Question Period (11 March 2026)

From Hansard (11 March 2026)

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Community Safety and Library Worker Concerns

Brittney Senger: — Mr. Speaker, last week the Minister of Rural and Remote Health agreed with this side of the House that the Minister of Social Services should work a shift at the Frances Morrison Library in Saskatoon. She even went on to say that the minister would be more than happy to work a shift at the library, where workers have expressed concerns about safety and the need for supports.

While it’s a nice gesture that the minister will be meeting with the library board, his colleague assured this House that he would be more than happy to work a shift alongside the workers. So can the minister please inform this House on what day he will show up for his shift?

Hon. Terry Jenson: — Well thank you, Mr. Speaker. And this is yet another example of why nobody takes this opposition seriously, Mr. Speaker. I had a conversation yesterday with the executive director of the Saskatoon Public Library . . .

[Interjections]

Speaker Goudy: — Okay, here we’re just about done. I would just really think that today was a little more interrupting and talking than normal. So let’s finish off well. Seriously, I can’t even believe that people are talking when I . . . Please. The minister was asked a question. Time is up. You get to finish off, but let’s just finish well and let the minister answer the question please.

Hon. Terry Jenson: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again when it comes to violence in the workplace, Mr. Speaker, this is an issue that this government takes very seriously. Not only in the workplace but in the community, as my colleague in Community Safety outlined earlier this afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

You know, we have so many different resources available in the community, whether it be street outreach workers at sawêyihtotân. We also have AROs [alternative response officers] that are working in the community.

And yesterday I had a conversation with Saskatoon Public Library, Mr. Speaker. In the conversation and the email that I received back, Saskatoon Public Library is looking forward to an upcoming meeting with myself as well as with others on the board to discuss the challenges that they’re having, Mr. Speaker. Additionally, they’re going to highlight the strides that they’ve made over the past . . .

Speaker Goudy: — Thank you. All right.

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