Maria Krznar for Saskatoon Northwest

Thank you so much to the many incredible individuals who worked so hard during the provincial election to ensure that we have a full slate of candidates. Everyo...ne in Saskatchewan who wished to vote Green was able to. I look forward to continuously growing the Saskatchewan Green Party to 1, 000 members and having 5 members in every single constituency, ensuring we build constituency associations to support candidates moving into the 2024 election. First, I wish to thank my incredible Deputy Leader team, Victor Lau and his wife Heather Lau. Their wisdom, support and hard work during the critical time when I became leader, then as we needed to go straight into election prep. was invaluable. They were able to tell me their past experiences, find candidates and support those fine people, do media appearances and even feed me some days! So much gratitude. Our Saskatchewan Green Party executive (with the exception of those who are candidates), also deserve so much gratitude. These individuals used their skills and jumped in to assist any way that they could. Dave Abbey, David Walther, Nancy Carswell, Ryan Koltalo, Neil Sinclair, are all executive members who deserve so much recognition for their work to help and advise during this 2020 election. Many of our executive also stepped up to be candidates this election! Our candidates, many of whom have already reached out and indicated that they wish to run again in 2024, participate in training and be more involved with the SGP between elections. Your dedication, time away from your families and willingness to let your name stand to represent our core green values is seen and appreciated. Let it also be mentioned that many of these incredible candidates were also volunteers helping on other campaigns as well. Our 2020 candidates: Leroy Laliberte, Tiffany Giesbrecht, Hamish Graham, Darcy Robilliard, Jaina Forrest, Breton Gattinger, Liam Becker, Aaron Oochoo, Patrick McNally, Dianna Holigroski, Scott Meiers, Jim Ternier, Billy Patterson, Melissa Fletcher, Evangeline Godron, Justin Stranack, Audra Kish, Isaiah Hunter, Melvin Pylypchuk, Carol Vandale, Matthew Diakuw, Jack Powless, North Hunter, Abby Firlotte, Marjorie Graham, Shirley Davis, Sarah Kraynick, Irene Browatzke, Victor Lau, Naomi Hunter, Helmi Scott Uguh, Michael Wright, Anthony Majore, Heather Lau, Sarah Risk, James Park, Tanner Wallace, Sonja Doyle, Justina Robinson, Larry Neufeld, Marcia Neault, Raven Reid, Gillian Walker, Jan Norris, Tobi-Dawne Smith, Jacklin H. Andrews, Maria Krznar, Albert Chubak, Delanie Passer, Jaime Fairley, Cheryl Mazil, Lydia Martens, Erickka Patmore, Glenn Wright, Dave Greenfield, George Watson, Joey Reynolds, Shane Caellaigh, Kimisoo Goodtrack, Judy Mergel. I would like to thank volunteers who I know personally, Wendy Phillips, Richard Jack, Barry Dickie, George Wooldridge, Cindy Stone, as well as those many wonderful people who helped candidates and whom I did not get a chance to meet. You are appreciated and incredible people. We had volunteers who helped from far away. Thank you to Kelly Green who came from Edmonton, Alberta and worked around the clock being my assistant, and continues to help from afar. Julie Guillemet, who continues to help with social media and website work. Brock Grills and Dana Hartt who tried hard to set up phone canvassing for Saskatchewan and assure me they will keep trying to help with that so we have this for future elections (hopefully through g-vote). Having the help and support of Greens across the country means so much, thank you. I would also like to express gratitude to everyone who hosted a sign, our donors without whom we would have great difficulties, our families, and our Saskatchewan Green Party members. I look forward to all of us continuing to promote our core green values of participatory democracy, ecological wisdom, non-violence, social justice, respect for diversity and sustainability. Please reach out to me anytime, I'd love to keep working with you. Moving forward, I am committing to devote my full-time energy as your Leader of the Saskatchewan Green Party. In appreciation; Naomi Hunter Leader, Saskatchewan Green Party 1-306-561-8880 [email protected] Naomi Hunter Naomi Hunter http://NaomiHunter.ca/ tiktok: naomihunter04 twitter: @NaomiHunterGPC

