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

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Wages and salaries
- Minimum wage, 122–23, 379, 382 See also Income – Low – Tax rolls
  - Review, 1863
Wakaw, Sask. See Water supply – Wakaw-Humboldt pipeline, overflow accommodation, land expropriation; Water – Treatment plants – Wakaw, waste, lagoon servicing
Wakeling, Justice Thomas See Personal injury protection plan – Review, full, independent
Walkerton, Ont. See Water quality – Rural communities, Saskatchewan Research Council investigation; Water quality – Safety, monitoring procedures; Water supply – Damage, compensation
Wascana Centre, Regina See Legislative Building, Regina – Front lawn
Wascana Energy See SaskEnergy Incorporated – Head office, relocation
Wascana Oil See Government building space
Waste
- Saskatchewan Waste Minimization Awards, 4th, 2000, Weyburn, recipients, Maple Creek and Maple Creek and District Opportunities Inc., member's statement
  - Elhard, 1035–36
Water See also Irrigation; Northern Saskatchewan
- Drainage See also Upper Assiniboine River Basin – Water drainage ditches, moratorium
  - Channels
    - Clearing program, 1792, 2131
  - Conservation and development area authorities, 2131
    - Administration, rural municipalities, assuming, 2129
    - New, creation, 2130
  - Ditches
    - Churchbridge Rural Municipality, legal action, against, 1792–93
    - Filling in
      - 1949 standards, dry areas, impact, 2134
      - Water Management Framework Agreement, Saskatchewan Water Corporation, requirement, 2131–33
  - Jordan Rivan project, Nipawin area, 1789
  - Programs, southeast, rural municipalities, requests, 2136
  - Projects, conservation and development area authorities, funding, 2129
  - Pumping equipment rental program, 1792
  - Regina area, Sherwood conservation and development area authority, 2130
  - Treatment plants, Saskatchewan Research Council involvement, Sask. Water Corporation request, 1928
- Management See also Highways and roads – Bridges – Damage, water flow from Diefenbaker Lake to Buffalo Pound
  - Upper Assiniboine River Basin Study, 1789
- Partnership Agreement on Water-Based Economic Development (PAWBED), 2135
- Projects, assistance, Sask Water, 1791–92
- Rights See also Alameda dam – Recreational facilities and water rights, Souris Moose Mountain wildlife federation, negotiations
- Treatment plants
  - Construction, Sask Water vs. local firms, competition, 1791
  - Ownership, Sask Water, 1791
  - Wakaw, waste, lagoon servicing, seepage, no limit, 1790–91
Water Appeal Board
- Environment and Resource Management Department, responsibility, agricultural interest, effect, 2134
- Flooding, decisions, enforcement, authority, 2133–34
Water Management Framework Agreement See Water – Drainage – Ditches – Filling in
Water quality See also Irrigation – Projects – Contractual arrangements
- Canora, 148
- Rural communities, Saskatchewan Research Council investigation, 1928
- Rural program, 2130
- Safety, monitoring procedures
  - Junor, 1339–40
  - McMorris, 1338–40
Water supply
- Channels, farmland, minimum levels, 2129
- Damage, compensation, 2241
- Fees, Sask Water, 1791
- Pipeline projects, Sask Water vs. local firms, competition, 1791
- Wakaw-Humboldt pipeline, overflow accommodation, land expropriation, 1790
Watrous, Sask. See Hospitals; Living Sky Health District – Health/Budget plans
Watson, Sask. See Telephones – Cellular service – Watson, petitions
Wealth
- Creation and distribution, 321
WEFA Canada Inc. See Indians/First Nations – Off-reserve – Purchases
Weiman, Blaine See Highways and roads – Highway No. 27 – No. 2 towards Prud'homme and Vonda
Welfare See Social assistance
Wells
- Abandoned See Natural gas; Oil industry – Wells
WEPA (Western Economic Partnership Agreement) See Farm machinery industry – Western Canada Testing Inc., Humboldt; Tourism – Workers, training program, funding
Western alienation/separatism See Separatism, western
Western Beef Development Centre, Saskatoon See Beef industry
Western Canada Testing Inc., Humboldt See Farm machinery industry
Western Economic Partnership Agreement See Farm machinery industry – Western Canada Testing Inc., Humboldt; Tourism – Workers, training program, funding
