Opinion: Saskatchewan's NDP needs plan to fund its proposed priorities

Former Regina NDP MP Erin Weir says his party needs to come up with a more convincing plan to pay for the priorities it outlined during the campaign.

Saskatchewan New Democrats made big electoral gains by proposing to rebuild education and health care. The Saskatchewan Party countered that there was no plan to pay for these promises.

As a government in waiting, the enlarged official opposition must develop revenue proposals to fund needed investments in public services.

The NDP platform envisaged holding existing expenditure growth to one per cent annually, far below provincial budget projections and recent public-sector wage settlements.