Sabir, Irfan (Calgary-Bhullar-McCall, NDP)
Aboriginal consultation topics
Environmental monitoring ... 1267, 2135 Sale of public land ... 1267
Adult learning
Foundational learning programs (English as a second language, academic upgrading), learner income supports ... 4264-65
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 74)
Alberta Dental Association and College
Fee guide, Health ministry documents, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 7: defeated), points of order on debate ... 3576
Alberta Energy Regulator
Regulator appointment ... 451
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Reports to Health ministry on medical device reprocessing, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 8: defeated) ... 3577-78
Alberta Housing Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 78)
Second reading ... 6189 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 6589-91, 6593 Committee ... 6831-32 Committee, amendment A1 (prohibition on money transfers from corporation) (Gray/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 6831-32 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 109: carried) ... 6811 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 110: carried) ... 6837-38
Alberta law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Alberta Senate Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 1746-47 Third-party advertising provisions ... 1746-47
Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)
Executive director's departure ... 6688-89 Executive director's remarks on collection of race-based data ... 1439 Investigation backlog ... 6142, 6688 Investigation of incident involving RCMP and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's chief ... 1439, 4700
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Activities ... 1144 Recommendations ... 4610-11 Statement on systemic racism ... 1192
Appropriation Act, 2021 (Bill 60)
Arts Professions Recognition Act (Bill 75)
Committee ... 6346 Committee, amendment A2 (addition of business licence as criterion in definition of professional artist) (Goehring: defeated) ... 6346 Third reading ... 6628-29
Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Cost-of-living indexing termination ... 2690 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 227 Payment schedule ... 2690
Bills, government (procedure)
Second reading, members' speaking time ... 970
Black Lives Matter
Demonstrations in response to George Floyd's death ... 1144-45 General remarks ... 1449
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on fixed budget date ... 875 Recommendations on postsecondary education strategic direction ... 6428
Budget 2020-2021
Members' statements ... 112
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 84)
Second reading ... 6397 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 6433
Calgary (city)
Budget 2021-2022 impact, members' statements ... 3981 Economic downturn, members' statements ... 4087, 5462 State of local emergency declaration, members' statements ... 252
Calgary Airport Authority
Calgary board of education
Transportation fees, 2020-2021 ... 938
Calgary community associations
Calgary Correctional Centre
Calgary Police Service
Funding, 2019-2020 ... 13, 958
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
UCP application ... 902-3
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Section 1, guarantee of rights and freedoms subject to reasonable limits ... 1985 Section 7, right to life, liberty, and security of person ... 1634-35 Section 9, right not to be imprisoned or detained arbitrarily ... 1634-35 Section 10, rights on arrest or detention ... 1634-35
Canadian citizenship
Federal ban on niqabs at ceremonies, 2011-2015 ... 5588
Canadian Energy Centre
Activities ... 2043 Advertisements ... 1975 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 256-57 Funding, 2020-2021, decrease ... 423-24
Capital projects
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 282 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4268-69
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Acquisition of Husky Energy ... 2817
Chief medical officer of health
Work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 282
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 938-39, 1233-35 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the government's engagement document does not support bill contents (reasoned amendment RA1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 1233-35 Committee ... 1375-77 Committee, amendment A1 (section 2, addition of right to education) (Sabir: defeated) ... 1375-77
Citizen Initiative Act (Bill 51)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4694
Classroom improvement fund
Climate leadership plan, provincial (2015-2019)
College of Alberta School Superintendents Act (Bill 55)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4454
Community facility enhancement program
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4987
Consolidated financial statements 2019-2020 (government of Alberta)
Auditor General's audit, Official Opposition remarks, members' statements, points of order on debate ... 3385-86
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1739-40, 1851 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1739 Nonconstitutional referendum provisions, Lieutenant Governor in Council authority ... 1851 Third-party advertising provisions ... 1740, 1746
Corporate taxation, provincial
Correctional facilities
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 2824, 3717, 4001 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 3302 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 3975
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
COVID-19
Alberta cases ... 6096 Alberta cases, northeast Calgary ... 3560, 3647 Alberta cases, Premier's remarks ... 4056 Alberta cases, Premier's remarks, members' statements ... 3555, 3837 Alberta cases, variants ... 5229 Protective measures ... 160 Protective measures, compliance ... 3777
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Contact tracing, points of order on debate ... 2773
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons, paid leave ... 3560 Premier's remarks, points of order on debate ... 4615 Provincial response, Assembly support for, emergency debate under Standing Order 30 ... 160 Provincial response, COVID-19 care teams ... 4056 Provincial response, summer 2021 ... 6077, 6096 Provincial response decision-making ... 3538-39 Scenario modelling for delta variant, Premier's remarks on June 16, 2021, point of privilege raised ... 5649-50
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 70)
Second reading ... 5536-37 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 5536-37 Second reading, time allocation (Government Motion 88: carried) ... 5535 Remedy for extinguishment or termination of rights, no provisions for ... 5537 Retroactive enactment ... 5536
COVID-19 vaccines
Distribution to targeted populations, members' statements ... 5741 Distribution to targeted populations, points of order on debate ... 5454
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 13-14 Section 5, regulations prescribing buildings, structures, devices, or other things as being essential infrastructure ... 13-14 Stakeholder consultation ... 13-14
Critical worker benefit program (federal-provincial)
Eligibility criteria ... 4056 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4066 Program implementation ... 4148, 4269
Daycare centres
Province-wide closure during COVID-19 pandemic ... 160
Democratic Accountability Committee, Select Special (2020-2021)
Disaster recovery program
Calgary storm, June 13, 2020, funding ... 1887, 2279, 3560, 5465 Calgary storm, June 13, 2020, funding, members' statements ... 2286-87
Drivers' licences
Mandatory entry-level training (MELT) program (class 1 and 2), advice to Transportation minister, May 1, 2019, to October 29, 2019 (Motion for a Return 3: defeated), points of order on debate ... 3574
Drumheller Institution (federal correctional facility)
COVID-19 outbreak ... 4001
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Economy of Alberta
Current fiscal position ... 2554-55
Edmonton-McClung (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 1446-48
Education
COVID-19 impact, members' statements ... 4666
Education finance
Funding ... 938-39 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 227-28 Funding for students with special needs, points of order on debate ... 2719 Funding for students with special needs, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2719 Program unit funding (PUF) ... 938-39
Education Statutes (Students First) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 85)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 6527
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 68)
Second reading ... 5025-26, 5031 Education Act amendments, eligibility criteria for trustees in francophone regional school authorities ... 5026, 5031 Election Act amendments, provisions for MLAs to express opinions on referendums ... 5025-26, 5031
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 81)
Second reading ... 6582 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Nielsen: defeated) ... 6582 Committee ... 6815 Committee, amendment A1 (nomination contestant contribution provisions, third-party advertiser provisions) (Madu: carried) ... 6815 Third reading ... 6929-30 Third reading, motion to not read because Assembly is of the view that bill fails to require consent for party membership purchase (reasoned amendment RA1) (Aheer: defeated) ... 6929-30
Electric power prices
Rates ... 26 Regulated rate cap termination ... 60-61
Electric utilities
Economic withholding of power ... 26
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
COVID-19, provincial response ... 160
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 9)
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 13)
Second reading ... 521-22 Committee ... 626-27, 634-35, 673-74 Committee, amendment A1 (section 6, "90 days" replaced with "30 days") (Ceci: defeated) ... 626-27 Committee, amendment A2 (section 8, ministerial authority to override municipal powers) (Ganley/Ceci: defeated) ... 634-35, 673-74 Local emergency provisions, extension from 7 to 90 days during pandemic ... 522 Ministerial authority to restrict, prohibit, or terminate local authority exercise of power ... 522 Ministerial powers under act ... 521-22 Provisions for teleconferencing use for municipal council meetings on state of local emergency ... 627 Stakeholder consultation ... 626
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Hate crimes response, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 5315-16
Employment and income support programs
Barriers to full employment program, supplemental benefits, points of order on debate ... 5221
Energy industries
Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended) ... 6379-81, 6895-96 Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended), amendment A1 (support for Coastal GasLink pipeline project, opposition to opponents' illegal activities) (Turton: carried) ... 6895-96 Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended), amendment A1 (support for Coastal GasLink pipeline project, opposition to opponents' illegal activities) (Turton: carried), subamendment SA1 (negotiations with Indigenous communities) (Sabir: defeated) ... 6895-96 Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended), points of order on debate ... 6380 Environmental and ethical standards ... 13 Investment attraction, relation to provincial environmental policies ... 73 Job losses ... 4087 Layoffs, support for affected persons ... 256-57
Enhanced COVID-19 business benefit program
Eligibility criteria ... 4066 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4066
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Second reading ... 3244, 3457 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 3457 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 57: carried) ... 3872 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 58: carried) ... 3903 Stakeholder consultation ... 3457 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3244, 3872
Environmental monitoring
Monitoring and reporting requirement changes ... 2135
Executive Council
Members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering on June 1, 2021 ... 5213, 5230 Members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering on June 1, 2021, point of privilege raised ... 5240-41
Federal-provincial-territorial meetings
International human rights obligations ... 3222-23
Financial Administration Act
Section 42.1, tabling of loan and capital share acquisition agreements in the Assembly ... 762
Financing Alberta's Strategic Transportation Act (Bill 43)
Second reading ... 3160 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 3157 Committee, points of order on debate ... 3693-94 Definition of new infrastructure ... 3160
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1069-70
Fiscal Measures and Taxation Act, 2020 (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 227-28 Second reading, time allocation ... 227 Education Act amendments ... 227 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments ... 227
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Fiscal policy, provincial
Foothills medical centre, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak, members' statements ... 2896
Forest products
Canada-U.S. softwood lumber negotiations ... 3117, 3137-38
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Second reading ... 2790, 3136-38 Bill title ... 2790, 3137 Stakeholder consultation ... 3136-37 Technical briefing by Agriculture and Forestry ministry staff ... 3137
Foundational learning assistance regulation (Alberta Regulation 148/2021)
Freedom to Care Act (Bill 58)
Second reading ... 4689 Committee ... 5500-5501, 5506 Committee, amendment A2 (definition of "volunteer") (Goehring: defeated) ... 5500-5501 Committee, amendment A3 (limit on exemptions) (Goehring: defeated) ... 5506 Volunteer liability protection provisions ... 4689
Galahad care centre
Resident transfer, points of order on debate ... 5454
Gender-based analysis (GBA plus)
Application to appointments to agencies, boards, and commissions ... 1176
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Government caucus
Members' letter to the Premier on public health orders, points of order on debate ... 4615 Members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 4388-89, 4463
Government communications
COVID-19 information and updates, multilingual ... 282
Government ministries
Ministerial orders, January 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 5: withdrawn) ... 3575
Government of Canada
Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried) ... 5265-67 Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried), amendment A1 (provision for renegotiation of equalization formula) (Ganley/Eggen: defeated) ... 5565-67 Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried), points of order on debate ... 5262-63, 5267
GraceLife church, Spruce Grove
Public health order violation ... 4463
H1N1
2009 outbreak, provincial costs ... 228
Hate crimes
Fatal attack on London, Ontario, family ... 5315, 5324 Members' statements ... 5376 Provincial response, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 5315-16 Provincial response (Government Motion 84: carried unanimously), amendment A1 (Anti-Racism Advisory Council report release and antiracism action plan development) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5324-25 Provincial response (Government Motion 84: carried unanimously) ... 5324-25
Hate speech
Prevention initiatives, members' statements ... 4169
Health care
Rural services, points of order on debate ... 5314
Health care finance
Funding, 2020-2021, revised budget ... 160, 227 Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services) ... 2896 Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services), points of order on debate ... 2718, 2720
Health sciences personnel
Front-line workers, member for Calgary-Falconridge's remarks ... 2896
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2196-97, 2360-61 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Sabir: defeated) ... 2360-61 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Public Health Act Review Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 2196-97 Committee ... 2437-39, 2453-54, 2472 Committee, amendment A1 (physician compensation disclosure) (Shandro: carried) ... 2437-39, 2453-54 Committee, amendment A1 (physician compensation disclosure) (Shandro: carried), subamendment SA1 (addition of "and the Health Information Act" after "Alberta Bill of Rights") (Pancholi: defeated) ... 2453 Committee, amendment A1 (physician compensation disclosure) (Shandro: carried), subamendment SA2 (physician costs disclosure) (Sabir: defeated) ... 2453-54 Committee, amendment A2 (private clinic establishment impact studies) (Pancholi/Shepherd: defeated) ... 2472 Third reading ... 2554-55, 2566-67 Third reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Sabir/Loyola: defeated) ... 2566-67 Alberta Health Care Insurance Act amendments ... 2361 Health Professions Act amendments ... 2567 Health Quality Council of Alberta Act amendments ... 2360-61, 2567 Private health service delivery provisions ... 2196-97, 2566-67
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 3353-54 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 55: carried) ... 3852 Third reading ... 3876 Third reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Sabir: defeated) ... 3876 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 56: carried) ... 3870-71 Health Information Act amendments ... 3353-54, 3870-71, 3876
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 65)
Third reading ... 5366-67 Crown's Right of Recovery Act amendments ... 5367
Hospital capacity issues
Alberta Health Services early warning system, points of order on debate ... 4614 Oxygen supply, points of order on debate ... 3720
Human trafficking
Federal jurisdiction ... 514-15
Hydrogen strategy
Strategy development, points of order on debate ... 3564
Impaired driving
Roadside tests for cannabis ... 1444, 1985
India
Violence against Sikhs, 1984, members' statements ... 6051
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Second reading ... 6099-6100 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (Sabir: defeated) ... 6099-6100 Committee ... 6828-29 Committee, amendment A5 (criteria established by Lieutenant Governor in Council) (Ganley/Dang: defeated) ... 6828-29 Section 2, role of ministers ... 6099 Section 3, role of responsible minister ... 6099 Stakeholder consultation (what we heard report) ... 6828-29
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Second reading ... 3170-71 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sabir/Dach: defeated) ... 3171
Irrigation Districts Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 54)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 4361
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
Response to Bill 13 ... 522, 635
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 38)
Second reading ... 2839-41, 2964 Committee ... 3423, 3504-5, 3510, 3513 Committee, amendment A1 (Jury Act amendments) (Irwin/Sabir: defeated) ... 3423 Committee, amendment A2 (Victims Restitution and Compensation Act amendments, provision for funding of antiracism training) (Sabir: defeated) ... 3504-5 Committee, amendment A3 (Queen's Counsel appointment criteria) (Sabir: defeated) ... 3510 Committee, amendment A4 (Queen's Counsel appointment criteria) (Sabir: defeated) ... 3513 Committee, points of order on debate ... 3235 Jury Act amendments ... 2840 Police Act amendments, First Nations policing provisions ... 2839-40 Queen's Counsel Act amendments ... 2840
Labour force planning
Skilled labour recruitment and retention ... 5737
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 49)
Second reading ... 5731, 5737 Section 8, timely decisions, responses, and reasons ... 5731
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) ... 227 Remarks in Arabic ... 5324 Sitting during COVID-19 pandemic ... 514, 522, 627
Legislative procedure
Exhibits (props) use by members, points of order ... 2719 Exhibits (props) use by members, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 2719
Legislature Building
Furniture purchases, May 1, 2019, to October 29, 2019 (Motion for a Return 4: withdrawn) ... 3575
Liabilities Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 344-45 Committee ... 350-51, 353-54, 401-2, 404-5 Committee, amendment A1 (orphan well fund administration regulations) (Sabir: defeated) ... 350-51 Committee, amendment A2 (section 1(17), access to land, struck out) (Sabir: defeated) ... 401-2, 404-5 Definition of "remediation cost" ... 345 Orphan Well Association oversight provisions ... 344-45, 353-54 Provisions for determination of working interest partners' liability ... 345 Provisions for entry onto land ... 345 Purpose and intent ... 344, 350 Regulation-making authority ... 345
Local Authorities Election Act review (2018)
Stakeholder consultation ... 1796
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Second reading ... 1796 Third reading ... 2246-47 Third reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the bill would limit local government powers (reasoned amendment RA1) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2246-47 Election finances provisions ... 1796, 2246
Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 56)
Second reading ... 4378-79, 4441, 4453 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 4378-79 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4372 Third reading ... 5582 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 91: carried) ... 5577 Local Government Fiscal Framework Act amendments ... 4453, 5582
MEG Energy
May River SAGD project suspension ... 73
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order ... 2731, 2773-74, 3157, 3235, 3673, 3694, 4361, 4372, 5221, 5238, 5314, 5454, 5932, 6527, 6591 Former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar, ministerial statement, response ... 6761-62 Imputing motives to, clarification ... 3077 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 3076, 4454, 4468, 4694, 4859 Imputing motives to, points of order, clarification ... 3077 Reference in Assembly to absence, points of order ... 3783 Reference to proper titles, points of order on debate ... 5267
Members' Statements (procedure)
Members' Statements (current session)
1984 violence against Sikhs in India ... 6051 Anti-Muslim discrimination and hate crimes ... 5588 Budget 2020 ... 112 Budget 2021 and Calgary ... 3981 Calgary state of emergency declaration ... 252 Calgary storm ... 1336-37 Calgary storm damage costs ... 1685 Calgary storm damage recovery funding ... 2041, 2286-87, 2709 COVID-19 and Foothills medical centre workers ... 2896 COVID-19 impact on education ... 4666 COVID-19 vaccine rollout ... 5741 Economic downturn in Calgary ... 4087, 5462 Education-sector layoffs ... 327 Keystone XL pipeline provincial equity ... 1610 Police carding and Bill 63 ... 5133-34 Premier's communication on COVID-19 ... 3837 Premier's leadership ... 6134 Premier's remarks on COVID-19 case increase ... 3555 Public- and private-sector layoffs ... 2817 Public transit ... 1114-15 Racism ... 4990 Racism and hate crime prevention ... 5376 Racism and hate promotion prevention ... 4169 Racism prevention ... 1192-93 Ramadan ... 677, 4415 Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples ... 1663 School construction capital plan and Northeast Calgary ... 4018 Support for small businesses affected by COVID-19 ... 902-3
Mental Health Act
Section 8, renewal certificates ... 1634 Section 38, applications for hearings ... 1634 Section 41(1), decisions of a review panel ... 1634
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
Committee ... 1634-36 Committee, amendment A4 (patient consent to treatment plan) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1634 Committee. amendment A5 (health personnel assessments, consultation with a psychiatrist) (Sabir/Sweet: defeated) ... 1635-36 Community treatment order provisions ... 1634 Provisions for detention as a formal patient at a facility ... 1634 Response to 2019 Court of Queen's Bench decision on Mental Health Act ... 1634-35
Mental health services
Services for persons affected by Calgary storm ... 1507
Mineral Resource Development Act (Bill 82)
Third reading ... 6533 Alberta Energy Regulator provisions ... 6533
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar, response ... 6761-62
Ministry of Advanced Education
Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4269
Ministry of Education
Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4268-69
Ministry of Energy
Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) debate, amendment A1 (Canadian Energy Centre funding) (Sabir: defeated) ... 214
Ministry of Health
Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4268
Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (ministry from August 25, 2020)
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) debate ... 4066
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Budget 2021-2022 ... 3975 Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4269
Ministry of Labour and Immigration
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) debate ... 4066
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 34)
Mobile-home sites
Rental fees to not increase during COVID-19 pandemic ... 461 Utility and submetering fees ... 461-62
Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 460-62 Committee ... 470-71, 476, 660-61, 667-68 Committee, amendment A1 (transfer of application) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 470-71 Committee, amendment A2 (disputes on fees, charges, and assessments) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 476 Committee, amendment A6 (section 4, coming-into-force date, struck out) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 660-61 Coming-into-force date ... 460 Ministerial powers under act, rent waiver or deferral ... 460-61 Provisions for transfer of applications from court to RTDRS ... 461 Regulation development ... 668
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Response to Bill 21 ... 1185
Motions (procedure)
Amendments to standing orders (Government Motion 78: carried as amended) ... 4889 Amendments to standing orders (Government Motion 78: carried as amended), amendment A1 (Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee time to report) (Sabir: carried) ... 4889
Municipal Government (Firearms) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 211)
Municipal Government (Restoring Tax Accountability) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 77)
Second reading ... 5931-32, 6115-16 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 6115-16 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5929, 5932 Restrictions on liens ... 5931-32 Stakeholder consultation ... 5931-32
Muslim community
Acts of discrimination and violence against ... 677 Acts of discrimination and violence against, members' statements ... 5588
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Alignment with Bill 8 ... 515
Northern Sunrise county v. Virginia Hills Oil Corp.
Alberta Court of Appeal decision ... 6115
Nurses
Full-time equivalents (FTEs), points of order on debate ... 5238
Office of the Premier
COVID-19 cases among staff, points of order on debate ... 4468 Premier to be censured for leadership during COVID-19 pandemic fourth wave (Sabir) ... 6096-97 Premier's leadership ... 6077 Premier's leadership, members' statements ... 6134 Premier's public announcements on COVID-19 pandemic ... 3647 Premier's remarks on Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... 3538-39 Premier's speech writer's remarks ... 2575
Open for summer (COVID-19 reopening plan)
General remarks ... 6096 Stages ... 5214
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Adult learner supports ... 4264-65 Alberta Energy Regulator ... 451 Alberta Serious Incident Response Team ... 6142, 6688-89 Anti-Racism Advisory Council report ... 4610-11 Calgary storm ... 1491-92, 1506-7 Calgary storm damage costs ... 1615 Calgary storm damage recovery funding ... 1887, 2279, 2664, 3068, 5449, 5465 Canadian Energy Centre ... 2043 Canadian Energy Centre activities ... 1975 Canadian Energy Centre funding ... 423-24 Community organization funding ... 4987-88 COVID-19 and correctional facilities ... 3302-3 COVID-19 outbreak at the Calgary Correctional Centre ... 2904, 2951 COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities ... 2824, 3717, 4001 COVID-19 protective measure compliance ... 3777 COVID-19 related public health order enforcement ... 4463, 4801-2 COVID-19 response and Premier's leadership ... 6077 COVID-19 response decision-making ... 3538-39 COVID-19 variant cases, UCP members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering ... 5229-30 Electric power prices ... 26, 60-61 Energy development and environmental policies ... 73 Energy industry concerns ... 256-57 Environmental monitoring consultations ... 2135 Government members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 4388-89 Human rights initiatives ... 3222-23 Insurance industry legislation and regulations ... 5820-21 Insurance premium costs ... 6769-70 Judge appointments ... 1328-29 Justice ministry funding ... 3975 Keystone XL pipeline project ... 984-85, 1753-54 Keystone XL pipeline provincial equity ... 292-93, 2493-94 Northeast Calgary concerns ... 3560, 4056 Police street checks and carding ... 4672-73 Policing and racism prevention ... 1439 Premier's remarks on COVID-19 case increase ... 3647 Provincial fiscal policies and energy policies ... 1116-17 Provincial police force feasibility study ... 4338, 5839-40 Provincial police force proposal ... 6286-87, 6544 Provincial policing ... 4522-23 Racism prevention ... 1144-45 Recall Act ... 4963, 5451-52 Support for persons with disabilities ... 2690-91 Taxi driver eligibility for government programs, critical worker benefit ... 4148 UCP members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering ... 5213 Utility payment deferral ... 717-18
Parks, provincial
Service changes ... 1954-55 Usage data, points of order on debate ... 3783
Persons with disabilities
Service delivery, direct operations ... 2691
Physicians
Compensation framework ... 627 Rural physicians, recruitment and retention, points of order on debate ... 5238
Pipeline construction
TC Energy Keystone XL project ... 292-93, 1753-54 Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project ... 1636 TransCanada Energy East project cancellation ... 1637
Pipelines (oil and gas)
