Hansard Subject Index - 28th Legislature

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NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
- See
  - Trade agreements (commerce) – North American Free Trade Agreement
National 150th celebration
- See
  - Canada, sesquicentennial events
National Aboriginal Day
- See
  - First Nations – National Aboriginal Day
National unity
- Western alienation, Throne Speech response, 6175, 6176, 6194, 6227, 6232, 6240
Native grasslands
- See
  - Crown land – Community pastures
Natural disasters
- Floods
  - See
    - Floods
- Unforeseen expenses, contingency fund
  - See
    - Government financial management – Contingency fund, budget debate
- Wildfires
  - See
    - Wildfires
- Winter storms
  - See
    - Winter storms
Natural gas
- Composition of and impact on energy output, C219
- Demand, increase, C500, C621, C1003
- Extraction, conventional, challenges, C220
- Extraction, conventional and oil industry by-product, C219–20
- Flare gas capture, C218–19, C859–60
  - See also
    - Electricity – Flare gas projects
    - First Nations Power Authority – SaskPower partnership, development of clean energy
  - Modular compression
    - See
      - Pipelines – Natural gas – Virtual pipeline
  - Processing facilities, private sector development, C219, C224
- Imports, C858
- Imports, increasing, and transportation costs, C621–22
- Industry challenges, C621
- Infrastructure
  - See also
    - Pipelines – Natural gas
  - Improvements, impact on emissions reduction
    - See
      - Greenhouse gas mitigation – Emissions reduction – Initiatives, natural gas system
  - Northern Saskatchewan, extension of service, C507
    - See also
      - Natural gas – Liquefied, mobile, potential use in Northern Saskatchewan
  - Transmission and distribution, investments, C621, C855
  - Transmission and distribution, renewal and expansion, budget debate, 254, 303, 309, 5432
- Liquefied, and liquefaction plant, C223–24
- Liquefied, mobile, potential use in Northern Saskatchewan, C223, C487, C794
- Liquefied, project cancelled due to federal policy, Throne Speech response, 2725
- Oil industry associated gases
  - See
    - Natural gas – Flare gas capture
- Power plants
  - See
    - Power plants
- Prices, stability, C500–501
- Private suppliers and brokers, provision by, C507
- Revenues, E134
- SaskPower hedging program
  - See
    - Saskatchewan Power Corporation – Financial management – Natural gas hedging, reporting
- Service disruption, Melfort (January 2018), C509
- Storage caverns, decommissioned, C623
- Weyburn fueling facility, use in mobile compression, C758
Natural resources
- See
  - Resources
Navigation Protection Act (federal)
- See
  - Environmental protection – Bill C-69 (federal)
NBCF (New Building Canada Fund)
- See
  - Infrastructure – New Building Canada Fund
NDP (New Democratic Party)
- See
  - New Democratic Party of Canada
  - New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan
Need to Change - Modernizing Government Budget and Financial Report in Saskatchewan (2013 )
- See
  - Government financial management – Financial reports – Provincial Auditor's special report
Nelson, Nicole
- See
  - Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Public hearings – Presenter – Lung Association
Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP
- See
  - Government – Consultant, Nelson Mullins, United States policy
New Building Canada Fund
- See
  - Infrastructure – New Building Canada Fund
New Democratic Party of Canada
- See also
  - Leap Manifesto
- Convention in Edmonton, Alberta (April 8-10, 2016)
  - Budget debate, 432, 443, 461
  - Throne Speech response, 55
- New leader, opposition to pipelines
  - And oil and gas development, member's statement
    - Francis, 6025
  - Budget debate, 5475, 5623
  - Throne Speech response, 2610, 2658–59, 2662, 2710, 2725, 2768, 2785–86, 4509
- Throne Speech response, 81
New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan
- See also
  - Official opposition
- Black, John
  - See
    - Tributes – Downey, Gord, Tragically Hip singer and Fred Kress, John Black
