Hansard Subject Index - 1st Session of the 24th Legislature

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T-Rex Centre, Eastend See Tourism
Tabling of Documents Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 26)
- First reading
  - Axworthy, 676
- Second reading
  - Axworthy, 817
  - Boyd, 1017–18
  - Toth, 817
  - Wall, 1490–91
- Committee of the Whole Assembly
  - Axworthy, 1688–89
  - Wall, 1688–89
- Third reading
  - Axworthy, 1690
- Royal Assent, 2056
Tartan Day
- Recognition, April 6, 2000, member's statement
  - Boyd, 549
  - Hamilton, 549
Tax credits See also Economic development – Encouragement; Education, post-secondary – Graduates – Remaining in Saskatchewan; Income tax – Credits
- Non-refundable, significantly higher, provision, 322
Taxation 52, 93, 99, 152, 155, 166, 193, 344, 458 See also Budget – Public opinion poll, Hollinger Saskatchewan newspapers; Business; Economic development – Encouragement; Education (Elimination of Business Tax) Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 70); Farm fuel; Farmers/Producers; Farmland – Education tax; Film Employment Tax Credit Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 14); Forest industry – Prince Albert Pulp and Paper, Weyerhaeuser – Co-generation; Four-year Taxation Plan Act (No. 201); Fuel Tax Act, 2000 (No. 45); Income – Low; Income tax; Industry; Insurance Premiums Tax Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 44); Labour force; Mining industry – Road tax, revenue; Natural gas – Road tax, revenue; Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA) – Withdrawals/closures; Oil industry – Road tax, revenue; Post-Secondary Graduate Tax Credit Act (No. 85); Property tax; Provincial sales tax; Rural municipalities – Tax loss compensation; Saskatchewan Rivers School Division; Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 46); Workers' compensation – Survivor benefits
- Fair, 58, 63, 87, 321, 322, 323, 324, 383, 397 See also Indians/First Nations – Off-reserve – Purchases, provincial sales tax
- Fairer, simpler and easy to understand, 6, 96–97, 322, 346, 375, 378
- Federal system, de-linking, 375, 403
- Freedom day, Fraser Institute report
  - Hermanson, 2302–3
  - Romanow, 2302–3
- Improvement, good ideas, presentation, 6
- Increase, 154, 193, 324, 336–37, 370, 403, 2337 See also Saskatchewan Rivers School Division
  - Hermanson, 523
  - Romanow, 523
  - Prevention See Fiscal Stabilization Fund – Establishment
- Lower
  - Fair, sensible and sustainable, 6
  - Investment, 6
    - Budget, surplus, investment, 6, 142
    - Budget balanced, in context, 6, 222
- Rates, competitive, importance, 321, 375, 376, 405
- Reduction See Taxation, reduction
- Reform, 6, 340, 378, 383, 397, 399, 402–4, 406, 412 See also Economy – Tax reform, impact; Families – Taxes; Income – Low
  - Key elements, 322
  - Principles, 321
  - Public consultation, 8
- Revolt See Farmland – Education tax
- Structure, competitive, 321
Taxation, reduction 24–25, 27, 55, 58, 61, 63, 68, 88–89, 94, 95, 96, 118–19, 126, 160, 163, 166, 171, 173, 188, 191, 219, 221–22, 318, 323–24, 337, 339–40, 349, 350, 353, 354, 356, 368, 376, 379, 380, 397, 399, 402–3, 406, 407, 410, 414–15, 2316–17, 2342 See also Fiscal Stabilization Fund – Establishment; Gasoline – Tax – Reduction
- Hermanson, 331–32
- Romanow, 331–32
- Balanced approach, 6, 222, 321, 376, 397 See also Budget – Surplus – Investment
- Government commitment, 6
- Introduction in every budget since 1995, 162, 317
- Introduction in every budget since 1995, moved (Higgins); amendment (Hermanson)
  - Hermanson, 971–73
  - Higgins, 961–63
  - Yates, 963–71
- Priority, Economic Development Minister, statement, 2316–18
- Savings, 370
- Strategy, 321
- Sustainable and funded from new revenue, 321, 376, 383, 397
- "You can have your cake and eat it too", 321, 324
Taxis See also Vehicle Administration Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 2) (No. 54)
Teachers See also Education, post-secondary – Accessibility, affordable – Public consultation
- Benefits and pensions, expenditures, estimates vs. actual, 2032
- Collective bargaining, 1793
  - Agreement, tentative, 1794
    - Cost, 1794
