Hayden, Hon. Jack (Minister, Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development)
4-H Clubs
Role in farm safety education ... RE267, 280
Agricultural exhibitions and fairs
Education on farm safety at ... RE273
Agricultural flexibility fund (Federal/provincial program)
Agricultural land
Cost of ... RE286 Preservation of ... RE269 Proximity to urban areas ... RE269
Agricultural Operation Practices Act
Administration of, funding for ... RE268
Agricultural service boards
Role in farm safety education ... RE267, 273
Agricultural workers
Cross-ministry initiatives re ... RE273 Inclusion under workplace legislation ... RE273-74, 280 Re-education following injury ... RE274
Agriculture
Competitiveness/sustainability of ... RE267-68, 269, 280, 282-84 Disaster funding ... RE284 Impact of global economic situation on ... RE268, 271, 275, 283 Impact on overall economy ... RE267, 282 Income, definition of ... RE271-72 Income supports ... RE272 Legislative compliance/surveillance ... RE269-70 Local initiatives ... RE286 Nutrient management, funding for ... RE268 Producer access to capital ... RE282 Producer co-operatives ... RE279 Producer costs ... RE268, 279, 284 Research and development, funding for ... RE268 Small producers ... RE268, 272, 278 Statistics on ... RE271, 279 Tax incentives for ... RE286 Tax incentives for new farmers ... RE286 Urbanization of associated industries ... RE280
Agriculture - Diversification
Impact on livestock feed costs ... RE268 Impact on water needs ... RE270 Initiatives re ... RE272, 279, 281 Motion other than government motion re (No. 503) ... RE279 Niche market development ... RE282 Promotion of locally grown produce ... RE279 Young farmers' involvement in ... RE286
Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Agriculture - Lacombe
Local initiatives re ... RE286
Agriculture - Medicine Hat
Local initiatives re ... RE286
Agriculture - Regulations
Agriculture - Research
General remarks ... RE284
Agriculture - Southern Alberta
Competitiveness/sustainability of ... RE270
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
AgriRecovery (Federal/provincial program)
Administration and funding of ... RE284
AgriStability program
Administration and funding of ... RE284
Air quality - Rural areas
Alberta century farm and ranch awards
General remarks ... RE279
Alberta Competitiveness Act (Bill 1, 2010)
General remarks ... RE284
Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
Farm-based grant program, funding for ... RE268
Alberta government offices
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
Feed strategy development ... RE284 Funding for ... RE268 Market research and development role ... RE275, 277-78, 283 Programs, primary producer eligibility for ... RE278
Alberta livestock and meat strategy
Alberta livestock information system
Barley
Traceability of ... RE285
Battle River Railway New Generation Co-op
General remarks ... RE274
Beef industry
Feed ban ... RE270 Processing plants, statistics re ... RE281 Producer costs ... RE280, 284 Regulations, impact on producer costs ... RE280, 284 Smaller producers ... RE279 Specialty products ... RE282 Statistics re ... RE278 Testing, funding for ... RE270
Beef industry - United States
Beginning farmer incentive program
Bison
Meat-processing facilities ... RE279
Bison - Export - European Union
General remarks ... RE282
Boundary Waters Treaty (1909)
Administration of ... RE271
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Impact on beef exports, federal advocacy re ... RE283 Testing, funding for ... RE270
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian National Railway Company
Camrose-Alliance line, discontinuation of ... RE274
Canadian Wheat Board
Provincial strategy re ... RE276
Carbon capture and storage
Compensation for land use ... RE268, 285 Potential for ... RE285 Relation to direct seeding practices ... RE268
Carbon capture and storage - Environmental aspects
General remarks ... RE268
Cattle
Age verification ... RE275 General remarks ... RE285 Killing of by wildlife, rancher compensation for ... RE282
Cattle - Export
Export of semen and embryos to Russia ... RE283
Cattle price insurance program
Climate change science
Research on, funding for ... RE268
Colgate-Palmolive Company
General remarks ... RE281
Community development trust
Federal funding for ... RE277 Funding for research projects ... RE268
Competitiveness/sustainability , Economic
Confined feeding operation extension services
Administration of, funding for ... RE268
Container transportation
Role of railways in ... RE274
Dairy industry
Cattle breeding for ... RE283 Cost of feed ... RE268
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Budget 2010, proportion that goes to primary producers ... RE281 Business plan ... RE269, 280, 285 Call centres ... RE281 Corporate services, funding for ... RE277 Cross-ministry initiatives ... RE268 Interprovincial co-operation ... RE278 IT systems, Auditor General recommendations re ... RE277 Main estimates 2010-11, debated ... RE267-86 Office location in rural areas ... RE280-81 Programs, funding for ... RE269, 278 Research and development, funding for ... RE268, 278 Role of ... RE277 Seasonal staff, reduction in ... RE280-81
