Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – September 16, 2022 – Saskatchewan Green Party candidate Jacklin Andrews’s door knocking is leading to many interesting conversations with Saskatoon-Meewasin voters about sustainable development. The conversations center around the need for locally produced food and protecting the environment.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – September 15, 2022 – Saskatchewan Green Party candidate Jacklin Andrews campaigned at the recent Broadway Street Fair. He was particularly interested in hearing issues of concern to Saskatoon-Meewasin voters. The top issue was healthcare which is a platform of Andrew’s campaign.

Saskatchewan Green Party (SGP) candidate Jacklin Andrews (center) took advantage of the opportunity to listen to voters at the Broadway Street Fair. With him were Nancy Carswell, SGP Treasurer and Chief Official Agent (left) and Barry Dickie, SGP President (right).

REGINA – Green Party of Canada interim Leader Amita Kuttner has joined her Saskatchewan Green Party counterpart Naomi Hunter in calling on Premier Scott Moe to abandon his push to bring nuclear technology in the form of small modular reactors (SMRs) to the province.

Green Party leaders are demanding action and answers on tens of thousands of old asbestos cement water pipes in Canada. The pipes were installed decades ago. Federal studies show the pipes can contain up to 20% asbestos fibres, that they deteriorate with age, and can release fibres into the water causing a “health concern.”

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates asbestos in water. It maintains long-term ingestion (swallowing) of asbestos can cause lung disease and cancer. Health Canada says there is no consistent, convincing evidence that ingesting asbestos is hazardous. It is not regulated in water in Canada. In 1992, the EPA established a Maximum Contaminant Level of seven million fibres per litre (7 MFL) for asbestos in water “To protect against cancer.”