Hansard Subject Index - 2nd Session of the 24th Legislature

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E-commerce
- ShopSPMC, 132
E-government
- See
  - Internet – Government strategy, Government On-Line Fund
Early childhood development
- See
  - Children – Early childhood development program
  - Children – Early development programs
Early childhood development program
- See
  - Children – Early childhood development program
Early Childhood Intervention Week
- Member's statement
  - Prebble, 704
East Central Health District
- See also
  - Hospitals – Yorkton, pediatric unit, bed closures
- Board of directors
  - Removal/replacement, 1126
- Closures, concerns about Commission on Medicare report, 1127
- Pediatrician, possible loss of, Yorkton
  - See
    - Physicians/Doctors – Pediatrician, possible loss of, Yorkton
- Yorkton area, administrators working on longer term plan
  - Nilson, 1490
Eastend, Sask.
- See
  - Kinette clubs
Easter
- Greetings, member's statement
  - Toth, 543
  - Wartman, 543
Ecological reserves
- See
  - Representative areas network (RAN) program
Economic and Co-operative Development Department
- Assembly instructs Committee of Finance to reconsider supply resolution for department, moved (Lautermilch)
  - D'Autremont, 2261–62
  - Lautermilch, 2261
- Estimates, main (2001-2002), 526–34, 824–33, 1297–1304, 2184–88, 2262–65, 2283–84
  - Lautermilch, 526–34, 824–33, 1297–1304, 2184–87, 2262
  - Wakefield, 526–33, 824–27, 829–33, 1297–1304, 2184–87
  - Wall, 533, 827–29
- Estimates, supplementary (2000-2001), 2188, 2284
- Facilitator for economic growth, 527
- Mandate, goals, and principles, 526
- Office in Ottawa, purpose, 2184
- Programs, funding, 825–26
- Provincial economic strategy, 1265, 1298–1302
- Staff, increase in number, 824–25
Economic and Co-operative Development Department, Office of Northern Affairs
- See
  - Northern Affairs Office
Economic development 127
- Krawetz, 286
- Strategy
  - See
    - Economic and Co-operative Development Department – Provincial economic strategy
Economic policy
- D'Autremont, 352
Economy
- See also
  - Information economy
- Conference Board of Canada, provincial outlook report, spring 2001, member's statement
  - Wartman, 1776
- Confidence, 72–73, 105, 116, 133, 155
  - Calvert, 741–42, 2144–45
  - Lautermilch, 741, 1019
  - Low, general population
    - Hermanson, 741
  - Member's statement
    - Thomson, 2253
  - Regina, member's statement
    - Yates, 2197
- Deregulated, market-driven
  - Sonntag, 571
- Diversification, 104, 145, 526
  - Cline, 265, 266
  - Lautermilch, 570, 1692
  - Yates, 312
- Forecast, government, 2001-2002
  - Cline, 1980–81
  - Krawetz, 1980–81
- Forecast, Toronto Dominion Bank
  - Eagles, 2396
  - Hermanson, 2394
- Globalization and technology, 2
- Gross domestic product (GDP)
  - Growth, eight consecutive years
    - Lautermilch, 570
  - Largest growth per capita in 1990s
    - Calvert, 429
- Growth, 129, 145, 151, 158, 254
  - Cline, 265, 266
  - Lautermilch, 571
  - Thomson, 367
  - Forecast, Royal Bank of Canada
    - Calvert, 446
  - Forecasts, Royal Bank and Toronto Dominion Bank, member's statement
    - Addley, 393
  - Incentives
    - Lautermilch, 395, 570
  - Industrial incentives, encourage
    - McMorris, 386
  - Lloydminster, 76–77, 527
  - Long term, 530
  - Natural resources revenue