Dollar , Canadian
Impact of fluctuations on agriculture ... RE268
Drought
Disaster areas, statistics re ... RE270 Impact on agriculture ... RE268
Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency)
Agriculture and Rural Development dept. staff location in ... RE281
Economy - Red Deer
Impact of agriculture on ... RE282
Electric power
Generation of, under manure management program ... RE269 Produced from methane ... RE269
Energy efficiency
Research and development, funding for ... RE268
Energy resources , Alternate/renewable
Research and development, funding for ... RE268
Environmental protection - Rural areas
Farm fuel benefit program
Application process ... RE271-72 Auditor General recommendations re ... RE271
Farm produce - Export - United States
Country of origin label regulation for ... RE269-70, 276 Food safety issues ... RE269 Statistics re ... RE280
Farm produce - Import - South America
General remarks ... RE283
Farm produce - Mexico
Response to U.S. country of origin label regulation ... RE270, 276
Farm produce - Prices
Factors influencing ... RE279 Price insurance ... RE278 Relation to primary producer compensation ... RE272 Supports for ... RE268
Farm safety
Cross-ministry initiatives re ... RE267 Education re ... RE267, 273 Education re, for temporary foreign workers ... RE280 Fatalities ... RE279 Funding for ... RE267, 273-74, 279 Public input on ... RE267 Regulations , provincial strategy re ... RE267 Reports re ... RE279
Farmers' markets
Revenue sources ... RE272
Fisheries , Commercial
Global decline in production ... RE283
Food chain traceability
Federal funding for ... RE276 Value in marketing of agricultural products ... RE285
Food safety
Impact on market development ... RE283-84 Interprovincial co-operation re ... RE269 Provincial strategy re ... RE269-70 Standards re ... RE269
Food security
Large producers' impact on ... RE279
Foreign workers , Temporary
Employment in agriculture, safety issues re ... RE280
Geographical information systems
Administration of, funding for ... RE268
Grazing and winter feeding management program
Greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon credit offsets ... RE268, 285 Impact of trucking industry on ... RE274
Greenhouse gas emissions - European Union
Carbon credit offsets ... RE285
Groundwater
Environmental aspects of ... RE270
Growing Forward: The New Agricultural Policy Framework (Federal/provincial)
H1N1 influenza virus
Impact on agriculture ... RE268
Hail insurance program
Cost of premiums ... RE268
Imports - Prices
Impact on economic competitiveness ... RE270
Integrated crop management program
International trade
Agriculture-related ... RE281 Interjurisdictional co-operation re ... RE283
Internet (Computer network) - Rural areas
High-speed connections, access to ... RE268
Irrigation
Changes in practices ... RE270-71 Funding for ... RE270 Infrastructure, funding for ... RE271
Lacombe-Ponoka (Constituency)
Agriculture and Rural Development dept. staff location in ... RE281
Land use
Administration of, funding for ... RE268
Land-use framework
Implementation of ... RE269
Livestock - Prices
Relation of farmer compensation to ... RE278
Livestock industry
Age verification and traceability ... RE275 Animal health and welfare ... RE269, 283 Comparison with other jurisdictions ... RE281 Competitiveness/sustainability ... RE268 Federal inspection of ... RE279 Feed development, funding for ... RE268 Market development ... RE275 Price insurance for ... RE278 Production costs ... RE277-78
Livestock industry - Export
Livestock industry - Export - Japan
ALMA role in market development ... RE275, 277
Llama farming
General remarks ... RE272
Manure management program
Meteorology , Agricultural
Methane , Coal-bed
Impact on freshwater aquifers ... RE270
Milk River watershed
Management, international joint commission on ... RE271
Municipalities
Land-use framework initiatives ... RE269
Nutraceuticals industry
General remarks ... RE281
Oil and gas well drilling
CO*sub*2@sub@ sequestration use in ... RE268
Ports , Inland
General remarks ... RE274
Railways
Federal legislation and regulations re ... RE274 Service delivery models ... RE274
Railways - Alliance
Service discontinuation ... RE274
Railways - British Columbia
General remarks ... RE274
Railways - Camrose
Service discontinuation ... RE274
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Cost of, impact of reduction in railway service on ... RE274
Rural communities
Preservation of ... RE273
Rural community adaptation grant program
Rural connections (Community broadband Internet infrastructure pilot program)
Federal funding for ... RE268
Rural extension and industry development division, Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
General remarks ... RE280
Sea-Can Containers Ltd.
