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Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase to $15/hr this fall, MLAs respond

In 2022, Premier Scott Moe announced incremental increases to Saskatchewan’s minimum wage.

In the fall of 2022, the minimum wage increased from $11.81 to $13 per hour. The wage has increased by a dollar annually and will reach $15/hour this October.

Minister of Labour Relations and outgoing MLA for Indian Head-Milestone Don McMorris said, “Increasing minimum wage is one way we are supporting workers in this province. Saskatchewan also continues to have among the lowest personal taxes in Canada which makes it a great place to live, work and raise a family.”

The Retail Association of Canada says that even with a $15 minimum wage, Saskatchewan still ties Alberta with the lowest in Canada. The federal minimum wage is $17.30. The highest provincial wage is in BC at $17.40/hour. A full breakdown of the country can be found here.

NDP MLAs made their thoughts known on social media this week, with Meara Conway, Aleana Young, and Jennifer Bowes all posting a news story highlighting the fact that Saskatchewan’s minimum wage would still be the lowest in the country with their own commentary. Young’s post said, “Carla Beck and I are focused on bigger paycheques.”

In the 2020 election, NDP leader Ryan Mieli ran with the promise to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

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Sask. Party launches another attack ad, says NDP would crash the province

The Saskatchewan Party has launched another attack ad against the New Democrats saying the NDP will crash Saskatchewan’s economy. The NDP responded by saying the governing party is using videos from Putin’s Russia.

The ad is similar to the other attack ads launched by the party this year. It is the same narrator and uses dark lighting and imagery with words like “back", “decline”, and “crash” with pictures of NDP leader Carla Beck. The video gets brighter and more upbeat when the narration switches to Premier Scott Moe’s plan for growth.

The Saskatchewan Party has also renewed their long-running ads on Facebook that feature images of Beck, Singh, and Trudeau speaking separately at the Canadian Labour Congress earlier this year, stating “the NDP is Trudeau’s choice for Saskatchewan.”

The opposition NDP responded to the ad, saying the stock footage was filmed in Russia. In a statement, the party said, “Carla Beck and her Saskatchewan NDP team have an all-of-the-above approach to energy and resources, contrary to the Sask. Party’s lies. Beck also believes that we should be promoting energy and job creators in Saskatchewan, not Putin’s Russia.”

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Each week leading up to the 2024 election, The SKoop Political Briefing will highlight a constituency that has nominated a candidate from at least both major parties. Today, we look at Athabasca. The major communities are La Loche, Ile-a-la-Crosse, and Buffalo Narrows. The riding also includes the Cluff Lake Uranium Mine.

The incumbent: Jim Lemaigre was first elected in a surprise upset in a 2022 by-election, becoming the first Sask. Party or Conservative ever elected in Athabasca. He currently serves in various legislative secretary roles and is a member of the Clearwater River Dene Nation.

The challenger: The NDP held a contested nomination won by Leroy Laliberte. He works as the Community Wellness Manager for Flying Dust First Nation. Laliberte is a Metis Michif originally from Beauval. He previously ran for the Green Party federally in 2021.

The takeaway: This is a toss-up, and one seat the NDP especially want to win back. In the 2022 by-election, Lemaigre won by only 51 more votes than the Sask. Party candidate received in the 2020 election, while the NDP candidate received over 800 fewer votes. Athabasca is one of the largest ridings geographically and turnout will play a major role in the result.

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