Hansard Subject Index - 1st Session of the 25th Legislature
PAMI
Pangaea Systems Inc.
Paralympic Games
Athens (2004), Lisa Franks, Moose Jaw, participant, member's statement
Athens (2004), Saskatchewan participants, congratulations, member's statement
Parks
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association, banquet and awards night (2005), Saskatoon, member's statement
Wanuskewin Heritage Park, funding,
424
Parks, provincial
Alcohol, elimination,
1449
Douglas Provincial Park, spring opening dates, Elbow town council, concerns, member's statement
Free entry, Labour Day weekend (2005), member's statement
Moose Mountain Provincial Park
Campsites, Victoria Day weekend (May 2004),
1211
Golf course, maintenance, improvements,
1449–50
Victoria Day weekend (May 2004) vandalism damage,
1448–49
Spring opening dates (2004),
300–301 ,
313 ,
367 ,
386 ,
394 ,
408 ,
423 ,
427 ,
431 ,
452 ,
478
Spring opening dates (2004), fee increases, member's statement
Tourism, economic impact,
357 ,
1054
Victoria Day weekend (May 2005), vandalism, violence, corrective measures
Passover
Pawned Property (Recording) Act
Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 47)
Referred to Economy Committee, moved (Atkinson)
Pensions
Public service, indexation,
297
Perkins, Phyllis E.
Personal care homes
Eaglestone Lodge, Kamsack, funding, client fees,
3091–92
Foyer Jesus Marie, St. Isidore-de-Bellevue, opening (March 31, 2004), member's statement
Peters, Helena
Petitions
Agriculture
Rural service centres, closures, Biggar, rescind
Agrologists
Agrologist extension program, reduction, rescind decision
Ambulance service
Dodsland and Luseland, continue
Autism
Children, access to resources
Beer
Bulk beer discount structure, reinstate
Budget (2004)
Balanced, without raising taxes
Canadian agricultural income stabilization program, provincial funding
Cattle industry
Low-interest cash advance program, industry stabilization, herd numbers retention, Saskatchewan Party proposal
Claybank Brick Plant
Funding, reduced, reconsider
Crop insurance
Premiums, increase, coverage reduction, reverse
Crown lands
Lessees maintain first option to renew leases
Disabled and handicapped persons
Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres, human resources plan, minimum compensation for staff, implement recommendation
Swift Current, additional residential spaces, funding
Drug and alcohol abuse
Addicted youth, treatment, involuntary, legislation to allow parents to place children into
Crystal methamphetamine, prevention, enforcement, treatment strategy, implementation
Echo Valley Conference Centre
Education tax
Rural properties, rebate program (2004)
Federal government
Equalization, federal transfer program, Saskatchewan pressure for equitable treatment
Forest fires
Suppression, northern Saskatchewan, fire bases, downsizing and closure of Environment offices
Health care facilities
Border Health Centre, Climax, maintain as 24-hour facility
Closures, bed closures, layoffs, public hearings by Human Services Committee
Craik and District Health Centre, closure, downsizing
Davidson, Imperial, maintain at current level of service
Foam Lake, closure, downsizing
Gull Lake Special Care Centre, closure, downsizing
Invermay Health Centre, closure, downsizing
Lafleche and district, and Grasslands Health Centre, closure, downsizing
Lafleche and district, closure, downsizing
Manitou, increase funding using federal health care agreement resources
Radville Marian Health Centre, closure, downsizing
Services, long-term care beds, closures, conversions
Weyburn-Big Muddy, closure, downsizing
Wilkie, health care centre and special care home, maintain at current level of service
Heartland Regional Health Authority
Board, representation, Davidson and area, halt long-term care bed closures
Highways and roads
Highway No. 11, twinning, Warman to Prince Albert
Highway No. 15, repairs, portion of highway
Highway No. 18, repairs, Claydon to Robsart
Highway No. 35, repairs, north from United States border
Highway No. 47, repairs, south of Highway 48 to Stoughton
Highway No. 51, repairs, through town of Kerrobert
Highway No. 99, construction and maintenance, dust suppression between Junction 6 and Craven
Hospitals
Biggar Hospital, long-term care home, ambulance services, maintain
Herbert-Morse Union Hospital, closure, downsizing
Humboldt hospital, new, funding
Kelvington Hospital, closure, downsizing
Kerrobert Hospital, closure, downsizing
Kindersley, maintain current level of services, current specialty services
Porcupine Carragana, closure, downsizing
