Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport's Legislation

• lays out the legislative mandate, structure and functions of the Saskatchewan Archives Board, legal requirements for the management and preservation of records and the legal and administrative activities that must be undertaken for the Board to function.

• lays out the legislative mandate, powers, structure and functions of the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the legal and administrative activities that must be undertaken for the Board to function.

The Communications Network Corporations Act

• establishes the Saskatchewan Communications Network Corporation and describes its mandate, powers, duties and corporate structure.

• describes the legal responsibilities of the Minister responsible for culture and recreation in Saskatchewan.

• establishes a trust fund, from the liquidation of assets of the foreclosure of the C.C.U.B. Ltd., which may be used to further the culture and heritage of the Doukhobors of Canada.

• determines the administration and application of the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit which is designed to help increase and maintain employment in the Saskatchewan film industry.

• provides for the gathering, collating and recording of information respecting names of places and geographical features within the province.

• defines heritage property, outlines the government’s roles and responsibilities with respect to heritage, and outlines the process of heritage designation.

• recognizes Yom haShoah as Holocaust Memorial Day in Saskatchewan and determines the date of observance (next date is Thursday, May 1, 2008).

• authorizes the Minister responsible for Lotteries to:
  • enter into agreements with other provinces to conduct and manage a lottery scheme in Saskatchewan;
  • issue a licence to a non-profit organization (currently Western Canada Lottery Corporation),authorizing it to conduct and manage a lottery scheme on behalf of the government; and 
  • designate a non-profit organization (currently Sask Sport Inc.) to act as the marketing organization for the lottery scheme. 

• recognizes the heroic efforts, humane compassion and personal financial sacrifice made by Jean-Louis Légaré with respect to Chief Sitting Bull and his people during their years of refuge in what is now the Province of Saskatchewan.

• promotes and preserves multiculturalism in Saskatchewan by recognizing diversity with respect to race, cultural heritage, ethnicity, and place of origin, states broadly the provincial multiculturalism policy and provides the Minister the power to carry out the purposes of the Act.

• lays out the legislative mandate and functions of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, the role of the Museum director and the Museum’s responsibility toward Aboriginal and culturally-sensitive objects.

• lays out the legislative mandate, powers and functions, and structure of the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts (Conexus Arts Centre) and the legal and administrative activities that must be undertaken for Centre to function.

• establishes a board of trustees to manage and operate the Community Initiatives Fund and contains reporting requirements and authority for the provincial government to establish regulations to govern the use of moneys in the fund and requirements for applying to the fund.

• establishes the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation and describers its mandate, powers, duties and corporate structure.

• recognizes the importance of artists to Saskatchewan;
• briefly describes the government undertaking and the Minister’s responsibility regarding artists;
• states policy principles; and
• allows the establishment of advisory committees to advise the Minister regarding artists and their interests.

• declares April 6 each year as a Saskatchewan Day of Appreciation for Scottish Clans in Canada.

• establishes Wanuskewin Heritage Park as a corporate entity and lays out the broad governance structure and the duties, powers and authority of the organization.

• establishes the Western Development Museum as a corporate entity and lays out the broad governance structure and the duties, powers and authority of the organization.