Sask. NDP could face sanctions for leak of provincial budget
The NDP could receive legislative sanctions for leaking the budget.
Like members of the media, the opposition receives the budget document in advance, but must sign embargo forms promising not to release information before it is tabled in the legislature.
At around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, just over an hour before the finance minister stood to deliver the budget, a mass email was sent from the NDP’s account to both the media and the public,containing details of that budget.
NDP interim leader Trent Wotherspoon apologized for that breach, but the government introduced a motion Thursday to consider punishment for the opposition.