CONTENTS

REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON HOUSE SERVICES

REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CROWN AND CENTRAL AGENCIES

REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE / RAPPORT DU COMITÉ PERMANENT DES AFFAIRES INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES ET DE LA JUSTICE

COMMITTEE OF FINANCE

APPENDIX

Notice Of Written Questions

SECOND SESSION — THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

of the

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

No. 60

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

1:30 p.m.

PRAYERS

Presenting Petitions

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

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 proclaim October of each year as Islamic Heritage Month.

(Sessional paper no. 218)

To adequately fund public education ensuring that all students in Regina and Saskatchewan have access to band education.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 15)

To immediately provide the support needed to complete and open the second joint-use school in Harbour Landing as soon as possible.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 103)

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.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 157)

To suspend the collection of the provincial fuel tax from gasoline and diesel for a period of six months.

(Addendum to sessional paper no. 167)

Introduction of Bills

The order of the day being called for the introduction of Bill No. 623 — The Building Code Regulations (Henry’s Law) Amendment Act, pursuant to rule 15(2), the bill was withdrawn.

Report of the Standing Committee on House Services

Nicole Sarauer, Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on House Services, presented the committee’s fourth report for the thirtieth legislature, which is as follows:

The Standing Committee on House Services adopted the committee’s fourth report for the thirtieth legislature, which is as follows:

2026–27 Estimates

The committee considered the following estimates for the Legislative Assembly and the officers of the Legislative Assembly and adopted the following resolutions:

Resolved, that there be granted to His Majesty for the twelve months ending March 31, 2027 the following sums:

Legislative Assembly and the Officers of the Legislative Assembly

For Advocate for Children and Youth	$2,966,000
For Conflict of Interest Commissioner	$589,000
For Information and Privacy Commissioner	$2,634,000
For Legislative Assembly	$11,675,000
For Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner	$4,603,000
For Provincial Auditor	$11,021,000

The committee considered the following estimates for which no amount was required to be voted:

For Chief Electoral Officer (Statutory)

2025–26 Supplementary Estimates No. 2

The committee considered the following supplementary estimates no. 2 for which no amount was required to be voted:

For Information and Privacy Commissioner (Statutory)

The committee recommends that upon concurrence of its report by the Assembly, the sums as reported and approved shall be included in the appropriation bill for consideration by the Legislative Assembly.

(Sessional paper no. 221)

On motion of Nicole Sarauer:

Ordered, That the fourth report of the Standing Committee on House Services for the thirtieth legislature be now concurred in.

Report of the Standing Committee on Crown and Central Agencies

The following bill was reported with amendment and consideration in Committee of the Whole on Bills having been waived, by leave of the Assembly, it was considered as amended. It was moved by the Hon. Jeremy Harrison:

That Bill No. 57 — The Information Services Corporation Amendment Act, 2026 be now read the third time and passed under its title.

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

YEAS — 32

Scott Moe

Kim Gartner

Warren Kaeding

David Marit

Jeremy Cockrill

Jim Reiter

Everett Hindley

Jeremy Harrison

Ken Cheveldayoff

Eric Schmalz

Terry Jenson

Michael Weger

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

NAYS — 24

Carla Beck

Erika Ritchie

Noor Burki

Jared Clarke

Vicki Mowat

Trent Wotherspoon

Nathaniel Teed

Aleana Young

Hugh Gordon

Leroy Laliberte

Jordan McPhail

Nicole Sarauer

Kim Breckner

Brent Blakley

Tajinder Grewal

April ChiefCalf

Keith Jorgenson

Bhajan Brar

Don McBean

Darcy Warrington

Joan Pratchler

Sally Housser

Brittney Senger

Jacqueline Roy

The said bill was accordingly read the third time and passed.

Report of the Standing Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs and justice / Rapport du Comité permanent des affaires intergouvernementales et de la justice

The following bills were reported without amendment and consideration in Committee of the Whole on Bills having been waived, by leave of the Assembly, they were read the third time and passed:

Bill No. 52 —	The Heritage Property Amendment Act, 2026
Bill No. 54 —	The Correctional Services Amendment Act, 2026

[Le français suit.]

The following bill was reported with amendment and consideration in Committee of the Whole on Bills having been waived, by leave of the Assembly, it was considered as amended and read the third time and passed:

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Le projet de loi suivant est rapporté avec amendement et avec la permission de l'Assemblée de passer outre au renvoi au Comité plénier sur les projets de loi, est considéré comme étant amendé et est lu une troisième fois et adopté:

Bill No. 56 —

The King’s Bench Amendment Act, 2026 / Projet de loi n^o56 — Loi modificative de 2026 sur la Cour du Banc du Roi

Committee of Finance

The Assembly, according to order, resolved itself into the Committee of Finance to consider estimates for Executive Council.

