MLA stripped of duties after inviting killer to throne speech

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he is offering an “unequivocal apology” after legislature member Lyle Stewart invited a notorious killer to watch the government’s speech from the throne last week.

A statement from the Saskatchewan Party government says Moe has stripped Stewart of his legislative secretary duties effective immediately.

Moe is to make a brief statement about the decision during proceedings in the Assembly later today.

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Stewart invited Colin Thatcher to watch the speech last week.

Thatcher, who was an energy minister under former Conservative premier Grant Devine, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the death of his ex-wife in 1983.

Stewart has said the decision to invite Thatcher was a mistake.

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