Wadena Hospital, closure, downsizing
Kidney disease
Renal dialysis, Broadview Union Hospital
Long-term care facilities
Foam Lake Jubilee Nursing Home, closure, downsizing
Herbert Nursing Home, closure, downsizing
Kelvindell Lodge, closure, downsizing
Mainprize Manor and Health Centre, closure, downsizing
Pleasant View Care Home, closure, downsizing
Red Deer Nursing Home, closure, downsizing
Weyburn-Big Muddy constituency, closures, downsizing
Natural gas
Storage project, TransGas, Asquith area, effect on water supply, compensation, environmental assessment
Provincial sales tax
Expansion, restaurant meals, Commission on Financing Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education recommendation
Increase (2004), government rule out
Public service
Job security, contracting out
Recycling industry
Plastics, reintroduce, Regional Authority of Carlton Trail
Rivers
Qu'Appelle River system, water control structures, dispute resolution, First Nations, federal government
Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency
Payments, school boards, reverse changes
Saskatchewan Potato Utility Development Company
Judicial inquiry, independent, request
Saskatoon Health Region
Chief executive officer, former, advisory role contract, immediate termination
School divisions
Amalgamation, reverse decision
Amalgamation, reverse decision, Hudson Bay Board of Education
Schools
Closures, Major School, stay closure until clear direction on taxation issues
Closures, Radisson School, moratorium
Elementary, construction funding, Arbor Creek area, Saskatoon
Rural, retain, such as Dodsland, adequate education for rural families
Senior citizens
Unity and district seniors lodge project, citizens remain in community, funding
Sun Country Regional Health Authority
Health care services, public consultations prior to changes
Telephones
Cellular service, provision, Biggar constituency
Cellular service, technical equipment, installation, rural areas
Villages and communities
Government centralization, stop, more local control desired
Whistleblower Protection Act
Petroleum Technology Research Centre, Regina
137
Research and development,
2347
Petruk, Matrona
PFRA
Pharmacies
Medicine Shoppe Canada, new pharmacy at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, member's statement
Phillips, Curt
Photography
Provincial professional competition, Shannon Brunner, Saskatoon, five awards, member's statement
Physical activity
Physical Activity Week (May 2-8, 2005), Saskatchewan In Motion movement, workplace participation, member's statement
Physicians/Doctors
Additional, funding,
2345
Emergency room physician, 24/7, Cypress regional hospital, Swift Current, funding request, member's statement
Emergency room physicians, 24/7, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, funding,
2345
Kendel, Dennis, registrar, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Order of Merit, member's statement
Mahood, Sally, Saskatchewan Family Physician of the Year (2004), College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, recognition (2004), member's statement
Orthopedic surgeons, Yorkton
Psychiatrist, Weyburn, clinical credentials removed, patient notification
Radville, service provision in Pangman,
2709–10
Recruitment,
2503 ,
2937–39
Immigrants, international medical graduates,
2952
Immigrants, Spiritwood Health Complex,
2937
Retention, programs, rural areas,
2811 ,
2938
Residencies, new, University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, funding,
2198
Shortage
Heartland Regional Health Authority,
2325
Spiritwood Health Complex, acute care coverage,
2936–37
Specialists, statistics, anesthesiologists,
2815
Specialists, statistics, Regina, Saskatoon,
2814–15
Urologists, recruitment, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
Witt, Jon, director of emergency medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon
Independent investigation
Pigs
Pioneers
Saskatchewan, challenges,
21
Planning and Development Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 45)
Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs and Infrastructure Committee, moved (Taylor)
Planning and Development Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 104)
Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs and Infrastructure Committee, moved (Taylor)
Podiatry
Fees, private, government program coverage,
2809
Points of order
Bill, Assessment Management Agency Amendment Act, 2004, debate, relevance
Budget debate, member did not give up place in speaking; House adjourned
