By Kevin Gilby
CRAIK—The Craik Saving Our Health Care task force recently announced their plans to hold two noon-hour rallies in the coming weeks to maintain and restore their health services. The first rally is schedule for Feb. 27 near the Craik Health Centre and the second on March 2, in the city of Regina on the first day the legislature is back in session.
The task force, composed of community members appointed by Craik’s Mayor and RM of Craik Reeve, have been meeting almost daily to discuss plans to secure their physician and their health centre against what they consider “the brunt ax of the bureaucrats.”
In preparation for the rallies, the group has been generating slogans for picket signs and planning the logistics to unify the voices of the community and area. The public is invited to join them and march near the Craik Health Centre to both show their support to the centre staff and physician, and to express their demands to be heard by the government and health regions.
The group has scheduled a bus to transport community and area members to Regina departing from the Craik Community Rink at 9:30 a.m. for the March 2 rally. Members of Central Butte have already agreed to join the rally in Regina.
In a Thursday news release, the task force summarized their continued concerns regarding negotiations for doctor coverage and for the support of the Craik Health Centre. The release also highlighted their plans on how to amplify their message in the following weeks.
As part of their effort, they have invited the leaders of all political parties in Saskatchewan to visit the community and health centre and meet with the community leaders.
Task force representative David Ashdown said, “We’ve invited the leaders of all four political parties to come talk to us and, in that way, we are trying to send a message that we are trying to make this an election issue.”
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