Provincial MLA for Regina Lakeview Carla Beck was in Swift Current Saturday for the Cypress-Grasslands Federal NDP Riding Association AGM.

Beck reinforced the importance of investing in education instead of making cuts.

"We are in a knowledge-based economy. We need to ensure that our kids have the tools they need to meet their needs, but also our needs as a province and as an economy going forward into the future, and I'm not seeing that right now."

The Saskatchewan Party's most-recent budget saw a $22-million cut to the operating budget for the K-to-12 school system.