Union head blasts government over job cuts
The head of Saskatchewan’s Canadian Union of Public Employees doesn’t believe the premier has a plan to bring the province back into the black.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall painted a dire economic picture on Monday when he announced no options were off the table to decrease the $1.2 billion provincial deficit. The government previously said the deficit would be $1 billion.
Among the options considered is cutting 4,900 provincial health-care jobs, although Wall said publicly he wants to avoid that route.
Tom Graham, president of CUPE Saskatchewan, said he wasn’t surprised when Wall make the announcement but was disappointed.