Bill 613 — The Saskatchewan Farm Security (Foreign Farmland Ownership) Amendment Act
Introduced on 2026-03-10 · Sponsor: Trent Wotherspoon
Amends The Saskatchewan Farm Security Act to make enforcement against illegal foreign farmland ownership mandatory and sharply increase penalties.
- Requires the Minister, instead of the board, to act on illegal foreign farmland ownership cases
- Raises one penalty amount from $1,000 to $1,000,000
- Raises another penalty from $50,000 to $1,000,000
- Increases a further penalty range from up to $500,000 to up to $10,000,000
- Raises a separate penalty from $10,000 to up to $10,000,000
- Removes certain existing exceptions or limits by repealing subsections 93(4) and 93.1(3)
- Allows courts to order that net proceeds from a forced land sale be forfeited to the Crown
The bill on the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan website