STANDING COMMITTEE ON

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

MINUTE NO. 1

9:08 a.m. — māmawapiwin nαyati room (Room 8)

1.     Present: Trent Wotherspoon in the chair and members David Chan, Meara Conway,* Brad Crassweller, the Hon. Daryl Harrison, Jordan McPhail,* and Sean Wilson.

Substituting Members

Meara Conway for Joan Pratchler

Jordan McPhail for Hugh Gordon

2.     The Committee Clerk presided over the election of a Chair. Trent Wotherspoon was nominated for the position. There being no further nominations, it was moved by Meara Conway:

That Trent Wotherspoon be elected to preside as Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

The question being put, it was agreed to.

3.     The Chair presided over the election of a Deputy Chair. Sean Wilson was nominated for the position. There being no further nominations, it was moved by the Hon. Daryl Harrison:

That Sean Wilson be elected to preside as Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

The question being put, it was agreed to.

4.     It was moved by the Hon. Daryl Harrison:

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 members of the steering committee is necessary to constitute a meeting, and that substitutions from the membership of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts be permitted on the steering committee.

The question being put, it was agreed to.

5.     The following documents were tabled:

First Session of the thirtieth legislature

Ministry of Education: report of public losses, March 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024

(PAC 1-30)

Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan: first quarter financial forecast for the three months ending June 30, 2024

(PAC 2-30)

Ministry of Finance: report of public losses, April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024

(PAC 3-30)

Ministry of Advanced Education: report of public losses, April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024

(PAC 4-30)

Ministry of Health: report of public losses, April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024

(PAC 5-30)

Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan: second quarter financial forecast for the six months ending September 30, 2024

(PAC 6-30)

Ministry of Advanced Education: report of public losses, July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024

(PAC 7-30)

Ministry of Health: report of public losses, July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024

(PAC 8-30)

Ministry of Education: report of public losses, June 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024

(PAC 9-30)

Ministry of Finance: report of public losses, July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024

(PAC 10-30)

6.     The Chair advised that pursuant to rule 142(2), the following documents were committed to the committee:

Fourth session of the twenty-ninth legislature

Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan: 2024 report volume 1

(Sessional paper no. 224)

Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan: annual report on operations for the year ended March 31, 2024

(Sessional paper no. 226)

Government of Saskatchewan: 2023–24 public accounts volume 1, summary financial statements

(Sessional paper no. 229)

First session of the thirtieth legislature

Government of Saskatchewan: 2023–24 public accounts volume 2, general revenue fund details

(Sessional paper no. 17)

Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan: business and financial plan for the year ended March 31, 2026

(Sessional paper no. 29)

Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan: 2024 report volume 2

(Sessional paper no. 40)

7.     It was moved by the Hon. Daryl Harrison:

That this committee do now adjourn.

The question being put, it was agreed to.

8.     The committee adjourned at 9:15 a.m. to the call of the Chair.

 

 

 

Trent Wotherspoon, Chair

Miranda Gudereit, Committee Clerk

 

 

 

 

 

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