Hansard Speaker Index - 2nd Session of the 23rd Legislature

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Belanger, Mr. Buckley (Liberal, Athabasca)
- Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
  - Speakers, 126–134
- Archives Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 70)
  - Second reading, 1611
- Athabasca constituency
  - Resident, Louis Morin, passing, 127
  - Resident, Louis Morin, passing, member's statement, 79
- Beverage containers
  - Recyclable, environmental handling charge, 116–117
- Budget
  - Balanced, 472–473
- Budget (March 20, 1997)
  - Speakers, 472–478
- Child poverty
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 130
  - Reduction, government action moved (Murray), amendment (Julé), 886–888
- Citizens
  - Ile-a-la-Crosse, Jake Aubichon, contribution, member's statement, 1068
- Crime
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 130
- Disabled and handicapped persons
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 129
- Economic conditions, 473
- Economic development
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 127, 130–131
    - Commitment, 1397–1398
- Economy
  - Northern Saskatchewan, integration, 126
- Electricity
  - Rates
    - Sandy Bay, 129
- Endangered spaces
  - World Wildlife Fund, report, 1203–1204
- Energy and Mines Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 831–838
- Environment and Resource Management Department
  - Estimates (1997-1998), 914–919, 1420–1421, 1430
- Forest industry
  - Tree nursery, Big River, closure
    - Member's statement, 1803
    - Petitions, 1801
- Fund-raising
  - Northern Saskatchewan, hockey game series, member's statement, 548
- Government expenditures
  - Debt, 473
  - Debt, interest payments, 473
  - Debt, reduction, 473
- Government revenue
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 128–129, 478
- Gross domestic product (GDP), 473
- Health care, 473, 476
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 129, 131
  - Tuberculosis rates, northern Saskatchewan, 2033
- Health Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 643–644
- Health Districts Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 36)
  - Second reading, 625–627, 912–913
- Highways and roads, 476
  - Black Lake, 129
  - Deterioration, 473
  - Funding
    - $2.5 billion over next 10 years, 476
  - Garson Lake, Fort McMurray, La Loche, 129, 477
  - Highway No. 1
    - Double-laning, petitions, 1974, 1998, 2027–2028
  - Highway No. 155
    - Connecting Dillon, Turnor Lake, Patuanak, Pinehouse, 129
    - Rebuilding, petitions, 1591, 1645, 1689, 1897
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 129, 131, 476
    - Construction, employment training strategy, 129
    - Deterioration, 1204–1205
- Highways and Transportation Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 1386–1392
- Hospitals
  - La Loche, 128, 478, 553
    - Construction, petitions, 773, 859, 889, 921, 1063, 1245
  - La Ronge, 478
- Housing
  - Emergency repair program, 474–475
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 1072–1073
    - Remote housing program, 473–476
    - Strategy, 476
  - Residential rehabilitation assistance program, northern Saskatchewan, 474
  - Rural rehabilitation assistance program, 474–476
  - Social
    - Northern Saskatchewan, 128–129, 474
  - Starts, 472
- Indian and Métis Affairs Secretariat
  - Estimates (1997-98), 821–828, 1827–1833
- Investment, 473
- Manufacturing industry
  - Shipments, 473
- Medicare, 473
- Mining industry, 128
  - Operating costs, taxation, 131
- Motions for supply (interim)
  - Expenses, fiscal year ending March 31, 1998, moved (MacKinnon), 590–594
- Motor vehicles
  - New, sales, 472
- Multiculturalism Act (No. 39)
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1082–1083, 1085–1086, 1088
- Municipalities
  - Revenue sharing
    - Reduction, 476
- Naming of Northern Municipal Airports Act (No. 218)
  - First reading, 669
- NORTHERN Act (No. 237), 131–133
  - First reading, 1810
- Northern communities
  - Local initiatives, funding, federal government, 477
- Northern municipalities, 127–128
- Northern Municipalities Act, 128
- Northern Municipalities Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 1)
