Hansard Subject Index - 24th Legislature, Committees

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Pastures Revolving Fund
- Financial management, improvement, P659, P663
PCBs
- Disposal management, C398
Pensions
- See also
- Corporations, SaskPen, SP Two
  - Allow audit by Provincial Auditor, P236–37
  - Financial statements, tabling in Legislative Assembly,, P236
  - Provincial Auditor recommendations, P221
- Costs and accounting, record in General Revenue Fund financial statements, P221–25, P228–30, P515–16, P525–26
- Government pension plans, governance practices, audit, P526–27
- Inflation assumption, consistency for each defined benefit pension plan, P253
- Investment managers, P254, P260
- Investment managers, selection process, P461
- Investment performance, report in audited financial statements, P254, P461
- Liabilities, unfunded, management, report, P230–35
- Oversight body to provide guidance and direction to government, P461–63
- Pension task force, P253–54, P259
- Plans, standardization, P622
- Retirees, return to government work, payment according to law, P463
- Risks, management of, P251–53
- Risks, management of, status, P460
Persona Incorporated
- See
  - Television – Cable industry, Persona Incorporated, SaskTel investment
Phoenix advertising group
- See
  - SaskEnergy Incorporated – Projects, external companies – Phoenix advertising
PIPP (Personal injury protection plan)
- See
  - Insurance – Personal injury protection plan
PMIP
- See
  - Provincial-municipal infrastructure program
Points of order
- Kyoto Protocol, SaskPower executive opinion of potential impact
  - Atkinson, C579
  - Prebble, C579
  - Wall, C578–79
Points West Consulting Inc.
- See also
  - Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan – Consulting fees over $10,000 – Points West Consulting Inc.
- Market research, Crown corporations, C452
- Projects, Crown corporations, C465–70
- Projects, SaskEnergy, expenses, C476–78, C480
Political parties
- Donations/contributions
  - See
    - Elections – Donations/contributions, political parties
Pollution control
- See
  - Electricity – Generation process, pollution control
Polychlorinated biphenyls
- See
  - PCBs
Poplar River power station
- Coal supply, C358–59
- Rail line, abandoned, kochia weed, C366–67
Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training Department
- See also
  - Education, post-secondary
  - Learning Department
- Accountability, P285, P286–88, P542–45
- Annual reports, P285, P288
- Auditor reports
  - 2000 Fall, v.3, ch.5, P284–96
    - Draude, P289, P292–93
    - Ferguson, P284–86, P295
    - Harper, P295
    - Janzen, P292
    - Jones, P295–96
    - Krawetz, P292–93
    - Stonehouse, P291–92, P295
    - Wakefield, P294–95
    - Wartman, P290–91, P293
    - Yates, P289–90, P294
    - YeatesN, P286–95
  - 2001 Spring, ch.5, P418–22
    - Hart, P420–21
    - Jersak, P418–19
    - McCall, P421–22
    - Stonehouse, P421
    - Wendel, P418
    - YeatesN, P419–21
  - 2001 Fall, ch.15, P541–47
    - Atkinson, P544–45
    - Ferguson, P541–42, P544
    - Gantefoer, P543–44
    - Harper, P547
    - Krawetz, P545
    - Kwiatkowski, P545–47
    - McCall, P546–47
    - Salloum, P546
    - Wakefield, P546
    - YeatesN, P542–47
- Costs, tracking, labour market activities, P295
- Electronic integrated support system, P543, P546
- Risks, challenges, management, P284–85
Potato industry
- See also
  - Saskatchewan Valley Potato Corporation
  - Saskatchewan Water Corporation – Audit
- Crop culling, C181
- Fresh pack potato plant, sale, Pak-Wel Produce Ltd., C189
- Investments
  - Losses, Sask Water, C185
  - Lucky Lake Potato Storage Inc., Sask Water, C194–95
  - Saskatchewan Government Growth Fund, C640, C651
  - Taxes, Sask Water, C185–86
- Lake Diefenbaker Potato Corporation, C189
- SPUDCO (Saskatchewan Potato Utility Development Company), C184–85
  - Agreement, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Chile, C462
  - Losses, C657
  - Minister for Saskatchewan Water Corporation, responses to questions in Crown Corporations Committee meeting, June 11, 1997, C665–75
- Storage facilities, C194
  - See also
    - Saskatchewan Valley Potato Corporation – Storage facilities
  - Con-Force Structures Ltd., C191–94
  - Con-Force Structures Ltd., Crown Construction Tendering Agreement avoidance, C193–94, C227
  - Transfer from Sask Water to Crown Investments Corporation, financial statements, C654
- Trade sanctions, C161
Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute
- Employees, bank account duties, segregated, P659, P663–64
- Revenue, P663
Premium Brands Inc.