TC Energy Keystone XL, Assembly urged to express dismay at U.S. presidential permit revocation (Government Motion 70: carried) ... 4235-37 TC Energy Keystone XL, Assembly urged to express dismay at U.S. presidential permit revocation (Government Motion 70: carried), amendment A1 (estimate of claim for damages) (Sabir: defeated) ... 4235-37 TC Energy Keystone XL, provincial equity ... 292-93, 984-85, 2493-94, 2575-76, 6099 TC Energy Keystone XL, provincial equity, members' statements ... 1610
Points of clarification (current session)
Imputing motives ... 3077
Points of order (current session)
Addressing questions through the chair ... 2719 Addressing the chair ... 3885 Allegations against a member or members ... 2731, 2773-74, 3157, 3235, 3673, 3694, 4361, 4372, 5221, 5238, 5314, 5454, 5932, 6527, 6591 Exhibits (props) ... 2719 Exhibits (props), remarks withdrawn ... 2719 Imputing motives ... 3076, 4454, 4468, 4694, 4859 Imputing motives, clarification ... 3077 Insulting language ... 6589-90 Items previously decided ... 3574, 6880 Language creating disorder ... 2718, 2720, 3564, 3569, 3576, 4469, 4859, 5262-63, 6380, 6433 Members' statements ... 3385-86 Parliamentary language ... 2725, 3385-86, 3720, 3783, 4614, 6877 Referring to party matters ... 4615 Referring to proper titles ... 5267 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 3783 Relevance ... 1739, 3082, 3693, 4361, 5929, 6380, 6589-90, 6593
Police
Provincial-municipal police funding model ... 958 Provincial police force feasibility study ... 4338, 4522-23, 5839-40 Provincial police force proposal ... 6286-87, 6544
Police (Street Checks and Carding) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 63)
Second reading ... 4699-4701 Committee ... 5074-76, 5078, 5144-45, 5147-50, 5152-53 Committee, amendment A2 (collection of personal information) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5075-76, 5078 Committee, amendment A3 (police information collection) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5145, 5147-48 Committee, amendment A4 (education and reporting on information collection) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5149-50 Committee, amendment A5 (record-keeping requirements) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5152-53 Definition of "carding" ... 4700 Information collection provisions ... 4672-73 Members' statements ... 5133-34 Regulation-making authority ... 5150
Postsecondary educational institutions
Postsecondary students
International students ... 515
Privilege (current session)
Misleading the House (Premier's and Health minister's remarks on June 1, 2021, Executive Council member gathering) ... 5240-41 Misleading the House (Premier's remarks on COVID-19 variant modelling) ... 5649-50
Property tax
Rates ... 227 Rates, Calgary ... 112 Unpaid corporate taxes, points of order on debate ... 2774
Protecting Alberta Industry from Theft Act, 2020 (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1727-29 Regulation development ... 1728-29 Section 7, penalty provisions ... 1728
Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 514-15 Enforcement ... 515 Section 21, human trafficking awareness day establishment ... 515 Stakeholder consultation ... 515
Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (Bill 21)
Provincial Court Nominating Committee
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Ministerial powers under act ... 521, 635
Public health orders
Enforcement ... 4463, 4801-2 Restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3538-39, 3774 Restrictions announced November 24, 2020, points of order on debate ... 3783
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Second reading ... 4648-49 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sabir: defeated) ... 4649 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4859 Committee ... 4898 Committee, amendment A2 (fees collected for public land use more than 24 hours) (Sabir/Schmidt: defeated) ... 4898
Racism
Members' statements ... 1192-93, 4990 Prevention initiatives ... 1144-45, 3223, 4269, 5376 Prevention initiatives, funding 2021-2022 ... 3975 Prevention initiatives, members' statements ... 4169 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended) ... 2185-86, 2188-89 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), amendment A2 (Police Act review inclusion of consultation with racialized communities) (Sabir: carried as amended) ... 2185-86, 2188-89 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), amendment A2 (Police Act review inclusion of consultation with racialized communities) (Sabir: carried as amended), subamendment SAI (removal of reporting requirement) (Schweitzer: carried) ... 2188-89 Systemic racism ... 1448
Ramadan (Muslim observance)
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1175-76 Board of director provisions ... 1175
Real Estate Council of Alberta
Recall Act (Bill 52)
Second reading ... 4857-58 MLA recall provisions ... 4963, 5451-52 Municipal representative recall provisions ... 4963 School trustee recall provisions ... 4963
Reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples
Members' statements ... 1663
Recreational facilities
Province-wide closures ... 160
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 22)
Committee ... 1944-45, 1954-55, 1965-66 Committee, amendment A2 (sale of public lands) (Nielsen: defeated) ... 1954-55 Committee, amendment A4 (deletion of Energy Efficiency Alberta dissolution provisions) (Loyola/Nielsen: defeated) ... 1965-66 Third reading ... 2058-59 Energy Efficiency Alberta dissolution provisions ... 2058 Oil Sands Conservation Act amendments ... 2058 Omnibus bill ... 1944-45
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Second reading ... 3248-49 Committee ... 3759-61 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 59: carried) ... 3853 Committee, points of order on debate ... 3673 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 3885 Alberta Centennial Medal Act amendments ... 3249, 3760 Municipal Government Act amendments ... 3760-61 Omnibus bill ... 3248, 3760
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 80)
Second reading ... 6573-74, 6678-79 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Renaud: defeated) ... 6573-74 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 112: carried) ... 6880-81 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 112: carried), points of order on debate ... 6880 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 6877 Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act amendments ... 6679 Income and Employment Supports Act amendments ... 6573-74, 6679
Referendums
Wording of questions ... 1851
Residential tenancy dispute resolution service
Eligibility criteria, limit on claims ... 461 Fee waivers ... 461, 661
Responsible Energy Development Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 973-74 Committee ... 1266-67, 1539-40 Committee, amendment A1 (regulations to uphold existing Aboriginal and treaty rights) (Sabir: defeated) ... 1266-67 Committee, amendment A2 (5-year review) (Dach/Sabir: defeated) ... 1539-40 Third reading ... 1636-37 Executive Council regulation-making powers under act ... 1266-67
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2051-52, 2270-71 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 2270-71 Third reading ... 2575-76 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 2051-52, 2575 Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2051-52, 2270-71 Labour Relations Code amendments, union dues utilization provisions ... 2575
Road maintenance and repair
Maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 1: defeated) ... 3567-68 Transportation ministry documents related to maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 2: defeated) ... 3570-71 Transportation ministry documents related to maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 2: defeated), member's request for clarification ... 3571 Transportation ministry documents related to maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 2: defeated), points of order on debate ... 3569
Rural Alberta provincial integrated defence (RAPID) force
School boards and districts
Layoff of educational assistants, substitute teachers, bus drivers, and support staff ... 938 Layoff of educational assistants, substitute teachers, bus drivers, and support staff, members' statements ... 327 Revenue from premiums, fees, and licences ... 227
School construction
Capital plan, members' statements ... 4018 New schools, Calgary ... 4018, 4268-69
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Schoolchildren's transportation
Schools
Province-wide class cancellation ... 938
Small business
Provincial assistance, members' statements ... 902-3
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendments to SO 3, 4, 8, 38.1, 51(1)(a), 52.01(1)(b), temporary amendments to SO 3, 5 (Government Motion 40: carried with amendments) ... 2682-83
Storm, Calgary (June 13, 2020)
AEMA disaster declaration ... 1887 Affected persons, support for ... 1491-92, 1506-7, 1615, 2279, 2286-87, 2664, 3068, 4056, 4269, 5449, 5465, 6099 Insurance Bureau of Canada report ... 1887 Insurance claims ... 5820-21 Members' statements ... 1336-37, 1685, 2041, 2709 Taxi drivers' damage costs ... 4148
Strategic Aviation Advisory Council Act (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 916-17 Section 4, duties of council ... 916-17
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2)
Estimates debate ... 4066
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 2841-42, 2942, 3128-29 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gray: defeated) ... 2942 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that a corporate income tax rate reduction is an ineffective strategy for job creation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 3128-29 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 3076, 3082 Second reading, points of order on debate, clarification ... 3077 Committee ... 3890 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 53: carried) ... 3851-52 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 54: carried) ... 3902-3 Corporate tax rate provisions ... 2841-42, 2942, 3128-29, 3890, 3902-3
Taxi drivers
Government program eligibility ... 4056, 4066, 4148 Safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 282
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 13, 73
Temporary foreign workers (federal program)
Human trafficking situations ... 515
Trails Act (Bill 79)
Third reading ... 6884-85 Section 10, deficiency regulations ... 6884-85
