Western Standard - November 02, 2022


Sask Public Safety Minister apologizes for defending Colin Thatcher

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Colin Thatcher Christine Tell Joanne Wilson Nicole Sauer Scott Moe
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3 minutes

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Word count

418

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29


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Colin Thatcher was invited to the Throne Speech by Premier Scott Moe on Monday. Public Safety Minister Christine Tell defended his invitation, saying he is a free citizen. But critics say he is not. Thatcher received a life sentence for murdering his wife Joanne Wilson and is on parole for the rest of his life.

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00:00:00.000 NDP Corrections policing and public safety critic Nicole Sauer challenged Public Safety Minister Christine Tell to stand up in the legislature and apologize for defending Colin Thatcher's invitation to the throne speech.
00:00:13.420 Tell would not speak to reporters on Monday about Thatcher.
00:00:17.320 Following the throne speech, Tell defended Thatcher's invitation as his criminal past doesn't matter.
00:00:23.800 He, that is Thatcher, has a right to be here just like anybody else. He is a free citizen.
00:00:30.000 However, Thatcher is not a free citizen as he received a life sentence for murdering his wife, Joanne Wilson, and is on parole for the rest of his life.
00:00:40.960 Thatcher is the son of a former premier and was a sitting MLA when he murdered his wife.
00:00:47.040 Tell clarified what she meant by free citizen.
00:00:50.420 Tell said, I say free as opposed to being incarcerated.
00:00:54.520 Tell said that she used free citizen inappropriately.
00:00:57.720 Tell said she fully supports Premier Scott Moe's apology from the government, which he gave on Monday.
00:01:03.960 A reporter asked Tell if she was involved in the Thatcher investigation as Tell was a member of the Regina Police Service at the time.
00:01:12.040 She responded, I was a rookie. I didn't work on it. No.
00:01:16.640 Read the full story at westernstandard.news.
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