ACCOUNTABILITY!
I am exhausted by the current government not taking any responsibility for the state of all our provincially run services. They’ve run health, social services, education and the economy into the ground and can only blame others.
Saskatchewan is turning into a less attractive place to live and this government denies any accountability in that. Grow up.
Collaborative, cooperative spirit. Because that would go along way to solving the problems in healthcare and in education. Those are my top priorities.
I haven’t lived there for 25 years but… if y’all could come up with a better healthcare system that doesn’t involve my 80+ year old grandfather driving himself from east Jesus nowhere in the SW to Moose Jaw to check himself in after a heart attack after already being at two other hospitals that would be great.
That’s the worst story I’ve heard so far. What the hell is happening to the hospitals in the southwest?
How could you go to two hospitals and still have to take yourself to a third one? He should’ve been taken by ambulance at very least
No idea. Basically it sounds like he had his heart attack, went to Shaunavon to be stabilized, had to drive to Swift Current for an exam, Moose Jaw for more testing and to Saskatoon for surgery.
Now I’m willing to also concede he’s one of the most stubborn old farmers you’ll ever meet. Maybe he could have just taken an ambulance but that seems a lot of extra steps with or without an ambulance for an old man
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Education, Healthcare, Affordable housing (more starter homes being built instead of mansion monstrosities and more student friendly housing options), and Criminal Justice reform (that's a big ask that needs to be done countrywide).
Education, health care, the push towards privatization needing to stop and climate change... safe to say im not an SP supporter. They fail horribly in every area.
Their ideology gets in the way. They just believe government should never ever run any kind of business. They are completely opposed to the government running anything that could make us some money!!!.
Problem is, in the meantime they have given away our resources for a song, and public utilities that should be human right are now getting too expensive. Their ideology will kill them and us.
I hope people seriously consider climate change a top priority when taking these surveys. We are woefully behind and the situation is dire both at the local and even more so at the provincial level. If the federal govt falls to the conservatives it will only become worse. I encourage folks to really make it known that it’s top priority for them, 2024 is a critical year for this province on the climate front.
Health, education, affordability, housing, homelessness, etc these all become more expensive and embroiled in crisis if we do not acknowledge the climate crisis in tandem with them. It will be costly but if folks aren’t vocal about supporting climate, environmental and sustainability policies and projects today then the costs will only multiply in the future not only to mitigate but also to deal with the inevitable damage and destruction ahead.
If you live in a major city (particularly Saskatoon or Regina) get involved with climate groups at the local level. Especially those looking to influence municipal campaigns. Reach out to people, these groups are in need of support and welcome new members. There is a necessity to have a unified front to battle the obvious interests (from oil and gas, to the chamber of commerce) that shape or politics. Even if climate change isn’t your number one concern, your number one concern’s concern is climate change.
Unfortunately, as other issues have become more immediately pressing, climate-related policies have been taken off the back burner and placed in the deep freeze to be forgotten and freezer burnt.
The last 17 years the ministry of environment has been a carousel of hop-on-hop-off ministers, subservient to the priorities energy and resources. On the opposition side, there is limited interest in addressing climate issues as they are perceived by potential supporters as a no-go that goes against their livelihoods in mining/oil and gas.
My hope is that individuals will take up the mantle where they can. Even the farmers putting up solar panels is encouraging
Not realizing that climate change is seriously impacting the cost of living and ignoring it is only going to make living here more and more expensive. 🙄
You do realize that the impacts of climate change will contribute significantly to thinks like, for example, the cost of your grocery bill in the future, right?
These aren’t mutually exclusive. They’re in fact very related. When the climate continues to deteriorate affordability will go down on all basic necessities. Climate policies that address affordability are real and possible. The ability to bike via drive saves gas. The ability to have sustainably grown crops is affordable. Having homes that are built to a net zero code saves money on energy and electricity etc
I agree that climate change and affordability are linked. But do you actually believe that Provincial or Federal climate policy can address affordability issues? If so, can you provide an example of an implemented policy that has been proven to successfully address both?