General remarks ... RE274
Sheep farming
Cost of feed for lambs ... RE268
Soil quality
Initiatives re moisture, funding for ... RE268 Preservation of ... RE285
Specified risk materials (Cattle parts)
Management of ... RE284 Removal of, cost to producers ... RE280
Standing Policy Committee on Agriculture and Municipal Affairs
General remarks ... RE280
Supreme Court of Canada
Canadian Wheat Board challenge ... RE276
Technology commercialization
Rural projects , funding for ... RE268
Tourism
Opportunities for railways in ... RE274
Travel at public expense
Agriculture and Rural Development dept. travel within Alberta ... RE281
Water
Agricultural use of ... RE270
Water - Supply
Initiatives re, funding for ... RE270
Water management
Funding for ... RE270 Long-term planning re ... RE271
Water management - United States
Storage, agreements re ... RE271
Wheat
Traceability of ... RE285
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne (Constituency)
Agriculture and Rural Development dept. staff location in ... RE281
Workers' compensation
Coverage of agricultural workers under ... RE273-74
World Trade Organization
Agricultural price supports policy ... RE268, 270 Alberta challenge of U.S. country of origin label regulation to ... RE269-70, 276
Hehr, Kent (L, Calgary-Buffalo)
Aboriginal peoples
Consultation with ... RE236
Agencies, boards, and commissions
Appointments to, review of ... RE231
Agricultural land
Preservation of ... RE236
Agriculture - Regulations
Provincial strategy re ... RE233
Alberta biodiversity monitoring program
Alberta Competitiveness Act (Bill 1, 2010)
General remarks ... RE234
Alberta grizzly bear recovery plan 2008-13
Business plan , Provincial
Caribou
Protection of, funding for ... RE239
Competitiveness/sustainability , Economic
Land-use framework impact ... RE235 Regulation streamlining impacts ... RE233
Dept. of Aboriginal Relations
Role in advancing aboriginal participation in regional plans ... RE237
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Business plan ... RE234, 237 Competitiveness, initiatives re ... RE234 Consolidation of services ... RE235 Contracts, funding for ... RE236, 238 Legal support system, funding for ... RE236 Main estimates 2010-11, debated ... RE231-39, 247-48 Research and development, funding for ... RE234 Services, funding for ... RE235 Staff, safety of ... RE235
Economic development
Environmental aspects of ... RE233
Electric power , Coal-produced
Energy industry
Forestry waste fibre as feedstock for ... RE233 Tenure ... RE237
Energy industry - Competitiveness review
Energy industry - Regulations
Regulatory process ... RE233
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Cumulative effects management, role in implementation ... RE237 Natural resources regulatory role ... RE233
Environmental protection
Legislation and regulations re ... RE237 Partnerships with industry re ... RE233 Research on, funding for ... RE236
Environmental protection - Cumulative effects approach
Fish and wildlife division, Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Regulations re ... RE232 Staff reductions ... RE235
Fishing , Sport
Private lands used for, initiatives re ... RE231-32
Foothills Research Institute
Grizzly bear research, funding for ... RE238
Forest industries
Diversification ... RE233 Market development ... RE239 Regulations ... RE233 Timber allocations ... RE234 Waste fibre, industrial feedstock use ... RE233
Forest management
Initiatives re boreal forests ... RE237 Performance measures , Auditor General recommendations re ... RE247-48 Reduction in wardens ... RE235 Reforestation ... RE247-48
Forest management agreements
General remarks ... RE234
Forest operations monitoring program
Freehold lands
Access to, for recreational activities ... RE231-32
GeoDiscover Alberta (Geographical information portal)
Implementation of ... RE236
Grazing lands , Public
Infrastructure, funding for ... RE231 Leases ... RE231
Grazing reserve associations
Planning assistance , funding for ... RE231
Grizzly bears
Designation as threatened species ... RE238 DNA-based census of ... RE237-38 Hunting of ... RE238 Management, funding for ... RE238 Public education ... RE239
Hunt farms
Provincial ban on ... RE239
Land Compensation Board
Appointments to ... RE231
Land reclamation and remediation
Area operating agreements, enhancement of requirements ... RE234-35 Technology re ... RE234-35
Land use
Efficiency in , studies re ... RE236
Lower Athabasca regional plan (Land-use framework)
Natural resources - Regulations
Cross-ministry initiatives re ... RE233-34 Streamlining and rationalization of ... RE233
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Appointments to ... RE231
North Saskatchewan regional plan (Land-use framework)
Pine beetles - Control
Emergency funding, budgetary designation of ... RE247 Funding for ... RE247
Public lands
Sale and lease of, Auditor General recommendations re ... RE248 Studies re , funding for ... RE236
