SINCE SCOTT MOE BECAME PREMIER, EMS CALLS FOR DRUG OVERDOSES HAVE RISEN NEARLY 800 PER CENT

Carla Beck’s Team Stands With Firefighters In Calling For Emergency Supports
SASKATOON – Shocking new federal data backs up widespread claims from emergency responders on the frontlines of Saskatchewan’s drug crisis that they are being overrun.

Statistics Canada figures released during an Ottawa news conference earlier this week lay out that drug deaths have declined nationwide; however, the Saskatchewan-specific data shows a massive increase in emergency calls related to drug overdoses.

In 2018, the year Scott Moe became Premier, there were 196 reported EMS responses to suspected opioid-related overdoses. Last year, that figure shot up to more than 1,700.

“That’s a nearly 800 per cent increase since Moe took office — but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. As we know our major cities are reporting hundreds of overdoses each month this year, including 680 incidents in Saskatoon alone in April,”

said Leroy Laliberte, Shadow Minister for Mental Health & Addictions. “People are overdosing on our streets at an unprecedented rate and frontline workers, despite doing more than is reasonable, can’t keep up.”

Laliberte and Labour Shadow Minister Nathaniel Teed joined frontline firefighters for a Saskatoon news conference on the drug crisis. Wednesday.

“We have called for action for years and the Sask. Party hasn’t done a thing," said Teed. "Instead of adding supports to the frontlines in Saskatoon, they’ve shuttered agencies and cutoff critically needed frontline healthcare workers from being able to do their jobs.

“The workers that are on the frontlines are burning out.

“Where is the plan to recruit more healthcare workers?

“Where are the supports for those taking on so much?

“Workers are desperate and begging for a plan while Scott Moe makes plans for his summer vacation — this a sorry excuse for leadership.”

Saskatchewan also saw the highest rate of emergency room visits among all Canadian provinces tracking such data.

“Our hospitals are overrun,” Laliberte said. “We’ve got people left for days in the hallways or reception areas — and so much of this is avoidable if we had a government actually investing in frontline supports.

“People are suffering and dying while Scott Moe sits on his hands. They’ve had 20 years to address this issue and it’s worse than ever.

“It’s time for Moe and his Ministers to go. It’s time for a real plan to address the drug crisis. It’s time for change.”

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