Hansard Subject Index - 25th Legislature, Committees

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Wages and salaries
- See also
  - Payday Loans Act (No. 43) [Session 3]
- Hourly rate, average, E397
- Minimum wage, E498–99
  - Low-income cut-off, E847–48
  - Review, E847
- Minimum wage earners, provincial taxes, E848–50
Waller, Tom
- See
  - Forestry Secretariat – Chief executive officer
Wanuskewin Heritage Park
- See
  - Parks – Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Wapawekka Sand & Gravel
- See
  - Highways and roads – Construction and maintenance – Revenue loss, Wapawekka Sand & Gravel
War brides
- See
  - Women – War brides
Wascana Lake
- See
  - Lakes – Wascana Lake, Regina
Wascana Park
- See
  - Parks – Wascana Park, Regina
Waskesiu, Sask.
- See
  - Townsites – Waskesiu, status change to municipality
Waste management
- Discarded monitors and computers, E353–54
- Paper recycling, difficulties, E309
- Regional, consultations, inventory, E204–5, E308
- Stewardship approach to, E308–9
Water
- See also
- Drinking water
  - Infrastructure, funding, grants, C497
  - Infrastructure, SaskWater investments, C1001
  - Keeler, Wood Mountain, C374–75
  - Quality regulation, P634, P639–40, P873
  - Safety, northern Saskatchewan and First Nations reserves, N517
  - Testing, C497–500, P641–42
- Drinking water strategy
  - Implementation, E184
  - SaskWater, role, C372, C564, C1000–1001
  - Waterworks assessment project, SaskWater, C373, C376–77, C494
- First Nations communities, SaskWater co-operation with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, C494, C564
- Fish habitat protection, Fisheries and Oceans Canada responsibilities, E304–5
- Grandora-Vanscoy area, effect of TransGas Asquith area storage project, C346–47, E298–300
  - See also
    - Natural gas – Storage caverns
- Groundwater, monitoring, P259
- Groundwater, monitoring network, Saskatchewan Research Council, E755
- Integrated water management framework, development, E658
- Movement of, costs, C570
- Northern Saskatchewan, SaskWater, role, C372, C564, C1001
- Protection, watersheds, aquifers, source water, E658
- Pump rentals, Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, C498, C504
- Quality assessments, C377–78, C564–65
- Rates, increase, Osler, C375–76
- Rates, SaskWater, C502, C1003–5
- Regional systems, SaskWater, C570
- Regulations, N28
- Rural areas, studies, SaskWater, C569–70
- Rural communities, water lines to replace wells, funding, E662–63
- Saskatchewan water information management system, P213, P219–20
- Treatment plants
  - Acquisitions by SaskWater, C1007–8
  - Boil-water advisories, SaskWater plants, C1005–6
  - Feasibility studies, SaskWater assistance, C502
  - Fort Qu'Appelle, C566–68
  - Funding, Canada-Saskatchewan infrastructure program, C374–75, C494–95, C503
  - Inspections, P634–35, P640–41
  - Operators, independent of SaskWater, C1009–10
  - Operators, qualified, C1006–7
  - Transmission systems, upgrades, SaskWater, C373, C494–95
  - Upgrading, smaller communities, P643
- Waste water, regional systems, SaskWater role, C1001
- Waste water, treatment plants, C1008
- Water quality and sewage disposal, regulation of, C566
- World Water Day (March 22, 2006), C563
Waterfowl crop damage prevention program
- See
  - Crop insurance – Damage compensation
Watershed Authority
- See
  - Saskatchewan Watershed Authority
Waterslides
- Moose Mountain Provincial Park, insurance, E302
Welding
- Standards manuals, updates, backlog, U957–58
WEPA (Western Economic Partnership Agreement)
- See
  - Western Economic Partnership Agreement
Western Development Museum
- See
  - Museums – Western Development Museum
Western Development Museum Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 8) [Session 2]
- Beatty, N315
- Draude, N315–16
- Report Bill without amendment, moved (Sonntag)
  - Sonntag, N316
Western Economic Partnership Agreement E263, E763
- Funding, E4, E175, E180, E443, E528
- New agreement, E528
Western Premiers' Conference (2008)
- Funding, N679
Wheatland Regional Library
- Embezzlement by chief executive officer, status of case, N666, N724–25
Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity)
- See
  - Internet – Wi-Fi initiative, Information Technology Office
Wide Open Future campaign
- See
  - Our Future is Wide Open campaign
Wildlife
- See also
  - Hunting – Deer
- Critical habitat wildlife lands
  - See
    - First Nations – Treaty land entitlements – Critical habitat wildlife lands
- Deer, population, control, E799–800
- Deer, population, tracking, E798–99
- Hungarian partridge, population, E804
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2006 (No. 34) [Session 2]
- Hart, E454–57
- Nilson, E454–57
- Report Bill without amendment, moved (Higgins)
  - Higgins, E457
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 52) [Session 3]
- Heppner, N., E825
- Nilson, E825
- Report Bill without amendment, moved (Lautermilch)
  - Lautermilch, E826
Wildlife Habitat Protection Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 79) [Session 1]
- Allchurch, E170–74
- Forbes, E169–74
- Huyghebaert, E170
- Report Bill without amendment, moved (Hamilton)
  - Hamilton, E174
Wildlife Habitat Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 123) [Session 1]
- Allchurch, E332–33
- Forbes, E331–33
- Hart, E333
- Report Bill without amendment, moved (Yates)
  - Yates, E333
Wildlife Habitat Protection Amendment Act, 2006 (No. 2) (No. 38) [Session 3]
- Nilson, E776
- Report Bill without amendment, moved (Higgins)
  - Higgins, E776
Wildlife Habitat Protection Amendment Act, 2006 (No. 33) [Session 2]
- Allchurch, E451–53
- Hart, E451, E453–54
- Nilson, E451–54
- Report Bill without amendment, moved (Hamilton)
  - Hamilton, E454
Wind power
- Agreement, SaskPower International and ATCO, withdrawal, C246–48
- Centennial wind power facility, near Swift Current, C783, C793–94, C796, E806
- Costs, generation, comparisons, C226
- Cypress facility, near Gull Lake, completion, C214
- Eastern Saskatchewan, C195
- Generation facilities, investment in, Crown Investments Corporation review, C168–69
- Peak demand management, C226
- Production, management, C796
- Production, problems, C796–97
- Purchases
  - Saskatchewan Property Management Corporation, C69
  - SaskPower, C795
  - SaskPower, wind variability issue, C941
- Rushlake Creek project, C490–91
Wine
- See
  - Alcohol – Beer kits, wine kits
Wireless fidelity
- See
  - Internet – Wi-Fi initiative, Information Technology Office
Women
- Aboriginal, domestic violence, E745
- Abused, violated, assistance, U1064–65
- Abused, violated, disparate support, U1065–66
- Action plan for Saskatchewan women, E20, E25, E507, E743, E745
- Equality, removal from federal mandate, E744–45
- War brides, Saskatchewan month of the war bride (November 2006), U628
- Working, barriers, E19
- Year of First Nations and Métis Women (2005), N205, N291
Women's advisory committee
- See
  - Status of Women Office – Intergovernmental women's advisory committee
Workers
- See
  - Labour force
Worker's Advocate Office E194
- Advocates, training, P156–57
- Appeals
  - Assistance, foreign languages, P157
  - First appeal policy, assistance, waiting times, P158–59, P326–27, P881
  - Workers' Compensation Board decisions, backlog reduction, E19, E29, E77–78, P155–56, P159–60, P881
- Performance, interprovincial comparisons, P881
- Performance expectations and monitoring, P880
- Workers' Compensation Board fair practices officer, interaction, P157
Workers' compensation
- Canadian system, P125–26
- Deceased workers, surviving spousal benefit, E479–80, E751–53, P837
- Display poster, reprinting, E513
- Health care costs, E72–73
- Injured workers
  - Benefits, termination at age 65, E673
  - Claims, E275, P154, P157–58
  - Claims, duration, P833–34
  - Claims, fraudulent, P837
  - Diagnosis and treatment, out of province, P835–36
  - First payments, P833
  - Independence allowance, retroactive, E750–51
  - Magnetic resonance imaging, in province, P836
  - Medical decisions, Workers' Compensation Board, E272–74
  - Medical review panels, E481
  - No-fault policy, Workers' Compensation Board, E76
  - Notification, Workers' Compensation Board, E75–76, P128–29, P132–33, P556, P559–60
  - Permanent functional impairment, E480–81, E513–14
  - Rates, E22, E26–27, P126, P133
  - Re-employment grants, E76–77
  - Reduction strategies, Labour Dept., P154
  - Return to work, E473–74, P563
  - Self-employment grants, self-employment ventures, E77
  - Stress, Workers' Compensation Board policies, P129, P132
  - Stress or psychological illness, P837
  - Wage loss benefit, E477–79
  - Worker's advocate offices, waiting times, Canada, P158