- See
  - Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan – Investments – Premium Brands
Privacy
- See also
  - Canada Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
- Auditor's report, 2000 Spring, ch.12, P201–3
Property tax
- See
  - Saskatchewan Valley Potato Corporation – Grants in lieu of taxes
Provincial Auditor
- Audits, agencies, billing, P679
- Business plan, estimates, 2002-2003, P498–508, P513–14
- Business plan, estimates, 2003-2004, P675–80
- Employees, reduction, P678
- Funding, P36–37
  - Contingency appropriation, P678–79
  - Increase, P676–78, P680
- Interprovincial co-operation, P680
- Reports, differences of opinion with government departments, P695–97
- Resignation, process, P298–99
- Role, P14–18
- Selection process, P164–67
Provincial Auditor Act
- Amendments, proposed, P41–52, P55–70, P93–109, P113–31, P135–64, P203–6, P297–302
  - Access to information
    - Government accounts, penalty for denial, debate in Legislative Assembly, P147–49
    - Government performance reports, P57–59, P65, P115–17
    - Government performance reports, penalty for denial, debate in Legislative Assembly, P66
    - Unrestricted for Provincial Auditor, P117–22, P147
  - Accountability, P67–69
  - Act exclusively govern Provincial Auditor, P56, P115
  - Annual reports, business and financial plan, operations by Provincial Auditor, P149
  - Annual reports, Provincial Auditor, review, Public Accounts Committee, P69, P152
  - Appointment process, P41–43, P45–47, P97–100, P123
    - See also
      - Provincial Auditor – Selection process
  - Audit Committee, P61–65, P99–100, P135–47, P299
    - See also
      - Audit Committee, Saskatchewan
    - Information requests, P302
  - Audit fees, retention of unspent resources, P125–30
  - Audit of Provincial Auditor, P149–52, P301
  - Budget, P39–40
  - Ethical values, stated, P59, P123
  - Independence, autonomy, P32, P61, P65–66, P130–31, P147
  - Information, reliable, provision by Provincial Auditor to Legislative Assembly, P149
  - Investments, authority for Provincial Auditor, P162–64
  - Objectives for Provincial Auditor, P56, P113–15
  - PAC recommends Provincial Auditor Act amendment to authorize referral of auditor's report on CIC Crowns and their subsidiaries be directed to Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, moved (Gantefoer)
    - Gantefoer, P205–6
    - Lorje, P204–6
    - Paton, P204–6
    - Trew, P205–6
    - Wakefield, P206
    - Wendel, P203–5
  - Protection of Legislative Assembly, P59
  - Qualifications, professional, P38, P108
  - Qualifications, professional, appointed auditors, P159–62
  - Resources, P61
    - Recommended by PAC, P124
    - Special warrants through Minister of Finance, P300
  - Retirement age, P298
  - Revenues, receipt, retention, use, P152–59, P300
  - Revenues, retention, secondments, P300–301
  - Review, periodic, P67, P149
  - Salary, P59–61, P102–8
  - Securities, government, issuance and sale, audit assignments, P162
  - Term of office, P36–37, P47–52, P66–67, P101–2, P300
  - Term of office, termination, P101–2, P149
  - Transfer payments, recipients, P56–57
- Audit reports, process, P31
- Introduction to Legislative Assembly, P69–70
- Report of the Provincial Auditor Advisory Committee
  - Recommendations, P25–30
- Special Report to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Regarding Changes to The Provincial Auditor Act, Bill 14
  - Recommendations, P21–25
Provincial Auditor reports P17
- See also specific
  - departments and Crown corporations
  - Provincial Auditor Act – Amendments, proposed
- 1999 Spring
  - Ch.12. Pensions
    - See
      - Provincial Auditor reports – 1999 Spring and 2000 Spring – Ch.12 and ch.8. Pensions
  - Ch.17. Standing Committee on Public Accounts, P195–97
    - See also