  - Agreement and funding See also School divisions – Funding – Teachers' salary
    - Draude, 1335–37, 1813
    - Melenchuk, 1336–37, 1813
  - Negotiations, 2028–29
- Northern Teacher Education Program, 92, 320
- Pensions, unfunded liabilities, 1800–1801
- Rouleau School, Guy Kerbrat, Prime Minister's Award, member's statement
  - Stewart, 1553
- Salaries, increase See also Teachers – Collective bargaining – Agreement
  - Funding, 2029
- Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program, 320
- Strike
  - June, 1794
  - Mandate, 2339
    - Draude, 1871–72
    - Melenchuk, 1871–72
    - Vote, 1793–94
  - Vote
    - Draude, 1812–13
    - Melenchuk, 1813
Technical institutes See also Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies Act (No. 40); Student loans – Technical institutes, percentage
- Attendance, high school students, percentage, 1070
Technology See Saskatchewan Research Council
Technology-enhanced learning See Education – Distance learning initiatives
Teen-Aid Inc. See Education – Sex education
Teenage pregnancies See Youth – Teenage pregnancies
Telecommunications
- Access, affordable, universal access fund, creation, federal government, resolution, 998–1003
Telephones See also Saskatchewan Telecommunications
- 1-800 numbers, sales tax, elimination, 2317
- Call centres See Employment development – Saskatoon and Regina
- Cellular service, 149
  - Lake Alma, petitions, 2070, 2141, 2244, 2299
    - Bakken, 2035–36, 2105, 2244
    - Bjornerud, 2198
    - Draude, 2197
    - Eagles, 2035
    - Wall, 2035, 2198
  - Prud'homme, Bruno, Vonda and Cudworth, petitions, 1006, 1088, 1146, 1178, 1204, 1230, 1275, 1332, 1362, 1436, 1582, 1676, 1762, 1804, 1972, 2244, 2299
    - Allchurch, 1905, 2199
    - Bakken, 2297
    - Eagles, 1177
    - Gantefoer, 975
    - Harpauer, 1118
    - Hart, 1204
    - Heppner, 1059
    - Julé, 1059, 1117, 1145, 1177, 1203, 1261, 1297, 1331, 1381, 1549, 1643, 1705, 1761, 2243
    - Peters, 1643
    - Weekes, 1905
  - Strasbourg, Duval, Govan and Bulyea, petitions, 1178, 1204, 1262, 1275, 1382, 1469, 1615, 1676, 1972, 2107
    - D'Autremont, 1146, 1229
    - Hart, 1146, 1178, 1230, 1262, 1436, 1468, 1582, 1644, 1905, 2070
    - Kwiatkowski, 1436
    - McMorris, 1229–30, 1261, 1361
    - Wakefield, 1582, 2298
    - Wall, 1643
  - Watson, petitions, 359, 388, 515, 603, 637, 1088, 1118, 1178, 1204, 1230
    - Draude, 327, 359, 449, 577, 1059, 1087, 1145, 1177
    - Gantefoer, 359
    - Harpauer, 328, 450, 602, 1204
- Installation rates, rural communities, 148
- Pay phones, rural communities, member's statement
  - Kwiatkowski, 979–80
- Rates, 366–67, 999–1003
Television
- Canadian Television network, Regina, Launch 2000, member's statement
  - Harper, 2252
Tenants
- Security deposit See Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 29)
Tetra Pak Canada See Waste – Saskatchewan Waste Minimization Awards
Textile industry See Garment manufacturing industry
Theatre
- Invermay Senior Drama Group, Region 4 Drama Festival, Kamsack award winners, member's statement
  - Draude, 581
- Milestone Prairie Players, Theatre Fest competition winners, member's statement
  - McMorris, 1179–80
- Saskatchewan Community Theatre Full-Length Play Festival, Swift Current, member's statement
  - Wall, 1148–49
Third parties
- Funding, moved (Draude); amendment (Lorje)
  - Draude, 1097–99
  - Julé, 1099–1100
  - Lorje, 1101–6
  - Wartman, 1106–9
- Funding, moved (Draude); amendment (Lorje), member's statement
  - Elhard, 1120
  - Wall, 1120
Thompson, Lorraine See Women's Secretariat – Payments, Lorraine Thompson
Throne speech See Speech from the Throne
Timber See Forest industry
Timberline School Division See Crystal Lakes School Division – Amalgamation
Time capsule See Legislative Building, Regina
Tisdale, Sask. See Health care – Renal dialysis, satellites
Tobacco See also Children – Tobacco use; Pharmacies – Tobacco sale prevention, policy proposal; Smoking
- Control, legislation, petitions, 2070, 2141
  - Addley, 2035
  - Thomson, 2106
Tobacco Control Committee 9, 121, 142
- Appointment and membership, moved (Junor)
  - Gantefoer, 84
  - Junor, 83–84
