‘Our propositions’: Meili says critique will continue, but aims to promote NDP ideas in 2022
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In a year-end chat, Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili said he's excited to connect with residents about his own party's ideas after a year critiquing the government's pandemic response.
As another spirited session in the legislature concluded earlier this month, Global News sat down with Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili to chat about the fall sitting, the year gone by and the months ahead.
While he said he aims to continue his critique of the government’s COVID-19 response that his party dedicated much of its time to in 2021, he says he plans to dedicate more time in the new year to promoting Saskatchewan NDP ideas to the province’s residents.
“We will continue to point to the government’s record over the past year and a half but you’ll also see a lot more of our propositions coming forward,” Meili said on Dec. 9.
“We’ve just launched a series of task forces that are inviting people into a conversation about the future of Saskatchewan. I’m really excited to have that conversation with Saskatchewan people.”
Expanding, Meili said he hopes to engage residents to learn more about how they’d like to see Saskatchewan change in the years ahead.
“What do the jobs of the future look like? What do the opportunities for young people look like? How do we provide those key elements of how we care for each other,” Meili explained.
“Education, services for the most vulnerable, health care — inviting people in to say, here’s what’s not working right now, but also here’s our ideas, here’s our vision for what could be better.”
Meili added that part of that process will involve making sure Saskatchewan “learns the lessons” of the pandemic.
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