REGINA — There was frustration, bitterness and even calls for Corrections, Public Safety and Policing Minister Tim McLeod’s removal after the Moe government slammed the door on an Opposition motion for a public inquiry into the wildfire response.

Opposition MLA for Cumberland Jordan McPhail had tried to move an emergency motion on the floor of the Assembly for an independent public inquiry into the wildfire response.

But the Sask Party majority said no to the unanimous consent required to bring the motion to the floor under Rule 61 as a matter of pressing and urgent necessity, ending the motion right there.

Residents attending the Legislature from Denare Beach, whose community was devastated by the wildfires, were stunned by what transpired in the Assembly.

“What we've seen, and I spea

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