  - Second reading, 555–556, 931–932
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1625–1626
- Northern Saskatchewan
  - Beautiful sights, invitation to visit, member's statement, 1900
  - Fair treatment, 478
  - Leaders, tribute, member's statement, 2000
- Oil industry
  - Wells drilled, 473
- Oral question period
  - Beverage containers, recyclable, environmental handling charge, 116–117
  - Economic development, northern Saskatchewan, commitment, 1397–1398
  - Endangered spaces, World Wildlife Fund, report, 1203–1204
  - Health care
    - Tuberculosis rates, northern Saskatchewan, 2033
  - Highways and roads
    - Northern Saskatchewan, deterioration, 1204–1205
  - Hospitals
    - La Loche, 553
  - Housing, northern Saskatchewan, 1072–1073
  - Uranium City, future, 894–895
  - Water, groundwater contamination, cattle operation (Perry Anton), 145–146
  - Youth
    - Suicide, 1747–1748
- Recreational facilities
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 477
- Retail industry
  - Sales, 472
- Rural communities
  - Economic development, 127
- Saskatchewan Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act (No. 18)
  - Second reading, 783–784
- Senior citizens
  - Drugs, costs, northern Saskatchewan, 129
  - Housing, northern Saskatchewan, 474–475
- Social programs, 473
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 130–131
- Special care homes
  - Northern Saskatchewan, Patuanak, 128
- Sports
  - Curling
    - Raymond Daigneault Memorial Bonspeil, Ile-a-la-Crosse, member's statement, 861
- Taxation, 473
  - Reduction, 473
- Teachers
  - Dillon, Barb Gibb, tribute, member's statement, 607
  - Enrichment of students' education, member's statement, 1594
- Transportation
  - National policy, development, cooperation, moved (Whitmore), 706–710
- Trust and Loans Corporation Act, 1997 (No. 56)
  - Second reading, 1259–1260
- Uranium City, Sask.
  - Future, 894–895
- Uranium industry
  - McArthur River mine
    - Northerners, hiring, environmental monitoring, training and revenue sharing, 128
  - Production, 128
  - Resource development and revenue sharing, 130–131
- Utilities
  - Rates
    - Northern Saskatchewan, 130
- Water
  - Groundwater contamination, cattle operation (Perry Anton), 145–146
- Wilderness areas
  - Dore, Smoothstone lakes area, protection, petitions, 1505, 1743
- Wildlife Act, 1997 (No. 42)
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1678–1679
- Young Offenders' Services Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 34)
  - Second reading, 1113–1115
- Youth
  - Crime
    - Combatting, special task force, establishing, petitions, 1022, 1091–92, 1123, 1477
  - Northern Saskatchewan, 130, 477
  - Northern Saskatchewan, Ile-a-la-Crosse fashion show, member's statement, 1745
  - Suicide, 1747–1748
Bjornerud, Mr. Bob (Liberal/Saskatchewan Party, Saltcoats)
- Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
  - Speakers, 72–75
- Agriculture, 418
  - Employment development, 418
- Agriculture and Food Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 1378–1379
- Budget (March 20, 1997)
  - Speakers, 415–418
- Corporation income tax
  - Rate, reduction, 415
- Crown corporations
  - Accountability, moved (Gantefoer), 2015–2017
  - Bills, small amounts, collection, cost, 802
  - Review, report, recommendations, 1901
- Discrimination and racism
  - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, 1997, member's statement, 314
- Education, 72–74
  - Funding, 73–74, 416
- Employment development, 74, 415, 417
- Farm income
  - Net Income Stabilization Account Program (NISA), 418
- Farm land
  - Education tax, 416
  - Education tax, reduction, 40–41
- Fire protection
  - Equipment, sales tax, exemption, 72
- Floods
  - Disaster assistance program
    - Municipalities, exemptions, moved (Gantefoer); amendment (Whitmore), 1213–1216
- Gas Licensing Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 25)
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1079–1081
- Government expenditures
  - Debt, reduction, 74
  - Reduction, burden transfer, moved (Krawetz), 2076–2077
- Government revenue, 74
- Grain transportation
  - Delivery to elevator system and port terminals, delays, federal government condemnation
    - Moved (Boyd); amendment (McPherson), 24