    - Cline, 266
  - Regina, member's statement
    - Harper, 49
  - Revenue distribution, 254
  - Saskatoon, 17
  - Saskatoon, member's statement
    - Jones, 2226
- Investment
  - Thomson, 366
- Opportunities, 1
  - Cline, 265, 268
- Opportunities, agricultural, 185
- Partnership for Growth (1996)
  - Calvert, 1635
- Partnership for Prosperity (2001)
  - Strategic plan, 2412
    - Calvert, 1636, 1693, 1747, 2396
    - Lautermilch, 1667
    - Wall, 2354
  - Strategic plan, ministerial statement (Lautermilch)
    - D'Autremont, 1638–39
    - Lautermilch, 1638
- Partnership for Prosperity (2001), blueprint, 2, 73, 207, 210
- Performance, weakest in Canada, Globe and Mail report
  - Hermanson, 570
  - Influenced by agricultural crisis
    - Lautermilch, 570
- Resource based, cyclical
  - Crofford, 293
- Revitalization, 530
- Rural
  - See
    - Rural economy
- Signals to attract development, 527, 1300–1303
- Slump
  - Hermanson, 1693
  - McMorris, 2145
- Stagnant, 181–82
- Successes, member's statement
  - McCall, 2196
- Yorkton, booming, healthy housing market, member's statement
  - Serby, 1664
Economy, Information
- See
  - Information economy
Education 131, 157, 220
- See also
- Alternative programs, 241
- Better, promotion of, 2
- Changing, Role of the School Task Force, 240
  - Draude, 317
  - Melenchuk, 439
- Changing, Role of the School Task Force, final report, member's statement
  - McCall, 228
- Changing, Role of the School Task Force, final report, ministerial statement (Melenchuk)
  - Draude, 206
  - Melenchuk, 206
- Changing, Role of the School Task Force , implementation, 2293
- Conference, Breaking Down Barriers: Old Challenges, New Solutions , Meadow Lake, May 10, 2001, member's statement
  - Sonntag, 1100
- Curriculum, mathematics, 251
- Distance learning
  - Saskatchewan Communications Network, use in rural and northern colleges
    - Hagel, 436
- Distance learning, via Internet, 105
  - See also
    - CommunityNet
- Enrolment, declining, 58
- Funding, 186–87, 240, 2376–77
  - Atkinson, 416
  - Belanger, 374
  - Brkich, 346
  - Calvert, 447
  - Cline, 269, 449
  - Crofford, 291, 295
  - Draude, 316
  - Goulet, 302
  - Hagel, 435
  - Harpauer, 370
  - Hillson, 408
  - Krawetz, 281
  - Melenchuk, 2066–67
  - Osika, 280, 409
  - Sonntag, 403, 405
  - Yates, 313
  - 60/40 split, 2291–92
  - Northern Saskatchewan
    - Goulet, 300
- Graduation
  - High school, member's statement
    - Draude, 2196
  - St. Gabriel School, Biggar, member's statement
    - Weekes, 2226
- Investment, strategic
  - Cline, 268, 269
- Opportunities through technology, 3
- Planning
  - Urge government to carry through long-term plan for education as announced in budget, moved (McCall)
    - McCall, 1410–14
    - Wartman, 1414–24
- Rural areas, 247
  - Shared services, funding
    - Melenchuk, 440
  - Transportation grant
    - Melenchuk, 440
- SchoolPLUS: a Vision for Children and Youth
  - Expansion of pre-kindergarten program, funding, 1235
  - Hamilton, 335
  - Melenchuk, 439
- Special education
  - Funding, 1235–36, 1238
    - Cline, 269
    - Melenchuk, 440
    - Yates, 314
- Tax rebate program
  - See
    - Farmland – Education tax
- Teaching resources, Natalie Regier, Radville entrepreneur, member's statement
  - Bakken, 1015
- Technological tools, investment, 269
- World Catholic Education Day, May 24, 2001, member's statement
