Hansard Subject Index - 4th Session of the 23rd Legislature

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Oaths of office
- See
  - Pro Forma Bill (Oaths of Office)
Occupational health and safety
- See
  - Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Wascana Campus – Relocation, Plains Health Centre – Asbestos removal
- Regulations, 196
Occupational Health and Safety Act 360
Office of Disability Issues
- See
  - Disabled and handicapped persons – Office of Disability Issues
Oil industry
- See also
  - University of Regina – Petroleum Technology Research Centre
- CO2 enhanced oil recovery program, Weyburn, 57, 152, 386
  - Royalty incentives, 787
  - Saskatchewan Research Council involvement, 782
- Deep rights reversion program, 410
- Employment statistics, 784
- Exploration projects, 792–93
- Head offices, subsidiaries, location, 793
- Heavy oil
  - Economic upgrading viability, 792
  - Science centre, Lloydminster, member's statement
    - Stanger, 1099
- Horizontal wells development, Saskatchewan Research Council, involvement, 780–81
  - Royalty payments, 781
- Investment increase, government strategy, 784
- Land
  - Mineral rights and royalties
    - See
      - Indians/First Nations – Treaty land entitlements – Mineral rights and royalties
  - Sales, Swift Current, Estevan, Kindersley, Lloydminster, member's statement
    - Wall, 608
  - Scurry-Rainbow Oil Limited, mineral rights, leases and royalties, 788
- Oil classification, southwest, 410
- Prices, 66
  - See also
    - Employment development – Rural communities
  - Decline, 2, 59, 87, 90, 148–49, 152, 169, 229, 303, 409–10
- Production and refinement, employment development
  - See
    - University of Regina – Petroleum Technology Research Centre
- Royalties, 784
  - Rates, 393, 787–88
  - Structure, 152
- Used oil, recycling depots, 647
  - Mallard Industries, Wadena, 647–48
- Used oil and filters
  - Revenue, 648
- Wells
  - Abandoned/orphaned, clean-up responsibility, 793
  - Drilled
    - 1998, 783
    - 1999, rising prices, effect, 784
    - Total, 783–84
    - Types and number, 788
  - New, royalties reduction, petitions
    - Bjornerud, 333
    - Boyd, 179, 211
    - D'Autremont, 179, 333, 633, 707
    - Gantefoer, 241
    - Krawetz, 333
Older persons
- See
  - Senior citizens
Olive, Will
- See
  - Legislative Assembly members – Constituency expenses, charitable foundations
Ombudsman 361
- Estimates (1999-2000), committee referral (Estimates), moved (MacKinnon)
  - MacKinnon, 586
- Reappointment, Barbara Tomkins, moved (Nilson)
  - Julé, 941
  - Nilson, 940–41
Opinion polls
- See
  - Crown corporations – Public opinion polls, funding
Oral question period
- Agriculture
  - Crisis, government assistance
    - Bjornerud, 279, 339
    - Romanow, 279
    - Upshall, 339–40
- Agriculture and Food Department
  - Communications Branch, expenses increase
    - Aldridge, 219
    - Bradley, 219
  - Minister, out-of-province travel costs
    - Aldridge, 219
    - Bradley, 219
- Ambulance service
  - Costs, rural patients vs. urban patients
    - Atkinson, 188, 1103–4
    - D'Autremont, 187–88
    - Hillson, 1103–4
  - Funding
    - Atkinson, 1105
    - Hillson, 1105
- Budget
  - Advertising cost
    - Cline, 297–98
    - Gantefoer, 297–98
- Cancer
  - Chemotherapy patient, Tyrell Dueck, parents' presence denial
    - Draude, 73, 75
    - Van Mulligen, 73, 75
  - Surgery, follow-up treatment (R. Hammermeister)
    - Atkinson, 132–34
    - Draude, 132–34
- Charitable foundations
  - Non-Profit Corporations Act, non-compliance
    - Julé, 300–301
    - Van Mulligen, 300–301
- Child sexual abuse
