REGINA - Premier Scott Moe and his government are saying the province's Justice ministry is the right venue to deal with the evolving situation in Richmound involving the so-called "Queen of Canada."
Romana Didulo, described as a self-appointed QAnon Queen, has been in the village of Richmound for the past week, located in southwest Saskatchewan. In recent days, her supporters had been sending out threatening letters calling on Richmound leaders to be executed.
Word is a meeting has been arranged for Friday between the Ministry of Justice and officials from Richmound.
When asked about it by reporters on Wednesday, Premier Moe told reporters he was not aware of details of the situation in Richmound, but said "a meeting with justice officials is exactly the correct place for that to occur, maybe even with some of our policing officials within one of the police organizations that we have -- which I suspect in this case to be the RCMP given the rural community."
"That's the right entity to be meeting with is the Justice officials, as ultimately they are the experts when it comes to understanding what the law is."
When asked if he'd like to see the group leave town, Moe responded "you know, things have changed so much over the course of the last number of years... I think we'd all do well, including this group, to just be a little bit more understanding of in this case of people who live in the community, and ultimately the views that for each of us to be a little bit more understanding of each of the views that we have. We have a right to have those views, but most certainly to come around and continually push those views on other people -- this an unfortunate incident, it really is."
When asked if the situation there escalated would the government step in, Moe said "if it was in the law enforcement realm, no" -- that would be for law enforcement officials and entities, he said.
But Premier Moe added that he believed what the meeting on Friday with Justice will do is "most certainly will provide, I think, the community, some advice and some options on how they can ultimately protect the serenity of the community, and the government will support that."
You can no longer count on social media to deliver important news to you. Keep your news a touch away by bookmarking SASKTODAY.ca's homepage at this link.
Subscribe to SASKTODAY.ca newsletter to get our daily news to your inbox.