- Cathy Duncan, party administrator, retirement and recognition of years of service, member's statement
  - Wotherspoon, 4783
- Chief of staff, budget debate, 461
- Climate change policy, Renew Saskatchewan
  - See
    - Climate change – Renew Saskatchewan, official opposition policy promise
- Convention (October 21-23, 2016), resolutions
  - Critique, member's statement
    - Bradshaw, 769–70
  - Member's statement
    - Belanger, 795
- Critique, support for national party and position on pipelines, member's statement
  - Heppner, 6073
- Critique of time in government, 7072
  - Budget debate, 340–41, 434, 1891–92, 1894, 1906–7, 1922, 1927, 1931, 1936–38, 1952, 1955, 1957–58, 1965, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1986–87, 2021–22, 2026, 2050, 2056–58, 3754, 3791, 3804–5, 3847–48, 3875–76, 3879, 3888, 3891, 3895–96, 3913, 3932, 3933–34, 5461–62, 5479–80, 5485–86, 5497–98, 5521, 5539, 5544, 5546, 5551–52, 5560–61, 5595–96, 5607, 5608–9, 5632–33
  - Throne Speech response, 20, 37, 101, 103–4, 154, 2609–10, 2616, 2662, 2675, 2694–95, 4482–84, 4495–96, 4509–10, 4514, 4532, 4542, 4552, 4555, 4567, 4571–72, 4579–80, 4589, 4614, 4631, 4642–43, 4645, 6081, 6128, 6139, 6143, 6144–45
- Financial management, historical, Throne Speech response, 6146
- Fiscal management when in government, critique, budget debate, 5520, 5550–51, 5603–4
- Fiscal management when in government, recognition, Throne Speech response, 2783
- Interim leader and renewal committee, Throne Speech response, 56
- Investments while in government, critique, 7058
  - Budget debate, 303, 335, 338, 341, 1894, 1904–5, 1925, 2021, 2026, 3874–75, 3891
  - Throne Speech response, 104, 154, 4567–68
- Kress, Fred
  - See
    - Tributes – Downey, Gord, Tragically Hip singer and Fred Kress
- Leadership race, Throne Speech response, 2659–60, 2689, 2783
- Lorne Calvert, former leader, retirement from St. Andrew's College, member's statement
  - Forbes, 5775
- Moore, Stephen
  - See
    - Tributes – Downey, Gord, Tragically Hip singer and Fred Kress, John Black, and Stephen Moore
- Northern Saskatchewan, record of spending, critique, budget debate, 316
- Party philosophy and musings on philanthropy, Throne Speech response, 4662
- Policies to improve quality of life, member's statement
  - Wotherspoon, 6718
- Provincial election (April 4, 2016)
  - Costing document
    - And platform, budget debate, 461–62, 465, 1889, 1931, 1937, 1956, 1965
    - Lack of revenue planning, budget debate, 338
    - Social services funding, U162
  - Out-of-province spending, member's statement
    - Heppner, 737
- Renewal committee, budget debate, 461
- Rural Saskatchewan, lack of understanding, Throne Speech response, 4483, 4510
- Rural Saskatchewan, re-engagement, budget debate, 3827–28
- Rural Saskatchewan, re-engagement, critique, budget debate, 5462
- Vision, Throne Speech response, 2733–34, 4663–64
New North
- See
  - Northern Saskatchewan
New West Partnership
- See
  - Trade agreements (commerce) – New West Partnership
Newspapers
- See also
  - Journalism
- Meridian Source, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Awards recipients, member's statement
  - Young, 5980
- Moose Jaw Times Herald, closure, member's statement
  - Chartier, 3298–99
- Prairie Dog, Regina, 25th anniversary, member's statement
  - Beck, 3418
- Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association, Junior Citizen of the Year awards
  - See
    - Youth – Awards
- Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers' outstanding writing recognition (2016), Helena Long, member's statement
  - Doke, 623
- Star Phoenix Sask 150 series
  - See
    - Canada, sesquicentennial events – StarPhoenix Sask 150 series, Courtney Milne, Saskatoon, member's statement
NHL (National Hockey League)
- See
  - Hockey – National Hockey League
Nickerson, Peter
- See
  - Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Public hearings – Presenter – Canadian Blood Service
NORPAC (Northern Professional Access College)
- See
  - Teacher education – Northern teacher education program and Northern Professional Access College
NORTEP (Northern teachers education program)
- See
