SUBCOMMITTEE CURRENTLY SITTING

Defining and Enhancing Community Subcommittee

Building on earlier ACRE work on “community,” this subcommittee is examining best practices in regional development and how these practices could be modified or adapted to Saskatchewan communities. It is also looking at the current relationships between First Nations and Metis communities and other communities and examining how these relations could be strengthened or improved.

The subcommittee will submit a report with recommendations, for consideration by the full ACRE committee by January 2008. A final ACRE report with recommendations will be submitted to the Provincial Government in March 2008.

Co-Chairs:

• Dick DeRyk
• Guy Lonechild

Developing Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in Communities Subcommittee

In its earlier work, ACRE identified the importance for rural Saskatchewan of developing entrepreneurs and small businesses. This subcommittee will take this work to the next level. They will be taking an in-depth look at the needs of small business owners and examining best practices for fostering entrepreneurship. They will also include First Nations and Metis businesses and entrepreneurs in their analysis and will examine the current state of Aboriginal participation in the Saskatchewan economy.

The subcommittee will submit a report with recommendations for consideration by the full ACRE committee by January, 2008. A final ACRE report with recommendations will be submitted to the Provincial Government in March 2008.

Co-Chairs

• Germain Dauk
• Wanda Wolf

Monitoring Subcommittee

This committee has been tasked with monitoring government implementation of the recommendations that ACRE presents to government. It has reviewed the 220 recommendations that have been provided to government to-date and has determined that almost two-thirds of those recommendations have been satisfactorily dealt with by government.

Seventy-seven recommendations currently remain active and will continue to be monitored for action by government. The committee will also follow the government’s progress in implementing any new recommendations that result from ACRE’s current work program.

Co-Chairs

• Thad Trefiak
• Deb Ehmann

ACRE Subcommittees that have completed their work and are no longer sitting: