This month's Weaver is packed with wonderful information and messages from your Leader and SGP Executive. Stay up to date. Be informed.
Opposing an AI Data Centre in Saskatchewan
There are serious concerns to consider regarding the 300-megawatt AI data centre being built in the rural municipality of Sherwood near Regina. It is expected to be the largest in Canada. The Saskatchewan Green Party opposes this for numerous reasons.
We should look to the USA, which already has experience with this. There is a coalition of more than 230 environmental groups that have demanded a moratorium on new data centres in the country, due to:
- Worsening the climate crisis
- Raising electricity bills
These groups cite the data centres sucking up vast amounts of water to cool down equipment and being responsible for expelling planet-heating emissions. We are being fed the lie in Saskatchewan that by some kind of “magical thinking,” we won’t have those problems here.
SGP 2026 AGM, Executive Nominations, & Resolutions
Have your say on the direction of the Saskatchewan Green Party!
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Save the date and join us for our annual general meeting (AGM) on Saturday, May 30, from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Alice Turner Library, 110 Nelson Road, Saskatoon. |
This year’s meeting will be in person, with the AGM held in Saskatoon. Being there in person really makes a difference. It’s our chance to have those spontaneous chats, connect with members from across the province, and take part in richer, more dynamic discussions. Face-to-face interaction helps build trust, reduce misunderstandings, and strengthen our shared commitment. We’d love to see you in Saskatoon!
Executive Nominations
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The deadline for nominations is midnight Sunday, April 19. |
Nominations for the provincial executive are open. We strive to have new members on the executive and members with a wide range of interests. The descriptions for all the positions required for the executive team can be found in our Saskatchewan Green Party Official Documents.
Please read the job descriptions for all the positions. If there is a position that you want to run for, fill out the nomination paperwork. If you know somebody who you believe would be beneficial for the provincial executive, please nominate them.
The nomination form can be found at SGP2026AGM_CandidateForm.pdf.
Every position on the provincial executive is open for election except for the party leader and president. Mike Hamm, SGP President, will be accepting the nomination forms. According to our bylaws, nomination forms may be submitted by mail or email, but must be received by midnight on Sunday, April 19, 2026
Mike Hamm, [email protected]
512 – 606 Victoria Ave. Saskatoon Sk. S7N0Z1
Policy Resolutions
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All resolutions must be submitted by midnight Sunday, April 19, 2026. |
Help strengthen our policies, constitution, and bylaws by submitting a well-crafted resolution. Resolutions must be clear, specific, and state exactly what changes are being proposed—including where they should be inserted in the Saskatchewan Green Party Official Documents.
Resolutions that lack clarity or do not specify their intended placement may not be accepted for a vote at the AGM.
We encourage you to read our Guide “Write Your Resolution Right”.
Once the AGM has concluded, the official party documents will be updated with any changes that were voted on and passed at the AGM.
We look forward to all nominations and resolution submissions. Please do your part and get involved with this part of the process, and join us at the AGM.
Sincerely,
Mike Hamm, SGP President
Mitchell's Soup Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who made Mitchell's Soup purchases during our fundraiser.
We sold 50 soups. You helped us raise $209.53 for the election fund.
Thanks to everyone who participated.
The Saskatchewan Green Party is pleased to announce that we have partnered with RainBarrel.ca to host a
RAIN BARREL FUNDRAISER!
Each rain barrel includes a leaf and mosquito filter basket, an overflow adaptor, a spigot and an overflow hose.
Rain barrels start at $65 each and must be pre-ordered online at www.RainBarrel.ca/skgreenparty
Pre-ordered rain barrels will be available for pick up
on Friday, May 2, from 3 pm to 7 pm. Location TBA.
For more information, contact [email protected]
Please order today at www.RainBarrel.ca/skgreenparty
Important Upcoming Dates:
- SGP Executive Meeting - Sunday, April 12
- Deadline for SGP Executive Nominations - Sunday, April 19
- Deadline for SGP Policy Resolutions - Sunday April, 19
- Weaver Editorial Meeting - Tuesday, April 21
- Weaver Publishing Date - Sunday, April 26
- AGM date - Saturday, May 30, Alice Turner Library, Saskatoon
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
Asbestos: Deadly to Breathe But OK to Drink?
The Watershed Sentinel, March 21, 2026 - Canada’s Asbestos Water Pipe Problem Deserves Honest Answers. Statistics Canada data reveal nearly 14,000 kilometres of aging asbestos cement water pipes still running beneath Canadian communities. Despite decades of study, Health Canada continues to maintain that there is no convincing evidence that ingesting asbestos from these pipes is harmful, and has set no Maximum Acceptable Concentration for asbestos in drinking water. A close reading of Health Canada’s own Draft Guidance on Asbestos in Drinking Water raises serious questions about whether that conclusion is built on accurate or impartial science.
