Out-of-Province Ministerial Travel

(including expenses of participants and general expenses associated with travel)

Ministry Council

Title of Travel Western ’ Conference

Location Yellowknife, NWT

Date(s) May 21 - 23, 2018 Honourable , of Shannon Andrews, Chief of Staff to the Premier Kent Campbell, Interim Deputy Minister to the Premier Participants James Parker, Senior Communications Advisor, Executive Council Ashley Metz, Executive Director, Canadian Intergovernmental Relations, Intergovernmental Affairs, Executive Council Purpose of To attend the annual Western Premiers’ Conference Travel Total Travel Expenditures for Participants

Air Travel (including airfare and airport service fees) $6,210.26

Ground Travel (including taxis, car rentals, parking, trains, and buses) $138.48

Accommodation (including room charges, incidentals, related taxes and $1,722.00 fees)

Meals (personal per diem meal claims) $269.00

Conference & Registration Fees $0.00

Miscellaneous (including temporary cell phone upgrades, fax and internet charges, passport and visa fees, medical and inoculation fees, laundry and $0.00 dry cleaning, and other sundry expenditures)

Subtotal $8,339.74 General Travel Expenditures Business Hosting Expenses (luncheon and/or dinner meetings hosted by the Government of Saskatchewan, including food, beverages, catering staff, $0.00 service charges, equipment, and entertainment)

Miscellaneous (Including meeting rooms, translator and interpreter fees, $0.00 police security, publications, shipping charges, gifts)

Subtotal $0.00 TOTAL $8,339.74

1 Overview of Travel and Objectives

To attend the annual meeting of Western Premiers. The Western Premiers’ Conference is composed of the Premiers of Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, , the Northwest Territories and .

The meeting focused on western and northern prosperity and competitiveness, as well as social and justice issues. Saskatchewan’s objectives were to:

 advance Saskatchewan’s priorities, such as:

o market access and economic competitiveness; o a regulatory environment that supports timely project approvals; and, o infrastructure to move resources to markets, including pipelines.

 represent Saskatchewan’s interests in climate change discussions and raise Saskatchewan’s reference case, which challenges the constitutional validity of the federal government’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, and encourage other jurisdictions to consider intervening;

 find common ground on key issues in relation to the federal government, including pharmacare and cannabis; and,

 strengthen western relationships.

Travel Activity

 Meeting with Northwest Territories Premier, Honourable Bob McLeod  Meeting with Manitoba Premier, Honourable  Meeting with Western Premiers to discuss:

o Western Premiers discussed matters of mutual interest including market access, Canada-United States trade, environmental assessments, economic competitiveness, infrastructure, pharmacare, cannabis legalization, and justice and community safety. Premiers made several calls on the federal government in these areas, as articulated in the communiqué.

o The communiqué is available at: http://www.gov.nt.ca/newsroom/news/western- premiers-focus-western-and-northern-prosperity-their-meeting-yellowknife.

 Northwest Territories Welcome Reception for Premiers, Northwest Territories MLAs, Indigenous government leaders, Business leaders, Municipal leaders and NGO Leaders

Meeting outcomes are reflected in the attached communiqué.

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