CONTENTS
Reading and
Receiving Petitions
FOURTH SESSION — TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS
No. 18
Thursday, November 24, 2022
10:00 p.m.
PRAYERS
Presenting Petitions
Petitions of citizens of the province of Saskatchewan were presented and laid upon the Table by the following members: Jenson, Nippi-Albright, Love, Teed, Sarauer, and Bowes.
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 fund second-stage shelters to support people fleeing domestic violence.
(Sessional paper no. 54)
To increase the personal care home benefit.
(Addendum to sessional paper no. 22)
To implement Saskatchewan First policies and legislation.
(Addendum to sessional paper no. 24)
To immediately create a bipartisan legislative committee on the mental health and addictions crisis in Saskatchewan.
(Addendum to sessional paper no. 48)
To immediately reverse the decision to close the remaining 34 public SLGA liquor stores.
(Addendum to sessional paper no. 49)
Written Questions
The order of the day being called for question no. 67, it was answered. (see appendix)
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 Mr. Wotherspoon:
That a Special Committee on Food Pricing be created to examine food pricing issues in Saskatchewan, including, but not limited to: factors related to supply chains, manufacturing, transportation, and anti-competitive corporate practices impacting the price consumers pay for food in grocery stores; factors related to meat processing and packaging that increase prices for consumers and decrease prices paid to livestock producers; and factors related to the disproportionately high prices for food in Northern Saskatchewan; and further,
That the Special Committee on Food Pricing may cooperate, correspond, and share information with the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and/or the Competition Bureau of Canada as needed.
A debate
arising and the period of seventy-five minutes having expired, pursuant to rule
25(5) the Deputy Speaker interrupted proceedings.
Private Members’ Motions
The Assembly
resumed the adjourned debate on the proposed motion no. 1 moved by Ms. Young (Lloydminster):
That this Assembly supports the Government of Saskatchewan’s implementation of Saskatchewan First policies and legislation, and that we demand the Trudeau-Singh Coalition Government of Canada end policies that would constitute an attack on Saskatchewan and Canada’s economic growth and energy production, including, but not limited to, the Federal Carbon Tax, the Clean-Fuel Standard, Bill C-69, the Clean Electricity Standard, and the Fertilizer Emissions Cap.
The debate continuing, it was on motion of Mr.
Harrison (Cannington) adjourned.
On motion of the Hon. Mr. Duncan:
Ordered, That this Assembly do now adjourn.
The Assembly adjourned at 12:19 p.m. until Monday at 1:30 p.m.
Hon. Randy Weekes
Speaker
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APPENDIX
The following response to a written question was
tabled by the government:
Question no. 67 (Ms. Wilson):
To the Minister of Health and the Minister of
Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health, in its
annual report, the Saskatchewan Health Authority spent $627,898.00 on Starbucks
Coffee Canada, (a) in detail, what was purchased from Starbucks in the fiscal
year 2021-22, (b) what was the purpose of the purchases from Starbucks, (c) who
was (were) the recipient(s) of the Starbucks purchases, (d) in a time when the
SHA claimed it was struggling to provide adequate health care to Saskatchewan
people, what is the justification to spend well over half a million dollars on
Starbucks, and (e) will the Ministry investigate these expenditures and hold
the administration of Saskatchewan Health Authority to account for how it
spends taxpayer money?
Answer:
(a) Purchases include food, beverages, equipment and supplies required to operate the Starbucks kiosk located at the Royal University Hospital (RUH) in Saskatoon.
(b) These purchases are the required inputs to maintain operation of the Starbucks kiosk at the RUH.
(c) The Starbucks kiosk at the RUH received these purchases in order to provide retail food and beverage services to patrons.
(d) The Starbucks retail outlet at the RUH, which generates a net profit annually for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, received these purchases in order to provide retail food and beverage services to patrons.
(e) The Ministry will not be investigating these expenditures.
Notice of Motions for First
Reading of Bills /
Avis de Motions Portant Première
Lecture de Projects de Loi
On Tuesday / mardi:
Hon. Ms. Eyre to move first reading of Bill No. 112 — The King’s Printer Act
Hon. Ms. Eyre to move first reading of Bill No. 113 — The King’s Printer Consequential
Amendments Act, 2022
L’hon. Mme Eyre proposera la première lecture du projet de loi no 113
— Loi de 2022 corrélative de la loi intitulée The King’s
Printer Act
Hon. Ms. Eyre to move first reading of Bill No. 114 — The King’s Bench Act
L’hon. Mme Eyre proposera la première lecture du projet de loi no 114
— Loi sur la Cour du Banc du Roi
Hon. Ms. Eyre to move first reading of Bill No. 115 — The King’s Counsel Act
Hon. Mr. Marit to move
first reading of Bill No. 116 — The
Plant Health Act
The
following questions were given notice on day no. 16 and are to be answered by
day no. 21:
Question
no. 68 (Ms. Young (Regina University)):
To
the Minister for Health, regarding the AIMS initiative, (a) what is the cost
for the contract with Deloitte, (b) what subcontractors are/were engaged to
execute this project, and at what cost, (c) do contracts with Deloitte or
subcontractors include penalties if the project does not meet requirements, and
(d) what proprietary characteristics of the AIMS program do Deloitte or others
retain, and for what duration?
Question
no. 69 (Ms. Young (Regina University)):
To the Minister for Health, regarding the AIMS project, (a) what was
the initial budget for the project, (b) how much has been spent on executing
the project in each fiscal year since it was initiated, (c) what is budgeted to be spent on executing the project in each coming fiscal
year that expenses are projected to be incurred, and (d) what additional costs
will be incurred
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