Christine Tell is a

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politician. She was elected to represent the electoral district of

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in the

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in the 2007 election. She is a member of the

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. Tell was born and raised in Regina, graduating from Miller Comprehensive High School and then receiving a psychiatric nursing diploma from Wascana Institute (SIAST). After a short time working as a psychiatric nurse, she joined the Saskatoon Police Service and graduated from the Saskatchewan Police College. She worked for three years in Saskatoon before returning to her hometown and joining the Regina Police Service in 1983. She rose to the rank of sergeant and took an unpaid leave of absence to seek election in May 2007. She served as president of the Regina Police Association for six years and was the first female in Canada to head the police association of a major service. In January 2020, it was revealed that a company owned by Tell's son was renting a building from the Saskatchewan government below market value and at a financial loss for the government. An email from Saskatchewan Premier

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regarding the matter said, "Signing this sub-lease will result in a loss on the lease of $278K over the next 10 years." Tell requested a review of her conflict of interest from the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, and the provincial opposition

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called for an investigation into the arrangement and highlighted the need to strengthen the province's conflict of interest rules. In January 2021, Tell admitted to traveling to California during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the closure of the border between Canada and the United States to nonessential travel and public health advisories to avoid unnecessary travel. In response to Tell's travel during a surge in COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan correctional institutions, inmates staged a hunger strike calling for her to resign from her position as Minister of Corrections and Policing.

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