April 3, 2014

NDP Vote Against Building New Schools Again

Today the opposition NDP took another opportunity to vote against building nine new joint-use schools in growing communities. These new schools will serve communities in Regina, askatoon, !arman and "artensville, including right in NDP leader #am $roten%s own riding o& askatoon "assey Place. 'This is remarkable(, said Russ "archuk ")* &or Regina Douglas Park. '+ere we have an NDP who have repeatedly said they wanted new schools built, then they choose ideology over the &amilies that want these schools.( "archuk added, 'when given another opportunity to stand up and say ,yes% to new schools they instead said ,no%. ,No% to new schools, ,no% to &amilies and ,no% to the needs o& growing communities. The NDP even stood up and said ,no% to the NDP leader%s own constituents.( The NDP opposition previously voted against the government%s recent teady -rowth $udget that will build vital in&rastructure, like new schools, while not raising ta.es on askatchewan people or businesses. '/ur province continues to grow, last year our population set a new record with over 0.0 million people living, working and raising their &amilies here,( "archuk said. 'This is thanks to the hard work o& askatchewan%s people and a complete turnaround &rom the NDP%s years o& steady decline.( 1nvestments in people and in&rastructure are the &oundation o& the askatchewan Party government%s teady -rowth $udget, which is why the government rea&&irmed this commitment with a motion in the )egislature. The NDP have previously pre&erred to put ideological opposition ahead o& real results &or the people o& askatchewan. The government%s plan is to use Public-Private Partnerships 2P3%s4 to build these schools &aster and &or less money than through traditional build processes. 1n contradiction, earlier this week, the NDP critic &or 1n&rastructure and ")* &or #umberland, $uckley $elanger, e.pressed support &or the P3 model in other in&rastructure projects with the &ederal government, saying '52we4 can%t leave money on the table6 it%s good &or the economy5( '1 suppose this is what the people o& askatchewan can e.pect &rom the NDP6 they have no plan &or askatchewan and so they say one thing and do another(, "archuk said. ' askatchewan people though know that actions matter and talk is cheap. !hen our government says we are going to do something, we do it.(

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