Hansard Speaker Index - 23rd Legislature Session 2

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Gantefoer, Mr. Rod (Liberal/Saskatchewan Party, Melfort-Tisdale)

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

Speakers, 227–28

Agri-Food Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 67)

Second reading, 1657–58

Agriculture, 312
Annual reports

Tabling, timeliness, 776

Balanced Budget Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 202), 321
Budget

Balanced, Cameco shares, sale, 325
Provincial Auditor, concerns, 325–26, 348

Budget (March 18, 1993)

Crisis, 346–48

Budget (March 20, 1997)

Speakers, 309–12, 323–27

Child poverty, 327

Action plan for children, funding, 327

Citizens

100th birthday celebration, Bonnie Wassen, Ridgedale, member's statement, 2028
105th birthday celebration, Paul Bodnarchuk, Melville, member's statement, 143
Tisdale, prominent citizen, Herbert Charles Sims, passing, member's statement, 1277
Tisdale, William and Jean Allan, 50th wedding anniversary celebration, member's statement, 1977–78

Communities

Melfort Rotary Club, 50th anniversary celebration, member's statement, 1306

Community Bonds Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 52)

Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1495

Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 61)

Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1493

Credit unions

Melfort Credit Union, 50th anniversary, member's statement, 716

Crown Construction Tendering Agreement, 311, 324

Costs, 954–55
Impact, internal review, 1155–56

Crown corporations

Accountability, moved (Gantefoer), 2013–15
Foreign investment, 1949

Crown Corporations Rate Review Act, 1997 (No. 239)

First reading, 2064

Direct Debt Reduction Act (No. 203)

First reading, 321–22

Drugs and pharmaceuticals

Patent legislation, repeal, moved (Pringle)

Questions and comments, 1044

Economic and Co-operative Development Department, 325

Estimates (1997-98), 535–43

Economic development

Northern Saskatchewan, 324
Partnership for Growth: Building on the Renewal of the Saskatchewan Economy, 324
Partnership for Renewal: A Strategy for the Saskatchewan Economy, 324

Education, 229, 311–12

Education Week, March 17-21, 1997, member's statement, 208
Funding, 326

Education and Health Tax Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 54)

Second reading, 1285

Electricity

Outage, long-term, Melfort, 1338–39

Employment, 229

Part-time, 324

Employment development, 310, 324

Comparison, other provinces, 13
Northern Saskatchewan, 324

Environment Committee

Name substitution, moved (Gantefoer), 781–82

Estimates Committee

Name substitution, moved (Gantefoer), 781

Farm income

Net Income Stabilization Account Program (NISA), 312

Farm machinery

John Bob Farm Equipment, Tisdale, expansion, member's statement, 256

Farmers/producers

Input costs, 228

Finance Department

Estimates (1997-98), 1365–70, 1502–4, 1699

Floods

Disaster assistance program

Municipalities, exemptions, moved (Gantefoer); amendment (Whitmore), 1209–10

Gasoline tax, 325
Government

Open and accountable, 325

Government expenditures

Debt, interest payments, 311
Financial plan, government as a whole, 325
Special warrants, 326

Grain transportation

Freight rates, subsidies, Western Grain Transportation Act, Crow rate, elimination, 312

Health care, 229, 311

Centres, 312
Funding, 312, 326–27

Health care reform, 326
Health district boards

Deficits, 312

Highways and roads, 229

Deterioration, 311
Funding, 326

$2.5 billion over next 10 years, 311, 326
Fuel tax and licence registration, percentage, 311, 326

Highways and Transportation Department

Minister, resignation, April 28, 1997, ministerial statement, 1132

Hog industry

Expansion, 312, 325
Processing plant, proposed, Maple Leaf, 608

Hospitals, 312, 337

Revenue tax, removal, 326

Hunters/Hunting

Night hunting

Ban, Aboriginal and Métis cooperation, petitions, 1944
Government inaction, condemnation, moved (D'Autremont), 1957–58