  - Freight rates, subsidies, Western Grain Transportation Act, Crow rate, elimination, 417–418
- Gross revenue insurance program (GRIP)
  - Changes, 418
- Health care, 73
  - Funding, 73–74, 415
  - Kidney dialysis
    - East Central Health District, 73, 415
    - East Central Health District, member's statement, 2057
    - East-central region, 182–183
  - Rural communities, 415
- Health care reform, 72, 415
- Health Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 639–640
- Health district boards
  - Deficits, 415
- Highways and roads
  - Deterioration, 417
  - Funding, 73, 417
    - Fuel tax, 74, 417
    - Inadequate, condemnation, moved (Bjornerud), 2035–2037
  - Main farm access program, reinstatement, 1597
  - Pothole patrol, 74
- Hospital waiting lists, 415
- Hospitality industry
  - Hospitality Network, movies, SaskTel association, 1096–1097, 1126–1127
- Hospitals
  - Beds, closure, 73
  - Closures, rural communities, 73
- Hunters/Hunting
  - Night hunting
    - Ban, aboriginal and Métis cooperation, petitions, 1943, 1973, 1997, 2027
    - Government inaction, condemnation, moved (D'Autremont), 1961–1962
- Interest rates, 417
- Investment, 417
- Kinsmen
  - Telemiracle, compliments, member's statement, 11
- Liberal Party of Saskatchewan
  - Conspiracy, attraction between Progressive Conservative David MacDonald and NDP Alexa McDonough, member's statement, 715
- Manufacturing industry, 417
- Ministerial statements
  - Municipalities
    - Canada-Saskatchewan infrastructure works program, extension, 402–403
- Municipal Board Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 4)
  - Second reading, 755–756
- Municipal Government Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 769–772, 1835–1837
- Municipal Revenue Sharing Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 57)
  - Second reading, 1345–1346
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1892–1894
- Municipal Tax Sharing (Potash) Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 27)
  - Second reading, 905
- Municipalities
  - Amalgamation, 416
  - Canada-Saskatchewan infrastructure works program
    - Extension, 74, 397, 417
    - Extension, ministerial statement (Teichrob), 402–403
  - Funding, 73, 317–318, 396–397
  - Futures program, cancellation, 491–492, 1652
  - Reassessment
    - Problems, Saltcoats, 1481–1482, 1540, 1805–1806
  - Revenue sharing, 892–893, 928, 955–956
    - Reduction, 73–74, 416–417, 1155, 1339–1340
- Natural gas, 417
- Oil industry, 417
- Oral question period
  - Crown corporations
    - Bills, small amounts, collection, cost, 802
    - Review, report, recommendations, 1901
  - Farm land, education tax, reduction, 40–41
  - Health care
    - Kidney dialysis, east-central region, 182–183
  - Highways and roads
    - Main farm access program, reinstatement, 1597
  - Hospitality industry, Hospitality Network, movies, SaskTel association, 1096–1097, 1126–1127
  - Municipalities
    - Canada-Saskatchewan infrastructure works program, extension, 397
    - Funding, 317–318, 396–397
    - Futures program, cancellation, 491–492, 1652
    - Reassessment problems, Saltcoats, 1481–1482, 1540, 1805–1806
    - Revenue sharing, 892–893, 928, 955–956
    - Revenue sharing, reduction, 1155, 1339–1340
  - Property, reassessment, implementation, delay, SARM vote, 144
  - Rail transportation/railways
    - Short-line development, labour practices, impact, 550–551
    - Short-line development, successor rights legislation, removal, 550–551
  - Regional parks, funding, reduction, 1751–1752
  - Saskatchewan Power Corporation
    - Reconstruction charges, recording, Provincial Auditor, opinion, 927
  - Saskatchewan Telecommunications
    - Investment, NST Network Services Inc., 716–717, 862–863, 1508–1509, 1807, 1902
    - Investment, NST Network Services Inc., obligation vs. employees, 1536
    - President, 717
    - Privatization, 863
    - Revenue sources, 745–746
  - Schools
    - Bus transportation, communication devices, installation, 518
  - Telephones
    - 1-900 numbers, blocking fee, 1127
    - Emergency 911 system, province-wide, 302–303
    - Local service, competition, CRTC ruling, 1277–1278
    - Rates, local, increase, 2031
    - Rates increase, 717, 862–863
