It’s election season here in Saskatchewan, and, as such, I will be sharing (at least) one (1) terrible, horrible, no good, very bad thing that the @SaskParty has done over the last four years of their sad government each day in the thread below. #skpoli #skvotes
Also, this will not cover everything. It will be like a snapshot of all the awful things. This is the garbage juice dripping out of the bag onto the kitchen floor as you rush it outside to the big bin.
Day 2: The @saskparty axed the hearing aid plan, which had been in place for 44 years.

This left families scrambling for support, like Mary-Jayne Morris, who said the cuts would leave her “living a life in silence.”

Another heartless cut. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/hearing-aid-plan-cut-1.4051561">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
Eric Olauson isn’t exactly the brightest blub in the Sask. Party caucus. I’m sure he’ll make an appearance in this thread again in the days/weeks to come.
Day 4: When the @SaskParty cut funding for disabled people on social assistance with specialized diets.

The couple in this story used to get $200 a month to buy food, but that was just too rich for the Sask. Party, who cut it back to $125. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/special-diet-cuts-1.4389386">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
Day 5: The @SaskParty hiked fees for half of all seniors living in long term care.

It’s easy for them to hurt the most vulnerable, because, as this story notes... “They’re not a vocal population... so are not likely to go and...protest.” https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/family-faces-hefty-hike-in-bill-for-long-term-care-due-to-budget-cuts">https://leaderpost.com/news/loca...
Oh yeah, and long term care homes are very understaffed and Sask has no minimum long term care standards, only “guidelines.”

Check out this story on understaffing from 2015, when a care aide spoke out about being left alone to care for 32 residents. https://globalnews.ca/news/1912246/seniors-home-understaffing-leads-to-poor-care-for-residents-ndp/">https://globalnews.ca/news/1912...
Day 6: When Donna Harpauer wanted to skip gov hiring procedures so she could hire a friend.

When the Public Service questioned her she said:

“Blah … Blah … Blah...I really don& #39;t care what they think!”

The @SaskParty thinks the rules don’t apply to them and their friends.
Day 7: Happy campaign day! To mark the start of the election, I’m highlighting one of the cuts many probably remember: When the @SaskParty decided they had had enough of all this “book learnin” and made devastating cuts to the provincial library system.
However, this is when we were facing a $1.2 billion deficit. Now it’s double that, and who knows what they’ll do. I don’t want to risk losing our libraries again.
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