Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation [ SaskTel | Saskatchewan Telecommunications | Saskatchewan Government Telephones ]

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Superannuation Board [ Saskatchewan Government Telephones Superannuation Board ]

Saskatchewan Government Insurance [ SGI | Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office ]

Government telephone call

Before Saskatchewan Government Telephones ever came along there were literally thousands of individual telephone companies spread around all the provinces.

However, SaskTel, the government-owned telephone company in the province of Saskatchewan, is not under the jurisdiction of the CRTC by virtue of a five-year exemption granted in the Telecommunications Act of 1993, and neither is it regulated by a provincial regulator.

We have had a number of meetings with provincial governments, both Canada and the first nations, to bring the provinces and their utility companies, such as Saskatchewan Telephone, B.C. Tel, B.C. Rail, etc., up to speed on where we are.

Q-240 — Mr. Jaffer (Edmonton—Strathcona) — With regard to ports of entry into Canada: (a) what are the standards used by all customs officers across Canada to determine a high-risk traveller or shipment, and what is the standard procedure as to what to do with such a traveller or shipment once it is determined to be high-risk; (b) under what standard procedure are customs officers expected to refer travellers to immigration officers, and is there any standard for immigration officers to notify customs officers as to the results of such referrals; if it is determined that a traveller should be referred to an Immigration officer and there is no immigration officer at that location, what is the standard procedure that a customs officer shoul ...[+++]d follow; (c) why are there no joint Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) evaluations planned to determine the effectiveness of customs officers and immigration officers at the border; (d) is there a standard for the sharing of data and intelligence between customs officers and immigration officers; (e) is there a standard referral procedure by which customs officers can clearly determine by which points should a traveller be referred to immigration officers; (f) is there an agreement between the CCRA and CIC that would provide for periodic evaluations to be performed jointly by CCRA and CIC to determine the effectiveness of their joint operations; (g) what percentage of the time does the Primary Automated Lookout System-Highway equipment correctly read licence plates of vehicles stopped at border crossing booths; (h) what facilities exist for examining commercial shipments at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor and where are they located in relation to the bridge customs site: (i) what is the standard procedure for ensuring that truck operators told to report to the facility actually arrive there; and (ii) under what circumstances would procedures dictate that a truck be escort ...