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If Saskatoon-Meewasin constituents are concerned about the future of the Meewasin Valley Authority, their MLA, Roger Parent, says he is ready to listen.

Some who attended a June 28 rally supporting the MVA’s work expressed concern about Parent not having weighed in publicly on the organization’s situation and the funding review process underway by his governing party.

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In an interview, Parent said only one email has been sent to him regarding concern over the funding review, to which he responded with a request for the constituent’s phone number.

“Rather than respond to them in an email, I prefer to do the one-on-one,” he said.

Parent said his position on the fate of the MVA’s provincial funding needs to be neutral.

“It is not effective to set out on a review with predetermined positions in place.”

While he is both an MLA and a member of the MVA’s board of directors, the two duties are separate, he said.