  - Conviction, fines, increase
    - Julé, 753
    - Van Mulligen, 753
  - Legislative Assembly member, Cypress Hills constituency, conviction, expulsion
    - Julé, 653
    - MacKinnon, 653
- Children
  - At risk, protection, government action
    - Julé, 73–74
    - Van Mulligen, 74
- Crime
  - Statistics, government action
    - Julé, 404
    - Nilson, 404–5
- Crown corporations
  - Management
    - Boyd, 937–38
    - Lingenfelter, 937–38
  - Profits
    - Boyd, 682
    - Lingenfelter, 682
  - Public opinion polls, funding
    - Lingenfelter, 1076
    - McPherson, 1075–76
- Drugs and pharmaceuticals
  - Prescription drug plan, fosamax, coverage
    - Atkinson, 372–73
    - McLane, 372–73
- Education
  - Funding
    - Krawetz, 430–31, 711–12
    - Serby, 430–31, 711–12
  - Learning disabled students
    - Haverstock, 686
    - Teichrob, 686
  - Special needs programs
    - Draude, 908
    - Haverstock, 77–78
    - Serby, 77–78
    - Sonntag, 908
- Elections
  - Campaign advertising
    - Krawetz, 1014
    - Lingenfelter, 1014–15
  - Government calling
    - Boyd, 628
    - Krawetz, 807
    - Lingenfelter, 628–29
    - Romanow, 807
- Employment development
  - Statistics
    - MacKinnon, 484
    - Toth, 484
- Executive aircraft
  - Deputy Premier and family, use
    - Lingenfelter, 186–87
    - Osika, 186
- Farm income
  - Agricultural Income Disaster Assistance Program (AIDA)
    - Bjornerud, 402, 584–85, 756, 861–62, 905–6
    - Gantefoer, 1075
    - Teichrob, 756–57
    - Upshall, 402–3, 584–85, 861–62, 905–6, 1075
    - Application forms
      - Bjornerud, 185–87
      - Upshall, 185–87
    - Payments
      - Bjornerud, 732
      - Upshall, 732–33
- Farm land
  - Sale, out-of-province, Saskatchewan Farm Security Act, regulations
    - Bjornerud, 43
    - Nilson, 43
- Forest industry
  - Expansion
    - Cline, 865
    - Gantefoer, 865
- Gambling
  - Addiction, treatment centres
    - Hamilton, 961–62
    - Julé, 961–62
- Government
  - Advertising, Phoenix Advertising payments
    - Lingenfelter, 430
    - MacKinnon, 429–30
    - McPherson, 429–30
- Grain elevators
  - Closure prevention
    - Aldridge, 906–7, 1103
    - Bradley, 906–7, 1103
    - Romanow, 1103
- Grain transportation
  - Handler's strike
    - Federal legislation, request
      - Bjornerud, 134–35
      - Lingenfelter, 134–35
    - Government action
      - Bjornerud, 43–44
      - Romanow, 44
- Health care
  - Kidney dialysis, availability, Moose Jaw
    - Aldridge, 864–65
    - Atkinson, 864–65
  - Labour relations reorganization, Dorsey report
    - Atkinson, 455–56
    - McPherson, 455–56
  - Management
    - Atkinson, 626–28
    - D'Autremont, 626–27
  - Services, improvement, funding
    - D'Autremont, 278–79
    - McLane, 280
    - Romanow, 278–80
  - Workers
    - Aldridge, 281–82
    - Romanow, 281–82
    - Canadian Union of Public Employees, intervention
      - McPherson, 568
      - Romanow, 568
    - Collective bargaining
      - Atkinson, 342, 370–74
      - D'Autremont, 370–72
      - Goohsen, 342
      - Osika, 373–74
    - Strike action, possible
      - Atkinson, 505
      - Gantefoer, 505
- Health Department
  - Communications Branch, budget increase
    - Atkinson, 135–36
    - Osika, 135
- Health district boards
  - Chief executive officers, salary increases
    - Atkinson, 249
    - McLane, 248
- Health districts
  - Nurses, Alberta, bringing in to ease pressure of nurses' strike
    - Atkinson, 569
    - Bjornerud, 569
    - Romanow, 569–70
- Highways and roads
  - Construction and maintenance
    - Funding
      - Aldridge, 685
      - Upshall, 685–86
      - Fuel tax revenue
        