- Overpayments, recovery process, E74–75, E199–200
- Rehabilitation process, E73–74
- Return to Work program, E69
- Widows, disenfranchised
  - See
    - Workers' compensation – Deceased workers, surviving spousal benefit
Workers' Compensation Act, 1979
- Committee of review, E80, P126
  - Report (2006), P831
  - Schedule, recommendations, E473–74
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 25) [Session 2]
- Higgins, E407–9
- Krawetz, E407–9
- Report Bill without amendment, moved (Hamilton)
  - Hamilton, E409
Workers' Compensation Board P830
- See also
- Accountability, P557, P829–30
- Achievements, P126–27, P557–58, P830–31
- Actuaries, independent, scrutiny of claims data, P129–30
- Annual general meetings, Regina and Saskatoon, P830–31
- Annual reports, E194, P126
  - Accounts receivable, tertiary rehabilitation, changes, E71
  - Premiums receivable, E71
- Appeals, E74, E79–80, E236–37, P830, P834–35, P837
  - Back-to-work readiness, E238–39
  - Independent commission, independent commissioner, E440–41, P131
  - Procedures, Western Canadian provinces, E441
  - Process, E198–99, E439–40, P130–31
  - Statistics, E440
- Auditors, internal, work plan, P556, P562
- Benefits liabilities, E240
- Board positions, terms of office, E78–79
- Case management system, E70–71, P127–28, P130
- Case managers, E197
- Cases, health care services, magnetic resonance imaging, P133
- Claims
  - Accepted, E237
  - Bullying, harassment, E197
  - Injured workers, processes, P125, P556
  - Injury rate, E195–97, P126
  - Long-term, quality control, P130
  - Loss-day, E237–38
  - Submitting procedures, E197
- Committee of review
  - See
    - Workers' Compensation Act, 1979 – Committee of review
- Damages, recovery from third parties, P129
- Deficit, liabilities, E30–34
- Employment contracts, P557, P560–62
- Fair practices office and officer, E77, E197, E239, P126
- Financial performance, E195
- Financial reports, interim, written explanations, P829
- Fraud, illegal activities, P563
- Investment income, accurate determination, P829
- Investments, compliance with the law, P556–57, P559
- Members, E750
- Merit surcharge program, E69–70
- Pension plan, investment policy, P831–32
- Premiums, E239, P126, P830
- Provincial Auditor reports
  - (2004) v.1, ch.16, P124–35
    - Hagel, P132–35
    - Hart, P128–32
    - Hermanson, P133–34
    - Yates, P134–35
  - (2004) v.1, ch.16, recommendations, P134–35
  - (2005) v.1, ch.11, P556–64
    - Cheveldayoff, P562–63
    - Chisholm, P559–60
    - Hart, P561–63
    - Hermanson, P564
    - Yates, P564
  - (2005) v.1, ch.11, recommendations, P564
  - (2006) v.1, ch.6, P829–38
    - Chisholm, P831–32
    - D'Autremont, P833–37
    - Hermanson, P831–33, P837–38
  - (2006) v.1, ch.6, recommendations, P837–38
- Rates, P832–33
- Rates, businesses, E200
- Record keeping, electronic, P134
- Reserves and Injury Fund, E240–41
- Revenue sources, premiums and investments, E239–40
- Review (2001), recommendations, status, E438
- Review (2006-7)
  - Committee, injured workers, representation, E439
  - Funding, E437–38
  - Public consultation, E439
  - Schedule, E439
- Risk management, comprehensive strategy, P562–63
- Salaries, E269
- Staff, E269–70
- Staff physicians, E273–74
- Strategic and operational plans, three-year, P564
- Superannuation plan, P557–59
- WorkSafe program
  - See
    - Workplace – WorkSafe program
Workers' Compensation Board Pension Implementation Act (No. 15) [Session 1]
- Hart, E117–18
- Higgins, E117–18
- Report without amendment, moved (Yates)
  - Yates, E117–18
Workforce
- See
  - Labour force
Workplace
- See also
- Action plan on workplace health and safety, E19
- Deaths, legislation, E199
- Family-Friendly Workplace Award, E19–20
- Injuries, illness, fatalities, consultation and review, E722–23, E725–26
- Occupational health and safety committees, P154
  - Committee minutes, analysis, Labour Dept., P160
  - Structure, P155
  - Tasks, P155
  - Technical requests to Labour Dept., P155
- Supply and demand, management, P44–45
- Training, awareness, Aboriginal culture and issues, N41, N422–23
- WorkSafe program, E29, E71–72, P127
  - Effect, reduction of compensation claims, E234–35
  - Funding, E119
WorkSafe program
- See
  - Workplace – WorkSafe program
World Trade Organization
- Meeting (December 2005), Saskatchewan representation, agricultural topics, E401–3