Sabir, Irfan (Calgary-McCall, ND; Minister of Human Services)
7 Cities on Housing and Homelessness
Aboriginal children
Intervention services ... 595
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act
Aboriginal peoples
Repatriation of sacred ceremonial objects ... 374
Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, An (Bill 4)
Adoption
Review of restrictions on advertising by prospective parents (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried unanimously) ... 2288-89 Statistics, 2009-2015 (Written Question 1: carried as amended) ... 775 Statistics, 2009-2015 (Written Question 1: carried as amended), amendment (Sabir: carried) ... 775
Adoption regulation (AR 187/2004)
Review proposed ... 513 Review proposed, minister's apology for remarks ... 518
Agencies, Boards and Commissions Review Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 31)
Committee ... 1968 Appeal board provisions ... 1968 Maximum length of service provisions ... 1968
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Fall 2016 convention, cabinet ministers' attendance ... 1988
Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)
Investigations backlog ... 1449
Alberta Works
Increased hours to accommodate wildfire-affected clients ... 833 Staffing ... 112
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Applicant wait times ... 1768 Auditor General's report ... 1768 Program ... 959
Bullying
Cyberbullying in schools, awareness and prevention initiatives (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried) ... 1581-82
Calgary-McCall (constituency)
Calgary Transit
Passes for low-income residents ... 1238
Carbon levy
Impact on AISH recipient income ... 1306, 1379 Impact on charitable organization costs ... 1090 Rebate for families, small business, coal industry, First Nations, etc. ... 1306, 1379
Chief Medical Examiner
Autopsy report on aboriginal child who died in kinship care ("Marie"/Serenity) ... 2478-79
Child abuse
Case conferencing process ... 2579
Child and Youth Advocate's office investigations/inquiries
Child protective services
Child and Youth Advocate's recommendations ... 1889-90, 1902-3 Children in care ... 1470-71 Consultation with front-line staff ... 2579 Death review ministerial panel ... 2481-82, 2500 Death review system ... 2479, 2481 Deaths of children in care ... 2580 Deaths of children in care, Auditor General's report ... 2276-77 Deaths of children in care, support for families ... 2483 Jordan's principle (child first) ... 1933-34 Oversight of caregivers, Human Services employee accountability ... 2183 Provincial action plan ... 2501 Review by all-party committee proposed ... 2253, 2270-72, 2405 Richter report (implementation oversight committee) ... 2579 Richter report recommendations ... 2500 Round-table on child care, 2014 ... 1903 Serious injuries of children in care ... 1889-90, 2580 Service provision following Fort McMurray and area evacuation ... 815 Services for aboriginal children ... 1984, 2481
Domestic violence
Family Violence Prevention Month ... 1892 Victim services ... 1892 Victim services, Mountain View county ... 1605
Edmonton Transit Service
Passes for low-income residents ... 1238
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30
Deaths of children in care ... 1902-3
Employment training
Eligibility criteria ... 175-76 Programs ... 373
Family support for children with disabilities (FSCD) program
Services for wildfire-affected families ... 815
Foster care
Support services ... 1933-34 Support services, funding for ... 1931
Homelessness
10-year plan to end ... 565 Fort McMurray wildfire impact ... 836 Grant programs ... 836 Service provider information sharing ... 836
Human services
Government contracts ... 2406-7
Immigrants
Recognition of professional credentials ... 374
Income support program
Access to services ... 112 Learner income support ... 175-76
Income tax, provincial
Child tax benefit ... 1238
Interagency Council on Homelessness
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Mrs. Sobia Shahid and party ... 1463
Kinship care
Child and Youth Advocate's recommendations ... 1889-90 Child placement process ... 1933 Child placements ... 1902-3 Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), criminal investigation ... 2475-76, 2478-79 Oversight of caregivers ... 1931, 2482 Oversight of caregivers, Human Services employee accountability ... 2183 Support services ... 1933-34 Support services, funding for ... 1931
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Insulting language, points of order on debate ... 1386
Maintenance enforcement program (family support)
Accounts in arrears ... 1450 Review ... 1450
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Members' apologies ... 518
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Leilani O'Malley Muir ... 269
Ministry of Human Services
Business plan 2016-2019, key strategies ... 2276 Minister's response to deaths of children in care ... 2502
Muir, Leilani O'Malley
Ministerial statement ... 269
Nonprofit organizations
Social service provision ... 2406-7
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AAMDC fall convention attendance by cabinet ... 1988 Adoption ... 513 Affordable and special-needs housing ... 1605 AISH administration ... 1768 Alberta Serious Incident Response Team ... 1449 Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 959 Carbon levy and AISH recipients ... 1306 Carbon levy and charitable organizations' costs ... 1090 Carbon levy and vulnerable Albertans ... 1379 Child benefit program ... 467 Child care supports ... 463 Child death review ministerial panel ... 2482 Child death review system ... 2479 Child intervention system and indigenous children ... 1984 Child protective services review ... 2270-72, 2405 Children in care ... 1470-71 Deaths and injuries of children in care ... 1889-90 Deaths of children in care ... 2183, 2253, 2276-77 Education, PDD, and health program reviews ... 2334 Employment training ... 175 Family violence ... 1892 Foster and kinship care supports ... 1931 Homelessness initiatives ... 565, 836 Income support program access ... 112 Indigenous youth suicide report recommendations ... 1771 Investigation of death of child in kinship care ... 2475-2576 Maintenance enforcement program ... 1450 Minister of Human Services ... 2502 Nonprofit social services providers ... 2406-7 PDD service consultation ... 89-90 PDD service delivery ... 298, 566-67, 593, 881, 1379-80, 1568, 1603, 1770-71 PDD service eligibility ... 1212-13 PDD service wait times ... 960 PDD supports intensity scale assessments ... 1449-50, 1467-70 Protection of children in care ... 1933-34, 2482-83, 2500-2501, 2579-80 Protection of indigenous children in care ... 2480-81 Safety standards for persons in care ... 563 Service dogs ... 344-45, 2276 Services for indigenous peoples ... 595 Support for low-income Albertans ... 1238 Support for wildfire-affected Albertans ... 833 Support for wildfire-affected vulnerable Albertans ... 815, 899
Persons in care
Safety standards, stakeholder consultation on ... 563
Persons with developmental disabilities
Safety standards consultation report ... 2334 Safety standards for bathing ... 563 Service provision following Fort McMurray and area evacuation ... 815
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Eligibility criteria, persons with cerebral palsy ... 1212-13 Funding ... 1568 Funding criteria ... 1603 General remarks ... 298 Human Services minister's meetings with stakeholders ... 593 Review ... 881, 1379-80, 1467-69 Review proposed, points of order on debate ... 1386 Service procurement process ... 566-67, 593, 1568, 1770-71 Service provider legal counsel ... 593 Stakeholder consultation ... 89-90, 567 Supports intensity scale (SIS) assessment ... 1379-80, 1449-50, 1467-70, 1603 Wait-list ... 881, 960
Points of order (current session)
Insulting language ... 1386
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day Act (Bill 206)
Public Trustee
Human Services ministry review documents (Cooper/Pitt: defeated) ... 2286
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Other jurisdictions ... 2046
Renewable Electricity Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 2046 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment) (Gill: defeated) ... 2046
Serenity (aboriginal child who died in kinship care)
Support for family ... 2483
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 372-74 Addresses in reply, maiden speeches ... 372-74 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 374
Suicide
Child and Youth Advocate's report on aboriginal youth ... 1771
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Services for evacuees ... 833 Services for evacuees, employment supports ... 833 Services for evacuees, homeless persons ... 899 Services for evacuees, vulnerable seniors ... 899
Youth at risk
Service provision following Fort McMurray and area evacuation ... 815
Schmidt, Marlin (Edmonton-Gold Bar, ND; Minister of Advanced Education)
Act to Ensure Independent Environmental Monitoring, An (Bill 18)
Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency
Apprenticeship training
First period apprentice awards ... 1768-69
Athabasca University
Information technology system consolidation ... 273 Sustainability ... 114, 273
Carbon levy
General remarks ... 53 Impact on postsecondary education costs ... 1089, 1214, 1891
Climate Leadership (report by Dr. Andrew Leach)
Climate Leadership Implementation Act (Bill 20)
Committee ... 1434-35, 1523-24, 1538 Committee, amendment A3 (carbon levy revenue utilization) (Clark: defeated) ... 1434-35 Committee, amendment A15 (carbon levy reporting on bills and receipts) (Pitt: defeated) ... 1523-24 Committee, amendment A21 (climate change and emissions management fund mandate) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1538
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Energy industry support for ... 53
Edmonton-Gold Bar (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 1201-2
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 34)
Second reading, motion to not now read because bill does not adequately address and minimize adverse long-term financial implications of changes to the Electric Utilities Act with respect to debt financing (reasoned amendment RA1) (Rodney: defeated), points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2437
Employment training
Participation rate ... 274
Grande Prairie Regional College
Board of governors ... 1306-7 Polytechnic university designation proposal ... 1307 Transitional vocational program ... 1307
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1681 Reduction strategies ... 1681
Health professions
Training in aboriginal issues ... 2259
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 267, 337, 385, 860, 910, 1141, 1560, 1715, 1763, 1811, 1862, 1883, 2249-50, 2474
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
High commissioner for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and colleague ... 859
Keyano College
Wildfire recovery ... 866, 918
NorQuest College
Financial management ... 2335 Privacy breach ... 2335
Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act (Bill 25)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Adult learning system review ... 445, 1720 Apprenticeship training awards ... 1768-69 Athabasca University ... 114, 273 Carbon levy ... 1891 Carbon levy and postsecondary education costs ... 1089, 1214 Grande Prairie Regional College ... 1306-7 Indigenous peoples' health ... 2259 Indigenous postsecondary student supports ... 1216-17 Mental health services for postsecondary students ... 295-96, 1451-52 NorQuest College ... 2335 Postsecondary board of governor appointments ... 741-42 Postsecondary education and employment training ... 274 Postsecondary education funding ... 714, 1721-22 Postsecondary institution governance ... 465 Wildfire-affected postsecondary institutions and students ... 917-18 Wildfire control and support for recovery ... 866
Points of order (current session)
Imputing motives, remarks withdrawn ... 2084 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 2437
Postsecondary education
Alignment with workforce needs ... 274
Postsecondary educational institutions
Boards of governors appointments ... 741-42, 1720 Boards of governors vacancies ... 465 Fine arts curricula ... 51 Funding ... 714, 1721-22 Review ... 445
Postsecondary educational institutions admissions (enrolment)
Postsecondary students
Aboriginal students, support for ... 1216-17
Renewable Electricity Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 2083-84 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment) (Gill: defeated) ... 2083-84 Second reading, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2084
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 51, 53
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Repayment deferral for wildfire-affected students ... 917-18
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
University of Alberta
Maskwa house of learning ... 1216-17
University of Calgary
Board of governors appointments ... 741-42
Schneider, David A. (Little Bow, W)
Affordable supportive living initiative
Agricultural programs
Energy efficiency programs ... 1936
Agriculture
Red-tape reduction ... 758
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Fall 2016 convention ... 1895-96 Position on intermunicipal collaboration frameworks ... 2092-93 Position on municipal development plans ... 2194-95
Alberta Research and Innovation Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 11)
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Position on intermunicipal collaboration frameworks ... 2093 Position on municipal development plans ... 2194-95
API Labs Inc.
