A member of Saskatchewan’s legislative assembly says it was a mistake for him to invite a notorious convicted killer to sit in on the provincial government’s tough-on-crime throne speech.
Lyle Stewart said in a statement Thursday it was his decision alone to invite his longtime friend and constituent Colin Thatcher.
“In retrospect, this was an error in judgment as his presence was a distraction from a very positive and forward-looking Throne Speech, which included a number of new initiatives to keep Saskatchewan families safe in their communities,” Stewart said in the statement distributed by the director of media relations for executive council….