  - Teacher education – Northern teacher education program
North East School Division No. 200
- Education sector strategic plan, Literacy targets
  - See
    - Provincial Auditor's reports – Education Ministry – North East School Division No. 200
- Funding, budget debate, 333
- Funding, Throne Speech response, 6117
North West College
- See
  - Post-secondary institutions – Regional colleges
Northern Lights School Division No. 113
- Disaster recovery plan
  - See
    - Provincial Auditor's reports – Education Ministry – School Divisions, 2014-15 annual integrated and IT security audit
- Funding, budget debate, 2024
Northern Municipal Trust Account
- Annual report, timeliness, P435–36, P660, P661
- COVID-19 pandemic, allocation for community response, N757–59
- Financial reports
  - Bank reconciliations and quarterly reports, timely preparation, P239, P660
  - Bank reconciliations and reporting, improvements, P435–36
  - Staff support and training, P47–48
- Funding sources, N759
- Information technology, municipal and provincial software, incompatible, P240
- Infrastructure improvements, funding, N384
- Property tax revenue, estimate, C273, C531
- Provincial Auditor's reports
  - (2015) v.1, ch.2, P47–48
    - Sarauer, P47–48
    - Weekes, P48
    - Recommendation, P48
  - (2016) v.2, ch.12, P239–40
    - Doke, P240
    - Sarauer, P239–40
    - Recommendations, P240
  - (2017) v.2, ch.5, P435–36
    - Mowat, P436
    - Recommendation, P436
  - (2018) v.2, ch.11, P659–61
    - Mowat, P660–61
    - Recommendations, P661
- Staff, P436, P660–61
  - Recruitment and retention issues, P239–40
  - Segregation of duties for key accounting functions, P659–61
Northern Professional Access College
- See
  - Teacher education – Northern teacher education program and Northern Professional Access College
Northern Saskatchewan
- Bus services, elimination, impact
  - See
    - Saskatchewan Transportation Company – Elimination
- Cabins
  - Land use restrictions, relocation due to, E922–23
  - Leases and land use restrictions, N381–82
  - Wildfire damage
    - See
      - Wildfires – Trappers, cabins destroyed in fires
- Challenges
  - And community resilience, budget debate, 5600–5601
  - And need for community action, budget debate, 279–80
  - And need for community action, Throne Speech response, 30
  - Budget debate, 277–78, 2024, 3828, 5517
- Community plans, development, grants, U708–9
- Consultation and cultural sensitivity
  - Belanger, 1298
  - Eyre, 1298
  - Vermette, 1298
- COVID-19 pandemic
  - See also
    - Health – COVID-19 pandemic – First Nations, Métis, and remote communities
  - Impact, per capita mortality rate, N757
  - Risk factors, N755–56, N760
- COVID-19 pandemic, local outbreak
  - Checkpoints, funding, N740, N750–51, N756, N759
  - Community lockdown, impact on food security, N758
  - Containment measures, community response, challenges, N754–55
  - Government response, N739, N746–47, N751, N759–60, N764, U983–84
    - Consultation with local communities, N754–55, N759
    - Funding, N747, N749–51, N755–57
    - Funding, source of allocation, N757–59
    - Responsible ministries, N753
  - Reallocation of resources and associated costs, U979
  - Travel restrictions and access to medical appointments, U983
- Crime prevention initiatives
  - See
    - Crime, prevention and intervention – Northern youth violence reduction initiative
    - Justice administration
- Dams, relicensing in perpetuity and duty to consult
  - See
    - Saskatchewan Power Corporation – Relicensing of northern dams in perpetuity and duty to consult
- Drinking water
  - See
    - Water – Water quality – Northern Saskatchewan
- Driving testing stations
  - See
    - Saskatchewan Government Insurance
- Economic potential, budget debate, 5599–5600
  - See also
    - First Nations – And Métis – Economic
- Economy, Throne Speech response, 6172, 6257
- Education
  - See
    - Education – First Nations and Métis
- Education, teachers
  - See
    - Teacher education – Northern teacher education program
- Engagement with First Nations and Métis, N153–56, N376
  - Belanger, 968–69
  - Harpauer, 968–69
