Saskatchewan needs legislation to compel its provincial government to take appropriate steps against wildfires because the government can't be trusted to do the job properly without it, the NDP Opposition charged this week.

Bill 609, The Wildfire Strategy Act, presented Tuesday as a private members bill in the legislature, would require the public safety ministry to create and regularly update a provincial wildfire management strategy, maintain ongoing consultation with experts and the Indigenous community on an ongoing basis and provide public reporting.

“Just a few weeks before fire season, (Premier Scott) Moe’s minister Tim McLeod looked me in the eye and promised the government was fully prepared,” said Cumberland MLA Jordan McPhail, the NDP's critic for northern affairs.

“It turns

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