Hansard Subject Index - 3rd Session of the 24th Legislature

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Occupational health and safety 227–28
- North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, May 5-11, 2002, member's statement
  - Trew, 1225
- WorkSafe Saskatchewan partnership, Labour Department, Workers' Compensation Board, 228
Offences
- Fine revenue, distribution, 644–46
Oil industry 61, 113–14
- See also
  - Employment development – Oil sands, Alberta, Northern Neighbors
- CO enhanced oil recovery program, Weyburn, PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, 115
- Gas conservation plant, construction, Glen Ewen, member's statement
  - Yates, 216–17
- Heavy oil production, 63
- Overview, 2644
- Petroleum rights, land sale, Crown petroleum and natural gas rights, member's statement
  - Addley, 2964
- Prices, lower, 316
- Revenue projection, 2002, 888, 2646
- Revenues, down, 471
- Royalties, municipal revenue-sharing, 892
- Tax incentives, royalties, 891–92, 2641–42
- Upgrader, Husky Oil, Lloydminster, expansion, 2642–43
- Used oil recovery, 445
Olympic Games
- Canadian Special Olympics Summer Games (2002: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan)
  - Member's statement
    - Huyghebaert, 2612–13
    - Lautermilch, 2685
- Olympians, recognition of achievement of Saskatchewan 2001 Special Winter Olympians, 2002 Paralympians, 2002 Winter Olympians, moved (Calvert)
  - Calvert, 1760–61
- Winter Olympic Games (19th: 2002: Salt Lake City, Utah)
  - Canadian team, 1
Oral question period
- Action Committee on the Rural Economy (ACRE)
  - Report, recommendations, implementation
    - Harpauer, 1038–39
    - Krawetz, 1065–67
    - Serby, 1038–40
- Agriculture
  - Government policies, financial effect
    - Harpauer, 745–46, 1227–28
    - Hermanson, 1096–97
    - Serby, 745–46
    - Sonntag, 1227–28
  - Government reports
    - Serby, 2132
  - Subsidies
    - Federal support, 60/40 cost share
      - Hermanson, 2085
    - Federal support, discussions
      - Calvert, 1756, 2031–32, 2379–80
      - Harpauer, 2379
      - Hermanson, 1756, 2031–32
      - Serby, 1701
    - Federal support, package details
      - Bjornerud, 2264–65
      - Calvert, 1907–8, 1964–65
      - Harpauer, 2241
      - Hermanson, 1701–2, 1907, 1964–66, 1998
      - Serby, 1965–66, 2265
    - Federal support, package details, new money
      - Calvert, 2184–85
      - Harpauer, 2215–17
      - Hermanson, 2184–85
      - Serby, 2215–17
    - Federal support, package details, provincial reaction
      - Calvert, 2214–15
      - Hermanson, 2213–15
    - United States, Farm Bill 2002, federal support, 60/40 cost share
      - Hermanson, 1579–80
      - Serby, 1579–80
    - United States, Farm Bill 2002, federal support, discussions, agreements
      - Hermanson, 1259–60
      - Serby, 1259
    - United States, Farm Bill 2002, federal support, producers
      - Hermanson, 1226
      - Lautermilch, 1226–27
    - United States, Farm Bill 2002, motion for debate, amendment
      - Calvert, 1096
      - Hermanson, 1096
    - United States, Farm Bill 2002, request to federal ministers to appear before Assembly on May 24, 2002, federal response
      - Calvert, 1128–29
      - Harpauer, 1128
    - United States, Farm Bill 2002, western governments, opposition leaders, meeting
      - Calvert, 1260–61
      - Hermanson, 1260
    - United States, Farm Bill 2002, western governments, opposition leaders, meeting, proposal
      - Hermanson, 1178
- Agriculture and Food Department
  - Contract, rural farm families report
    - Serby, 94
  - Contract, rural farm families report, conflict of interest, former minister, Eric Upshall
    - Bakken, 94–95
- Aircraft, government
  - Thomson, 1342
  - Wakefield, 1342
  - Lease, details, cost analysis
    - Wakefield, 2136
- Alcohol and drug abuse
  - Short-term detox centre, Saskatoon, funding
    - Huyghebaert, 743–44
    - Nilson, 744
- Breweries
  - Great West Brewery, debentures, conversion to equity shares, Crown Investments Corporation
    - McMorris, 95–96
    - Sonntag, 95–96
  - Great West Brewery, shares, Crown Investments Corporation, conflict of interest
    - McMorris, 96
- Budget
  - Accounting practices, change
    - Cline, 220
    - Krawetz, 220, 357, 359
  - Audited financial statements
    - Cline, 458
  - Balanced, drawing on savings
    - Cline, 457, 663
  - Balanced, legislation, violated
    - Krawetz, 357–58, 395–97, 458
  - Balanced, ninth consecutive
    - Calvert, 312
  - Deficit
    - Cline, 45
    - Julé, 13–14
    - Krawetz, 45, 311–12, 457–58, 1886
  - Deficit, hidden
    - Krawetz, 328–29, 662–63
  - Deficit, hidden, Crown corporations
    - Krawetz, 357
  - Deficit, size
    - Krawetz, 329–30
  - Moody's Investment Services, credit rating upgrade
    - Cline, 1886