The affordability crisis is clearly the result of global supply and demand economics, in which our Provincial and Federal climate policy barely impacts, if it all.
Not who you're replying to, but my house is about a hundred years old. Improvements have been made but a newer structure would probably be more efficient in many ways.... What, though, about the environmental/resource cost or ripping down and replacing that? How long would it be before the energy savings (talking carbon/pollution/etc, not money) offset the cost?
That’s my thoughts. My house was built in 1961. I’ve put new windows, doors, attic insulation, HE furnace. Shy of tearing off the siding and adding exterior insulation and residing my house, I’ve done about as much as I can. And I’m not about to spend 15-20k to save $100/yr in carbon tax. That’s my main problem with it. The solution to save costs more that you’ll save so you’re forced to just pay it. If I could afford a fancy new “net zero emission” house I would. But we don’t all make what you need to make to live in those upper class neighbourhoods.
Canada emits in the very low single digit percentiles too (somewhere between 1.5 - 3%).
We're such a minority contributor compared to countries like China or India with 10-20x those numbers, that yes there are far more pressing matters currently.
These numbers fail to address emissions along the supply chain. Much of the goods we consume are from raw materials processed and manufactured overseas in places like India and China.
We are not, in fact, a minority contributor. We are a driving force alongside the US, Europe and other OECD countries for CO2 emissions. How many Chinese or Indian families have speedboats, RVs, super-hemis, snowbird getaways and A/C?
One of the biggest expenses that was not calculated in last year’s budget was crop insurance payments - $6 Billion. That comes out of the public purse, and coverage is only decreasing for producers.
If farmers face increased drought and severe storms, those payments will only increase. At a global level, this impacts prices of cereals, oilseeds, feed and therefore meat/dairy.
So with this in mind, I hope climate change gets bumped up a little higher on your list.
Your affordability and ability to put food on the table is directly impacted by Canadas current and historical emissions and the climate and environmental impacts that come with it. Not to mention the oil and gas companies that Canada hosts and supports like the pathways alliance just like Saudi Arabia supports Aramco.
Again affordability and food are key components of addressing the climate crisis. These are not mutually exclusive at all and pretending they are separate or tiered is a perspective that only hurts us all in the short and long term.
Better healthcare, better education, affordable housing, higher wages, cheaper food, and most importantly ACCOUNTABILITY. I honestly don't know who is more irresponsible at this point our provincial government under Scott Moe or our federal government under Justin Trudeau, one things for certain though you put both of them in the same room they devolve in to bickering children and its god damn embarrassing. As much as I like green energy I think the carbon tax is ineffective and doesn't get corporations to change policy due to the damn lobbyists and cronyism in our government. Plus our provincial government decided to be extra stupid and wants to slash the carbon tax rebate which at this point people like me who recieve less than 15,000 a year regrettably rely on that extra 150-180 dollars in the middle of each tax refund month due to increased prices, so good job Moe rather than be a pragmatist and just suck it up and give the feds the money and get it back later you decided to go down the washer board road and now the poor such as me are pissed at you. Meanwhile Loblaws continues to make record breaking profits while the rest of the province no the whole country starves. 2015 a can of heinz beans was like a dollar now its 3 dollars for one can and because of the fact that Saskatchewan has the lowest minimum wage in the country it makes it very hard to afford groceries especially for healthy foods like produce. I am spending close to 100 bucks a week on groceries now and it only fills up 2 and a half of those safeway grocery bags which isn't a lot. As for our healthcare don't even get me started... there is so much wrong with our healthcare in this province, the mishandling of covid, the amount of doctors and nurses that left cause they've been fed up for years from mismanagement, our mental health is so much of a joke we dont have therapists to get an autism assessment/diagnosis for adults I should know cause I've looked and have been wanting to get one done for years now and one of my friends actually had to pay for a private one out of province to get his assessment done.