        Bradley, 340
        
        Osika, 340
        
        Romanow, 340
  - Customer satisfaction, measurement, Quest Communications report
    - Aldridge, 249
    - Bradley, 249
  - Funding, $2.5 billion over next ten years
    - Romanow, 279–80
    - Toth, 279
  - Highway No. 1, twinning, priority
    - Osika, 340–41
    - Romanow, 340–41
  - Highway No. 10, Balcarres, speed limit
    - Bradley, 1077
    - Osika, 1077
  - Highway No. 22, potholes, vehicle damage (C. Smulan)
    - Lingenfelter, 1016–17
    - Osika, 1016–17
  - Highway No. 37, Climax to Shaunavon, potholes, vehicle damage (C. Gryde)
    - McPherson, 299–300
    - Teichrob, 299–300
  - National program
    - Aldridge, 686
    - Romanow, 686
  - Rural, maintenance, funding
    - Bjornerud, 372
    - Bradley, 372
  - Worst highway in Saskatchewan contest finalists
    - Bradley, 1074–75
    - Toth, 1074–75
- Hospital waiting lists
  - Atkinson, 76–77
  - McLane, 76
  - Diagnostic procedures
    - Atkinson, 77
    - McLane, 77
  - Regina, reduction, funding
    - Atkinson, 75–76
    - McLane, 75–76
- Hospitals
  - Beds, shortage, Saskatoon
    - Atkinson, 75
    - Gantefoer, 74–75
  - Closure
    - Atkinson, 12
    - D'Autremont, 12–13
    - Romanow, 13
    - Carrot River
      - Atkinson, 184–85
      - Draude, 184
  - Hafford, three-year strategic plan
    - Atkinson, 42–43
    - D'Autremont, 42
  - Moosomin, operating room service, reopening
    - Atkinson, 14–16
    - McLane, 14–15
  - Patients, transferring out of province during nurses' strike
    - Atkinson, 503
    - Draude, 502–3
  - Regional, Moose Jaw, proposal
    - Aldridge, 865
    - Atkinson, 865
  - Rural
    - D'Autremont, 13
    - Romanow, 13
- Judges
  - Impartiality
    - Julé, 904–5
    - Nilson, 904–5
- Justice, administration
  - Milgaard (David) case, compensation
    - Heppner, 753–54
    - Nilson, 754
    - Settlement and public inquiry
      - Heppner, 961
      - Nilson, 961
- Labour relations, collective bargaining
  - Atkinson, 629
  - Osika, 629
- Land Information Services Corporation
  - Establishment
    - Heppner, 808–9
    - Nilson, 809
- Legislative Assembly members
  - Constituency expenses, charitable foundations
    - Krawetz, 400–401
    - Van Mulligen, 401
    - Donations
      - Haverstock, 249
      - Krawetz, 216–18, 246–48, 298–99, 337–39
      - Lingenfelter, 216–18, 246–49
      - Van Mulligen, 298–99, 338–39
- Liquor and Gaming Authority
  - Travel expenses
    - Hamilton, 403
    - McPherson, 403
- Medical research
  - Funding
    - Atkinson, 374–75
    - Haverstock, 374
- North Central Health District
  - Health care workers' offer of service during nurses' defiance of back-to-work legislation
    - Atkinson, 535–36
    - McPherson, 535–36
  - Saskatchewan Cancer Agency employees' strike
    - Atkinson, 534
    - Gantefoer, 533–34
- North Valley Health District
  - Nurses, Alberta, bringing in to ease pressure of nurses' strike
    - Atkinson, 568
    - Bjornerud, 568
- Nurses
  - Back-to-work legislation
    - Defiance
      - Atkinson, 480–83
      - D'Autremont, 480–82
      - McLane, 482–83
      - Government advertising
        