  - Planning
    - Cline, 1132
  - Surplus, estimate
    - Krawetz, 2451–52
  - Surplus, projection
    - Hillson, 1132
- Business
  - Kitchen, Liquor Board store, Regina
    - Bakken, 2588–90
    - Osika, 2589–90
  - Loss of
    - Hermanson, 12
- Cabinet ministers
  - Environment, harassment allegation, actions of Premier
    - D'Autremont, 2407–9
    - Julé, 2085–86
  - Environment, harassment allegation, independent government report
    - Calvert, 2032
    - Julé, 1789
    - Kwiatkowski, 1998–99, 2032
    - Serby, 1789–90, 1998–99
  - Environment, harassment allegation, independent government report, cost
    - Calvert, 2059, 2217
    - D'Autremont, 2059
    - Heppner, 2217
  - Environment, harassment allegation, independent government report, release
    - Calvert, 2059–60, 2268
    - D'Autremont, 2059–60, 2268–69
    - Kwiatkowski, 1999–2000
    - Serby, 1999–2000
  - Environment, harassment allegation, investigation
    - D'Autremont, 2267–68
  - Environment, harassment allegation, investigation, cost
    - Calvert, 1499
    - Harpauer, 1499
  - Environment, resignation
    - Calvert, 2059
  - Harassment guidelines
    - Hermanson, 2032
  - Harassment guidelines, protocol development
    - Calvert, 2033
- Casinos
  - Emerald Casino, Saskatoon, Prairieland Exhibition, operator, 25-year gaming agreement, new, concerns
    - Bakken, 1036–37
  - Emerald Casino, Saskatoon, Prairieland Exhibition, operator, 25-year gaming agreement, new, concerns, procedures
    - Osika, 1037–38
  - First Nations Fund, expenditures, accounting
    - Axworthy, 2940, 2941–42
    - Hillson, 2941–42
    - Julé, 2940
  - First Nations Fund, expenditures, misspent
    - Julé, 2939–40
- Cattle industry
  - Drought, assistance
    - Harpauer, 1525–26, 1675–76, 2405
    - Serby, 2405
  - Drought, assistance, federal
    - Harpauer, 1825–26
- Child protection
  - Case workers, numbers, increase
    - Calvert, 13
  - Custody, financial support, access, enforcement
    - Toth, 2941
- Collection Agents Amendment Act
  - Legislation, reconsideration
    - Axworthy, 1322
    - Heppner, 1321–22
- Community-based organizations
  - Salaries
    - Hillson, 168
  - Salaries, 2002 budget
    - Hagel, 168
- Constituency Boundaries Commission
  - Members, nomination
    - Calvert, 195–96
    - D'Autremont, 195–96
- Crop insurance
  - Serby, 2688
  - Annual crop rainfall program
    - Boyd, 222–23
    - Harpauer, 689–90
    - Serby, 222–23, 689–90
  - Annual crop rainfall program, forage crops
    - Serby, 690, 2133, 2242
  - Calculation, long-term average yield, option to omit 2002 crop year
    - Harpauer, 3041
  - Contracts, increase
    - Serby, 2133, 2241
  - Funding, increase
    - Serby, 459–60
  - Premiums, increase, coverage changes
    - Bjornerud, 459–60
    - Boyd, 193–95, 221–22
    - Harpauer, 285
  - Premiums, increase, coverage changes, federal assistance changes
    - Serby, 221–22
    - Sonntag, 285
- Crop Insurance Corporation
  - Legal services, board member, conflict of interest
    - Hart, 744–45
    - Serby, 744–45
- Crown corporations
  - Boards, survey, Points West consulting firm
    - Sonntag, 1388
    - Wall, 1387–88
  - Contribution to economy
    - Crofford, 358
    - Lautermilch, 858, 2351
    - Sonntag, 285, 1321
  - Debt
    - Cline, 396
  - Downsize
    - Wall, 284–85
  - Loans, payment of government dividend
    - Krawetz, 312
  - Travel costs, executives
    - Huyghebaert, 1320–21
  - Travel costs, executives, budget process
    - Sonntag, 1320
- Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan
  - Dividends
    - Cline, 911–12
    - Wall, 910–12
  - Investment strategy
    - Hillson, 973
  - President, role, economic initiatives, investigation
    - Sonntag, 3039
- Drought
  - Assistance
    - Boyd, 193
    - Draude, 2616
    - Gantefoer, 2616
    - Harpauer, 2404, 2687–88
    - Julé, 2615
    - Serby, 2404, 2615–16
    - Wakefield, 2614–15
- Drugs and pharmaceuticals
  - Saskatchewan Drug Plan, prescriptions, deductible, 2002 budget
    - Cline, 165
  - Saskatchewan Drug Plan, prescriptions, deductible, increase
    - Gantefoer, 193
    - Kwiatkowski, 164–65
- Economic development
  - Lautermilch, 457, 3023–24
  - Serby, 3026
- Economy
  - Decline, 2001
    - Krawetz, 884–85
  - Gross domestic product (GDP), growth, 1992-2000
    - Lautermilch, 884–85
  - Growth
    - Lautermilch, 1065–67
  - Growth, plans
    - Calvert, 12, 284
    - Draude, 284
    - Hermanson, 11–12, 282
  - Growth projection, Statistics Canada
    - Calvert, 330
  - Indicators, positive
    - Lautermilch, 2519–20
  - Negative factors
    - Lautermilch, 973
- Education
  - Funding, decrease
    - Hermanson, 42
  - Funding, increase
    - Calvert, 42
    - Melenchuk, 331, 1097–98
  - Funding, infrastructure, increase
    - Cline, 328–29