  - Draude, 1284–85
  - Melenchuk, 1284
Education, post-secondary 157, 191
- See also
- Fees, Alberta, 207
- Funding
  - Hagel, 435
  - Capital
    - Hagel, 435
  - Information technology
    - Hagel, 436
  - Infrastructure
    - Thomson, 369–70
- Funding, federal, 691–92
- Graduates
  - Choosing Saskatchewan, tax credit, 811
  - Convocation and graduation, congratulations, member's statement
    - Hart, 1276
  - Convocation and graduation, member's statement
    - Thomson, 1310
  - Increase numbers of, 192
  - Indians/First Nations, 807
  - Mobility, 811–12, 1709
  - Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, remaining in Saskatchewan, member's statement
    - Higgins, 1745
- Indians/First Nations, 687–89
- Investment
  - Belanger, 374
  - Thomson, 366
- Investment, strategic
  - Cline, 269
- Northern health science access program, ministerial statement (Hagel)
  - Hagel, 1985
  - Hart, 1985
- Quality assurance, via legislation, degrees, college reviews, 687
- Scholarships
  - Cline, 269
  - Hagel, 435
- Tax credits
  - See also
    - Income tax – Provincial tax credits, increases
  - Brkich, 346
  - Crofford, 294
- Tuition fees, increase, 246, 2374–75
  - Weekes, 414
- Virtual campus, Web-based, 689
  - Cline, 269
  - Hagel, 436
Education Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 54)
- First reading
  - Melenchuk, 1607
- Second reading
  - Draude, 1932
  - Krawetz, 1697–98
  - Melenchuk, 1696–97
- Committee of the Whole Assembly
  - Draude, 2077–78
  - Melenchuk, 2077–78
- Third reading
  - Melenchuk, 2079
- Royal Assent, 2249
Education Committee
- Membership, substitution, moved (Lautermilch)
  - Lautermilch, 235
Education Department
- Estimates, main (2001-2002), 534–40, 1234–40, 1622–28, 1899–1905, 2291–96
  - Bakken, 538
  - Bjornerud, 537–38
  - Brkich, 1238–40
  - D'Autremont, 2294–95
  - Draude, 534–39, 1234–38, 1622–28, 1899–1904, 2291–94
  - Kwiatkowski, 537
  - Melenchuk, 534–40, 1234–40, 1622–28, 1899–1905, 2291–95
- Estimates, supplementary (2000-2001), 2295
- Staff, additional, 1900
- Travel budget, 1904
Education tax
- See
  - Farmland – Education tax
Election Amendment Act, 2001 (Financial Disclosure) (No. 228)
- First reading
  - Heppner, 1842
Elections 2411, 2413
- See also
  - British Columbia
- Costs, member's statement
  - D'Autremont, 515
- Promises
  - Calvert, 327
  - Hermanson, 327
  - Kwiatkowski, 378
- Promises, Liberal
  - Draude, 1916–17
Electricity
- See also
  - Saskatchewan Power Corporation
- Cogeneration, 150
- Cogeneration, capacity, expansion, Cory and Muskeg Lake
  - Cline, 486
- Generation, 119
- Portable power plant, Kelliher, 189
Elevators
- See
  - Grain – Elevators
Elk 249
- See also
  - Chronic wasting disease
Elks of Canada
- See
  - Sports – Curling – Provincial Elks and Royal Purple championships
Emblems
- See
  - Provincial Emblems and Honours Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 8)
Emergency medical services
- See
  - Ambulance service
  - Health care – Emergency services
- Saskatchewan EMS Development Project, report, recommendation
  - See
    - Ambulance service – Community-based
Emergency medical services workers
- Pay rates, standardization
  - Hillson, 2232
  - Nilson, 2232
Emergency preparedness
- Emergency Preparedness Week, May 7-13, 2001, member's statement
  - Addley, 1075
Emergency services