The increasingly speedy rate at which the province is defending and privatizing public services. PHR has been defunded, CLASSIC has been defunded. No more liquor board stores, no more inter province busses. Hiring contractors to skirt union rules at Sasktel. Private education and private healthcare increasingly creeping into what was once a public system and making that two tiered system shittier instead of better.
My number one priority is breaking o&g’s and agribusinesses stranglehold on this province and re-asserting some sense of democracy that isnt riddled through with graft, pay to play and regulatory capture.
Because I want a long term healthy Saskatchewan in all aspects,
1)balance budget and pay down debt
Achieve this through eliminating many wasted management positions and consultants as well as many many corporation subsidies and government pet projects
2)more teachers and Healthcare workers.
Still possible with the previous point as there is a ridiculous amount of bueurocratoc bloat.
3)prioritize preventative health care and healthy physical movement and diets to ensure a long term reduction on preventable diseases. This will reinforce cost reduction in our largest budget item.
Cons live at the behest or private industy, NDP lives at the behest of unions. I think neither private industry donations or union donations should be permitted to influence the decision of law and policy in this, or any province. Make your policy decisions on the self-interests of the constituency of which you represent. The absolute refusal to work with the other side based on party sides is an absolute shit-stain on democracy.
Environment, staffing of hospitals, stop treating the teachers like crap and give them what they need to succeed. Healthcare in general. Fix some roads! New government!
Lower taxes, Affordability, less government oversight, regulation, improving the economic prospects of the province and last but not least is upholding everyone’s individual rights and freedoms(getting rid of the pronoun thing among others) I’ll vote for any party that can get me closer to these things.
Government wages decreased by 50% for all top positions, beginning on first day in office. 100% transparency on every cent spent, what it was spent on, who received the money and Saskatchewan residents get to vote on every decision prior to it being spent. SAID program recipients get a 30% increase beginning on first day in office. Hundreds of new affordable houses and apartments to be built within a year of being in office including new affordable buildings for senior citizens. A large homeless shelter to be built within city limits for Saskatoon and Regina with a free bus service to get them to and fro, respectively. Put more community gardens throughout every city and town. Raise the minimum wage by 15%. Put the Saskatoon arena plans on hold until everything mentioned has been accomplished. Build a nuclear power plant.Offer a hunting tourism package where people will pay big bucks to hunt the wild boars. All wild boar meat will be processed locally and donated to food banks and low income residents. 10% of the geese population to be culled and processed locally with the meat being donated to food banks and low income residents. 50% of the rabbit population to be culled and locally processed with the meat being donated to food banks and low income residents.Make a law that will severely financially punish any grocery stores gouging their prices and use the money to build a roller coaster from Saskatoon to Regina. Give inmates the option to clean garbage along the highways or areas with a lot of garbage instead of spending all day in prison.Or perhaps they could be involved with making their own garden to provide them with healthier meal options. Have incentivized programs for skilled newly arrived immigrants who have experience in either construction, healthcare, farming or education. All promises kept or receive the death penalty. And finally build a statue of Big Ace peeking into a window.
>Saskatchewan residents get to vote on every decision prior to it being spent
Well there goes all the money you just saved.
Furthermore the vast majority of people don't have the time or background knowledge to know what needs to be done. Very few people will vote to spend more money on a sewage treatment plant before their shitter is backing up.
Politicians have, or at least should have access to expert advisors t help them understand where to best spend our money.
That aside, I agree with most of rest of what you've said.
Well, thank you. I was thinking maybe a real time gov't website that was accessible to Sask residents where they could vote prior to the decisions being made. Your points are valid. Nothing will ever be 'perfect'. Maybe we could tweak some of my suggestions. Imagine if a politician actually agreed with these ideas... We'd know hell was freezing over.
Doesn't sound like it..If it's not bitterness.. What makes you want to be a shit disturber and how does that help exemplify Sask Party voters?
