Regina city councilor Terina Shaw withdraws name from consideration for safety and wellbeing committee
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Terina Shaw, councillor for Regina's Ward 7, has removed herself from consideration to be a member of the city's proposed community safety and wellbeing committee, just one day before city council was set to discuss the matter.
"I have come to the realization that my presence on the committee could be a distraction to the work that it will be doing," Shaw said in a statement released Monday.
"A question made by me has been misconstrued and in no way reflects my views regarding the important issues that the committee will be addressing."
Shaw did not respond to a request for comment for this story by deadline.
Shaw previously came under fire for asking a question at an executive committee meeting in January that critics said implied Indigenous men were sexual predators.
In June she was criticized for another question related to some Indigenous people supposedly choosing to be homeless.
Regina's Mayor Sandra Masters apologized for Shaw's comments at an off-camera portion of a city council meeting earlier this summer.
A complaint was filed against Shaw with the city's integrity commissioner, and a petition circulated calling for her to either be resigned or relieved of her duties as a city councillor.
Shaw has not apologized for her comments publicly, nor did she apologize for them in her statement Monday.
The goal of the proposed committee is to explore how complex root causes related to crime and safety can be addressed through collaboration between private citizens, businesses and public officials.
Six key areas were identified through community consultation:
Council already previously approved $655,000 for the committee and its work, of which a report provided in the city's agenda said roughly $300,000 remains.
With Shaw out of the committee, nine other people will serve as members until December 2023.
They are:
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