Poppy-processing initiative ... 2279-80
Appropriation Act, 2016 (Bill 17)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2016 (Bill 3)
Assisted dying
Regulation development (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 1400-1401 Stakeholder consultation ... 1400
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 675-76, 1033 Interim supply use ... 63 Supplementary supply use ... 259-60
Building Canada fund
Grant approval process ... 36
Capital projects
Apprentice hiring proposed ... 566 Funding ... 1466-67 Funding from interim supply ... 63 Project prioritization, publicly available information ("sunshine list") ... 36, 63, 566
Carbon levy
Impact on agricultural costs ... 1355, 1367, 1935-36, 2408 Impact on AISH recipient income ... 1306 Impact on business costs ... 1033-34 Impact on construction industry costs ... 867 Impact on consumer prices ... 1103 Impact on education costs ... 867, 1103 Impact on energy costs ... 1355-56, 1367-68 Impact on government expenses ... 1466-67 Impact on health care costs ... 867, 1103 Impact on municipal costs ... 1896 Impact on nonprofit organization costs ... 1367 Impact on transportation industry costs ... 1367
Climate Leadership Implementation Act (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1355-56, 1366-68 Second reading, motion to not now read (economic impact study proposed, reasoned amendment RA1) (MacIntyre: defeated) ... 1355-56, 1366-68 Committee ... 1530-31 Committee, amendment A16 (locomotive diesel fuel exemption) (Orr: defeated) ... 1530-31
Corporations
Red tape reduction strategy proposed ... 758
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Borrowing for operational expenses ... 1102 Debt-to-GDP ratio ... 674-76 Provincial credit rating ... 675, 1102-3
Education
Parental choice, members' statements ... 839
Elections, provincial
Government spending announcements during ... 36 Tie votes ... 201
Electric power
Power purchase arrangements (PPAs) ... 2438
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 34)
Second reading ... 2438 Second reading, motion to not now read because bill does not adequately address and minimize adverse long-term financial implications of changes to the Electric Utilities Act with respect to debt financing (reasoned amendment RA1) (Rodney: defeated) ... 2438
Employment insurance program (federal)
Feedlots
Members' statements ... 1310 Regulations ... 758
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 1033
Fiscal Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 674-76, 678 Committee ... 1121-22 Committee, amendment A4 (debt-to-GDP ratio of 18 per cent) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1121-22
Fuel tax
Farm fuel exemption (purple gas) ... 1935
Health research
Impact of Alberta Innovates consolidation ... 978
Infrastructure maintenance and repair
Deferred maintenance ... 63
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land-use framework
Impact on municipal planning ... 1590-91
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Session start date ... 63
Lethbridge BioGas
Members' statements ... 398
Little Bow (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 201-2 Overview ... 201-3 Schools ... 839
Members' Statements (current session)
Carbon policies ... 1895-96 Education system ... 839 Feedlot Alley ... 1310 Lethbridge BioGas ... 398 Poppy cultivation and processing ... 2279-80 Safe Harbour Society ... 348
Ministry of Infrastructure
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 63 Main estimates 2016-2017 debate, amendment A10 (minister's office, deputy minister's office, communications, human resources, and corporate strategies and services expenses) (Schneider: defeated) ... 947
Ministry of Labour
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 260-61
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 259
Ministry of Transportation
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 63
Modernized Municipal Government Act (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1590-91 Committee ... 2091-94, 2194-95 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended) ... 2093-94, 2194-95 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended), subamendment SA4 (municipalities' timelines) (Schneider: defeated) ... 2093-94 Stakeholder consultation ... 1591, 2092-93
Municipal sustainability initiative
Official Opposition
Job-creation plan ... 758
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Capital infrastructure planning ... 566 Carbon levy ... 867, 1466-67 Carbon levy and agricultural costs ... 1935-36, 2408 Carbon levy and AISH recipients ... 1306 Educational delivery choices ... 1236-37 Infrastructure project prioritization ... 36
Poppies
Thebaine poppy cultivation and processing, members' statements ... 2279-80
Private schools
Funding ... 1237 General remarks ... 839
Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 757-58 Minister's duties under act ... 757
Property tax
Linear property assessment ... 2092
Public service
Front-line services ... 260-61
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Other jurisdictions ... 1949
Renewable Electricity Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 1949-51 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1949-51 Section 14, ministerial direction to ISO ... 1950
Securities Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 521-23 Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 521-22
Seniors' Home Adaptation and Repair Act (Bill 5)
Committee ... 575-76 Committee, amendment A3 (mandatory review) (Yao: defeated) ... 575-76
Small business
Red tape reduction strategy proposed ... 758 Tax rate ... 1103
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 201-2 Addresses in reply, maiden speeches ... 201-2 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 203
Whitecourt Healthcare Centre
Capital funding (Written Question 10: accepted) ... 774
Schreiner, Kim (Red Deer-North, ND)
Aboriginal consultation
Process development ... 206
Act to End Predatory Lending, An (Bill 15)
Committee ... 1153-54 Third reading ... 1172 Financial literacy information requirements under act ... 1154 Instalment payment provisions ... 1154 Interest rate provisions ... 1154 Stakeholder consultation ... 1153-54
Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, An (Bill 4)
Alberta Tourism Week Act (Bill 204)
Apprenticeship training
First period apprentice awards ... 1768-69
Assisted dying
Legislative and regulatory provisions ... 174
Bridge maintenance and repair
Canada Winter Games (Red Deer 2019)
Corporations
Red Deer businesses, members' statements ... 919
Edmonton-Mill Creek (constituency)
Educational curricula
Microsociety program, members' statements ... 2177
Fentanyl use
Naloxone kit availability ... 843 Reduction strategies ... 843
Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1609-10, 1634 Committee ... 1799, 1801, 1804 Committee, amendment A2 (protection from liability, section 23) (Orr: defeated) ... 1799 Committee, amendment A3 (replace "thing" with "product" in section 31.4) (Loewen: defeated) ... 1801 Committee, amendment A4 (administrative penalties to include contravention of regulations, section 21) (Schreiner: carried) ... 1804 Third reading ... 1849-50 Penalties under act ... 1609-10 Stakeholder consultation ... 1610
Highway 2
Gaetz Avenue interchange ... 2113
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Members' Statements (current session)
2019 Canada Winter Games ... 1597-98 Microsociety school program in Red Deer ... 2177 Red Deer and area economic opportunities ... 919 Red Deer-North constituency acknowledgement ... 747
Ministry of Status of Women
Off-road vehicles
Restrictions on use in areas at high risk of wildfire ... 1610, 1849
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Apprenticeship training awards ... 1768-69 Payday loan service review ... 395-96 Physician-assisted dying ... 174 Short-term personal loans ... 962 Transportation infrastructure ... 2113
Payday loan companies
Oversight ... 962 Review of legislation ... 395-96
Pharmacy and Drug (Pharmaceutical Equipment Control) Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 205)
Red Deer (city)
Business and industry, members' statements ... 919 General remarks ... 206-7 Tourism ... 618-19
Red Deer-North (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 205-6 Overview ... 205-7 Provincial programs and funding, members' statements ... 747
Road maintenance and repair
Safe Harbour Society
Members' statements ... 348
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug coverage (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 486-87
Seniors' Home Adaptation and Repair Act (Bill 5)
Sherwood Park (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 47
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 205-6 Addresses in reply, maiden speeches ... 205-6 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 22, 47, 206-7
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Restrictions on use in areas at high risk of wildfire ... 1610
Wildfire prevention and control
Fire season designation ... 1610
Shepherd, David (Edmonton-Centre, ND)
Aboriginal consultation
Process development ... 50
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act
Act to End Predatory Lending, An (Bill 15)
Committee ... 1156-57 Third reading ... 1172 Stakeholder consultation ... 1172
Act to Modernize Enforcement of Provincial Offences, An (Bill 9)
Active Schools Week Act (Bill 209)
Active transportation
Members' statements ... 2050
Affordable housing
Federal-provincial agreement ... 2034 Government-owned properties, carbon monoxide detector installation ... 2033-34 Government-owned properties, maintenance and repair ... 2034 Review by special committee (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 1741-42
Alberta Affordable Housing Review Committee Act (Bill 202)
Alberta Tourism Week Act (Bill 204)
Auditor General
Legislative Offices committee report recommending reappointment of Merwan Saher presented ... 117-18
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bill development by private members ... 311
Calgary Transit
Passes for low-income residents ... 1238
Capital Regional Housing
Carbon monoxide detector installation ... 2034
Carbon levy
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1320 Revenue utilization ... 1320-21
Chief Electoral Officer
Legislative Offices committee report recommending reappointment of Glen Resler presented ... 117-18
Child and Youth Advocate Act
Referral to Legislative Offices Committee ... 1910-11
Climate change
Members' statements ... 1301
Climate Leadership (report by Dr. Andrew Leach)
Climate Leadership Implementation Act (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1320-21 Committee ... 1461 Committee, amendment A4 (ministerial reporting) (Jansen: defeated) ... 1461
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Report presented recommending reappointment of Auditor General Merwan Saher ... 117-18 Report presented recommending reappointment of Chief Electoral Officer Glen Resler ... 117-18 Report presented recommending reappointment of Information and Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton ... 1872 Report presented to the Assembly, 2015-2016 annual report on Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act ... 1571
Constituency associations
Financial reporting requirements ... 2355-56
Debts, private
Short-term loans ... 1156
Edmonton-Centre (constituency)
Financial reporting ... 2355-56 Member's personal and family history ... 49-51 Overview ... 49-51
Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society
Members' statements ... 885
Edmonton-Manning (constituency)
Edmonton Transit Service
Passes for low-income residents ... 1238
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Legislative Offices Committee, annual report 2015-2016 presented to the Assembly ... 1571
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30
Deaths of children in care ... 1910-11
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Entrepreneurship
Startup Canada awards ... 1994
Fair Elections Financing Act (Bill 35)
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender persons
Homeless youth services, members' statements ... 117
Government policies
Members' statements ... 598
Housing
Transitional and low-barrier housing policy review (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: carried unanimously) ... 136-37
Income tax, provincial
Child tax benefit ... 1238
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Legislative Offices committee report recommending reappointment of Jill Clayton presented ... 1872
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act (Bill 30)
Make Something Edmonton
Members' statements ... 2475
Members' Statements (current session)
Active transportation ... 2050 Climate change ... 1301 Edmonton Emergency Relief Services Society ... 885 Government policies ... 598 Make Something Edmonton ... 2475 Safe Accommodations for Queer Edmonton Youth ... 117
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Government-owned housing safety ... 2033-34 Support for low-income Albertans ... 1238 Transportation alternatives ... 745
Pipeline construction
Approval process (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried unanimously) ... 938-39 Premier's advocacy for ... 938-39
Postsecondary educational institutions
Fine arts curricula ... 51
Public transit
GreenTRIP program funding ... 745
Renewable Electricity Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 1841 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1841
Reports by standing and special committees
Legislative Offices Committee, 2015-2016 annual report on Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act ... 1571 Legislative Offices Committee, report recommending reappointment of Jill Clayton as Information and Privacy Commissioner ... 1872 Legislative Offices committee report recommending reappointment of Auditor General Merwan Saher ... 117-18 Legislative Offices committee report recommending reappointment of Chief Electoral Officer Glen Resler ... 117-18
Royal Alberta Museum
Redevelopment ... 301 Redevelopment of existing museum site ... 301
Seniors' Home Adaptation and Repair Act (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 493-94, 496-97 Program eligibility criteria ... 493 Public communications ... 496 Public consultation ... 496
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 49-51 Addresses in reply, maiden speeches ... 49-51 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 51, 329, 336
Tankers