Transportation network companies
Driver safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 282
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Report recommendations, acknowledgement of genocide ... 3314
Unemployment
Forecasts and projections ... 461 Members' statements ... 2817 Statistics ... 112 Statistics, Calgary ... 4087
United Conservative Party
2019 election platform (Alberta Strong and Free) ... 1234 2019 election platform (Alberta Strong and Free), members' statements ... 5462
United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
United States of America
2020 presidential election ... 1610
Utility payment deferral program
Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Bill 14)
Second reading ... 729-30 Committee ... 758-62, 764-65, 767-69, 776-77, 781-84 Committee, amendment A1 (section 22, financial reporting exemption, struck out) (Sabir: defeated) ... 759-62 Committee, amendment A2 (dates of implementation) (Sabir: defeated) ... 764-65, 767-68 Committee, amendment A3 (deferral accounts, rate riders) (Sabir: defeated) ... 768-69 Committee, amendment A4 (rate riders) (Sabir: defeated) ... 777 Committee, amendment A5 (provincial interest-free loan provisions) (Sabir: defeated) ... 781 Committee, amendment A6 (regulation making) (Sabir: defeated) ... 782-83 Committee, amendment A7 (section 28, immunity for the Crown) (Sabir: defeated) ... 784 Third reading ... 787-88 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 729 Section 1(b), deferral period of March 18 to June 18, 2020 ... 729-30, 758 Section 7, electric utility deferral accounts ... 758-59 Section 8, Balancing Pool funding to electricity service providers ... 758-59 Section 17, gas utility deferral accounts ... 758-59 Section 18, provincial loans to gas service providers ... 758-59 Section 22, loans not subject to section 42.1 of Financial Administration Act ... 730, 759 Section 28, immunity for the Crown ... 729-30, 759 Section 29, regulations ... 765 Stakeholder consultation ... 729 Technical briefing by ministry staff ... 729
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 957-59, 1217-18 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that additional consultation is required (reasoned amendment RA1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 1217-18 Benefit levels under act ... 958 Changes to eligibility for financial benefits ... 958 Fund name and utilization provisions (to assist victims and promote public safety) ... 957-58 General remarks ... 994 Mandatory surcharge provisions ... 958 Removal of injury and witness-to-homicide benefits ... 958
Victims of crime fund
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 3975
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 2725, 2731
Savage, Sonya (Calgary-North West, UCP; Minister of Energy)
Aboriginal consultation topics
Environmental monitoring ... 2135-36
Alberta Energy Regulator
Regulator appointment ... 451
Annual report 2019-2020 (government of Alberta)
Publication delay, point of privilege raised on Premier's and Finance minister's remarks (misleading the House) ... 1675
Bitumen upgrading
Partial upgrading ... 5447
Budget 2020-2021 (revised)
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2598
Cenovus Energy Inc.
Acquisition of Husky Energy ... 2711
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Members' permission to sit, speak, or vote from any seat to promote physical distancing (unanimous consent granted) ... 307, 791
Chief medical officer of health
Public briefings on COVID-19, points of order on debate ... 4469 Work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 307
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5245
COVID-19 pandemic
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2644-46
Eastern Slopes Protection Act (Bill 214)
Debate in the Assembly ... 4522 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5245
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Energy industry component ... 2692
Electric power
Energy-only system ... 5308
Electric power prices
Rates ... 26, 5308 Regulated rate cap termination ... 60-61
Electric utilities
Economic withholding of power ... 26
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 13)
Third reading ... 699 Local emergency provisions, extension from 7 to 90 days during pandemic ... 699 Ministerial authority to restrict, prohibit, or terminate local authority exercise of power ... 699 Penalty provisions ... 699
Energy industries
Advocacy for ... 2615, 6056 Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended) ... 6381-82 Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards ... 2645-46, 3996 Greenhouse gas emission reductions ... 2645-46 Investment attraction, relation to provincial environmental policies ... 73 Layoffs, support for affected persons ... 257 Market access ... 108 Opposition organization sources of funding ... 5747-48 Opposition to ... 5669-70 Production curtailment (government mandated) ... 1146-47 Provincial assistance ... 331-32, 1255 Small and medium-sized enterprises ... 2646
Energy policies, federal
Canada-first policy proposed ... 1147
Environmental monitoring
AER exemptions ... 1671 Monitoring and reporting requirement changes ... 2135-36
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Gas industry
Industry development ... 2645
Gas wells
Life cycle, provincial policies ... 74
Geothermal energy
Framework development ... 2645
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
First reading ... 2616 Second reading ... 2696
Government caucus
Members' letter to the Premier on public health orders, points of order on debate ... 4417
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 6056
Hospital construction
New hospital, south Edmonton ... 2879
Hydrogen strategy
Strategy development ... 2645
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 73
Kananaskis Country
Conservation pass fees ... 4466
Large employer emergency financing facility (federal program)
Energy company access to ... 1147
Liabilities Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 12)
First reading ... 297 Second reading ... 320 Third reading ... 406 Definition of "remediation" ... 320 Definition of "remediation cost" ... 320 Oil and Gas Conservation Act amendments, orphan well fund use for full life cycle of well ... 320 Orphan well fund utilization provisions ... 320 Provisions for Orphan Well Association to operate wells and facilities ... 320 Purpose and intent ... 320, 423
MEG Energy
May River SAGD project suspension ... 73
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Imputing motives to, points of order ... 4468-69
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
Mineral Resource Development Act (Bill 82)
First reading ... 6060 Second reading ... 6152 Third reading ... 6527 Alberta Energy Regulator provisions ... 6152
Ministry of Energy
Advocacy expenses, 2020-2021 ... 6770 COVID-19 pandemic response ... 2644-46 Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised), advocacy expenses ... 4052
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 69)
Motions (procedure)
Amendments to standing orders (Government Motion 78: carried as amended) ... 4889-90
Natural gas strategy, provincial
Nuclear energy industry
Industry development ... 2645
Office of the Premier
COVID-19 cases among staff, points of order on debate ... 4468-69 Premier's speech writer's remarks on residential schools ... 1664-65
Oil
Demand forecasts and projections ... 2692
Oil prices
Decrease resulting from OPEC Plus actions ... 331-32, 2644
Oil sands development
Work camp safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 332
Oil wells
Life cycle, provincial policies ... 74
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Energy Regulator ... 451 Bitumen upgrading ... 5447 Canadian Energy Centre ... 2043-44, 2611, 5643-44 Canadian Energy Centre activities ... 1975 Canadian Energy Centre funding ... 423-24 Cenovus Energy acquisition of Husky Energy ... 2711 Coal development policies ... 3924, 3977, 3997, 4177-78, 4205, 4522, 5381, 5743 Coal development policy consultation ... 4410, 4841-42 Coal Policy Committee report ... 6543 COP 26 climate change conference ... 5838 COVID-19 and homeowner and renter concerns ... 177 Electric power prices ... 26, 60-61 Energy advocacy budget ... 6770 Energy and mining industries ... 2615 Energy development and environmental policies ... 73 Energy industry concerns ... 257, 331-32, 1146-47 Energy industry environmental, social, and governance standards ... 3996 Energy industry opposition ... 5669-70, 5747-48 Energy industry update ... 2691-92 Energy jobs and site rehabilitation program ... 1255 Energy ministry budget ... 4052 Energy resource projects and transportation/utility corridors ... 108-9 Energy strategies ... 3923 Environmental monitoring consultations ... 2135-36 Fees for recreation on public lands ... 4466 Fort McMurray concerns ... 6056 Keystone XL pipeline project ... 291-92, 335, 984, 1513 Keystone XL pipeline provincial equity ... 292-93, 453-54, 5446 Land management and monitoring ... 1671 Oil and gas infrastructure policies ... 73-74 Oil and gas well site reclamation ... 5843-44 Orphan well decommissioning ... 423 Personal-use forest product permits and fees ... 3800 Petrochemicals industry development ... 4411 Premier's speech writer's remarks on residential schools ... 1664-65 Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act ... 5379 Provincial fiscal policies and energy policies ... 1117 Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns ... 4841 Rail blockades and Teck Frontier mine cancellation ... 25 Renewable energy development ... 5308-9 Rural issues ... 3974 Site rehabilitation program ... 1053-54, 2139 Site rehabilitation program applications ... 2136 South Edmonton hospital construction project ... 2879 Trails Act ... 6448-49
Petrochemicals diversification program
Projects approved ... 4411
Pipeline construction
Enbridge line 3 replacement project ... 2692 TC Energy Keystone XL project ... 291-93, 335, 1513, 2692 Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project ... 2692
Pipelines (oil and gas)
TC Energy Keystone XL, Assembly urged to express dismay at U.S. presidential permit revocation (Government Motion 70: carried) ... 4237-38 TC Energy Keystone XL, provincial costs to date ... 4052, 5446 TC Energy Keystone XL, provincial equity ... 292-93, 453-54, 984-85, 2645
