REGINA – Following the report into the carbon monoxide incident in Regina that claimed the life of 11-year-old Henry Losco, there are calls at the Legislature for tougher regulations to require buildings to install CO detectors.
The NDP’s Meara Conway asked Minister of Government Relations Eric Schmalz in Question Period what the government will do on the issue.
Conway said that Henry Losco was “a trumpet player, a soccer player. He was a beautiful, kind, and bright child, a loving son to Sergio and Marina. Henry died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his own building on Dec. 19, 2025. Under Saskatchewan law currently, Mr. Speaker, a carbon monoxide alarm was not mandatory in his unit. Marina, his mother, has told us that Henry was a cautious child. If he’d heard an alarm, he would have run for safety. No alarm came that day, Mr. Speaker.
“At the time, we wrote to the minister responsible to ask what action would be taken to ensure such a tragedy never occurs again. So now, four months later, what action has been taken?”
Schmalz replied by first saying “I would like to again offer condolences to the family of the child who was lost. No child should ever have to endure that, nor should any family, Mr. Speaker.”
As for what the government will do, Schmalz said:
“The report was released today. We are still going over that report, Mr. Speaker. We will continue to review the building codes and requirements alongside the report to ensure that we are providing safe places for people to live in this province. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.”
In speaking to reporters after Question Period, Conway reiterated the need for action to be taken. She pointed out Henry and his family were constituents in her riding of Regina Elphinstone-Centre.
She said it was her understanding that the way the law currently stands, in multi unit buildings there are mandatory alarms in certain units attached to a garage or to fuel burning appliance. But she said there are several units in that building that would not be mandated to have a CO detector.
“We’re turning our mind to mandating use across the board,” said Conway. “I think it’s something that we need to turn our minds to as as legislators if there’s anything that we could’ve done to prevent prevent this, I think it’s incumbent on us to look at passing that into law.”
Conway also confirmed the Opposition is looking at introducing a bill that could mandate those changes.
While Conway is restricted in providing details about the contents of that bill prior to it being introduced, she said “we are hoping to introduce legislation on this next week.”
