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

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Occupational health and safety
- See also
  - Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 39)
- North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, May 6-12, 2001, member's statement
  - Jones, 986
- Occupational Health and Safety Week, May 6-12, 2001, member's statement
  - Weekes, 954–55
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 39)
- First reading
  - Trew, 1284
- Second reading
  - Allchurch, 1880
  - Stewart, 1437
  - Trew, 1436–37
  - Weekes, 1642
- Committee of the Whole Assembly
  - Trew, 2078–79
  - Weekes, 2078–79
- Third reading
  - Melenchuk, 2079
- Royal Assent, 2249
Offenders, dangerous
- Release into communities, 1998–99
Office of Northern Affairs
- See
  - Northern Affairs Office
Office of Rural Revitalization
- See
  - Rural Revitalization Office
Oil and Gas Conservation Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 10)
- First reading
  - Sonntag, 401
- Second reading
  - Brkich, 1024–27
  - McMorris, 669
  - Sonntag, 668–69
  - Stewart, 878–79
  - Wiberg, 1813–14
- Committee of the Whole Assembly
  - Sonntag, 2110–11
  - Stewart, 2110–11
- Third reading
  - Nilson, 2130
- Royal Assent, 2249
Oil industry 142–43, 146, 182–83, 250, 696, 698–99
- See also
  - Freehold Oil and Gas Production Tax Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 11)
  - Oil and Gas Conservation Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 10)
- Alberta, bonus, 207
- CO enhanced oil recovery, 696
  - Incentives
    - Crofford, 294
  - Program, Weyburn, PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, member's statement
    - Wartman, 110
- Pipeline routes, Alaska and Mackenzie Valley pipelines
  - Hillson, 2012
- Pipeline routes, Alliance Pipeline
  - Lautermilch, 2012
- Production, 1, 193, 208
- Revenue, 270
- Royalties, 699–700
- Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show, Weyburn, June 6-7, 2001
  - Inductees into Saskatchewan Oilmen's Hall of Fame, member's statement
    - Stewart, 1631
  - Member's statement
    - Yates, 1601
- Tax, 270
- Used oil recovery
  - Biggar recycling centre, member's statement
    - Atkinson, 739–40
  - Used Oil, Filter and Container EcoCentre No. 13, Grenfell, official opening, June 15, 2001, member's statement
    - Toth, 1980
- Wells
  - Decommissioned, 4, 75, 126
  - Drilled, 1392
  - Reclaimed, 4, 75, 126
    - Crofford, 293
Olympic Games, Special
- See
  - Special Olympic Games
Oral question period
- Abuse and Exploitation of Children through the Sex Trade Prevention Committee
  - Report
    - Julé, 547–48
    - Van Mulligen, 547–48
  - Report, recommendations, implementation
    - Toth, 2069–70
    - Van Mulligen, 2069–70
- Action Committee on the Rural Economy (ACRE)
  - Boyd, 549
  - Huyghebaert, 233
- Agriculture
  - Drought assistance
    - Boyd, 2258–59
    - Serby, 2258–59
  - Policy
    - Boyd, 52
    - Serby, 52
  - Policy, federal, overhaul, Saskatchewan proposals
    - Boyd, 1667
    - Serby, 1667
- Aircraft
  - Government, use by cabinet ministers, policy
    - Hamilton, 1135–36
    - Lautermilch, 1136–37
  - Government, use by cabinet ministers for political purposes
    - D'Autremont, 1135–37
- Ambulance service
  - Fees, standardization
    - Hillson, 2231–32
    - Nilson, 2231–32
- Budget
  - Balanced, eighth consecutive
    - Cline, 278–79
  - Investment strategies, highways and roads, education
    - Cline, 398–99
- Business
  - Taxation
    - Osika, 769
- Canada Farm Income Program (CFIP)
  - Problems
    - Boyd, 329
    - Serby, 329
- Canada-Saskatchewan Infrastructure Program
  - North Battleford, water treatment assistance
    - Hillson, 1194
    - Osika, 1194
- Casinos
  - Revenue, First Nations Fund, expenditure on economic and social development for Aboriginal people
    - Julé, 1637, 1665, 1693–94
    - Lorjé, 1637
  - Revenue, First Nations Fund, provincial audit, findings
    - Julé, 1636–37, 1664–65
    - Lorjé, 1637
  - Revenue, First Nations Fund, provincial audit, government actions
    - Lorjé, 1636, 1664–65, 1693–94
- Centenary Capital Fund
  - Osika, 360
- Centennial 2005
  - Crown corporation, establishment
    - Bakken, 664–65
    - Lorjé, 665
- Centennial summer student employment program
  - Calvert, 2396
- Children
  - Tobacco, possession, penalties
    - Bakken, 2066
    - Nilson, 2066
  - Tobacco use, education
    - Bakken, 2065–66
    - Melenchuk, 2066
    - Nilson, 2065
- Chronic wasting disease
  - Belanger, 398
  - Kwiatkowski, 397–98
  - Control measures
    - Belanger, 398
    - Kwiatkowski, 398
- Commission on Medicare
  - Calvert, 232
  - Nilson, 204–5
  - Hospitals, closure, effect
    - Draude, 643
  - Hospitals, closure, effect, northern Saskatchewan
