Question Period

Health care recruitment was back in the spotlight at the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday as a delegation from Duck Lake raised concerns about their struggles attracting doctors.  The delegation of community leaders, which included Duck Lake Goodwill Manor Chair Ray Gauthier and Beardy’s & Okemasis’ Cree Nation Chief Edwin Ananas, stood alongside NDP leader Carla Beck […]

As the proposed Bunge-Viterra merger makes it way through the regulatory approval process of the Competition Bureau, it was a featured topic of debate in the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday. It surfaced in Question Period when NDP Ag Critic Trent Wotherspoon accused the SaskParty government of being silent over the file. Wotherspoon says he asked Agriculture […]

REGINA – Opposition leader Carla Beck is back in Regina after being in the nation’s capital Ottawa last week. Beck was there to attend the Canadian Council of the Canadian Labour Conference meetings. But the governing Sask Party have tried to make political hay out of Beck’s attendance in recent days by portraying the Saskatchewan NDP as propping […]

 It was a heated exchange in the Legislative Assembly to close off the week Thursday, as once again Opposition New Democrats zeroed in on the lobbying efforts of former Sask Party Finance Minister-turned-lobbyist Kevin Doherty. The Opposition had been hurling questions at the government in recent days over the $6 million sole-source contract for private […]

The need for a wetland conservation policy in Saskatchewan was a key topic covered in Question Period yesterday (Wed). The NDP critic for Environment, SaskWater, and the Water Security Agency Erika Ritchie says Saskatchewan is the only province without such a policy. “More than a dozen people are here today calling on this government to […]

The Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital is overcapacity, and opposition leader Ryan Meili wants to know what the government’s plan will be. According to a letter the New Democrats shared to hospital staff, pediatric inpatient is at 108 per cent capacity with four admissions waiting in the emergency, while the pediatric ICU is at 125 per […]

Monday’s Question Period was the first opportunity for the provincial opposition to inquire the provincial government about the departure of Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. The resignation was announced last Thursday with many questions still left unanswered, which led to a back and forth discussion between the Premier and the leader of the opposition. […]

Health care services being disrupted by staff shortages in rural communities in the province was discussed during Thursday’s question period. The provincial opposition says the staffing problem has been an issue for years in rural Saskatchewan but has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Rural Health Everrett Hindley says the province is […]

With the majority of surgical staff being redeployed back to their original positions after helping out with overcrowded ICUs, the provincial opposition wondered how the provincial government would reduce the surgical backlog during Monday’s question period. Premier Scott Moe acknowledged that the surgical wait list has increased to over 35,000 in Saskatchewan. 93% of eligible […]

The future of the Extendicare facilities was discussed during Thursday’s Question Period at the Legislative assembly The SHA assumed the responsibilities as administrators for the long term care services at the five Extendicare facilities in the province earlier this year. Minister Responsible for Seniors Everett Hindley says the government is undergoing an evaluation process. “Our […]