- See also
  - Ambulance service
- Facility, new, Gull Lake, member's statement
  - Thomson, 228
Emergency vehicles
- See
  - Vehicles, emergency
Employment 1, 125
- See also
  - Youth – Employment
- Agriculture, 208
- Equity
  - See
    - Women – Aboriginal
- Growth, 147
- Growth, March 2000 and March 2001
  - Lautermilch, 427
- Growth, projection
  - Calvert, 1635–36
  - Hermanson, 1635–36
- Loss, 151, 155, 176, 188, 211, 214, 222, 2408
  - See also
    - Unemployment
  - Calvert, 10–12, 2393–94
  - D'Autremont, 352, 364
  - Eagles, 2395–97
  - Hermanson, 10, 277, 278, 427–28, 441, 1692, 2393–94
  - Hillson, 1668, 1748
  - McMorris, 387
  - Wakefield, 1666–67
  - Wall, 288
  - Weekes, 413
- Loss, agricultural sector
  - Calvert, 428, 1746–47
  - Lautermilch, 1666, 1668, 1692, 1748
- Numbers, by category, changes, 531
- Numbers, increase, 122, 208, 218
- Numbers, increase, member's statement
  - Jones, 258
Employment development 129–30, 142, 144, 155, 179, 193, 222
- Lautermilch, 1019
- Aboriginal Employment Development Program
  - Funding, 752
  - IPSCO Saskatchewan, partner, member's statement
    - Wartman, 2349–50
  - North West Regional College, member's statement
    - Sonntag, 987
- Commitment not attained, moved (Wakefield); amendment (Yates), 1753–71
  - Hillson, 1755–58
  - Thomson, 1765–71
  - Wakefield, 1753–55
  - Yates, 1758–65
- Government, youth, 176, 968, 969–70, 1214–15, 2343
  - Crofford, 295
- Government/private sector partnerships for youth, 968
- Government projections, 529, 530
- Graduates, retention
  - Brkich, 346
- Interprovincial Association on Native Employment, conference, May 30, 2001, member's statement
  - Goulet, 1428
- Lack of
  - Bakken, 310
  - Hermanson, 427–28
  - Krawetz, 281, 285
  - Toth, 342–43
  - Wall, 287, 288
- Small business
  - Krawetz, 285
- Statistics, 55–56
Employment insurance
- See
  - Women – Entrepreneurs
Energy 142
- Alternative, recycled French fry oil, eco-bus, student promotion, member's statement
  - Crofford, 2064
- Conservation, 243
- Conservation and ethanol production, ministerial statement (Calvert)
  - Calvert, 1281–82
  - D'Autremont, 1282
- Rate increases, 99, 119, 243
- Rebates to consumers, petitions, 480, 566, 594, 640, 660, 702, 785, 837, 868, 900, 926, 952, 984, 1012, 1042, 1072, 1099, 1131, 1156, 1186, 1219, 1242, 1274, 1307, 1337, 1395, 1426, 1484, 1512, 1566, 1630, 1660, 1743, 1775, 1804, 1834, 1862, 2004, 2062, 2092, 2190, 2224, 2252, 2310, 2348, 2390
  - Allchurch, 566, 660, 702, 736, 762, 784, 868, 926, 984, 1042, 1072, 1156, 1743, 2141
  - Brkich, 542, 566, 593, 659, 702, 736, 762, 784, 836, 868, 900, 1012, 1041, 1072, 1098, 1156, 1186, 1218, 1242, 1274, 1395, 1454, 1511, 1685, 2141, 2190, 2224, 2252, 2309, 2348, 2390
  - Eagles, 639, 1305–6, 1741
  - Gantefoer, 423, 451, 565, 701, 735, 783, 835, 867, 983, 1011, 1029, 1335, 1393
  - Hermanson, 541, 565, 593, 659, 701, 735, 761, 783, 835, 925, 951, 1011, 1803
  - Huyghebaert, 2004, 2062, 2190, 2224
  - Peters, 736, 1218, 1242, 1274, 1307, 1395, 1454, 1484, 1511, 1598, 1630, 1685, 1743, 1774, 1804, 1834, 1977, 2062, 2190
  - Weekes, 1511, 2224, 2251, 2309, 2347, 2389
- Renewable, development, 243
Energy and Mines Department
- Estimates, main (2001-2002), 695–700, 1388–92, 2344
  - Sonntag, 695–700, 1388–92
  - Stewart, 695–700, 1389–92
- Estimates, supplementary (2000-2001), 2344
- Mandate, 696
- Staff, increase in number
  - Sonntag, 403
Entrepreneurs, women
- See
  - Women – Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
- Government programs, young people, 2343–44
- Publication, Don't Turn Out the Lights, Al Scholz, author, member's statement
  - Wartman, 325
Environment
- See also
  - High schools – Hudson Bay Composite High School
  - Schools – Lakeridge School, Saskatoon
- Canadian Environment Week, June 3-9, 2001, member's statement
  - Kwiatkowski, 1514
- Cleanup, 243
- Protection, 4
- Protection and management
  - Cline, 267
- Protection and management, budget highlights, member's statement
  - Prebble, 394
Environment and Resource Management Department
- Additional staff, 910
- Additional staff, distribution, 678–79
- Estimates, main (2001-2002), 676–83, 908–19, 1650–57, 2132–40, 2402
  - Allchurch, 1650–57, 2132–34, 2136–39
  - Belanger, 676–83, 908–19, 1650–57, 2132–40
  - Bjornerud, 679–81
  - Draude, 914–16
  - Huyghebaert, 912–14, 918–19
  - Kwiatkowski, 676–78, 681–83, 908–12, 2132, 2134–36, 2139–40
  - Peters, 917–18
  - Toth, 916–17
- Estimates, supplementary (2000-2001), 2402
- Funding
  - Belanger, 374
- Minister, resignation request
  - Heppner, 1080
- Minister, resignation request denied
  - Calvert, 1080
- Water quality
  - Testing, 915
    - Kwiatkowski, 1048
  - Testing, informing, regulating communities
    - Belanger, 1225–26
    - Kwiatkowski, 1225–26
- Water quality issues
  - Communication, 2357–61, 2362–63
  - No common government database
    - Kwiatkowski, 1048
  - Role in, 908–19
    - Belanger, 1077, 1079
    - Heppner, 1077
Equalization payments/transfers 892
- See also
  - Municipalities – Equalization payments
Esterhazy, Sask.
- See
  - Hospitals – St. Anthony's, Esterhazy, payroll problem
Estevan, Sask.
- See
  - Music – Estevan and District Music Festival
Estimates
- 2000-2001, supplementary, moved (Cline) to refer to Committee of Finance, 264
- 2000-2001, supplementary, transmitted, 264
- 2001-2002, main, moved (Cline) to refer to Committee of Finance, 264
- 2001-2002, main, transmitted, 264
Estimates Committee
- Legislative Assembly estimates, main and supplementary; Provincial Auditor, estimates; Chief Electoral Officer, estimates; Information and Privacy Commissioner, estimates; Ombudsman and Children's Advocate, estimates; Conflict of Interest Commissioner, estimates; Supplementary estimates, referral, moved (Hagel)
  - Hagel, 1095
- Second report, moved (Harpauer) for concurrence
  - Harpauer, 1274
Ethanol production
- See also
  - Energy – Conservation and ethanol production, ministerial statement (Calvert)
- Incentive program, five-year, government, 1507
- International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Trade Show, Minnesota, member's statement
  - Harpauer, 2142
- Provincial study, 1505–6
Everest, Mount
- Canadian achievement, second reaching of summit, David Rodney, member's statement
  - Serby, 1309
Executive Council
- Estimates, main (2001-2002), 2355–87, 2403–13
  - Boyd, 2384–87
  - Calvert, 2355–87, 2403–13
  - Eagles, 2379–84
  - Hermanson, 2355–76, 2405–13
  - Krawetz, 2377–79, 2403–5
- Staff, increase, 2408
- Staff positions, rationale, deputy minister to the Premier, cabinet secretary, 2409
Exports 1
- Growth, member's statement
  - Thomson, 704
Extended care centres
- See
  - Special care homes