Weyburn, Sask. See Court houses – Closure; Hospitals – Closures; Long-term care – Facilities – Souris Valley Extended Care Centre; Oil industry – Carbon dioxide (CO2) enhanced oil recovery program, Weyburn; Small business
Weyerhaeuser See Forest industry – Pasquia-Porcupine Integrated Forest Land Use Plan; Forest industry – Prince Albert Pulp and Paper
Wheat See Grain
Whitewood, Sask. See Fundraising
Wholesale
- Sales, member's statement
  - Yates, 2038
Widows/widowers See Workers' compensation – Survivor benefits
Wild rice industry 93
- 14th annual conference, April 19, 2000, La Ronge, member's statement
  - Belanger, 811
- Production, member's statement
  - Belanger, 943–44
Wildlife See also Elk industry; Hunting; Northern Saskatchewan – Representative area networks
- Management, coyotes, 933
Wildlife Act Consequential Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 53)
- First reading
  - Belanger, 1186
- Second reading
  - Belanger, 1396–97
  - Gantefoer, 1397
  - Toth, 1661
- Committee of the Whole Assembly, 2151
- Third reading
  - Van Mulligen, 2167
- Royal Assent, 2227
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2000 (No. 52)
- First reading
  - Belanger, 1186
- Second reading
  - Belanger, 1395–96
  - Gantefoer, 1396
  - Kwiatkowski, 1983
  - Toth, 1658–61
- Committee of the Whole Assembly
  - Belanger, 2150–51
  - Kwiatkowski, 2150–51
- Third reading
  - Van Mulligen, 2167
- Royal Assent, 2227
Wilson, Dr. Cameron See Health care – Renal dialysis, satellites – Swift Current
Wind power 123
Wollaston Lake, Sask. See Airports – Fond-du-Lac and Wollaston Lake
Wolverine Rural Municipality
- Living Sky Health District, debenture, nonpayment
  - Harpauer, 1441–42
  - Junor, 1441–42
Women See also Families – Single parent – Women; Public service – Out-of-scope employees, salary greater than $50,000 a year, men vs. women; Senior citizens – Women, health care, adequate, affordable housing, access to essential services, long-range plans, Women's Secretariat
- Aboriginal See also Women – Victims of violence
  - Employment, sexual and economic barriers, Women's Secretariat, action, 1294–95
  - Profile of Aboriginal Women in Saskatchewan, Women's Secretariat publication, 1225–26, 1292
- Battered
  - Purple Ribbon Awareness Week, May 14-20, 2000
    - Member's statement
      - Junor, 1206
    - Women's Secretariat, special programs or services, 1293
  - Women's Awareness Week, November 30-December 6, 1999, duplication in promotion, Purple Ribbon Awareness Week, 1294
  - Women's Awareness Week, November 30-December 6, 1999, member's statement (Crofford)
    - Crofford, 10–11
    - Draude, 11
- Entrepreneurs
  - Maternity leave, 1227–28
  - Numbers and impact on economy, 1227
  - Research, Women's Secretariat, 1226–27
- Entrepreneurs' Week, May 5-11, 2000, member's statement
  - Draude, 1060–61
  - Kasperski, 1061
- Funding, opportunities, publications See Women's Secretariat – Payments, Lorraine Thompson
- Issues, 1294
- Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Women booklet, member's statement
  - Higgins, 78
- Osteoporosis, bone density testing, waiting list
  - Atkinson, 1151–52
  - Bakken, 1151–52
- Rural See Senior citizens – Care of
- Unpaid workers, Women's Secretariat, role in addressing, 1294
- Victims of violence
  - Aboriginal women, Women's Secretariat, programs, 1294–95
  - Funding, member's statement
    - Bakken, 1178
- YM/YWCA and Moose Jaw Transition House, Women of Distinction Awards, Moose Jaw, member's statement
  - Higgins, 1088
- YWCA, Women of Distinction awards
  - Prince Albert, member's statement
    - Kowalsky, 1090
  - Regina, member's statement
    - Bakken, 1036
    - Crofford, 1036
  - Regina, Women's Secretariat, employees, attendance, 1293
  - Saskatoon, March 29, 2000, member's statement
    - Atkinson, 550
Women's Organizations on Line (WOOL) See Internet – Women's Organizations on Line (WOOL) project
Women's Secretariat See also Agriculture and Food department – Farm stress line, funding, Women's Secretariat; Families – Single parent – Women; Families – Violence – RESOLVE; Pay equity – Women's Secretariat, initiatives and programs; Senior citizens – Women, health care, adequate, affordable housing, access to essential services, long-range plans, Women's Secretariat; Women – Aboriginal; Women – Battered – Purple Ribbon Awareness Week; Women – Entrepreneurs – Research; Women – Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Women booklet; Women – Unpaid workers, Women's Secretariat, role in addressing; Women – Victims of violence – Aboriginal women; Women – YWCA, Women of Distinction Awards – Regina
