural and Remote Health to advocate on behalf of residents in smaller centres and rural and remote areas.

With the Sask. Party still failing to deliver any affordability relief for families, Trent Wotherspoon, who holds the finance portfolio, has been tapped as Affordability Critic. Aleana Young, Critic for Jobs and the Economy, has taken on the Energy and Resources file.

Nathaniel Teed, a small business owner, teacher and the newest addition to the NDP Caucus, will become Critic for Parks, Culture and Sport, Tourism, SLGA, SaskGaming, and SGI.

Appointments and portfolios:

Vicki Mowat

Health Critic
Deputy Leader
Associate Critic for Mental Health and Addictions

Doyle Vermette

Northern Affairs
Mental Health and Addictions
Associate Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations
Whip

Jennifer Bowes

Advanced Education
Status of Women
Human Rights
Public Service Commission

Trent Wotherspoon

Finance
SaskTel
Agriculture
Highways and Infrastructure
GTH and the Regina Bypass
SaskBuilds and Procurement
Affordability

Betty Nippi-Albright

First Nations and Métis Relations and Truth and Reconciliation
Environment
Innovation and SRC

Matt Love

Education
Seniors
Rural and Remote Health
Caucus Chair

Meara Conway

Social Services
Housing and CBOs
Childcare and Early Learning
Francophone Affairs
Ethics and Democracy
Associate Critic for Education

Aleana Young

Jobs and Economy
Trade and Export Development
Immigration
SaskPower
Energy and Resources

Erika Ritchie

SaskEnergy
WSA and SaskWater
Municipal Affairs
CIC

Nicole Sarauer

Justice and Attorney General
Corrections, Policing and Public Safety
Provincial Capital Commission
House Leader
Labour

Nathaniel Teed

Parks, Culture and Sport
Tourism
SLGA
SaskGaming
SGI

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