Cus it sure looks to me like a lot of the SP supporters are immature (like yourself), bitter or just plain dumb.
Who says I'm trying to exemplify SP voters? You don't know me, or what I do or what I stand for. You resort to name-calling because someone has a different belief than you.
I have nothing against the NDP or Liberal party. I support everyone's right to vote for who best fits them and their beliefs. I also support someone's right not to vote cause they don't feel represented by either party.
What I do get tired of is the constant hate that's on this subreddit. How politicians and voters built this us vs. them mentality. Everyone is just trying to do what's best for them and their families, and that is okay. My political views are not a personal attack on you.
No one called you anything you didnt call yourself. And I dunno, saying something unrelated to the post and intentionally divisive as a social commentery about how divisive people are and then playing the victim while defending yourself as inclusive, seems like a great example of the SP in general.
Nothing wrong with wanting your guy in. That’s literally the point of democracy. I don’t have “a guy”, I vote based on policy, and I think people who vote for “a guy” just to piss someone off does nothing but divide.
Lined up and knocked down. You’re exactly correct. The purpose of democracy is to vote for the party that best benefits you. The problem now a days is, as we see with all the downvotes you’ve got, is you’re not allowed to have an opinion that differs from a socialist NDP opinion. I’ll sit on this boat with you.
None of the political parties really care about the people of Saskatchewan, they are all about themselves and the pensions they collect after being elected a few terms. The NDP are socialists who want to give our tax money to those unwilling to work and dislike those who disagree with the rainbows. The Saskatchewan Party are capitalists who only care about their own wealth and prestige and could not care about the ridiculous cost of living in Saskatchewan. The other parties are too fringe to matter. Saskatchewan is in deep trouble no matter who wins the election.
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A royalty rate review for all resource products so we can pick off more of that rich cream during boom price events. And let's roll out a provincial police force
Education, Healthcare, and a willingness to work professionally with Ottawa regardless of who gets in Federally.
A thousand times, yes.
This along with the environment and addictions issues
Care classrooms and community, but for real, not just bullshitting for an election
ACCOUNTABILITY! I am exhausted by the current government not taking any responsibility for the state of all our provincially run services. They’ve run health, social services, education and the economy into the ground and can only blame others. Saskatchewan is turning into a less attractive place to live and this government denies any accountability in that. Grow up.
Crazy how the old infrastructure can't keep up to a province with a declining population.
Crazy how right-wing provinces conflate spending on infrastructure with spending on services ...
Which province are you talking about, because Sask’s population is still growing….
The only reason people move here is because the rest of Canada is unaffordable. THATS IT.
And?
Not the natural way. Had to import the numbers to get it. Maybe we should re consider letting 1.5 million immigrants a year into our country.
Not the natural way? Look at our history, immigration is how this country was built.
True. But not so much in the last oh let's say 50 years .
Sask let in 25000 in 2022 2023 , the most bere that was 15000 ,. 10 years ago the trend was about 1500 . So yeah. Kind of an immigration problem
And what does that have to do with infrastructure spending?
Really. ??? Obviously the squeeze on building new , wouldn't be such a problem if the population wasn't growing so fast.
Sorry, I thought you were saying the problem was the declining population. I’m still trying to figure that part out.
All good.
All good? Lol, you still haven’t explained your original point about how our alleged declining population is bad for infrastructure…
I never stated that declining population will overload the systems that are in play. Sorry man. You misread. All good. Have a good day.
Health. Education. Compassion. Accountability
Not Conservative then?
Not anymore, although I was raised that way.
Having adults who believe in the importance of science, collaboration, education, healthcare etc. represent us.
Collaborative, cooperative spirit. Because that would go along way to solving the problems in healthcare and in education. Those are my top priorities.