Access to northern British Columbia ports (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried unanimously) ... 938-39
Taxation
Alberta investor tax credit ... 1993
Transportation strategy
Alternative transportation (cycling, etc.) ... 745 Alternative transportation (cycling, etc.), members' statements ... 2050
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Services for evacuees ... 885
Sigurdson, Lori (Edmonton-Riverview, ND; Minister of Seniors and Housing)
Affordable housing
Access ... 395, 613-14, 1088, 2055 Capital plan ... 1306 Federal funding ... 614 Federal-provincial agreement ... 1724, 2034 Funding ... 1657-58 Government-owned properties, carbon monoxide detector installation ... 2033-34 Government-owned properties, condition of ... 614 Government-owned properties, maintenance and repair ... 2034 Local initiatives, Red Deer ... 2407-8 New units ... 1148-49 Seniors' housing ... 395 Wait-lists ... 1217
Affordable supportive living accommodations
Services for residents ... 1217
Affordable supportive living initiative
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Meeting with Seniors and Housing minister ... 295
Capital Regional Housing
Carbon monoxide detector installation ... 2034
Carbon levy
Impact on seniors' housing costs ... 2405 Impact on seniors' income ... 1378
Domestic violence
Victim services, Mountain View county ... 1657-58
Edmonton-Riverview (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 282-84 Overview ... 283
Fort McMurray (urban service area)
Seniors' housing, wildfire recovery ... 869
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender persons
Support for seniors ... 344
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Ministry of Infrastructure
Budget 2015-2016, undeployed funding ... 152
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 debate ... 142, 149, 152-53
Mountain View county
Seniors' housing, capital needs ... 301
Mountain View Seniors' Housing
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Affordable and special-needs housing ... 1657-58 Affordable housing ... 395, 613-14, 1306, 1724 Affordable housing and supportive living ... 1217 Affordable housing in Red Deer ... 2407-8 Carbon levy and seniors ... 2405 Carbon levy and vulnerable Albertans ... 1379 Fort McMurray wildfire recovery ... 885 Government-owned housing safety ... 2033-34 LGBTQ seniors ... 344 Municipal funding ... 298 Municipal funding and tax collection ... 745 Municipal grants in place of taxes ... 294-95, 342 Seniors' Advocate ... 444, 880-81 Seniors' care ... 34 Seniors' housing ... 869 Seniors' issues ... 1148-49, 1985-86 Seniors' lodges ... 801 Services for seniors ... 516-17 Support for wildfire-affected vulnerable Albertans ... 815, 898 Tourism promotion ... 1088 Vacancy rate in Calgary ... 2055
Property tax
Postsecondary educational institutions exemption ... 745
Rental housing
Vacancy rate, Calgary ... 2055
Rural communities
Supportive living accommodations ... 801
Seniors
Programs and services ... 34, 1985-86 Service provision following Fort McMurray and area evacuation ... 815 Transportation programs ... 517
Seniors' Advocate
Independence ... 444, 881 Interim appointment ... 880
Seniors' benefit program
Eligibility criteria ... 516-17 Home adaptation program ... 516
Seniors' Home Adaptation and Repair Act (Bill 5)
First reading ... 398 Second reading ... 455 Third reading ... 577-78 Consumer protection provisions ... 578 General remarks ... 516-17 Program eligibility criteria ... 577
Seniors' housing
Capital needs ... 301 Capital plan ... 869, 1306 Transitional care (home through palliative care) ... 395 Wildfire recovery ... 869
Social housing
Federal-provincial agreement ... 1724 Maintenance and repair ... 1217
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 282-84 Addresses in reply, maiden speeches ... 282-84
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016
Supportive living accommodations
Lodge renewal program ... 801
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Recovery program, home reconstruction ... 885 Services for evacuees, vulnerable seniors ... 898
Wood Buffalo Housing & Development Corporation
Role in Fort McMurray reconstruction ... 885
Smith, Mark W. (Drayton Valley-Devon, W)
Act to End Predatory Lending, An (Bill 15)
Committee ... 1155-56 Financial literacy information requirements under act ... 1156
Act to Enhance Off-highway Vehicle Safety, An (Bill 36)
Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, An (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 355-56 Committee ... 412 Committee, amendment A8 (commissioner residency requirement) (Hunter: defeated) ... 412 Commissioner's authority ... 356 Essential services definition ... 355
Agriculture
Brazeau county agricultural disaster declaration ... 1653-54
Alberta Innovates
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1017 Consolidation into one corporation, cost savings ... 1018
Alberta Research and Innovation Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 11)
Committee ... 1017 Provisions for more than one corporation ... 1017
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2016 (Bill 3)
Assisted dying
Health provider refusal, care co-ordination service referral ... 1389 Regulation development (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 1387-89 Supreme Court decision ... 1388
Budget process
Results-based budgeting, November 2015 report ... 778-79 Supplementary supply use ... 144-45, 157-58
Bullying
Cyberbullying in schools, awareness and prevention initiatives (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried) ... 1260-61
Carbon levy
Impact on consumer prices ... 1295-96 Impact on education costs ... 796, 1235, 2256 Impact on energy costs ... 1487 Locomotive diesel levy ... 1295
Charity
Christmas activities, members' statements ... 2278
Class size initiative (elementary and secondary schools)
Clean Energy Technology Centre
Members' statements ... 1692
Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation
Climate Leadership Implementation Act (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1167-69, 1186, 1295-96 Second reading, motion to refer to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 1186, 1295-96 Committee ... 1417-19, 1486-89, 1522-23 Committee, amendment A1 (carbon levy revenue utilization) (McIver/Fraser: defeated) ... 1417-19 Committee, amendment A6 (referendum provision) (Nixon: defeated) ... 1486-89 Committee, amendment A15 (carbon levy reporting on bills and receipts) (Pitt: defeated) ... 1522-23 Schedule 1, carbon levy on fuel ... 1168 Schedule 2, Energy Efficiency Alberta enactment ... 1168 Schedule 3, changes to existing legislation (Alberta Corporate Tax Act, Alberta Personal Income Tax Act, Climate Change and Emissions Management Act) ... 1168 Section 6, locomotive diesel ... 1295
Dawson, Shane, Jr.
Members' statements ... 437
Debts, public (provincial debt)
General remarks ... 330 Provincial credit rating ... 1227-28 Provincial deficit ... 158
Drayton Valley-Devon (constituency)
Early childhood education
Full-day kindergarten cost (Written Question 2: accepted) ... 774
Education
Parental choice ... 659, 712, 776, 1698, 2406 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously) ... 788-89 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent) ... 635-36 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent), point of order on debate ... 632 Parental choice, members' statements ... 666
Education finance
Equity of opportunity funding ... 159 Funding ... 659, 712 Funding, impact of private and separate schools (Written Question 4: defeated) ... 775-78 Revenue from school fees, fundraising, donations, and gifts in kind (Written Question 8: accepted) ... 774
Educational curricula
English as a second language registration and funding (Written Question 7: accepted) ... 774 Review, expert working group ... 2406
Election Recall Act (Bill 201)
First reading ... 92 Second reading ... 119, 303-4 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 122
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities, clean-burning technology ... 1952 Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 1238-39, 1868, 1952-53
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30
Deaths of children in care ... 1906-7
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Fair Elections Financing Act (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 2370-72 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Starke: defeated) ... 2370-72
Fiscal Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 10)
Committee ... 1081, 1105-6 Committee, amendment A2 (Executive Council salary penalty if debt-to-GDP ratio exceeds 15 per cent) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1081, 1105-6 Third reading ... 1227-28 Third reading, motion to not now read (provincial credit-rating plan, reasoned amendment RA1) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1227-28
Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 24)
Third reading ... 1850-51 Enforcement provisions, issuing of tickets ... 1851 Penalties under act ... 1851 Stakeholder consultation ... 1851
Forest pests
Control and compliance measures, seizure of property ... 1851
Forest products
Softwood lumber agreement with the United States ... 1868
Gaming (computer games)
Industry development ... 2158
Gasoline
Prices, impact of carbon levy ... 1296
Government services, public
Information management ... 778 Regional collaborative services delivery ... 778-79 Regional collaborative services delivery funding ... 146, 158
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1786
Home-schooling
Funding ... 659, 712 Funding, members' statements ... 2037 Funding criteria ... 915 Trinity Christian School Association loss of accreditation ... 1698
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act (Bill 30)
Committee ... 2157-58, 2162-63 Committee, amendment A1 (requirements for registration, section 35) (Panda: defeated) ... 2162-63
Job creation
Program evaluation ... 1868
Members' Statements (current session)
Charity at Christmas ... 2278 Clean Energy Technology Centre ... 1692 Drayton Valley-Devon job losses ... 1383-84 Home-schooling funding ... 2037 Parental choice in education ... 666 Shane Dawson Jr. ... 437
Ministry of Education
Main estimates 2016-2017 debate, amendment A5 (minister's office, deputy minister's office, corporate services, communications, and information and program services expenses) (Smith: defeated) ... 945 Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 158-59 Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 debate ... 144-46
Ministry of Health
Regional collaborative services delivery funding ... 146
Modernized Municipal Government Act (Bill 21)
Motions (procedure)
No. 17, medical assistance in dying (Payne: carried), time for debate ... 1387-88 Amendments, point of order on debate ... 632 Amendments to Motions Other than Government Motions ... 666
Municipalities
Dispute resolution process ... 1627-28 Governance ... 1627 Intermunicipal collaboration frameworks ... 1627-28
Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1784-86 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment) (Panda: defeated) ... 1784-86
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Brazeau county agricultural disaster declaration ... 1653-54 Carbon levy and education costs ... 796, 1235, 2256 Charter schools ... 463-64 Coal-fired electric power plant retirement ... 1238-39 Education administrative workload ... 1377 Education funding formula ... 712 Education review ... 2406 Home-schooling ... 915 Home-schooling providers ... 1698 Parental choice in education ... 659 Provincial achievement tests ... 1088 Resource industry jobs ... 1868 Rethink Charter Academy ... 442 School accommodation of wildfire-affected students ... 814 School construction ... 560-61, 590 School fees ... 234, 1987 Student assessment ... 2409-10 Student learning assessments ... 116
Points of order (current session)
Admissibility of amendments ... 632 Relevance ... 112
Private schools
Funding ... 659, 712, 775 Funding, Premier's remarks on ... 775-76 Home-schooling program administration ... 915
Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 733-34 Committee ... 1022 Committee, amendment A3 (red tape reduction provision) (Panda: defeated) ... 1022 Third reading ... 1176 Minister's duties under act, comparison with Government Organization Act ... 734
Property tax
Linear property assessment ... 1627
Public Education Collective Bargaining Act (Bill 8, 2015)
Draft document (three-column document) (Motion for a Return 30: defeated) ... 2285
Public Health Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 28)
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Provincial initiatives ... 1239 Transition to ... 1868
Renewable Electricity Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 1951-53 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1951-53
School boards and districts
Accommodation of wildfire-affected schoolchildren ... 814 Administrative workload ... 1377
School construction
Capital plan ... 590 Project management, Auditor General's report ... 560-61
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Schoolchildren's transportation
Schools
Renewable/alternative energy use ... 1235 Student population ... 145-46
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 330
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Student information (secondary)
Provincial approach to student information (PASI) cost (Written Question 5: accepted) ... 774 Provincial approach to student information (PASI) software cost (Written Question 6: defeated) ... 778-81
Student testing (elementary and secondary)
Provincial achievement tests (PATs) ... 1088-89, 2409-10 Provincial achievement tests (PATs), exemption for wildfire-affected students ... 814 Provincial achievement tests (PATs), gender inequality in scores ... 1089 Standardized testing ... 2410 Student learning assessment pilot project costs (Written Question 3: accepted) ... 774 Student learning assessments (SLAs) ... 116, 2409
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016
Teachers
Administrative workload ... 1377
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1161, 1222-23 Committee, amendment A3 (transportation network company arranged carpooling) (van Dijken: defeated) ... 1161 Section 5, multiple charges ... 1222-23
Ukrainian-Canadian Heritage Day Act (Bill 26)
Wildfire prevention and control
Fire season designation ... 1851 FireSmart program ... 1850-51 Flat Top Complex report recommendations ... 1850-51
Speaker, The (Wanner, Robert E.)
Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, An (Bill 4)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 358
Affordable housing
Federal-provincial agreement, point of order on debate ... 1727 Review by special committee (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated), point of order on debate ... 1743
Agencies, Boards and Commissions Review Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 31)
Third reading, closing debate ... 2009
Airdrie (city)
Public transit funding, points of order on debate ... 2281
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2016 (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 201 Second reading, Speaker's ruling on debate (referring to a legislative officer) ... 162 Third reading ... 201
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bill 201, Election Recall Act, second reading, division, point of order on ... 305
Calgary-Greenway (constituency)
Former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar, anniversary of death ... 1979 Former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar, anniversary of death, Speaker's statement ... 1979 Presentation of new member Prab Gill ... 491
Calgary-North West (constituency)
Member's change in caucus affiliation, points of order on debate ... 1897-98
Calgary Transit
Funding, points of order on debate ... 2281
Carbon levy
Impact on business costs, points of order on debate ... 1457 Impact on charitable organization costs, points of order on debate ... 1096 Impact on consumer prices, points of order on debate ... 2583-84 Implementation, point of order on debate ... 519 Revenue utilization, points of order on debate ... 1455 Small-business exemption proposed, points of order on debate ... 965
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Dress code, Speaker's statements ... 1209
Child protective services
Death review ministerial panel, points of order on debate ... 2486 Deaths of children in care, points of order on debate ... 2584 Richter report recommendations, points of order on debate ... 2507 Select special review committee appointment, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 2343
Clerk of the Assembly
Seventh Clerk, Speaker's statement ... 291-92
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Advertising and government website information, point of privilege raised ... 1478, 1572 Advertising and government website information, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling (prima facie question of privilege found) ... 1607-9 Advertising and government website information, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling, request for explanation of ruling ... 1609
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Activities, questions to committee chair, Speaker's ruling ... 562
Commonwealth Day
Speaker's statement ... 107
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election ... 7-8 Election procedure ... 7-8, 25 Election procedure, Speaker's ruling ... 8
Divisions (procedure)
Point of order ... 305 Timing of call ... 1077
Economic development
Investment attraction, points of order on debate ... 2411
Education
Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent), point of order on debate ... 633 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent), point of order on debate, clarification ... 633-34 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent), Speaker's ruling ... 639 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent), Speaker's ruling, clarification ... 640
Education finance
Funding, impact of private and separate schools (Written Question 4: defeated), point of order withdrawn ... 777
Election Recall Act (Bill 201)
Second reading, division, point of order on ... 305 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 122, 127, 132
Elections, provincial
Members' anniversaries of election, speaker's statements ... 1936
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Membership, points of order on debate ... 1992
Electric power
Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), points of order on debate ... 1939 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), points of order raised ... 1607 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit, Speaker's ruling (sub judice rule) ... 1651 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), Speaker's ruling ... 1563, 1599-1600
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement, points of order on debate ... 1385-86, 1446
Elizabeth II, Queen
Commonwealth Day message ... 107
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Select special child intervention review committee appointment (unanimous consent denied) ... 2343
Energy industries
Diversification, points of order on debate ... 2281 Support for, point of order on debate ... 470
Energy policies
Members' statements, point of order on debate ... 1898
Equal Suffrage Statutory Law Amendment Act
Estimates of supply (government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Assembly Office estimates 2016-2017 transmitted ... 600
Ethics and Accountability Committee, Select Special
Committee proceedings, point of clarification ... 883 Committee proceedings, points of order on debate ... 886, 888, 891 Mandate expiry, points of order on debate ... 1702-3, 1727 Questions on committee proceedings ... 883, 891 Questions on committee proceedings, Speaker's ruling ... 882 Questions on committee proceedings ruled out of order ... 883
Ethics Commissioner
Reference in Assembly to, Speaker's ruling ... 162
Ethics Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
Discussion in Assembly on matters referred to, Speaker's rulings ... 30
Fair Elections Financing Act (Bill 35)
Second reading, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2359 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 2565 Aggregate contribution limit provision, points of order on debate ... 2188
Family and community support services
Famous Five
Legislature exhibit ... 1, 4
Federal Public Building
Voices for the Vote exhibit ... 4
Fiscal policy
Government spending, points of order on debate ... 570, 716, 2187
Fiscal Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 10)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 674 Third reading, motion to not now read (provincial credit-rating plan, reasoned amendment RA1) (Hanson: defeated), point of order on debate ... 1267 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 1273
Freehold land
Government entry of land, legislative provisions, points of order on debate ... 1209-10
Health care finance
Executive compensation, sick leave, point of order on debate ... 667, 685, 716, 738
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017
Estimates transmitted and tabled ... 9
International Women's Day
Introduction of Guests (procedure)
First introduction via live online streaming ... 558
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Family of former MLA Douglas Clifford Cherry ... 1559 Family of former MLA Dr. Ian Wilson Carlyle Reid ... 25 Family of former MLA Halvar Jonson ... 2267 Family of former MLA Malcolm Glen Clegg ... 1083 Family of former MLA Ralph Andrew Jespersen ... 1559 Family of former Premier Donald Ross Getty ... 25 Former Speaker Gene Zwozdesky ... 1647 Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day participants ... 761 Royal Commonwealth Society members ... 107
Job creation
Programs, points of order on debate ... 1012
Kinship care
Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), criminal investigation, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling (no breach of privilege found) ... 2508-9
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Addressing the chair ... 163 Children visitors ... 26 Decorum ... 29, 206-7, 333, 461, 712, 771, 963-64, 1391, 1677, 2028, 2500 Decorum, booing ... 1933, 1939 Decorum, Speaker's rulings ... 1378, 1564, 1864 Decorum, Speaker's statements ... 517, 1143, 2575 Decorum, whistling ... 229 Insulting language, points of order on debate ... 1386 Intemperate language ... 1652-53 Language creating disorder ... 1381, 1470 Language creating disorder, point of order on ... 127 Language reflecting on a member or members ... 392 Members' passing between Speaker and member who has the floor ... 107 Parliamentary language ... 198, 501, 1679 Parliamentary language, points of order ... 616, 716, 965, 1386, 1446 Press gallery centennial, Speaker's statement ... 587, 605 Referring to persons by name ... 438 Rules and practices, Speaker's statements ... 955-56 Security staff retirements, Speaker's statement ... 1474 Unintentional misdirection of documents ... 639
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
2016 fall sitting adjournment under Government Motion 22 ... 2599 Morning sitting adjournment, November 3, 2016, for Remembrance Day ceremony (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1583
Legislative Assembly Office
Main estimates 2016-2017 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 600
Legislative offices
Main estimates 2016-2017 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 600
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Entrance ... 1 Main and Legislative Assembly Office estimates 2016-2017 transmitted ... 600
McQueen, Captain Thomas (RCAF pilot)
Memorial tribute ... 2103
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA Bonnie Mary Sheila Laing, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 1883 Former MLA Douglas Clifford Cherry, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 1559 Former MLA Dr. Ian Wilson Carlyle Reid, memorial tribute ... 25 Former MLA Halvar De La Cluyse Jonson, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 2267 Former MLA John McKenzie Thompson, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 1883 Former MLA Malcolm Glen Clegg, memorial tribute ... 1083 Former MLA Ralph Andrew Jespersen, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 1559 Members to remain in own seats when not in Committee of the Whole ... 1942 Members to remain seated while Speaker is standing ... 707, 955 Permission to remain seated ... 215 Reference by name in the Assembly ... 1692, 1995, 2196 Reference by name in the Assembly, points of order ... 2189 Reference to absence from Assembly, points of order on ... 674 Requests by Speaker to leave the Chamber ... 634 Volume and substance of remarks in the Chamber ... 955-56, 1060, 1144
Members' Statements (procedure)
Interruptions ... 558, 1062, 1717, 2177 Interruptions, points of order on ... 109, 118 Interruptions, Speaker's rulings on ... 569 Rotation of statements, Speaker's statement ... 28-29
Minimum wage
Increase, impact study (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: defeated), point of order on debate ... 854
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Former Premier the hon. Donald Ross Getty, responses ... 28 Former Premier the hon. Peter Eric James Prentice, PC, QC, responses ... 1886
Ministry of Human Services
Business plan 2016-2019, key strategies, points of order on debate ... 2281 Minister's response to deaths of children in care, point of privilege raised on remarks in Assembly ... 2507-8, 2584, 2586
Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day program
Speaker's statement ... 281
Motions (procedure)
Amendments, point of order on debate ... 633 Amendments, point of order on debate, clarification ... 633-34 Amendments, Speaker's statement ... 639 Amendments, Speaker's statement, point of clarification on ... 640 Speaking order ... 855
Office of the Premier
Former Premier Donald Ross Getty, memorial tribute, ministerial statement, responses ... 28 Former Premier Donald Ross Getty, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 25 Former Premier Peter Eric James Prentice, PC, QC, memorial tribute ... 1570 Former Premier Peter Eric James Prentice, PC, QC, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 1559 Former Premier Peter Eric James Prentice, PC, QC, ministerial statement, responses ... 1886 Premier's attendance at Ontario ND fundraiser, Speaker's ruling on question (matters referred to Ethics Commissioner) ... 30
Office of the Speaker
Chief of staff Bev Alenius, Speaker's Statement ... 2249
Officers of the Legislature
Reference in Assembly to, Speaker's ruling ... 162
Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act (Bill 25)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1682
Opposition caucuses
Members' statements, point of order on ... 109
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Addressing questions through the chair ... 111, 1983 Completion of questions begun before 50-minute time limit, point of order on ... 347 Content of questions ... 1890, 1934 Content of questions, explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1898 Preambles ... 29, 1059, 1936 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 1568, 1604 Purpose of Oral Question Period ... 2411-12, 2486 Questions outside government responsibility ... 1986, 1992 Questions seeking opinions ... 510 Rotation of questions, Speaker's statement ... 28-29 Stopping the clock, point of order ... 2339 Supplementary questions, points of order on debate ... 2341 Supplementary questions, Speaker's rulings ... 2401-2 Time limits, point of order raised ... 1607 Time limits, Speaker's statement ... 1650 Volume and substance of remarks ... 955-56, 1060, 1144
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Recognition, Speaker's statements ... 1474
Persons with developmental disabilities
Safety standards consultation report, points of order on debate ... 2341, 2401-2
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Review proposed, points of order on debate ... 1386 Supports intensity scale (SIS) assessment, points of order on debate ... 1457
Petrochemicals diversification program
Projects funded, points of order on debate ... 2411-12, 2486
Pipeline construction
Members' statements, point of order ... 2189
Points of clarification (current session)
Admissibility of amendments ... 633-34, 639-40 Questions about legislative committee proceedings ... 883 Speakers' rulings ... 639-40
