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Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

Affordability

Childcare

Speed up work to provide $10/day childcare in every community

"And to further ease costs for young families, the Saskatche- wan NDP will accelerate $10-a-day childcare in every com- munity. There are billions of dollars in federal funding avail- able to make affordable childcare a reality, but the Sask. Party has stalled this program and failed to deliver on thousands of promised childcare spaces. Affordable childcare is good for families and good for the economy." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Food and groceries

Provide a school lunch programme in every public and separate school

"We will further help lower food costs for families with a school nutrition program. We know kids learn better on a full stomach — our program will be available to every public and separate school in the province, providing them with a nutritious breakfast or lunch each and every school day." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Remove PST on groceries

"But we’re not stopping there. We’ll cut the PST Scott Moe put on groceries, saving Saskatchewan people $150 million on their grocery bills over the course of our first term in government." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Poverty and the minimum wage

Consult with stakeholders on a plan to increase the minimum wage

"Ensure workers are safe and treated fairly, and consult with stakeholders on a plan to increase the minimum wage so that Saskatchewan’s will no longer be the lowest in the country." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Reverse changes to the Income Support programme and restore the direct payment of rent and utilities

Tax measures and rebates

Suspend the gas tax for six months

"We will immediately suspend the gas tax on Day 1 of govern- ment and keep it off for six months. This will save you money every time you fill up your tank." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Remove PST on groceries

"But we’re not stopping there. We’ll cut the PST Scott Moe put on groceries, saving Saskatchewan people $150 million on their grocery bills over the course of our first term in government." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Remove PST on children's clothing before Christmas

"Remove the PST from children’s clothing to save families money in time for Christmas." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Climate Change & the Environment

Climate adaptation

Develop a comprehensive wildfire strategy

"Better prevent wildfires and protect communities through development of a comprehensive wildfire strategy in collaboration with Northern partners." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Conservation

Develop a comprehensive wetlands conservation policy
Invest in protecting biodiversity, wetlands, and native prairie grasslands

"Work with conservation groups to invest in protecting biodiversity, wetlands and native prairie grasslands." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Green construction and retrofits

Invest in rapidly building out renewable power and energy efficiency retrofits

"Invest dollars through climate initiatives into rapidly building out renewable power, energy efficiency retrofits, and lower energy costs for families." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Power generation

Invest in rapidly building out renewable power and energy efficiency retrofits

"Invest dollars through climate initiatives into rapidly building out renewable power, energy efficiency retrofits, and lower energy costs for families." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Develop a carbon offset programme for ranchers to protect grasslands and wetlands with federal government support

"Recognize the role ranchers play in protecting grasslands and wetlands by developing a carbon offset program and ensuring the federal government supports it." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Education

K-12 funding

Invest an additional $2B in education in the first term
Increase funding for English as an Additional Language supports in schools

"Increase funding for English as an Additional Language supports in schools to help the children of newcomers succeed." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Ensure First Nations and Métis people have access to education in Northern Saskatchewan

"Work with partners to ensure First Nations and Métis people have access to education in Northern Saskatchewan." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

K-12 learning needs

Increase funding to support students with learning disabilities

K-12 staffing

Reverse cuts to classrooms
Hire hundreds more teachers and education workers

"Reverse Scott Moe’s cuts to classrooms and hire more teachers and education workers to ensure every child has the attention and support they need." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

"Carla Beck and the Saskatchewan NDP will transform our education system by investing an additional $2 billion in education over our first term. Our commitment to educa- tion will lead to the hiring of hundreds of new teachers, educational assistants and other school support staff." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

School construction and upgrades

Build a new elementary school in Moose Jaw to replace St. Michael School

"A new elementary school in Moose Jaw to replace St. Michael School, construction to begin in 2025" — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Build a new high school in Emerald Park/White City

"A new high school in Emerald Park/White City, construction to begin in 2025" — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Build a new high school in Buffalo Narrows

"A new high school in Buffalo Narrows, construction to begin in 2026" — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Build a new school in Sandy Bay

"A new school in Sandy Bay, construction to begin in 2028" — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Build the new southeast joint-use elementary school and east side Saskatoon high school faster
  1. "Faster construction of a new southeast Regina joint-use elementary school, to begin in 2025,
  2. Faster construction of a new high school for the east side of Saskatoon, to start in 2026."