    - Regional exchanges, creation, 213–214
- Patronage, 73
- Police Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 69)
  - Second reading, 1656, 1756–1757
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1912
- Property, 73, 416–417
  - Reassessment
    - Implementation, 73
    - Implementation, delay, SARM vote, 144
    - Implementation, problems, values information, 73
- Rail transportation/railways
  - Short-line, development, 74
    - Labour practices, impact, 550–551
    - Successor rights, legislation, removal, 550–551
- Regional parks, 418
  - Funding, reduction, 1751–1752
- Regional Telephone Districts Act (No. 201)
  - First reading, 215
- Rural communities, 74
- Rural Municipality Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 2)
  - Second reading, 1547–1551
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1707–1708
- Sales taxes
  - Reduction, 415
- Saskatchewan Municipal Board
  - Estimates (1997-98), 1089–1090, 1231–1232
- Saskatchewan Power Corporation
  - Reconstruction charges, recording, Provincial Auditor's opinion, 927
- Saskatchewan Telecommunications
  - Investment, NST Network Services Inc., 716–717, 862–863, 1508–1509, 1807, 1902
    - Obligation vs. employees, 1536
  - President, 717
  - Privatization, 863
  - Revenue, sources, 745–746
- School boards
  - Funding, 416
  - Revenue, 73
- Schools
  - Bus transportation
    - Communication devices, installation, 518
  - Closures, 72–74, 416
  - Saskatchewan film library, long-term plan, petitions, 2055
- Service Districts Act
  - Withdrawal, 416
- Sports
  - Curling
    - Sandra Schmirler rink, congratulations, member's statement, 1977
- Taxation, 415
- Teachers
  - Salaries, negotiations, 416
- Telephones
  - 1-900 numbers, blocking fee, 1127
  - Emergency 911 system, province wide, 302–303
  - Local service, competition, CRTC ruling, 1277–1278
  - Rate increase, 717, 862–863
  - Rates, local, increase, 2031
  - Regional exchanges, creation, petitions, 205, 1199, 1245, 1335, 1395, 1449, 1477, 1505, 1591, 1645, 1743
  - Regional exchanges, expansion, 213–214
- Time
  - Daylight savings time, adoption, member's statement, 606
- Tourism
  - Highways and roads, deterioration, effect, 74
- Transportation
  - National policy, development, cooperation, moved (Whitmore), 701–702
  - Strategy, comprehensive, 74
- Urban Municipality Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 3)
  - Second reading, 558–559
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1710–1711
- Utilities
  - Rate increases, 415
- Wildlife Act, 1997 (No. 42)
  - Second reading, 913–914
- Youth
  - Crime
    - Combatting, special task force, establishing, petitions, 951, 1022, 1063, 1091, 1123, 1151, 1689, 1897
Boyd, Mr. Bill (Progressive Conservative/Saskatchewan Party, Kindersley)
- Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
  - Speakers, 219–221
- Agriculture and Food Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 848–857
- Alameda dam
  - Water release vs. flooding conditions, Manitoba, 1098–1099
  - Water storage facilities, flood protection, Manitoba, moved (Boyd), 1103
- Alberta
  - Provincial election, member's statement, 80
- Bars
  - Strippers, banning
    - Petitions, 1689, 1743, 1801, 1897
- Budget
  - Balanced, 356
- Budget (March 20, 1997)
  - Speakers, 356–358
  - Moved (MacKinnon) to resolve into Committee of Finance; amendment (Gantefoer); subamendment (Boyd), 358
- Business
  - Regulations
    - Reduction, 453–454
    - Review, commitment, Partnership for Growth 1455–1456
- Cabinet ministers
  - Travel, expense vs. results, 221
- Canadian Armed Forces
  - CFB 15 Wing Moose Jaw
    - Future, member's statement, 1067
    - NATO Flying Training in Canada program, Liberal candidate's campaign, 1205–1206
- Communities
  - Community development program, video lottery terminals, revenue, 357
- Condolences
  - Leith, George Gordon (former MLA), moved (Romanow), 90
- Crown Construction Tendering Agreement, 357
  - Boycott, proposal, Saskatchewan Construction Association, 582
- Crown Construction Tendering Agreement Revocation Act (No. 2) (No. 234)
  - First reading, 1457
  - Second reading, 1605–1609
- Crown corporations
  - Accountability, 220
- Crown Corporations Accountability Act (No. 222)
