A rally was held in Yorkton Tuesday afternoon, to lobby for a return of the Microbiology Lab at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat says it starts with training more professionals to fill the staff shortages that led to its closure. She says it’s been closed for too long. “They had […]
With the federal government expected to begin a 36-day election campaign on Sunday, the University of Regina’s political science professor Jim Farney is looking towards what will change coming up this time around. Farney says he has a hard time calling this a snap election due to the amount of talk about the potential election […]
NDP leader Ryan Meili and agriculture critic Trent Wotherspoon are touring Saskatchewan farms and ranchers devastated by the 2021 drought Wednesday. They are accompanied by NDP MLA’s Carla Beck and Betty Nippi-Albright. Wotherspoon says he wants to hear directly from producers and ranchers on what needs to be done to get through the drought. He […]
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the province to sign on to the national child care strategy. NDP Leader Ryan Meili says a child care plan is a jobs plan, and the more the province invests in increased spaces and jobs in the child care system, the more families can get back to work building […]
The Saskatchewan NDP believes the provincial government is holding back SaskTel. NDP critic Trent Wotherspoon says the Crown corporation is being held back by the dividend the Sask. Party is taking from it and keeping SaskTel from connecting people in rural and northern settings. He says he wants to see the province cut the dividend […]
Meara Conway and Aleana Young want to see residents enjoy large events safely this summer such as Saskatchewan Roughriders games at Mosaic Stadium. On Wednesday, the Regina NDP MLAs called on the Saskatchewan government to establish a system where proof of vaccination is required for people attending these types of events. Conway, the MLA for […]
The Saskatchewan NDP says everything needs to be done as a province and country to support residential school survivors and Indigenous communities that continue to experience generational trauma from the legacy of the residential school system. The statement was released on Thursday morning by the official opposition following the discovery of 751 unmarked graves at […]
Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili is calling on the province to provide incentives to address the slowing of first dose COVID-19 vaccine numbers. Meili says there needs to be added work and extra efforts to make that last mile, and get to herd immunity. “We see no concerted effort, as we’re seeing in other provinces, […]
The Saskatchewan New Democrats are pushing for Truth and Reconciliation for survivors of the former Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools in northern Saskatchewan. On Wednesday, NDP Leader Ryan Meili sent a letter to Premier Scott Moe calling on the provincial government to apologize for and take ownership of its role in “the damage caused […]
The Saskatchewan NDP has joined concerned rural residents in calling on the provincial government to fund ambulance vacancies leading to service disruptions in southeast Saskatchewan communities. Health Critic Vicki Mowat explained during a virtual NDP conference on Thursday shared that the Kipling area has been short a paramedic since January of this year due to […]