It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

School nutrition

Provide a school lunch programme in every public and separate school

"We will further help lower food costs for families with a school nutrition program. We know kids learn better on a full stomach — our program will be available to every public and separate school in the province, providing them with a nutritious breakfast or lunch each and every school day." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Trades

Increase funding for short-term training programmes for in-demand sectors

"Increase funding for short-term training programs to get more Saskatchewan people working quickly in in-demand sectors." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Healthcare

Emergency wait-times

Increase staffing to keep emergency rooms open
Reopen the emergency room in Saskatoon City Hospital 24/7

"Relieve pressure on Saskatoon emergency rooms, reduce wait times and improve healthcare by reopening the emergency room in Saskatoon City Hospital 24/7." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Update the Ambulance Act to reduce the time paramedics spend in waiting rooms

"Help paramedics to get out of waiting rooms and back on the road through modernizing the Ambulance Act." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Create a public, online dashboard to track unplanned emergency room closures

"Share information with Saskatchewan people when there are unplanned emergency room closures by launching an online dashboard." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Family doctors and primary care

Create an online list of family doctors accepting new patients

"Establish an online list of family doctors accepting new patients and improve access to primary care and nurse practitioners." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Health administration

Invest in Community Health Advisory networks so local communities are involved in healthcare decision-making

"Invest in Community Health Advisory Networks so local communities will be heard in healthcare decision-making." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Health staffing

Hire more doctors, nurses, paramedics, and healthcare professionals

"Hire more doctors, nurses, paramedics and healthcare professionals to work on the front lines and at the bedside." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Train more healthcare workers in Saskatchewan, with a focus on hard-to-recruit positions

"Bring in a Grow Your Own Strategy to train more healthcare workers here in Saskatchewan to work in Saskatchewan – with a focus on hard-to-recruit positions." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Create more permanent, full-time healthcare positions, and phase out contract positions

"Create more permanent full-time healthcare positions to ensure frontline workers can stay in their communities and phase out Scott Moe’s costly contract positions." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

"Retain the healthcare workers already on the frontlines by treating them with respect and ensuring they have the tools they need to do their jobs." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

End "the culture of fear and reprisals" in Saskatchewan healthcare

"Respect healthcare workers and ensure they are valued by bringing in a different approach than the Sask. Party and ending the culture of fear and reprisals." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Create a Health Human Resources Roundtable

"Create a Health Human Resources Roundtable to bring together all key players to assess the current workforce and plan for the future." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Launch a nursing taskforce

"Launch the nursing taskforce that the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses has been calling for for more than two years." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Long-term care

Reduce long-term care wait times
Restore and expand supports and services to keep seniors in their homes longer

"Reduce long-term care wait times and restore and expand supports and services to keep seniors in their homes longer, including those living with disabilities and other physical impairments." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Mental health

Increase access to counselling

"Increase access to mental health supports, addictions support, including counselling, prevention and early intervention services." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Enrol more people in the Rapid Access Counselling programme

Prescription drugs and pharmacare

Sign onto the federal government's plan to cover insulin and contraceptives

"Reduce prescription costs by signing on to the federal government’s plan to cover insulin and contraceptives." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Procedures and diagnostics

Invest in diagnostic equipment in the public system

"Provide people with timely access to life-saving tests and scans by investing in diagnostic equipment in the public system, including MRIs, mammograms, and CT scans." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Hire more staff and increase the hours of operation for surgeries

"Increase the number of surgeries in the public system by hiring more staff and increasing the hours of operation." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Reopen the Moose Jaw Hyperbaric Chamber

"Help firefighters, burn victims and cancer patients get treatment by reopening the Moose Jaw Hyperbaric Chamber." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Seniors

Restore and expand supports and services to keep seniors in their homes longer

"Reduce long-term care wait times and restore and expand supports and services to keep seniors in their homes longer, including those living with disabilities and other physical impairments." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Establish an independent Seniors' Advocate
Enact a Seniors' Bill of Rights

Sexual and reproductive health

Fund one round of IVF

"Fund one round of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment for families looking to grow." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Housing & Homelessness

Public housing

Make very vacant government-owned housing unit available for families within four years

Rental housing

Limit how often and by how much landlords can increase rents

"Pass a Landlord and Tenant Rent Protection Act to protect renters, help them keep a roof over their heads and limit how often and how much rents can increase." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Reverse changes to the Income Support programme and restore the direct payment of rent and utilities

Jobs, Businesses, & Labour

Agriculture

Investigate and crack down on illegal foreign ownership of farmland
Create a farmland registry

"Investigate and crack down on illegal foreign ownership of farmland and increase transparency by establishing a registry." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Improve livestock business risk management programmes

"Work to improve livestock business risk management programs to ensure fairness, protection, and flexibility for producers." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Support developing a larger local meat processing industry

Economic growth

Prioritise Saskatchewan workers and companies to build and maintain public infrastructure projects

"Implement a Hire Saskatchewan plan and prioritize Saskatchewan workers and companies to build and maintain public infrastructure projects." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Provide a PST rebate on construction costs for facilities that process provincial resources inside the province

"Introduce a new Saskatchewan Economic Growth Incentive Program that will improve on the existing tax incentives and provide a PST rebate on construction costs for facilities that process our resources at home, creating good jobs." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Set up a roundtable with employers and workers to address labour force challenges

"Establish a business roundtable with employers and workers across all sectors to address labour force challenges and build a strong and diversified economy." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Internet and cell service

Expand internet access and cell service and develop a Broadband Infrastructure Strategy

"Expand access to the internet and develop a Broadband Infrastructure Strategy as recommended by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities and Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Poverty and the minimum wage

