Saskatchewan NDP Caucus

Sask. Party broke election promise to seniors, failed to staff up to fight pandemic in long-term care

REGINA - Last night during the consideration of estimates, Seniors’ Critic Matt Love pressed the government for answers on the government’s broken promise to hire 300 Continuing Care Aides (CCAs) in the province’s hard-hit long-term care sector.

During the last election the Sask. Party promised that these 300 CCAs would be included at a cost of $18.4 million for all four years of their mandate. Instead, Budget 2021 cut this commitment by two thirds, allocating  only $6 million for 90 continuing care aides in LTC and 18 in home care.  

Sask. Party government must be accountable for COVID-19 failures

REGINA - NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat called on the Sask. Party government to do the right thing and take responsibility for its failed COVID-19 strategy instead of its continued approach that seeks to minimize and deflect the real harm being done to Saskatchewan families and businesses.

Statement by Official Opposition Health Critic Vicki Mowat Tuesday, April 13, 2021

The statement reads as follows:

"Scott Moe saw the modelling and knew the variants were on the rise. Instead of acting to win the race between the vaccines and the variants, he gave the variants a head-start. Just like in November, we are seeing a Premier unwilling to take serious steps when they are needed.

Many parts of Saskatchewan have far higher case counts than Regina did when this government applied the current restrictions to the city, yet today’s measures are not as diligent as those originally applied to Regina. This lack of consistency is causing confusion across the province.

It’s so easy to get caught up in the numbers and forget there are real people, real Saskatchewan families dealing with illness and the loss of lives attached to those numbers.

These variants are highly contagious and far more harmful than the original COVID-strain. The facts on the ground are changing daily. We need to be nimble and proactive in combatting this virus, not sit around and give it a head-start while we wait for the government’s Tuesday media events."

Reality Check: Sask. Party introduces bill to re-start program they cut after they introduced it the first time

The Sask. Party government has introduced a bill to re-start the Active Family Benefit, a program they themselves cut in 2016 – hurting families with kids in sports, music or other recreational programs.

The Sask. Party government wants credit for taking money from your pocket - then giving you a bit of it back.

Saskatchewan families deserve better.

Meili joins COVID-19 survivor Matthew Cardinal to call for action to protect front-line workers

REGINA – Today Ryan Meili, Leader of the Official Opposition, joined COVID-19 survivor and front-line worker Matthew Cardinal to urge the government to take needed steps now to protect front-line workers from the third wave of COVID-19, and also to look forward to the supports that will be needed in mental health and other supports as we come out of the pandemic.

Meili: New week is a new opportunity for Premier to change course and fight COVID, save jobs

REGINA - As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili called on the Premier to take the opportunity of a new week to change course and take real action to get control of the pandemic in Saskatchewan.