REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Education Critic Matt Love was joined by students assembled on the steps of the Legislature to demand the government increase funding to account for, or at least match, the rising inflationary expenses of school divisions.
Only $1.1M of Sask. Party education operating increase available for division cost pressures
REGINA - In light of Minister of Education Dustin Duncan’s admission last night in committee that the usable school division funding in the 2022 budget is much measlier than previously advertised, Official Opposition Critic for Education Matt Love called on the government to increase school funding to match new inflationary costs.
NDP: Nurses demoralized, exhausted, and without confidence in Sask. Party, SUN reports
REGINA - In view of today’s report of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN), Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili and Critic for Health Vicki Mowat called on the Sask. Party to acknowledge and address the chronic staffing crisis afflicting nurses and the health system.
NDP: Concerns about hometown healthcare amplified at 2022 SUMA convention
REGINA - In light of the concerns raised by municipal leaders over the state of healthcare during this week’s Saskatchewan Association of Urban Municipalities (SUMA) convention, Official Opposition Leader Ryan Meili and Critic for Municipalities Carla Beck called on the government to acknowledge the growing gaps in Saskatchewan’s health system and commit to fixing them with a long-term plan.
NDP: Sask. Party PST hike and expansion grabs an extra 1.2 billion from families in 2022
Sask. Party piles on more taxes adding to the biggest tax hike in Saskatchewan’s history
REGINA - In light of the Minister of Finance’s budget announcement that provincial sales tax categories will be expanded to further tax a suite of activities including fitness, sporting and cultural events, Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon called on the government to scrap the proposed PST expansion and give families a break amid the affordability crisis.
NDP: Scrap PST expansion that shocks, outrages sport and culture industries
REGINA - In light of the Sask. Party’s imposition of 32 new tax and fee increases in the 2022-23 Budget, Official Opposition Critic for Finance Trent Wotherspoon and Critic for Parks, Culture and Sport Matt Love called on the government to cut the proposed PST expansion and better support industries reeling from the effects of COVID-19.