Sask. M.P. calls for more resources to communities affected by suicide
The northern Saskatchewan Member of Parliament is calling on the federal government to provide more resources to communities affected by the recent string of suicides.
Georgina Jolibois, M.P. for Desnethe – Missinippi – Churchill River said her heart goes out to the families and friends in each community affected.
“I understand with these incidents in Loon Lake, Stanley Mission, La Ronge, and Deschambault Lake, everyone in the North is affected,” Jolibois said. “I have asked the Prime Minister, on behalf of (Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations) who extended two invitations, for him to come visit the northern communities.”
She added that invitation still stands. Besides asking Trudeau to visit, Jolibois is asking for Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs and Jane Philpott, Minister of Health to also visit the communities.