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Regina– New Democratic Party Leader Ryan Meili told delegates of the Municipalities of Saskatchewan, formerly Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, that Saskatchewan should have done a. . .
Speaking from Regina, Harrison said, “We ve had some very, very positive economic data despite the obvious challenges that exist because of the COVID pandemic. We have had some really remarkable numbers. “To see merchandise exports, for example, increasing over the course of the last year, to see like wholesale trade, for example, which is an important leading indicator, 22 per cent increase over the course of the last year, which is just a remarkable statistic. You know, we ve seen housing starts which have increased in a very, very real way, 72 per cent. From November 2019 to November 2020 to see over the course of 11 months consistently over the course of 11 months, increase in near 37 per cent on housing starts. All of these numbers are very positive. They are, I think, actually very counterintuitive for a lot of observers, likely from outside of the province. But that being said, we still do have challenges, but there are some very real and positive leading indicators as
New Democratic Party Leader Ryan Meili says we are now dealing with the results of not implementing a COVID-19 “circuit breaker” in November, and that the province has not taken full advantage of federal relief funds. Also, at the tail end of a seniors vaccination blitz that, as a doctor, he took part in delivering, Meili received his first dose of one of the vaccines. That blitz led him to suggest the province improve its delivery mechanisms and logistics. Speaking to reporters in the Legislature on Jan. 26, Meili said, “We saw another 14 people lose their lives in the last 24 hours 46 in the last week, is it a lot of people, a lot of families who are mourning, and it s really frustrating that to note that this was avoidable. If we had gone through the circuit breaker back in the fall, had taken action early, we could have avoided these deaths. And yet here we are today, still leading the country in the rate of active cases, over 10 per cent positivity test rate, low test
NDP Leader Ryan Meili. Screen capture courtesy Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan New Democratic Party Leader Ryan Meili says we are now dealing with the results of not implementing a COVID-19 “circuit breaker” in November, and that the province has not taken full advantage of federal relief funds. Also, at the tail end of a seniors vaccination blitz that, as a doctor, he took part in delivering, Meili received his first dose of one of the vaccines. That blitz led him to suggest the province improve its delivery mechanisms and logistics. Speaking to reporters in the Legislature on Jan. 26, Meili said, “We saw another 14 people lose their lives in the last 24 hours, 46 in the last week, is it a lot of people, a lot of families who are mourning, and it s really frustrating that to note that this was avoidable. If we had gone through the circuit breaker back in the fall, had taken action early, we could have avoided these deaths. And yet here we are today, still leading the