  - Funding, operational
    - Draude, 331–32
  - Property taxes, increase, teaching and administrative positions, programs, cut
    - Draude, 1097–98
- Education Infrastructure Financing Corporation
  - Capital projects, new, funding process
    - Draude, 2993
    - Melenchuk, 2993
- Election promises (1999)
  - Hermanson, 41–43
- Elections
  - Calvert, 3042–43
  - Hermanson, 3042
  - Constituency boundaries
    - D'Autremont, 196
- Emergency Protection for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Act
  - Amendments, proposals
    - Hagel, 1129–32
    - Julé, 1129–31
- Employment
  - Loss
    - Hermanson, 41–43, 456–57, 488–89, 1318–20, 1339–41
    - Agriculture
      - Lautermilch, 1339–41
    - Agriculture, transition
      - Lautermilch, 488–89
- Employment development
  - Lautermilch, 456
  - Wiberg, 284
  - Non-agricultural jobs
    - Lautermilch, 489, 1318–19, 1339–40
  - Northern Saskatchewan
    - Sonntag, 2691–92
  - Oil sands, Alberta, Northern Neighbors: a Partnership for Jobs initiative
    - Belanger, 168
    - Wiberg, 167–68
  - Plan, 2002 budget
    - Hermanson, 311
  - Projections
    - Hermanson, 330–31
- Environment Department
  - Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, steering committee, role, responsibility
    - Lorjé, 599
    - Toth, 599
  - Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, surplus to Wetland Conservation Corporation
    - Kwiatkowski, 691
    - Lorjé, 599, 600, 633–34, 662, 691
    - Toth, 599, 600, 633–34, 662
  - Staff, additional
    - Lorjé, 599–600
    - Toth, 599
- Ethanol
  - Communities, strategy committees, reimbursement
    - Hillson, 1477
  - Development
    - Calvert, 1732
    - Consultants' report
      - Stewart, 2587–88
    - Plans, scaling back
      - Stewart, 2586
    - Private sector
      - Lautermilch, 1729, 2523, 2586, 2588
      - Wall, 1729
    - Private sector, Broe Companies, Inc., government commitment
      - Hillson, 1731–32, 2523
      - Stewart, 3023–24
      - Wall, 1729–30
    - Private sector, Broe Companies, Inc., negotiations
      - Lautermilch, 2690
    - Private sector, Broe Companies, Inc., stalled projects, Belle Plain, Shaunavon, Tisdale, Melville
      - Stewart, 2690–91
  - Investment, exclusive deal
    - Wall, 1558
  - Investment, government, private sector
    - Hillson, 1292
    - Lautermilch, 1229–30, 1263, 1292–93, 1793
    - Thomson, 1389–90
    - Wall, 1228–30, 1262–63
  - Investment, government, private sector, Broe Companies, Inc.
    - Harpauer, 1389–90
    - Lautermilch, 1523–24
    - Thomson, 1447
    - Wall, 1446–47, 1523–24
  - Investment, private sector
    - Lautermilch, 1558
    - Thomson, 1477
    - Wall, 1557–58, 1674–75, 1792–94
  - Investment, private sector, Commercial Alcohols
    - Wall, 1524
  - Investment, private sector, Weyburn
    - Bakken, 1673–74
    - Lautermilch, 1674
- Executive Council
  - Cabinet Planning Unit, senior policy adviser, Kathy Langlois, position, salary
    - Calvert, 423
    - Kwiatkowski, 423
- Farm families
  - Income, crisis, federal and provincial aid
    - Harpauer, 1000
  - Income, crisis, federal bridge financing
    - Calvert, 1001
  - Increased costs, crop insurance and farm property taxes
    - Bjornerud, 630–32
    - Harpauer, 1730–31, 2132–33, 2241–42
  - Subsidies war, victims
    - Serby, 631–32
- Farm safety net
  - Boyd, 15–16, 314
  - Calvert, 15
  - Serby, 16, 314–15
  - Weekes, 2615–16
  - Federal assistance
    - Serby, 193–95
  - National program
    - Harpauer, 2320–21, 2520–22
    - Serby, 2521–22
- Farmers/Producers
  - Government assistance
    - Calvert, 1731
    - Serby, 315, 3042
- Farmland
  - Education tax, increase
    - Bjornerud, 459
  - Property tax rebate
    - Boyd, 315
    - Harpauer, 2775–76
  - Property tax rebate, timetable
    - Serby, 2775
- Film industry
  - Minds Eye Pictures, government investment
    - Sonntag, 1909, 2001
  - Minds Eye Pictures, government investment, progress of productions
    - Huyghebaert, 1909, 2000–2001
  - Sound stage, Regina, budget
    - Huyghebaert, 2088
    - Thomson, 2088
  - Sound stage, Regina, business plan
    - Huyghebaert, 1910
  - Sound stage, Regina, government investment
    - Huyghebaert, 2001–2
    - Thomson, 2001–2
  - Sound stage, Regina, leases
    - Huyghebaert, 2088–89
- Firearms
  - Registration by January 1, 2003, injunction
    - Axworthy, 3041
    - D'Autremont, 3040–41
- Fiscal Stabilization Fund
  - Calvert, 329–30
  - Criticism
    - Crofford, 357, 359
- Fishing
  - Licence vendors, Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management notice, telephone number, incorrect
    - Belanger, 1180–81
    - Kwiatkowski, 1180–81
- Forest fires
  - Costs
    - Cline, 1859
    - Kwiatkowski, 1859
  - Nipawin, disaster assistance
    - Calvert, 2406–7
    - Kwiatkowski, 2405–7
