CONTENTS

RESUMPTION OF BUDGET DEBATE

APPENDIX

Notice Of Motions For First Reading Of Bills

FIRST SESSION — THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

of the

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

No. 16

Thursday, March 27, 2025

10:00 a.m.

PRAYERS

Presenting Petitions

Petitions of citizens of the province of Saskatchewan were presented and laid upon the Table by the following members: Noor Burki, Jared Clarke, David Chan, Hugh Gordon, and Tajinder Grewal.

Reading and Receiving Petitions

According to order and pursuant to rule 16(7), petitions from residents of the province of Saskatchewan, requesting the following action, were read and received:

To immediately mandate education on intimate partner violence be included in the orientation process for all new employees across all workplaces in the province.

(Sessional paper no. 98)

To immediately address the short-staffing crisis in health care.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 24)

To enshrine Duty to Consult into law by enacting meaningful duty to consult legislation.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 28)

To call upon the Government of Canada to take immediate action to remove the harmful tariffs on canola, pork, and peas that are disproportionately affecting the producers and farmers of the province of Saskatchewan.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 90)

Introduction of Bills

The following bill was introduced, read the first time, and ordered to be read a second time at the next sitting:

Bill No. 20 —	The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Investment Tax Credit Act
	(Hon. Warren Kaeding)

Resumption of Budget Debate

The Assembly resumed the adjourned debate on the proposed motion of the Hon. Jim Reiter, seconded by Brad Crassweller:

That the Assembly approves in general the budgetary policy of the government,

and the proposed amendment thereto moved by Trent Wotherspoon, seconded by Aleana Young:

That all the words after “Assembly” be omitted and the following be inserted:

does not approve the budgetary policy of the government because it proposes cuts to health care and education while failing to respond to the threat and impact of tariffs, including those imposed by Donald Trump; and further,

That the Assembly has lost confidence in the government.

The debate continuing on the motion and the amendment, pursuant to rule 31(7) the mover of the motion closed debate. The question being put on the amendment, it was negatived on the following recorded division:

YEAS — 22

Carla Beck

Erika Ritchie

Noor Burki

Vicki Mowat

Trent Wotherspoon

Matt Love

Aleana Young

Jared Clarke

Jordan McPhail

Nicole Sarauer

Meara Conway

Brent Blakley

Tajinder Grewal

April ChiefCalf

Keith Jorgenson

Bhajan Brar

Hugh Gordon

Darcy Warrington

Joan Pratchler

Sally Housser

Brittney Senger

Jacqueline Roy

NAYS — 32

Scott Moe

Daryl Harrison

Warren Kaeding

David Marit

Jeremy Cockrill

Jim Reiter

Everett Hindley

Jeremy Harrison

Terry Jenson

Ken Cheveldayoff

Travis Keisig

James Thorsteinson

Jamie Martens

Racquel Hilbert

Doug Steele

Eric Schmalz

Alana Ross

Tim McLeod

Lori Carr

Sean Wilson

Kevin Weedmark

Chris Beaudry

Blaine McLeod

Brad Crassweller

Barret Kropf

Michael Weger

Megan Patterson

Terri Bromm

Darlene Rowden

David Chan

Kim Gartner

Kevin Kasun

The question being put on the motion, it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS — 32