The final results are in and the Sask. Party drove up the debt $2.3 billion dollars and, though they have been frantically searching for excuses, all they have to show for it is a growing record of mismanagement, scandal, and waste.
“The Sask. Party will say times were tough, but their predictions were off by nearly a billion dollars - that's a one with nine zeros,” said NDP Finance critic Cathy Sproule. “The Sask. Party are doubling the entire provincial debt in just five years at the same time as they are forcing Saskatchewan families and businesses to pay the price for the Sask. Party’s mismanagement, scandal and waste with their callous cuts, unfair tax hikes, and reckless sell-offs.”
The year-end financial documents were released today and show that the Sask. Party piled on the debt, grew the debt-to-GDP ratio, and let the deficit climb to $914 million more than what the Sask. Party originally budgeted. Net debt per person in Saskatchewan has also more than doubled in the past three years, up from $4,100 per person in 2014 to $8,800 per person in 2017.
“The Sask. Party is so desperate to cover up their mismanagement, scandal, and waste their putting their partisan interests ahead of the best interests of Saskatchewan people,” Sproule said. “The Sask. Party needs to stop their schemes to sell off our crowns, and start taking some responsibility for the financial mess that they created.”
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.
Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital short 15 pediatric specialists
REGINA - Today, the Official Opposition and concerned parents sounded the alarm on Premier Scott Moe’s failing healthcare staffing plan. The Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital is short at least 15 pediatric specialists, forcing families to travel to Toronto for basic care.
REGINA - According to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Saskatchewan people face the longest average wait times in Canada for knee and hip procedures for the fifth consecutive year.
Scott Moe retains the worst jobs record in all of Canada since he took office in 2018
REGINA - The latest Statistics Canada report shows that, after six years in office, Premier Scott Moe still has the worst jobs record in all of Canada as the province loses 6,000 jobs, all of them full-time, in March.