Points of order (current session)
Police (Street Checks and Carding) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 63)
Committee, amendment A1 (prohibited ground of discrimination) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5074
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 12, 2018)
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 72)
First reading ... 4844 Second reading ... 4916-17 Third reading ... 5455 Exclusion of refined fuels ... 5379
Privilege (current session)
Misleading the House (Premier's and Finance Minister's remarks on 2019-2020 annual report delay) ... 1675
Property tax
Unpaid corporate taxes, energy companies ... 3974
Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1181-82 Impaired driving offence provisions ... 1182 Traffic ticket administration provisions ... 1182
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 307 Third reading ... 428 Inspection provisions ... 307 Peace officer deployment under act ... 307 Penalty provisions ... 307
Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns
Activities ... 3923 Recommendations on Canadian Energy Centre ... 5643-44 Reports ... 4841
Public lands
Personal-use forest product permits ... 3800 Recreational use fees ... 4466
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 81: carried) ... 4930
Public utilities
Moratorium on rate increases proposed ... 177 Moratorium on service disconnections proposed ... 177
Railroads
Oil transportation contract cancellation ... 2598
Reclamation of land
Energy industry liability ... 5843-44 Job creation ... 73-74
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5245
Responsible Energy Development Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 7)
First reading ... 827 Second reading ... 858 Third reading ... 1636, 1679
Site rehabilitation program (oil and gas site closures)
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 305
Technology industries
Business Development Bank of Canada-Export Development Canada loans ... 1147
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 25, 73
Tenancies Statutes (Emergency Provisions) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 11)
Committee, request to waive Standing Order 77(1) and proceed to third reading (unanimous consent granted) ... 303
Transportation/utility corridors
United Nations
COP 26 climate change conference ... 5838, 6056
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Victims of Crime Working Group
Sawhney, Rajan (Calgary-North East, UCP; Minister of Community and Social Services to July 7, 2021; Minister of Transportation from July 8, 2021)
Alberta Spotlight (virtual concert series)
Alberta Supports
Contact centre, statistics ... 380 In-person service suspension during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client benefits ... 380, 1837 Client benefits, exemption of CRB payments ... 4127 Client ineligibility for emergency isolation support ... 294, 380 Client supplementary benefits ... 379-80 Cost-of-living indexing termination ... 1254 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 378 Payment schedule ... 27, 103, 120, 135, 380
Brain injury
Programs and services ... 1440
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Calgary Drop-In Centre
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Camp L.G. Barnes, Bentley
Canada recovery benefit (federal program)
Exemption for AISH and income support recipients ... 4127
Child and Youth Well-being Review
Children with disabilities
Services for medically fragile children with complex needs ... 1668-69
Corporations
Social service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons ... 257 Affected persons, income support ... 294 Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, May 27, 2020 ... 377-81 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 100: carried), time allocation (Government Motion 102: carried) ... 5795
Critical worker benefit program (federal-provincial)
Dave Barr arena, Grande Prairie
Spaces for homeless persons during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Daycare centres
Staff eligibility for critical worker benefit ... 4124-25
Disaster recovery program
Calgary storm, June 13, 2020, funding ... 1838
Driving back to work program
Early learning and child care centres
Pilot program termination ... 4286
Eastwood community, Edmonton
Impact of government policies ... 5533
Edmonton Expo Centre
Homeless shelter space provision ... 378, 419, 2495
Emergency isolation support program (provincial)
Eligibility criteria ... 380
Employment and income support programs
Barriers to full employment program, supplemental benefits ... 5136, 5216-17 Barriers to full employment program, supplemental benefits, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 5221 Income support, 2020-2021 ... 378 Income support, client benefits, exemption of CRB payments ... 4127 Income support, client ineligibility for emergency isolation support ... 294, 380 Income support, client payment schedule ... 27, 135, 380 Income support, funding, 2020-2021 ... 178, 256
Family and community support services
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 256
Family Violence Prevention Month
Ministerial statement ... 2895
Flood damage mitigation
Springbank reservoir project ... 5639-40
Floods, British Columbia
Alberta response ... 6139
Food banks
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 178 General remarks ... 379
Gender-based violence
Programs and services ... 1567
Highway 2
Maintenance and repair ... 6687
Highway 88
Maintenance and repair ... 6687
Homeless persons
LGBTQ2S-plus youth ... 5062 Programs and services, funding, 2020-2021 ... 256
Homeless shelters
Additional spaces in hotels during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378 Additional spaces in hotels during COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary ... 332, 378-79, 419 Capacity in Edmonton ... 2495 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 256 Partnerships with other service organizations ... 378-79 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 335 Red Deer project ... 4393 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 146, 272, 425 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic, additional funding ... 377-78 Support service provider ... 378
Homeward Trust, Edmonton
Assistance with care of homeless persons who test positive for COVID-19 ... 378
Hope Mission, Edmonton
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Spaces for homeless persons during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 5221
Michener Centre, Red Deer
Emergency pandemic response plan ... 381
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention (2017-2018)
Recommendations, implementation ... 4984-85
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Family Violence Prevention Month ... 2895
Ministry of Community and Social Services
COVID-19 pandemic response ... 377-81 Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 380
Ministry of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women (ministry from April 30, 2019, to July 7, 2021)
Stars of Alberta volunteer awards ... 4391-92
Municipal finance
Social programs, additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 256
National AccessAbility Week
Nonprofit organizations
Social service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic, additional funding ... 178, 256-57, 377-78, 425
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Accessibility and inclusion ... 5138 Accessibility in Legislature and government services ... 5530-31 AISH and income support payment schedule ... 27, 135 AISH deindexation ... 1254 AISH payment schedule ... 103, 120 Anti-Racism Advisory Council report ... 5467 Brain injury ... 1439-40 British Columbia floods and mudslides ... 6139 Calgary storm damage costs ... 1615, 1838 Calgary storm damage recovery funding ... 3068 Calgary's and Edmonton's homeless persons' housing ... 419 Calgary's proposal for homeless persons' housing ... 332 Child and Youth Well-being Review ... 5058, 5142, 5469 Child care affordability ... 4286 COVID-19 and AISH and income support benefits ... 4127 COVID-19 and homeless shelters ... 146, 272 COVID-19 and services for vulnerable Albertans ... 425 COVID-19 and shelter providers ... 334-35 COVID-19 and social service delivery ... 178 Critical worker benefit eligibility for child care workers ... 4124-25 Domestic and gender-based violence prevention ... 1567 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood constituency concerns ... 5533 Emergency isolation support eligibility ... 294 Grande Cache roads and health care services ... 6689 Highway maintenance and safety ... 6687 Homeless shelter capacity in Edmonton ... 2495 Income support programs ... 256 Income support supplemental benefits ... 5136, 5216-17 Indigenous children in care ... 4984-85 Labour supply in southern Alberta ... 5845 Medically fragile children with complex needs ... 1668-69 Music industry support ... 2952-53 PDD direct operations ... 2046-47, 2109 PDD program wait times ... 5596-97 Persons with disabilities' workforce participation ... 1837 Photoradar guidelines ... 6685-86 Postsecondary education budget 2021-2022 ... 4091 Premier's Council on Charities and Civil Society ... 4094 Programs for persons with developmental disabilities ... 3068-69 Red Deer homeless shelter project ... 4393 Rural bus service ... 5916-17, 6308 Services for persons affected by COVID-19 ... 257 Springbank reservoir flood mitigation project ... 5639-40 Stars of Alberta volunteer awards ... 4391-92 Support for LGBTQ2S-plus youth ... 5062
Persons with developmental disabilities
Direct service providers, emergency pandemic response plans ... 381
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Persons with disabilities
Access to Legislature and government services ... 5530-31 Programs and services ... 5138 Programs and services for deaf-blind Albertans ... 5138 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378-79 Workforce participation ... 1837
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 5221
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4091
Premier's Council on Charities and Civil Society
General remarks ... 4094 Mandate ... 378
Road maintenance and repair
Project prioritization ... 6687
Safe Harbour Society for Addictions and Poverty in Alberta
Red Deer shelter relocation ... 378
