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Rev. Dr. Mark G. McKim of Regina writes:

Dear Mr. Premier,

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The provincial budget was a disgrace.

First, the budget really showed where the priorities of your government are — and it’s definitely not the sick, elderly or poor.

Besides reducing the already paltry amount received by many social assistance recipients, your budget cuts funding for funerals for those on social assistance (cremation or burial only, no viewing, no service — apparently the poor don’t deserve these things) and increases fees for nursing home care.

The Crown-owned bus company (STC) is being shut down at the end of May. Many folk in small, remote communities and northern areas have no other means of getting around, particularly if they are unable to afford their own automobile. In effect, it is the poor who are being penalized.

Families with children and 120,000 seniors will pay more for medicine, as the provincial drug plan increases to $25 from $20 per prescription.