    - Wiberg, 644
  - Hospitals, closure, remaining services available, Cypress Hills
    - Elhard, 643
  - Public policy, citizen participation for formation
    - Calvert, 602
  - Recommendations
    - Hire additional managers
      - Hermanson, 516
    - Hospital bed closures
      - Hermanson, 516
    - Hospital closures
      - Bakken, 520
      - Gantefoer, 518, 546
      - Hermanson, 516
    - Physicians/doctors, salaried
      - Gantefoer, 519
    - Process for dealing with
      - Calvert, 516–17
      - Gantefoer, 545, 1983
      - Hermanson, 516
      - Hillson, 549
      - Lautermilch, 1984
      - Nilson, 520, 1983
      - Serby, 546–49
    - Process for dealing with, all-party committee
      - Lautermilch, 643–44
    - Process for dealing with, all-party committee, mandate
      - Gantefoer, 644
      - Lautermilch, 644–45
    - Public consultation
      - Calvert, 516–18
      - Serby, 545–47, 549
    - Reduce services
      - Gantefoer, 517
  - Report
    - Serby, 546
    - Health care mismanagement
      - Bakken, 520
    - Health care system fragile
      - Gantefoer, 545
    - Shelve
      - Hillson, 601–2
    - Sustainable system needed
      - Hillson, 549–50
- Confidence, government
  - D'Autremont, 2199–2200
  - Hermanson, 2198–99
- Crown corporations
  - Accountability
    - Hermanson, 873
  - Competition with private sector
    - Hermanson, 1222–23
  - Contribution to economy
    - Calvert, 873
  - Debt, increase
    - Cline, 486
    - Krawetz, 485–86
  - Hurting small business
    - Wall, 876
  - Investments
    - Sonntag, 646–47, 666–68, 906–7
    - Due diligence guidelines
      - Gantefoer, 933
      - Sonntag, 933–34
    - Due diligence guidelines, ignored
      - Gantefoer, 934
    - Effect on retention of youth
      - Hillson, 1314–15
    - Non-Saskatchewan
      - Sonntag, 1315
    - Non-Saskatchewan, Liberal support
      - Lautermilch, 1916
      - McMorris, 1915–16
      - Sonntag, 1915
    - Private business, Liberal support
      - McMorris, 1915
      - Sonntag, 1915
  - Management
    - Hermanson, 872
  - Ownership
    - Calvert, 1222
  - Privatization
    - Calvert, 1223
  - Salary increases, managers
    - Wall, 485
- Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan
  - Business plans, concerns
    - Axworthy, 873
    - Hermanson, 873
  - Business plans, due diligence
    - Sonntag, 907
    - Wall, 907
  - Dividends, use of
    - Cline, 597–98
    - Wall, 597–98
  - Former Minister, Janice MacKinnon, resignation
    - Calvert, 904–5
    - Hermanson, 903–5
  - Investments, non-disclosure in exchange for world trip
    - D'Autremont, 992
    - Hermanson, 840–41
    - Lautermilch, 992
  - Non-Saskatchewan investment
    - Hillson, 87–88, 233–34, 398
    - Sonntag, 87–88, 233–34, 398
- Drought
  - Contingency programs, agricultural
    - Boyd, 2354
    - Serby, 2354–55
- East Central Health District
  - Yorkton area, administrators working on longer term plan
    - Nilson, 1490
- Economy
  - Confidence
    - Calvert, 741–42, 2144–45
    - Lautermilch, 741, 1019
  - Confidence, low, general population
    - Hermanson, 741
  - Deregulated, market-driven
    - Sonntag, 571
  - Diversification
    - Lautermilch, 570, 1692
  - Forecast, government, 2001-2002
    - Cline, 1980–81
    - Krawetz, 1980–81
  - Forecast, Toronto Dominion Bank
    - Eagles, 2396
    - Hermanson, 2394
  - Gross domestic product (GDP), growth, eight consecutive years
    - Lautermilch, 570
  - Gross domestic product (GDP), largest growth per capita in 1990s
    - Calvert, 429
  - Growth
    - Lautermilch, 571
  - Growth, incentives
    - Lautermilch, 395, 570
  - Partnership for Growth (1996)
    - Calvert, 1635
  - Partnership for Prosperity (2001), strategic plan
    - Calvert, 1636, 1693, 1747, 2396
    - Lautermilch, 1667
    - Wall, 2354
  - Performance, weakest in Canada, Globe and Mail report
    - Hermanson, 570
  - Performance, weakest in Canada, Globe and Mail report, influenced by agricultural crisis
    - Lautermilch, 570
  - Slump
    - Hermanson, 1693
    - McMorris, 2145
- Education
  - Funding
    - Melenchuk, 2066–67
    - Osika, 280
- Elections
  - Promises
    - Calvert, 327
    - Hermanson, 327
  - Promises, Liberal
    - Draude, 1916–17
- Electricity
  - Cogeneration, capacity, expansion, Cory and Muskeg Lake
    - Cline, 486
- Emergency medical services workers
  - Pay rates, standardization
    - Hillson, 2232
    - Nilson, 2232
- Employment
  - Growth, March 2000 and March 2001
    - Lautermilch, 427
  - Growth, projection
    - Calvert, 1635–36
    - Hermanson, 1635–36
  - Loss
    - Calvert, 10–12, 2393–94
    - Eagles, 2395–97
    - Hermanson, 10, 427–28, 1692, 2393–94
    - Hillson, 1668, 1748
    - Wakefield, 1666–67
  - Loss, agricultural sector
    - Calvert, 428, 1746–47