- Clerk See Legislative Assembly – Clerk, attachment, Donna Bryce, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Table officer and committee clerk
- First report, 1469
- First report, moved (Kowalsky) for concurrence
  - Eagles, 1470
  - Kowalsky, 1469–70
- Report on inquiries during any period of adjournment of the first session of the twenty-fourth legislature, authorization, moved (Kowalsky)
  - Kowalsky, 2208
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 46)
- First reading
  - Cline, 1155
- Second reading
  - Cline, 1216
  - Toth, 1216
- Committee of the Whole Assembly
  - Cline, 1685–86
  - Wakefield, 1685–86
- Third reading
  - Cline, 1690
- Royal Assent, 2056
Tourism See also Highways and roads – Highway No. 8; Highways and roads – Highway No. 38, Greenwater Provincial Park; Highways and roads – Highway No. 48; Northern Saskatchewan; Recreation
- Ambassador Award, 1999, Ruth Wilson, Humboldt, member's statement
  - Julé, 811
- Attractions, Moose Jaw, member's statement
  - Higgins, 2301
- Attractions Canada 2000 distinction award, Ken and Jo Mader, Bluenose Country Vacation Bed and Breakfast, Qu'Appelle, member's statement
  - McMorris, 1277
- Awards, 6th annual Prince Albert, member's statement
  - Kowalsky, 1648
- Awareness Week, June 4-10, 2000, member's statement
  - Addley, 1617, 1678
  - Lorje, 1679
  - Wall, 1679
- Events guide, on-line, Tourism Saskatchewan, Anniversary Secretariat and Sask Culture Inc., member's statement
  - Addley, 840
- Harbour Golf Club and Resort, Elbow See Highways and roads – Highway No. 19 and 42
- Parks and resorts, fees and licences, increase, impact
  - Belanger, 521
  - Kwiatkowski, 521
- T-Rex Centre, Eastend, scientific research station, establishment, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, member's statement
  - Yates, 1584–85
- Workers, training program, funding, WEPA, member's statement
  - Lorje, 1300
Trade See also Exports; Livestock industry – Forage and seeding land back to grass programs; Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership Inc.
- Agricultural See also Grain – Price subsidies, United States/European Economic Union; Trade – Talks, current
  - Equalization payment, federal government
    - $1 billion to address agricultural crisis, 58, 63, 97, 102, 141, 144, 163, 202, 221 See also Agriculture – Ministers, meeting, December 8, 1999, Toronto
    - $1 billion to address agricultural crisis, moved (Romanow)
      - Boyd, 35–37
      - Hermanson, 30–32
      - Lingenfelter, 37–38
      - Melenchuk, 32–33
      - Romanow, 27–29
      - Transmission, moved (Lingenfelter)
        
        Lingenfelter, 38
    - $300 million, Liquor and Gaming Fund
      - Bjornerud, 251–52
      - Boyd, 249–50, 278–79
      - Harpauer, 250–51, 279–80
      - Hermanson, 248–49
      - Lingenfelter, 248–50, 252, 278–80
      - Romanow, 249–51
    - $300 million, Liquor and Gaming Fund, moved (Boyd)
      - Boyd, 252, 283–97
      - D'Autremont, 297–99
  - International talks See Finance Department – A. W. Johnson Distinguished Chair in Public Policy
- Internet See Electronic Information and Documents Act, 2000 (No. 38)
- Sanctions See Potato industry
- Talks, current, 152
  - Agriculture, special advisor, support, 7
  - Critical to solving problem of price subsidies, 7
  - Farmers, Western, interests representing, 7
Trade Union Amendment Act, 2000 (Freedom of Speech in the Workplace) (No. 234)
- First reading
  - Weekes, 921
Trade Union Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 223)
- First reading
  - Harpauer, 2045
Trade unions See also Electricity – Queen Elizabeth Power Station, Saskatoon, improved technology, upgrade
- Certification See also Construction industry – Union certification; Farm machinery industry – Union certification; Labour Relations Board – Labour unions
  - Coercion and intimidation, mechanism to check, 1853–54
- Certification, secret ballot, 1854–55
- Certification, without secret ballot, 1853
- Certification/decertification and strike action
  - Secret ballot, legislation See also Democratic Unionism Act (No. 233)
    - Crofford, 2041–42
    - Weekes, 2041
- Certification/decertification and strike action, secret ballot, legislation, moved (Weekes)