      - Public Accounts Committee – Auditor reports – Recommendations, 1999 Spring
    - Gantefoer, P196–97
    - Jersak, P195
    - Krawetz, P195–97
    - Lorje, P195–96
    - Paton, P196–97
    - Wendel, P195–97
- 1999 Spring and 2000 Spring
  - Ch.12 and ch.8. Pensions, P251–61
    - Boothe, P254, P258–61
    - Deis, P251–61
    - Draude, P256, P258
    - Harper, P259–60
    - Higgins, P256
    - Krawetz, P258
    - Smith, P258–60
    - Stepan, P255, P257
    - Strutt, P255–58
    - Wakefield, P254, P259
    - Wartman, P257
    - Wendel, P251
    - Yates, P254, P256–61
- 1999 Fall, v.2
  - Ch.16. Working together to gather information for public reports, P445–47
    - Anderson, P445–47
    - Durnford, P446–47
    - Hamilton, P447
    - Harper, P447
    - Krawetz, P447
    - Paton, P447
    - Wakefield, P446
    - Wendel, P447
  - Ch.17. Preparing for Year 2000, P179–83
    - See also
      - Government – Information technology – Year 2000 compliance
    - Creaser, P179–83
    - Gantefoer, P181–82
    - Gardner, P183
    - Hersche, P182–83
    - Jones, P183
    - Lorje, P182
    - Spannier, P181
    - Wakefield, P182
    - Wartman, P183
    - WhelanT, P182
    - Wilkie, P183
  - Ch.18. Information technology security, P183–93
    - See also
      - Government – Information technology
    - Gantefoer, P187–88
    - Hersche, P187–93
    - Jones, P190–91
    - Kwiatkowski, P192
    - Lorje, P190
    - Schwab, P184–87, P191–92
    - Spannier, P187
    - Wakefield, P189–90
    - Wartman, P193
    - WhelanT, P188–89, P191–93
    - Yates, P192
- 2000 Spring
  - Ch.1. Towards a better public accountability system, P239–44
    - Boothe, P240–43
    - Draude, P242–43
    - Heffernan, P239–40, P242
    - Kasperski, P241–42
    - Wakefield, P242–44
    - Wartman, P239, P241, P243–44
    - Wendel, P242–43
    - Yates, P243–44
  - Ch.3. Rate regulation in the public sector, P473–75
    - Croll, P475
    - Montgomery, P473–75
  - Ch.8. Pensions
    - See
      - Provincial Auditor reports – 1999 Spring and 2000 Spring – Ch.12 and ch.8. Pensions
  - Ch.12. An overview of privacy, P201–3
    - Anderson, P201–3
    - Lorje, P203
    - Wakefield, P203
    - Wendel, P201
- 2000 Fall, v.2
  - See
    - Public Accounts Committee – Auditor reports – 2000 Fall, v.2
- 2000 Fall, v.3
  - Ch.1. Improving accountability for results, P237–39, P244–51
    - Boothe, P245–46, P250
    - Draude, P238, P250
    - Heffernan, P244–45, P247–48
    - Higgins, P246–49
    - Kasperski, P246–47, P251
    - Knox, P237–39
    - Krawetz, P245
    - Martens, P249
    - Wakefield, P248
    - Wartman, P246–51
    - Wendel, P237, P251
  - Ch.4. An overview of infrastructure risks, P448–57
    - Atkinson, P453–56
    - Ferguson, P448–51, P455
    - Gantefoer, P451–52
    - Hamilton, P455
    - Harper, P452–53
    - Krawetz, P454, P456
    - Mellor, P450–51
    - Paton, P451–55
    - Swystun, P456
    - Veikle, P450, P452–53, P456
    - Wakefield, P455–56
    - Wendel, P453–54
  - Ch.9. Government e-mail system, P435–43
    - Creaser, P435–36
    - Gantefoer, P441–42
    - Harper, P442
    - Higgins, P442
    - Jones, P443
    - Lambert, P439–42
    - Law, P436–41, P443
    - Oliver, P438–43
    - Wakefield, P440–41
- 2000 Fall, v.1. Understanding the finances of the government, P207–18
  - Boothe, P210–11, P213–14, P216–17
  - Gantefoer, P210–11, P213–17
  - Jones, P215
  - Krawetz, P211–12
  - Lorje, P211, P214–18
  - Montgomery, P207–12
  - Paton, P212–13, P215
  - Wendel, P210–13, P215
  - Yates, P213
- 2001 Spring
  - Ch.1. Improving public sector planning and reporting, P475–80
    - Gantefoer, P479–80
    - Heffernan, P475–76, P479
    - Jones, P478
    - Knox, P477–78
    - Styles, P476–79
    - Wakefield, P480
    - Wendel, P478
  - Ch.8. Pensions, P460–63
    - Ahmad, P460–61
