For immediate release: October 7, 2024
Scott Moe Refuses To Address Healthcare Crisis He Helped Create
Sask. Party MLAs Ridiculed Support For IVF, Dismissed Over 50 Calls To Fund It
REGINA - Scott Moe has no plan to address the crisis in Saskatchewan emergency rooms that have three times the number of patients they can handle. There are also more than 200,000 people in the province without regular access to a doctor — again, Moe has no ideas and a record of failure.
“Saskatchewan healthcare is in last place because Scott Moe has driven it into the ground,” said Meara Conway, Saskatchewan NDP for Regina Elphinstone Centre. “He can’t be trusted to deliver any campaign-time promises to fix healthcare when, after six years, healthcare has never been in worse shape than it’s ever been.”
The Saskatchewan NDP supports in-vitro fertilization and has advocated for support for those accessing IVF for years. Aleana Young, Saskatchewan NDP candidate for Regina South Albert, alone has advocated for IVF more than 50 times in the Legislature. IVF is a commitment in Carla Beck’s platform.
“When I raised this critical piece of healthcare, members of the Sask. Party heckled me and dismissed my concerns,” Young said. “The only Leader that can be trusted to get Saskatchewan healthcare out of last place in this election is Carla Beck.”
“I am so proud to be on her team, a team that will ensure people get the healthcare they need, including IVF.”
Conway added that Moe’s commitment to cancer screening rang hollow as Saskatchewan healthcare hits a breaking point and more than 200,000 people in the province do not have regular access to a doctor.”
“People who find out they do have cancer — which is devastating — cannot trust that healthcare will be there for them in Saskatchewan,” Conway said.
“It’s time for change.”