        Atkinson, 535
        
        Julé, 534–35
      - Penalties, waiving
        
        Nilson, 629
        
        Osika, 629
    - Repeal
      - Aldridge, 583
      - Atkinson, 504–5, 567, 583, 613
      - Haverstock, 566–67
      - McPherson, 504, 613
    - Wage increase, imposition
      - Atkinson, 581–82
      - D'Autremont, 581–82
  - Collective bargaining
    - D'Autremont, 728–29
    - Romanow, 728–30
    - Court injunction, removal
      - Atkinson, 807–8
      - Junor, 756
      - McLane, 755–56, 807–8
      - Nilson, 755
      - Osika, 655–56
      - Romanow, 655–56, 808
    - Government action
      - Aldridge, 583–84
      - Atkinson, 299, 427–29, 583–84, 627–28
      - D'Autremont, 299, 427–29, 627
    - Premier's participation
      - Atkinson, 484
      - McLane, 456
      - McPherson, 483–84
      - Romanow, 456–57
    - Resumption
      - Atkinson, 501–2, 533–34, 537, 566, 805–6
      - D'Autremont, 501–2, 533, 805
      - Gantefoer, 534
      - Haverstock, 536–37
      - Julé, 565–66
    - Wage negotiations, impediments, removal
      - Atkinson, 611, 614
      - D'Autremont, 611
      - Toth, 613–14
  - Graduates, numbers
    - Atkinson, 863–64
    - D'Autremont, 863–64
  - Out-of-scope management recruitment advertising
    - Atkinson, 536
    - McLane, 536
  - Positions, full-time, establishing
    - Atkinson, 569
    - McLane, 568–69
    - Romanow, 569
  - Recruitment
    - Aldridge, 403–4
    - Atkinson, 403–4, 503, 629–30
    - McLane, 503
    - Osika, 629, 656
    - Romanow, 656–57
  - Recruitment, Global Career Services
    - McPherson, 730–32
    - Romanow, 731–32
  - Resignations, retirement
    - Atkinson, 713
    - Osika, 713
  - Retention
    - Aldridge, 403–4
    - Atkinson, 403–4, 503, 629–30, 962–63
    - Junor, 755–56
    - Lingenfelter, 963
    - McLane, 503, 754–56, 962–63
    - Osika, 629, 656
    - Romanow, 656–57
  - Shortage
    - Atkinson, 14, 136
    - Draude, 13–14
    - Junor, 136
    - McPherson, 136
    - Romanow, 13–14
    - East Central Health District
      - Bjornerud, 936
      - Cline, 936, 938–40
      - McPherson, 938–40
  - Strike
    - Atkinson, 453–55
    - D'Autremont, 453–55
    - Cost
      - Atkinson, 627
      - D'Autremont, 627
    - Ending
      - Government action
        
        Atkinson, 610
        
        Toth, 610
      - Memorandum of understanding
        
        Atkinson, 713
        
        D'Autremont, 710–11
        
        Draude, 683–84, 710
        
        Osika, 712–13
        
        Romanow, 683–84, 710–11, 713
        
        Van Mulligen, 684
    - South Country Health District, chief executive officer, actions
      - Atkinson, 613
      - McPherson, 612–13
- Nursing care
  - Education programs
    - Junor, 218
    - McLane, 218
- Pharmacies
  - Computer systems, Y2K concerns, funding
    - Atkinson, 1104–5
    - D'Autremont, 1104
- Physicians/Doctors
  - Leaving province
    - Atkinson, 567–68, 714
    - Heppner, 567
    - Toth, 714
  - Retention, government action
    - Romanow, 730
    - Toth, 730
- Plains Health Centre, Regina
  - Closure, costs
    - Atkinson, 1015
    - D'Autremont, 582, 1015
    - MacKinnon, 582
    - Investigation
      - Atkinson, 16
      - Boyd, 16
      - Provincial Auditor
        