Income tax

Deficit surtax, revenue, 1279
Rate, 325
Surcharges, 1249–50, 1309

Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 22)

Second reading, 960

Labour Department

Estimates (1997-98), 1356–57

Labour standards, 311, 324
Legislative Assembly members

Melfort-Tisdale constituency, apology to wife Carole, member's statement, 1999

Livestock industry

Livestock and horticultural facilities incentive program, 312, 325

Ministerial statements

Highways and Transportation Department

Minister, resignation, April 28, 1997, 1132

Motions for supply (interim)

Expenses, fiscal year ending March 31, 1998, moved (MacKinnon), 527–29

Municipal Law Committee

Name substitution, moved (Gantefoer), 781

Municipalities

Revenue sharing

Reduction, 311

Non-controversial Bills Committee

Name substitution, moved (Gantefoer), 782

Oral question period

Annual reports, tabling, timeliness, 776
Budget (March 18, 1993), crisis, 346–48
Budget, Provincial Auditor, concerns, 348
Crown Construction Tendering Agreement

Costs, 954–55
Impact, internal review, 1155–56

Crown corporations

Foreign investments, 1949

Electricity

Outage, long-term, Melfort, 1338–39

Employment development, comparison, other provinces, 13
Hog industry, processing plant, proposed, Maple Leaf, 608
Income tax

Deficit surtax, revenue, 1279

Income tax, surcharges, 1249–50, 1309
Provincial Auditor, government support, 979
Saskatchewan Telecommunications

Investment, NST Network Services Inc., 666–67
Investment, NST Network Services Inc., internal investigation, 776

SaskPower Commercial, investment, Guyana Electricity Corporation, 1979–80, 2002, 2059
Utilities, rates, 45-day review process, 148
Wascana Energy Inc., shares, sale, Talisman bid, 82

Population, 310, 324
Poverty, 327
Prostitution

Child prostitutes, 327

Provincial Auditor

Government support, 979

Public Accounts Committee

Name substitution, moved (Gantefoer), 781

Regulations Committee

Name substitution, moved (Gantefoer), 781

Retail industry

Employment, 325

Rural municipalities

Revenue sharing, 326

Sales taxes

Reduction, 310–11, 325, 327

Saskatchewan Forest Products Corporation

Total value of construction projects in 1997, moved (Gantefoer), 1884

Saskatchewan Government Insurance

Total value of construction projects in 1997, moved (Gantefoer), 1884

Saskatchewan Pension Plan Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 5)

Second reading, 758–59

Saskatchewan Power Corporation

Total value of construction projects in 1997, moved (Gantefoer), 1884–85

Saskatchewan Telecommunications

Investment, NST Network Services Inc., 666–67

Internal investigation, 776

Total value of construction projects in 1997, moved (Gantefoer), 1885

Saskatchewan Water Corporation

Total value of construction projects in 1997, moved (Gantefoer), 1885

SaskEnergy Incorporated

Total value of construction projects in 1997, moved (Gantefoer), 1885

SaskPower Commercial

Investment, Guyana Electricity Corporation, 1979–80, 2002, 2059

Schools

Closures, 326
Saskatchewan film library, long-term plan, petition, 1973, 1997, 2055

Service industry

Employment, 325

Small business, 311, 324–25

Groat's Supply, Tisdale, 75 years of service, member's statement, 976

Social assistance, 311

Case-load, 327
Funding, reduction, 312
Redesigning/reform, 312

Social assistance recipients

Child tax benefit, deduction, 327

Social Services Department

Funding, 326–27

Special care homes, 327
Sports

Hockey

Tisdale Bantam Ramblers Bantam B provincial final, member's statement, 315
Tisdale Trojans AAA Midgets, provincial title, member's statement, 448

Superannuation Pension Plan Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 6)

Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1492

Taxation, 229, 325, 327
Teachers

Salaries, funding, 312, 326

Telephones

Regional exchanges, creation, petition, 205

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 53)

Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1352–53

Trade Union Act, 311
Transfer payments

Reduction, 311

Unemployment

Rate, 310, 324

Universities

Funding, 312, 326

Urban municipalities

Revenue sharing, 326

Utilities

Rate increases

Proposed, review, all party committee, establishing, moved (Gantefoer); amendment (Lorjé), 672–73

Questions and comments, 682–83

Rates

Forty-five day review process, 148

Value added industries/products, 312
Wascana Energy Inc.

