SASKATOON (Staff) – Local people should have the right to decide whether they want video lottery terminals in their communities, says the Saskatchewan Women’s Institutes.
At the institute’s annual meeting last month in Moosomin, a resolution that passed almost unanimously urged the province to consider long-range consequences of VLTs, said president Allison Wilson.
“No one spoke for it,” she said.
Other resolutions that were approved:
- Opposed the loss of the Crow Benefit rail transportation subsidy on export-bound grain.
- Urged rail companies to equip all rail cars with reflective tape on the sides and paint them light, bright colors for better visibility.
- Requested the federal government allow judges more latitude in deciding appropriate sentences in unusual cases like Robert Latimer’s.
- Outlined a procedure for disbanding of the institute’s branches.
The SWI budget for the year is $29,610, a quarter of which comes from individual memberships. The projected $235 deficit follows a $957 loss this past year. Wilson said funding is always a concern and the executive plans to ask the new provincial government for more money.
