Election 2024: Campaign Roundup - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 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 2:

• Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe touted the success of his government’s Graduate Retention Program, and promised to expand on it if re-elected. He said that to help young people live and work in Saskatchewan after post-secondary graduation, his party would increase the benefit by 20% to a maximum of $24,000.
  
  
• The Saskatchewan NDP suggested that many people are choosing to leave the province and blamed the current government for not retaining them. The party said they would not cut the Graduate Retention Program.
  
  
• The Saskatchewan Progress Party jumped into the debate about people leaving the province, also blaming the current government. They offered up a guarantee of full-time jobs for all healthcare and education workers. They also suggested that Saskatchewan grads and students should get direct payments, as well as cheaper tuition.
  
  
• The Saskatchewan Party accused the Saskatchewan NDP of making promises that would cost nearly $4 billion, but of having no plan to pay for it. The Saskatchewan Party suggested this would lead to higher taxes, huge deficits, and the cancellation of projects.
  
  
• Naomi Hunter, Leader of the Saskatchewan Green Party, shared her party’s election platform. Among the promises are capping rent increases to 1.5% annually, replacing minimum wage with a living wage, and transitioning away from fossil fuels.
  
  
• The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan continued to lay out its policy platform. The party’s affordability plan includes offering PST rebates for new home construction and a home energy grant of up to $15,000. Additionally, the plan proposes removing the PST on restaurant meals, children's clothing, school supplies, and home and renter's insurance.
  
  
• Jon Hromek, Saskatchewan United Leader, announced a series of town hall meetings across the province. He’ll be hosting events in Rouleau, Herbert, Caron, Central Butte, Regina, and Lumsden, among others.

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