CBC's Kendall Latimer tweets from question period on May 2
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I’m at QP this morning, filling in for @AHiddyCBC with 100 per cent less GIFs.by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:31:38 PM -
NDP Education Critic Carla Beck is up first. Can the Sask. Party promise there will not be job losses in the school system? Says more than 70 schools over capacity, divisions dipping into reserves. When will government make education the priority?by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:34:00 PM
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Gord Wyant responds, says school divisions responsible for their own spending, says government continues to make commitments and have conversations with school divisions. Says government is well aware of complex needs in the classrooms, says government’s goal to address those.by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:35:16 PM
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Beck notes school divisions can’t pay with conversations. Beck asks if government will restore funding that has been “snatched away” over the last three years. Wyant reiterates that +50M was given to school divisions. NDP says yeah, but how much did you take out previously?by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:37:40 PM
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Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon raises equalization, brings up how the Sask. Party previously dropped the lawsuit about equalization. Don Morgan says there are inequities in the equalization formula, says times have changed,royalties aren’t what they once were...by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:42:04 PM
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Wotherspoon again says Sask. Party threw in the towel years ago. Why won’t they step up and fight for Saskatchewan people? Don Morgan points out that NDP opposed Sask. Party going to court over the carbon tax, suggests NDP should thank the Sask. Party for pursuing that.by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:43:54 PM
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Up now is Mental Health and Addictions Critic Danielle Chartier. She says there is only one doctor left in Regina who can provide opioid assisted therapies. This physician is responsible for helping 700 patients.by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:45:00 PM
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Health Minister says SHA is taking this very seriously, says this caught them off guard (two physicians no longer practicing in Regina leaving only one.) Chartier says it is concerning that this one physician will be responsible for helping 700 patients and recruitment.by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:46:18 PM
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Reiter says her recruitment will help manage caseload, says pharmacists will help ease case load of less serious cases. Chartier says the consequences are dire, if patients can’t access timely care when it comes to opioid addictions.by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:47:39 PM
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Reiter responds and says the SHA has assured him they are looking at “all possible options.”by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:48:23 PM
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Ethics and Democracy Critic David Forbes brings up the issues in the northern village of Pinehouse. Asks for documents to be made public. Minister of Government Relations Warren Kaeding says Sask. Party will wait on the official report.by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:50:40 PM
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Forbes wants emails, text messages etc made public. Don Morgan says the concerns are legitimate, but says there is a process underway and they’ll wait until that process is complete.by Kendall P. Latimer via twitter 5/2/2019 4:52:35 PM