  - Rural municipalities, communities, funding assistance
    - Belanger, 1583–84, 1791, 2453
    - Bjornerud, 1583–84
    - Kwiatkowski, 1790–91, 2452–54
    - Thomson, 1790
  - Rural municipalities, funding assistance, disaster program
    - Thomson, 1584
- Forest industry
  - Softwood, legal actions before World Trade Organization, North American Free Trade Agreement
    - Axworthy, 1158–59
  - Softwood, USA tariffs, effects
    - Allchurch, 2454
- Government
  - Accomplishments
    - Calvert, 2349–50, 2408–9, 2859–60
  - Accountability
    - Hermanson, 3042
  - Credibility
    - Calvert, 1887
    - Wall, 1886–87
  - Databases, personal information, security
    - Crofford, 2353
    - Gantefoer, 2353
  - Direction, lacking
    - Hermanson, 282
  - Financial management
    - Cash management practices
      - Cline, 312–13
    - Provincial Auditor, Public Accounts, 2001-2002, release
      - Krawetz, 2773
    - Quarterly reports
      - Cline, 2451
      - Krawetz, 2451
    - Summary financial statements
      - Cline, 220–21
      - Krawetz, 220–21
    - Summary financial statements, deficit, 2001-2002
      - Cline, 2773
      - Krawetz, 2773–74
  - Performance
    - Hillson, 1526–27
  - Plans
    - Calvert, 3042
  - Reorganization
    - Calvert, 2617–18
    - Hermanson, 281–82
    - Krawetz, 2617–18
    - Administrative savings
      - Calvert, 282
    - Health care, effect
      - Calvert, 285
      - Gantefoer, 285
    - Rural municipalities, effect
      - Bjornerud, 283
      - Calvert, 283–84
- Government Accountability Act
  - Government support
    - Krawetz, 663
- Government expenditures
  - Debt
    - Cline, 45
  - Deficit 2002, extent
    - Hermanson, 2825–26
  - Deficit and debt, optimism
    - Calvert, 2825–26
    - Cline, 2826
  - Reduced
    - Calvert, 282
- Grain
  - FarmGro Organic Foods, Regina, company status, Crown Investments Corporation investment
    - Wall, 3022–23
  - FarmGro Organic Foods, Regina, Crown Investments Corporation investment
    - Serby, 3023
- Greenhouse gas emissions (climate change/global warming)
  - Kyoto Protocol, acceptable in principle, implementation process, unacceptable
    - Calvert, 2860–61
  - Kyoto Protocol, economic effect, environmental effect, oppose ratification
    - Stewart, 2860–61
- Health care
  - Action Plan for Saskatchewan Health Care, issues
    - Hillson, 1705
    - Nilson, 1705
  - Children, Canadian ranking, Today's Parent, June 2002
    - Gantefoer, 1580–81
    - Nilson, 1580–81
  - Funding
    - Cline, 193
    - Gantefoer, 742
    - Nilson, 742
  - Infant mortality rate, poverty, substance abuse
    - Draude, 1758
  - Infant mortality rate, poverty, substance abuse, programs, Kids First
    - Nilson, 1758–59
  - Infant mortality rate, poverty, substance abuse, programs, Kids First, School
    - Hagel, 1758
  - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), use of equipment
    - Hillson, 859
    - Nilson, 859
  - Obstetrics, Victoria Hospital, Prince Albert, equipment failure, human resources issues
    - Gantefoer, 741–42
    - Nilson, 741–42
  - Providers, shortage
    - Bakken, 1343
    - Nilson, 1343
- Health care professionals
  - Loss
    - Hermanson, 41
  - Shortage
    - Gantefoer, 43–44, 2062
    - Nilson, 43–44, 2062
- Health Department
  - Employee, dismissal, breach, database security policies
    - Gantefoer, 2352–53
    - Nilson, 2353
- Health districts
  - Amalgamation, debt
    - Cline, 426
    - Gantefoer, 425–26
    - Nilson, 425
- Hog industry
  - Labour standards, inclusion, consultation process
    - Harpauer, 1443–44
    - Higgins, 1443–44
- Hospital waiting lists
  - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
    - Allchurch, 2135
  - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), out-of-province treatment, reimbursement
    - Hillson, 831
    - Nilson, 831
  - Surgery
    - Bakken, 1343
    - Gantefoer, 2061–62
    - Nilson, 1343, 2062
- Hospitals
  - Beds, closure, summer 2002
    - Gantefoer, 2061
    - Nilson, 2061
- Indians/First Nations
  - Treaty land entitlements, leased land, ranchers, continued use
    - Elhard, 3039–40
  - Treaty land entitlements, leased land, ranchers, discussions
    - Serby, 3040
- Information, personal, confidential
  - Access, private investigators
    - Heppner, 1498
  - Disclosure by government employees
    - Hermanson, 1473, 1474–77
  - Disclosure by government employees, government investigation, independent firm
    - Crofford, 1498–99
    - Heppner, 1498
  - Disclosure by government employees, investigation, Privacy Commissioner
    - Axworthy, 1555
    - Heppner, 1555
  - Disclosure by government employees, RCMP investigation
    - Axworthy, 1498
    - Crofford, 1473
  - Disclosure by government employees, remedial action
    - Crofford, 1475
