NDP Leader Carla Beck accused Premier Scott Moe of releasing the “Drawing the Line” report to distract from his failures instead of helping Saskatchewanians..“Scott Moe isn’t presenting this report to protect the jobs of Saskatchewan people, but to distract to protect his own,” said Beck..On Tuesday, the Saskatchewan government released the “Drawing the Line: Defending Saskatchewan’s Economic Autonomy” report that showed the federal government’s “intrusions into Saskatchewan’s exclusive areas of jurisdiction under the Constitution.”.The report showed nine different federal climate change policies costing the Saskatchewan economy $111 billion between 2023 and 2035. .READ MORE MOE: Trudeau’s policies costing Saskatchewan $111 billion over the next 12 years.Beck said the Saskatchewan NDP has stood up for the interest of the Saskatchewan people and goes up against the federal government when a policy negatively affects the province..“Saskatchewan New Democrats have a long and proud history of standing up for Saskatchewan people and jobs,” said Beck..“When the federal government makes decisions that negatively impact our province, we’re not afraid to go to bat and do the work to actually deliver for Saskatchewan people.”. Scott Moe April 11 2022 .Beck said the report distracts from Moe’s failures in healthcare, jobs, and the cost-of-living crisis..“Scott Moe’s Drawing the Line report falls far short of what’s needed, and is a distraction from his failures on healthcare, jobs, and affordability,” said Beck..Beck accused the Sask Party of failing over the last decade with unbalanced budgets, tripling the debt, and destroying the healthcare system..“The Sask Party would rather talk about any other time in our province’s history than defend their failed record of nearly a decade of unbalanced budgets, the tripling of our debt, and collapsing our once nation-leading healthcare system,” said Beck..Beck said any serious plan to stand up against the federal government would include equalization..“If this was a serious plan, it would have included a plan to bring back the equalization lawsuit launched by New Democrats but abandoned by the Sask Party in 2008,” said Beck..“The fact that Scott Moe’s Sask Party managed to not mention equalization once, shows that he is far more interested in sowing division than actually delivering results for Saskatchewan people.”