  - First reading, 1209
- Easter
  - Greetings, 508
- Economic and Co-operative Development Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 1781–1785
- Economy, 357
- Education, 219, 358
  - Funding, 220
  - Funding vs. property tax, 220
  - Learning in the classroom, support, better tools providing, 220
- Education and Health Tax Amendment Act, 1997 (Indians off-reserve) (No. 229)
  - First reading, 1809
- Education and Health Tax Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 204)
  - First reading, 85
- Elections, federal (June 2, 1997)
  - Leaders' debate, member's statement, apology, 1808–1809
  - Members of the Legislative Assembly, campaign participation vs. responsibilities, 1156–1157
  - Voting hours, Saskatchewan, 1130, 1251
  - Voting hours, Saskatchewan, Canada Election Act, changes, moved (Romanow), 1103–1104
- Employment, 219–220
- Employment development, 219–221, 357–358
- Enforcement of Canadian Judgments Act (No. 23)
  - Committee of the Whole Assembly, 992
- Executive Council
  - Estimates (1997-98), 1857–1868
- Finance Department
  - Estimates (1997-98), 1370–1374, 1702–1706
- Free votes, 358
- Government, 358
  - Open and accountable, 1904
  - Record, 1905
- Grain marketing
  - Barley, Canadian Wheat Board monopoly, producers/farmers plebiscite/poll, 397–398
    - Ministerial statement (Upshall), 400–401
  - Dual marketing, Alberta producers' preference, member's statement, 450
- Grain transportation
  - Delivery to elevator system and port terminals, delays, federal government condemnation
    - Moved (Boyd); amendment (McPherson), 17–18
  - Inquiry, federal, 2034
- Gross revenue insurance program (GRIP)
  - Changes
    - Court action, cost, 516–517, 551
- Health care, 219–220
  - Rights and responsibilities, 1598–1599
- Health care reform, 220
- Highways and roads, 220
  - Deterioration, 357
  - Funding, 357
    - Fuel tax, 220
    - Inadequate, condemnation, moved (Bjornerud), 2037–2044
  - National program, 220
- Highways and Transportation Department
  - Minister, resignation, April 28, 1997, ministerial statement, 1132
- Hospitals
  - Closures, 220
- Hunters/Hunting
  - Night hunting
    - Ban, aboriginal and Métis cooperation, petitions, 1997
    - Government inaction, condemnation, moved (D'Autremont), 1962
- Income tax
  - Surcharges, 1250–1251
- IPSCO Inc. and United Steelworkers of America, Local 5890, Collective Bargaining Agreement Act (No. 45)
  - Second reading, 671
- Labour standards, 357
- Labour Standards Act, 219–220
- Legislative Assembly
  - Reforms, 221
  - Votes, free, 492
- Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Amendment Act, 1997 (Appointments Review Committee/"ARC") (No. 232)
  - First reading, 1810
- Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Amendment Act, 1997 (FREE VOTES) (No. 213)
  - First reading, 455
- Ministerial statements
  - Grain marketing
    - Barley, Canadian Wheat Board, monopoly, producers/farmers plebiscite/poll, 400–401
  - Highways and Transportation Department
    - Minister, resignation, April 28, 1997, 1132
- Motor vehicles
  - Thefts, teenagers, 13–14
- Motor vehicles, insurance
  - Personal injury protection plan
    - Public review, 1400–1401
- Municipalities
  - Funding, 357
- New Democratic Party
  - Caucus office, Avon catalogue, distribution, 1751
- Non-Profit Corporations Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 205), 220
- Northern Municipalities Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 1)
  - Second reading, 932
- Oral question period
  - Alameda dam, water release vs. flooding conditions, Manitoba, 1098–1099
  - Business, regulations, reduction, 453–454
  - Business, regulations, review, commitment, Partnership for Growth 1455–1456
  - Canadian Armed Forces, CFB 15 Wing Moose Jaw, NATO flying Training in Canada program, liberal candidate's campaign, 1205–1206
  - Crown Construction Tendering Agreement
    - Boycott, Saskatchewan Construction Association, 582
  - Elections, federal (June 2, 1997)
    - Leaders' debate, member's statement, apology, 1808–1809
    - Members of the Legislative Assembly, campaign participation vs. responsibilities, 1156–1157
    - Voting hours, Saskatchewan, 1130, 1251
  - Government
    - Open and accountable, 1904