        Boyd, 46
        
        Romanow, 46
- Police services
  - High speed chases, offenders, sentences imposing
    - Cline, 1077–78
    - Heppner, 1077–78
- Potato industry
  - Lake Diefenbaker Potato Corporation, investment
    - Bjornerud, 959–61, 1016, 1073–74, 1102
    - MacKinnon, 1073–74
    - Sonntag, 959–61, 1016, 1102–3
- Property tax
  - Education tax, increase
    - Krawetz, 653–54
    - Serby, 653–54
  - Increase
    - Krawetz, 711–12
    - Serby, 711–12
  - Municipal tax, increase
    - Bjornerud, 654–55
    - Romanow, 655
    - Teichrob, 655
- Prostitution,
  - Child prostitution, safe house, Saskatoon, pimps, access
    - Julé, 753
    - Van Mulligen, 753
- Regina General Hospital
  - Patient, out-of-province transfer, extra billing (L. Francis)
    - D'Autremont, 753–54
    - Junor, 753–54
- Regina Health District
  - Debt, funding
    - Atkinson, 341
    - Goohsen, 341
  - Funding
    - Atkinson, 44–45
    - McLane, 44–45
    - Romanow, 45–46
- Retail industry
  - Sales
    - Cline, 135
    - Gantefoer, 135
- Rural communities
  - Southwest, police services
    - Julé, 630, 657
    - Nilson, 630, 657
- Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Wascana Campus
  - Relocation, Plains Health Centre, asbestos removal contract
    - Boyd, 105–6
    - Hamilton, 105–6
- Saskatchewan Power Corporation
  - Advertising expenses
    - McPherson, 713–14
    - Wiens, 713–14
  - SAP software, Delta Project, implementation, employees' salaries
    - Boyd, 401–2
    - Lingenfelter, 401–2
- SaskEnergy Incorporated
  - Bills, non payment, policy
    - Boyd, 219
    - Lingenfelter, 219–20
- SaskFor MacMillan mill, Hudson Bay
  - Oriented strand board project, tender call
    - Boyd, 938
    - Lingenfelter, 938
- SaskPower Commercial
  - Investment, losses
    - Boyd, 683
    - Lingenfelter, 683
- School safety
  - Addressing
    - Krawetz, 904
    - Sonntag, 904
- Social assistance recipients
  - Employable people caseload
    - Draude, 582–83
    - Van Mulligen, 582–83
- Social services
  - Workers' caseloads
    - Junor, 136
    - Van Mulligen, 136–37
- Special care homes
  - Shortage
    - Atkinson, 108–9
    - Hillson, 108–9
- Students
  - Tuition fees, increase
    - Hillson, 684–85, 1017–18
    - Romanow, 685, 1017–18
- Taxation
  - Reduction
    - Cline, 107–8
    - Gantefoer, 106–7
    - Long-term plan
      - Cline, 612, 806–7, 940
      - Gantefoer, 277–78, 612, 806–7, 940, 1101
      - Romanow, 278, 1101–2
- Transportation strategy
  - Comprehensive
    - Bradley, 1077
    - McLane, 1076–77
- Utilities
  - Rates, review
    - Boyd, 683
    - Lingenfelter, 683
Ormiston, Sask.
- See
  - Telephones
Osler, Sask.
- See
  - Grain – Elevators, closure – Prevention – Heritage issues
Outfitting industry 21
- Expansion, southern Saskatchewan, 926–27
Outlook School Division
- See
  - School divisions – Amalgamation – Saskatoon West Division