The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union says the province continues to reject public demands for all health care workers in the province to be prioritized for vaccination against COVID-19. The union says that employees at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, who care for some of the province’s most vulnerable patients, are excluded from phase 2 of the vaccine rollout, meaning they will be vaccinated at the same rate as the general public.

In early March, SGEU, SEIU-West, and CUPE issued a joint statement calling on Premier Scott Moe to reverse his government’s decision to prioritize vaccines for only certain select health care workers.

The union says cancer patients who are undergoing therapy are included in Phase 2 of the province’s vaccine rollout – but not the individuals who care for them.