Canadian Wheat Board, support, mandate of orderly grain marketing, affirm, moved (Trew); amendment (Stewart), status of amendment
Centennials, Saskatchewan, Legislative Assembly debate, remarks should be limited to subamendment
Electronic mail, telegrams, should not be quoted in the Assembly
Energy
Development, moved (Lautermilch); amendment (Bakken), amendment changes intent of original motion
Energy, development, moved (Lautermilch); amendment (Bakken), amendment changes intent of original motion
Hospital waiting lists, surgery, Jim Williamson case, departmental responses
Language
Unparliamentary
Reference to opposition member as a dog (theriomorphism)
Withdrawal and apology in a member's statement
Learning Dept., estimates, supplementary (2004-2005), Human Services Committee meeting, questioning professional ethics
Members, indirect indication of name of a member
Members, recognition of absence from House
Oral question period
Indirect inference that the rules do not allow directly
Take notice provision, ministerial responses to questions
Worldwide Pork, Moose Jaw, differences between ownership and lending
Worldwide Pork, Moose Jaw, shareholders, interpretation of terminology
Petitions, introductions, inviting debate
Reflecting on ruling of Speaker
Seventy-five minute debate, length
Tax increases, member imputed that Premier personally benefited
Police Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 100)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Quennell)
Police services
Maintenance, expansion,
429
National Police Week (May 9-15, 2004), member's statement
Officers
Protection from biting and spitting, legislation,
2285
Regina, 911 call, response time
Police complaint investigator, funding,
429
Rural municipalities, costs, increase,
361
Policy, budgetary
Political Contributions Tax Credit Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 27)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Atkinson)
Withdrawn from Human Services Committee, referred to Crown and Central Agencies Committee, moved (Van Mulligen)
Amendments, first and second readings
Politics
Association with football, member's statement
Pope Benedict XVI (1927- )
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
Population
2258 ,
2353
Decrease, rural Saskatchewan,
196
Demographic trends, additional workers, requirement,
2948
Out-migration,
84 ,
170 ,
351 ,
409 ,
2228
Balance with immigration,
382–83
Families, provincial budget, reaction, member's statement
Young people, post-secondary graduates,
1367–68
Young people, provincial budget, reaction, member's statement
Retention, increase,
33–34
Rural-urban migration,
382
Statistics, employment development
Strategy to broaden tax base,
430
Pork processing industry
Post-secondary education
Post-Secondary Graduate Tax Credit Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 64)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Atkinson)
Postal services
Postmaster, Loreburn, Mrs. Lee Cole, 25th anniversary with Canada Post, member's statement
Potash
Potato industry
Growers, compensation from Saskatchewan Potato Utility Development Company, out-of-court settlement
Microgro, seed potato greenhouse, financial situation vis-à-vis Saskatchewan Potato Utility Development Company
NewLeaf potatoes, genetically modified
Business scandal, request to move motion, leave not granted
Saskatchewan Potato Utility Development Company, sales
Pottery
Crystalline glazes, Crystallines (2005), France, Denyse and Rod Simair, Prince Albert, Grand Prix award recipients, member's statement
Poverty
174 ,
446
Regina Rescue Mission, fundraising banquet (May 12, 2004), member's statement
Souls Harbour Mission, 15th anniversary, member's statement
World Vision, fundraiser, Margaret McClumb School, Semans, member's statement
Power Corporation Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 2)
Referred to Crown and Central Agencies Committee, moved (Quennell)
Powers of Attorney Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 32)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Van Mulligen)
Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute
Funding,
310
Shared program, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, reduction,
1165–66 ,
1460
Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 76)
Referred to Economy Committee, moved (Wartman)
Prairie and Forest Fires Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 98)
Referred to Economy Committee, moved (Forbes)
Prairie Diagnostic Services
1458–60
Regina unit, closure,
1459
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Primary health care sites
Prince Albert, Sask.
