Saskatchewan NDP Caucus

Inflated prices for out-of-province mammogram referrals raise questions

Clearpoint subsidiary donated $19,300 to Sask. Party

REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Ethics and Democracy Critic Meara Conway raised questions about the connections between the Moe government and Clearpoint Health Network. Clearpoint’s subsidiary is a major Sask. Party donor and is possibly charging the province inflated rates for mammogram referrals.

Gov’t Emails: Moe Gov’t broke the law, buried Crown reports during by-elections

REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Crown Investments Corporation Critic Erika Ritchie released a series of government emails obtained via FOI request. The emails show that the Moe government delayed the publication of numerous crown corporation annual reports and quietly buried them in the middle of a by-election. 

Contracting major Sask. Party donor has worsened waitlists

Saskatchewan has the worst waits in Canada for key procedures

REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Rural and Remote Health Critic Matt Love grilled the Moe government on their decision to award major donor Clearpoint/Surgical Centres Inc. with a sole-source contract for mammograms. The latest data coming out of the province’s Surgical Initiative shows that the combined waitlist for knee and hip replacements has worsened since these procedures were outsourced to Clearpoint/Surgical Centres Inc.

Mother, Opposition call for investigation after daughter dies in hospital without doctor

Policy change needed after bruised body tangled in tubes presented to family

REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck and Regina University MLA Aleana Young stood with Gwen Gilbert and called for an investigation into the death of Gwen’s daughter, Andrea Parmar. Andrea tragically lost her life after the Yorkton Regional Health Centre was operating without a doctor in the ICU.

Moe gov’t again closes hospital to pregnant mothers during holiday season

FOI reveals 2023 worst year for obstetric services closures

SASKATOON - Today, Official Opposition Health Critic Vicki Mowat responded to mother-child services again closing in Meadow Lake over the holiday season. Mowat also released new SHA data indicating that 2023 was the worst year in the last half decade for obstetrical care closures.