    - Lautermilch, 1666, 1668, 1692, 1748
- Employment development
  - Lautermilch, 1019
  - Lack of
    - Hermanson, 427–28
- Environment and Resource Management Department
  - Minister, resignation request
    - Heppner, 1080
  - Minister, resignation request denied
    - Calvert, 1080
  - Water quality, testing
    - Kwiatkowski, 1048
  - Water quality, testing, informing, regulating communities
    - Belanger, 1225–26
    - Kwiatkowski, 1225–26
  - Water quality issues, no common government database
    - Kwiatkowski, 1048
  - Water quality issues, role in
    - Belanger, 1077, 1079
    - Heppner, 1077
- Families
  - Taxes, reduction
    - Cline, 202–3
    - Hermanson, 202
- Farm families
  - Government programs
    - Harper, 52–53
    - Serby, 52–54
- Farm income
  - Crisis
    - Boyd, 51–52
    - Calvert, 51–52
    - Correspondence with Prime Minister
      - Boyd, 601, 645
      - Serby, 601, 645
    - Federal aid, $1 billion federal aid, MLAs presenting case in Ottawa
      - Boyd, 13–15
      - Calvert, 14–15
  - Federal aid
    - Boyd, 548, 645–46
    - Negotiations, plan
      - Boyd, 51–52
      - Calvert, 51–52
    - Serby, 548, 645–46
    - Provincial strategy for solicitation
      - Serby, 548
  - Federal aid, receipt of
    - Serby, 548
- Farm safety net
  - Boyd, 2259–60
  - Serby, 2259–60
  - Boyd, 549
  - Farm Support Review Committee
    - Boyd, 329
    - Serby, 329
  - Farm Support Review Committee. development, recommendations
    - Harpauer, 52–53
    - Serby, 52–54
  - Long-term
    - Boyd, 13, 2201
    - Calvert, 13, 2201
    - Harper, 52–53
- Farmland
  - Farm land property tax rebate, administration costs
    - Boyd, 601
    - Serby, 601
  - Ownership regulations
    - Boyd, 1984
    - Serby, 1984–85
- Forest fires
  - Mobile fire suppression service
    - Belanger, 907–8
    - Hillson, 907–8
- Forest industry
  - Closure, Ainsworth Lumber
    - Lautermilch, 206, 396–97
    - Wiberg, 205, 396–97
  - Development plan, northern Saskatchewan
    - Allchurch, 205
    - Lautermilch, 205
  - Investor confidence
    - Lautermilch, 399
    - Wiberg, 399
- Gambling
  - Revenue-sharing partnerships
    - Calvert, 263
  - Social impact study
    - Calvert, 262–63
    - Eagles, 262
- Gambling industry
  - Problems
    - Calvert, 1870
    - Hermanson, 1870
- Gophers
  - Population explosion, eradication, rural areas
    - Peters, 1841–42
    - Serby, 1842
- Government
  - Coalition, accomplishments
    - Calvert, 1917
  - Credit rating, upgrades
    - Cline, 278–79
  - Fiscal foundation, solid
    - Calvert, 260
  - Non-confidence, issues
    - Hermanson, 1746–47
  - Officials, authorization for out-of-province travel
    - Lautermilch, 841
  - Services
    - Calvert, 261
  - Size
    - Krawetz, 261
  - Vision
    - Calvert, 13
    - Hermanson, 13
- Government expenditures
  - Debt
    - Cline, 572
    - Hillson, 398
    - Krawetz, 487
- Health care
  - Bill of rights and responsibilities
    - Gantefoer, 519
  - Centres, regional
    - Gantefoer, 85
    - Nilson, 85
  - Deterioration
    - Gantefoer, 547
  - Emergency services, patient waiting times
    - Heppner, 1460–62
    - Nilson, 1460–61
  - Facilities, closure, pending Commission on Medicare report
    - Hillson, 233
    - Nilson, 233
  - Funding
    - Hillson, 549
  - Improved system, co-operative endeavour
    - Calvert, 2317
    - Nilson, 599
  - Management
    - Hermanson, 2315–16
  - Micromanagement
    - Calvert, 232
  - Patients, critical, out-of-province surgery
    - Hillson, 1811–12
    - Nilson, 1811–12
  - Public health inspectors, shortage, Battlefords Health District
    - Bakken, 2008–9
    - Nilson, 2008–9
  - Structure, for benefit of citizens
    - Gantefoer, 518
- Health Care Committee
  - Request for participation
    - Nilson, 1490–91
- Health care reform/renewal
  - Serby, 545
- Health care workers
  - Nilson, 171–72
  - Loss of
    - Hermanson, 2315
  - Negotiations
    - Gantefoer, 1569
    - Nilson, 1569
  - Negotiations, CUPE and Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations, appointment of new conciliator or mediator
    - Nilson, 1690–91
  - Negotiations, CUPE and Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations, contract dispute, workload
    - Gantefoer, 1603
  - Negotiations, CUPE and Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations, mediation
    - Gantefoer, 1779–80
    - Nilson, 1779–80
  - Negotiations, CUPE and Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations, resumption with conciliator
    - Atkinson, 1602
  - Negotiations, strike settlement, funding
    - Gantefoer, 1838
    - Nilson, 1838
  - Negotiations, workplace issues
    - Gantefoer, 1838
    - Nilson, 1838–39
  - Numbers, increase
    - Gantefoer, 203
    - Nilson, 203
  - Recruitment