    - Harper, P463
    - Jones, P462–63
    - Krawetz, P463
    - McCall, P462
    - Paton, P463
    - Smith, P462–63
    - Styles, P461–63
    - Wakefield, P462
- 2001 Fall, v.2
  - Ch.2. Electronic service delivery in government, P610–17
    - Crowle, P615
    - Harper, P613–16
    - Kwiatkowski, P616–17
    - Law, P611–17
    - Schwab, P610–11
    - WhelanT, P613–15
  - Ch.4. Managing accountability risks in public-private partnerships, P639–45
    - Anderson, P639–41
    - Atkinson, P640–43, P645
    - Hansen, P643–44
    - HartF, P640–44
    - Kwiatkowski, P643–44
  - Ch.5. Pensions, P526–27
    - Ahmad, P526–27
    - Krawetz, P527
    - Smith, P527
- 2001 Fall, v.1. Understanding the finances of the government, P463–73
  - Atkinson, P467–68
  - Gantefoer, P466–67, P473
  - Goulet, P470
  - Jones, P468–69
  - Krawetz, P472
  - Kwiatkowski, P472–73
  - McCall, P470–71
  - Montgomery, P463–65, P467–70, P472
  - Styles, P465–67, P471
  - Wakefield, P469–70
  - Wendel, P469–71
- 2002 Fall, v.1. Understanding the finances of the government, P622–39
  - Atkinson, P632–38
  - Dennett, P625–26
  - Gantefoer, P629–32, P638
  - Goulet, P635–36
  - Montgomery, P623–27, P630–33
  - Paton, P630–32
  - Styles, P627–33, P637–38
  - Wakefield, P636
  - Wendel, P632–36, P638
- Referral to different committees of Legislative Assembly, P203–6
Provincial Comptroller
- Public Accounts documents, review
  - Bayda, P12–14
- Role, mandate
  - Paton, P10–12
Provincial-municipal infrastructure program P381
- See also
  - Municipal Affairs, Culture and Housing Department – Infrastructure grants
Provincial training allowance
- See
  - Training programs – Provincial training allowance
P3s
- See
  - Public-private partnerships
Public Accounts Committee
- See also
  - Organizations appearing, Public Accounts Committee
- Agenda
  - 2003, P681
  - December 18-19, 2000, Provincial Auditor reports, review, P168–75
  - June 22, 2000, addition, Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority misappropriation of public funds, discussion, Provincial Auditor, moved (Kwiatkowski)
    - Gantefoer, P77–78
    - Krawetz, P73–74, P76
    - Kwiatkowski, P73–77, P79
    - Lorje, P73–75, P78
    - Thomson, P75–76
    - Trew, P74, P77, P79
    - Wakefield, P75–76
  - June 22, 2000, subsequent meeting, consultation of Chair and Vice-Chair, moved (Gantefoer)
    - Gantefoer, P80–81
    - Wakefield, P81
  - November 21-23, 2000, addition, 2000 Fall Report, Provincial Auditor, Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority and Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority issues, moved (Kwiatkowski)
    - Gantefoer, P87–88
    - Higgins, P86
    - Kwiatkowski, P83–87
    - Lorje, P84–85, P87
    - Stewart, P86
    - Wakefield, P86–88
- Auditor reports
  - 1999 Spring, PAC review of Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority and Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority, status, P599–600
  - 2000 Fall, v.2 , first Report for consideration at next meeting to be held no later than December 8, 2000, moved (Kwiatkowski)
    - Kwiatkowski, P132–33
    - Lorje, P133
  - 2001 Spring, ch.10, P512–13
    - Jersak, P512–13
    - Krawetz, P513
  - 2002 Spring, ch.16, P579
    - Bayda, P579
    - Jersak, P579
  - Recommendations, monitored by Provincial Auditor, P513, P579
  - Recommendations, 1999 Spring, review deferred, P195–97
- Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees (CCPAC)
  - Committee authorize attendance at 21st annual meeting of CCPAC, Halifax, September 17-19, 2000, moved (Gantefoer)
    - Gantefoer, P81–82
    - Jones, P82
    - Lorje, P82
    - Thomson, P82
  - Committee authorize attendance at 24th annual meeting of CCPAC, Winnipeg, September 14-16, 2003, moved (Atkinson)
    - Atkinson, P720
