JOURNALS of the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of the Province of

From the 15th day of February, 1968, to the 25th day of April, 1968, In the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth II, BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN

Session; 1968

REGINA: LAWRENCE AMON, QUEEN'S PRINTER 1968

VOLUME LXX CONTENTS

Session., 1968

JOURNALS of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan including QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Pages 1 to 330

JOURNALS of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Pages 1 to 253

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Appendix Pages 254 to 330 MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

R. L. HANBIDGE, Lieutenant Governor, (L.s.)

CANADA PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, and Her other Realms and Territories, QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

To OuR FAITHFUL the MEMBERS elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Our Province of Saskatchewan, and to every one of you, GREETING:

A PROCLAMATION

RoY S. MELDRUM, WHEREAS, it is expedient for causes Deputy and considerations to convene the Attorney General Legislative Assembly of Our Prov- ince of Saskatchewan, WE Do WILL that you and each of you and all others in this behalf interested on THURSDAY, the FIFTEENTH day of FEBRUARY, 1968, at Our City of Regina, personally be and appear for the, despatch of Business, there to take into consideration the state and welfare of Our said Province of Saskatchewan and thereby do as may seem necessary, HEREIN FAIL NOT.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have caused Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Our said Province of Saskatchewan to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS: Our right trusty and well beloved THE HONOURABLE ROBERT LEITH HANBIDGE, Q.C., Lieutenant-Governor of Our Province of Saskatchewan.

AT OuR CAPITAL CITY OF REGINA, in Our said Province, this SECOND day of JANUARY, in the year of Our Lord ONE THOUSAND AND NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, and in the SIXTEENTH year of Our Reign.

By Command,

L. J. BEAUDRY, Deputy Provincial Secretary. JOURNALS

OF THE

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Province of Saskatchewan

FIRST SESSION SIXTEENTH LEGISLATURE

Regina, Thursday, February 15, 1968

10:00 o'clock a.m.

This being the first day of the meeting of the First Session of the Sixteenth Legislature of the Province of Saskatchewan for the despatch of business, pursuant to a Proclamation of His Honour the Honourable Robert Leith Hanbidge, Lieutenant Governor of the Province, elated the Second clay of January, 1968, Charles Beverley Koester, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Commissioner designated by his Honour the Lieutenant Governor for administering the Oath to the Members of the Legislative Assembly, attending according to his duty, John Curry Har­ rington, Chief Electoral Officer, delivered to the said Charles Beverley Koester a Roll containing a list of names of such Members as had been returnee! to serve in this Legislature, as follows, viz.:

CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER

Legislative Building, Regina, February 9, 1968.

To: C. B. Koester, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

This is to certify that by reason of the dissolution of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of the Province of Saskatchewan, and by virtue of Writs of Election dated the eighth clay of September last, and addressed to the hereinafter mentioned persons as Returning Officers for the Con­ stituencies in the Province set opposite their respective names, for the election of Members to represent the said Constituencies in the Legislative Assembly, the following persons have been gazetted as duly elected to 6 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968