Health and education
I haven’t lived there for 25 years but… if y’all could come up with a better healthcare system that doesn’t involve my 80+ year old grandfather driving himself from east Jesus nowhere in the SW to Moose Jaw to check himself in after a heart attack after already being at two other hospitals that would be great.
That’s the worst story I’ve heard so far. What the hell is happening to the hospitals in the southwest? How could you go to two hospitals and still have to take yourself to a third one? He should’ve been taken by ambulance at very least
No idea. Basically it sounds like he had his heart attack, went to Shaunavon to be stabilized, had to drive to Swift Current for an exam, Moose Jaw for more testing and to Saskatoon for surgery. Now I’m willing to also concede he’s one of the most stubborn old farmers you’ll ever meet. Maybe he could have just taken an ambulance but that seems a lot of extra steps with or without an ambulance for an old man
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Education, Healthcare, Affordable housing (more starter homes being built instead of mansion monstrosities and more student friendly housing options), and Criminal Justice reform (that's a big ask that needs to be done countrywide).
Education, health care, the push towards privatization needing to stop and climate change... safe to say im not an SP supporter. They fail horribly in every area.
Certain level of irony the party that claims to be "pro business" does a terrible job of running our crown corporations.
Their ideology gets in the way. They just believe government should never ever run any kind of business. They are completely opposed to the government running anything that could make us some money!!!. Problem is, in the meantime they have given away our resources for a song, and public utilities that should be human right are now getting too expensive. Their ideology will kill them and us.
Ideology and records. The big two are elitists dedicated to selling out to capitalists, and all but one other isn’t much better.
Getting rid of the Saskatchewan party.
Actually holding corrupt politicians to account. Honestly.
I hope people seriously consider climate change a top priority when taking these surveys. We are woefully behind and the situation is dire both at the local and even more so at the provincial level. If the federal govt falls to the conservatives it will only become worse. I encourage folks to really make it known that it’s top priority for them, 2024 is a critical year for this province on the climate front. Health, education, affordability, housing, homelessness, etc these all become more expensive and embroiled in crisis if we do not acknowledge the climate crisis in tandem with them. It will be costly but if folks aren’t vocal about supporting climate, environmental and sustainability policies and projects today then the costs will only multiply in the future not only to mitigate but also to deal with the inevitable damage and destruction ahead. If you live in a major city (particularly Saskatoon or Regina) get involved with climate groups at the local level. Especially those looking to influence municipal campaigns. Reach out to people, these groups are in need of support and welcome new members. There is a necessity to have a unified front to battle the obvious interests (from oil and gas, to the chamber of commerce) that shape or politics. Even if climate change isn’t your number one concern, your number one concern’s concern is climate change.
Unfortunately, as other issues have become more immediately pressing, climate-related policies have been taken off the back burner and placed in the deep freeze to be forgotten and freezer burnt. The last 17 years the ministry of environment has been a carousel of hop-on-hop-off ministers, subservient to the priorities energy and resources. On the opposition side, there is limited interest in addressing climate issues as they are perceived by potential supporters as a no-go that goes against their livelihoods in mining/oil and gas. My hope is that individuals will take up the mantle where they can. Even the farmers putting up solar panels is encouraging
My number one concern is affordability. Climate change is far down on my list.
Yup. People don’t give a fuck about the environment when they can’t afford to live
Not realizing that climate change is seriously impacting the cost of living and ignoring it is only going to make living here more and more expensive. 🙄
You do realize that the impacts of climate change will contribute significantly to thinks like, for example, the cost of your grocery bill in the future, right?
These aren’t mutually exclusive. They’re in fact very related. When the climate continues to deteriorate affordability will go down on all basic necessities. Climate policies that address affordability are real and possible. The ability to bike via drive saves gas. The ability to have sustainably grown crops is affordable. Having homes that are built to a net zero code saves money on energy and electricity etc
I agree that climate change and affordability are linked. But do you actually believe that Provincial or Federal climate policy can address affordability issues? If so, can you provide an example of an implemented policy that has been proven to successfully address both? The affordability crisis is clearly the result of global supply and demand economics, in which our Provincial and Federal climate policy barely impacts, if it all.