Prince Albert Parkland Health Region
Princess Anne, daughter of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain
Prior learning
Prisons
Private Bills Committee
Membership, substitution, moved (Gantefoer)
First report, moved (Yates) for concurrence
Second report, moved (Yates) for concurrence, Bills referred to Committee of the Whole
Third report, moved (Yates) for concurrence
Fourth report, moved (Yates), for concurrence
Private members' motions
No. 1. Youth
Government commitment, budget initiatives, moved (McCall),
740–46
No. 2. Health care facilities
Inquiry by Human Services Committee, closures and conversions, moratorium until inquiry report presented to Assembly, moved (Gantefoer),
852–57 ,
1125–27 ,
1557–68
No. 3. Rural economy
Government commitment, rural Saskatchewan, moved (Borgerson),
979–85
No. 4. Saskatchewan Potato Utility Development Company
Judicial inquiry, independent, request, moved (Wall),
1826–30
No. 5. Government
Commitments, accomplished prudently, responsibly, timely, moved (Iwanchuk),
1939–43
No. 6. Government
Confidence in, lack of, due to lack of competence and vision, moved (Huyghebaert),
2131–37
No. 7. Youth
Government commitment, ongoing, moved (McCall),
2435–39
No. 8. Farm families
Financial distress, hardship, effects, recognition, moved (Bjornerud),
2643–47
Privilege
Embargoed news conferences and technical briefings, attendance by official opposition members
Embargoed news conferences and technical briefings, attendance by official opposition members, moved (Gantefoer); amendment (Van Mulligen); amendment (Dearborn)
News conferences, technical briefings, information made available in advance of, or concurrently with, any media briefings, moved (Van Mulligen); amendment (Morgan)
Privileges Committee
Membership, substitution, moved (Gantefoer)
First report, moved (Bjornerud) for concurrence
Pro Forma Bill
Processing industry
2194
Professions
Prior learning, recognition
Property assessment
2945
Government housing, private housing,
3162–63
Maple Creek, enhanced neighbourhood,
3163–65
Method, calculations, explanation by Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency,
3167
Property tax
279 ,
305 ,
381 ,
385
Relief (2005),
2198 ,
2225 ,
2258 ,
2260 ,
2279 ,
2284 ,
2287–88 ,
2293–94 ,
2313 ,
2324 ,
2355
Rural municipalities,
374
Rural municipalities, increasing taxes, meet with Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities to discuss solutions, moved (Bjornerud)
Rural municipalities, relief
Prorogation
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (No. 207)
Protective services
Acknowledgment, member's statement
Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 24)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Quennell)
Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 112)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Quennell)
Provincial laboratory
Provincial Library
Provincial parks
Provincial sales tax
1750 ,
1754 ,
1762 ,
2215
Credit, social assistance recipients
Expansion, restaurant meals,
67
Commission on Financing Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education recommendation, petitions,
41 ,
74 ,
108 ,
144 ,
177 ,
208 ,
239 ,
264 ,
281 ,
338 ,
397 ,
584 ,
956 ,
1328 ,
1649 ,
1708
Pizza delivery to MLAs, Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, member's statement
Increase (2004),
275 ,
279 ,
305 ,
366 ,
372 ,
374 ,
376 ,
381 ,
384 ,
389 ,
394 ,
408 ,
426 ,
430 ,
458 ,
461–62 ,
477 ,
482 ,
1601–2 ,
1604 ,
2246 ,
2292 ,
2350
Contribution to health care funding,
1602
Government rule out, petitions,
281
Indications during election campaign
Provincial Sales Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 36)
Referred to Economy Committee, moved (Van Mulligen)
Committee of the Whole Assembly,
1698–99
Provincial Secretary
Provincial Youth Advisory Committee
86 ,
126 ,
424
Psychologists Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 34)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Van Mulligen)
Public Accounts Committee
Membership, substitution, moved (Gantefoer)
Public Employees Pension Plan Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 28)
Referred to Economy Committee, moved (Van Mulligen)
Public Health Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 56)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Nilson)
Public Inquiries Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 69)
Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Quennell)
Public sector
Contract negotiations, wage/salary parameters,
2221–22 ,
2254
Public service
Employment screening, criminal record checks
Job security, contracting out, petitions,
1947
Pay equity, joint job evaluation, pay back of wages
Positions,
418
Elimination, rationale, cost savings
Premier's Award for Excellence in the Public Service, 21 recipients, announcement (May 27, 2004), member's statement
Sexual harassment, Murdoch Carriere case, victims, settlement
Public Service Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 60)
Referred to Crown and Central Agencies Committee, moved (Atkinson)
Public Works and Services Act (No. 77)
Referred to Crown and Central Agencies Committee, moved (Higgins)
Pulses
Purchasing Act, 2004 (No. 12)
Referred to Crown and Central Agencies Committee, moved (Higgins)