“I hope you will look bravely at what you as a community member are willing to do, and how you can work as a council to be a positive force in caring for and protecting all of our community members.”
In January 2022, city council resolved $376,066 in returned funds to be reallocated to the Affordable Housing Reserve. However, future contributions from the NLDF are not certain. “Only if you stay, perhaps, in a suburb and never come through downtown or the west side, could you be unaware of the severity of the situation right now with the unhoused in Saskatoon,” said Saskatoon Pleasant Hill resident Kyle Syverson.Syverson suggested warm up busses for the Saskatoon homeless population, as well as public burning barrels to provide immediate relief and shelter while waiting for a long-term plan.
TCU Place presented a $1-million deficit, due to fewer national events as a result of the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sasktel Centre, however, said they will never run a deficit. Remai Modern broke even.