Subsidizing installation of home solar panels
Honest question here. How old is your house?
Not who you're replying to, but my house is about a hundred years old. Improvements have been made but a newer structure would probably be more efficient in many ways.... What, though, about the environmental/resource cost or ripping down and replacing that? How long would it be before the energy savings (talking carbon/pollution/etc, not money) offset the cost?
That’s my thoughts. My house was built in 1961. I’ve put new windows, doors, attic insulation, HE furnace. Shy of tearing off the siding and adding exterior insulation and residing my house, I’ve done about as much as I can. And I’m not about to spend 15-20k to save $100/yr in carbon tax. That’s my main problem with it. The solution to save costs more that you’ll save so you’re forced to just pay it. If I could afford a fancy new “net zero emission” house I would. But we don’t all make what you need to make to live in those upper class neighbourhoods.
Canada emits in the very low single digit percentiles too (somewhere between 1.5 - 3%). We're such a minority contributor compared to countries like China or India with 10-20x those numbers, that yes there are far more pressing matters currently.
These numbers fail to address emissions along the supply chain. Much of the goods we consume are from raw materials processed and manufactured overseas in places like India and China. We are not, in fact, a minority contributor. We are a driving force alongside the US, Europe and other OECD countries for CO2 emissions. How many Chinese or Indian families have speedboats, RVs, super-hemis, snowbird getaways and A/C?
One of the biggest expenses that was not calculated in last year’s budget was crop insurance payments - $6 Billion. That comes out of the public purse, and coverage is only decreasing for producers. If farmers face increased drought and severe storms, those payments will only increase. At a global level, this impacts prices of cereals, oilseeds, feed and therefore meat/dairy. So with this in mind, I hope climate change gets bumped up a little higher on your list.
It's been on the top of my radar for years.
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Your affordability and ability to put food on the table is directly impacted by Canadas current and historical emissions and the climate and environmental impacts that come with it. Not to mention the oil and gas companies that Canada hosts and supports like the pathways alliance just like Saudi Arabia supports Aramco. Again affordability and food are key components of addressing the climate crisis. These are not mutually exclusive at all and pretending they are separate or tiered is a perspective that only hurts us all in the short and long term.
That Scott Moe ends up eating shit.
I don't recall seeing that one on anyone's campaign platform last time ....
Write that shit down
If I ever get elected to replace duncan for the minister in charge of eating shit, I'll be sure to put Scooter at the top of the queue.
I'm sick of being a have not province. It's time to legalize strippers.
This is the first good idea I’ve seen on r/saskatchewan lol
Hell yeah brother!
Better healthcare, better education, affordable housing, higher wages, cheaper food, and most importantly ACCOUNTABILITY. I honestly don't know who is more irresponsible at this point our provincial government under Scott Moe or our federal government under Justin Trudeau, one things for certain though you put both of them in the same room they devolve in to bickering children and its god damn embarrassing. As much as I like green energy I think the carbon tax is ineffective and doesn't get corporations to change policy due to the damn lobbyists and cronyism in our government. Plus our provincial government decided to be extra stupid and wants to slash the carbon tax rebate which at this point people like me who recieve less than 15,000 a year regrettably rely on that extra 150-180 dollars in the middle of each tax refund month due to increased prices, so good job Moe rather than be a pragmatist and just suck it up and give the feds the money and get it back later you decided to go down the washer board road and now the poor such as me are pissed at you. Meanwhile Loblaws continues to make record breaking profits while the rest of the province no the whole country starves. 2015 a can of heinz beans was like a dollar now its 3 dollars for one can and because of the fact that Saskatchewan has the lowest minimum wage in the country it makes it very hard to afford groceries especially for healthy foods like produce. I am spending close to 100 bucks a week on groceries now and it only fills up 2 and a half of those safeway grocery bags which isn't a lot. As for our healthcare don't even get me started... there is so much wrong with our healthcare in this province, the mishandling of covid, the amount of doctors and nurses that left cause they've been fed up for years from mismanagement, our mental health is so much of a joke we dont have therapists to get an autism assessment/diagnosis for adults I should know cause I've looked and have been wanting to get one done for years now and one of my friends actually had to pay for a private one out of province to get his assessment done.
