Regina 鈥� Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe kicked off the 2020 general election saying his party would be running on its 13-year record of growth, and the key ballot box question would be who the voters trust to guide Saskatchewan through an economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Oct. 26 election will be the first for Moe as leader of the Saskatchewan Party, a position he won in January 2018, taking over from former Premier Brad Wall.
Moe said outside the Saskatchewan Party鈥檚 Regina campaign headquarters they would be putting forward 鈥淎 plan for a strong economic recovery. It's a plan to make life more affordable for families, and it's a plan for growth. And it's a plan for strong financial fiscal management, and a balanced budget by the year 2024.鈥�
He said the ballot box question will be 鈥淲ho do you trust to lead Saskatchewan 's economic recovery?鈥�
Continuing, Moe said, 鈥淚 know this for sure. It isn't the NDP.鈥�
鈥淭he last time the NDP were in office they drove people and jobs and opportunities out of this province. They had the worst job creation record in Canada. They believed that Saskatchewan could and would never grow. It could only decline. That's why they closed 52 hospitals. That's why they closed 176 schools. And that's why they closed 1200 long term care beds in the province. They didn't believe in Saskatchewan, or its people. But in 2007 Saskatchewan changed course. Voters elected a government that did believe in our province. They believed in Saskatchewan people, and they believed in Saskatchewan people's potential. Since then, Saskatchewan has had the second-best job creation rate in the country, our province grew by over 170,000 people.
鈥淲e're building new hospitals, we are building new schools, and we are building new long term care facilities for our seniors and for our family members.鈥�
He pointed out the press conference took place near a school in Regina鈥檚 Harbour Landing, of which neither the school nor the development had existed before the Saskatchewan Party came to power.
To that end, Moe spoke of running on the Saskatchewan Party鈥檚 record in government, highlighting its successes in growth over the last 13 years in power, versus what he called the NDP鈥檚 鈥渄ismal record of decline.鈥�
