75-Minute Debate (30 April 2021)

From Hansard (30 April 2021)

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The Assembly was debating the following motion moved by Jeremy Cockrill (Sask Party - The Battlefords):

That this Assembly supports the government’s agriculture value-added strategies as highlighted in our provincial growth plan, recognizing that it will support Saskatchewan in both our short-term economic recovery, as well as its role in assuring the long-term prosperity of the province.

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Agriculture Value-Added Strategies

Mr. Keisig: — Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Our government is increasing our exports and growing our economy by opening international trade offices. I’m very interested in hearing from the member from Saskatoon Nutana. If the New Democrats were to take government, would they keep our international trade offices open?

Ms. Ritchie: — Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. You know, the questions that I have around these additional trade offices that have been prioritized as part of the budget this year is, you know what? Why aren’t they working more collaboratively at the federal level with their export offices to ensure that, you know, we’re not duplicating methods, that we’re leveraging resources that are already on the ground and working as part of a cross-country, you know, national collaborative strategy?

I would note that, you know, that relationship has been sullied to a high degree by a lot of the, you know, confrontational tactics used by the government opposite. So I guess I would just ask in reply as a third question that, you know what . . .

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