Salvation Army shelter, Fort McMurray
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Salvation Army shelter, Medicine Hat
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Storm, Calgary (June 13, 2020)
Affected persons, support for ... 1615, 3068 Insurance Bureau of Canada report ... 1838
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Suicide prevention
Programs and services ... 379
Telus Convention Centre, Calgary
Spaces for homeless persons during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Traffic monitoring
Mobile speed cameras (photoradar) ... 6685-86
Winter emergency response centre, Grande Prairie
Spaces for homeless persons during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Women's shelters
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 256 Funding for COVID-19 related costs ... 334 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 425
Schmidt, Marlin (Edmonton-Gold Bar, NDP)
29th Legislature
Remarks by former MLA Robin Luff ... 582
Aboriginal consultation topics
Energy projects ... 1271, 1679 Environmental monitoring ... 1384 Oil and gas well operation and decommissioning ... 324 Sale of public land ... 2282
Adult learning
Foundational learning programs (English as a second language, academic upgrading), learner income supports ... 6123-25
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 74)
Second reading ... 5775-77, 5786-89, 5902-3 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 5902-3 Committee ... 6241-42 Committee, amendment A1 (section 1(19), minister's advisory council, struck out) (Gray: defeated) ... 6241-42 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments, minister's advisory council on higher education and skills ... 5777, 5788 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments, polytechnic institution role ... 5775-77 Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act amendments, regulation of apprentice-to-mentor ratios ... 5786 Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act amendments, regulation of apprentice wages ... 5786 Stakeholder consultation ... 5902-3
Affordable housing
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 436 Wait-lists ... 6128
Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs (10-year postsecondary education strategy)
Alberta Dental Association and College
Fee guide, Health ministry documents, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 7: defeated) ... 3575-77
Alberta Energy Regulator
Application processing timeline targets ... 1410-11 Application processing timelines ... 1270-71 Oil and gas liability management ... 321 Review ... 1409-10 Vice-president appointment ... 2042-43
Alberta Housing Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 78)
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Committee ... 2230-31 Committee, amendment A1 (board of directors size, removal of loan guarantee and joint venture provisions) (Barnes/Fir: carried) ... 2230-31 Third reading ... 2402-4 Government amendments ... 2402-3 Section 5, board ... 2402-3
Alberta law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Alberta Senate Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 27)
Alberta teachers' retirement fund
Investment management by AIMCo ... 48
Alexis v. Alberta (Environment and Parks), 2020
Alberta Court of Appeal decision on inclusion of sand in Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act ... 2233
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Recommendations implementation (Motion Other than Government Motion 512: defeated) ... 3110-11
Apprenticeship training
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 2399
Appropriation Act, 2021 (Bill 60)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2021 (Bill 59)
Committee ... 4132-35 Committee, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 4133
Arts Professions Recognition Act (Bill 75)
Second reading ... 6026 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gray: defeated) ... 6026
Attlee, Clement (former United Kingdom Prime Minister)
Remarks on referendums ... 1847
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on fixed budget date ... 872 Recommendations on postsecondary education strategic direction ... 872, 5775, 6241
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Committee ... 3045-47 Committee, amendment A1 (invoice issuing, payments, holdback release) (Glubish: carried) ... 3045-47 Adjudication process provisions ... 3045 Stakeholder consultation ... 3046
Campgrounds, provincial
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 118, 130
Campus Alberta Strategic Directions Committee (2008-2019)
Canada-Texas Chamber of Commerce
Agent general to Houston appointment ... 2043
Canadian Energy Centre
Advertisements ... 1691-92 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 118 Managing director ... 1692
Capital maintenance and renewal program
Funding for schools, 2020-2021 ... 6018-19
Capital projects
Funding, 2015-2019 ... 6017-18 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4132
Charter schools
Provincial history ... 1026
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 947-48, 950-51, 1025-27 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 947, 1027 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1025-27
Climate change
Member for Vermilion-Lloydminister-Wainwright's remarks ... 2875, 6615, 6766 Report prepared for government ... 54-55 Report prepared for government, Speaker's ruling on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 54
Climate change strategy, provincial
Business community response ... 55 General remarks ... 2851-52, 4251 Impact on energy industries, members' statements ... 29-30
Coal mines and mining
Changes to restrictions for foothills area ... 907, 1308, 1409, 1755, 2135, 2205, 2233, 3288-89, 3924 Changes to restrictions for foothills area, Speaker's ruling on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1755 Development policies ... 3847, 3996-97, 4122-23, 4177-78, 4798, 5837, 6078-79 Development policies, members' statements ... 5462 Development policies, petition presented to the Assembly ... 4969 Development policies, stakeholder consultation ... 4285-86, 4392, 4410, 4842, 5528-29 Policy development ... 6331
Commercial Tenancies Protection Act (Bill 23)
Second reading ... 1602-4 Section 4, no payment of late fees or penalties in emergency ... 1604 Section 6, payment plans ... 1603-4 Section 13, coming into force ... 1603
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5243-44 Report on Bill 215, Seniors Advocate Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5847-48 Report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5473-74 Report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6319-20
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1845-47 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1847 Second reading, Speaker's ruling on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1846 Nonconstitutional referendum provisions ... 1846 Nonconstitutional referendum provisions, Lieutenant Governor in Council authority ... 1846-47
Corporate taxation, provincial
Rate decrease ... 436 Rate decrease, impact on government revenue, 2019 reports (Motion for a Return 11: defeated) ... 3811-12
Cost of Public Services Transparency Act (Bill 209)
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons ... 2637-38 Affected persons, income support ... 2679 Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2628, 2637-38 Federal programs, Executive Council records, August 1 to September 30, 2021 (Motion for a Return 17: defeated) ... 6794-95, 6797 Provincial response ... 2190, 2403, 2678-79, 3638-39
Daycare
Access ... 5902, 6017 Affordability ... 48 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4134
Dinosaur provincial park
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 131
Drivers' licences
Mandatory entry-level training (MELT) program (class 1 and 2), advice to Transportation minister, May 1, 2019, to October 29, 2019 (Motion for a Return 3: defeated) ... 3574
Eastern Slopes Protection Act (Bill 214)
General remarks ... 4392 Members' statements ... 5740 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5243-44
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Agricultural component promotion (Motion Other than Government Motion 522: carried) ... 6331-32 Consideration of women's issues ... 4134
Economic relaunch strategy
Education
Parental choice, laws and legislation ... 48
Education finance
Funding ... 951, 1025 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 48, 2628 Funding, 2020-2021, members' statements ... 1382 Funding, petitions presented to the Assembly ... 1256, 1382 Program unit funding (PUF) ... 2628
Education Statutes (Students First) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 85)
Educational curricula
Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum ... 4804
Electric power
Energy-only system ... 5308
Electric power prices
Government urged to work with electricity agencies and electric utilities to lower transmission and distribution costs for consumers (Motion Other than Government Motion 515: carried) ... 3816-17 Rates ... 5308
Emergency isolation support program (provincial)
Funding ... 494 General remarks ... 483
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 13)
Second reading ... 548-50 Committee ... 588-89, 654-56 Committee, amendment A1 (section 6, "90 days" replaced with "30 days") (Ceci: defeated) ... 588-89 Committee, amendment A2 (section 8, ministerial authority to override municipal powers) (Ganley/Ceci: defeated) ... 654-56 Local emergency provisions, extension from 7 to 90 days during pandemic ... 549-50 Ministerial authority to restrict, prohibit, or terminate local authority exercise of power ... 550 Ministerial powers under act ... 588-89 Peace Officer Act related amendments ... 549 Replacement of "pandemic influenza" with "pandemic" ... 549
Emissions Reduction Alberta
Employment and income support programs
Income support, client benefits ... 6123-24
Employment Standards Code
Amendment to ban unpaid internships proposed (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: defeated) ... 2398-99
Energy industries
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards ... 1679 Investment attraction, relation to provincial environmental policies ... 29-30, 2875
Enhance Energy Inc.