  - Travel, August 25-27, 2002, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees, P576
- Chair seek Justice Department opinion, two issues, audit report on Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority and Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority, moved (Lorje); amendment (Kwiatkowski)
  - Gantefoer, P89, P91
  - Higgins, P90
  - Kwiatkowski, P90–91
  - Lorje, P88–91
  - Trew, P91
  - Wakefield, P90
- Committee authorize attendance of Chair and Vice-Chair at International Conference on Emerging Issues for Public Accounts Committees, Melbourne, Australia, February 2-5, 2003, moved (Harper), P682
- Committee recommends Provincial Auditor Act amendment to authorize referral of auditor's report on CIC Crowns and their subsidiaries be directed to Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, moved (Gantefoer)
  - Gantefoer, P205–6
  - Lorje, P204–6
  - Paton, P204–6
  - Trew, P205–6
  - Wakefield, P206
  - Wendel, P203–5
- Letter, Justice Department, Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority records necessary for Provincial Auditor examination, P111–13, P131–34
- Letter, Justice Department, Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority records necessary for Provincial Auditor examination, consideration at 4 p.m., November 22, 2000, moved (Kwiatkowski)
  - Kwiatkowski, P112
  - Wartman, P113
- Meetings
  - October 2002, Chair and Vice-Chair, discussion on dates, P577
- Orientation briefing, mandate, operating procedure, history, P1–9
- Report of the Office of the Provincial Auditor to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Regarding the Application of The Financial Administration Act to the Office of the Provincial Auditor P41
- Reports
  - See
    - Reports to House
- Requests of Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority all records necessary for Provincial Auditor examination of certain issues, including SIGA board minutes, April 1997 to present as cited in 2000 Fall Report, v.2, moved (Kwiatkowski)
  - Kwiatkowski, P92
- Schedule, November 5, 2002, P645
- Vice-Chair, election, moved (Gantefoer)
  - Gantefoer, P297
Public Guardian and Trustee of Saskatchewan P359, P528–29
- Annual report, improvement, P366
- Clients
  - Affairs, administration, P360–63, P609
  - Overpayments, common fund reimbursement, P365–66, P533–34, P610
  - Provision of information to community-based organizations, P364
- Computer system (Guardian system), P532–33, P609
  - Access, security, P361
  - Development project, P359–60, P365–66, P529
    - British Columbia, participation, P363
    - Delays, costs, P361–62
    - Funding, P365
    - Management, weaknesses, P360
- Project management, expert consultant, availability of funds, P367
- Staff training, staff manuals, P363, P367
Public money
- See
  - Terminology – Taxpayers' money, public money
Public-private partnerships P639
- Accountability risks, best practices, P639–40
- Examples, P640
- Information privacy, P643
- Infrastructure management, P642
- Public policy, effects, P641
- Selection process, P643–44
Public sector
- Capital asset plans, P477–78
- Infrastructure
  - Assets, P451
  - Assets, acquisition, capitalization, P451–55
  - Construction tenders, P452
  - Planning, long-term, P452–53
    - See also
      - Public sector – Infrastructure – Risks, planning, long-term
  - Risk assessment, P456
  - Risks, P448–50
  - Risks, planning, long-term, P456
  - Status, identification guidelines, P450–51
- Performance reporting, principles, P479–80
- Planning, long-term, processes, P475–77, P480
Public Trustee
- See
  - Public Guardian and Trustee of Saskatchewan
Publishing industry
- Agdealer.com, C114–15
- DirectWest, C115–16
Pulse Research
- See
  - SaskEnergy Incorporated – Projects, external companies