- Administrative personnel, services, Department of Labour, 1293
- Advertising, 1295
- Communication, expenditures, 1295
- Contract services, 1226
- Daily workload/work description, 1292, 1294
- Estimates, main (2000-2001), 1223–28, 1291–96
  - Crofford, 1223–28, 1291–96
  - Draude, 1223–26, 1228, 1291–96
  - Julé, 1228
  - Wall, 1226–28
- Expenditures, 1227
- Expenditures, not directly on personnel, 1228, 1291
- Grants, 1226
- Mandate, year 1996 vs. year 2000, 1224
- Office space, rent, 1293
- Payments, Lorraine Thompson, 1228
- Priorities, goals, 1293, 1295
- Programs, funding, 1226
- Travel expenses, 1226
Wood River constituency See also Legislative Assembly members
- By-election See also Government – Coalition – Renegotiation
  - Boyd, 1268
  - Hermanson, 1207–9, 2203–4
  - Lingenfelter, 1208–9, 1268–69
  - Romanow, 2203–4
  - Comments, former member from Wood River, member's statement
    - Bjornerud, 2108–9
  - CRTC and Chief Electoral Officer, complaint, Liberal candidate, member's statement
    - Heppner, 2142
  - New Democratic Party, nomination meeting, member's statement
    - Higgins, 1500
  - Prediction, member's statement
    - Wiberg, 2107
  - Saskatchewan Party
    - Nomination
      - Candidates, member's statement
        
        Hermanson, 1438
      - Yogi Huyghebaert, member's statement
        
        Boyd, 1647
  - Winner, Yogi Huyghebaert, Saskatchewan Party
    - Congratulations, member's statement
      - Yates, 2201
    - Gratitude, member's statement
      - Huyghebaert, 2250–51
  - Winner, Yogi Huyghebaert, Saskatchewan Party, member's statement
    - D'Autremont, 2201
- Concerns/issues
  - Huyghebaert, 2252–53
  - Romanow, 2252–53
Wood River Constituency By-election Act (No. 86)
- First reading
  - Lingenfelter, 2227
- Second reading
  - Lingenfelter, 2227
- Committee of the Whole Assembly
  - Lingenfelter, 2227
- Third reading
  - Lingenfelter, 2227
- Royal Assent, 2227
WOOL See Internet – Women's Organizations on Line (WOOL) project
Workers See Labour force
Workers' compensation See also Health care – Magnetic resonance imaging system (MRI)
- Claimants, doctor's services, payments, due, 1859
- Premiums, higher than necessary to encourage safety as a priority, 1860–61
- Survivor benefits, one-time tax free payment, old age pension benefits, impact
  - Crofford, 815
  - Weekes, 815
Workers' Compensation Board See also Health Department
- Advertising budget, 1860
- Chairman
  - Meetings and hearings, attendance, 1859
  - Salary, 1859
- Chief executive officer, hiring, chairman's salary, decrease, 1859–60
- Decisions, appeal, confidentiality agreement, 1859
- Members, salary, 1859
- Regina offices, interior design services, request for proposals, fair competition, 1858
Workplace See also Families – Work, leave
- Youth, Ready for Work initiative, further initiatives, ministerial statement (Crofford)
  - Crofford, 1283
  - Weekes, 1283–84
World Trade Organization (WTO), Seattle meeting, November-December, 1999 See Grain – Price subsidies, United States/European Economic Union
World War I
- Battle of Vimy Ridge See also Unknown Soldier
  - 83rd anniversary, member's statement
    - Addley, 605
- Veteran, Harry Kulyk, Blaine Lake, recognition, member's statement
  - Weekes, 1473
World War II
- D-Day, 56th anniversary See Decoration Day – Veterans remembrance
- Veterans, aboriginal, 91
World Wildlife Fund See Northern Saskatchewan – Representative area networks
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 See Child labour
Writers See also Books
- Bishop, Mary Harelkin, Tunnels of Time, publication, member's statement
  - Higgins, 1439
- Regina Lakeview constituency, Gail Bowen's mysteries transformation into made-for-TV movies, member's statement
  - Nilson, 729
- Weyburn, Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
  - From Far and Wide, launch
    - Bakken, 1973
  - A Prairie Alphabet and Regina, Alison Lohans, Skateboard Kids, book tours sponsored by Canadian Children's Book Centre, member's statement
    - Nilson, 209–10
WTO See World Trade Organization (WTO)
Wynyard, Sask. See Economy, growth; Hospital closures; Living Sky Health District – Health/Budget plans