    - Calvert, 2315
  - Recruitment, difficult, Lanigan Hospital
    - Nilson, 664
  - Recruitment process
    - Nilson, 2315, 2318
  - Shortages
    - Harpauer, 664
    - Julé, 2317–18
  - Shortages, Lanigan Hospital
    - Nilson, 664
  - Strike
    - Gantefoer, 1690–92
  - Strike, ensure health and safety of patients
    - Nilson, 1690
  - Strike, essential services delivery during mediation
    - Gantefoer, 1749
    - Nilson, 1749
  - Strike, long-term care patients
    - Gantefoer, 1807–8
    - Nilson, 1808
  - Strike, patients moved from long-term care facilities
    - Gantefoer, 1778–79
  - Strike, patients sent out-of-province
    - Gantefoer, 1778
    - Nilson, 1778
  - Strike, return to negotiations
    - Nilson, 1691–92
  - Strike, surgery cancellation
    - Gantefoer, 1778, 1807
    - Nilson, 1778, 1807
  - Strike, workplace issues
    - Gantefoer, 1808
  - Strike notice, delivery of health services
    - Atkinson, 1603
    - Gantefoer, 1569, 1602
    - Nilson, 1569
  - Training, recruitment, retention
    - Nilson, 1490
  - Valued
    - Atkinson, 1603
- Health districts
  - Budget allocations, 2001-2002
    - Bjornerud, 1491
    - Nilson, 1492
- Highways and roads
  - Construction and maintenance
    - Atkinson, 110–11
    - Calvert, 2395
    - Elhard, 110–11
  - Funding
    - Atkinson, 110–11
    - Elhard, 110
    - Osika, 280, 361
  - Funding, upgrading, resurfacing, twinning
    - Atkinson, 399
  - Gravel, reverting to
    - Elhard, 111
    - Hillson, 399
  - Highway No. 1, twinning, funding
    - Osika, 361
  - Highway No. 43
    - Atkinson, 111–12
    - Stewart, 111
  - Thin membrane surface
    - Atkinson, 111
  - Thin membrane surface, upgrading
    - Osika, 361
  - Truck routes, alternate
    - Atkinson, 111
    - Elhard, 111
    - Stewart, 111–12
- Hospital waiting lists
  - Gantefoer, 84, 742
  - Nilson, 84
  - Saskatoon
    - Gantefoer, 742
  - Saskatoon, development of action plan
    - Nilson, 742
  - Surgery
    - Bakken, 2352–53
    - Gantefoer, 2316
    - Hermanson, 2350–51
    - Julé, 2317
    - Nilson, 2317, 2351–53
  - Surgery, ophthalmology
    - Nilson, 2351
  - Surgery, orthopedic hip and knee replacement
    - Nilson, 2351
  - Surgery, Saskatoon
    - Calvert, 2316
    - Hermanson, 2314
    - Nilson, 2314
- Hospitals
  - Beds, acute care, shortage, Swift Current
    - Bakken, 2097–98
    - Nilson, 2097–98
  - Beds, psychiatric, closures
    - Gantefoer, 172
  - Closures
    - Gantefoer, 2316
  - Closures, Lanigan, June to September, 2001
    - Harpauer, 663–64, 708
    - Nilson, 664, 708
    - Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, alternative arrangements
      - Harpauer, 708, 791–92
      - Nilson, 708
  - Closures, possible, Lanigan
    - Harpauer, 791–92
    - Nilson, 792
  - Lanigan
    - Nursing shortage
      - Harpauer, 708, 792
      - Nilson, 708, 792
  - Melville, new, acute care facility
    - Bakken, 598–99
    - Nilson, 599
  - Melville, new, anticipated altered designation
    - Bakken, 599
  - St. Anthony's, Esterhazy, payroll problem
    - Bjornerud, 1491
  - Yorkton, pediatric unit, bed closures
    - Bjornerud, 1489–91
- Housing
  - Starts, down
    - Hermanson, 570
- Income tax
  - Reduction
    - Hermanson, 230
    - Krawetz, 230, 278
- Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan
  - Dividends, paid to General Revenue Fund
    - Axworthy, 908
    - Hillson, 908
  - Expansion into commercial high technology
    - Axworthy, 788–89, 1748
    - Hillson, 1748
    - Wall, 788–89
  - Expansion into commercial high technology, contracts
    - Axworthy, 841
    - Wall, 841–42
  - Funding
    - Axworthy, 787–88
    - Wall, 787
  - Mandate
    - Axworthy, 788, 842
    - Wall, 787–88
- Infrastructure
  - Investment
    - Lautermilch, 1019
- Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs Department, Aboriginal affairs
  - Minister, First Nations Party of Saskatchewan, candidate, derogatory remarks towards
    - Julé, 51
    - Lorjé, 51
- Internet
  - Services, high speed
    - Atkinson, 2354
- Labour Relations Board
  - Adjudication, government managerial positions unionized
    - Crofford, 458–59, 769
    - Weekes, 458–59, 768–69
- Labour Standards Act
  - Discrimination by employer prohibited
    - Trew, 1459–60, 1462
- LAND (Land Titles Automated Network Development) project
  - Axworthy, 841
  - Fees for customers
    - Axworthy, 874
    - Heppner, 874
  - Profit, first year of operation
    - Axworthy, 789
- Legislative Assembly members
  - Meet with public, tax-supported work
    - Calvert, 1398–99
- Liberal Party (Saskatchewan)
  - Caucus, third party, funding, legislation
    - Hillson, 1462–63
    - Krawetz, 1432–34
    - Lautermilch, 1432–34, 1462–63
    - Melenchuk, 1463
- Livestock industry
  - Pasture land, taxes
    - Boyd, 2011
