MP Georgina Jolibois applauds budget, but cites issues
The federal budget was released on March 22 and while the MP for northern Saskatchewan is impressed with it, she feels there are still questions left unanswered.
Georgina Jolibois, New Democrat MP for Desnethe – Missinippi – Churchill River said the infrastructure spending plan favors urban centers more than rural, remote communities.
“When the budget speaks to the infrastructure plan, it isn’t clear as to what the plan is. (For the north) she said. “They (the Liberals) are talking about transit systems like busses and trains, those are for urban centers. In the northern Saskatchewan constituency we don’t have those concerns so there are more questions to answers as to what is the infrastructure plan, and how will our constituency benefit from this plan that the Liberal government has laid out.”
Jolibois said a couple of the major concerns are that there is no mention about long-term care facilities for seniors and, although she applauded the amount given to First Nations communities, she said it still isn’t enough.