REGINA - NDP Leader Ryan Meili and Agriculture Critic Trent Wotherspoon are touring Saskatchewan ranches and farms devastated by the 2021 drought today, along with NDP MLAs Carla Beck and Betty Nippi-Albright.
“We are touring a region that has been devastated by this drought and meeting with producers and ranchers to listen to their voices and ideas on what needs to be done to help them get through this,” said Wotherspoon. “Many farm and ranch operations are struggling to salvage whatever they can in face of an incredibly bleak situation. They need and deserve support now.”
NDP MLAs will be meeting with ranchers and producers to tour pastures and crops near McCord in the morning before heading to do the same near Rockglen in the afternoon.
“Saskatchewan’s farm families and producers have stood strong for us all throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s crucial that we work with our farmers and ranchers to fight the effects of drought and climate change both in the short and long term,” said Meili. “There is no long-term economic recovery for Saskatchewan without a thriving agriculture sector.”
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.