Sask. question period day 1 of 24. I’ll be tweeting the debates. Follow here. We start with an amendment to the rules of this sitting. The NDP wants masks on at all times including when speaking & only those fully vaccinated or with a medical exclusion to be able to participate in debate - this would remove the testing option.

Health Min. Paul Merriman is going over policies coming into place on Fri.

Says SHA not providing testing for asymptomatic people for the purposes of proving negative for work or to access activities.

Asymptomatic testing is still available for people deemed close contacts. U of S has 91 per cent fully vaccinated and 96 per cent with at least one dose. Its vaccine policy was introduced before the fall semester began.

Sask. announces plan to provide booster doses to eligible populations.

It is also requiring proof of vaccine for health care workers or a negative test.

Details here:

saskatchewan.ca/government/new… Premier Moe: nearly 800K 1 dose. 700K have 2.

"Far too many people are not fully vaccinated and that is what driving our fourth wave."

More 300K eligible not vaccinated.

"Getting vaccinated is a personal choice and it will remain a personal choice but it has impact on others."

Moe pace of vaccine would be top 10 worldwide in Sask. was a country.

He says Sask. only trails PEI within Canada.

He says Sask. will run out of vaccine shortly at its current pace. Moe says Sask. will have to adjust its vaccine plan in the short-term due to fewer doses being sent to the province.

Moe: “Life will get back to normal when the majority of the population is vaccinated.”

Here are measures effective Nov. 19.

Mandatory masks province wide.

Long-term care visits restricted.

Private gatherings now 5.

Party buses/limos prohibited.

Work from home encouraged.

All are in effect for 1 month. #skpoli #covid19sk Premier Scott Moe: “Our numbers in this province are not good.”

“Each and every one of these numbers represents a Saskatchewan person.”

Moe says “some will die.”

Calls it a “slowdown” not a lockdown.

#covid19sk

Question period stats with Ryan Meili asking something from a member of the public asking about Weyburn council decision and what’s being done. Min. Merriman says council is meeting today at 3. Next meeting is next Monday. #skpoli Meili now asking if premier will declare Jan. 29 a day against hate and intolerance as was asked for by Muslim leaders who were in Sask. last week. Premier Moe says no place for Islamophobia, racism or hate of any kind. Says govt. has Jan. 29 day under consideration.