In the Legislature

A strong representative for the people of Regina Elphinstone-Centre

Since being elected in 2020, Meara has been a strong representative for the people of her riding. She found a natural fit in the NDP, which closely mirrored the values she fought for all of her career. Sher served as official critic for the Ministry of Social Services, Housing, Early Learning and Childcare, Ethics and Democracy, the Provincial Capital Commission, francophone affairs, Community-Based Organizations, as well as Associate critic for Education during her first term.

These files allowed her to focus on many of the issues that impact her constituency and many other communities across the province. During her time as Housing and Social Services critic, she released two major reports detailing Sask Party government failures in the areas of Social Services. Her first report focused on the Poverty, Mental Health/Addictions, and homelessness crisis. Her follow up report looked at the ways in which the Sask Party has neglected public housing through the Sask Housing Corp. for the better part of a decade.

These reports not only detail the ways in which the government has failed Saskatchewan’s most vulnerable for the better part of a decade, they offer a road map forward with short, medium and long term recommendations for improving Saskatchewan’s social safety net. 

Meara has quickly earned a reputation for ruthlessly exposing government corruption. During her short time in office, she has successfully raised a number of ethics and transparency issues with a Sask Party government that is too often in it for themselves. Whether it was the money being improperly funnelled to Sask Party MLA-owned hotels (Sunrise Motel Scandal), improperly receiving benefits for government contracts (MLA Jeremy Cockrill’s family windows and doors business), or her calls to strengthen government oversight and democrat checks and balances (Meara has introduced a number of private members bills aimed at doing just that), Meara has been a strong advocate for accountability from a government that too often offers none.

Fighting for a resilient and prosperous Saskatchewan

Too often, politicians focus on the narrow election cycle, rather than on the long term thinking that is required to ensure a resilient and prosperous Saskatchewan for generations to come. Meara also believes in ambitious measures to combat climate change. These measures must support workers in hard-hit industries, while tapping into Saskatchewan’s tremendous renewable potential. Now more than ever, Saskatchewan must lead in renewable energy instead of continuing to fall further behind.