    - Serby, 2011
- Métis Act
  - Additions, improvements
    - Goulet, 2010–11
    - Julé, 2011
  - Public consultation
    - Julé, 2010
- Municipalities
  - Funding
    - Bjornerud, 326, 2067
  - Funding, targeted programs
    - Osika, 2067–68
  - Grants in lieu of taxes
    - Osika, 327, 707
  - Infrastructure, funding
    - Osika, 707, 790, 1016
  - Revenue sharing
    - Hillson, 769
  - Revenue-sharing grants
    - Bjornerud, 261–62, 359–60, 430–31, 872, 2068–69
    - Calvert, 261–62
    - Melenchuk, 2068
    - Osika, 325
  - Revenue-sharing grants, impact
    - Bjornerud, 789–91, 872
- Natural gas
  - Lowest energy costs in Canada
    - Sonntag, 932
  - Price projection for purchase
    - Wall, 1488
  - Prices, best in Canada
    - Cline, 1516–18
  - Privatization, deregulation, not being considered
    - Cline, 1488, 1516
  - Rate increase
    - Hermanson, 706
    - Krawetz, 1190–91
    - Sonntag, 173–74, 571, 1750
    - Wall, 173, 571, 932–33, 1489, 1750–51
  - Rate increase, advertising
    - Sonntag, 1810–11
    - Wall, 1810–11
  - Rate increase, application to Rate Review Panel
    - Sonntag, 933
    - Wall, 932
  - Rate increase, consideration of Rate Review Panel recommendations
    - Cline, 1190–91, 1516
  - Rate increase, government relief to customers
    - Krawetz, 1191
  - Rate increase, impact
    - Bjornerud, 1517
    - Draude, 1518
    - Eagles, 1518
    - Elhard, 1517
    - Gantefoer, 1517–18
    - Harpauer, 1517
    - Hermanson, 1515
    - Wakefield, 1516
    - Wall, 1515–16
  - Rates
    - Sonntag, 1982, 2146–47, 2230–31
    - Wall, 1981–82, 2146, 2230–31
  - Rates, city of Regina purchases
    - Sonntag, 1982–83, 2146
    - Wall, 1981, 2146
  - Rebate for customers
    - Wall, 572
  - Rebate for customers, lack of resources
    - Sonntag, 572
- Non-confidence vote, coalition government, consequences
  - Calvert, 2199
- Nurses
  - Education
    - Nilson, 172, 1461
  - Number of positions, increase
    - Nilson, 1462
  - Numbers, decrease
    - Gantefoer, 203–4
    - Nilson, 203
  - Shortage
    - Gantefoer, 83–84
    - Nilson, 84
  - Training, recruitment, and retention
    - Gantefoer, 114
    - Nilson, 114
- Oil industry
  - Pipeline routes, Alaska and Mackenzie Valley pipelines
    - Hillson, 2012
  - Pipeline routes, Alliance Pipeline
    - Lautermilch, 2012
- Personal care homes
  - Langham Senior Citizens Home, personal care home licence application
    - Nilson, 1839
    - Weekes, 1839
- Personal injury protection plan
  - Eliminate
    - Wall, 2256–57
  - Review recommendations, implementation
    - Wall, 2255
  - Review recommendations, process
    - Sonntag, 2255–57
- Physicians/Doctors
  - Loss of
    - Gantefoer, 546
  - Numbers, increase
    - Nilson, 172
  - Pediatrician, possible loss of, Yorkton
    - Bjornerud, 1490
  - Psychiatrists, loss, Regina Health District
    - Gantefoer, 457, 708–9
    - Nilson, 457, 709
  - Psychiatry Manpower Committee, Psychiatrist retention and compensation
    - Nilson, 457
- Police services
  - Additional police officers
    - Axworthy, 743
  - Reduction
    - Heppner, 742–43
  - Special constables, appointment and responsibilities
    - Axworthy, 1246
    - Heppner, 1246
- Population
  - Decline
    - Hermanson, 395–96, 429
  - Demographics, Canada West Foundation seminar
    - Wakefield, 1018–19
  - Forecast
    - Calvert, 13
    - Hermanson, 13
    - Planning for Saskatchewan's Future
      - Gantefoer, 12–13
      - Nilson, 12–13
  - Increase, decade 1991-2001
    - Lautermilch, 395
  - Out-migration
    - Calvert, 10–12, 2144
    - Eagles, 2396
    - Hermanson, 10, 396, 427
    - McMorris, 2143–45
  - Out-migration, youth
    - Wakefield, 1019
  - Out-migration, youth, Canada West Foundation report
    - Hillson, 1281
- Property
  - Reassessment, 2001
    - Bjornerud, 572
    - Osika, 601
- Property tax
  - Education tax, increase
    - Bjornerud, 573
  - Education tax, increase, Saskatoon
    - Draude, 743–44
  - Education tax, relief
    - Calvert, 770
    - Osika, 769–70, 790, 872
  - Education tax, rural municipalities, increase
    - Draude, 2066–67
  - Grants in lieu of taxes
    - Bjornerud, 573, 600
    - Osika, 572–73, 600
  - Increase
    - Bjornerud, 279–80, 325–26, 359–60, 572–73, 600, 707, 872, 2068
    - Hermanson, 277
    - Melenchuk, 280
  - Increase, Humboldt
    - Bjornerud, 789–90
  - Increase, Liberal position on budget
    - Krawetz, 361, 362
    - Melenchuk, 362
  - Increase, Melfort
    - Bjornerud, 600
- Prostitution
  - Child prostitution, protection
    - Julé, 547–48
  - Child prostitution, protection, legislation
    - Julé, 547, 2201–2, 2228
    - Lautermilch, 2228
    - Van Mulligen, 2202, 2228
- Provincial sales tax
  - Expanded
    - Hermanson, 230
    - Krawetz, 230–31
  - Reduced
    - Hermanson, 260