Shares, sale, Talisman bid, 82

Wildlife Act, 1997 (No. 42)

Second reading, 785–87

Youth

Crime, 327

Combating, special task force, establishing, petition, 1021

Employment, 310, 324
Unemployment, 324

Goohsen, Mr. Jack (Progressive Conservative/Independent, Cypress Hills)

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

Speakers, 156–63

Agriculture

Diversification, 159–60

Agriculture and Food Department

Estimates (1997-98), 845–48

Child poverty, 158
Children

Care-providers, minimum wage entitlement, parents

Compensation, 259–60

Petitions, 7–8, 253–54

Condolences

Kluzak, Arthur (former MLA), moved (Romanow), 87

Crown Construction Tendering Agreement Revocation Act (No. 210), 403–4
Education, 158, 160
Employers of Babysitters Restitution Act (No. 208)

First reading, 262

Employment, 158–59
Farm land

Assessment

Formula, 160–61

Floods

Disaster assistance program, 517–18

Moved (Goohsen), 519–20

Swift Current area, Duncairn dam, management, 350

Grain transportation

Delivery to elevator system and port terminals, delays, federal government condemnation

Moved (Boyd); amendment (McPherson), 28–29
Premier's role, 42–43

Highways and roads

Deterioration, 161–62
Highway No. 1, 162
Highway No. 18, 162

Highways and Transportation Department

Estimates (1997-98), 658–61

Hunters/Hunting

Night hunting

Government inaction, condemnation, moved (D'Autremont), 1958–59

Impaired drivers

Impaired Driving Awareness Week, March 10-16, 1997, member's statement, 39

Ministerial statements

Saskatchewan Water Corporation, employees, flood control contribution, 401–2
Transportation

Strategy, comprehensive, 751

Motions for supply (interim)

Expenses, fiscal year ending March 31, 1998, moved (MacKinnon), 533–34, 595–600

Motor vehicles, insurance

Rate increase, 114, 162

Municipalities

Revenue sharing

Reduction, reversal, petitions, 35, 109

National unity

Moved (Romanow), 1994–95

Natural gas

Revenue, 62

Non-Profit Corporations Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 205)

First reading, 215

Occupational health and safety

Regulations

Violation, accident, Echo Valley Centre, Fort Qu'Appelle, November 1996, 779–80

Oil industry

Revenue, 162

Oral question period

Children

Care-providers, minimum wage entitlement, parents compensation, 259–60

Floods

Disaster assistance program, 517–18
Swift Current area, Duncairn dam, management, 350

Grain transportation, delivery to elevator system and port terminals, delays, federal government condemnation, Premier's role, 42–43
Motor vehicles, insurance

Rate increase, 114

Occupational health and safety, regulations, violation, accident, Echo Valley Centre, Fort Qu'Appelle, November 1996, 779–80
Rail transportation/railways

Short-line development, successor rights legislation, removal, 551–52

Saskatchewan Government Insurance, claim centre, Yorkton, renovation project, Crown Construction Tendering Agreement, 398
Saskatchewan Telecommunications

Investment, NST Network Services Inc., 865–66
Investment, NST Network Services Inc., former president's role, 747

Saskatchewan Transportation Company, privatization, 582–83, 610
Telephones

Rates, local, competition, 895

Volunteers, liability protection, 211–12
Water, groundwater contamination, cattle operation (Perry Anton), 2063–64

