Question Period (4 December 2024)

From Hansard (4 December 2024)

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Opposition Motion and Food Prices in the North

Jordan McPhail: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it’s 2024 and my constituents in the North are getting sick because they can’t afford healthy food. These are Saskatchewan people and they deserve support. Instead, some are suffering from scurvy. The Saskatchewan Party government chooses to ignore this. Yesterday we told this government we wanted an investigation into sky-high food prices so we can improve access to food. Today, they blocked my motion to launch that investigation.

How can this government possibly justify doing nothing while people in Saskatchewan in the North get sick, or will it take someone dying for them to care?

Hon. Tim McLeod: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the member opposite just referenced that the government has blocked a motion that he brought. Mr. Speaker, the motions that are brought before this House are transcribed in Hansard. The members all know that these proceedings are livestreamed. Mr. Speaker, we have members opposite who are levelling accusations that are not based in fact, and I would ask the member to apologize.

Speaker Goudy: — I did notice that when the member said they chose to ignore . . . I don’t know, I’ve ruled before that we can’t, you know, say the intent of the other side. And so I would ask the member to avoid that in the future, please.

Jordan McPhail: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That minister knows better. Mr. Speaker, I served as a town councillor before I had the privilege of being elected to this Chamber. At council, we let people bring forward their ideas and their concerns. We’d never shut down a meeting to block someone’s voice. Today this Sask Party government silenced my voice and my constituents’ voice. They played political games in committee to block my call for an investigation into food prices in the North.

Will someone on that side stand in their place and explain to the people in the North why they would rather play political games than provide people with the support that they need?

Hon. Tim McLeod: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And once again, nobody’s voice was silenced, Mr. Speaker. If you check the record, the member opposite never spoke a word on the record, Mr. Speaker. So again we have an accusation being levelled, Mr. Speaker, that is not substantiated by the record. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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