Shortstaffed. Crowded. Crumbling infrastructure. Four residents to a room.
There needs to be an inquiry into Extendicare Parkside long-term care home. Now.
Almost every single resident and staff member at Parkside has tested positive for #COVID19SK. Many have died. (1/7)
And let’s be clear: the conditions that caused this didn’t come out of nowhere.
Workers, residents, and family members have been pointing out the failure of the Sask. Party government to address urgent needs and dangerous conditions for a long time. (2/7)
The issues at Parkside have been → years ← in the making.
Let’s look at the government’s own CEO Tour Reports of this facility, starting back in 2013. (3/7)
There was no Parkside-specific CEO tour reporting made available from 2014-2016. Here is 2017 and 2018. (4/7)
And finally last year. (5/7)
The picture these reports paint is damning. The Sask. Party needs to be held accountable for failing seniors, workers, and families for so long. (6/7)
The loss of life at this facility has been incredibly tragic -- made even more so by the fact that it was preventable.
The government owes the families of those who have been lost answers. (7/7)
❗ WARNING: LONG THREAD, but it's important ❗ In 2017, the #SaskParty cut #STC, leaving thousands of people across our province stranded. 🚌
Since then, I've heard so many stories from folks who have been left in bad situations because of this dangerous cut: (1/6)
🏥 seniors who can't get to medical appointments
👍 rural and Northern people who are forced to hitchhike
🚗 low-income folks who struggle to afford a car
🌾 farmers who can't get parts sent out (2/6)
♿ people with disabilities who lost their independence
🚌 small businesses that can't get affordable shipping
🏫 young people away for school who can't get home #sasked (3/6)
Scott Moe has shown us he can't be trusted. But don't take it from me...just look at his record. During the last #skpoli election, the Sask Party promised there would be no cuts or sell-offs. But when the election was over, they:
➡️ cut $25 million from universities
➡️ cut 90 healthcare workers in #YXE & #YQR
➡️ sold off STC, leaving thousands stranded
➡️ had dozens of meetings to try to sell SaskTel and SGI
➡️ and much more* (2/4)
We don't have to accept a government that says one thing and does another. It's time to stop Scott Moe's dangerous cuts and choose a government that invests in people.
People in Saskatchewan have a very clear choice in front of them: Four more years of deep cuts that hurt people, or an NDP government that will put people first by making the investments a full recovery depends on.
Cuts and neglect, or investments in people. And this choice couldn’t be clearer when we think about our rural healthcare.
I’m happy to announce today that an NDP government will reverse years of Sask. Party cuts to school-based supports and will make children’s mental health a priority in Saskatchewan.
Scott Moe’s government has failed to support vulnerable students. I’ve heard from too many parents and teachers worried about how this pandemic is impacting their kids’ mental health. Young people have been through so much in the past months, and supports were already inadequate.
It’s way past time to invest in students and give them the support they need now and good skills for the future.
Under my leadership, an NDP government will invest $5 million to hire 50 mental health nurses to work in schools across Saskatchewan and an additional $5M to work...
Saskatchewan families were feeling stretched and stressed before the pandemic, and life has only gotten harder. Especially hard hit are workers in oil and gas and related skilled trades. We need to work with industry to get people back on the job.
Emerging technologies, including deep well geothermal
They did the same thing with their cruel CERB clawbacks.
As @NicoleMRancourt says:
“This money is not the Sask. Party government’s money. This money is to be put forward to the residents of Saskatchewan to help get through this pandemic.”