  - Protection, security
    - Crofford, 1473–74, 1476–77
    - Hermanson, 1473
- Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan
  - Conflict of interest guidelines, Fraser Nicholson, president, resignation and new employment
    - Axworthy, 2382
    - Wall, 2382
  - Debt, reduction, lease arrangement, Saskatchewan Government Growth Fund
    - Wall, 1626
  - International sales, numbers, travel expenditures
    - Heppner, 2826–27
  - Land titles, transactions
    - Axworthy, 2826
  - Privatization, sale to EDS
    - Heppner, 2827
  - Resignation, Fraser Nicholson, president
    - Axworthy, 1626
    - Wall, 1626
- Information technology
  - Government services, EDS proposal
    - Budget
      - Heppner, 2827
    - Costs, containment
      - D'Autremont, 3024–25
    - Evaluation
      - Thomson, 2827–28, 3025
    - Rejection
      - Wall, 3039
- Internet
  - Cisco Systems, Inc., training course
    - Crofford, 1729
    - Huyghebaert, 1728–29
- Justice Department
  - Victims' Services, funding
    - Axworthy, 1064
    - Heppner, 1064–65
  - Victims' Services, programs
    - Axworthy, 1065
- Lakes
  - Last Mountain Lake, dead fish, environmental concerns
    - Belanger, 1445–46
    - Brkich, 1445–46
  - Last Mountain Lake, stewardship committee, concerns
    - Brkich, 2034
    - Lorjé, 2034
- LAND (Land Titles Automated Network Development) system
  - Axworthy, 660, 974
  - Hillson, 973
  - Budget
    - Axworthy, 2035
    - Hillson, 2034–35
    - Wall, 660
  - International consultancy contracts
    - Axworthy, 1823
  - International sales
    - Axworthy, 660–61
    - Hermanson, 1822
    - Wall, 660–61, 1823–25
  - Land titles, common names, problem
    - Axworthy, 2689
    - D'Autremont, 2689–90
  - Land titles, transactions, costs
    - Axworthy, 687
    - Heppner, 689
    - Wall, 687
  - Land titles, transactions, costs, effect on Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency
    - Axworthy, 798
    - Wall, 798
  - Land titles, transactions, paper records
    - Axworthy, 688
    - Heppner, 688–89
    - Wall, 687–88
- Learning Department
  - Bibliography, departmental reports, studies, reviews, 1992-2001
    - Toth, 2135
- Legislation
  - Twenty-fourth legislature, third session
    - Hillson, 1527
    - Lautermilch, 1527
- Legislative Assembly
  - Questions, matters before court
    - Axworthy, 2966–67
    - Hermanson, 2966–67
  - Twenty-fourth legislature, third session, progress
    - Calvert, 2776–77
    - Hermanson, 2776–77
- Legislative Assembly Members
  - Comment, during debate, Bill No. 40, Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 2002
    - Calvert, 2586
    - Julé, 2585–86
  - Questions
    - Calvert, 2134
    - Hermanson, 2134
- Livestock industry
  - Drought assistance
    - Serby, 1500, 1826
    - Stewart, 1500
  - Drought assistance, forage and hay programs
    - Serby, 1675
  - Drought assistance, water projects
    - Elhard, 133–34
    - Serby, 133–34
  - Grazing lands, wildlife habitats, opening
    - Hillson, 1859–60
    - Serby, 1859–60
  - Programs, government, adjustments
    - Serby, 1525
- Long-term care
  - Fees
    - Gantefoer, 192–93
  - Fees, ability to pay formula
    - Hermanson, 881–82
    - Nilson, 360–61, 856–57, 881–84, 908–10, 1011–12
  - Fees, assessment, individuals
    - Calvert, 999
    - Gantefoer, 1010
    - Nilson, 998–99, 1010
  - Fees, increase
    - Draude, 360–61
    - Hermanson, 910
    - Krawetz, 907–9
    - Stewart, 1012
  - Fees, increase, cancel
    - Bakken, 830, 856
    - Draude, 883
    - Eagles, 831
    - Elhard, 883
    - Gantefoer, 829, 855
    - Hermanson, 796, 857–58, 1036
    - Huyghebaert, 856
    - Krawetz, 829
    - Peters, 857
    - Wakefield, 883–84
    - Wall, 830
  - Fees, increase, correspondence
    - Elhard, 1011
    - Nilson, 1011
  - Fees, increase, effect on working disabled
    - Hermanson, 998–99
  - Fees, increase, elderly couples moderate by involuntary separation
    - Hermanson, 795–96
    - Nilson, 795–96
  - Fees, increase, inaccurate information
    - Calvert, 857
  - Fees, increase, notification
    - Gantefoer, 969–70
    - Nilson, 969–70
  - Fees, increase, system sustainable
    - Nilson, 829–31
  - Fees, reconsideration
    - Calvert, 1036
  - Fees, reconsideration, announcement
    - Nilson, 1289
  - Fees, reconsideration, results
    - Hermanson, 1289
- Members' Conflict of Interest Act
  - Amendments
    - Bakken, 95
    - Serby, 95
- Métis
  - Funding, provincial, 2000 to 2001
    - Julé, 2134–35
- Minimum Wage Board
  - Recommendation, minimum wage, increase, supplementary information
    - Higgins, 1040
    - Weekes, 1040
- Municipalities
  - Funding
    - Osika, 132
  - Revenue-sharing grants
    - Bjornerud, 131, 797
    - Osika, 131, 797–98
- Nurses
  - Shortage
    - Gantefoer, 1179–80, 2187–88
