Sask. Party’s worst-in-the-nation jobs record worsening cost-of-living crisis
REGINA - Today, in light of new numbers from Statistics Canada and Angus Reid, Official Opposition Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon put Premier Scott Moe on blast during question period for having no plan to address his worst-in-the-nation record on jobs and the cost-of-living crisis.
“Saskatchewan people are having to choose between heating and eating because Scott Moe is failing to deliver more jobs and bigger paycheques, all while he cranks up the costs,” said Wotherspoon. “We actually lost 4,300 jobs last month under Scott Moe’s watch. Saskatchewan has all the ingredients to boom, but Scott Moe is standing in the way.”
Statistics Canada’s latest job figures show that, since Premier Scott Moe took office in February 2018, his government has been dead last in the nation in terms of job growth. In March, Moe’s government again had the worst jobs percentage growth in Canada - year over year and month to month - and presided over a whopping 4,300 job losses.
Angus Reid also confirmed today that Saskatchewan people report the highest levels of financial insecurity in Canada. 52% say that they are in bad shape or terrible shape and barely getting by financially. When measured against other provinces, Saskatchewan people are the most likely to:
“Saskatchewan families are being crushed by the cost of living, and there’s not a cent of relief or a shred of leadership coming from Scott Moe,” said Wotherspoon. “This government is sitting on massive windfall revenues and instead of helping regular families, they keep cranking up the costs. Scott Moe is out of touch and working families are paying the price.”
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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.