Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, presented the following report:

Thursday, March 31, 2022

The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its

FOURTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred motion No. 14 under Government Business, which proposes “that an amendment to the Constitution of Canada be authorized to be made by proclamation issued by Her Excellency the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada in accordance with the annexe schedule” to repeal section 24 of the Saskatchewan Act, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Tuesday, March 1, 2022, examined the said motion and herewith presents its report.

Your committee recommends that the Senate adopt the said motion.

Your committee notes that the adoption of this report by the Senate would constitute the Senate’s agreement with the proposed resolution to amend the Constitution.

Your committee notes that this report was adopted on division. Your committee held two meetings over four hours and heard from the following witnesses:

•The Honourable Gordon S. Wyant, MLA, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Government of Saskatchewan

•Michelle Lang, Chief of Staff for the Honourable Gordon S. Wyant, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Government of Saskatchewan

•Louise Baird, Assistant Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office

•Daniel Bourgeois, Senior General Counsel, Tax Law, Department of Justice Canada

•Warren J. Newman, Senior General Counsel, Public Law, Department of Justice Canada

•Nancy Othmer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law and Legislative Services, Department of Justice Canada

•Merrilee Rasmussen, Lawyer, Rasmussen & Co, Barristers and Solicitor

•Michael Vandergrift, Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office

•James Clements, Senior Vice-President, Strategic Planning and Technology Transformation, Canadian Pacific

•Dwight Newman, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law, University of Saskatchewan

•Benoît Pelletier, Professor, University of Ottawa

•Patrick Taillon, Professor and co-director, Centre for Constitutional and Administrative Law

Respectfully submitted,

MOBINA S. B. JAFFER

Chair