  - Remission process, extension request
    - Cline, 2229–30
    - Krawetz, 2229–30
- Psychiatric nurses
  - Shortage
    - Gantefoer, 171–72
- Public service
  - Managerial positions unionized
    - Crofford, 1402, 2098
    - Weekes, 1401–2, 2098
  - Negotiations, SGEU strike vote
    - Crofford, 2099
    - Weekes, 2099
  - Numbers, increase
    - Bjornerud, 279–80, 359–60, 429–30
    - Hermanson, 276–78
    - Lautermilch, 278–79
    - Osika, 359–60, 429–30
  - Numbers, increase, Liberal position on budget
    - Krawetz, 360–61
    - Melenchuk, 361
    - Osika, 360–61
- Retail trade
  - Growth, low
    - Hermanson, 570
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  - Police officers, additional
    - Hermanson, 327–28
- Rural economy
  - Development
    - Atkinson, 233
- Rural Revitalization Office
  - Mandate
    - Atkinson, 233
    - Huyghebaert, 232–33
- Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency
  - Property assessment, flawed
    - Bjornerud, 1020
  - Property assessment, opting out clause
    - Osika, 1020
- Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce
  - Report, Action Saskatchewan: a Blueprint for 2005, government role in rebuilding economy
    - Hermanson, 1222
- Saskatchewan Economic Development Corporation
  - Huyghebaert, 233
- Saskatchewan Government Insurance
  - Investment, Ontario
    - Hillson, 1637–38
    - Sonntag, 1638
- Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority
  - Gaming agreement, new, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
    - Eagles, 2257–58
    - Hamilton, 2257–58
  - Internal audit, misappropriation of monies
    - Eagles, 1913–14
    - Hamilton, 1914
  - Payee list, release to public
    - Eagles, 2010
  - Political donations
    - Eagles, 87
    - Lautermilch, 87
  - Political donations, recovery
    - Eagles, 1840–41
    - Lautermilch, 1841
  - Revenue, misspent, recovery
    - Eagles, 113
    - Hamilton, 113–14
- Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
  - Graduates, employment in Saskatchewan
    - Lautermilch, 396
- Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority
  - Allegations of impropriety
    - Heppner, 1868–69
    - Investigation, Justice Wakeling
      - Hamilton, 1312, 1430, 1868–70
      - Heppner, 1430
    - Investigation, Justice Wakeling, terms of reference
      - Hamilton, 1430, 1459, 1809
      - Heppner, 1430, 1459, 1808
    - Investigation, process, due diligence
      - Serby, 1314
    - Ministerial trip, northern Saskatchewan
      - Heppner, 1398–99
    - Ministerial trip, northern Saskatchewan, Conflict of Interest Commissioner, review
      - Calvert, 1399
      - Hamilton, 1430
    - Ministerial trip, northern Saskatchewan, Conflict of Interest Commissioner, terms of reference
      - Hamilton, 1809
      - Heppner, 1808
    - Report, Justice Wakeling
      - Eagles, 1913
      - Hamilton, 1809, 1840, 1913
      - Heppner, 1809, 1839–40
  - Annual report, 1999-2000, tabled late
    - Calvert, 1607
    - Eagles, 1606
    - Hamilton, 1606
    - Hermanson, 1607
  - Appointment and firing of Joe Dosenberger
    - Heppner, 1246–49, 1277–79
  - Conflict of interest allegations
    - Hamilton, 1311–13
    - Heppner, 1311–12
  - Conflict of interest allegations, firing of employee
    - Hamilton, 1313
    - Heppner, 1313
  - Conflict of interest guidelines
    - Hamilton, 2095–96, 2147–48
    - Heppner, 2095–96, 2147–48
  - Departmental personnel matters, ministerial involvement
    - Calvert, 1400–1401
    - Heppner, 1400–1401
  - Firing of Bonnie Swan
    - Hamilton, 1342–44
    - Heppner, 1342–44
  - Firing of Joe Dosenberger, matter before courts
    - Axworthy, 1277–79
  - Firing of Joe Dosenberger, personnel issue and management responsibility
    - Hamilton, 1246–49
  - Firing of Joe Dosenberger, ruling, Justice Larry Kyle
    - Eagles, 1914–15
    - Hamilton, 1866–68, 1914–15
    - Heppner, 1866–68
  - Firing of Joe Dosenberger and Bonnie Swan, allegations
    - Heppner, 1341, 1400
  - Firing of Joe Dosenberger and Bonnie Swan, due process
    - Calvert, 1400
  - Firing of Joe Dosenberger and Bonnie Swan, personnel issue and management responsibility
    - Hamilton, 1341
  - Harassment issues, Bonnie Swan, independent investigation by Tim Coral
    - Hamilton, 1341–42
    - Heppner, 1341–42
  - Investigation of Dutch Lerat, CEO, Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority, minister's awareness
    - Hamilton, 1280–81, 1749–50
    - Heppner, 1280–81, 1749–50
  - Liquor franchises, awarding
    - Hamilton, 1430–32
    - Heppner, 1430–32
  - Ministerial trips
    - Heppner, 1400
    - Sonntag, 1400
  - Training course, leadership
    - Eagles, 2009–10
    - Hamilton, 2009–10
- Saskatchewan Opportunities Corporation
  - Huyghebaert, 233
