Beck and Kaitlyn Harvey are looking to succeed Ryan Meili. The NDP will choose its new leader at a convention June 26. “We’re hearing from people who haven’t seen themselves in our party in a very long time,” she said.īeck said people will be looking for change in the next election, saying she is serious about doing the work and listening it will take to form a provincial government. Love agreed, adding that other provinces have recognized the needs of students coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic and made plans for investment in education, while Saskatchewan’s government has not.īeck said change in the province over the past six months and growing concerns around the cost of living are driving people to reconsider their political leanings.
“They’ve been cut back because the government has failed to properly fund our classrooms,” Beck said. She said the needs go well beyond simply maintaining teaching positions, which school divisions have had to prioritize. The leadership candidate highlighted a need for speech and language pathologists, educational psychologists and counselling supports in school. Vox butcherbabies Artist prettygirlsdouglythings Author, former Mortician turned Grief Counselor goodgrieflosangeles. “That means that those kids who are graduating this year … have spent most of their time in school in an era of declining support,” Beck said. 174k Followers, 6,724 Following, 3,560 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Carla Harvey (carlaharvey) carlaharvey. The division said funding from the provincial government has not kept pace with rising inflation rates.īeck said schools need to pay for fuel in buses and more in-class supports for students, but per-student funding has been on the decline since 2013. It’s part of the division’s efforts to make up a $4.5-million deficit. “This is a small, one per cent levy at a time when these are important industries in our province.”īeck’s suggestion comes on the heels of an announcement by Saskatoon Public Schools that it plans to introduce a fee for lunchtime supervision for parents to pay in addition to staffing cuts.
(There was) $17 billion of spending in this budget, yet we chose to underfund education,” she said. “There were choices to be made in this budget. Potash revenues, she said, were in excess of $1.9 billion at budget time. She said inadequate funding in schools, even at that time, was one of the reasons she decided to enter provincial politics.īeck said an increase to government funding could come from several places, like taxing revenue from the potash and energy sectors.
Beck served for two years as a trustee on the Regina Public Schools board before being elected as an NDP MLA in 2016. More funding for education is a priority for Beck, she said. She wants to rebuild the NDP in Saskatchewan, she said, and was excited to have Love’s support. The pair announced Love’s endorsement Friday at Market Mall in Saskatoon.īeck said the Moe government has been “uninterested” in making changes and moving forward, but her party is not. Saskatoon MLA Matt Love is standing behind Carla Beck as she works to become the next leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. The Steve Harvey Morning Show’s official Instagram page wished the pair a happy 14th wedding anniversary on August 21, 2018.