Troy Parenteau has announced he will run for election in Ward 2 this fall. (submitted/Troy Parenteau)

By Susan McNeil

Election 2024

Troy Parenteau announces Ward 2 run

Sep 4, 2024 | 12:00 PM

The day after Councillor Terra Lennox-Zepp announced she would not be running in the fall election, one person announced he will put his name in the hat.

Troy Parenteau, who has previously run in a provincial election, said he hopes to be elected on November 13. He pointed to decades of volunteerism as evidence of his commitment to the city.

“The opportunities in our city are vast, and the connection we have to one another is something we understand well here. This sense of connection was what led me to 20 years of volunteerism, and community service,” he said in a news release.

Prince Albert is the city that has shaped my understanding of the world. As the meeting place (Kistahpinanihk) it is where I have made lifelong bonds and created a sense of community.”

Some of the boards he has served on include: the Prince Albert Historical Society, Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Urban Aboriginal Strategy Prince Albert, Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centres Prince Albert, Prince Albert and Area Teachers Association, Prince Albert Community Players, Prince Albert Pride, Prince Albert Early Education Council, and Tri4Kids4Camp.

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Parenteau was born here and grew up here and said his family’s roots in the area are older than the city itself.

After graduating high school, he attended the SUNTEP Prince Albert program and began working for Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division afterwards.

The upcoming municipal elections will guarantee an almost 50 per cent change at the Prince Albert council table. Four councillors will not run again.

“It is important that these new faces have a diversity of experiences, and that their realities and experiences are ones that are tied deeply to our city. It is also important that they have a strong background in serving on committees and boards, which will give the candidate a solid foundation on working together with a group of people on common goals, while also having a sense of self and a unique perspective,” Parenteau said.

He also said that at the same time the city is seeing a large amount of commercial and institutional development (hospital expansion, new pool and arenas, housing), it is also experiencing its largest public health and safety crisis so far.

“We are facing our largest public health and safety crisis yet, with rampant homelessness, poverty, and addictions. These two things will be my main focus if I win the election on November 13,” he said.

To do that, he said the city needs to take an ‘all hands on deck’ approach and leverage the city’s money along with other partners and community-based organizations.

“The table needed to solve this crisis is a large one, and all partners need to get together to solve it,” Parenteau said.

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susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com