Add the Canadian Union of Public Employees-Saskatchewan to the list of groups unhappy with Premier Scott Moe’s decision to cancel the province’s COVID-19 safety measures.

“Our hospitals are still struggling to care for hundreds of COVID-19 patients. The number of outbreaks in Saskatchewan care homes continues to climb. Nearly 20 deaths among seniors in the last week alone, and our members in the health care and education sector are stretched to the breaking point due to short staffing,” said C-U-P-E Saskatchewan President Judy Henley. “It is clear that Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party government is ignoring the medical community and pandering to far-right extremists.”

C-U-P-E-Saskatchewan say they are joining with the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour to strongly urge the Premier to act on four points of contention, adding that in the last seven days, COVID cases in Saskatchewan have been the second-highest among the provinces and with the third-highest rate of deaths.