Points of order (current session)
Admissibility of amendments ... 633 Admissibility of amendments, clarification ... 633-34 Allegations against a member or members ... 358, 716, 738, 1702-3, 1727, 1992, 2281 Anticipation ... 519, 1012, 1209-10, 2188 Closing debate ... 132 Division ... 305 Epithets ... 1457 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1607, 1609 Factual accuracy ... 470, 519, 570, 2411 Imputing motives ... 888, 891, 1267, 1682, 1743 Inflammatory language ... 498 Insulting language ... 1386, 2342 Interrupting a member ... 2507 Interrupting members' statements ... 109, 118 Language creating disorder ... 127, 854, 1096, 1385, 1455, 1727, 1898, 2187, 2340, 2486, 2583-84 Member's change in caucus affiliation, point of order on debate ... 1897-98 Oral Question Period, supplementary questions ... 2341 Oral Question Period practices ... 347 Oral Question Period question content, explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1898 Oral Question Period time limits ... 1607 Oral questions ... 2281, 2411-12, 2486 Parliamentary language ... 616, 716, 965, 1273, 1386, 1446, 1939 Privilege ... 1750 Privilege, obstructing a member in performance of duty (climate leadership plan advertising and government website information), Speaker's ruling, request for explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1609 Questions to committee chairs ... 886 Referring to a member by name ... 2189 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 674, 888, 1873 Reflections on nonmembers ... 667, 685 Relevance ... 112, 2565 Remarks off the record ... 1457 Stopping the clock ... 2339
Privilege (procedure)
Opportunities to speak to points raised ... 2487 Recognition of speakers ... 2508
Privilege (current session)
Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy program), Speaker's ruling (no breach of privilege found) ... 1775-76 Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy programs ... 1703, 1727-28, 1731 Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy programs, notice of motion ... 1702 Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy programs, point of order raised, remarks withdrawn ... 1731 Misleading the House (details of RCMP investigation of death of child in kinship care) ... 2489 Misleading the House (details of RCMP investigation of death of child in kinship care), Speaker's ruling (no breach of privilege found) ... 2508-9 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (climate leadership plan advertising and government website information) ... 1478, 1572 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (climate leadership plan advertising and government website information), Speaker's ruling (prima facie question of privilege found) ... 1607-9 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (climate leadership plan advertising and government website information), Speaker's ruling, request for explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1609 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (remarks on Human Services minister's performance on deaths of children in protective services) ... 2507-8, 2584, 2586 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (throne speech briefing) ... 40-42 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (throne speech briefing), Speaker's ruling (no prima facie question of privilege found) ... 118-19
Public transit
Funding, points of order on debate ... 2281
Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Act (Bill 19)
Renewable Electricity Act (Bill 27)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1750 Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy programs prior to first reading of bill, point of privilege raised ... 1703, 1727-28, 1731 Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy programs prior to first reading of bill, point of privilege raised , notice of motion ... 1701-2 Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy programs prior to first reading of bill, point of privilege raised , point of order raised, remarks withdrawn ... 1731 Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy programs prior to first reading of bill, Speaker's ruling (no breach of privilege found) ... 1775-76
Resource industries
Job creation, points of order on debate ... 1873
Road construction
Funding, points of order on debate ... 2342
Royal Canadian Artillery Band
History ... 4 Performance of God Save the Queen ... 4 Performance of O Canada ... 1
Seniors' benefit program
Home adaptation program, point of order on debate ... 519
Seniors' Home Adaptation and Repair Act (Bill 5)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 498 Committee ... 577
Speaker
Standing in Assembly, members sit during ... 955
Speaker's rulings
Admissibility of amendments ... 639 Admissibility of amendments, point of clarification on ... 640 Decorum ... 1378, 1564, 1864 Interrupting members' statements ... 569 Matters referred to the Ethics Commissioner ... 30 Point of privilege, Environment and Parks minister's communications on energy programs prior to introduction of Bill 27 in the Assembly (no breach of privilege found) ... 1775-76 Point of privilege raised, obstructing a member in performance of duty (throne speech briefing) (not proceeded with) ... 118-19 Questions about legislative committee proceedings ... 883 Questions about legislative committee proceedings, clarification ... 883 Questions to committee chairs ... 562 Referring to a legislative officer ... 162 Rules and practices of the Assembly, election procedure for Deputy Chair of Committees ... 8 Speaker's statement ... 639 Sub judice rule ... 1563, 1599-1600, 1651 Sub judice rule, request for explanation of ruling ... 1607 Supplementary questions ... 2401-2
Speaker's statements
Admissibility of amendments ... 639 Admissibility of amendments, point of clarification on ... 640 Chief of staff Bev Alenius ... 2249 Commonwealth Day ... 107 Decorum ... 517, 1143, 2575 Dress code in the Chamber ... 1209 Former MLA Bonnie Mary Sheila Laing, memorial tribute ... 1883 Former MLA Douglas Clifford Cherry, memorial tribute ... 1559 Former MLA Dr. Ian Wilson Carlyle Reid, memorial tribute ... 25 Former MLA Halvar De La Cluyse Jonson, memorial tribute ... 2267 Former MLA John McKenzie Thompson, memorial tribute ... 1883 Former MLA Malcolm Glen Clegg, memorial tribute ... 1083 Former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar, anniversary of death ... 1979 Former MLA Ralph Andrew Jespersen, memorial tribute ... 1559 Former Premier the hon. Donald Ross Getty, memorial tribute ... 25 Former Premier the hon. Peter Eric James Prentice, PC, QC, memorial tribute ... 1559 Legislature security staff retirements ... 1474 Members' anniversaries of election ... 1936 Members' Statements rotation ... 28-29 Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day program ... 281 Oral Question Period rotation ... 28-29 Oral Question Period time limits ... 1649 Page appreciation ... 1474 Press gallery centennial ... 587, 605 Rules and practices of the Assembly ... 955-56 Speaker's Rulings ... 639
Speech from the Throne
Address tabled ... 5 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 49 Addresses in reply, speaking through the chair ... 223 Media briefing, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) ... 40-42 Media briefing, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty), Speaker's ruling (not proceeded with) ... 118-19
Standing Orders
SO 23(g), referring to matter pending in court or before a judge ... 1694-95 SO 29(2)(a), question-and-comment period ... 166, 211, 217, 687, 1685 SO 29(2)(a), question-and-comment period, point of order on debate, clarification ... 103
Student testing (elementary and secondary)
Standardized testing, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2340
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016
Estimates transmitted and tabled ... 9
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017
Estimates transmitted and tabled ... 2262
Table officers (Legislative Assembly)
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Tabling of cited documents ... 1684
Taxation
Provincial sales tax, points of order on debate ... 616
Women
Right to vote in Alberta, centennial ... 4
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal consultation
Process development ... 3
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act
Aboriginal peoples
Repatriation of sacred ceremonial objects ... 3 Right to vote ... 4
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 3
Canadian energy strategy
Adoption by Council of the Federation ... 2
Capital projects
Federal funding ... 3 Funding ... 2 Job creation ... 2-3
Carbon levy
General remarks ... 3 Rebate for families, small business, coal industry, First Nations, etc. ... 3 Revenue utilization ... 3
Climate Leadership Implementation Act
Government to introduce ... 3
Climate leadership plan, provincial
General remarks ... 2 Implementation ... 3 Key elements ... 3
Conflicts of Interest Act review
Corporations
Access to capital ... 2-3
Court of Queen's Bench
Decision on essential public services ... 3
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 3
Employment insurance program (federal)
Eligibility criteria ... 2
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Energy industries
Environmental protection, public perception ... 2 Job creation and retention ... 3 Market access ... 2 Market diversification ... 3
Ethics and Accountability Committee, Select Special
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Review of governing legislation ... 3
Income tax, provincial
Family employment tax credit ... 2
International Women's Day
Justice system administration
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Ministry of Status of Women
Municipal Government Act review
Nonrenewable natural resource revenue
Oil prices
Budgetary implications ... 1-3
Petrochemicals diversification program
Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act (Bill 1)
Public service
Essential services, Supreme Court decision on ... 3
Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Act (Bill 19)
Government to introduce ... 3
Small business
Access to capital ... 2-3
Supreme Court of Canada
Decision on essential public services ... 3
Starke, Dr. Richard (Vermilion-Lloydminster, PC)
Act to End Predatory Lending, An (Bill 15)
Member's recusal from debate under section 2(2) of Conflicts of Interest Act ... 1062-63
Affordable supportive living initiative
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Fall 2016 convention, cabinet ministers' attendance ... 1987-88
Alberta government offices
Alberta Strategic Tourism Marketing Council
Alberta Tourism Week Act (Bill 204)
Animals
Wildfire-affected pets ... 817 Wildfire-affected pets, members' statements ... 877
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2016 (Bill 2)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 252
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2016 (Bill 3)
Assisted dying
Debate in the Assembly proposed ... 393 Health provider refusal ... 1400 Other jurisdictions ... 1399-1400 Regulation development (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 1398-1400 Regulation development (Government Motion 17: carried), point of order raised ... 1402 Support for medical personnel involved ... 394 Support for patients ... 393
Beef
Certification programs ... 797 Earls Restaurants sourcing ... 797
Beef industry
Market development ... 797
Bills, government (procedure)
Bill 15, An Act to End Predatory Lending, member's recusal from debate under Conflicts of Interest Act ... 1062-63 Referral to committee ... 1711
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bill 201, Election Recall Act, second reading, division, point of order on ... 304-5 Amendments ... 665
Bioenergy industries
SBI BioEnergy project ... 178
Bitumen upgrading
Husky Energy biprovincial upgrader, Lloydminster ... 754-55
Budget 2015-2016
Fiscal update, third quarter ... 147
Budget process
Interim supply use ... 66-67 Supplementary supply use ... 160
Carbon levy
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1498, 1500 Implementation in Lloydminster ... 2581 Public debate ... 1464-65 Revenue utilization ... 1472-73
Clerk of the Assembly
Seventh Clerk, Speaker's statement ... 292
Climate Leadership Implementation Act (Bill 20)
Committee ... 1413-14, 1497-1500 Committee, amendment A1 (carbon levy revenue utilization) (McIver/Fraser: defeated) ... 1413-14 Committee, amendment A9 (aviation fuel exemption) (Starke: defeated) ... 1497-99 Committee, amendment A9 (aviation fuel tax) (Starke: defeated) ... 1500
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Advertising ... 1716 Advertising and government website information, point of privilege raised ... 1477 General remarks ... 1711-13 Impact on pipeline support ... 1473
Constituency associations
Credit Union Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 32)
Committee ... 2295 Member's recusal from debate under section 2(2) of Conflicts of Interest Act ... 2295
Daylight savings time
Repeal, petition presented on ... 2575
Disaster recovery program
Funding ... 93 Funding from supplementary supply ... 147
Drugs, prescription
Prescription drug misuse ... 847
Economy of Alberta
Current fiscal position ... 2055
Edmonton-Centre (constituency)
Education
Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent) ... 636-37 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent), point of order on debate ... 632 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously), amendment (Luff: withdrawn by unanimous consent), point of order on debate, clarification ... 633
Election Recall Act (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 129-30 Second reading, division, point of order on ... 304-5 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 132 Second reading, request to allow debate past 5 p.m. (unanimous consent denied) ... 132
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
Committee ... 820-23 Committee, amendment A1 (use of additional census information) (Starke: defeated) ... 820-23
Electric power
Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit ... 1716
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 1716 Coal-fired facilities retirement, points of order on debate ... 1385-86
Energy industries
Support for ... 36 Support for, point of order on debate ... 469
Environmental monitoring
Environment and Parks ministry oversight ... 514
Ethics and Accountability Committee, Select Special
Committee proceedings ... 882-83, 2356-57 Committee proceedings, points of order on debate ... 886-87 Mandate expiry ... 1699 Questions on committee proceedings ruled out of order ... 883
Fair Elections Financing Act (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 2356-58 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Starke: defeated) ... 2358 Committee ... 2415-16, 2420-21, 2428-29, 2444-45, 2447-49, 2451-52, 2518-20 Committee, amendment A1 (constituency association quarterly filing of financial reports) (Clark: defeated) ... 2415-16, 2420-21 Committee, amendment A4 (government advertising) (Nixon: defeated) ... 2444-45 Committee, amendment A5 (candidates' election expense limits) (Starke: defeated) ... 2447-49 Committee, amendment A6 (contributions to constituency associations) (Clark: defeated) ... 2451-52 Committee, amendment A10 (nomination contestant spending and reporting) (Starke: defeated) ... 2518-20 Third reading ... 2560-62
Farm animals
Wildfire-affected animal rescue ... 817
Fentanyl use
Naloxone kit availability ... 847
Fiscal policy
Government spending, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 2055
Fiscal Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 10)
Committee ... 1106-7 Committee, amendment A2 (Executive Council salary penalty if debt-to-GDP ratio exceeds 15 per cent) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1106-7
Grain transportation
Rail transportation capacity ... 1060
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1711-12
Historic sites
UNESCO world heritage sites ... 624
Holodomor (Ukrainian famine remembrance)
Home-schooling
Funding ... 1567 General remarks ... 636-37 Trinity Christian School Association loss of accreditation ... 1566
Immunization
Health care professional reporting of adverse events ... 1844
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act (Bill 30)
Committee ... 2164-65 Committee, amendment A1 (requirements for registration, section 35) (Panda: defeated) ... 2164-65
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Insulting language, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1386 Parliamentary language, points of order ... 1385-86
Livestock
Wildfire-affected animal rescue ... 817
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Members' apologies ... 1386, 1465 Private members' business, members' statements ... 665
Members' Statements (current session)
Fort McMurray wildfire pet evacuation ... 877 Government policies ... 1716-17 Holodomor Memorial Day ... 1936-37 Private members' business ... 665 Rural issues ... 226 Ukrainian history remembrance ... 1464-65
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 67 Performance measures ... 67
Ministry of Education
Capital funding ... 75-76 Funding disbursement, pay-as-you-go ... 75-76 Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 75-76 Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 159-60 Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 debate ... 147
Ministry of Energy
Minister's Houston conference attendance ... 36
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 93-94
Ministry of Human Services
Minister's remarks in the Assembly and fundraising e-mail ... 591
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 67
Ministry of Infrastructure
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 76
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 160
Ministry of Labour
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 160 Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 debate ... 147
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 160 Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 debate ... 147
Ministry of Status of Women
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 67
Ministry of Transportation
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 debate ... 76
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 159 Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 debate ... 147
Modernized Municipal Government Act (Bill 21)
Committee ... 2017-18, 2221-24 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended) ... 2017-18 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended), subamendment SA2 (designated industrial properties) (Starke: defeated) ... 2017-18 Committee, amendment A3 (minimum tax) (Starke: defeated) ... 2221-23 Committee, amendment A4 (centralized municipal assessment) (Starke: defeated) ... 2223-24 Stakeholder consultation ... 1868-69, 2017-18
Motions (procedure)
No. 17, medical assistance in dying (Payne: carried), time for debate ... 1398-99 Amendments, point of order on debate ... 632 Amendments, point of order on debate, clarification ... 633 Amendments to Motions Other than Government Motions ... 665 Questions and comments under Standing Order 29(2)(a) ... 1402
Oil sands development
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) emissions ... 1215 Small producers ... 1712
Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1711-13 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment) (Panda: defeated) ... 1711-13 Cap level ... 1712
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Completion of questions begun before 50-minute time limit, point of order on ... 347
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AAMDC fall convention attendance by cabinet ... 1987-88 Agricultural and forest products exports ... 275-76 Alberta beef ... 797 Bioenergy initiatives ... 178 Carbon levy in Lloydminster ... 2581 Carbon levy revenue utilization ... 1472-73 Electricity costs ... 2273-74 Energy and environmental policies ... 514 Energy policies ... 36 Ethics and Accountability Committee ... 882-83, 1699 Home-schooling ... 1566-67 Minister of Human Services ... 591 Municipal Government Act amendments ... 1868-69 Municipal minimum property tax ... 1820-21 Oil sands secondary organic aerosol emissions ... 1215 Physician-assisted dying ... 393-94 Provincial fiscal deficit ... 2055 Support for agricultural and forestry industries ... 1060 Tick-borne diseases ... 1307 Tobacco reduction strategy ... 2031-32 Tourism strategy ... 345-46, 915-16 Wildfire-affected animals ... 817 Worker's compensation review ... 663
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Review, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1386 Supports intensity scale (SIS) assessment, points of order on debate ... 1456
Peter Lougheed provincial park
William Watson Lodge ... 94
Petitions presented to the Assembly (current session)
Daylight savings time repeal ... 2575
Petrochemicals diversification program
Pharmacy and Drug (Pharmaceutical Equipment Control) Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 846-47 Immediate consideration, Standing Order 8 waived (unanimous consent granted) ... 839, 923
Pill press machines
Federal regulation proposed ... 846-47
Pipeline construction
Interjurisdictional co-operation ... 514
Points of clarification (current session)
Admissibility of amendments ... 633
Points of order (current session)
Admissibility of amendments ... 632 Admissibility of amendments, clarification ... 633 Allegations against a member or members ... 252 Closing debate ... 132 Division ... 304-5 Factual accuracy ... 469 Insulting language, remarks withdrawn ... 1386 Language creating disorder ... 923 Oral Question Period practices ... 347 Parliamentary language ... 1385-86 Question-and-comment period ... 1705 Questions to committee chairs ... 886 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 887 Relevance ... 252 Remarks off the record ... 1456
Privilege (current session)
Obstructing a member in performance of duty (climate leadership plan advertising and government website information) ... 1477 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (throne speech briefing) ... 39-40
Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 754-56 Minister's duties under act ... 756
Property tax
Industrial assessment centralization ... 1869 Linear property assessment ... 2018 Minimum tax ... 1820-21
Public Health Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 28)
Public service
Executive compensation, performance bonuses ... 1106-7
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Provincial program eligibility criteria ... 2274 Transition to, funding ... 2273-74
Rural development
Members' statements ... 226
School construction
Construction costs ... 75-76
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug coverage (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 484-85
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 186 Media briefing, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) ... 39-40
Standing Orders
SO 29(2)(a), question-and-comment period, point of order on debate ... 1705
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017
Tick-borne diseases
Diagnosis and treatment ... 1307 Prevention strategies ... 1307
Tobacco use
Prevention programs, funding for ... 2031-32
Ukrainian-Canadian Heritage Day Act (Bill 26)
Ukrainian history
Stalinist era ... 1936-37 Stalinist era, members' statements ... 1464-65
Vermilion-Lloydminster (constituency)
Veterinary Profession Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Premier's and Municipal Affairs minister's site visits ... 1413 Wildlife conservation following ... 817
Wildfire prevention and control
Funding, points of order on debate ... 923
Wildlife conservation
Fort McMurray wildfire impact ... 817
Women
Leadership position representation ... 968
Stier, Pat (Livingstone-Macleod, W)
Affordable supportive living initiative
Alberta Affordable Housing Review Committee Act (Bill 202)
Inclusionary zoning provisions ... 2318
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Position on growth management boards ... 2199-2200
Alberta College of Paramedics
Governing legislation ... 743-44
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Meeting with Seniors and Housing minister ... 294-95 Position on growth management boards ... 2199-2200
Appropriation Act, 2016 (Bill 17)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2016 (Bill 3)
Budget process
Supplementary supply use ... 265
Carbon levy
Revenue utilization ... 114
Corporations
Municipally owned corporations ... 1586, 2016
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial credit rating ... 1753
Disaster recovery program
2013 floods, approved claims later deemed ineligible (Written Question 11: carried as amended) ... 1574 2013 floods, approved claims later deemed ineligible (Written Question 11: carried as amended), amendment to number of claims deemed ineligible and reason for ineligibility (Ganley: carried) ... 1574 Funding ... 74
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 7)
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement, coal facilitator's report ... 1753-54
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 34)
Second reading ... 2435 Second reading, motion to not now read because bill does not adequately address and minimize adverse long-term financial implications of changes to the Electric Utilities Act with respect to debt financing (reasoned amendment RA1) (Rodney: defeated) ... 2435
Employment Standards Code (Volunteer Firefighter Protection) Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 212)
Energy industries
Support for ... 515 Support for, members' statements ... 459
Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 24)
Third reading ... 1918-19 Amendments presented ... 1919
Government
Public trust, members' statements ... 1659
Interim supply estimates 2016-2017
Estimates debate ... 73-75
Interprovincial/territorial trade
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Leap Manifesto (federal New Democratic Party document)
Members' Statements (current session)
Energy policies ... 459 Fort McMurray and area wildfire relief ... 876 Municipal funding ... 1444-45 Trust in government ... 1659 United States presidential election ... 1812
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Fort McMurray and area wildfire, responses ... 804-5
Ministry of Labour
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 266
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Business plan 2016-2019 ... 1070 Capital funding ... 74 Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 ... 73-74 Operational expenses ... 74
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 266
Modernized Municipal Government Act (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1585-88 Committee ... 2011-13, 2016-17, 2020-21, 2023, 2096-97, 2099-2100, 2196-2200 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended) ... 2011-13, 2016-17, 2020-21, 2023, 2096-97, 2099-2100, 2196-97 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended), subamendment SA1 (intermunicipal collaboration frameworks) (McIver: defeated) ... 2011-13 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended), subamendment SA2 (designated industrial properties) (Starke: defeated) ... 2020-21 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended), subamendment SA3 (environmental reserves) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2023 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended), subamendment SA4 (municipalities' timelines) (Schneider: defeated) ... 2096-97 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended), subamendment SA5 (off-site levy threshold) (Hanson/Cooper: defeated) ... 2099-2100 Committee, amendment A1 (off-site levies, growth management boards, intermunicipal collaboration frameworks, intermunicipal development plans, municipal councillor training, regional appeal board representation, municipally controlled corporations outside Alberta, alternative decision-making timelines) (Larivee: carried as amended), subamendment SA6 (mandatory councillor training) (Cooper/Schneider: defeated) ... 2196-97 Third reading ... 2317-19 Growth management board provisions ... 2198-2200 Regulation development ... 1587, 2013 Stakeholder consultation ... 1585, 1587-88, 2013