  - And non-aboriginal communities, budget debate, 3829
  - And non-aboriginal communities, Throne Speech response, 31
- Environmental quality committee, N565
- Food security
  - See also
    - Highway No. 905 – Far North Road – Importance
  - Throne Speech response, 2752
- Funding, by ministry, N567–68, N746
- Funding and government support
  - Kaeding, 3364
  - Vermette, 3364
- Government support
  - Doke, 2895
  - Vermette, 2895
- Government support, role of Government Relations Minister
  - See
    - Government Relations Ministry – Northern advocacy and engagement
- Highways
  - See
    - Highways and roads – Northern Saskatchewan
- Housing, development
  - See
    - Northern Saskatchewan – Community plans, development, grants
- Infrastructure investment, government record, budget debate, 5537–38
- Internet, high-speed, Connecting Canadians program, C122, C225, C631–32
- Investments, Throne Speech response, 6186–87
- Lakes, acid rain monitoring
  - See
    - Bodies of water – Northern lakes, acid rain monitoring
- Mental health services
  - See
    - Mental health services – And addiction services – Northern Saskatchewan
    - Mental health services – Northern Saskatchewan
- Municipal advisor position and office, Buffalo Narrows, N760–61
  - Belanger, 7006
  - Carr, 7006–7
- New North, work with ministries, N384
- Northern Aboriginal justice initiative
  - See
    - Justice administration
- Northern Community and School Recreation Coordinator program
  - See
    - First Nations – And Métis – Sports, culture, and recreation programs
- Northern engagement and municipal services branch
  - See
    - Government Relations Ministry – Municipal and northern engagement
- Power generation
  - See
    - Electricity – Northern Saskatchewan
- Prince Albert, importance to service provision, budget debate, 5576
- Programs and services, consultation regarding changes, N745–46
- Remote communities, access, challenges, E785
- Responsible and inclusive resource management, agreement, petition
  - Belanger, 6837, 6859, 6878
- Scattered Sites Outreach Program, closure, 7067
- Scattered Sites Outreach Program, recognition, Throne Speech response, 4586–87
- Service delivery, community-driven model, N383–84
- Social workers
  - See
    - Social workers
- Standalone ministry, need for, N562, N745
- Teacher education
  - See
    - Teacher education – Northern teacher education program
- Traffic safety
  - See
    - Traffic safety
- Trappers and fishermen, lack of support, budget debate, 442
- Tribute to communities' resiliency, Throne Speech response, 28–29
- Water systems, impact of climate change
  - See
    - Watersheds – Boreal watershed monitoring project
- Women
  - See
    - Women
Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association
- See
  - Trapping industry – Trappers
Northern teacher education program
- See
  - Teacher education – Northern teacher education program
Northlands College
- See also
  - Post-secondary institutions
- Board appointee Vince Natomagan, history of violent behaviour
  - See also
    - Post-secondary institutions – Board appointments, vetting process
  - Beck, 5151
  - Wyant, 5151–52
- Expanded programming, Northern Saskatchewan, U426–34
  - Partnership with University of Saskatchewan, member's statement
    - Wilson, 2326
- Northern teacher education program, assumption of
  - See
    - Teacher education – Northern teacher education program – Transfer to Northlands
- Partnership with Gabriel Dumont Institute
  - See
    - Gabriel Dumont Institute – Partnership with Northlands College
NorthPoint Energy Solutions Inc. C259–60, C663–65, C726
Not-in-my-back-yard syndrome
- See
  - Group homes – Weyburn, community land use concerns
NSTA (Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association)
- See
  - Trapping industry – Trappers
Nuclear energy
- Budget debate, 1990
- Critique of anti-uranium sentiment, Throne Speech response, 6226
- Slowpoke reactor, decommissioning, E586
- Small modular reactors, consideration of, C891
  - Throne Speech, 6060
  - Throne Speech response, 6085, 6092, 6112, 6119, 6165, 6186, 6263
- Small modular reactors, development, support for, moved (Olauson), 6886–96
