Saskatchewan NDP continues focus on health care in election campaign

The Saskatchewan NDP appears to be continuing its focus on health-care issues during the provincial election campaign, with party candidates set to hold press conferences today outside hospitals in three communities.

The party has press conferences scheduled outside hospitals in Yorkton, Rosthern and Melville.

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The NDP has been pressing the Saskatchewan Party since the election campaign began last week over the state of the province’s health-care system, including staffing shortages, long wait times and overcapacity hospitals.

NDP Leader Carla Beck promised on Tuesday that if elected on Oct. 28, her government would spend more than $1 billion on health care in a plan that would aim to reduce wait times for treatment by focusing on hiring, training, recruiting and retaining workers.

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has said his government’s health-care plan that was announced two years ago is working and more than 1,300 recent nursing graduates have been hired, though he has acknowledged more work is needed.

Moe and Beck are both set to be in Saskatoon today for campaign events.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 9, 2024.

The Canadian Press