- Saskatchewan Power Corporation
  - Financial settlement, vice president, departure
    - Sonntag, 455–56, 484
    - Wall, 455–56, 484
  - Power export
    - Cline, 486–87
  - Rates, frozen
    - Sonntag, 457
  - Rates, increase
    - Calvert, 86
    - Hermanson, 706
    - Sonntag, 85–86
    - Wall, 85–86, 457
  - Rates, increase, residential
    - Sonntag, 112
    - Wall, 112
  - Rates, lower than most of Canada
    - Sonntag, 455
  - Rates, rebate
    - Wall, 173
  - Salary increases, executives
    - Wall, 457
  - Salary increases, managers
    - Wall, 485
  - Services, reliable
    - Sonntag, 455, 484
  - Staff increase, managers
    - Wall, 484–85
- Saskatchewan Telecommunications
  - Investments
    - agdealer.com
      - Sonntag, 1101–2
      - Wall, 1101
      - Assist rural Saskatchewan
        
        Atkinson, 1103
        
        Elhard, 1103
      - Competition with FamilyFarmers.com
        
        Draude, 1223–24
        
        Sonntag, 1223–24
      - Competition with IRON Solutions
        
        Sonntag, 1102–3, 1137–38
        
        Wall, 1102–3, 1137–38
      - Competition with Western Producer
        
        Hermanson, 1191–92
      - Due diligence
        
        Elhard, 1103
        
        Wall, 1137–38
      - Enhance parent company
        
        Atkinson, 1104
    - Club Magic
      - Wall, 1104
    - Competition with Saskatchewan business
      - Hermanson, 1191–92
    - Diversification
      - Sonntag, 1105, 1192
    - DLC-West
      - Sonntag, 1809–10
      - Wall, 1809–10
    - Poor, Clickabid.com
      - Wall, 906–7
    - Poor, IQ&A, health data
      - Sonntag, 710, 767
      - Wall, 646–47, 665–68, 709–10, 767–68
    - TappedInto.com, Nashville, Tenn.
      - Sonntag, 1104
      - Wall, 1104
    - WestTel
      - Sonntag, 1781–82
      - Wall, 1780–82
  - Privatization
    - Calvert, 1193
    - Sonntag, 1192–93
    - Wall, 1192–93
- Saskatchewan Valley Potato Corporation
  - Development, government support
    - Brkich, 263–64, 459, 488
    - Sonntag, 263, 459
  - Financial status
    - Brkich, 1603
    - Sonntag, 1603
  - Grant in lieu notice, unpaid
    - Rural Municipality of Canaan
      - Brkich, 905–6
    - Rural Municipality of Canaan, resolution discussions
      - Sonntag, 905–6
    - Rural Municipality of Rudy
      - Brkich, 844, 905–6
      - McMorris, 1572–73
    - Rural Municipality of Rudy, resolution discussion
      - Sonntag, 844–45, 905–6, 1573
  - Operating loss
    - Brkich, 487
  - Potato dumping, Broderick
    - Brkich, 1603–4
    - McMorris, 1572
    - Sonntag, 1572, 1603–4
  - Potato production
    - McMorris, 1572
    - Sonntag, 1572
  - Seed potatoes, export, Prince Edward Island
    - Sonntag, 488
  - Seed potatoes, frozen, returned from Prince Edward Island
    - Brkich, 459–60
    - Sonntag, 460
- Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
  - Debt restructuring
    - Krawetz, 905
    - Serby, 905
- SaskEnergy Incorporated
  - Purchases for gas year 2001-2002, prices, purchase status
    - Cline, 1570–71
    - Sonntag, 1569–71, 1605–6, 1634–35
    - Wall, 1569–72, 1604–6, 1634–35
- SaskPower International Inc.
  - Cogeneration project at Cory potash mine, ATCO Power Ltd., partner
    - Wall, 1163
  - Cogeneration project at Cory potash mine, ATCO Power Ltd., power purchase agreement
    - Sonntag, 1163–65
    - Wall, 1163–65
- School boards
  - Funding, Saskatoon
    - Melenchuk, 743
- Schools
  - Enrolment decline
    - Draude, 574
    - Melenchuk, 574
- SecurTek
  - Financial losses
    - Wall, 875
  - Impact on small business
    - Sonntag, 875
    - Wall, 875
- Sewage
  - Effluent excess, discharge, North Saskatchewan River
    - Belanger, 988–91
    - Kwiatkowski, 955–57, 988–91
  - Effluent excess, discharge, North Saskatchewan River, reports
    - Belanger, 1017–18
    - Kwiatkowski, 1017–18
  - Treatment plant, North Battleford, funding
    - Bjornerud, 959
- Sexual offenders
  - Adult, resident in Nipawin, close surveillance
    - Axworthy, 1135
  - Adult, resident in Nipawin, concerned community
    - Kwiatkowski, 1135
  - Registry
    - Axworthy, 766–67, 1134–35
    - Hermanson, 1134–35
    - Julé, 765–66
- Small business
  - Deterrents, taxes
    - Cline, 171
    - Hermanson, 170–71
  - Tax increase, hotels
    - Bjornerud, 744
  - Tax reduction
    - Calvert, 276–77, 876
  - Taxes, southwest Saskatchewan, assessment review
    - Osika, 744
- Social Services Department
  - Deaths of children in care, increasing, Children's Advocate review
    - Eagles, 1161–62
  - Deaths of children in care, interpretation of Children's Advocate review
    - Van Mulligen, 1161
  - Deaths of children in care, preventive measures
    - Van Mulligen, 1162
- Special care homes
  - Pioneer Lodge, Assiniboia, closure
    - Calvert, 232