Consult with stakeholders on a plan to increase the minimum wage

"Ensure workers are safe and treated fairly, and consult with stakeholders on a plan to increase the minimum wage so that Saskatchewan’s will no longer be the lowest in the country." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Reverse changes to the Income Support programme and restore the direct payment of rent and utilities

Startups and small businesses

Freeze the small business tax at 1%
Provide PST rebates on major retrofits and renovations of small businesses and downtown offices

"Revitalize and improve safety in the downtowns and Main Streets of our cities and towns across the province with PST rebates on major retrofits and renovations to help small businesses and offices keep their doors open in the designated core areas of our communities." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Trades

Increase funding for short-term training programmes for in-demand sectors

"Increase funding for short-term training programs to get more Saskatchewan people working quickly in in-demand sectors." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Society & Government

Budgets

Reach a budget surplus in four years

"Saskatchewan does not have a revenue problem. Saskatchewan has a money management program. The Saskatchewan NDP fiscal plan has a cumulative cost of $3.65 billion in spending over the next four years. The added spending is within the anticipated growth in revenues and will result in a surplus budget in the fourth year of the term." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Ethical government

Strengthen legislation on lobbying, MLA conflict of interest, and freedom of information

"Strengthen legislation on lobbying, MLA conflict of interest, and freedom of information to increase transparency." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Ban corporate, union, and out-of-province political donations

"Get big money out of politics by banning corporate, union, and out-of-province donations." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Create a commission to review projects like the Sunrise Motel, the AIMS system, the Global Transportation Hub, and the Regina Bypass

"Investigate Sask. Party corruption and mismanagement with an accountability commission to review projects like the Sunrise Motel, the AIMS system, the Global Transportation Hub, and the Regina Bypass." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Immigration

Restore the family class within the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program
Speed up approval of credentials for those trained abroad
Increase funding for English as an Additional Language supports in schools

"Increase funding for English as an Additional Language supports in schools to help the children of newcomers succeed." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Indigenous reconciliation

Implement the Calls to Action in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report that are in provincial jurisdiction

"Work with First Nations and Métis leaders towards implementing the Calls to Action and Calls to Justice in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women final reports that are within Saskatchewan’s jurisdiction." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Enshrine the Duty to Consult into law
Restore a physical government presence in Northern Saskatchewan

"Ensure Northern Saskatchewan residents are full partners in building and growing our province, and restore a physical presence for government in the North so that their voices can be heard." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Work on a recruitment and retention plan with targeted measures to get more Indigenous people working in healthcare

"Work with First Nations and Métis communities and leaders on a recruitment and retention plan with targeted measures and indicators to get more Indigenous people working in healthcare – especially in Northern Saskatchewan." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Apologise for the provincial government's role in the Timber Lake and Île-à-la-Crosse residential schools, and provide meaningful supports

"Apologize for the provincial government’s role in the Timber Bay and Île-à-la-Crosse residential schools and work with the remaining survivors to provide meaningful supports." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Honour Treaty and Inherent rights of all First Nations and Métis people

"Honour the Treaty and Inherent rights of all First Nations and Métis people in Saskatchewan." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Indigenous women, girls, and 2-spirited people

Implement the Calls to Justice in the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls's final report in provincial jurisdiction

"Work with First Nations and Métis leaders towards implementing the Calls to Action and Calls to Justice in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women final reports that are within Saskatchewan’s jurisdiction." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

People with disabilities

Fulfill governmental responsibilities under the Accessibility Act

"We will fulfill the provincial government’s responsibilities to adhere to the Accessibility Act and support people in Saskatchewan’s disability community." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Public safety

Hire more than 200 additional officers

"We will work with police services to hire more than 200 additional officers." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Address root causes of crime

"Address the root causes of crime – like poverty and homelessness, mental health and addictions, lack of economic opportunity, trauma, social connection – to increase well-being and safety in Saskatchewan communities." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Increase funding to police forces and addictions services over four years

"Increase funding to established Saskatchewan police forces and mental health and addictions services over four years." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Cancel development of a Marshals Service and redirect funding to frontline policing

"Scrap the Sask. Party’s Marshals Service — which doesn’t put boots on the ground until 2026 — and redirect those dollars to frontline policing." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Offer a rebate programme for security equipment for homes, small businesses, and places of worship

"Bolster physical security for homes, places of worship and small businesses by offering a rebate program for security equipment, such as cameras and lights." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Develop an intimate partner violence action plan

"Develop an intimate partner violence action plan, working with those on the front lines." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Create a Missing Persons office to provide information and support to families of missing persons

"Establish a Missing Persons office to provide information and support to families whose loved ones are missing." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Create an Unexplained Wealth Taskforce to target organised crime and drug traffickers

"Crack down on organized crime and drug traffickers with an Unexplained Wealth Taskforce." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20

Sports and recreation

Create a grant programme that groups can apply to for funding community rinks, halls and other facilities

"Revitalize Saskatchewan communities with a grant program that groups can apply to for funding for community rinks, halls, and other facilities." — It’s Time for Change, retrieved 2024-10-20



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