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 24, 2020 Saskatchewan Needs Wetlands Protection Policy Saskatchewan is the only province without a Wetlands Protection Policy. It’s time... that Saskatchewan follows the lead of our neighbours in Alberta and Manitoba and develop a more balanced mitigation policy, one that offers protection for municipalities, producers, and society. We live in an incredibly beautiful and unique province., beams Naomi Hunter, Leader of the Saskatchewan Green Party. But more importantly our waterways and grasslands are needed in the fight against the Climate Crisis. We need a government who will value natural spaces, not just the resources extracted from them. When wetlands are drained, we lose the benefits they provide of clean water, flood and drought protection, and recreation opportunities. In late 2019, the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency (WSA) began consulting stakeholders on a new Wetland Conservation Policy for agricultural land that would allow drainage to occur, but with limits designed to ensure preservation of wetland benefits. The biggest deficiency of WSA’s policy is the provision allowing landowners to drain smaller wetlands in exchange for implementing alternate conservation measures, such as planting winter cereals or protecting other natural areas. While it’s great that they are talking about conserving other areas, that is still not the same as actually conserving wetlands. To put this in a Saskatchewan perspective, it would be like saying, There's nothing here but wheat and canola farms. states Hunter. But in reality we are much more diverse. People know that we all contribute to a healthy Saskatchewan and should also see that wetlands are their own unique part of the ecological world and need distinct protection. The Saskatchewan Green Party will introduce within the first 100 days of being elected, a Wetlands Conservation Policy that doesn’t fall short of what is actually needed. As well, we will introduce legislation to protect our grasslands. Upon election, the Saskatchewan Green Party will keep: *Crown grasslands publicly-owned and protected from development, including former PFRA and provincial pastures. *Halt the sale of public land with ecological value including Crown lands that, until removed by recent Order-in-Council, had been protected under the Wildlife Habitat Protection Act. *Introduce legislation to Strengthen the Environmental Assessment process to better involve the public and protect the remaining grasslands from development. We will bring forward legislation to Protect native prairie, including monitoring and enforcing Conservation Easements preventing breaking of these lands. Once native prairie is broken it cannot be restored. I'm a farmer and my Dad always taught us 'it's easier to do something right the first time, than to fix it later.', states Hunter. Let's get it right, our children need us to show them the way. For more information please contact: Naomi Hunter Saskatchewan Green Party Leader 1 (306) 561-8880 [email protected] Victor Lau Deputy Leader SGP 1 (306) 737-5345 [email protected]

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PRESS RELEASE October 17, 2020 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2020 If the Sask Party can over spend Billions of dollars on roadways, highwa...ys and corrupt land deals, then our Green Party government can well afford to eliminate poverty immediately. states Naomi Hunter, Leader of the Saskatchewan Green Party. The Saskatchewan Green Party is pleased to re-announce it’s major platform plank of instituting a Guaranteed Livable Income of $2000/month for every citizen of our province. We would boost the Welfare Rate to $2000/month transforming social assistance into SAIE (Sask Assured Income for Everyone) while also increasing SAID (Sask Assured Income for Disability) by adding $2000/month to the current benefit. The Saskatchewan Green Party feels that every citizen of our great province should benefit from full economic income security. By reforming welfare to be a universal income security program, accessible to everyone with less criteria for inclusion, our Green Party government would remove the stigma and ensure poverty is finally eliminated in Saskatchewan. According to Poverty Free Saskatchewan: The poverty threshold for a family of four in Regina was $44,833; for a person living alone it was $22,416. 48 per cent of children in female lone-parent families and 36 percent of persons aged 18-64 not living in families lived in households with incomes below these thresholds. For seniors aged 65 plus, the poverty rate was 4.6 per cent. While updated data do not include information for the fifty thousand plus persons living on reserves, incomes are especially low among the Indigenous population of the province. - Paul Gingrich, University of Regina Our Saskatchewan Green Party SAIE and SAID programs would ensure single individuals receive $24,000/year and the ability to earn more without claw backs until a high income threshold is reached. This would ensure a family of four well over $48,000 (assuming two adults, two children). Universal Basic Income is absolutely essential, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing climate emergency. If not now, when? states Victor Lau, Deputy Leader. For more information please contact: Naomi Hunter Saskatchewan Green Party Leader 1 (306) 561-8880 [email protected] Victor Lau Deputy Leader SGP 1 (306) 737-5345 [email protected]