Dustin Duncan: Difference between revisions

Duncan took on the education portfolio after the 2020 election and in the midst of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Duncan persistently downplayed the need for public health measures in the school system, and at one point in 2021 wrote a letter to school divisions directing them to allow unvaccinated students to participate in extra-curricular activities, which at the time was in contravention of a directive by a local medical health officer.{{Cite news |last=Kurz |first=Larissa |date=2022-01-10 |title=Sask. NDP critics call for resignation of “unfit” education minister |work=Sask Today |url=https://www.sasktoday.ca/south/local-news/sask-ndp-critics-call-for-resignation-of-unfit-education-minister-4939045 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110191042/https://www.sasktoday.ca/south/local-news/sask-ndp-critics-call-for-resignation-of-unfit-education-minister-4939045 |archive-date=2022-01-10}}{{Cite news |last=Bamford |first=Allison |date=2022-01-24 |title=Officials consider patient transfers to rural areas as Sask. COVID-19 hospitalizations reach highest count since October |work=CTV News |url=https://regina.ctvnews.ca/officials-consider-patient-transfers-to-rural-areas-as-sask-covid-19-hospitalizations-reach-highest-count-since-october-1.5752816 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127185747/https://regina.ctvnews.ca/officials-consider-patient-transfers-to-rural-areas-as-sask-covid-19-hospitalizations-reach-highest-count-since-october-1.5752816 |archive-date=2022-01-27}}