Sask. NDP calling for multi-sector COVID task force
Ryan Meili is calling on the Saskatchewan government to create a multi-sector task force to help deal with COVID-19.
The Saskatchewan NDP leader sent a letter to Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday asking for the task force to be created and for it to include municipal and Indigenous leaders, health-care professionals, educational professionals, members of the business community, labour leaders, community organizations and members from the governing party as well as the opposition.
“We are in a very serious moment and unfortunately it is going to get worse in the next little while and that is why it is so important that we take action right now,” Meili said during a media conference.
“While the Sask. Party and the New Democrats are political opponents, we have a common enemy and that enemy is the virus. We are in a very unusual time and, in moments of crisis, we need to act differently. We need to take a different approach than what we are used to.”