REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck and Affordability Critic Trent Wotherspoon called on Scott Moe’s Sask. Party government to let children, families and some of our most vulnerable benefit from the affordability rebate by making kids eligible and tying it to both tax and health records.
“It’s simply not fair that a couple without kids gets a bigger relief cheque than a single parent of three,” said Beck. “We’ve been calling for affordability relief since March, and this measure is welcome, but the government should make kids and families eligible for the program while there’s still time.”
Since March, the Government of Saskatchewan has benefited from windfall resources revenues of over $2 billion that have only grown.
“Four in ten Saskatchewan food bank visitors are children and one in four Saskatchewan kids are living in poverty, a figure well-above the national average,” said Wotherspoon. “Cash-strapped families need all the help they can get after Scott Moe’s Sask. Party hiked power and energy bills just in time for winter.”
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Poor working conditions, favouritism, $300K travel nurse pay at issue
REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition released a letter signed by 49 emergency room nurses in Saskatoon. The letter slams the Sask. Party government for failing to support Saskatchewan nurses and curb the province’s reliance on expensive out-of-province travel nurses.
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Critic for First Nations and Métis Relations Betty Nippi-Albright hosted a Day of Action with Indigenous leaders from Nekaneet First Nation, Yellow Quill First Nation, Waterhen Lake First Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Carry The Kettle First Nation, Key First Nation and the residential school support team from Yorkton Tribal Council. Together, they continue to draw attention to the Sask. Party government’s disregard for the Duty to Consult process.
MOOSE JAW - Today, the Official Opposition stood with Taylor Enns, president of the Moose Jaw Firefighters Association, and Brayden Dutchak, the son of a cancer survivor. Together, they called on the Sask. Party government to reopen Saskatchewan’s only hyperbaric chamber.
Records show former Sask. Party Finance Minister lobbied for Calgary surgery scheme on behalf of a major Sask. Party donor
REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition grilled the Premier and his Minister of Health after the Minister misled the public, claiming that he had not been lobbied by a former Sask. Party MLA when Saskatchewan's official lobbyist logs show the exact opposite.