Daily Herald Contributor
Former employment councillor and current Essential Skills Development instructor Terri Davis has announced her candidacy for the Saskatchewan United Party in the Oct. 28 provincial election.
Davis has worked at the YWCA, Gabriel Dumont Institute, and is currently employed at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. She’s representing the SUP in Prince Albert Northcote, and said she wants to bring positive change to provincial politics.
“I believe anyone can make good, positive change,” she said. “It has been my personal mission to help others sparkle and shine and to dare them to reach for success.”
Davis said the community of Prince Albert Northcote has many serious issues and concerns that appear to have been ignored for a long time. One of her main priorities is finding ways to reduce the cost of living. She said the government has to find ways to make life more affordable, whether that’s through lowering the PST, which the SUP has promised to do, or the Gas Tax.
“My main priorities are to get more money back to the tax payers,” she said.
“Ignoring groups of people is not acceptable to me because I am a person with high passion for others and really want everyone to strive where they are,” she added.
Davis said the SUP platform is “actionable and implementable,” and has clear focus and realistic ways of how change can occur.
Davis holds diplomas in Criminology and Entrepreneurship. She has also served on multiple local boards, including Community Futures, and the Community Initiatives Fund, among others.
She was recognized for her education commitments in 2016 when she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.
Davis said her background in education and human resources would be an asset as an MLA.
“We need analytical people and change makers to be in the Legislature so we can get back to being a proud province that is growing and blossoming,” she said. “Change is needed.”
Davis is one of four candidates running in Prince Albert Northcote. The list also includes Jarren Jones (Green Party), former MLA Nicole Rancourt (NDP), and incumbent Alana Ross (Saskatchewan Party).
Election Day is Monday, Oct. 28.
SUBHEADLINE: SUP leader Hromek rallies supporters as Election Day approaches
The more SUP MLAs there are, the more their voices and values will be amplified.
That was the message from SUP leader Jon Hromek as Advance Polling continued across Saskatchewan. He said the SUP’s concerns are the concerns of the Saskatchewan People.
“Sask United will reduce international immigration. Housing access, healthcare, education, and other social services are already overwhelmed as a result of unsustainable population growth,” Hromek said in a press release.
“The people of Saskatchewan will remember how the Sask United Party has already made a significant difference by sticking to our common sense, core convictions.”
Hromek said Sask United will champion efficiency and good management by auditing all government departments and ministries to find efficiencies, cut costs, fire the wasteful bureaucracy, and restore the effectiveness of our services especially healthcare.
The party leader also assured residents that his party will keep gender ideology out of schools and focus on the basic building blocks of education, reading, writing, math, science, and history.
The party has also pledged to drop the PST from six per cent to three per cent, and give seniors a 65 per cent discount on primary residence property taxes.
“It’s also the first day in decades that citizens of the province have the option to vote for a party dedicated to new ideas and putting their needs and values first,” Hromek added. “A vote for Sask United, today, is a vote for positive change.”