    - Nilson, 1179–80, 2187–88
- Paramedics Act
  - Progress of Bill
    - Gantefoer, 2618–19
    - Nilson, 2618–19
- Personal injury protection plan
  - Claimants, treatment outcome study, University of Saskatchewan, commissioned by Saskatchewan Government Insurance
    - D'Autremont, 2242–43
    - Sonntag, 2242–43
  - Claims, criminal background checks
    - Heppner, 1581–82
    - Sonntag, 1581–82
- Police services
  - Officers
    - Additional
      - Axworthy, 44–45
      - Bjornerud, 1908
      - Heppner, 44–45
      - Nilson, 1908
    - Additional, funding
      - Axworthy, 44–45, 2244–45
      - Heppner, 44–45, 2244–45
    - John Popowich, Saskatoon, malicious prosecution, public inquiry
      - Heppner, 2187
    - John Popowich, Saskatoon, malicious prosecution, settlement
      - Axworthy, 2185–87
      - Heppner, 2185–87
    - John Popowich, Saskatoon, malicious prosecution, settlement, Crown prosecutors
      - Axworthy, 2322–23
      - Heppner, 2322
- Population
  - Decline
    - Hermanson, 13, 2349–50, 2858–59
  - Decline, economic impact
    - Calvert, 14–15
    - Wall, 14–15
  - Out-migration, working-age people
    - Hermanson, 2519–20
- Potato industry
  - Harvest 2002
    - Serby, 2967
  - Losses, government, effect on Saskatchewan Water Corporation
    - Wall, 2861–63
  - Losses, government, effect on Saskatchewan Water Corporation, matter before court
    - Sonntag, 2861–62
  - Losses, government, Saskatchewan Water Corporation annual reports
    - Wall, 2967
  - Seed potatoes, growth
    - Serby, 2994
  - SPUDCO (Saskatchewan Potato Utility Development Company)
    - Dispute with Microgro
      - Sonntag, 3022
    - Draft agreement, sales, Chad Neibaur, Idaho
      - D'Autremont, 1791–92
    - Draft agreement, sales, Chad Neibaur, Idaho, matter before court
      - Sonntag, 1791–92
    - Seed potato strategy with Microgro
      - Wall, 2993–95, 3021–22
  - Storage facilities, government ownership
    - Wall, 2828
    - Audit, table in legislature
      - Wall, 2828–29
    - Construction, funding
      - Serby, 2969
    - Construction, legal requirements
      - Wall, 2968–69
    - Matter before court
      - Sonntag, 2828, 2913–14, 2916
    - Portrayal to public
      - Wall, 2913–16
    - Resignation of cabinet minister
      - Calvert, 2915–16
      - Wall, 2915–16
- Premier
  - Caucus, bus travel, public hearings
    - Calvert, 12–13
- Property
  - Assessment, agricultural land
    - Bjornerud, 1391–92
  - Assessment, agricultural land, review
    - Osika, 1391–92
- Property tax
  - Increase
    - Bjornerud, 131–32
- Provincial disaster assistance program
  - Flooding, Vanguard
    - Stewart, 2405
    - Thomson, 2405
  - Wind, hail, southwest Saskatchewan
    - Stewart, 2405
    - Thomson, 2405
- Public service
  - Access to Canadian Police Information Centre
    - Axworthy, 1474
    - Hermanson, 1474
  - Employees, senior, conflict of interest guidelines
    - Lautermilch, 2382
    - Wall, 2381–82
- Raves
  - Child protection
    - Axworthy, 1497–98
  - Investigation, Saskatoon
    - Axworthy, 1496
  - Legislation, license and regulate
    - Julé, 1496–97
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  - Officers, relocation to Alberta for G-8 Summit, Saskatchewan police protection
    - Bjornerud, 1908
    - Nilson, 1909
  - Officers, relocation to Alberta for G-8 Summit, Saskatchewan police protection, costs
    - Axworthy, 2033–34, 2062–63
    - Bjornerud, 2033–34, 2062–63
- Rural revitalization
  - Serby, 459
- Saskatchewan
  - Future, plans
    - Calvert, 286
    - Hermanson, 286
- Saskatchewan Farm Security Act
  - Amendments process
    - Harpauer, 1341
    - Serby, 1341
  - Amendments required
    - Serby, 1341–42
  - Farm ownership, restrictions
    - Harpauer, 1341–42
  - Proclamation
    - Axworthy, 2860
    - Harpauer, 2860
- Saskatchewan Government Growth Fund
  - Immigrant investor program, contracts, tenders, leasing companies
    - Krawetz, 1703–4
    - Thomson, 1703–4
  - Immigrant investor program, rule requirements, compliance initiatives
    - Lautermilch, 1623–25
  - Immigrant investor program, rule requirements, violation
    - Krawetz, 1623–25
  - Leasing companies, Cajon Leasing, R & R Leasing, contracts, provincial government, process
    - Thomson, 1676–77
  - Leasing companies, Cajon Leasing, R & R Leasing, contracts, provincial government, procurement arrangements
    - Lautermilch, 1676
  - Leasing companies, Cajon Leasing, R & R Leasing, contracts, provincial government, tenders
    - Krawetz, 1676–77
- Saskatchewan Government Insurance
  - Claims
    - Investigation criteria
      - Heppner, 1884
    - Investigations
      - Sonntag, 2266–67
    - Investigations, surveillance of claimants
      - Heppner, 2060–61
      - Sonntag, 2060–61
