SaskParty and NDP leaders campaigning in Moose Jaw on Saturday

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck promised to improve health care and build a new school as both she and Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe campaigned in Moose Jaw on Saturday.

Beck was joined during her appearance by former premier Lorne Calvert, and she pledged an NDP government would construct a new elementary school next year to replace an older one in the city.

Calvert previously represented Moose Jaw in the legislature and was premier the last time the NDP held government, losing in 2007 to the Saskatchewan Party who have held power ever since.

Moe reiterated his party’s plans to make life more affordable while he campaigned in Moose Jaw on Saturday.

In a news release, the Saskatchewan Party said Moe capped off the first week of the campaign with a summary of policies he’s announced so far, including a pledge for relief on personal income tax rates and a promise to increase the Graduate Retention Program benefit.

Election day is Oct. 28.

“Making life more affordable for Saskatchewan people — that’s an important part of our plan for a strong economy and a bright future,” Moe said in the party’s news release, while chiding the NDP for past support of the federal carbon tax.

The NDP, meanwhile, scolded Moe in a news release earlier Saturday, saying the Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital in Moose Jaw has seen many days where basic radiography and laboratory services, as well as other services, were not available.

“Scott Moe and the Sask. Party need to answer for their failures on healthcare which has forced Moose Jaw families to be without the care they need,” the NDP stated in the release.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 5, 2024.

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