Municipal Government Act review
Funding ... 74-75 General remarks ... 767
Municipal sustainability initiative
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Agriculture and energy policies ... 515 Fort McMurray home reconstruction ... 829 Fort McMurray residents' housing concerns ... 877-78 Industrial property taxes ... 767 Machinery, equipment, and linear property taxes ... 1147 Municipal grants in place of taxes ... 294-95, 342 Municipal infrastructure funding ... 114 Municipal tax maximum ratio ... 2274 Paramedics' professional governance ... 743-44 Public service size ... 1302 Renewable energy projects in southern Alberta ... 1869-70 Special areas ... 1217-18 Wildfire update ... 810
Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 752-53 General remarks ... 266 Minister's duties under act, comparison with Government Organization Act ... 752-53
Property tax
Industrial assessment (machinery and equipment) ... 767, 1147 Industrial assessment centralization ... 1587-88, 2017, 2317, 2319 Linear property assessment ... 1070, 1147, 2020-21 Linear property assessment, revenue distribution ... 767 Tax rate ... 1588 Tax rate, ratio of residential to nonresidential ... 1587-88, 2274, 2317
Protection of Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 210)
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Southern Alberta projects, landowner compensation ... 1869-70 Southern Alberta projects, stakeholder consultation ... 1870
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Renewable Electricity Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 1753-54 Section 3, ministerial direction, objectives, criteria re programs, proposals ... 1754
South Saskatchewan regional plan (land-use framework)
United States
Presidential election results, members' statements ... 1812
Veterinary Profession Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
General remarks ... 1918 Home reconstruction ... 829 Ministerial statements, responses ... 804-5 Relief efforts, members' statements ... 876-77 Resident return plan ... 877-78 Services for evacuees, cultural services ... 877 Video tour for residents ... 878
Wildfire prevention and control
Fire bans ... 810 FireSmart program ... 1918-19 Flat Top Complex report recommendations ... 1070 Spring preparation ... 810
Wind power
Environmental impacts ... 1753 Transmission line requirements ... 1754
Wood Buffalo regional municipality
Provincial state of emergency ... 810
Strankman, Rick (Drumheller-Stettler, W)
Act to Modernize Enforcement of Provincial Offences, An (Bill 9)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Crop insurance program ... 1566 Dismissal of board members ... 2403
Alberta Tourism Week Act (Bill 204)
Assisted dying
Regulation development (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 1396-97
Bioenergy industries
Slave Lake Pulp biomethanization project ... 237
Calgary-Foothills (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 326
Carbon levy
Rebate for families, small business, coal industry, First Nations, etc. ... 724 Revenue utilization ... 1294
Climate Leadership Implementation Act (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1294 Second reading, motion to refer to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 1294 Committee ... 1416-17 Committee, amendment A1 (carbon levy revenue utilization) (McIver/Fraser: defeated) ... 1416-17
Community facility enhancement program
Eligibility criteria ... 332 Grant administration ... 332
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial deficit ... 328
Domestic violence
Barriers to services ... 728
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 90
Energy industries
Fort McMurray wildfire response, members' statements ... 871-72
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6, 2015)
Correspondence from Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour ministry to Agriculture and Forestry ministry (Motion for a Return 29: defeated) ... 2283-84 Draft document (three-column document) (Motion for a Return 28: defeated) ... 2282-83 Regulation development ... 1566 Stakeholder consultation on regulations ... 296-97, 959 Stakeholder working groups ... 1216
Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1610-13, 1617-18 Committee ... 1916 Committee, amendment A1 (time limits on fire control plan approval (section 12) and investigations (section 17)) (Drysdale: defeated) ... 1916 Committee, amendment A3 (replace "thing" with "product" in section 31.4) (Loewen: defeated) ... 1916 Third reading ... 1915-16 Amendments presented ... 1916
Forest pests
Control and compliance measures ... 1611-12
Hand Hills Lake Stampede
Centennial, members' statements ... 1300
Historic sites
Bodo, aboriginal site development proposed ... 623
Hog diseases
Porcine epidemic diarrhea ... 837-38
Insurance industry
Public- vs. private-sector delivery ... 501
International trade
Agriculture and Forestry minister's trade mission to China and South Korea ... 1566
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act (Bill 30)
Members' Statements (current session)
Bovine tuberculosis quarantine ... 2260 Energy industry response to Fort McMurray wildfire ... 871-72 Hand Hills Lake Stampede centennial ... 1300 National Finals Rodeo champions ... 2574-75 Olds College ... 468 Special areas water supply project ... 1453-54
Motions (procedure)
No. 17, medical assistance in dying (Payne: carried), time for debate ... 1396-97
Motor vehicle insurance
Mandatory destruction of expired cards ... 1072
National Finals Rodeo
Alberta champions, members' statements ... 2574-75
Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act (Bill 25)
Olds College
Members' statements ... 468
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Board ... 2403 Bovine tuberculosis ... 2112 Canola diseases ... 513-14 Coal-fired electric power plant retirement ... 90 Farm and ranch worker legislation and WCB review ... 296-97 Farm and ranch worker regulation consultation ... 959 Farm and ranch worker regulation working groups ... 1216 Porcine epidemic diarrhea ... 837-38 Support for agriculture ... 1566 Wildfire prevention and control ... 834
Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act (Bill 1)
Committee ... 1023-24 Committee, amendment A3 (red tape reduction provision) (Panda: defeated) ... 1023-24
Seniors' Home Adaptation and Repair Act (Bill 5)
Special areas
Water supply project, members' statements ... 1453-54
Sugar beets
Cultivated acreage ... 324
Tow trucks
Operator safety ... 1073 Regulatory provisions ... 1072-73
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 1072-74 Section 5, multiple charges ... 1072 Section 5, street racing penalty provisions ... 1073 Sections 6-7, impaired driving provisions ... 1072-73
Transportation network companies
Tuberculosis management (livestock industries)
Quarantine of herds, members' statements ... 2260 Support for ranchers ... 2112
Ukrainian-Canadian Heritage Day Act (Bill 26)
Veterinary Profession Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 13)
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Emergency management, review of ... 834 Services for evacuees provided by energy company employees ... 871-72
Wildfire prevention and control
Sucha, Graham (Calgary-Shaw, ND)
Aboriginal consultation
Process development ... 220-21
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act
Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, An (Bill 4)
Committee ... 404 Committee, amendment A4 (general offence and penalty) (Hunter: defeated) ... 404
Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, An
Alberta law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Alberta student leadership conference
Senior high conference, members' statements ... 1445-46
Alberta Tourism Week Act (Bill 204)
Calgary-East (constituency)
Calgary-Shaw (constituency)
Calgary Stampeders football club
Grey Cup finalists ... 1895
Canadian Centre for Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CC4MS)
Members' statements ... 885-86
Climate Leadership Implementation Act (Bill 20)
Committee ... 1428-29 Committee, amendment A2 (carbon levy rate) (Loewen: defeated) ... 1428-29
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments: Advanced Education, Agriculture and Forestry, Culture and Tourism, Economic Development and Trade, Executive Council, Infrastructure, Labour ... 943
Corporations
Access to capital ... 221
Educational curricula
Career and technology studies ... 462 Secondary/postsecondary dual credit program ... 462
Election Recall Act (Bill 201)
Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 8)
Fair Trading (Motor Vehicle Repair Pricing Protection for Consumers) Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 203)
Family and community support services
Fentanyl use
Reduction strategies, funding ... 849
Film and television industry
Fish Creek provincial park
Invasive organism presence ... 1617-18 Wildfire prevention and control ... 1617-18
Football clubs
Calgary clubs, members' statements ... 1895
Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 24)
Government policies
Members' statements ... 2400
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act (Bill 30)
Members' Statements (current session)
Calgary football team achievements ... 1895 CC4MS centre for male survivors of sexual violence ... 885-86 Centennial high school leadership conference ... 1445-46 Official Opposition and government policies ... 2400 St. Mary's University Humanities 101 program ... 38 Tartan Day ... 397
Minimum wage
Increase, impact study (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: defeated) ... 851
Ministry of Advanced Education
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments presented ... 943
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments presented ... 943
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments presented ... 943
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments presented ... 943
Ministry of Executive Council
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments presented ... 943
Ministry of Infrastructure
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments presented ... 943
Ministry of Labour
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments presented ... 943
Ministry of Status of Women
Official Opposition
Policies, members' statements ... 2400
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Bridge to teacher certification program ... 2057 Calgary southwest ring road ... 2582 Education concerns ... 462 Fort McMurray wildfire recovery contracts ... 914 School construction ... 562
Pharmacy and Drug (Pharmaceutical Equipment Control) Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 205)
Reports by standing and special committees
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report of 2016-2017 estimates debate and amendments: Advanced Education, Agriculture and Forestry, Culture and Tourism, Economic Development and Trade, Executive Council, Infrastructure, Labour ... 943
Ring road, Calgary
Southwest portion, completion ... 2582
St. Andrew-Caledonian Society
St. Mary's University
Humanities 101 program, members' statements ... 38
School construction
Project management, Auditor General's report ... 562
Small business
Access to capital ... 221
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 220-21 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 221-22
Tartan Day
Members' statements ... 397
Teacher certification
Bridge to teacher certification program for skilled trades ... 2057
University of Calgary
Dinos football team, Vanier Cup finalists ... 1895
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Recovery program, local business participation ... 914
Wildfire prevention and control
Fire-retardant gel use ... 1618
Swann, Dr. David (Calgary-Mountain View, AL)
Act to Enhance Off-highway Vehicle Safety, An (Bill 36)
Committee ... 2299, 2301, 2343 Committee, amendment A1 (exemption for hunters and trappers) (van Dijken: defeated) ... 2299 Committee, amendment A2 (safety training) (Swann: defeated) ... 2343 Third reading ... 2347-50
Act to Ensure Independent Environmental Monitoring, An (Bill 18)
Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, An (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 287-88, 350, 353 Ban on replacement worker use during strikes and lockouts ... 287
Act to Modernize Enforcement of Provincial Offences, An (Bill 9)
Addiction treatment
Opioid use ... 1565, 2578 Services for aboriginal peoples ... 766
Affordable supportive living initiative
Funding from supplementary supply ... 265
Alberta Affordable Housing Review Committee Act (Bill 202)
Alberta centennial education savings plan
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Relations with Health ministry ... 390, 766 Resignation letter of former CEO Vickie Kaminski ... 390
Alberta Health Services Board
Appointment criteria ... 390
Alberta Research and Innovation Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 976-77 Committee ... 1013-14, 1016 Committee, amendment A1 (retention of Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions) (Swann: defeated) ... 1013-14, 1016
Appropriation Act, 2016 (Bill 17)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2016 (Bill 3)
Assisted dying
Draft regulations, technical briefing ... 1326 Health provider refusal, care co-ordination service referral ... 1327 Regulation development (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 1325-27
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Applicant wait times ... 1768 Auditor General's report ... 1768
Bills, government (procedure)
Statutes amendment acts/omnibus bills ... 695
Budget 2016-2017 debate
Debate participants (Government Motion 13) ... 725-26
Calgary-Mountain View (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 1549
Carbon levy