Recreational access management program
Recreational activities
Private land use, initiatives re ... RE231-32
Recreational areas
Creation from reclaimed land ... RE234-35 Studies re , funding for ... RE236
Sand and gravel - Royalties
Auditor General recommendations re ... RE247
South Saskatchewan regional plan (Land-use framework)
Surface Rights Board
Appointments to ... RE231
Treasury Board
Natural resource regulations, cross-ministry initiatives re ... RE233-34
Water - Supply
Impact on cumulative environmental effects ... RE237
Water management
Licence allocation, cumulative effects approach ... RE237
Wetlands
Creation from reclaimed land ... RE234-35
Wildlife habitat
Creation and preservation of ... RE232, 237 Provincial strategy re wildlife corridors ... RE248
Wildlife habitat - Bow Valley
Provincial strategy re wildlife corridor ... RE248
Hennig, Glenn (Alberta Federation of Rural Electrification Associations)
Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
Government subsidization of ... RE309 Hourly reads, cost of ... RE309 Other jurisdictions ... RE308-09
Airplanes
Electric meter readings using ... RE309
Alberta Electric System Operator
General remarks ... RE309
Alberta Federation of Rural Electrification Associations
Presentation to Standing Committee on Resources and Environment on electric power ... RE309
Automatic meter reading (AMR)
Electric power
Consumption, comparison with other jurisdictions ... RE309 Variable demand, comparison with other jurisdictions ... RE309
Electric power lines - Construction
AFREA position on ... RE309 Cost of ... RE309 Underground infrastructure ... RE309
Holden, Gary (Enmax Corporation)
Alberta Electric System Operator
Alberta Utilities Commission
Automobiles , Electric
Cost of fuel for ... RE322 Electric power contracts re ... RE320 Enmax initiatives re ... RE321
Calgary Energy Centre
Enmax purchase of ... RE319
Climate change and emissions management fund
Electric power - Airdrie
General remarks ... RE321
Electric power - Balzac
Enmax initiatives re ... RE319
Electric power - Calgary
Bonnybrook cogeneration plant ... RE319
Electric power - Chestermere
General remarks ... RE321
Electric power - Crossfield
Electric power - United States
Import to Alberta ... RE321
Electric power , Coal-produced
Enmax position on ... RE319 Future use of ... RE321 Waste heat collection from ... RE319
Electric power , Natural gas-produced
Cogeneration of ... RE321 Combination with wind power ... RE321 Combined cycle generation ... RE321 Cost of ... RE320-21 Enmax strategy re ... RE319
Electric power grid , Smart
Impact of electric transportation on ... RE320
Electric power lines
Enmax requirements for ... RE321
Electric power lines - Construction
Electric power lines - Lethbridge
General remarks ... RE321
Electric power plants
Coal-fired plants, retirement of ... RE321 Peaking plants, natural gas using ... RE321
Electric power plants - Calgary
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50)
Electric power line construction under ... RE321 Enmax position on ... RE321
Electric utilities - Regulations
Energy , Alternative/renewable
Enmax Corporation
District energy distribution centres ... RE319 Exemption under FOIP legislation ... RE322 Market share ... RE319, 320-21 Presentation to Standing Committee on Resources and Environment on electric power ... RE319-22
EPCOR Utilities
Exemption under FOIP legislation ... RE322
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Exemptions of Enmax and EPCOR under ... RE322
Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta
Presentation to Standing Committee on Resources and Environment on electric power ... RE320-21
TransAlta
General remarks ... RE319
Wind power
Enmax initiatives re ... RE319, 321 Generating capacity ... RE319 Generating capacity, variability in ... RE321 Microgeneration of, residential generation ... RE320 Siting of ... RE321 Transmission of ... RE319
Wind power - Calgary
General remarks ... RE321
Huggill, David (Canadian Wind Energy Association)
Alberta Electric System Operator
General remarks ... RE316
Canadian Wind Energy Association
Presentation to Standing Committee on Resources and Environment on electric power ... RE315-18
EcoEnergy (Federal program)
Discontinuation of ... RE315 Subsidies under ... RE316
Energy , Alternative/renewable
Policy re, public input to ... RE316
Energy industry
Public education re ... RE316
South Saskatchewan regional plan (Land-use framework)
CanWEA involvement in ... RE316
Wind power
Approval process ... RE315, 318 Cost of operations ... RE316 Development of ... RE317-18 Generating capacity, variability in ... RE316, 318 Microgeneration of ... RE317-18 Statistics re, comparison with other jurisdictions ... RE315 Transmission, role of transmission facility operator in ... RE316, 317 Transmission of ... RE315, 317, 318
Wind power - United States
Import to Canada ... RE316
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