For immediate release: April 24, 2025
Our frontline officers should be empowered to enforce trespass laws in businesses and public spaces, but the Sask. Party simply won’t fix the mental health and addictions crisis if there aren't enough professionals to actually do this work.
Every dollar the Sask. Party puts into the Marshals bureaucracy is effectively a dollar cut from local police services and frontline workers like the Saskatoon Fire Department.
Our police and frontline workers are completely run off their feet and need much more help than this. In Saskatoon, the Fire Department reports responding to 935 overdose calls so far this year.
The whole reason that bus drivers and library workers are being forced to deal with drugs and addictions is because the Sask. Party is essentially defunding frontline services and local police.
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Carla Beck’s Team Calls On Scott Moe, Sask. Party Break Vicious Cycle By Investing In Supports and Intervention For Young Victims
REGINA – Carla Beck’s team is calling on Scott Moe and the Sask. Party to provide significantly more support for child and youth victims of violent crime after a new Statistics Canada study found Saskatchewan had the highest provincial rate in Canada of youth victims later encountering police as accused persons.
Saskatoon Fire Report 680 Overdoses In April, More Than 22 Per Day
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Pembina Analysis Comes As Medical Experts Across Canada Also Warn About Impacts of Backwards Sask. Party Plan
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