CONTENTS
READING
AND RECEIVING PETITIONS
ROYAL ASSENT / SANCTION ROYALE
Bill No. 606
— The Provincial Health Authority (ER Closure right-to-know) Amendment Act
RETURNS, REPORTS, AND PAPERS TABLED
SECOND SESSION — THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
VOTES AND
PROCEEDINGS
No. 33
Thursday, March 12, 2026
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: Brent Blakley, Darcy Warrington, Don McBean, and Vicki Mowat.
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 move to cover the financial burden of fertility care up to and including two rounds of in vitro fertilization treatments for those Saskatchewan people struggling with infertility.
(Sessional paper no. 157)
To immediately develop and implement a province-wide crime reduction strategy.
(Sessional paper no. 158)
To immediately provide adequate funding to post-secondary institutions to ensure costs are not passed on to tuition fees.
(Addendum to sessional paper no. 4)
(Addendum to sessional paper no. 36)
Introduction of Bills
The following bill was introduced, read the first time, and ordered to be read a second time at the next sitting:
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Bill No. 615 — |
The Provincial Health Authority (Banning Parking Fees for Cancer Patients) Amendment Act |
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(Jared Clarke) |
Report of the Standing Committee on Crown and Central Agencies / Rapport du Comité permanent des sociétés d’état et des organismes centraux
[Le français suit.]
The following
bill was reported without amendment and consideration in Committee of the Whole
on Bills having been waived, by leave of the Assembly, it was read the third
time and passed:
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Le projet de loi suivant est rapporté sans amendement et avec la
permission de l’Assemblée de passer outre au renvoi au Comité plénier sur les
projets de loi, est lu une troisième fois et adopté:
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Bill No. 29 — |
The Tailgating Act / Projet de loi no 29 — Loi sur
les rassemblements d’avant-match |
Royal Assent / Sanction royale
10:51 a.m.
[Le français suit.]
Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, having entered the Chamber, took her seat upon the Throne.
The Speaker addressed Her Honour:
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR:
This Legislative Assembly at its present session
has passed several bills which, in the name of the Assembly, I present to Your Honour and to which bills I respectfully request Your
Honour’s assent.
The Clerk of the Assembly then read the titles
of the bills that had been passed severally as follows:
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Son Honneur la Lieutenante-gouverneure
fait son entrée dans la Chambre et prend place au Trône.
Le Président s’adresse à Son Honneur:
QU’IL PLAISE À VOTRE HONNEUR:
Cette Assemblée législative,
au cours de la présente
session, a adopté des projets de loi que je présente à Votre
Honneur, au nom de l’Assemblée, et que je demande respectueusement
à Votre Honneur de sanctionner.
Le Greffier de l’Assemblée a donné lecture des titres du projets de loi adoptés comme suit:
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Bill No. 30 — |
The Inter-jurisdictional Support Orders Amendment Act, 2025 / Projet de loi no 30 — Loi modificative de 2025 sur les ordonnances alimentaires interterritoriales |
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Bill No. 42 — |
The Saskatchewan Firearms Amendment Act, 2025 |
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Bill No. 29 — |
The Tailgating Act / Projet de loi no 29 — Loi sur les rassemblements d’avant-match |
Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor then replied:
“In His Majesty’s name, I assent to these bills.”
Her Honour then retired from the Chamber.
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Son Honneur la Lieutenante-gouverneure alors a répondu: “Au nom de Sa Majesté, je sanctionne ces projets de loi.”
Son Honneur se retire de la Chambre.
10:53 a.m.
Seventy-five
Minute Debate
The order of the day being called for the following motion for a seventy-five minute debate, it was moved by Kevin Weedmark:
That this Assembly commends the government’s comprehensive patient first initiative to improve access to care for all Saskatchewan residents; and further, this Assembly supports expanding access to virtual care, increasing the number of urgent care centres, increasing the scope of practice for providers, and continuing to recruit, train, and increase the number of doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners in the province.
A debate arising and the period of seventy-five minutes having expired, pursuant to rule 25(5) the Deputy Speaker interrupted proceedings.
Adjourned Debates
Bill No. 606 — The Provincial Health Authority (ER Closure right-to-know) Amendment Act
The Assembly resumed the adjourned debate on the proposed motion of Jared Clarke: That Bill No. 606 — The Provincial Health Authority (ER Closure right-to-know) Amendment Act be now read a second time.
The debate continuing, it was on motion of Tajinder Grewal adjourned.
On motion of the Hon. Lori Carr:
Ordered, That this Assembly do now adjourn.
The Assembly adjourned at 12:19 p.m. until Monday at 1:30 p.m.
Hon. Todd Goudy
Speaker
Returns, Reports, and Papers Tabled
The following paper was laid upon the Table:
By the Hon. Eric Schmalz:
Saskatchewan Municipal Board: 2025 annual
report
(Sessional
paper no. 159)
APPENDIX
The following
question was given notice on day no. 29 and is to be answered by day no. 34:
Question no. 31 (Meara Conway):
To the Minister of Health, how many doctors have come to Saskatchewan under the American Physician Recruitment Campaign since April 9, 2025?
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