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We all owe New Democrat Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette a debt of gratitude for restoring some humanity to the Saskatchewan legislature and the province after a whole lot of humanity on a critical issue was somehow lost.
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That the Saskatchewan Party government would have embarrassed itself by rejecting an identical version of Vermette’s bill last June was at best a testimonial of how woefully uninformed our government was on this matter. At worst, it was a testimonial to how politics far too often takes precedence.
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 10:19 PM CT | Last Updated: May 1
NDP MLA Doyle Vermette came to the final day of the Walking With Our Angels camp to show his support.(Radio-Canada)
New legislation that requires the government to develop a strategy for suicide prevention, passed in the Saskatchewan Legislature Friday, after failing on two previous attempts.
NDP MLA Doyle Vermette first proposed the legislation in 2018. He said he was grateful the bill finally passed, but that the work is far from over. This is your victory. This is [for] everyone who has walked, signed a petition, [for] mothers, fathers, grandparents who have lost a loved one, [for those] who asked us, Don t give up, he said.
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‘It gives me hope’: Sask. suicide prevention bill passes unanimously
Métis suicide prevention advocate Tristen Durocher said he s hoping for more cooperation with Indigenous communities and people across various health sectors
Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette holds The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act. Photo courtesy of Doyle Vermette
The Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly unanimously passed The Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act after Cumberland NDP MLA Doyle Vermette introduced it for a third time on Friday.
“This to me is something that the people of our province that are struggling with mental health should be very proud that they have achieved,” Vermette said.
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Sask. government neglects at-risk populations
I am writing to express my disappointment in the recent budget put forth by the Sask. Party, specifically the lack of funding to the Prairie Harm Reduction safe consumption site. They received not one red cent. If “the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members” (Gandhi), we are failing badly.
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I see a pattern of not caring about at-risk populations with this government. First, they failed to vote for MLA Doyle Vermette’s suicide prevention bill. Then they tried to evict Tristen Durocher from the Legislature grounds for, heaven forbid, bringing awareness to the high numbers of young people in the North taking their own lives. Our government was more interested in getting the teepee off the grass than listening to his heart
By Moises Canales
Apr 30, 2021 10:14 AM
The next phase of development for the new Weyburn and District General Hospital will soon be underway.
Saskatoon-based Group2 Architecture Interior Design Ltd. will be responsible for leading the design of the new facility which will serve Weyburn and the surrounding area. The 35-bed health care building will include primary health services, a 10-bed inpatient mental health unit and enhanced emergency services, including a heliport.
The government says this will help bring health services currently in different locations around Weyburn under one roof.
“A brand new state-of-the-art hospital is something the people of Weyburn and area have been working toward for a long time,” stated Education Minister and Weyburn-Big Muddy MLA Dustin Duncan on behalf of Rural and Remote Health Minister Everett Hindley. “We are so grateful to the community for the support and generosity they have shown to help make this project a reality.”