Mayoral candidate Gordon Wyant participates in the 2024 Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce mayoral election debate at Rogers Television Studios. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.Photo by Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Letters: Saskatoon mayoral candidate Wyant's record is revealing

Readers offer their opinion on Saskatoon mayoral candidate Gord Wyant, seniors access to voting in the Saskatchewan election and Remembrance Day.

by · Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Phil Tank’s assessments and the recent letter by Traci Baker regarding mayoral candidate Gord Wyant warrant further scrutiny. Wyant spent 14 years as an MLA of the now diminished and further right Saskatchewan Party. During that time he held various ministerial posts including education, justice and attorney general.

He purports to now fix the “broken” Saskatoon crime and homeless crises. However, during and following his tenure as justice minister, the Saskatchewan crime severity index actually increased, especially in rural communities, while urban homelessness deteriorated further.

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