NDP puts forward Private Member’s Bill on cancer patients paying for parking

NDP puts forward Private Member’s Bill on cancer patients paying for parking

On Thursday NDP MLA for Regina Walsh Acres and Shadow Minister for Rural and Remote Health Jared Clarke introduced a Private Member’s Bill to end the Saskatchewan Party government's decision to charge some cancer patients parking fees every time they…

Saskatchewan NDP calls for free parking for cancer patients

A new private members’ bill from the Saskatchewan NDP is aiming to lighten the mental and financial load on people getting cancer care in the province. Jared Clarke, the NDP’s rural and remote health critic, said the bill would ban parking fees for people who are attending a Saskatchewan Health Authority facility to receive cancer treatment. “In Saskatchewan, we have casinos, government-run casinos, where people can go and gamble and have free p…