    - Investigations, surveillance of claimants, personal injury representative, accountability
      - Bakken, 2266–67
      - Sonntag, 2267
    - Numbers of people investigated, numbers charged
      - Heppner, 1885, 1910–11
    - Private investigations on claimants, ministerial awareness
      - Heppner, 1966–68
      - Sonntag, 1966–68
  - Investigation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, surveillance on insurance claimants
    - Calvert, 1911
    - Heppner, 1911
  - Investigation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, surveillance on insurance claimants, report
    - McMorris, 2243–44
    - Sonntag, 2243–44
  - Investigation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, surveillance on insurance claimants, videotape
    - Bakken, 2266–67
  - Investments
    - Alberta, effects, benefits
      - Sonntag, 541
      - Wall, 541
    - Hi-Alta Capital
      - Wall, 539–40
    - Hi-Alta Capital, public announcement, lacking
      - Wall, 540, 600–601
    - Hi-Alta Capital, risk, disseminate
      - Sonntag, 540
    - Hi-Alta Capital, transaction, small
      - Sonntag, 601
  - Private investigators, use of
    - Bakken, 1856–58
    - Heppner, 1856, 1858
    - Sonntag, 1856–58
  - Private investigators, use of, incorrect official information
    - Heppner, 1882–84
    - Sonntag, 1882–84
- Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority
  - Gaming agreement, new, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, 25-year contract
    - Bakken, 393–95, 970–71, 1012–13
    - Hillson, 972–73
    - Osika, 1012–13
  - Gaming agreement, new, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, 25-year contract, negotiation
    - Osika, 394–95, 971–72, 973
  - Gaming agreement, new, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, 25-year contract, negotiators, RCMP investigation
    - Bakken, 426–27
    - Osika, 426–27
  - Gaming agreement, new, First Nations, full jurisdiction, gaming on reserves
    - Bakken, 2087–88
    - Osika, 2087–88
  - Gaming agreement, new, First Nations, full jurisdiction, gaming on reserves, process
    - Bakken, 1067
    - Osika, 1067–68
  - Gaming agreement, new, gaming revenue, shared
    - Bakken, 1067–68
  - Police investigation
    - Bakken, 394–95
    - Osika, 395
  - Police investigation, government action, matters presented to prosecutions department
    - Axworthy, 2912–13
  - Police investigation, government action, prosecution, publicize
    - Bakken, 2912
  - Provincial Auditor recommendations
    - Osika, 2969
  - Revenue, misspent, recovery
    - Bakken, 2913, 2938–39
    - Osika, 2913, 2938–39
  - Revenue, slot machine operations, taxpayers' money
    - Bakken, 2969–70
- Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority
  - Lottery licences, proceeds, charitable or religious organizations
    - Bakken, 1013–14
  - Lottery licences, proceeds, charitable or religious organizations, investigation of specific case
    - Osika, 1013–14
  - Price list, 2002, reissue with tax increase
    - Bakken, 1390–91
    - Osika, 1390–91
- Saskatchewan Opportunities Corporation
  - Investment, Hanson Lake Sand Corporation, receivership
    - Wall, 2691–92
- Saskatchewan Party
  - Grow Saskatchewan strategy
    - Calvert, 331, 1319–20
    - Hermanson, 331, 1320
- Saskatchewan Telecommunications
  - Competition, private sector, response of CEO
    - Hermanson, 1727–28
  - Deregulation
    - Sonntag, 1728
  - Investments
    - Sonntag, 97–99, 1099–1100
    - Austar Communications, Australia, progress
      - Sonntag, 859
      - Wall, 858–59
    - Cable television
      - Sonntag, 2323
      - Wall, 2323–24, 2350–52, 2774–75
    - Diversification
      - Sonntag, 1001–3
    - Losses
      - Wall, 1001–2, 1098–1100
    - Losses, start-up years
      - Sonntag, 1099
    - Provincial and out-of-province
      - Sonntag, 130
    - Returns, 1999 to 2001
      - Wall, 2134
    - Retx
      - Wall, 97–98
    - Retx, relocate to Saskatchewan
      - Wall, 130–31
  - Services, choice
    - Sonntag, 2775
- Saskatchewan Valley Potato Corporation
  - Infrastructure development
    - Sonntag, 972
  - Losses
    - Brkich, 972
  - Potato sheds, sale
    - Brkich, 972
    - Sonntag, 972
- Saskatchewan Water Corporation
  - Infrastructure, improvement, funding, lower
    - Kwiatkowski, 392–93
  - Infrastructure, improvement, funding, lower, dam system
    - Belanger, 392
- Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
  - Investment, government
    - Harpauer, 3026
    - Hermanson, 3038
    - Serby, 3038
- Saskatoon Public School Board
  - Budget, difficulties
    - Draude, 827–28
- SaskEnergy Incorporated
  - Rates
    - Cline, 664
    - Stewart, 664
- SaskEnergy Network
  - Non-members, small business issues
    - Huyghebaert, 1444–45
    - Sonntag, 1444–45
- SaskPower International Inc.
