Question Period (29 October 2025)

From Hansard (29 October 2025)

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Government Response to Wildfires in the North

Jordan McPhail: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The North deserves transparency, Mr. Speaker, just as they deserve accountability.

This week the Premier finally apologized to the people of the North. When asked to apologize, the Minister of Justice didn’t only refuse to apologize, he decided to beat his chest on the floor. This is what Saskatchewan can expect after 18 years of this Sask Party government. This hurt my constituents, who have already been through enough.

Will the minister finally be accountable and join the Premier and apologize for the disastrous wildfire response today?

Hon. Tim McLeod: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me just start by saying, of course we are all sorry for what the people of the North have gone through this summer. It was a devastating and unprecedented fire season this year, and of course the people of Saskatchewan are sorry for what they have experienced in the North. The families in the North didn’t just lose their buildings. They lost their homes. They lost their memories, things that can’t be replaced. None of us can undo that, Mr. Speaker, and for that we all feel terrible.

But this government, Mr. Speaker, is going to stand alongside those families. We were there with evacuation supports at unprecedented levels. We are there for the cleanup effort. We’ve been meeting with the community leaders in those communities. Minister of Environment, Minister of Government Relations, myself, the Premier, we will continue to meet with these communities as we work alongside them to rebuild what was lost in the most devastating fire year in history. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

 

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