Rent reduced for Riders, early budget items approved by Regina Council
2h ago
Council retroactively slashed $1.33 million in rent owed by the Roughriders.
8:30 – 155,000 PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada) members working for Treasury Board and the Canada Revenue Agency will begin strike action on April 19 if a deal is not reached by tonight at 7pm Central Time. This has the potential to impact a number of different services including tax returns and passport renewals. Marianne Hladun is the Prairies Regional Executive Vice-President of PSAC joins Gormley to discuss the latest on the potential strike.
LIVE: Marianne Hladun, Prairies Regional Executive Vice-President of PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada)
9:00 – Hour of the Big Stories…open lines
10:00 – The Onion Lake Cree Nation has filed legal action against the provincial government arguing the Saskatchewan First Act violates treaty rights and derogates the treaty relationship. The main argument is the bill allows no input or consultation to lands and resources. Chief Henry Lewis of Onion Lake Cree Nation joins Gormley to discuss why the move to sue the Saskatchewan government. Do you agree with the Chief?
LIVE: Chief Henry Lewis, Onion Lake Cree Nation
11:00 – April is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month which encourages Canadians to have important conversations with their families about their decision to donate. Dr. Michael Moser is the Surgical Co-Chair at the Saskatchewan Kidney Transplant Program and joins Gormley to explain the importance of becoming a donor. Is the province doing enough to get organ donations done?
LIVE: Dr. Michael Moser, Surgical Co-Chair, Saskatchewan Kidney Transplant Program and Associate Professor in the department of Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan
12:00 – A new study from the Fraser Institute “Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Canada” looks at the wage difference between Canada’s government-sector workers and private-sector counterparts. Ben Eisen is co-author of the study and Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute joins Gormley to explain how large the gap is between the public and private workers.
LIVE: Ben Eisen, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute