Question Period (26 November 2025)

From Hansard (26 November 2025)

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Addictions Treatment, Policing, and Supports for Northern Saskatchewan

Leroy Laliberte: — Mr. Speaker, we’re in a crisis. It’s the responsibility of this minister and this government to make sure that the services and resources are there for all people in Saskatchewan.

Mr. Speaker, they tell us they’ve been tough on crime. How tough are they, Mr. Speaker? After 18 years in power, they got our severe crime rate to double the national average. That’s how tough they are. Crime goes up, and they still haven’t admitted to failing.

And they’re failing the people of northern Saskatchewan, Mr. Speaker. These northern councillors travelled all this way because they want to work together to ensure that there are solutions that are being made, Mr. Speaker. Will this minister, or ministers, meet with these leaders about these concerns today?

Hon. Tim McLeod: — Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And our government is always happy to meet with other community leaders to discuss their concerns and the challenges that they’re facing.

We know that there are challenges when it comes to protecting communities, which is why that has been a priority of our government, Mr. Speaker, to make stronger, safer communities.

And that is why our government is committed to adding additional resources, whether that’s additional boots on the ground, Mr. Speaker, another 100 provincially funded municipal police officers; changing legislation, making it easier for those officers to remove criminal activity and dangerous items from the communities; or whether it’s adding 70 Saskatchewan marshals, a provincial police service that the opposition have opposed since day one, Mr. Speaker.

The opposition, who would rather put a doorbell camera on your house, Mr. Speaker. As part of their election campaign, they promised a doorbell camera. We’re promising boots on the ground with the marshals service. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

 

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