Jeremy Harrison

NDP Formally Requests Investigation Into Allegations from Speaker

NDP Formally Requests Investigation Into Allegations from Speaker

Jun 6, 2024 | 10:53am
The Saskatchewan NDP is asking the speaker of the legislature to convene the Standing Committee on House Services, to probe allegations made by the speaker on the last day of the sitting last month. As the house was about to adjourn for the summer, and more than likely, until an election in October, Randy Weekes […]
NDP call for investigation into Harrison, his gun, and the speaker’s allegations

NDP call for investigation into Harrison, his gun, and the speaker’s allegations

Jun 3, 2024 | 2:20pm
REGINA — The Saskatchewan NDP are painting Sask Party Cabinet Minister Jeremy Harrsion as a liar about recent revelations he brought a hunting gun to the legislature. The NDP is accusing Harrison of lying when he denied claims made by the speaker of the house on the last sitting day of the legislature last month.  […]
NDP asks Speaker to call meeting on gun allegation, invite investigation

NDP asks Speaker to call meeting on gun allegation, invite investigation

May 29, 2024 | 5:23am
Saskatchewan’s Opposition is calling on the Speaker to set the wheels in motion for a third-party investigation into gun-carrying and bullying behaviour inside the legislature. NDP democracy critic Meara Conway told reporters Tuesday that Speaker Randy Weekes chairs the all-party house services committee and could call for that panel to vote on whether to launch […]
Harrison says family helped jog memory of gun in legislature

Harrison says family helped jog memory of gun in legislature

May 28, 2024 | 5:00am
A provincial cabinet minister who initially told the premier he didn’t bring a long gun into the legislature, only to reverse himself days later, says talks with family members helped jog his memory. Jeremy Harrison says while recently talking about hunting in the Regina area, there was a “flash” in his mind of him walking past legislature […]
Moe rejects allegations by Speaker, calls Weekes a ‘sore loser’

Moe rejects allegations by Speaker, calls Weekes a ‘sore loser’

May 17, 2024 | 3:15pm
Saskatchewan’s premier spoke up in defence of his government house leader on Friday, rejecting allegations that Jeremy Harrison brought or wanted to bring guns into the legislature and describing the claims as false.  Scott Moe said Harrison told him that he also never flashed his jacket at the legislature’s Speaker as if he was carrying […]
Legislature Speaker drops bombshell allegations against gov’t on last day of session

Legislature Speaker drops bombshell allegations against gov’t on last day of session

May 16, 2024 | 4:24pm
(note language in third paragraph) On the final day of the spring legislative session in Saskatchewan, the chamber was filled with tension as Randy Weekes, the outgoing Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, delivered a bombshell speech. Weekes, who has served as an MLA since 1999, used his closing remarks to detail alleged harassment and intimidation […]
Saskatchewan exports exceed $100-billion mark when combining 2022 & 2023

Saskatchewan exports exceed $100-billion mark when combining 2022 & 2023

May 14, 2024 | 10:37pm
Provincial exports of various products globally in 2022 and 2023 were valued at a combined $101.9-billion, according to numbers released by the provincial government on Tuesday. The new figure represents a 52.2 percent increase compared to the two previous years of 2020 and 2021, when exports were valued at $66.9-billion. Exports to the United Kingdom […]
‘Puppet show’: Saskatchewan finance minister apologizes for text to Speaker

‘Puppet show’: Saskatchewan finance minister apologizes for text to Speaker

Apr 16, 2024 | 5:25am
Saskatchewan’s finance minister was ordered to apologize Monday after she sent the Speaker a text accusing him of letting the legislature devolve into an “Opposition puppet show.”  Donna Harpauer delivered the apology in the house after Speaker Randy Weekes said the minister had messaged him saying government members can’t push back during chamber debates and that as […]

Sask. Trade Minister Jeremy Harrison leading a delegation to officially open trade office in Germany

May 29, 2023 | 11:53am

Saskatchewan Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison is leading a delegation on a trade trip to Germany this week. Harrison’s visit is to officially open the province’s latest trade office in Berlin, as well as explore further trade opportunities. “Germany is a manufacturing powerhouse and the fourth largest economy in the world,” Harrison said […]

Beck booted from legislative assembly after saying minister had lied

May 3, 2023 | 4:28pm

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has been removed from the legislative assembly after saying the trade and export minister was lying over comments he made about her party. Jeremy Harrison had accused the NDP of not supporting pipelines and for inviting federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to fundraisers, which Beck had called lies. Beck says […]