This month's Weaver is packed with wonderful information and messages from your Leader and SGP Executive. Stay up to date. Be informed.
The right to good health is a fundamental human right.
Ensuring the health and well-being of the population is widely considered a fundamental responsibility of government, acting as a cornerstone for sustainable economic growth and social stability. Citizens view it as an essential human right that they are allowed to reach their full potential, with the assurance of government working for the common good and the shared, ever-increasing national and provincial prosperity.
Good health is necessary for economic growth, with health inequalities often hindering development, particularly in rural or marginalized communities.
Here in Saskatchewan, we have a government that seems to have lost sight of the fact that healthcare is one of two areas (education being the other) that are very much a provincial responsibility politically. The SaskParty, who claim to care so deeply about the economic health of our province, has turned a blind eye to the economic hardships caused to our citizens by a healthcare system in shambles.
Petitions - Take Action and Please Sign
You can make a difference.
Together, we can create real change in this province. As people across the province mobilize and add their voices to petitions for change, we build strength and resilience together. Add your voice today.
End Homelessness in Saskatchewan
https://www.saskgreen.ca/end_homelessness_in_saskatchewan
Ending Poverty in Saskatchewan
https://www.saskgreen.ca/ending_poverty_in_saskatchewan
SK must act now to remove asbestos in our drinking water
https://www.saskgreen.ca/asbestos_in_our_drinking_water
SK needs a Wetlands Policy
https://www.saskgreen.ca/sk_needs_a_wetlands_policy
SK needs Renewable Energy, not nuclear waste.
https://www.saskgreen.ca/sk_needs_renewable_energy_not_nuclear_waste
SK demands a new approach to healthcare
https://www.saskgreen.ca/sk_demands_a_new_approach_to_healthcare
Your SGP Executive
Party Leader: Naomi Hunter - [email protected]
President: Mike Hamm - [email protected]
Vice-president: Remi Rheault - [email protected]
Secretary: Whitney Greenleaf
Treasurer/COA: Sherry Olson
Organizing Chair: Sean Muirhead
Fundraising: Nancy Carswell
Northern Youth Rep.: Jupiter Neault
Southern Youth Rep.: Darry Michelle
Member-at-Large: Bo Chen
Member-at-Large: open
Member-at-Large: Alison (Ven) Feland
SGP Online Links
https://www.facebook.com/SaskGreenParty
https://www.facebook.com/NaomiHunterGPC
The SPSA 2025 Wildfire Season Review
Survey closes Jan 31- Don’t miss your chance to comment.
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) has engaged MNP LLP to conduct an independent review of the province’s 2025 Wildfire Season. This project seeks to understand the facts around the 2025 Saskatchewan wildfire event, establish lessons learned to support future planning in wildfire management, and support public accountability through a comprehensive review.
The Green Party of Canada has launched a petition aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- We want our children and grandchildren to have a safe and healthy world;
- Canada needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035 and be near zero by 2040 to keep global warming to 1.5°C;
- We already have affordable clean technologies to help us do this;
- Canada is one of the world’s top emitters and we want to do our fair share; and
- We will create many new jobs in low-carbon industries.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
- Set a goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035 and reach near-zero by 2040;
- Establish, through legislation, a national carbon budget to plan Canada’s emissions; and
- Report each year on whether Canada is meeting this carbon budget.
https://carbonbudgetpetition.ca/
Life expectancy in Saskatchewan hits 20-year low: Statistics Canada
WestCentralOnline.com | Saturday, Jan 17 2026 - New Statistics Canada data shows Saskatchewan residents are living fewer years in good health than earlier in the decade. Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE) in Saskatchewan dropped from 67.1 years in 2020 to 64.9 years in 2023 — measuring expected years lived in full health.
The report also highlights a growing income gap:
- Lowest income group (2023): 59.2 healthy years
- Highest income group (2023): 68.4 healthy years
- Men in the lowest income bracket saw the sharpest decline, dropping to 55.8 healthy years in 2023.
Saskatchewan signs nuclear energy MOU with the United Arab Emirates
We in Saskatchewan do not need expensive nuclear reactors. We need to invest in clean energy. Where is the investment in wind, solar and geothermal?
Saskatchewan is involving itself further with Brookfield Asset Management controversies, which include accusations of breaching Indigenous rights in several countries and engaging in aggressive tax avoidance through the use of tax havens like Bermuda. Critics also point to its corporate practices, such as allegedly making money on housing and a recent move to shift its head office from Toronto to New York to improve its U.S. stock exchange listing and tax treatment. It’s a trillion-dollar company that owes Canadians 6.5 billion in taxes – from funds sent abroad to avoid paying their share of taxes in Canada. Did I also mention that Mark Carney, our Prime Minister, is heavily involved financially with this company?
-Naomi
WestCentralOnline.com | Saturday, Jan 17 2026 - Saskatchewan has signed a new three-year memorandum of understanding with the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company, aimed at advancing nuclear innovation and supporting nuclear energy development in the UAE.
The deal will explore small modular reactors and microreactors, plant efficiency and reliability, plus workforce training, waste management and even AI/robotics applications in nuclear energy.
Trade Minister Warren Kaeding says Saskatchewan’s uranium, expertise and skilled workforce make the province a natural global partner on nuclear innovation.
SaskPower investing $4M in U of R SMR testing centre
WestCentralOnline.com | Wednesday, Jan 21 2026 - SaskPower says it’s investing $4 million to help establish Western Canada’s first Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Safety, Licensing and Testing Centre at the University of Regina.
The facility will be built next to the university at the Innovation Saskatchewan Research and Technology Park and will feature two SMR “test loops” to simulate reactor systems — supporting research, safety work and hands-on training for students and industry.