Link to SGP Petition
https://www.saskgreen.ca/asbestos_in_our_drinking_water
Sask. coal plant life-extension plan faces growing price tag
CTV News, March 26, 2026 - Saskatchewan’s six coal-fired generating units at the Shand, Boundary Dam and Poplar River power stations were originally mandated to shut down by 2029. SaskPower has instead opted to refurbish the facilities and extend their lifespan to 2050.
When the plan was announced last year, the price tag was estimated at $900 million. However, the NDP says that figure has since increased by $700 million, citing a SaskPower submission to the province’s rate review panel.
“We learn that their plan for electricity is going to cost another $700 million dollars more. I would say that the budget deficit doubled, just like people’s power bills will under this government’s reckless plan,” said NDP MLA Alena Young.
A Turtle on a Fencepost: How Fossil Fuel Messaging Delayed Climate Action
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee that if you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be pretty sure it didn’t get there by itself.” – Ex-U.S. vice-president Al Gore
The Energy Mix, Feb 28, 2026 - When we ask how we got here—to this place where our social fabric is being pulled apart by polarization and distrust, where the secure world order feels upended, and where we know, down to the molecular level, what we’re doing to the planet and ourselves, but we’re not racing to stop it—it’s impossible to overlook the role of the fossil fuel industry. Humans may be notoriously irrational, but so irrational that we would knowingly destroy our own life source?
Who owns Canada’s natural resources? Does it matter?
David Suzuki Foundation, March 2026 email newsletter - Canada is among the world’s most resource-rich countries. Forty per cent of its land is covered in forests. It holds 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater reserves. It’s the fourth-largest crude oil exporter. It produces more than 60 minerals and metals and ranks in the top five for 14 of them — critical to the global clean energy transition.
Our natural resources sector is important to communities throughout the country and to the national economy. Beyond economics, nature provides essential ecosystem services, including climate regulation, carbon storage, flood mitigation, air filtering and biodiversity support.
But who owns the sector, and why aren’t we talking about it more?
Happy Birthday, David Suzuki
Dr. David Suzuki celebrated his 90th birthday on March 24, 2026, with widespread recognition from environmentalists, politicians, and the public for his decades of advocacy. Celebrations included a "Legacy" event in Vancouver and a reception on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, honouring his role as a leading environmental communicator and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
Elizabeth May Speaks about David Suzuki in the House
Printing Possibilities: Durable Tiny Homes for the Unhoused
A Saskatoon First Nations startup is printing hope—literally. Using recycled plastic and 3D technology, Wastēyapit Homes is building durable tiny houses to tackle homelessness. Talk about printing a better future, one home at a time.
Democracy is both a vote and a voice
FairVote Sask., March 8, 2026 - By Nancy Carswell, SGP Member - Democracy should give citizens a voice and MPs the freedom to use theirs. Yet Canada’s first-past-the-post system increasingly turns Parliament into a rubber stamp rather than a forum for real debate.
The Canadian Wealth Chasm in 30,000 Seats
The Oxfam report “The Rise of the Super-Rich: The State of Inequality in Canada” uses big numbers. To help make these numbers tangible, let us look at using a comparison to a 30,000-seat stadium.
The December 2025 Memorandum of Understanding between Alberta and Canada is a bitter mouthful of greenwashing; a concoction sufficiently noxious to repulse all but the most gullible.
Watershed Sentinel, March 1, 2026 - Among other things, the MOU supports increasing tar sands oil production while simultaneously reaching “net-zero emissions” from that production, constructing the massive Pathways carbon capture and storage project, and getting the private sector to build another bitumen pipeline to the coast, primarily for export to Asia.
According to the Pembina Institute, production of Alberta tar sands oil emits more than four times as much CO2 as most other oil production in North America. While there are some ways to reduce the amount of CO2 required to get the tar out of the ground and into a pipeline, they are expensive and experimental. Most are decades away.
We hope you feel inspired to share your thoughts and knowledge with our readers. We are ready to dig deep with you and share your contributions with our Green members and supporters. We will work with you as much as you’d like through discussion or with editing help on any submission. We treasure the efforts of any and all who share our respect for the Green Values and offer us their thoughts on relevant topics. We will let you know when your submission has been accepted.
The Weaver Team
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The Weaver articles express the viewpoints of the authors. They may not always align with the policies of the Saskatchewan Green Party.
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