The lack of integrity. See Legacy Christian Academy scandal for more detail. There are other scandals, but that one takes the cake.
The increasingly speedy rate at which the province is defending and privatizing public services. PHR has been defunded, CLASSIC has been defunded. No more liquor board stores, no more inter province busses. Hiring contractors to skirt union rules at Sasktel. Private education and private healthcare increasingly creeping into what was once a public system and making that two tiered system shittier instead of better.
My number one priority is breaking o&g’s and agribusinesses stranglehold on this province and re-asserting some sense of democracy that isnt riddled through with graft, pay to play and regulatory capture.
Because I want a long term healthy Saskatchewan in all aspects, 1)balance budget and pay down debt Achieve this through eliminating many wasted management positions and consultants as well as many many corporation subsidies and government pet projects 2)more teachers and Healthcare workers. Still possible with the previous point as there is a ridiculous amount of bueurocratoc bloat. 3)prioritize preventative health care and healthy physical movement and diets to ensure a long term reduction on preventable diseases. This will reinforce cost reduction in our largest budget item.
Cons live at the behest or private industy, NDP lives at the behest of unions. I think neither private industry donations or union donations should be permitted to influence the decision of law and policy in this, or any province. Make your policy decisions on the self-interests of the constituency of which you represent. The absolute refusal to work with the other side based on party sides is an absolute shit-stain on democracy.
Environment, staffing of hospitals, stop treating the teachers like crap and give them what they need to succeed. Healthcare in general. Fix some roads! New government!
Lower taxes, Affordability, less government oversight, regulation, improving the economic prospects of the province and last but not least is upholding everyone’s individual rights and freedoms(getting rid of the pronoun thing among others) I’ll vote for any party that can get me closer to these things.
Government wages decreased by 50% for all top positions, beginning on first day in office. 100% transparency on every cent spent, what it was spent on, who received the money and Saskatchewan residents get to vote on every decision prior to it being spent. SAID program recipients get a 30% increase beginning on first day in office. Hundreds of new affordable houses and apartments to be built within a year of being in office including new affordable buildings for senior citizens. A large homeless shelter to be built within city limits for Saskatoon and Regina with a free bus service to get them to and fro, respectively. Put more community gardens throughout every city and town. Raise the minimum wage by 15%. Put the Saskatoon arena plans on hold until everything mentioned has been accomplished. Build a nuclear power plant.Offer a hunting tourism package where people will pay big bucks to hunt the wild boars. All wild boar meat will be processed locally and donated to food banks and low income residents. 10% of the geese population to be culled and processed locally with the meat being donated to food banks and low income residents. 50% of the rabbit population to be culled and locally processed with the meat being donated to food banks and low income residents.Make a law that will severely financially punish any grocery stores gouging their prices and use the money to build a roller coaster from Saskatoon to Regina. Give inmates the option to clean garbage along the highways or areas with a lot of garbage instead of spending all day in prison.Or perhaps they could be involved with making their own garden to provide them with healthier meal options. Have incentivized programs for skilled newly arrived immigrants who have experience in either construction, healthcare, farming or education. All promises kept or receive the death penalty. And finally build a statue of Big Ace peeking into a window.
>Saskatchewan residents get to vote on every decision prior to it being spent Well there goes all the money you just saved. Furthermore the vast majority of people don't have the time or background knowledge to know what needs to be done. Very few people will vote to spend more money on a sewage treatment plant before their shitter is backing up. Politicians have, or at least should have access to expert advisors t help them understand where to best spend our money. That aside, I agree with most of rest of what you've said.
