Election 2016: NDP releases full 2016 election platform
The provincial NDP released its full platform at a campaign event in Saskatoon on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters following a speech to supporters at TCU Place, party leader Cam Broten took aim at Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party for failing to produce a budget before the election.
“I challenge Mr. Wall: our plan is out there, our priorities are out there. Our platform is out there, which is costed, which is verified. Where is his budget? It’s there somewhere. He’s just hiding it from Saskatchewan people, and I say Saskatchewan people deserve a lot more than just taking him at his word,” he said.
NDP officials said they used data from the government’s own third-quarter report to inform their projections. They also highlighted that the platform was reviewed by Carleton University economist Andrew Jackson, who also serves as a senior policy advisor at the Broadbent Institute.