STANDING
COMMITTEE ON
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
JUSTICE
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
MINUTE NO. 10
4:30 p.m. māmawapiwin nαyati room
(Room 8)
1. Present: Blaine McLeod in the chair and members Brad Crassweller, Tajinder Grewal,* Hon. Jamie Martens, Betty Nippi-Albright, Megan Patterson, and Nicole Sarauer.*
Substituting Members
Nicole Sarauer for Jacqueline Roy
Tajinder Grewal for Leroy Laliberte
2. The following documents were tabled:
Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel: 2025 bylaws filed
(IAJ 4-30)
Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel: 2025 regulations filed
(IAJ 5-30)
3. The committee considered Bill No. 30, The Inter-jurisdictional Support Orders Amendment Act, 2025 / Loi modificative de 2025 sur les ordonnances alimentaires interterritoriales.
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General and the following officials appeared before the committee and answered questions:
Witnesses
Hon. Tim McLeod, Minister
Maria Markatos, Director, Legislative Services
Kim Newsham, Senior Crown Counsel, Family Law Information Centre
4. The questions being put on clauses 1 to 13, they were agreed to.
5. It was moved by the Hon. Jamie Martens:
That the committee report Bill No. 30, The Inter-jurisdictional Support Orders Amendment Act, 2025 / Loi modificative de 2025 sur les ordonnances alimentaires interterritoriales without amendment.
The question being put, it was agreed to.
6. The committee considered Bill No. 42, The Saskatchewan Firearms Amendment Act, 2025.
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General and the following officials appeared before the committee and answered questions:
Witnesses
Ministry of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Tim McLeod, Minister
Darcy McGovern, Legal Executive Director
Neil Karkut, Senior Crown Counsel, Legislative Services
Saskatchewan Firearms Office
Blaine Beaven, Senior Legal Counsel
Stephen Coote, Executive Advisor
7. The questions being put on clauses 1 to 3, they were agreed to.
8. During consideration of clause 4, it was moved by the Hon. Jamie Martens:
Amend section 2-2 of The Saskatchewan Firearms Act, as being enacted by Clause 4 of the printed Bill, by adding the following subsection after subsection (4):
(5) Subject to the regulations, the commissioner may, by order, designate individuals or classes of individuals who are acting on behalf of, and under the authority of, a department or ministry of the Government of Saskatchewan for the purposes of section 117.08 of the Criminal Code.
The question being put on the amendment, it was agreed to.
The question being put on clause 4 as amended, it was agreed to.
9. The questions being put on clauses 5 to 14, they were agreed to.
10. The question being put on clause 15, it was defeated.
11. The question being put on clause 16, it was agreed to.
12. It was moved by the Hon. Jamie Martens:
Add the following Clause after Clause 14 of the printed Bill:
Section
6-9 amended
15 Section 6-9 is amended:
(a) by adding the following clause after clause
(b):
(b.1) respecting designation orders by the commissioner pursuant to subsection 2‑2(5);
b) by adding the following clauses after clause
(e):
(e.1) respecting the inspection of shooting clubs or shooting ranges pursuant to Division 3 of Part 3;
(e.2) prescribing other categories of medical professionals for the purpose of section 3-21;
(e.3) for the purposes of Division 5 of Part 3:
(i) respecting the designation of instructors; and
(ii) prescribing rules or requirements for instructors; and
(c) by adding the following clauses after clause
(k):
(k.1) respecting deemed seizures for the purposes of section 5-14, including:
(i) prescribing any form, process or procedure for the purposes of that section;
(ii) exempting any person or firearm from the application of that section;
(iii) respecting the coming into force of specified laws; and
(iv) respecting the determination of fair market value for the purposes of that section;
(k.2) respecting the storage and testing of firearms by the commissioner for the purposes of section 5-15;
(k.3) respecting the destruction or deactivation of a firearm for the purposes of section 5-16.
The question being put on new clause 15, it was agreed to.
13. It was moved by the Hon. Jamie Martens:
That the committee report Bill No. 42, The Saskatchewan Firearms Amendment Act, 2025 with amendment.
The question being put, it was agreed to.
14. It was moved by Brad Crassweller:
That this committee do now adjourn.
The question being put, it was agreed to.
15. The committee adjourned at 5:35 p.m. to the call of the Chair.
Blaine McLeod, Chair
Jessica Start, Committee Clerk
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