Brad Wall today pledged that a re-elected Saskatchewan Party government will repair more highways. He took reporters on a bumpy tour in the Silton area north of Regina to highlight the need.
His promise is a three-year $70 million “surge” in highway repair and maintenance under a Highways 2020 plan. That plan would see $2.7 billion invested over a four-year term.
He said he spends a lot of time on the roads and knows that while work has been done, there is still more to do. In its first two terms, the Sask Party fixed nearly 10,000 kilometres, the party says, and spent $5.2 billion.
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NDP leader Cam Broten was in Moose Jaw, where he announced he would end the controversial Lean program and close 17 Lean promotion offices that cost $20 million per year to operate. The government introduced the Japanese system of streamlining processes to the health care system and then expanded it to 19 ministries and agencies, four post-secondary schools and 28 school divisions.
Broten said he would redirect jobs from Lean promotion to front-line care.
He was also scheduled to hold another campaign event in Moose Jaw later today.
Voters go to the polls April 4.
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