  - Financial losses, Dillon Consulting report, recommendation
    - Sonntag, 1181–82
    - Wall, 1181–82
  - Financial losses, effect, Saskatchewan Power Corporation customers
    - Wall, 1181
- School divisions
  - Grants, operating (foundation grant), increases
    - Melenchuk, 827–28
- SecurTek
  - SafetyNet, new business venture, competition with private sector, VS Response Systems
    - Wall, 1702–3
  - SafetyNet, new business venture, partnership with private sector
    - Sonntag, 1702
- Sewage
  - Pumping into water bodies, permits, communities
    - Hart, 2135–36
- Snowmobiling
  - Trails, Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association, funding, request
    - Draude, 165–66
    - Lautermilch, 165–66
- Social Services Department
  - Private investigators, use of
    - Hagel, 1856
    - Heppner, 1856
  - Social assistance payments, rules and procedures
    - Hagel, 2941
    - Toth, 2941
  - Social assistance recipients, eligibility, rules and procedures
    - Hagel, 2940
    - Toth, 2940
- Speech from the Throne
  - Plans for 2002-2003
    - Calvert, 311
- Students
  - Enrolment, declining
    - Draude, 313
    - Melenchuk, 313
- Teachers
  - Contract, new, funding
    - Draude, 313, 2380–81, 2992–93
    - Melenchuk, 2380–81, 2992–93
- Trade
  - Injury, compensation, federal responsibility
    - Calvert, 2320–21
  - Injury, lobbying federal government
    - Allchurch, 2455
  - Protectionism, United States
    - Softwood lumber, agriculture, federal response
      - Calvert, 1179
      - Hermanson, 1179
    - Softwood lumber, agriculture, trade injury payments, federal government
      - Hermanson, 1997–98
      - Serby, 1997–98
    - Softwood lumber, agriculture, Western Canadian conference, development of united front
      - Axworthy, 1159–60
      - Hermanson, 1159–62
      - Serby, 1160–62
    - Softwood lumber, agriculture, Western Canadian conference, proposal
      - Calvert, 1178
      - Hermanson, 1158, 1178
      - Lautermilch, 1158
    - Softwood lumber, discussions with federal government
      - Axworthy, 2454–55
      - Lautermilch, 2455
- University of Saskatchewan
  - College of Medicine, funding, accreditation
    - Gantefoer, 2990–91
    - Melenchuk, 2991
  - College of Nursing, educational seats, increase
    - Gantefoer, 2991
    - Melenchuk, 2991–92
- Water
  - Last Mountain Lake
    - Effluent from Regina
      - Belanger, 2522–23
      - Brkich, 1261–62, 2522
      - Lorjé, 1290
    - Effluent from Regina, public communication
      - Brkich, 1289–91
    - Recreational surface water, testing
      - Lorjé, 1261
    - Testing
      - Brkich, 1291–92
      - Lorjé, 1291–92
- Water quality
  - Belanger, 132, 393
  - Kwiatkowski, 132
  - Consulting services, costs, payment
    - Belanger, 632–33
    - Kwiatkowski, 632–33
  - Drinking water, safe
    - Belanger, 314, 2382
    - Kwiatkowski, 314
  - Drinking water, safe, partnerships
    - Belanger, 2382–83
  - Funding
    - Hillson, 634
    - Canada-Saskatchewan Infrastructure Program
      - Osika, 167
    - Commitment lacking
      - Kwiatkowski, 537
    - Decrease, Saskatchewan Water Corporation
      - Hillson, 332
    - Infrastructure, municipalities
      - Kwiatkowski, 393
    - Municipal Financing Corporation
      - Cline, 634–35
    - New
      - Belanger, 537
    - Source
      - Kwiatkowski, 537
  - Government actions
    - Belanger, 485–88, 537–38
  - Maple Creek, boil-water order, water testing
    - Elhard, 798–99
    - Lorjé, 799
  - North Battleford, crisis, government responsibility
    - Kwiatkowski, 487–88
  - North Battleford, public inquiry, template for improvements
    - Belanger, 332
  - North Battleford Water Inquiry
    - Calvert, 427
    - Kathy Langlois, senior policy adviser, Cabinet Planning Unit, expertise
      - Hillson, 427
    - Kathy Langlois, senior policy adviser, Cabinet Planning Unit, role
      - Calvert, 424–25
      - Kwiatkowski, 423–25
    - Kathy Langlois, senior policy adviser, continuation in role after report completion
      - Hillson, 2382–83
    - Recommendations, accepted
      - Belanger, 487, 597
    - Report, finding, legislation violated
      - Kwiatkowski, 485
    - Report, finding, water quality management program, not implemented
      - Kwiatkowski, 484–85
    - Report, implement recommendations
      - Belanger, 598
      - Kwiatkowski, 360
    - Report, release
      - Belanger, 359–60, 392
      - Kwiatkowski, 359, 392
  - Quality reduction, responsibility, government
    - Kwiatkowski, 597–98
  - Regulations, changes, implementation
    - Belanger, 538, 597
    - Kwiatkowski, 538
  - Regulations, non-compliance, government response
    - Belanger, 539
  - Regulations, non-compliance, penalties
    - Kwiatkowski, 539, 597
  - Small communities, infrastructure funding
    - Kwiatkowski, 132–33
  - Small communities, Perdue, problems
    - Belanger, 1759–60
    - Kwiatkowski, 132–33, 167, 1759–60
  - Small communities, problems, numbers
    - Belanger, 166
    - Kwiatkowski, 166–67
  - Small communities, problems, report
    - Osika, 133
  - Unsafe
    - Kwiatkowski, 486–88
  - Unsafe, cabinet decision item
    - Kwiatkowski, 486, 487, 537
- Women
  - Abused, YWCA crisis shelter, Saskatoon, funding
    - Hagel, 743
    - Julé, 743
- Workers' compensation
  - Claims, criminal background checks
    - Axworthy, 1583
    - Heppner, 1582
    - Higgins, 1582
- Workers' Compensation Act
  - Committee of Review report
    - Hermanson, 219
    - Higgins, 219
- Workers' Compensation Board
  - Actuarial review, full funding
    - Higgins, 1556–57
  - Administrative costs, increase
    - Hermanson, 219
  - Fairness audit
    - Hermanson, 219
    - Higgins, 219–20
  - Financial information, monthly
    - Higgins, 1627, 1756
    - Weekes, 1627
  - Financial mismanagement
    - Weekes, 1626–27
  - Financial mismanagement, corrective action
    - Weekes, 1756
  - Operating loss
    - Weekes, 1555–57
  - Premiums, increase
    - Weekes, 1557, 1627, 1757
  - Premiums, unchanged for 2002
    - Higgins, 1757
  - Private investigators, use of
    - Heppner, 1856
    - Higgins, 1856
  - Reorganization, restructuring
    - Higgins, 219
- Young offenders
  - Programs, initiatives
    - Axworthy, 197
  - Provincial Court
    - Julé, 196–97
Oser, Jean Hans
- See
  - Film industry – Oser, Jean Hans
Osler, Sask.
- See
  - Highways and roads – Highway No. 11 – Entrances
Outfitting industry
- Baiting, government regulations, 2663–64
- Tree stands, government policy, 2662–63