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By Cam Lee

Spring session over

MLA Chris Beaudry discusses spring session, plans for summer

May 16, 2025 | 3:20 PM

The Spring Session of the Legislature has wrapped up, and the MLA for Kelvington-Wadena is weighing in with his thoughts.

The SaskParty’s Chris Beaudry told northeastNOW he believes the economy will benefit from the Low Productivity and Re-activation Oil Well Program. He said he has a family with a background in oil and gas and thinks the program will help boost productivity in that field.

“It’s going to create and help sustain a lot of jobs in our oil industry in the province,” maintains Beaudry. “It’s going to build the economy and drive the economy; it’s one of our top-grossing industries in our province.”

Beaudry also touted the government’s policy to double the post-secondary credit so students can receive up to $24,000 back.

“To me, that is such a commitment by the government to the young adults in our province to stay here, to work here, and to be a part of Saskatchewan today and into the future.”

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The MLA also talked up the government’s record, saying the province has the best job creation record in Canada, the lowest unemployment rate, the strongest wholesale sales growth in the country, and the province remains among the most affordable.

“The only balanced budget in Canada, which gives us the strongest borrowing power, and the only completely carbon tax-free province in Canada now.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, the provincial opposition isn’t painting as rosy a picture regarding the SaskParty government’s recent record. The NDP’s effort to table an anti-separation bill was quickly halted by Premier Scott Moe, as the proposal died when the session ended. The bill would have seen the threshold of a separation vote raised from 15 per cent signing a petition to 30 per cent.

The NDP has also been critical of the government’s budget, saying it didn’t take into account potential tariffs from the United States, and they have often cited troubling issues in health care, including ER closures in several communities, including Tisdale.

With the spring session in the rearview mirror, Beaudry said his schedule remains very full with rodeos, fairs, and other events in the future as summer approaches. However, he wanted constituents to know he will do his best to speak with anyone with questions or concerns should they not want to talk in a crowded setting.

“I’m going to be out there, and I want to run into people as much as I can.”

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Cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com