REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck and Justice Critic Nicole Sarauer called on Scott Moe’s Sask. Party government to support the Turner family’s request for a Coroner’s inquest into the death of Shayne Turner.
“Shayne is just one of many Saskatchewan people who have tragically died because the Sask. Party government failed to fix the broken mental health system,” said Beck. “We have a mental health and addictions crisis in this province and 2023 needs to be a year of solutions, not slogans, from Scott Moe and his ministers.”
The Chief Coroner’s Office today announced that it would not hold an inquest into the death of Shayne Turner after the Turner family joined the Official Opposition at the Legislature in November to request that the provincial government push for one. The Coroner also revealed today that Saskatchewan is on track for record overdose deaths in 2022.
“The Turner family still has no answers about Shayne’s tragic death and they rightly insist upon an independent and transparent Coroner’s inquest,” said Sarauer. “I sincerely hope the Sask. Party government acts on these recommendations, but it’s clear to the Turner family and every family that has lost a loved one to the mental health and addictions crisis that real action is needed.”
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Poor working conditions, favouritism, $300K travel nurse pay at issue
REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition released a letter signed by 49 emergency room nurses in Saskatoon. The letter slams the Sask. Party government for failing to support Saskatchewan nurses and curb the province’s reliance on expensive out-of-province travel nurses.
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations Betty Nippi-Albright hosted a Day of Action with Indigenous leaders from Nekaneet First Nation, Yellow Quill First Nation, Waterhen Lake First Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Carry The Kettle First Nation, Key First Nation and the residential school support team from Yorkton Tribal Council. Together, they continue to draw attention to the Sask. Party government’s disregard for the Duty to Consult process.
MOOSE JAW - Today, the Official Opposition stood with Taylor Enns, president of the Moose Jaw Firefighters Association, and Brayden Dutchak, the son of a cancer survivor. Together, they called on the Sask. Party government to reopen Saskatchewan’s only hyperbaric chamber.
Records show former Sask. Party Finance Minister lobbied for Calgary surgery scheme on behalf of a major Sask. Party donor
REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition grilled the Premier and his Minister of Health after the Minister misled the public, claiming that he had not been lobbied by a former Sask. Party MLA when Saskatchewan's official lobbyist logs show the exact opposite.