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May 5, 2021 Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice Committee STANDING COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE Hansard Verbatim Report No. 6 — May 5, 2021 Published under the authority of The Hon. Randy Weekes Speaker Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Twenty-Ninth Legislature Hansard on the Internet Hansard and other documents of the Legislative Assembly are available within hours after each sitting. https://www.legassembly.sk.ca/Calendar STANDING COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE Mr. Mark Docherty, Chair Regina Coronation Park Ms. Betty Nippi-Albright, Deputy Chair Saskatoon Centre Mr. Gary Grewal Regina Northeast Mr. Travis Keisig Last Mountain-Touchwood Ms. Lisa Lambert Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood Mr. Tim McLeod Moose Jaw North Mr. Greg Ottenbreit Yorkton STANDING COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND JUSTICE 101 May 5, 2021 [The committee met at 14:59.] to thank them all, and I will be thanking them at the end of our four hours, should we make it through four hours. The Chair: — Welcome, everyone. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice. I’m Mark As I said, it’s going to be a privilege this afternoon and this Docherty, the Chair, and with us this afternoon are Betty evening to talk about the spending priorities outlined by the Nippi-Albright, the Deputy Chair. We’ve got Gary Grewal, Ministry of Government Relations budget for ’21-22. I would Travis Keisig, Lisa Lambert, Tim McLeod, and Greg Ottenbreit. like to begin by providing a few comments, general comments, Today the committee will be considering the estimates for on the ministry’s budget as well as a few highlights and priorities Government Relations, and then four bills. of Government Relations for the year ahead. Following these remarks I’ll be very happy to answer questions, should the General Revenue Fund committee have any. Government Relations Vote 30 The 2021-22 provincial budget aims to protect Saskatchewan people through the rest of this pandemic as more people are Subvote (GR01) vaccinated and life begins to return to normal through the road map introduced by the Premier yesterday. As we emerge from The Chair: — We will now begin our consideration of vote 30, the pandemic, this budget will grow Saskatchewan by helping to Government Relations, central management and services, ensure a strong economic recovery. subvote (GR01). Minister McMorris, please introduce your officials and make some opening comments. Specifically for the Government Relations budget, we will be investing $35 million in emergency support for First Nations and [15:00] Métis organizations, which I will go into a bit more detail shortly. Over 26 million has been made available for the COVID-19 Hon. Mr. McMorris: — Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is a privilege resilience infrastructure stream to accelerate the Investing In to be back in front of a committee defending estimates, defending Canada Infrastructure Program, better known as ICIP, which I’ll a budget of our government. Before I start, there are a number of be referring to as well. As well, 741,000 has been identified to people I want to acknowledge. First of all, thanks to the support the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts. This funding will committee members for being here. It wouldn’t happen without support Saskatchewan communities in a time of economic you being here to, if there ever was a vote, to carry the budget if uncertainty. that was your choice. So thank you for being here. The Ministry of Government Relations’ ’21-22 expense budget is To the critic of course, we have four hours to spend together on 613.3 million. Let’s compare that to ’20-21; the restated estimate a number of different issues, so I want to welcome her. I want to of the ministry was 695.3. This is a decrease of $82 million or also welcome Max Waldman who is my chief of staff here today 11.8 per cent over last year. I would like to point out that this and thank him for his good work, as well as all the staff back in decrease is primarily the result of the nature and success of the my office who do an amazing job. conclusion of the municipal economic enhancement program, better known as MEEP, 2020 infrastructure program. I also just want to briefly, I have comments on the budget but I just want to talk a little bit about, you know, kind of where we This — important to know — one-time funding which was are today in the pandemic. And you know, I’m very pleased to announced last year saw 150 million provided directly to all have my deputy minister, Greg Miller, here and all the officials municipalities across this province with very little strings back at Government Relations. attached. These funds were used to support quick-turnaround infrastructure programs that not only helped Saskatchewan You know, I really enjoyed in my past time as minister where residents get back to work but also supported the province’s you really got to know the officials because when they would economic recovery from the effects of the pandemic. At this brief you, they would come into your office and you would get point I am pleased to report that all communities in the province to know them all and you would see their faces and you would that applied have received their funds and that hundreds of almost get to know their personalities. And we do a briefing projects across Saskatchewan are already under way or have been every week and it’s all by phone and it’s just really, really completed. Just a note for the committee: excluding the one-year different. In six months or five months, however long I’ve had program, the year-over-year change in municipal investment the privilege of being a minister, I’ve met maybe three or four of from the province would be a $48.1 million increase, or 11.5 per the officials, and my deputy minister in person only a couple of cent. times. And so it’s really for me unconventional. I really enjoy that personal contact, but of course that just hasn’t been the case. Regarding infrastructure, providing funding to Saskatchewan communities for infrastructure projects continues to be one of the But I do say that, again, just amazing work by the officials to, main priorities within Government Relations. This year the number one, get the budget ready to vend it through treasury ’21-22 provincial budget includes $140.1 million in provincial board and then through the budget process, and now this support for municipal infrastructure. This is a decrease of 101.6 afternoon and into this evening defending it in the committee at million or 42 per cent from the ’20-21 budget but, as noted earlier the committee stage. It takes a lot of work and a lot of work by in my remarks, the decrease is a result of the completion of the all the officials even though, as I said, we don’t get to see each one-time-only MEEP or municipal economic enhancement other in person. And it makes quite a difference, I find. But I want program, offset particularly by increasing the New Building 102 Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice Committee May 5, 2021 Canada Fund. Government of Saskatchewan has been committed to the Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement through its partnership The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, or ICIP, and the with Canada and the entitlement First Nations for 28 years now. strategic partnership program continues to be one of the main This partnership has succeeded in transferring more than 881,000 avenues the government delivers infrastructure funding to acres across the province to reserve status. As mentioned, no municipalities. In 2021 we will see 56.3 million for the provincial other jurisdiction in Canada has transferred as many acres under portion of the Investing In Canada Infrastructure Program. The this type of agreement. total amount, including the federal portion, is $123.9 million. 46.9 million will be provided through Government Relations for Success is not only measured by reserve creation alone but by the the province’s portion of the New Building Canada Fund. That other benefits, including new partnerships that are forged total amount includes the federal portion of 49 . is between First Nations business and neighbouring communities $49.7 million. and municipalities. The government is currently involved in negotiations with Canada and five First Nations to settle new Regarding municipal revenue sharing, Saskatchewan flagship claims, and we are aware of three more claims that have been municipal revenue-sharing program continues to be the envy of validated and are eligible for negotiations. Saskatchewan provinces and especially municipalities across Canada. This remains committed to this process and to the ongoing year’s municipalities will be receiving $275.7 million from the co-operation with our partners as part of our continued effort municipal revenue-sharing program, the second-highest amount towards reconciliation. on record. This is a slight decrease of $2.4 million from the previous year. First Nation and Métis community grant program. For many years the Government Relations has provided additional support The Government of Saskatchewan remains committed to to Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan by offering a providing municipalities with consistent and stable funding. As variety of grants aimed at supporting local Indigenous events and such, the MRS or municipal revenue sharing represents revenue initiatives. These grants have been open to all Indigenous people from three-quarters of 1 per cent of the PST [provincial sales tax] and organizations in the province. Last year 300,000 in funding from two years prior.
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