SASK. PARTY THRONE SPEECH SILENT ON EV TARIFFS AFTER PREMIER’S U-TURN

NO NEW IDEAS TO FIX COST OF LIVING, HEALTHCARE

REGINA – The Sask. Party Throne Speech is silent on one of the most significant issues facing the province — the tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles — after Premier Moe changed his position on the issue in mid-September and stopped calling for them to be removed.

“Our producers haven’t exported a single shipment of canola to China and the Premier is missing in action,” said Carla Beck, Saskatchewan NDP Leader.

“This is one of the most important issues facing our province, and the people of Saskatchewan deserve a fighter in their Premier, not a flip-flopper. We need to scrap the EV tariffs to save our canola industry. There’s no room to waffle on this issue.

“The legacy of this Premier will be closed canola crush plants, closed family farms, lost jobs, and families going broke.”

Despite Angus Reid consistently reporting that Saskatchewan people are the most stressed about money in Canada, the Sask. Party’s Throne Speech does not deliver any new cost-of-living measures, only reannouncing previous commitments. Provincial sales tax remains on groceries and children’s clothes and rent has increased in Saskatchewan for eight straight months.

“The Sask. Party wants people to believe that they've never had it so good,” said Beck. “If everything is so great, why are Saskatchewan people the most stressed about their finances? Why are hardworking people who are doing everything right choosing between heating their homes and putting food on the table?

“After losing nearly half of his party’s seats on election night, the Premier promised the people of Saskatchewan that things would change and that he’d do better. The cost of everything continues to rise and the Sask. Party has no new ideas to make life more affordable after 18 years in power.”

The Sask. Party Throne Speech, which also has nothing new to announce on healthcare, comes as rural emergency rooms across the province close their doors, and the province’s largest hospitals burst at the seams.

Approximately 450 healthcare workers put the Sask. Party on blast in an historic open letter yesterday concerning the deplorable working conditions at Royal University Hospital.

Horrifying images and accounts have emerged from that hospital in recent weeks of people laying in hallways for weeks and receiving devastating diagnoses and invasive medical procedures without any privacy.

“We need big, bold change to get our health system out of last place,” said Beck. “Saskatchewan used to lead the nation in healthcare and we need to get back to that. After 18 years, the Sask. Party broke healthcare and they can't be trusted to fix it.

“The people of Saskatchewan are looking for hope and a plan to build a bright future, not a government that denies the reality they’re facing day in and day out.”

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