For Immediate Release: May 14, 2025
Federal Election Campaign Used By Sask. Party Minister To Deflect Accusations Of Failure To Support Families, Childcare Operators
REGINA - With a new federal government named, and cabinet declared, the Saskatchewan NDP is demanding that the Sask. Party’s political games end and a deal is immediately signed to provide affordable childcare.
“The election’s over — it's time to sign the deal,” said Joan Pratchler, Shadow Minister for Early Years.
“We have heard excuse after excuse, but there's no reason to delay signing this deal and risk jobs, peace of mind, and affordable, high-quality and accessible childcare for so many families and their communities.”
Over the course of the last three months, Sask. Party Education Minister Everett Hindley has offered excuse after excuse for failing to sign an extension to the current childcare deal. Eleven other Canadian jurisdictions have signed onto the deal.
Childcare providers have been warning for months that parents and early childhood educators are growing increasingly anxious about the uncertainty and are at risk of closing their doors permanently.
“The deal needs to be signed, there's no other way I can say it,” Pratchler said. “If it’s not signed soon, centres across the province will begin to close. The trickle-down effect of even less childcare spaces in this province? Well, we simply don’t want to find out. It would be devastating to our economy, to our future.”
Pratchler said there is also a need for emergency funding for childcare centres on the verge of closing as a result of the stalled deal and she called for the development of an equitable formula so providers are never in a situation like this again.
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My thoughts are with the 117 workers and their families who will be impacted by this decision.
These are families being thrown into financial anxiety, because of the total mismanagement of Saskatchewan's forestry industry by Scott Moe and the Sask. Party.
From refusing to assist the forest sector when it comes to Donald Trump's tariffs, to allowing disease, insects, and wildfires to devastate forests and destroy investment, it’s clear that Scott Moe and the Sask. Party don't view our forests as assets worth managing.
Our team has made a number of calls to support the forest sector, including allowing dues free salvage of the burned areas to aid reforestation, to focusing on replanting to show a commitment to growth.
Carla Beck’s team has listened to the industry and community stakeholders for the forest sector, and are working to support them to protect the good jobs and communities that rely on them.
The Sask. Party has failed the forest sector, workers and communities for nearly two decades, and now 117 workers in Prince Albert are facing the consequences.
It’s time for change.
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Scott Moe’s Sask. Party Breaks Promise Of Childcare Access For Families
SASKATOON – Carla Beck's team is calling on Scott Moe to explain why prospective childcare providers are being denied licenses after receiving letters stating that the government believes there is "no need" for additional childcare spaces — even as families across the province remain on waitlists for months and, in many cases, years.
Summer Tour Comes As Part Of Ongoing Your Care, Your Say Project
BALGONIE – Carla Beck's team will be hitting the road this summer to talk to people in dozens of rural Saskatchewan communities about the need to deliver big, bold change in healthcare to keep hospital emergency rooms open — and to, at least, provide lifesaving information when they’re closed.