Election 2024: Campaign Roundup - Day 10

Welcome to Day 10 of our Saskatchewan 2024 Campaign Roundup!

With the 2024 SK election underway, we'll be bringing you daily updates on all the policy proclamations, platform promises, and political point-scoring from the campaign trail.

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Campaign Roundup - Day 10:

• Both the Saskatchewan Party and the Saskatchewan NDP have visited mid-sized cities, with NDP Leader Carla Beck in Prince Albert promising to scrap the gas tax and Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe in North Battleford pledging to increase tax credits for people with disabilities. These communities, as well as Moose Jaw, have become key battlegrounds in the campaign, though both leaders have said every riding is equally important to them.
  
  
• The Saskatchewan Party announced its “Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Plan”. If re-elected, the Party plans to give police officers more authority to handle issues like intoxication, vandalism, and nuisance properties. Better access to addiction treatment would come alongside tougher laws.
  
  
• The Saskatchewan Party accused the Saskatchewan NDP of being weak on crime, while the NDP suggested that the options offered by the Saskatchewan Party with regard to crime and safety are not new solutions.
  
  
• The Saskatchewan United Party proposed its own solutions to handling crime. They suggested appointing judges to the provincial court who will lock up criminals, and building more jails to put those criminals in.
  
  
• Phillip Zajac, Leader of the Buffalo Party, appeared on CBC's Blue Sky to discuss his party’s platform, as did Saskatchewan United Party Leader Jon Hromek.
  
  
• The Saskatchewan Green Party proposed rent controls, promising to limit rent increases to 1.5% annually. The Party also suggested building publicly owned and operated, net-zero social housing.

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