The silencing of local voices through the elimination of local school boards is a serious concern that has been raised repeatedly by municipal leaders at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) Convention.
Sask. Party must reverse cuts to mental health care in the north: NDP
With more reports of an increase in suicide attempts in Black Lake, NDP Deputy Leader and Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger is calling on the Sask. Party government to finally stop their irresponsible and callous cuts and immediately invest in mental health care.
Statement by Trent Wotherspoon in Recognition of Black History Month
Today, NDP Leader Trent Wotherspoon issued the following statement:
Sask. Party MLA’s support of local school board voices must extend across Saskatchewan: NDP
NDP Education Critic Carla Beck applauded Battlefords MLA Herb Cox for supporting his local school board’s fight against any cuts by the Sask. Party and called on Cox to extend that same support to all rural boards concerned about losing their local voice.
Statement by Trent Wotherspoon in response to the shooting in Québec City
Today, the Saskatchewan NDP Leader Trent Wotherspoon released the following statement:
Reality Check: What if the Sask. Party took their own advice?
NDP tweaks Sask. Party video to help Wall see the light on Sask. Party secrecy
As part of what seems to be a mission to prove that neither hypocrisy nor irony are dead, the Sask. Party recently published a video with Brad Wall calling on the federal government to be more transparent.
He was talking about carbon pricing and we, of course, agree that we need to stop Ottawa from forcing their carbon price scheme on Saskatchewan.