2026 March

The 2026-27 Provincial Budget will be tabled by the Honourable Jim Reiter, Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, on Wednesday, March 18 at approximately 2:15 p.m. local time.

The proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan are live streamed on television across the province through SaskTel Max and local cable companies, as well as online through the Legislative Assembly website. (Click on the “Watch the Legislative Assembly Live” icon.)

All documents related to the 2026-27 provincial budget will be posted to the Budget page on the provincial website within the hour that the Finance Minister rises to table the budget.

The Municipal Leadership Development Program (MLDP) is a series of modules that target specific issues of importance to urban, rural and northern municipalities in Saskatchewan.

The program is tailored for mayors, reeves, councillors, elected officials and municipal staff who want to improve leadership in their local government.

MLDP Format

The program is a series of six modules. There are three sessions of modules held each year: one fall session and two winter sessions. Modules can be taken in any order based on the dates that best suit your schedule.

What you will learn

The MLDP modules address key issues facing you in governing at the local level.

You will receive a certificate after each module. Upon completion of all the modules, you will be recognized with a Certificate of Completion.

How to register

Please visit www.mldp.ca for more information about:

• The modules;
• The March/April session schedule; and
• How to register online.

Spaces are limited so register today!

The Ministry of Government Relations will have a trade show booth at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) 2026 Convention in Regina.

Ministry staff will be available at our booth #54 to provide information about building standards, community infrastructure, municipal administration and community planning.

The trade show, located in the International Trade Centre in the REAL District, will be open Monday, April 13 and Tuesday, April 14.

Visit SUMA’s website for details about the 2026 SUMA Convention and Trade Show and to register.

Under The Construction Codes Act, only licensed building officials can provide building official services, which include plan reviews, building inspections and enforcement services. Before undertaking these activities, building officials must be appointed by a resolution of the local authority’s council. Depending on the wording of the resolution, a building official can be appointed for:

• a singular project
• a set time period (e.g. a calendar year)
• an ongoing basis until the appointment is cancelled

Appointments with no set period of time must be cancelled by resolution; otherwise, the building official remains appointed. There is no requirement that building officials be appointed on an annual basis unless council chooses to use wording in their resolutions which requires an annual appointment.

Please be aware that local authorities cannot appoint a building official company as their building official; local authorities can only appoint individuals with a valid building official licence as their building official(s). As building official companies are not licensed, they cannot be appointed. Local authorities that employ a building official company should ensure that only individuals with a valid building official licence have been appointed to provide building official services within the local authority.

For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Building and Technical Standards by phone at 306-787-4113 or btstandards@gov.sk.ca.