Saskatchewans leading provincial parties share plans to address homelessness [Video]

The leaders of Saskatchewan’s two major political parties are sharing their plans to tackle the growing homelessness crisis.

In the province’s largest city, the number of people sleeping rough is on pace to more than double over last year, according to the Saskatoon Fire Department.

A recent report from the fire department shows 683 people were “inadequately housed” between Jan. 1 and Sept. 15 this year. Over all of 2023, they counted 366 people in the same category in Saskatoon.

In Regina, over 100 volunteers gathered to conduct a point-in-time count of the city’s unhoused population at the beginning of October. The last count, in 2021, identified 488 unhoused people in the Queen City. Last week, organizers told CTV News the number was likely much higher than what volunteers could count on any given night.

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At a news conference in Kenaston on Friday, Saskatchewan …