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Hansard, Page 12705 to 12711 February 6, 1967 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SASKATCHEWAN Fourth Session - Fifteenth Legislature 8th Day Monday, February 13, 1967 The Assembly met at 2:30 o’clock On the Orders of the Day WELCOME TO STUDENTS MR. T.M. BREKER (Humboldt): – Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw to your attention and the attention of the House, a group of grade seven, eight and nine and ten students in the west gallery from Annaheim. These students have journeyed some 150 miles to see the fair city of Regina and to see the Saskatchewan policymakers in action. They are accompanied by Sister Thomas, Mrs. Shultz, Allan Doepker, Mr. Tony Holtvogt, as well as being accompanied by their bus drivers, Mr. Don Niekamp and John Draude and Clarence Ehalt. It is the wish of the entire Assembly that their visit be both entertaining and informative, and we wish them a safe journey home. SOME HON. MEMBERS: – Hear, hear! MR. W.E. SMISHEK (Regina East): – Mr. Speaker, I want to welcome the 60 grade eight students from the Regina Imperial School. The students are accompanied by Mrs. Hagen, the assistant principal. They are seated in the east gallery. On your behalf, Mr. Speaker, I want to extend to them a warm welcome and express the hope that their stay here today with us will be both enjoyable and informative. SOME HON. MEMBERS: – Hear, hear! MRS. SALLY MERCHANT (Saskatoon City): – Mr. Speaker, could I draw your attention and the attention of the Members of the House to a group of students who are seated in the Speaker’s gallery from King Edward School in the city of Saskatoon. This is one of the very oldest of the schools in the city and the school that draws its students now from every part of the city in all kinds of special classes in which the school board in Saskatoon has pioneered. I know that you will want to welcome them to this House and wish them, with me, a very happy day. SOME HON. MEMBERS: – Hear, hear! MR. H.H.P. BAKER (Regina East): – Mr. Speaker, I too, would like to extend a warm welcome to the Imperial School students whom I have the privilege of representing during these sessions of the Legislature. I want to thank their teachers for taking an interest in them and having them come to our parliamentary institutions where democracy is seen in action. At the same time I extend a warm welcome to all the other students from other parts of this province to the capital city. We wish you a pleasant stay here and a safe journey homeward. SOME HON. MEMBERS: – Hear, hear! 229 February 13,1967 HON. G.B. GRANT (Minister of Health): – Mr. Speaker, we have a special guest in the Speaker’s gallery today that I would like to bring the attention of this House to, in the person of Mr. Henry Thompson of Ghana. Mr. Thompson is the editor of The Evening News there and has been touring the United States under the auspices of the U.S. State Department and is currently travelling across Canada under the visitors program of our own department, the Department of External Affairs in Ottawa. I would ask Mr. Thompson to stand. I trust he will enjoy his stay in the House with us today and we welcome him. SOME HON. MEMBERS: – Hear, hear! HON. D.G. STEUART (Minister of Natural Resources): – Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to welcome in the Speaker’s gallery 40 of the finest-looking young ladies ever to grace this Chamber, the Squirettes from the city of Prince Albert accompanied by Mrs. Gaudette, Mrs. Laliberte, Mrs. Fournier and Mrs. Crandon. I hope that they have enjoyed their stay here and found it educational. I wish the ladies every success in getting them all back home safe and sound. SOME HON. MEMBERS: – Hear, hear! CONDOLENCES HON. W. ROSS THATCHER (Premier): – It was with deep regret that Hon. Members learned yesterday of the death of the Hon. John Cuelenaere, a Member of this Government. For many years Mr. Cuelenaere has been one of the outstanding figures in public life in our province. As Mayor of the City of Prince Albert he served the northern area of Saskatchewan. He was recognized by thousands of our citizens and by his fellow members at the bar, as one of the finest legal minds in Western Canada. As a Member of the Legislature and Member of the Cabinet no man earned more respect from his colleagues. His intelligent, forthright carrying out of the business of government is unsurpassed in our province. His death is a personal loss to many of us who worked closely with him. We enjoyed his good company and wise counsel. His loss will be felt throughout the province. I am informed by the Deputy Premier (Mr. Steuart) that the funeral will be on Thursday, and probably Hon. Members will wish to adjourn the House for that day. I think the Hon. Member for Prince Albert (Mr. Steuart) will move a motion in that regard later this day. I should like to move, seconded by the Hon. Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lloyd): That this Assembly, deeply moved by the death on Sunday of the Honourable Mr. John Marcel Cuelenaere, respected Member for the constituency of Shellbrook, records in profound sorrow on the loss of a valued friend and colleague, and extends to the members of his family its sincerest condolences, praying that Divine Providence may comfort and sustain them in their bereavement. HON. W.S. LLOYD (Leader of the Opposition): – Mr. Speaker, I rise to 230 February 13, 1967 associate myself with the remarks of the Premier. The very untimely death of John Cuelenaere will be a great loss to his community, to his party, to the Government of Saskatchewan, and to this Legislature. He was a Minister for an extremely short period of time and I think all of us were impressed with the extent to which he gained a good grasp of the workings of his department. We were pleased with the way in which he was prepared to enter into discussion about that department and supply information with respect to its work. Prior to coming to the Legislature his services had been made available in a large number of ways, partly within his constituency where he had a fine record of service in local government and in other community activities as well. Outside of the constituency we will remember for example that he did serve as a member of the senate and a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Saskatchewan. He, like many other municipal leaders, was active also in the Association of Urban Municipalities. As the Premier has said, his ability not only in his chosen profession of law but his ability in fields of government at the local and provincial level, his willingness to give his services in other ways are such as to have earned for him a very real gratitude in many ways. We join with others in expressing our very great sadness and regret to members of his family. MR. M.P. PEDERSON (Arm River): – Mr. Speaker, it is very difficult for me to add more to the words that have been expressed by the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lloyd), but I would just like to express my personal feeling of loss in having lost a dear friend of many, many years standing. I appreciated his help to myself, while he was a Minister here in this House. I appreciated my relationship with him over the years. I want to express my sympathy to his family and place on the record my appreciation for the life that he led and the help that he extended not only to me but to countless of our citizens in this province. HON. D.G. STEUART (Minister of Natural Resources): – Mr. Speaker, in joining with others who have spoken here in paying tribute to the late John Cuelenaere, I would mention that the funeral will be at 10:30 at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Prince Albert this Thursday. I know many are interested in attending at that time and would want to know this information. I worked with John. I knew him as a friend, and I worked with him as an alderman in the city of Prince Albert and as a Cabinet colleague in the Government of Saskatchewan. I knew him to be a fine man of outstanding character. He served his city and his province with distinction and with ability. I suppose he will be best remembered in Prince Albert for the outstanding work he did in putting that city back on its feet financially and in the short time he served as Minister of Natural Resources, the great work he did, the long and arduous task he had in the bringing of a pulp mill to this province. He will be missed by his many friends; his passing was a great loss to our community of Prince Albert and to this province. I join with others in expressing to his family our deep regrets. MR. R.A. WALKER (Hanley): – Mr. Speaker, if I may be permitted to add a word or two to the words that have been spoken in this House. I would like to say that I have been acquainted with the departed Member for perhaps 20 or 25 years and I must say that I can 231 February 13,1967 understand why so many of his friends and acquaintances feel this sense of loss at his passing.
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