Beaudry sees Saskatchewan’s ‘certainty’ a rallying point for Tuesday’s Throne Speech

“Saskatchewan offers a level of certainty to industry, to the people of Saskatchewan, and to the rest of the world,” Beaudry said. “That’s my biggest takeaway from [Tuesday’s speech].”

Premier Scott Moe said in the throne speech news release that the province is working hard to attract new investment and expand trade markets across the world, which would create jobs and opportunities here at home.

“Right now in Saskatchewan, there are more than 60 major projects underway worth more than $100 billion,” Moe said. “That is unlike anything that has happened in our province’s history and unlike anything that is happening anywhere else in Canada.

The province also touted improving health care and elder care, including The Safer Homes for Seniors Act, which they claimed will provide greater oversight, accountability, and transparency in personal care homes. Beaudry said initiatives that boost health care, social services, and education should always be at the top of the list, and for him that doesn’t get funded unless the province has a strong resource sector.

“Unless we’re attracting capital, extending the life of certain projects and creating new projects, and right now I don’t think there’s a place in the world that’s doing that better than us,” said Beaudry.

He cited $15 billion being deployed over the next seven to 10 years in the province’s northwest in the heavy oil sector.

Beaudry said his colleagues were excited to be back in Regina for the fall session, and he expects to see changes coming from the government that the province’s residents want. He reminded Kelvington-Wadena constituents that they can reach out to him any time, even while he’s in Regina during the fall session.

The provincial opposition was not as enamored with the Throne Speech.

The NDP said in their post-speech release that Saskatchewan has the worst access to a family doctor, the highest rate of child poverty, and an education system that isn’t providing the education kids need or deserve.

NDP leader Carla Beck said she saw nothing in Tuesday’s speech that addressed those problems, and the SaskParty government continues to rack up debt.

“This speech reads like a government that has been in power for far too long,” Beck said. “They’re entitled, arrogant, and out of touch. We deserve so much better.”

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cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com

by Cam Lee

Beaudry sees Saskatchewan’s ‘certainty’ a rallying point for Tuesday’s Throne Speech

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