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The Saskatchewan Party government and agencies under its control are increasingly bringing to mind an image of blinkered dray horses trudging along a well-trodden route, utterly oblivious to changes happening in the world around them.
The latest example is the laughably weak response by the Provincial Capital Commission to a recent court ruling involving impingement of Indigenous charter rights to religion, free expression and assembly. The PCC demonstrated an astounding disregard for acting in good faith toward reconciliation.
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If you don’t get that Regina’s Wascana Centre is a place for everyone, you likely haven’t been there.
If you haven’t been to Wascana Park in this past year of COVID-19 pandemic isolation, you’ve likely missed its importance as a haven for new Canadians who treasure such an outdoor space.
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But the Wascana Centre is and has always been important for those who grew up here too especially in their younger years.
By Ryan Young
Mar 8, 2021 5:55 PM
The official opposition is calling on the provincial government to include Indigenous people in meaningful consultation on the Provincial Capital Commission’s new bylaws.
The bylaws are in the process of being redeveloped after a decision from the Court of Queen’s Bench last summer that ruled the bylaws as unconstitutional and that they should be rewritten to account for “Indigenous spiritual ceremony and political expression.”
Betty Nippi-Albright, NDP critic for Truth and Reconciliation, First Nations and Métis relations, made an official call on Monday morning on the west lawn across from the Legislative Building. She spoke about her concern with the lack of consultation after the same bylaws were used or were attempted to be used to remove Indigenous-led ceremonies and demonstrations.