  - Weekes, 2045–46
- Collective bargaining See Construction industry
- Decertification See also Labour Relations Board – Labour unions
  - Requests, more than once in past year, 1857
- Freedom of speech See also Farm machinery industry – Union certification – Employer's right to be heard
  - Legislation See also Trade Union Amendment Act, 2000 (Freedom of Speech in the Workplace) (No. 234)
    - Crofford, 2042
    - Weekes, 2042
- Organization, state encouragement and assistance, Regina Manifesto quotation, government position, 1856
Traffic violations
- Red light cameras See Summary Offences Procedure Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 43)
Trailers
- Trailtech, Gravelbourg, fire, member's statement
  - Stewart, 1533
Training programs 151, 836, 1022–23 See also Apprenticeship training; Disabled and handicapped persons; Garment manufacturing industry – Alberta Garment Manufacturing, Calgary, AGM-Sask Ltd., relocation, Saskatoon; Métis – Employment and Training Awards
- Better, promotion, 6
- Bright future for children in the 21st century economy, key, 6
- Canadian Skills Competition, Prince Albert, member's statement
  - Heppner, 604
- Government commitment, 319
- JobStart/Future Skills program See Employment development – Saskatoon and Regina; Insurance – Canada Life, expansion
- Plan, 319
- Provincial training allowance, 1022–23
  - Client, repayment request, two years later, 1077
- Rural communities, 159
- Saskatchewan Training Strategy: Bridges to employment See Post Secondary Education and Skills Training Act, 2000 (No. 39)
- Skills Canada Saskatchewan competition, Prince Albert, member's statement
  - Higgins, 2142
- Skills training benefit, funding, 319, 1077
Trans-Canada Highway See Highways and Roads – Highway No. 1, twinning
Trans Canada Trail See Recreation
Transfer payments 141
TransGas Limited See Natural gas – Pipeline, expansion, Goodsoil to Rosetown
Transportation 344 See also Airports; Highways and roads; Highways and Transportation Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 49); Rail transportation/Railways
- Area planning committees, 377, 746 See also Highways and roads – Grid roads – Kipling to Moosomin
- Economy, new, supporting See Highways and roads – Funding
- Funding, 411
  - Centenary Capital Fund, 321, 383
  - Federal, 746 See Airports – Capital Assistance Program (ACAP); Highways and roads – Highway No. 8; Highways and roads – Highway No. 368, construction, completion plans
  - Future, investment, 321
- Infrastructure and safety, 746
- International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions, 6th, Saskatoon, June 18-22, 2000
  - Member's statement
    - Jones, 1868
  - Sponsorship, costs, 1742
- Opportunities, new, supporting See Highways and roads – Funding
TREEmendous Saskatchewan Foundation See Trees – Millennium Grove plantings, Empire Elementary School, Moose Jaw
Trees See also Forest industry; Municipalities – Dutch elm disease
- Millennium Grove plantings, Empire Elementary School, Moose Jaw, member's statement
  - Higgins, 1278
- Planting program
  - 100 million over next four years, 9, 123, 139, 368
  - Two year, Weyburn area school children, member's statement
    - Prebble, 2039–40
Tributes See also Condolences
- Mlazgar, Ron, Nipawin
  - Kwiatkowski, 168
- Schmirler, Sandra, member's statement
  - Hermanson, 330
  - Lingenfelter, 329–30
  - Melenchuk, 330–31
TRLabs See Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
Trucking industry See Motor Carrier Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 36)
Trucks See Motor vehicles – Used – Red-book value, sales tax
Tugaske, Sask. See Communities; Highways and roads – Highway No. 19 and 42 – Lake Diefenbaker and Elbow
Tuition fees 147, 164, 1070 See also Regional colleges – Investment vs. tuition fees, reduction; Universities – Funding – Sufficient vs. tuition fees, increase; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
- Foreign students, 1694
- One year, full payment or partial payment each year, election campaign proposal, 319
Tuxford, Sask. See Irrigation – Development, Tuxford, Marquis area
Tyrell, Dr. See Physicians/Doctors – Pediatric cardiologists, shortage