Premier Moe to deliver state of the province address in Saskatoon
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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to deliver a state of the province address at a Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Monday. Moe will also be taking questions from media after the speech.
The address could serve as a preview of another speech happening later this week. The fall sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature begins Wednesday afternoon with the speech from the throne, which typically outlines the government's short-term goals and reviews past accomplishments.
Monday's chamber luncheon is at Prairieland Park. Those attending had to register in advance and provide a proof of vaccination or negative test result from within 72 hours of the event.
The Saskatoon chamber touted the speech on its website as "an overview on the state of our province's economy, recent investments and emerging opportunities to drive Saskatchewan's economic growth."
Moe has not addressed a large in-person audience in quite some time. His speeches to the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association and Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities were both virtual this year.
Moe has not publicly acknowledged the recent approval by the federal government of a plan to send Canadian Armed Forces nurses to support Saskatchewan's COVID-19 fight. Six military critical care nursing officers will be working in ICUs.
Katharine Smart, president of the Canadian Medical Association, said increased health measures and more support for hospitals are needed.
"Six nurses, that's really enough to staff two beds over two days. So it's certainly not going to solve the problem...the root cause here is the number of COVID cases and the escalation of case counts in the province," Smart told CBC on Sunday.
Over the past week Saskatchewan has sent ICU patients to Ontario for care.
"When you're needing the military to help you, when you're having to transfer patients out of province, when you're hearing from your ICU physicians that they're starting to use laundry rooms as spaces to care for patients, I think it's quite fair to say that you have a crisis on your hands," Smart said.
Saskatchewan has the highest case and death rates of all provinces in the country and it has among the lowest vaccination rates in Canada.
Both the Canadian Medical Association and Saskatchewan Medical Association have called on Moe's government to impose gathering restrictions and other health measures to lower case numbers in the province.
This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC Saskatchewan.
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