    - Huyghebaert, 204, 231–32
    - Nilson, 204, 231–32
- Students
  - Enrolment, declining
    - Draude, 12
    - Melenchuk, 12
- Taxation
  - Reduction
    - Calvert, 260
    - Cline, 170–71, 202–3, 230–31
    - Hermanson, 170–71, 202, 230
  - Relief, families
    - Hermanson, 259–60
- Telephones
  - 911 service
    - Osika, 360
- Television
  - Cable industry, SaskTel investment
    - Atkinson, 2353
    - Wall, 2353
- Tobacco Control Committee
  - Bakken, 2065
- Universities
  - Funding, including tuition
    - Hagel, 1249–50
    - Hart, 1250
- University of Regina
  - Tuition fees, increase
    - Hart, 1249
- University of Saskatchewan
  - College of Medicine, funding
    - Gantefoer, 172–73
    - Nilson, 172–73
  - College of Medicine, loss of
    - Gantefoer, 546
  - Funding, capital
    - Hagel, 843
  - Funding, government operating grants, insufficient
    - Hart, 843–44
  - Tuition fees, increase
    - Hart, 843
- Utilities
  - Rates, increase
    - Hermanson, 201–2, 230, 260
    - Krawetz, 230–31, 278
    - Sonntag, 202
  - Rates, lowest in Canada
    - Calvert, 260
  - Rebates
    - Hermanson, 707
- Water
  - Drinking water, strategy
    - Kwiatkowski, 1048
  - Management and quality
    - Calvert, 1193–94
    - Hillson, 1193
  - Treatment
    - Repairs and replacements, funding
      - Serby, 958
  - Treatment, provincial review
    - Hermanson, 1017
  - Treatment, repairs and replacements
    - Osika, 1017
- Water quality
  - Assessment, monitoring, and protection programming
    - Belanger, 1046
    - Hermanson, 1046
  - Assessment, monitoring, and protection programming, additional staff
    - Belanger, 1047, 1049–50
  - Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, conference, Winnipeg, April 30 - May 1, 2001
    - Belanger, 991
    - Kwiatkowski, 991
  - Funding for testing
    - Belanger, 791
  - Infrastructure funding
    - Belanger, 1105
    - Kwiatkowski, 1105
    - Osika, 1105–6
  - Infrastructure funding, low priority
    - Kwiatkowski, 1105–6
  - Infrastructure program, national
    - Hermanson, 1016–17
  - Infrastructure projects
    - Belanger, 1076, 1078
    - Osika, 1076
  - Unsafe
    - Hermanson, 1047
    - Boil-water advisories
      - Belanger, 988, 1079–80
      - Hermanson, 988
      - Kwiatkowski, 991
      - Osika, 1016–17
    - Cabinet reports
      - Belanger, 1077–79
      - Heppner, 1077–78
      - Kwiatkowski, 1050, 1076–77, 1079
    - Cryptosporidium parvum contamination, North Battleford
      - Gantefoer, 957, 958
      - Hermanson, 930–31
    - Cryptosporidium parvum contamination, North Battleford, boil-water advisory
      - Gantefoer, 958
      - Hermanson, 930–31
      - Nilson, 930–31
    - Cryptosporidium parvum contamination, North Battleford, correction measures
      - Nilson, 930–32
    - North Battleford
      - Bjornerud, 791
      - Hermanson, 1046
      - Kwiatkowski, 955–58
    - North Battleford, government financial assistance
      - Calvert, 988
      - Hermanson, 988
      - Hillson, 1050
      - Osika, 1050
    - North Battleford, public inquiry
      - Belanger, 988–91
      - Calvert, 1277
      - Kwiatkowski, 1277
      - Serby, 955–59
    - Public awareness
      - Belanger, 1047
      - Hermanson, 1047
    - Warnings
      - Kwiatkowski, 1049, 1076
- Whistle-blower protection legislation
  - Axworthy, 54–55, 1246
  - Heppner, 54–55, 1246, 1459–60
  - Hillson, 1462
  - Trew, 1459–60, 1462
- Women
  - Entrepreneurs, Employment Insurance, maternity leave benefits
    - Crofford, 2318–19
    - Harpauer, 2318–19
- Workers' Compensation Board
  - Trew, 328–29, 362
  - Review 2000 of the Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board: Recurring and Current Administrative Issues
    - Trew, 329, 740–41, 767
    - Weekes, 328–29, 740, 767
  - Accountability
    - Weekes, 397, 431
  - Retirement, Stan Cameron, Board Chair, party
    - Trew, 363, 431
    - Weekes, 362–63, 431
  - Retirement, Stan Cameron, Board Chair, party cancellation
    - Trew, 397, 431
    - Weekes, 397
  - Terminations, management staff
    - Allchurch, 2099
    - Trew, 362, 2099
    - Weekes, 328, 362
- Youth
  - Economic growth, opportunities
    - Calvert, 2396
Organic agriculture/food 90, 134, 244
- See also
  - Canadian Wheat Board
Organized crime
- See
  - Police services – Organized crime
Oriented strand board mill, OSB 2000, Hudson Bay
- See
  - Forest industry – Oriented strand board mill, OSB 2000, Hudson Bay
Osika-Schick, Colby Ron
- See
  - Births – Osika-Schick, Colby Ron, July 4, 2001
Our Lady of the Prairies Foundation Act, 2001 (No. 302)
- Petition, 640, 660
- Second reading
  - Addley, 857
- Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1150
- Third reading
  - Addley, 1152
- Royal Assent, 1452
Out-migration
- See
  - Population – Out-migration