  - Belanger, 6888–89
  - Buckingham, 6892–93
  - Olauson, 6886–88
  - Rancourt, 6891–92
  - Sproule, 6893–95
  - Stewart, 6889–91
  - Questions and comments
    - Belanger, 6895–96
    - Buckingham, 6895–96
    - Dennis, 6896
    - Fiaz, 6896
    - Olauson, 6895
    - Pedersen, 6895
    - Rancourt, 6895–96
    - Sproule, 6895–96
    - Stewart, 6896
    - Weekes, 6895
    - Young, 6895
- Small modular reactors, support for development, memorandum of understanding with governments of Ontario and New Brunswick, ministerial statement (Duncan)
  - Duncan, 6633
  - Sproule, 6633–34
- Using Saskatchewan-mined uranium
  - Throne Speech, 2591
  - Throne Speech response, 2639, 2703
Nuclear medicine
- See also
  - Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation
- Medical isotopes
  - Production and delivery to Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, regulatory approval, E115
  - Production in Saskatchewan, E195, E198
  - Production in Saskatchewan, budget debate, 5535
  - Production in Saskatchewan, ministerial statement (Harrison)
    - Harrison, 190
    - McCall, 190
  - Production in Saskatchewan, storage capacity, U924
  - Production in Saskatchewan, Throne Speech response, 2767
Nuclear research and development
- See
  - Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation
Nurse practitioners
- Bursaries and relocation grants, return-to-service commitment, U516–17, U524
- National Nurse Practitioner Week (November 12-18, 2017), member's statement
  - Dennis, 2952–53
- Number, increase, Throne Speech response, 88, 128, 2671
- Rosthern-Shellbrook constituency, budget debate, 370
- Rural and remote communities, recruitment strategies, U514–16
- Student loan forgiveness program
  - See
    - Nurses – And nurse practitioners
- Training seats, U516
- Use in communities struggling to recruit physicians, Throne Speech response, 6082
Nurses
- And nurse practitioners, student loan forgiveness program, U672
- Correctional facilities
  - See
    - Correctional centres – Medical services
- Directive regarding communications
  - See
    - Medical personnel – Directive regarding communications
- Front-line staff, increased funding, budget debate, 1890
- Long-term care facilities
  - See
    - Long-term care facilities – Medical personnel
- National Nursing Week and International Nurses Day
  - (2018), member's statement
    - Chartier, 4210
  - (2019), member's statement
    - Sarauer, 5981
- National Nursing Week (May 7-13, 2018), member's statement
  - Dennis, 4260–61
- Number
  - Increase
    - Budget debate, 321, 327, 396, 1872, 1892, 1896, 1907, 1911, 1918, 1922, 1927, 1937, 1958, 1972, 2015, 3754, 3805, 3831, 3879, 3913, 3932, 5474, 5485, 5497, 5560
    - Throne Speech, 2585, 4464, 6061
    - Throne Speech response, 83, 98, 115, 2609, 2615, 2618, 2638, 2642, 2647, 2671, 2675, 2691, 2695, 2697, 2706, 2711, 2721, 2728, 2736, 2768, 4495, 4513, 4517, 4520, 4526, 4529, 4532, 4548, 4579, 4582, 4638, 6082, 6121, 6126, 6139, 6187, 6195
  - Recruitment
    - Challenges, Biggar, Throne Speech response, 145
    - Government efforts, support for
      - See also
        Physicians – And nurses, recruitment and retention
    - Throne Speech response, 88
  - Relative to population, Throne Speech response, 4488
- Nurse examiner services
  - See
    - Sexual assault – Nurse examiner services
- Nurse practitioners
  - See
    - Nurse practitioners
- Psychiatric, role in prisoners on remand reduction initiative, N194–95
- Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association, 100th anniversary and flag-raising at Legislative Building (March 10, 2017), member's statement
  - Buckingham, 1643
- School of Nursing, Saskatchewan Polytechnic
  - See
    - Saskatchewan Polytechnic
- Training, Indigenous nursing program, elimination, U1127
- Training, two-provider model, review, U678
- Training seats, increase
  - Budget debate, 393, 3931
  - Throne Speech response, 159, 2615, 2691
- Union
  - See
    - Saskatchewan Union of Nurses
Nutrition
- Nutrition Month and Dietitians Day in Canada (March 14, 2018), member's statement
  - Mowat, 3419