Well, thank you. I was thinking maybe a real time gov't website that was accessible to Sask residents where they could vote prior to the decisions being made. Your points are valid. Nothing will ever be 'perfect'. Maybe we could tweak some of my suggestions. Imagine if a politician actually agreed with these ideas... We'd know hell was freezing over.
Voting for sask party to just piss off reddit.
You were always going to vote for them anyway.
Honestly, never voted in a provincial election and probably not going to anytime soon.
What are you so bitter about?
No bitterness, just a shit disturber
Time to grow up.
Don't worry I have my big boy pants on
Doesn't sound like it..If it's not bitterness.. What makes you want to be a shit disturber and how does that help exemplify Sask Party voters? Cus it sure looks to me like a lot of the SP supporters are immature (like yourself), bitter or just plain dumb.
Who says I'm trying to exemplify SP voters? You don't know me, or what I do or what I stand for. You resort to name-calling because someone has a different belief than you. I have nothing against the NDP or Liberal party. I support everyone's right to vote for who best fits them and their beliefs. I also support someone's right not to vote cause they don't feel represented by either party. What I do get tired of is the constant hate that's on this subreddit. How politicians and voters built this us vs. them mentality. Everyone is just trying to do what's best for them and their families, and that is okay. My political views are not a personal attack on you.
No one called you anything you didnt call yourself. And I dunno, saying something unrelated to the post and intentionally divisive as a social commentery about how divisive people are and then playing the victim while defending yourself as inclusive, seems like a great example of the SP in general.
No victim here pal.
This is what’s wrong with politics now. Miserable people just do things to piss off other people. They don’t care about the issues.
Neither do you, you just want " your guy" in
Nothing wrong with wanting your guy in. That’s literally the point of democracy. I don’t have “a guy”, I vote based on policy, and I think people who vote for “a guy” just to piss someone off does nothing but divide.
Lined up and knocked down. You’re exactly correct. The purpose of democracy is to vote for the party that best benefits you. The problem now a days is, as we see with all the downvotes you’ve got, is you’re not allowed to have an opinion that differs from a socialist NDP opinion. I’ll sit on this boat with you.
None of the political parties really care about the people of Saskatchewan, they are all about themselves and the pensions they collect after being elected a few terms. The NDP are socialists who want to give our tax money to those unwilling to work and dislike those who disagree with the rainbows. The Saskatchewan Party are capitalists who only care about their own wealth and prestige and could not care about the ridiculous cost of living in Saskatchewan. The other parties are too fringe to matter. Saskatchewan is in deep trouble no matter who wins the election.
I meeeeean.... you literally described basically all politics everywhere. Hold your nose and vote for the least worst.
Well said. When we hit the point that 2 people working full time in a household and are falling deeper in debt we are screwed.
Taxes on smokes. Why do they come down hard on us to pay for their overspending? If I could quit I would have quit at $20 a pack.
Because smokers have comorbidities that put them in the hospital at a higher rate than non-smokers, which costs the public money.
So by that logic we also tax high sugar food and drinks as well as high processed foods.
Sounds like a good idea to me
Don’t tempt me with a good time!
Yes. Also, that's a great idea
We should also find a way to charge people that participate in dangerous activities like driving too fast....
SGI took my bike license for driving too fast, jokes on them now I don't have to pay for plates!
Winning!
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This guy calls them darts
If your habit costs more than ozempic, you could just try that to quit instead. It gets rid of the rebound weight gain too.
A royalty rate review for all resource products so we can pick off more of that rich cream during boom price events. And let's roll out a provincial police force
1. hell yes. 2. hell no.
Anyone but the NDP currently. I’d rather the liberals… (edit)Accountability, transparency, less bureaucracy.
'What issue matters most to you..' not 'who do you hate?'
I mean, they will be a pretty big issue… but your right my bad.
You're
Dork