27 of 58 Green Candidates are Indigenous

The Saskatchewan Green Party has 58 candidates on the ballot in the 2024 Saskatchewan General Election. Of those 58 candidates, 27 are Indigenous or Metis people. This is important in a province examined in an August 8, 2016 Maclean's article, “Saskatchewan: A special report on race and power”, where the question was asked: “How many Indigenous people are in positions of power in Saskatchewan?” 

The results were shockingly low. The article also states: “Right now, 22 percent of Saskatchewan’s population is non-white: 16 percent Indigenous and 6.3 percent visible minority – figures that are expected to jump when new census figures are released early next year. And yet Saskatchewan’s power structure does not reflect its changing face.”

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2024 New and Renewed SGP Executive

Thanks to all the great Green members who attended our 2024 AGM!

Meet your new (*) and renewed executive:

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Saskatchewan Opposition Parties demand accountability and transparency related to Communities of Tomorrow (CT)

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan leader Rose Buscholl (left), Saskatchewan Green Party leader Naomi Hunter, and Saskatchewan Progress Party Chief Official Agent Michael Medby held a press conference today calling on the Provincial Auditor to investigate Communities of Tomorrow, which came into being in 2003.

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Saskatchewan Green Party Protests 5x Increase in Candidate Nomination Fees

Saskatchewan Green Party Leader Naomi Hunter sent this letter-to-the-editor to newspapers across Saskatchewan:

Dear Editor,

Are you aware that provincial election candidate nomination fees have increased fivefold from $100 to $500? Democracy shouldn't be dependent on wealth yet this increase eliminates candidates. This is a blow to democracy. Election fees should have been decreased to ensure more people get involved in the electoral process. Increasing to $500 is prohibitive. For some, it is the equivalent of a month's rent.

 

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Dangers of Asbestos Cement Water Pipes

Asbestos hazard sign.

It is unnecessary to educate us on the dangers of asbestos, as we have been aware of its harmful effects for many years. “Asbestos causes cancer; it is a lethal carcinogen.” Consuming water from a leaking asbestos cement water pipe is dangerous. Regardless of how asbestos is ingested, exposure is hazardous. Further studies on the negative effects of asbestos on human health and the environment are not required. What is required is an accurate assessment of the state that asbestos pipes are in currently and an acknowledgment of the health hazards they pose to the people of Saskatchewan.

 

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RBC-Divest

RBC Divest Rally and Round Dance and Panel Discussion

 

Calling all hand drummers, dancers, & allies! You're invited to a rally and round dance for climate justice and Indigenous sovereignty on Wed April 5th at 11 am (CST). Meet us at the Vimy Memorial Bandstand. If you can't make it in person, register to watch the RBC Divest livestream. 

 

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Should Corporations be Allowed to Fund Political Parties?

Corporations are the backbone of our economy, but corporations are not what  makes a strong society. When corporations fund Political Parties, are they also by extension influencing the decisions governments make?  And if so, are those decisions in the best interest of the society, or of the corporations that fund their campaigns?

Governments are supposed to, by definition, exercise political authority over the actions, and affairs of a political unit of people, and perform certain functions for this unit or body. If our government is concerned only about corporate donors, and neglects other groups in society, I believe they have lost touch with what it means to govern "for the people”.

 

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Taxpayers Left Cleaning up Uranium Mess

On March 1st the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission will hold a hearing in Ottawa to review a request from Orano Canada (aka AREVA/COGEMA) to hand over responsibility for management of the contaminated Cluff Lake Uranium mine and mill site to the province.

In the 1960s, at the Gunnar and Laredo uranium mine sites near Uranium City, “unconfined tailings” were left behind on the surface and open to wind and water. The clean-up costs have ballooned to $220 million and rising -  paid for by Saskatchewan taxpayers. That work is not complete and, after 60 years of neglect, several river systems downstream are polluted to a serious level, well above the Saskatchewan drinking water standard.

 

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Unlivable Housing

Unlivable Housing

By Whitney Greenleaf

(In January, 2023 issue of the online newsletter-The Weaver)

Homelessness is not just one thing. It doesn’t affect just one gender, it doesn’t affect one age group, it doesn’t affect one race. At the bottom line it affects us all. We see it every day, even if you don't pay attention it's still there.

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5-Jan Rally Against Housing Insecurity

The Saskatchewan Green Party stands in solidarity with this rally.

Thursday January 5, 2023 at the Saskatoon Housing Authority (SHA) office at 525 24th St E from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.

The lack of accountability and mismanagement must not continue!

  • uncaring and negligent managers
  • condescending and dismissive
  • dozens of vacant properties
  • unfair barriers to entry

Join to support immigrants, refugees, people with disabilities, Indigenous, and other persons harmed by SHA. 

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