Since 2007, the Saskatchewan Party government has sold over $1.2 billion in public assets and eliminated at least 1,227 public sector jobs via privatization and contracting out.
Meeting Human Needs – The fight for Saskatchewan’s public services, which was produced by Campaign Gears and Left Field Digital, looks at the loss of STC, the challenges with the Sask Hospital P3 and the ongoing erosion of public health care.
“Public services are woven into the fabric of Saskatchewan life. Every day, working people rely on public health care, libraries, schools, and Crown corporations to access systems and services we need to survive,” said Judy Henley, president of CUPE Saskatchewan. “But they weren’t created without a fight. Protecting them will take everything we’ve got.”
The documentary interviews academics, front-line workers, and residents including Dr. Sally Mahood, activist Terri Sleeva, and Simon Enoch, director of CCPA Saskatchewan.
Editors Note: the documentary is decidedly anti-Sask Party, so if that will upset you, maybe give it a miss. But as a good citizen and internet media consumer, you should try to watch it objectively, draw your own conclusions based on the facts presented, and then read the next paragraph.
Ideas and opinions expressed here are those of the author and are not necessarily those of LMT. But you already knew that.
-Media Release, CUPE