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1345 Impact on energy costs ... 1549 Impact on small-business costs ... 592 Rebate for families, small business, coal industry, First Nations, etc. ... 1146, 1549 Revenue utilization ... 1549-50 Revenue utilization, publicly available information on ... 2030
Castle special management area
Protected area designation ... 265
Child protective services
Review by all-party committee proposed ... 2478 Round-table on child care, 2014 ... 1901-2
Chronic wasting disease
Management strategies ... 2478
Clerk of the Assembly
Seventh Clerk, Speaker's statement ... 292
Climate Leadership Implementation Act (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1344-45 Committee ... 1491, 1495-96 Committee, amendment A7 (performance measures) (Swann: defeated) ... 1491 Committee, amendment A8 (Auditor General reviews) (Swann: defeated) ... 1495-96 Third reading ... 1549-50 Third reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1549-50
Climate leadership plan, provincial
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
Corporations
Red tape reduction strategy proposed ... 32
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Borrowing during economic downturn (countercyclical spending) ... 1273-75 Borrowing for capital projects ... 1040 Borrowing for operational expenses ... 264-65 Debt-to-GDP ratio ... 695, 1041
E-cigarettes
Definition as tobaccolike product proposed ... 2108
Education
Innovation ... 788 Parental choice (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried unanimously) ... 788
Election Recall Act (Bill 201)
Elections, municipal
Campaign financing ... 1638
Electric power
Power purchase arrangements (PPAs) ... 1378
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities, conversion to natural gas ... 958 Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 1234, 1378
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 34)
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30
Deaths of children in care ... 1901-2
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Employee morale ... 272 Posttraumatic stress disorder in front-line workers ... 273 Public vs. private service delivery ... 350 Wait times ... 272
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency board ... 1146 Performance measures ... 1146
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6, 2015)
Communications with farm owners and ranchers ... 461 General remarks ... 763 Stakeholder consultation on regulations ... 462
Environmental monitoring
Economic Development and Trade minister's remarks ... 1135
Fair Elections Financing Act (Bill 35)
Committee ... 2417, 2516-17, 2521 Committee, amendment A1 (constituency association quarterly filing of financial reports) (Clark: defeated) ... 2417 Committee, amendment A9 (third-party advertising) (Swann: carried) ... 2516-17 Committee, amendment A10 (nomination contestant spending and reporting) (Starke: defeated) ... 2521
Fentanyl use
Overdose statistics ... 1888 Reduction strategies ... 847-48
Financial Administration Act
Section 42.1, tabling of loans in the Assembly ... 695-96, 1041
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 1040 Members' statements ... 598
Fiscal Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 10)
Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 24)
Gay-straight alliances in schools
School board policies, ministerial statement, responses ... 387-88
Government accountability
Openness and transparency ... 390
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Government policies
Policy development, publicly available information on ... 2030
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Cap and trade versus cap on emissions ... 1687 Methane reduction strategies ... 1345 Performance measures ... 1549-50 Reduction strategies ... 1686-87
Health care
Employee long-term disability rate ... 709-10
Health care professionals
Immunization rate ... 1797
Health research
General remarks ... 1041 Impact of Alberta Innovates consolidation ... 977
High River (town)
Flood damage mitigation funding ... 265
Immunization
Health care professional reporting of adverse events ... 1797
Income tax, provincial
Personal dividend tax credit rate ... 695
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 82, 108, 436, 558, 589, 606, 654, 705, 738, 827, 1373, 1763, 1980, 2250, 2268, 2329, 2473
Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act (Bill 30)
Committee ... 2173 Committee, amendment A5 (annual report) (Clark: defeated) ... 2173 Third reading ... 2242-43
Justice system administration
Minor offences, repeat offenders ... 646-47
Members' Statements (current session)
Fort McMurray and area wildfire recovery ... 1374-75 Mental health review report ... 91 Mental health services for wildfire evacuees and first responders ... 900 Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act ... 1871 Provincial fiscal policies ... 598
Mental health services
Funding ... 726 Review ... 766, 2272 Review, members' statements ... 91 Services following emergency events ... 805, 831-32, 894, 1375 Services following emergency events, members' statements ... 900 Services following emergency events for first responders ... 831-32 Services for aboriginal peoples ... 766
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Former Premier the hon. Donald Ross Getty, responses ... 28 Former Premier the hon. Peter Eric James Prentice, PC, QC, responses ... 1885-86 Fort McMurray and area wildfire, responses ... 805 Leilani O'Malley Muir, responses ... 269-70 National Day of Mourning, North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, responses ... 763-64 Responders Way, responses ... 1561-62 School board policies on gay-straight alliances, responses ... 387-88 Violence against women and girls, responses ... 2027 Women's suffrage centennial, responses ... 655-56
Ministry of Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 265
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016, capital investment transfer to expense ... 265
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Supplementary supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 265
Modernized Municipal Government Act (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1636-38 Section 88, inclusionary housing provisions ... 1637
Motions (procedure)
No. 17, medical assistance in dying (Payne: carried), time for debate ... 1325
Muir, Leilani O'Malley
Ministerial statement, responses ... 269-70
Municipal finance
Grants in place of taxes (GIPOT) ... 1637-38 Revenue sources ... 1637
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Growth management boards ... 1637
National Day of Mourning (workplace deaths, injuries, and illnesses)
Ministerial statement, responses ... 763-64
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
Ministerial statement, responses ... 763-64
Off-road vehicles
Safety regulations ... 1471-72 Use in eastern slopes of Rocky Mountains ... 2511
Office of the Premier
Former Premier Donald Ross Getty, memorial tribute, ministerial statement, responses ... 28 Former Premier Peter Eric James Prentice, PC, QC, ministerial statement, responses ... 1885-86
Oil prices
Budgetary implications ... 725
Oil sands advisory group
Mandate on recommendations on climate leadership plan implementation ... 2030
Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1686-87 Committee ... 2325-26 Committee, amendment A4 (consultation on regulations) (Drysdale/Fraser: defeated) ... 2325-26 Definition of cogeneration ... 1687 Members' statements ... 1871
Opioid use
Aboriginal community initiatives ... 1565 Deaths, reporting on ... 2578 Reduction strategies ... 1565 Reduction strategies, performance measures ... 2272
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Addiction and mental health strategy ... 2272 AISH administration ... 1768 Alberta Health Services ... 390 Chronic wasting disease ... 2478 Climate leadership plan ... 1146 Electric power prices ... 958 Electricity power purchase arrangements ... 1378 Emergency medical services ... 272-73 Farm and ranch worker legislation communications ... 461-62 Fentanyl overdoses ... 1888 Government policy development ... 2030 Health care system employee sick leave ... 709-10 Income support program access ... 111-12 Mental health services ... 766 Mental health services for wildfire evacuees and first responders ... 831-32, 894 Off-road vehicle safety ... 1471-72 Opioid addiction treatment and death reporting ... 2578 Opioid use prevention and treatment ... 1565 Remand centre drug overdoses ... 1695-96 Renewable energy strategy ... 1234 Small-business assistance ... 31-32 Small-business tax ... 591-92 Tobacco reduction strategy ... 2107-8
Pharmacy and Drug (Pharmaceutical Equipment Control) Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 205)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day Act (Bill 206)
Primary care (medicine)
Mental health services ... 2272
Primary care networks
Expansion proposed ... 766 Mental health services ... 91
Property tax
Industrial assessment (machinery and equipment) ... 1637 Linear property assessment ... 1637 Seniors' property tax deferral program ... 533-34
Public Health Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 28)
Second reading ... 1796-97 Implementation cost ... 1796
Public lands
Water conservation and management in headwater regions (Motion Other than Government Motion 511: carried) ... 2511
Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Act (Bill 19)
Remand centres
Prisoner drug overdoses ... 1695-96
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Renewable Electricity Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 2043-45 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment) (Gill: defeated) ... 2043-45 Committee ... 2087-88 Committee, amendment A1 (renewable energy target) (Clark: defeated) ... 2087-88
Responders Way (Fort McMurray road)
Ministerial statement, responses ... 1561-62
Rocky Mountains
Eastern slopes land management ... 1472
Securities Act
Harmonization with other provinces ... 528
Securities Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 6)
Seniors' Home Adaptation and Repair Act (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 533-34 Committee ... 551 Committee, amendment A1 (interest rate for low-income applicants) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 551 Program eligibility criteria ... 533
Small business
Red tape reduction strategy proposed ... 32 Support for ... 31-32, 592 Tax rate ... 31, 591-92
Taxation
Provincial sales tax ... 1040 Tax credit for contributions to municipal campaigns proposed ... 1638
Tobacco industry
Registered lobbyists ... 2108
Tobacco Reduction Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 33, 2013)
Timeline on proclamation ... 2107
Tobacco use
Reduction strategies ... 2107-8
Ukrainian-Canadian Heritage Day Act (Bill 26)
Violence against women
Ministerial statement, responses ... 2027
Vital records
Gender marker options ... 1825 Online registration ... 1825
Vital Statistics and Life Events Modernization Act (Bill 29)
Water allocation
Licences, Southern Alberta ... 2511
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Members' statements ... 1374-75 Ministerial statements, responses ... 805
Wildfire prevention and control
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1618-19
Women
Right to vote in Alberta, centennial, ministerial statement, responses ... 655-56
Workplace health and safety
Mental health issues ... 763-64
Sweet, Heather (Edmonton-Manning, ND)
Act to Implement a Supreme Court Ruling Governing Essential Services, An (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 353-56, 362 Commissioner's authority ... 356 Provisions not addressing Supreme Court ruling, member's request for information ... 354
Adoption
Review of restrictions on advertising by prospective parents (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried unanimously) ... 2290
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Lawsuits with AHS named as defendant as of March 31, 2011 (Motion for a Return 24: defeated) ... 2066-67
Alberta law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Child protective services
Members' statements ... 2037
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election, nomination of Heather Sweet ... 7 Election of Heather Sweet ... 8
Edmonton Eskimos football club
Community activities, members' statements ... 871
Edmonton-Manning (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 335-36 Overview ... 336
Fort McMurray (urban service area)
Essential services ... 1056
International Women's Day
Members' statements ... 37
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Child protective services ... 2037 Edmonton Eskimos community activities ... 871 Education system ... 1570-71 International Women's Day ... 37 Pipeline development ... 559
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta law enforcement response teams ... 742 Electric power price cap ... 1983 Fort McMurray resident re-entry plan ... 1056 Petrochemicals diversification program ... 296
Petrochemicals diversification program
Pipeline construction
Approval process (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried unanimously) ... 940 Members' statements ... 559
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45, 2014)
Public service
Contract negotiations ... 362
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46, 2014)
Seniors' Home Adaptation and Repair Act (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 535-36 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment RF1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 535-36
Sheriffs
Transfer from safe communities and neighbourhoods to Justice and Solicitor General ministry ... 742
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 335-36 Addresses in reply, maiden speeches ... 335-36 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 336
Tankers
Access to northern British Columbia ports (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried unanimously) ... 940
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Information to evacuees ... 1056 Resident return plan ... 1056
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