Resolved, That there be granted to His Majesty for the twelve months ending March 31, 2027 the sum of $13,170,000 for Executive Council.

Progress was reported and the committee given leave to sit again.

Pursuant to rule 6(7), the Speaker adjourned the Assembly.

The Assembly adjourned at 6:11 p.m. until Thursday at 10:00 a.m.

Hon. Todd Goudy

Speaker

APPENDIX

NOTICE OF WRITTEN QUESTIONS

The following questions were given notice on day no. 59 and are to be answered by day no. 64:

Question no. 32 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what is the total number of income assistance workers per region, (b) what is the total number of active income assistance cases per region, and (c) what is the number of income assistance worker vacancies per region, for each of the past four fiscal years?

Question no. 33 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, what is the total number of vacancies currently in the Ministry of Social Services, broken down by department?

Question no. 34 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what data, if any, were collected from Food Banks of Saskatchewan in exchange for the two-year, $2 million grant; and (b) what funding will replace the food bank grant, given continued increases in usage province-wide and the absence of any new allocation in the 2026–27 budget?

Question no. 35 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, what data does the ministry use to support its claim that Saskatchewan’s income assistance benefits are among the strongest in the country?

Question no. 36 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, what evidence does the ministry rely on when calculating the rates for benefits for clients to ensure they are sufficient for current food costs?

Question no. 37 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, what is the average length of time a recipient remains on SIS, broken down by service level screening category (SLS 1–4)?

Question no. 38 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what are the specific performance targets and response-time standards for the mobile income assistance outreach team, and (b) what measures are being used to measure success?

Question no. 39 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what methods does the ministry employ to systematically track housing stability for social assistance clients; (b) how many social assistance clients are experiencing housing stability, and (i) how many SIS clients, (ii) how many SAID clients, (iii) how many TEA clients, and (iv) how many Child and Family Services clients; and (c) what correlation has been observed between benefit levels and clients’ ability to afford and maintain housing?

Question no. 40 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) who conducted the recent audit of Social Services clients and (i) what was the scope; (b) under what specific policy grounds was wide-scale file review/audit initiated; (c) what were the criteria used to identify files for review; (d) who was responsible for conducting the province-wide SIS and SAID file review; (e) was the eligibility review unit responsible for conducting the province-wide SIS and SAID file review and (i) if so, did that unit have sufficient capacity to conduct a review of this scale and what was the timeline over which it was carried out; (f) what was the justification offered for prioritizing a province-wide audit focused on clawing back benefits from this population; (g) how many clients had benefits reduced or discontinued as a result of that audit and (i) how many lost travel benefits specifically; (h) how many clients are now required to repay overpayments as a result of the audit and (i) what is the total dollar amount of those overpayments; and (i) what was the total amount saved by the ministry as a result of the audit?

Question no. 41 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what is the approval rate for SIS applications; (b) how many SIS applications were approved and denied for each month of the past four fiscal years; (c) what was the process for developing the Order in Council changes to the SIS program manual that took effect April 1st, 2026, and (i) is there any written record of the policy development process, including any internal analysis or stakeholder input; and (d) what specific inflation rate or index figure was used to determine the two per cent benefit rate increase for 2026–27?

Question no. 42 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) for SAID clients living in cities, is medical travel now expected to be covered entirely through the general living allowance; (b) what formula was used to calculate a $70 disability mobility allowance to adequately cover the cost of medical transportation; and (c) what criteria must now be met to access medical travel benefits?

Question no. 43 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what was the rationale offered for the ministry changing its approach to supplemental diet benefits so that clients must now either pay upfront and seek reimbursement or arrange direct billing through a pharmacy, and (b) how many clients have been affected by this change?

Question no. 44 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) how many clients residing in private care homes have been assessed overpayments related to the phone benefit and what is the total dollar value of those overpayments, and (b) on what basis has the ministry determined that residents of private care homes with a public phone are ineligible for the $30 basic phone benefit?

Question no. 45 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) how many SAID clients is the ministry currently requiring to draw down locked-in retirement accounts (LIRAs) as a condition of eligibility, using the federal post-COVID hardship clause as the basis for doing so; and (b) how many clients required to draw down a LIRA have subsequently had the remaining balance as an asset in future eligibility reviews?

Question no. 46 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what is the confirmed end date for the Saskatchewan Rental Housing Supplement; (b) what alternate programs will existing SRHS clients be redirected to when the program ends, broken down by number redirected to each program; and (c) to which programs will the funding allocated to the SRHS in the budget be redirected?

Question no. 47 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) how many trusteeships are currently active province-wide and (i) how many of those are involuntary; (b) what is the total funding flowing to CBO trustees in 2026–27 compared to 2025–26; and (c) how many trustee spaces were added in each of the last five years?

Question no. 48 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what is the breakdown of child deaths in ministry care in 2023–24, by (i) legal status, (ii) placement type, and (iii) location of death; and (b) what is the scope and timeline of the planned review of the Person of Significant Interest program based on the recommendations of the Child and Youth Advocate?

