Who will stand up for Saskatchewan’s interests? It’s a question being asked by Saskatchewan Party Leader Brad Wall on the campaign trail.
Pointing to what he calls his government’s record of promoting the province and standing up for Saskatchewan’s interests, Wall says it’s his party.
“It wasn’t too long ago we had an NDP premier who refused to join an Asian trade mission because he considered that region of the world to hold little positive impact for Saskatchewan or its economy,” Wall said during a campaign stop at the AGT Food and Ingredients plant in Regina.
“Since 2007, Saskatchewan’s exports to China are up by 293 per cent, to India up 215 per cent, to Indonesia up 123 per cent and to Japan up 40 per cent. Let’s never go back to an NDP government that doesn’t think Saskatchewan has much to offer the world.”
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Sask. NDP Leader Cam Broten says the Sask. Party government has failed Saskatchewan people.
“If you look at what the Saskatchewan Party inherited when they came to office, it was a rainy day fund with two-billion dollars, a resource boom going on and a balanced budget,” Broten said during an interview on Global Saskatoon’s Morning News.
“Now after a decade-long resource boom, they’ve drained the rainy day fund during the sunniest times ever in the province. That’s not good financial management.”
Broten also accused Wall of hiding cuts by not releasing a budget before the writ was dropped.
“He’s not telling the people what he’s going to cut next and privatize because he’s clearly said he’s going to hold on to the waste he’s been spending,” claimed Broten.
Wall said his government has consistently stood up for the province on many issues, including constructing pipelines and standing up for the agriculture and resource sectors.
“Cam Broten had to dump two nominated NDP candidates, one who wanted to shut down the uranium industry and another who called farmers ‘stupid.’” Wall said.
Voters in the province head to the polls on April 4.