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IMPROVING HEALTH CARE IN SASKATCHEWAN
We are building new hospitals, recruiting more doctors, hiring more health care workers, performing more surgeries and keep prescription drug costs low.
With record investments in health as part of the 2023-24 Budget, we will continue to make the important investments in the services that matter most to residents across our province.
More doctors, more nurses and new urgent care centres.
SPRING SITTING OF THE LEGISLATURE COMPLETE
The spring sitting of the Legislature is now complete. Our government passed several bills that will continue our work,creating growth in our province. This spring, the Government of Saskatchewan passed The Saskatchewan First Act. This legislation amends the Constitution of Saskatchewan to clearly confirm our autonomy and assert the province's exclusive legislative jurisdiction over the exploration, development and management of non-renewable natural resources, forestry resources and the generation and production of electricity.
Our government announced Saskatchewan's plan for electricity generation to 2035 and beyond. This plan commits to achieving net-zero by 2050 with an energy mix that ensures reliable baseload power and affordable customer rates. This includes using existing natural gas plant assets to the end of life and working toward small modular reactors, while continuing to expand intermittent power sources, such as wind and solar.
This plan will ensure Saskatchewan's electrical generation is reliable, affordable, sustainable and achievable. Our government will not drive up SaskPower rates for Saskatchewan families to reach the federal government's arbitrary 2035 target.
As we move into the summer, you will see work continue on several projects laid out in this year's record $3.7 billion capital budget. These projects will ensure we have the schools, hospitals and highways our growing province needs.
Ground was recently broken on the new joint-use school in Moose Jaw. The new kindergarten – grade 12 school in Blaine Lake is on track to be finished by September of this year, and the kindergarten – grade 12 school in Carrot River will open in 2024. Expansions and renovations at Holy Rosary High School in Lloydminster, Lloydminster Comprehensive High School, John Paul II Collegiate in North Battleford, and Yorkton Regional High School will be completed by this fall. The replacement and consolidation of Argyle School and Ecole St. Pius X School in Regina will also be completed by this fall. In addition, work will begin this fiscal year on a new kindergarten – grade 12 school in Lanigan, new elementary schools in Regina and Saskatoon, and a new elementary school to replace Francis Cree Immersion School in Saskatoon.
Construction on our provincial highways is also in full swing; Travellers are reminded to keep an eye out for construction zones and slow down to ensure everyone's safety. Our government has plans to improve 1,000 kilometres (km) of highways this year, for a total of 4,600 km of highways improved over the last four years.
Investments in this year's budget will lay the foundation for further growth throughout the province. Now that the spring sitting of the Legislature is complete, I look forward to connecting with you around the constituency at events throughout the summer. Your thoughts, suggestions and feedback are valuable to me as we continue to build on Saskatchewan's growth.
MADE IN SASKATCHEWAN PLAN
The choice is clear.
Our government will stand up for Saskatchewan families and businesses with our made-in-Saskatchewan plan to ensure affordable and reliable power generation for decades to come.
This is a stark contrast to the federal government’s plan that would more than double power rates, damage our economy and jeopardize the reliably of our power systems.
In Saskatchewan, we will not increase power costs for our families and businesses to the point where they are completely unaffordable.
If that happened, we wouldn’t grow anything, we wouldn’t move anything, we wouldn’t go anywhere, and we would get cold in a hurry.
Instead of the federal government’s plan that would more than double power rates by 2035, we are choosing the Saskatchewan plan which will keep power rates affordable, and ensure a reliable power system while we continue to reduce emissions.
