And instead of fixing those problems, they’ve ignored them, choosing to focus on billion-dollar boondoggles like the Regina Bypass and the GTH.
But on too many of these big projects, they’re not creating jobs for Saskatchewan workers and companies – they’re sending contracts to out-of-province and out-of-country companies from France and the United States.
New Democrats have a plan to fix our infrastructure, get Saskatchewan people back to work and
- Implement a Sask-First procurement policy to ensure that Saskatchewan workers and companies build Saskatchewan schools, hospitals and roads.
- End the Sask. Party’s preference for mega-schools and focus on ensuring neighbourhoods have small local schools that meet their needs.
- End the use of expensive P3s that cost much more in the long run and shut out Saskatchewan companies.
- Commit to fulfilling the government’s ten-year SaskBuilds capital plan, reprioritizing to the most needed projects.
- Build a new bridge for Prince Albert and a new hospital – not just a glorified renovation as the Sask. Party has promised.
- Build a new high school in southeast Regina.
- Deliver on the Sask. Party’s decade-old promise of an all-season road to Wollaston Lake.
- Build a new public surgical centre in Regina.
- Increase SaskTel’s investment in highspeed and wireless infrastructure to ensure rural communities have high-quality broadband and cellular service.
- Bring back the Community Rink Grant program to help keep community rinks in rural communities and First Nations open.
- Clear the $5 billion backlog on upkeep for our schools and hospitals, starting by increasing spending on deferred maintenance in healthcare and education infrastructure by 50 percent.