Hansard Subject Index - 23rd Legislature Session 2 • I

Iceland

Culture and traditions, tribute, Thorablott, Wynyard, member's statement

Flavel, 606

Image Wireless Communications See Telecommunications – Image Wireless Communications
Immigrant investor program See Investment – Immigrant investor program
Impaired drivers

Fatalities, penalties, 1473–74
Impaired Driving Awareness Week, March 10-16, 1997, member's statement

Draude, 40
Goohsen, 39
Sonntag, 38

Students Against Drinking and Driving, educational program

Sonntag, 197
Toth, 193

Income See also Women – Income

Family Income Plan See also Saskatchewan Assistance Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 58)

Changes, ministerial statement (Calvert)

Calvert, 1101
Julé, 1101–2
Toth, 1102

Low, no income tax, 309
Support programs See also Family Income Plan above; Senior citizens – Saskatchewan Income Plan; Social assistance

Funding, reduction, 570

Working income supplement, 3See also Saskatchewan Assistance Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 58)

Kasperski, 231
Kowalsky, 242

Income tax See also Corporation income tax; Farmers/producers – Income tax

Julé, 436
Debt reduction surtax, 1365–66, 1368, 1370
Deficit surtax, revenue

Gantefoer, 1279–80
MacKinnon, 1279–80

Flat tax

Aldridge, 495

Low income earners

Heppner, 1310
MacKinnon, 1310

Rate

Gantefoer, 325

Reduction, 309

Hamilton, 389
Lautermilch, 462
Scott, 329

Saskatchewan tax reduction

Hamilton, 389
Lautermilch, 462

Surcharges, 1365–66

Boyd, 1250–51
Gantefoer, 1249–50, 1309
MacKinnon, 1249–51, 1309

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 65)

First reading

MacKinnon, 1457

Second reading

MacKinnon, 1488

Committee of the Whole Assembly

Toth, 1528
Wiens, 1528

Third reading

Wiens, 1528

Royal Assent, 1937

Indian and Métis Affairs Secretariat

Estimates (1997-98), 815–29, 1827–35

Belanger, 821–28, 1827–33
Crofford, 815–20, 822–28, 1827–28, 1831–35
D'Autremont, 1833–35
Goulet, 1832–33
Julé, 1831–32
Toth, 815–21

Indians/first nations See also Art/artists – Fourth annual aboriginal arts show; Casino Regina – Racism; Children – Custody case; Energy and Mines Department – Employees; Health districts – First nations partnerships; Mining industry – Multi-party training plan; Public service – Employment equity; Saskatchewan Indian Federated College; Saskatchewan Power Corporation – Employees; SaskEnergy Incorporated – Employees; Schools – On reserve; Social services – Agreements, Indian bands and reserves; Sports – Saskatchewan Indian Winter Games; Taxation – First nations; Training programs – Partnerships, first nations and Métis; Wanuskewin Heritage Park Act, 1997 (No. 9); Writers and poets – Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion

Crofford, 218
Economic development, Economic and Co-operative Development Department, interface, 541–42
Meadow Lake Tribal Council

Sonntag, 197

Off-reserve, band-owned land, property tax See Urban Municipality Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 3)
Self-government

Crofford, 218

Sentencing circles, 307, 732
Social assistance

Sonntag, 196

Social assistance, funding, federal, reduction, 820–21

Goulet, 139
Pringle, 337

Taxation, 1372–74, 1701–2See also Sales taxes – Ochapowace Reserve

Indian and Métis Affairs Secretariat, role, 1834

Treaty land entitlements, 816–18See also Rural municipalities – Tax loss compensation, treaty land entitlements settlement

Goulet, 139
Negotiation

Crofford, 218

Treaty Six, Little Pine Reserve, July 2, 1879, commemoration, member's statement

Murrell, 1900–1901

Understanding, member's statement

Hillson, 2057–58

Industry, 304

Vacancy rate

Draude, 210–11
Lingenfelter, 210–11

Infants See Children
Information

Right to Information Week, April 21-25, 1997, member's statement

Hillson, 1023–24

Information technology

Flavel, 249
Kasperski, 230
Employment

Kowalsky, 240

Infrastructure, 309See also Internet – Development, infrastructure programs; Municipalities – Canada-Saskatchewan infrastructure works program; NORTHERN Act (No. 237); Saskatchewan infrastructure program

Aldridge, 496
Draude, 118, 120
Julé, 151
Koenker, 443
Stanger, 410
Wall, 51

Innovation Place, Saskatoon See Highways and Transportation Department – Regional offices, relocation, Innovation Place
Insurance See Crop insurance; Fire protection – Insurance premiums, surcharge; Gross revenue insurance program (GRIP); Motor vehicles, insurance; Saskatchewan Government Insurance
Integrity of Members of the Legislative Assembly Act (No. 212)

First reading

Hillson, 554

Intercontinental Packers Ltd. See Meat processing industry – Intercontinental Packers Ltd., expansion
Interest rates See also Government expenditures – Debt, interest payments

Bjornerud, 417
Hillson, 426

Intergovernmental affairs

Shillington, 265

Intergovernmental Affairs Department See also Internet – Developments, administration, Intergovernmental Affairs Department, role; Internet – Service providers, small, SaskTel policy

Accommodation and central services, funding, 1304
Constitutional relations branch, funding vs. national unity, government attacks, 1314–16
Constitutional relations branch, services provided, 1318–19
Estimates (1997-98), 1303–4, 1312–19

Aldridge, 1303–4, 1312–16
D'Autremont, 1316–19
Lingenfelter, 1303–4, 1312–19

Facilitating, 1317–18
Information technology and telecommunications, 1317
Protocol office

Benefit vs. expense, 1317
Foreign delegations and visitors, 1304
Gifts, over $200, given and received, 1317

Trade policy branch, funding, 1312–13

International relations

Departments dealing with, reduction, 1318
Intergovernmental Affairs Department, role, 1318

Internet, 307See also Pornography – Internet, SaskTel's Sympatico

Communications/information tool for women, 1237–38

Rural communities

Bradley, 2060
Draude, 2060

Success, evaluation, 1242

Development, infrastructure programs, transfer to Municipal Government Department, 1838–39
Developments, administration, Intergovernmental Affairs Department, role, 1317
Service providers, small, SaskTel policy vis-a-vis, Intergovernmental Affairs Department, role, 1318–19
Website dedicated to dinosaurs, member's statement

Thomson, 925

Interprovincial trade

Agreement on Internal Trade

Shillington, 264–65

Investment, 304See also Crown corporations – Foreign investment; SaskPower Commercial – Investment, Guyana Electricity Corporation

Belanger, 473
Bjornerud, 417
Koenker, 443
Lautermilch, 462
Romanow, 503
Scott, 329
Serby, 419
Stanger, 410
Capital, access, 2
Immigrant investor program, federal changes, proposed, lobby effort, 1783
National strategy

Thomson, 70

Investment tax credit See Manufacturing industry – Investment tax credit
IPSCO Inc. and United Steelworkers of America, Local 5890, Collective Bargaining Agreement Act (No. 45)

First reading

Mitchell, 670–71

Second reading

Aldridge, 671
Boyd, 671
Mitchell, 670–71

Committee of the Whole Assembly

Mitchell, 672

Third reading

Mitchell, 672

Royal Assent, 684

Ireland

St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1997, member's statement

Hamilton, 209

Irrigation

Projects, Lake Diefenbaker, 1467–68
Promotion, 1468