    - Record, 1905
  - Grain marketing, barley, Canadian Wheat Board monopoly, producers/farmers plebiscite/poll, 397–398
  - Grain transportation, inquiry, federal, 2034
  - Gross revenue insurance program, changes, court action, cost, 516–517, 551
  - Health care
    - Rights and responsibilities, 1598–1599
  - Income tax
    - Surcharges, 1250–1251
  - Legislative Assembly
    - Votes, free, 492
  - Motor vehicles, insurance
    - Personal injury protection plan, public review, 1400–1401
  - Motor vehicles, thefts, teenagers, 13–14
  - New Democratic Party, caucus office, Avon catalogue distribution, 1751
  - Police Act, changes vs. assault charge, Estevan police officer, 928–929
  - Provincial Auditor, spring report 1997, recommendations, government support, 980
  - Public employees pension plan, Bre-X investment losses, 1696
  - Rail transportation/railways
    - Short-line development, successor rights, elimination, 2001
    - Short-line development, successor rights legislation, removal, 778–779
  - Sales taxes, reduction, 212–213, 290–291, 300
  - Sales taxes, reduction, further and elimination, 318–319
  - Saskatchewan Power Corporation
    - Profit vs. rate increase, 864–865
  - SaskEnergy Incorporated, profits vs. rate increase, 865
  - SaskPower Commercial, investment, Guyana Electricity Corporation, 1538–1539
  - Schools
    - Closures, Regina, 82–83
  - Snowmobiles, insurance coverage, 1340–1341
  - Taxation, first nations, 1071
  - Trade unions, membership, mandatory, 349–350
  - Young Offenders Act, changes, Miller High School students, petitions, 290, 610
  - Youth
    - Crime, combatting, 42
- Police Act
  - Changes vs. assault charge, Estevan police officer, 928–929
- Poverty
  - Employment best way to address, 358
- Property tax, 357
- Provincial Auditor
  - Spring report 1997, recommendations, government support, 980
- Public employees pension plan
  - Bre-X investment, losses, 1696
- Rail transportation/railways
  - Short-line, development
    - Successor rights, elimination, 2001
    - Successor rights, legislation, removal, 778–779
- Regina Elphinstone constituency
  - Fund-raising banquet, member's statement, 316
- Sales taxes
  - Reduction, 212–213, 220–221, 290–291, 300, 356–358
    - Further and elimination, 318–319, 357
  - Reduction, petitions, 7, 35, 254, 283, 295
- Saskatchewan Health Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Act (No. 227), 221
  - First reading, 1599–1600
  - Second reading, 1815–1816, 1818
- Saskatchewan Power Corporation
  - Profit vs. rate increase, 864–865
- Saskatchewan Regulatory Reform Act (No. 233)
  - First reading, 1456
- SaskEnergy Incorporated
  - Profits vs. rate increase, 865
- SaskPower Commercial
  - Investment, Guyana Electricity Corporation, 1538–1539
- School boards
  - Grants
    - Operating, 220
- Schools
  - Closures
    - Argyle Elementary School, Regina, reversal, petitions, 77
    - Regina, 82–83
  - Funding, 357
  - Renovations, funding, 220
  - Saskatchewan film library, long-term plan, petitions, 1943, 2027, 2056
- Small business, 357–358
- Snowmobiles
  - Insurance coverage, 1340–1341
- Social assistance
  - Case-load, 357–358
- Students
  - Tuition fees, 220
- Tartan day
  - Recognition, April 6, 1996, member's statement, 579
- Taxation, 219, 221, 356
  - First nations, 1071
  - Reduction, 219
- Trade unions
  - Membership, mandatory, 349–350
- Transportation, 220
- Universities, 220
- Utilities
  - Rate increases, 221, 356
- Volunteers
  - Liability, protection, petitions, 921
- Workers' Compensation Board, 221
- Young Offenders Act
  - Changes, Miller High School students, petitions, 290, 610
  - Changes, petition, 487
- Youth
  - Crime
    - Combatting, 42, 219
Bradley, Ms. Judy (NDP, Weyburn-Big Muddy)
- Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
  - Speakers, 169–173, 185–189
- Agri-Food Equity Fund, 171
- Agriculture, 171
  - Diversification, 185
- Agriculture Development Fund, 171
- Budget
  - Balanced, 171, 188
  - Deficit, 189
- Business
  - Expansion, Weyburn, 185
- Canada Day
  - Poster challenge, Saskatchewan winners, member's statement, 1901
- Canadian Wheat Board, 171
- Child care
  - Souris Valley Child Care Centre, Weyburn, 186
- Child poverty, 186
  - Action plan for children, 186