Question no. 49 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) what were hotel expenditures in (i) 2024–25 and (ii) 2025–26; and (b) what is the written hotel use policy in the policy use manual, and (i) when was this policy updated?

Question no. 50 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, (a) how many SIS and SAID recipients who were previously receiving travel benefits are now expected to use Access Transit or similar services for medical appointments, and (b) what assessments were carried out to assess the capacity of these transit services to absorb these new clients?

Question no. 51 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, what metrics were used to track the improvement in consistently recording and recovering SIS overpayments since the targeted case review and staff training referenced in the 2025–26 estimates, and (a) by how much did recording and recovery improve?

Question no. 52 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, for each of the last four fiscal years, what is the total number of income assistance workers, broken down by (a) region, (b) total number of active cases per region, and (c) number of vacancies per region?

Question no. 53 (Erika Ritchie):

To the Minister of Social Services, how many vacancies are currently open at the ministry, broken down by department?

Question no. 54 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for each of Regina and Saskatoon’s complex-needs facilities, from July 1, 2024 to August 1, 2024, what is: (a) the total number of unique clients served; (b) the number of clients connected to mental-health and addictions supports in that time, and (i) what specific supports/programs were utilized; (c) the number of clients connected to housing in the community, and (i) what types of housing placements and (ii) what were the locations of these housing placements; (d) the number of clients connected to physical-health services, and (i) what were the specific supports utilized; and (e) the number of clients who could not be connected to required services due to service unavailability, broken down by service type?

Question no. 55 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for each of Regina and Saskatoon’s complex-needs facilities, from July 1, 2024 to August 1, 2024, what is (a) the nightly occupancy, broken down by date; (b) the breakdown of unique versus repeat clients; and (c) the average length of stay for the top 50 repeat users?

Question no. 56 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for each of Regina and Saskatoon’s complex-needs facilities, from July 1, 2024 to August 1, 2024, what is: (a) the total operational expenditure; (b) the cost per client per night for the same period; and (c) the description of the funding model, including (i) whether funding is per bed (capacity-based) or a fixed contract amount, and (ii) any performance-based funding components tied to outcomes?

Question no. 57 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for each of Regina and Saskatoon’s complex-needs facilities, from July 1, 2024 to August 1, 2024, what is: (a) all outcome indicators, metrics, evaluation frameworks, and success measures used to assess (i) client outcomes, (ii) program effectiveness, and (iii) value for taxpayer investment; and (b) any internal or external evaluations, audits, or performance reports since the applicable start date?

Question no. 58 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for the Willowview Stabilization Program (province-wide), from January 1, 2025 to present, what is: (a) the nightly occupancy, broken down by date; (b) the type of bed (in-patient, out, virtual); (c) the total number of unique clients served; (d) the number of clients who completed treatment; (e) the program’s definition of “completion”; (f) the average length of stay for clients who completed treatment; and (g) the number of clients who did not complete treatment, including: (i) recorded reasons for non-completion, (ii) whether follow-up was attempted, (iii) who attempted follow-up, and (iv) what follow-up actions were taken?

Question no. 59 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for the Willowview Stabilization Program (province-wide), from January 1, 2025 to present, what is: (a) the number of clients who accessed drop-in treatment services, (b) the number of clients who completed drop-in programming, (c) the number of clients who registered for virtual treatment, and (d) the number of clients who completed virtual treatment?

Question no. 60 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for the Willowview Stabilization Program (province-wide), from January 1, 2025 to present, what is: (a) Willowview or SHA’s post-program process to track clients who complete treatment, including (i) all outcome indicators, success metrics, and evaluation tools used to determine whether clients remain substance-free, (ii) number of clients contacted, (iii) number successfully reached, (iv) length of follow-up period, and (v) reported outcomes (abstinence, relapse, housing stability, service engagement)?

Question no. 61 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for the Willowview Stabilization Program (province-wide), from January 1, 2025 to present, what is: (a) Willowview’s documentation describing how they provide culturally appropriate programming, including (i) program descriptions, (ii) staff cultural competencies or qualifications, and (iii) partnerships with Indigenous-led organizations or Elders; and (b) Willowview’s documentation describing how they implement trauma-practiced care (not trauma-informed), including (i) operational policies, (ii) staff training materials, (iii) clinical practice guidelines, and (iv) any internal evaluations or audits of trauma-practiced care delivery?

Question no. 62 (Meara Conway):

To the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, for the Willowview Stabilization Program (province-wide), from January 1, 2025 to present, what is: (a) the total operational expenditure; (b) the cost per client per night; (c) the cost per treatment completion; (d) the description of the funding model, including whether funding is per bed (capacity-based) or a fixed contract amount; and (e) any performance-based funding components tied to outcomes?

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