CONTENTS

 

Standing Committee on The Economy

 

 

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

of the

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

 

STANDING COMMITTEE ON

THE ECONOMY

 

Hansard Verbatim Report

 

No. 1 — Wednesday, December 4, 2024

 

[The committee met at 08:54.]

 

Procedural Clerk: — Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Standing Committee on the Economy. I’m Miranda Gudereit, the committee Clerk. It is my duty as committee Clerk to preside over the election of a new Chair. I’d like to remind members of the process.

 

I will first ask for nominations. Once there are no further nominations, I will then ask a member to move a motion to have a committee member preside as Chair.

 

I will now call for nominations for that position. I recognize Minister Jenson.

 

Hon. Terry Jenson: — Thank you. I nominate MLA [Member of the Legislative Assembly] James Thorsteinson.

 

Procedural Clerk: — Minister Jenson has nominated MLA Thorsteinson to the position of Chair. Are there any further nominations? Seeing none, I would now invite one of the members to move the motion. Minister Jenson.

 

Hon. Terry Jenson: — That James Thorsteinson be elected to preside as Chair of the Standing Committee on the Economy.

 

Procedural Clerk: — It has been moved by Minister Jenson:

 

That MLA Thorsteinson be elected to preside as Chair of the Standing Committee on the Economy.

 

All in favour of the motion?

 

Some Hon. Members: — Agreed.

 

Procedural Clerk: — All opposed? I declare the motion carried and invite MLA Thorsteinson to take the Chair.

 

Chair Thorsteinson: — Well thank you, everybody. I’m James Thorsteinson, MLA for Cut Knife-Turtleford, and I am happy to be the committee Chair.

 

Welcome to the Standing Committee on the Economy. Our first item of business today is the election of a Deputy Chair. I’d like to remind members of the process. Pursuant to rule 123(2), the Deputy Chair must be an opposition member.

 

I will first ask for nominations. Once there are no further nominations, I will then ask a member to move a motion to have a committee member preside as Deputy Chair.

 

I will now call for nominations for that position. I recognize MLA Mowat.

 

Vicki Mowat: — I nominate Tajinder Grewal.

 

Chair Thorsteinson: — MLA Mowat has nominated MLA Grewal to the position of Deputy Chair. Are there any further nominations? Seeing none, I would now invite one of the members to move a motion. MLA Mowat.

 

Vicki Mowat: — I move:

 

That Tajinder Grewal be elected to preside as Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on the Economy.

 

Chair Thorsteinson: — It has been moved by MLA Mowat:

 

That MLA Tajinder Grewal be elected to preside as Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on the Economy.

 

All in favour of the motion?

 

Some Hon. Members: — Agreed.

 

Chair Thorsteinson: — Opposed? Carried.

 

The next item of business on our agenda is the establishment of a steering committee. I would ask a member to move the steering committee motion. I recognize Minister Jenson.

 

Hon. Terry Jenson: — Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move:

 

That a steering committee be appointed to establish an agenda and priority of business for subsequent meetings and that the membership be comprised of the Chair and Deputy Chair; and further,

 

That the steering committee shall meet from time to time as directed by the committee or at the call of the Chair; that the presence of all the members of the steering committee is necessary to constitute a meeting; and that substitutions from the membership of the Standing Committee on the Economy be permitted on the steering committee.

 

Chair Thorsteinson: — Minister Jenson has so moved. Is that agreed?

 

Some Hon. Members: — Agreed.

 

Chair Thorsteinson: — Carried. We have one document to table: ECO 1‑30, Saskatchewan Research Council: Responses to questions raised at the April 9th, 2024 meeting. I recognize Minister Jenson.

 

Hon. Terry Jenson: — I now move that this committee adjourn.

 

Chair Thorsteinson: — Minister Jenson has moved that this committee now adjourn. Is that agreed?

 

Some Hon. Members: — Agreed.

 

Chair Thorsteinson: — This meeting stands adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 

[The committee adjourned at 08:59.]

 

 

 

 

 

Published under the authority of the Hon. Todd Goudy, Speaker

 

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