Introduction of Guests (12 May 2025)

From Hansard (12 May 2025)

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Victim Support Workers

Hon. Tim McLeod: — Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. On May 11th to 17th is Victims and Survivors of Crime Week here in Saskatchewan. Today I’m honoured to have had the opportunity to help thank more than 55 dedicated staff members, 150 volunteer victim support workers, and 80 community board members who provide support to victims and survivors of crime right across our province.

Mr. Speaker, these volunteers and staff members provide information, advocacy, referrals, and support through their work with police-based victims services programs. Joining us today in your gallery are nine of these individuals who have dedicated 10, 15, 20, 25, and even 30 years of serving their communities, Mr. Speaker. Perhaps they want to give us a wave. They’re in the second-from-top row there.

Mr. Speaker, seated in your gallery we have Laura Elash of Estevan, who has volunteered with the Southeast Regional Victim Services for 30 years as a community board member. From Hudson Bay we have three individuals joining us who have each dedicated 25 years serving as volunteer victim support workers with the Northeast Regional Victim Services. So thank you to Brenda Guderyan, Betty Lou Palko, and Vicky Piwtorak for your work.

From Swift Current we have Abbie Houston who is a 25-year community board member with the Southwest victim services. Bonnie Rosteski, from Pinehouse Lake, is a 25-year staff member with the North Saskatchewan Victim Services. Anita McKay, of the Red Earth Cree Nation, is a 20-year volunteer victim support worker with Northeast Regional Victim Services. Dianne Lauritzen of The Battlefords has served as a community board member with the Battlefords Victim Services for 15 years. And Jaime Campbell from Grayson has served as a volunteer victim support worker with Parkland Victim Services for 10 years.

Mr. Speaker, we thank these volunteers for their selfless dedication to helping victims in their time of need and for the work that they do on behalf of our province's justice system.

I'd like to ask all members to join me in welcoming our police-based victim services volunteers, staff, and community board members to the Saskatchewan legislature and thank them for their service.

 

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