Legislative Report

NDP Avoids Answering Tough Questions on Oyate

Recently, one particular issue has been weighing heavily on the hearts and minds of people in this province. That issue is the safety of some of our most vulnerable young girls.

The Oyate Safe House was supposed to be a haven for girls trying to get away from life on the street. But in an investigative media report that aired this spring, revealed the Oyate Safe House was not a safe at all. Minister Belanger was in fact briefed on many of the failures and wrongdoings but did nothing to close the safe house until after the failures of the house were made public through the media.

When we in the Saskatchewan Party heard of the wrongdoings, we called upon the Provincial Children’s Advocate and the Provincial Auditor to investigate. They both released scathing reports. If it weren’t for our people bringing these problems to light, facts would have remained hidden by the NDP government.

It’s clear the current minister, his predecessors and the NDP government knew about the problems in Oyate but failed to act, and this inaction failed the most vulnerable of our society – young girls, who were living on street and looking for a safe place to go. Minister Belanger has also failed to answer numerous questions and has refused to come before the Public Accounts committee to answer questions as well. To top all off, this week, the NDP used its majority on a legislative committee to prevent the former deputy minister of Community Resources from testifying as a witness – something those same members had approved unanimously just weeks earlier.

It’s starting to look like there’s a lot that the NDP government doesn’t want the public to know. And it’s time to start asking, what are they hiding?

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