represent the Constituencies set forth below, as appears by the Returns to the said Writs deposited in my office, viz.: Constituency Member Elected Returning Officer Arm River Wilbert 'Mc!vor Stanley Sloan Athabasca Allan R. Guy Mrs. Mildred Dufort Bengough Alex Mitchell Harold IJ3rodin Biggar Woodrow S. Lloyd Mrs. Irene Ewen Cannington Thomas M. Weatherald Mrs. Mary Entwistle Canora Adolph S. Matsalla Milton Rigby Cutknife Miro Kwasnica Mrs. Edna Silvester Elrose George Leith Marshall Scott Gravelbourg Lionel Coderre William Finlay Hanley Robert Heggie Clarence Smith Humboldt Matt Breker August Faul Kelsey John 'Messer Frank Fuerstenberg Kelvington B. I-I. Bjarnason Arthur B. Ferrie Kerrobert- Kindersley William S. Howes Ernest Remfert Kinistino Arthur Thibault Harold 'Steen Last Mountain Donald 'G. 'MacLennan Frank Gibney Lumsden Darrel Heald Frederick Lane Maple Creek Alex C. Cameron Peter Fenrich Meadow Lake Henry -E. Coupland George Maloney Melfort - Tisdale C. George Willis John 'McPhee Melville John R. Kowalchuk Joseph 'Banick Milestone Cyril 'MacDonald Charles Wilkie MooseJawNorth Gordon T. Snyder Edward Astell South William G. Davies Gene Chura Moosomin Ernest F. Gardner Qunitis Sundstrom Morse W. Ross Thatcher Thomas Ripley Nipawin Frank K. Radloff Frank Hastings Notukeu - Willowbunch James Hooker Larry Bissonette Pelly J. Ross Barrie Michael Zeibin Prince Albert East - Cumberland William J. Berezowsky Raymond Frith Prince Albert West David G. Steuart Mrs. Jaqueline Lobley Qu'Appelle - Wolseley Douglas T. McFarlane Donald Ford Redberry Dick W. Michayluk Leo Pollard Regina Centre AU.an E. Blakeney George Exner Regina North East Walter E. Smishek Mrs. Arnetta Livingstone Regina North West Ed Whelan Mrs. Patricia Fralick Regina South Gordon Grant Anthony Bast Regina South East Henry H. P. Baker Mrs. Helen Argan Regina South West Donald M~Pherson Weldon Orr Rosetown George Loken James Sansom Rosthern David Boldt Isidore Skakun Saltcoats James E. Snedker William Torrie Saskatoon City Park - University Jeff Charlebois Mrs. Doreen'Millar Saskatoon 'Mayfair John E. Brockelbank Stewart Hemingway Saskatoon Nutana Centre Clarence Estey Mrs. Grace Hession Saskatoon Nutana South W. Austin Forsyth Mrs. Mary P,atterson Saskatoon Riversdale Mrs. Charlotte Brand Shaunavon Fern Larochelle Mrs. Margaret Audette Shellbrook G. R. Bowerman Oscar Larsen Souris - E'stevan Ian H. IMacDougall Mrs. Ruby DeBacker Swift Current Everett Wood Mrs. Elaine McIntyre The Battlefords Eiling Kmmer Mrs. Margaret Reid Touchwood Frank Meakes John Bereziuk Turtleford Robert H. W ooff Norman A. W ooff Wadena Fred Dewhurst Harold Krienke Watrous Percy Schmeiser Charles Sollosy Weyburn Auburn Pepper Orville Griffin Wilkie J.C. Mc!saac Leo Mitchell Yorkton Bernard Gallagher Joseph Lenius J. C. HARRINGTON, Chief Electoral Officer. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 7

The said comm1ss1oner having previously administered the Oath to the Members who appeared, and the Members having subscribed the Roll containing the Oath, they took their seats in the Assembly at 3: 10 o'clock p.m. 3:10 o'clock p.m. The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly informed the Assembly that he had received a communication from the Private Secretary to His Honour the Lieutenant Governor stating that His Honour would open the Session at 3: 15 o'clock p.m. today, Thursday, the Fifteenth day of February, 1968. 3:15 o'clock p.m. His Honour the Lieutenant Governor entered the Chamber and took his seat on the Throne. The Hon. Mr. Heald, Provincial Secretary, then said: "I am commanded by His Honour, the Lieutenant Governor to inform you that he does not see fit to declare the causes of the summoning of the present Legislature until later today, when the Legislative Assembly shall have elected a Speaker, according to law." His Honour the Lieutenant Governor then retired from the Chamber.

The Hon. Mr. Thatcher, addressing himself to the Clerk, moved, seconded by the Hon. Mr. Heald, that James Edward Snedker, Esquire, Member for the Constituency of Saltcoats, do take the Chair of this Assemb