Minister responsible for SaskPower, Jeremy Harrison, says the project strengthens Saskatchewan’s position as a nuclear research hub and helps build a local workforce and supply chain. Other partners include Prairies Economic Development Canada ($2M), Innovation Saskatchewan ($1M + in-kind space), and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, providing design support.
Group of First Nations secure equal stake in one of Saskatchewan's largest solar farms
National Observer, January 19th 2026 - Kinistin Saulteaux Nation is set to become a part-owner of one of Saskatchewan’s largest solar farms. They and three other Treaty 4 First Nations have partnered with clean energy developer Neoen Canada to build a 100-megawatt solar project in the rural municipality of Lajord, southwest of Regina. The solar farm’s design will take advantage of southern Saskatchewan’s long summer days, with capacity allowing it to generate power earlier in the morning and later in the evening than many solar farms.
The Court of King’s Bench strikes down a challenge over the province’s extension of coal-fired power plant use
Saskatoon Media Group, DiscoverHumboldt.com, Saturday, Jan 17 2026 - The Court of King’s Bench has struck down a legal challenge over the provincial government’s decision to extend the use of coal-fired power plants, gravely disappointing the Saskatchewan Environmental Society.
Back on June 18, 2025, the Province decided to continue operating conventional coal-fired power plants beyond the federally mandated shutdown deadline of December 31, 2029. SES Board Member Peter Prebble says subsequently, a challenge was issued by the SES together with Citizens for Public Justice and three individuals, as they believe it is a blatant violation of federal law.
“Now, it hasn’t been violated yet. It will be violated in 2030. Clearly, it’s the plan of the Saskatchewan Government to violate it, and we therefore thought that the courts should be concerned about that.”
However, on Monday, the Court determined that the issue was a matter for the legislature, not for the justice system.
https://www.sustainablesask.ca/court-action.html
A global peace plan: Stop burning fossil fuels
David Suzuki Foundation, Jan. 15, 2026 - Renewable energy technologies are improving rapidly while installations continue to ramp up. Energy from wind, solar and storage is now the most cost-effective, and prices continue to drop. It’s more efficient and cleaner than power from coal, gas and oil and doesn’t emit climate-altering greenhouse gases. It’s available everywhere and will never run out.
On the other hand, as Bill McKibben writes, “Oil is unique in being extremely valuable, extremely dense and hence relatively easy to hoard and control, and extremely concentrated in a few places around the world.” He adds, “A nation that builds its prosperity on oil makes itself a target; a nation that depends on imported oil to survive makes itself a vassal.”
Strengthening animal welfare in Saskatchewan: Meet the new SAEA
As the news of a new Animal Welfare Agency is announced for Saskatchewan, many people are questioning why the SaskParty keeps shutting down or curbing existing agencies, replacing them with their own, new version of the same thing. (The Saskatchewan Marshall Service is another example of this).
While the new Animal Welfare Agency was created after public consultation, this news announcement by the provincial government actually gives us very little information.
I think, in particular, we should watch to see how well or poorly funded it is in comparison to the previous Animal Protective Services of Saskatchewan. One way to cut funding is to replace the entire agency and launch it as a new program with a substantially lower budget.
-Naomi
This news link does give a little different info on this:
USask AgBio research: Saving Prairie grasslands
Sask Today, Jan. 7, 2026 - Researchers in the USask College of Agriculture and Bioresources are seeking ways to preserve, protect and improve those lands.
“No landscape in Canada is more impacted by human activity,” said Dr. Eric Lamb (PhD), professor in the Department of Plant Sciences. Only one to five per cent of grasslands on the most fertile prairie soils remain intact today, he said.
Edison Motors is eating Tesla’s lunch with made-in-BC hybrid truck manufacturing
Emily Lowan, BC Greens Leader, visited the first EV Hybrid truck manufacturer in Western Canada. She posted a Facebook video documenting her visit. “This is the kind of local innovation we need to build a 21st-century economy,” she concluded. But there are hurdles.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/916246947503079
https://thegoldenstar.net/local-business/edison-motors-rolls-into-town/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH5-DocGkew
New study finds drainage can expose the rich organic matter sitting at the bottom of a wetland, thus contributing to Global Warming
Western Producer, Jan 20, 2026 - Drained wetlands are adding to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions on the Prairies more than suspected, a new study has found.
The results of the study conducted in the Prairie pothole region by researchers, farmers, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the National Farmers Union were published in the international science journal FACETS in December.
From the 2024 Sask. Green Party Election Platform
Saskatchewan is the only province without a Wetlands Protection Policy. It’s time that Saskatchewan follows the lead of our neighbours in Alberta and Manitoba and develops a more balanced mitigation policy, one that offers protection for municipalities, producers, and society.
When wetlands are drained, we lose the benefits they provide of clean water, flood and drought protection, and recreation opportunities.
Saskatchewan must have a Wetlands Conservation Policy that doesn’t fall short of what is actually needed. As well, we also need legislation to protect our grasslands.
SK still needs a Wetlands Protection Policy. Please sign this petition.
https://www.saskgreen.ca/sk_needs_a_wetlands_policy
The proposed Prince of Wales Drive extension would risk Regina’s eco-reserve, say nature advocates
Regina Leader Post, Jan. 22, 2026 - A southeast Regina community coalition is strongly opposed to the city pursuing an extension of Prince of Wales Drive if it plans to cut through McKell Wascana Conservation Park. The City of Regina has commissioned a new study on the proposal, which involves connecting the south end of Prince of Wales to Wascana Parkway just south of the University of Regina.
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