CONTENTS

RESUMPTION OF BUDGET DEBATE

SECOND SESSION — THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

of the

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

No. 41

Thursday, March 26, 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: Tajinder Grewal, Vicki Mowat, and Keith Jorgenson.

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 stand up for Saskatchewan and advocate for the restoration of federal Jordan’s Principle funding to support Indigenous students in schools.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 6)

To adopt fair and effective rent control legislation that limits annual rent increases.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 13)

To amend provincial health-care policy to provide financial support for reasonable travel-related expenses for residents obtaining medically necessary treatments not available within Saskatchewan.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 156)

To immediately prioritize the building of a high school in White City with definitive plans to open doors by the 2028 school year.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 160)

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. 54 —	The Correctional Services Amendment Act, 2026
	(Hon. Michael Weger)

Resumption of Budget Debate

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

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

and the proposed amendment thereto moved by Trent Wotherspoon, seconded by Keith Jorgenson:

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

does not approve the budgetary policy of the government because it fails to invest in cost-of-living relief, health care, and public safety while pushing the provincial debt to unprecedented levels; 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 — 18

Carla Beck

Noor Burki

Betty Nippi-Albright

Vicki Mowat

Trent Wotherspoon

Matt Love

Aleana Young

Jared Clarke

April ChiefCalf

Nicole Sarauer

Brent Blakley

Tajinder Grewal

Keith Jorgenson

Bhajan Brar

Hugh Gordon

Darcy Warrington

Joan Pratchler

Don McBean

Nays — 33

Scott Moe

Kim Gartner

Warren Kaeding

David Marit

Jeremy Cockrill

Jim Reiter

Everett Hindley

Jeremy Harrison

Ken Cheveldayoff

Eric Schmalz

Terry Jenson

Michael Weger

Travis Keisig

Jamie Martens

Sean Wilson

Chris Beaudry

Darlene Rowden

Alana Ross

Tim McLeod

Lori Carr

Brad Crassweller

Doug Steele

Colleen Young

Daryl Harrison

Kevin Weedmark

Barret Kropf

Blaine McLeod

Megan Patterson

Terri Bromm

Racquel Hilbert

David Chan

James Thorsteinson

Kevin Kasun

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

YEAS — 33