  - National child benefit, 186
  - Reduction, 170, 186, 189
  - Reduction, government action moved (Murray), amendment (Julé), 878–881
- Children
  - Hunger, 186
- Communities, 189
- Community, 185
- Cooperation, 185, 189
- Cooperatives
  - Weyburn Co-op, expansion, congratulations, member's statement, 110–111
- Crop insurance, 171
- Crown corporations, 171, 185
- Economic development, 189
  - Partnership for Growth: Building on the Renewal of the Saskatchewan Economy 171, 185
- Economy, 171, 185
  - Growth, 171
- Education, 170–172, 185–186, 189
  - Education Week, March 17-21, 1997, member's statement, 287
  - Funding, 187
- Employment, 170–171, 185, 189
- Employment development, 171, 189
- Government, 171, 185, 189
  - Financial management, responsible, 170, 189
- Government expenditures
  - Debt, 186
  - Debt, interest payments, 186, 189
  - Debt, reduction, 171, 189
- Grain transportation
  - Delivery to elevator system and port terminals, delays, federal government condemnation, 188
  - Freight rates, subsidies, Western Grain Transportation Act, Crow rate, elimination, 188–189
  - Port of Churchill, 189
- Health care, 170–171, 185–187, 189
  - Centres, 187
  - Emergency services, 187
  - First responders, 187–188
  - Funding, 187
- Health care reform, 186–187
- Health district boards, 188
- Highways and roads, 170–171, 185
  - Deterioration, 188
  - Funding
    - Fuel tax, 189
  - Pothole patrol, 189
- Hog industry
  - Expansion, 171
- Home care, 187
- Hospitality industry, 185
- Housing
  - Starts, 171
- Internet
  - Communications/information tool for women
    - Rural communities, 2060
- Manufacturing industry
  - Shipments, 171
- Medicare, 188
- Municipalities
  - Canada-Saskatchewan infrastructure works program, 171, 185
- Natural gas, 171, 185
- Occupational health and safety
  - Program, 25th anniversary, member's statement, 1648
- Oil industry, 171, 185
  - Development, member's statement, 143
  - Land sale, 171
- Oral question period
  - Internet, communications/information tool for women, rural communities, 2060
- Personal care homes
  - Deep South Personal Care Home, Pangman, sod-turning, member's statement, 1450
- Population, 185
- Rail transportation/railways
  - Deregulation, 188–189
  - Lines, abandonment, 188
- Regional colleges, 172, 186
- Regional economic development authorities, 171
  - Sunrise Community Futures Corporation, creation, member's statement, 605
- Retail industry
  - Sales, 171
- Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, 172, 186
- Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
  - Elevator, Weyburn, upgrading, congratulations, member's statement, 79–80
- School divisions
  - Amalgamation, 172
  - Amalgamation, consultation, 172, 185
- Schools
  - Rural, closures, 172
- Secretaries Day
  - April 23, 1997, member's statement, 1067
- Small business
  - DI-GI-DAW (Digitizing by Donna and Abe Wolvers), embroidery business, Weyburn, member's statement, 1024
  - Weyburn Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet, national recognition, member's statement, 489
- Social assistance
  - Redesigning/reform, 170, 186, 189
- Social programs, 171, 185
- South Central Health District, 187–188
- Special care homes, 187
- Sports
  - Basketball, Weyburn Comprehensive high school girls' basketball team small-cities four-A girls basketball champions, member's statement, 891–892
  - Hockey
    - Weyburn Red Wings, member's statement, 775, 1126, 1534
- Students
  - National Canadian Geography Challenge, participants, Weyburn, member's statement, 715–716
  - Ready for Work program, member's statement, 1276–1277
- Taxation, 171, 185
  - Reduction, 189
- Telephones
  - Cellular service
    - Expansion, 171, 185
- Tourism, 185
- Trade, 185
- Training programs, 189
  - Future Skills program, 186
  - JobStart program, 186
  - Saskatchewan Training Strategy: Bridges to Employment 172, 185–186
- Transfer payments
  - Reduction, 186–187
- Transportation, 188
  - Area planning committees, south-west and west-central regions, 189
  - National transportation program, 189
  - Strategy, comprehensive, 170–171, 185, 189
- Unemployment
  - Rate, 171, 185
- Universities, 172, 186
- Volunteers, 186
  - Weyburn, recognition, member's statement, 952