NDP calls for more business supports during Omicron wave
The Saskatchewan NDP feels businesses in the province are being left to fend for themselves by the government.
“We are the only province without relief programs (for businesses),” Jobs Critic Aleana Young said Tuesday. “Small businesses are resilient, but this is the hardest month of the year for many and the government isn’t even doing the bare minimum. They are doing nothing at all and doing nothing is not a plan.”
Saskatchewan businesses are not eligible for a number of federal supports because the province hasn’t brought in any lockdown measures or restrictions. On Facebook on Tuesday, Premier Scott Moe reiterated the government will not be bringing in restrictions because of how quickly the virus has been spreading in provinces that do have stringent ones in place.
“This government’s public health measures during this fifth wave are about as useful as half a haircut,” Young said. “You can go on any federal website and you will see all of the programs available and it will say ‘excluding those in Saskatchewan’ as this is a government who prefers to bury its head in the sand, cater to those on the fringes and refuses to consider any public health measures but not only will keep people from getting sick but will allow the economy to function.”