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“My patience is very thin,” she said.
A statement from the National Action Plan Core Working Group in December said work was underway to develop the strategy, including an accountability framework, in partnership with Indigenous Peoples.
The Crown-Indigenous department website also sites a list of actions taken to address violence against Indigenous women and girls. It includes a commitment to end drinking water advisories, funding for Indigenous languages and a counselling phone line for Indigenous people.
Audette spoke during an online news conference with Indigenous leaders and activists ahead of the annual vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on Sunday.
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Jan 7, 2021 4:46 PM
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark and Michelle Beveridge, the mayor s chief of staff, are pictured on the balcony of the U.S. Capitol during a visit to Washington, D.C., in 2018. (Michelle Beveridge/Submitted)
Three years ago, Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark was in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
He was there after receiving an invitation as part of a delegation of Canadian mayors from across the country to attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
As part of the trip, Clark had a chance to tour the Capitol Building, the Lincoln Memorial and other historic sites. He says it was an incredible experience.
(Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
2020 was a year that saw Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark win a second term, a year in which city council faced a deficit of more than $20 million and a year in which budgets had to be reworked over and over.
It’s definitely not how Clark thought the year would turn out.
“When we started the year in January and the way it has turned out is completely different than anybody expected,” Clark said.
But that doesn’t mean he’s not proud of how city staff, council and residents handled challenge after challenge. It meant retraining staff to abide by new protocols, and focusing on keeping basic services running like road repairs, waste and recycling, and water and electric services.
SASKATOON Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says the biggest gift residents can give their loved ones is their health. “I ve already heard in conversations, and I know other people have heard in conversations, that people have been struggling with this and are looking for ways to get around the gathering guidelines for Christmas or for the holiday season,” he said at a press conference on Friday. “We re wanting to be here today to say, ‘Please don t do that’. There are ways that we can still celebrate the holidays together and to worship together.” New public health measures went into effect on Thursday across the province, limiting the number of people allowed to gather in a single household over the holiday season.
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark is using a couple of his social media platforms to denounce what’s being called a “Freedom Rally” this weekend.
Clark took to Facebook and Twitter on Monday, posting a series of messages indicating his exasperation that the rally was scheduled to go ahead this weekend. A convoy is expected to begin in Davidson and make its way to downtown Saskatoon.
“It is very frustrating to see people going out and undermining all of the efforts that the rest of us have taken,” he tweeted, referring to efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19. “I expect that there (will) be enforcement of the public health orders that are in place, and that the organizers of these events are investigated and held to account.”