Before Monday’s provincial election was even called, the Saskatchewan government said it would move ahead with plans to replace a century-old psychiatric hospital in North Battleford.
That promise is now part of Premier Brad Wall’s rallying cry to voters in a constituency that is expected to be closely contested.
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Wall was in the Battlefords on Thursday trying to round up support for Saskatchewan Party candidate Herb Cox, who is hoping to take out New Democrat Len Taylor.
Taylor was first elected in 2003 and served as minister of government relations and health in the previous NDP government.
Wall boasted about his party’s investments in the area to a luncheon crowd.
He said the Saskatchewan Party government has more than doubled municipal revenue sharing, provided funding for upgrades and invested millions in highways projects in the Battlefords.
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