Indigenous woman says shut down of Saskatchewan bus service will cost lives
REGINA — An indigenous woman in Regina says she believes “people are going to die” because of the Saskatchewan government’s decision to shut down the provincial bus service.
Connie Deiter said that’s why she has filed a complaint with the human rights commission alleging that the decision discriminates against her and other indigenous women.
Deiter said First Nations women took the bus because they couldn’t afford couldn’t afford cars.
“If you’re poor, you don’t have access to a vehicle, a lot of our people don’t, the only option is to hitchhike and that’s already happening,” Deiter said Thursday.