Pollution

Clean-up, legislation, moved (Goohsen); amendment (Koenker), 2065–69

Poverty, 160
Property, 160–61
Rail transportation/railways

Short-line, development

Successor rights, legislation, removal, 159–60, 551–52

Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 29)

Second reading, 812–13

Sales taxes

Reduction

Petition, 77, 141, 175, 284

Saskatchewan Government Insurance

Claim centre, Yorkton, renovation project, Crown Construction Tendering Agreement, 398

Saskatchewan Telecommunications

Investment, NST Network Services Inc., 668, 718–19, 865–66

Former president's role, 747

Saskatchewan Transportation Company

Privatization, 582–83, 610

Saskatchewan Water Corporation

Employees, flood control, contribution, ministerial statement (Lautermilch), 401–2

Small business, 158, 160
Taxation, 160
Telephones

Rates, local competition, 895

Trade Union Amendment Act (Repealing Successor Rights) (No. 217)

First reading, 780

Training programs, 159
Transportation

National policy, development, cooperation, moved (Whitmore), 702–6
Strategy, comprehensive, ministerial statement (Renaud), 751

Urban Municipality Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 3)

Second reading, 761–62

Utilities

Rate increases, 163

Volunteers

Liability, protection, 211–12
Liability, protection, petition, 206, 921

Water

Groundwater contamination, cattle operation (Perry Anton), 2063–64

Youth, 159

Goulet, Mr. Keith (NDP, Cumberland). s. 2: Minister of Northern Affairs

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

Speakers, 133–39

Athabasca constituency

Resident, Louis Morin, passing, 134

Budget

Balanced, 136

Budget (March 20, 1997)

Speakers, 467–72

Business

Northern Opportunities Conference, 138

Child poverty

Action plan for children, 470

Community colleges

Northern Saskatchewan, 469–70

Economic and Co-operative Development Department

Estimates (1997-98), 968–74

Economic development

Northern Saskatchewan, 472

Education

Funding, 470
Northern Saskatchewan, 139
Northern teacher education program, 470

Employment

Northern Saskatchewan, 138, 471

Employment development

Northern Saskatchewan, 472

Government expenditures

Debt, 135, 137

Health care

Centres

La Ronge, Stony Rapids, 470

Funding, 136
Northern Saskatchewan

Funding, 470

Tuberculosis rates, northern Saskatchewan, 2033

Health district boards, 136, 471

Northern Saskatchewan, 469–70

Highways and roads

Northern Saskatchewan, 472

Deterioration, 1204–5

Hospitals

La Loche, 470

Housing

Northern Saskatchewan, 472, 1072–73

Indian and Métis Affairs Secretariat

Estimates (1997-98), 1832

Indians/First Nations

Social assistance, funding, federal, reduction, 139
Treaty land entitlements, 139

Medicare, 470
Mining industry, 471

Environmental quality committees, 472
Multi-party training plan, 470

NORTHERN Act (No. 237), 472
Northern Saskatchewan

Self-determination, 469

Official opposition

Research funds, 137

Oral question period

Health care

Tuberculosis rates, northern Saskatchewan, 2033

Highways and roads

Northern Saskatchewan, deterioration, 1204–5

Housing, northern Saskatchewan, 1072–73
Uranium City, future, 894–95
Youth

Suicide, 1747–48

Sales taxes

Harmonization, 137

School boards

Northern Saskatchewan, Northern Lake School Division, 469

Small business

Northern Saskatchewan, 472

Social programs, 470–71
Sports

Curling

Sandra Schmirler rink, congratulations, 468

Students

Tuition fees, 136

Taxation

Reduction, 137

Training programs, 470

Northern Saskatchewan, 471–72

Transfer payments

Reduction, 137, 139, 470

Uranium City, Sask.

Future, 894–95

Uranium industry, 139

Employment levels, 138
Resource development and revenue sharing, 138–39

Water

Sewage systems, northern Saskatchewan, funding, 472

Writers and poets

Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion, Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser, book launch, member's statement, 1307

Youth

Suicide, 1747–48