Alberta carbon trunk line (carbon capture and storage) ... 1679
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Second reading ... 3632, 3638-40 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the proposed legislation will not ensure worker safety (reasoned amendment RA1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 3632, 3638-40 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3639-40
Environmental protection
Members' statements ... 5837
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 83)
Environmental Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 31)
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 872-74 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 873
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Second reading ... 2851-53 Preamble addition, "security of access to sustainable timber supply" ... 2851-52 Stakeholder consultation ... 2852
Franco-African community
Community forums on racism ... 3110-11
Freehold lands
Surface rights compensation payments in arrears ... 4126
Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2)
Committee ... 1238-40 Alcohol consumption in public parks, changes to restrictions ... 1238-39
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Health care finance
Publicly funded services ... 48
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2189-91, 2193, 2226-27 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Public Health Act Review Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 2189-91, 2193, 2226-27 Committee ... 2526-27 Committee, amendment A8 (Health Quality Council of Alberta reporting) (Schmidt/Shepherd: defeated) ... 2526-27 Private health service delivery provisions ... 2190-91, 2226-27
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 3792-93 ABC Benefits Corporation Act amendments ... 3792 Health Information Act amendments ... 3792-93
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 65)
Second reading ... 4767-68 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 4767-68 Alberta Evidence Act amendments ... 4767 Crown's Right of Recovery Act amendments ... 4767-68 Mental Health Act amendments ... 4767
Home Education Association
2016 provincial lawsuit ... 947-48
Home-schooling
Provincial supervision ... 1026
Homeless shelters
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic ... 436
Hospital emergency services
Fatality inquiries, Sharon Grace Lewis ... 4767
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Response to Bill 46 ... 3793
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Second reading ... 6017-19 Section 4, criteria for capital planning submissions ... 6017-19
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Second reading ... 3054-55, 3255-57 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sabir/Dach: defeated) ... 3255-57 Committee ... 3683-84 Committee, amendment A1 (section 2, right to call expert witnesses) (Carson: defeated) ... 3683-84 Prejudgment interest rate on pain and suffering damage under act ... 3055 Property claim provisions ... 3055 Right to call expert witnesses under act ... 3055
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Invest Alberta (Economic Development, Trade and Tourism ministry)
Irrigation Districts Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 54)
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 47-48
Jobs now program (federal-provincial)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4132
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 38)
Second reading ... 2891-93 Police Act amendments, First Nations policing provisions ... 2891 Police Act amendments, stakeholder consultation ... 2891-92 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act amendments ... 2892-93
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 49)
Land-use framework
Completion timeline ... 2234
Liabilities Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 320-22, 324 Definition of "remediation" ... 321, 324 Oil and Gas Conservation Act amendments, orphan well fund use for full life cycle of well ... 643 Provisions for entry onto land ... 321-22 Provisions for Orphan Well Association to operate wells and facilities ... 321, 643 Stakeholder consultation ... 322, 324, 643
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Second reading ... 1796-97 Election finances provisions ... 1797
Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 56)
Second reading ... 4374-75 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 4374-75 Alberta 911 Act amendments ... 4374 Local Government Fiscal Framework Act amendments ... 4375
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order ... 948 Allegations against, Speaker's rulings, remarks withdrawn ... 1755 Former MLA Robert Curtis Clark, memorial tribute, ministerial statement, response ... 2276-77 Improper inferences about, Speaker's rulings, remarks withdrawn ... 54 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 1027, 1847 Reference in Assembly to absence ... 6849
Members' Statements (current session)
Campus Saint-Jean ... 2996-97 Climate change strategy and economic development ... 29-30 Coal development policies ... 5462 Eastern Slopes Protection Act ... 5740 Education funding ... 1382 Environmental policies ... 5837 Hunting ... 6610-11 Oldman River basin water allocation ... 4119 Provincial parks ... 817, 2606, 2897 Site rehabilitation program ... 1558
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Former MLA Robert Curtis Clark, memorial tribute, response ... 2276-77
Ministry of Children's Services
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) ... 4134
Ministry of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women (ministry from April 30, 2019, to July 7, 2021)
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) ... 4134-35
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Minister's helicopter tour expenses ... 130-31 Minister's helicopter tour expenses, Speaker's rulings on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 131
Ministry of Health
COVID-19 pandemic response ... 4133-34 Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) ... 4133-34, 4133-34
Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (ministry from August 25, 2020)
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) ... 4132
Minor injury regulation (Alberta Regulation 123/2004)
Definition of "minor injury" ... 3255-56
Mobile-home sites
Rental fees ... 437 Shared amenities (roads, playgrounds, etc.) ... 437 Utility and submetering fees ... 437
Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 435-38 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 438 Committee ... 469-70, 475, 483-85, 487-88, 494, 499-500, 575-76, 582 Committee, amendment A1 (transfer of application) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 469-70 Committee, amendment A2 (disputes on fees, charges, and assessments) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 475 Committee, amendment A3 (RTDRS fees) (Carson: defeated) ... 483-84 Committee, amendment A4 (no rent increase until decision is made) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 487-88, 494 Committee, amendment A5 (limit on claims) (Carson: defeated) ... 499-500 Committee, amendment A6 (section 4, coming-into-force date, struck out) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 576, 582 Coming-into-force date ... 576 Official Opposition amendments ... 575-76 Provisions for transfer of applications from court to RTDRS ... 575-76 Stakeholder consultation ... 499
North Saskatchewan River Basin Water Authorization Act (Bill 42)
Northern Lakes College
High Prairie campus, capital funding ... 6018
Office of the Premier
Premier's absence during summer 2021, related records held by Executive Council (Motion for a Return 14: defeated) ... 6551-53 Premier's absence during summer 2021, related records held by Executive Council (Motion for a Return 14: defeated), point of privilege raised (no prima facie point of privilege found), member's apology ... 6597
Oldman Dam provincial recreation area
Castleview Ridge Estates residents' land leases ... 2110-11
Oldman River basin
Water allocation, members' statements ... 4119
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Energy Regulator vice-president ... 2042-43 Bill 12 and landowner rights ... 643 Bill 22 ... 1383-84 Canadian Energy Centre ... 1691-92 Climate change strategy ... 54-55, 2875-76, 6615 Coal development policies ... 1755, 3847, 3924, 3996-97, 4122-23, 4177-78, 4285-86, 4798, 6078-79 Coal development policy consultation ... 4410, 4842, 5528-29 Coal mining in Clearwater County ... 1308 Coal Policy Committee report ... 6543 Crowsnest Pass coal mine proposal ... 2953-54 Eastern slopes protection and coal development policies ... 4392 Energy industry surface rights and property tax payments ... 4126 Environmental monitoring ... 420, 1384, 1437-38, 1614-15 Environmental monitoring and reporting ... 4259 Environmental monitoring of the oil sands ... 684, 717 Fees for recreation on public lands ... 4466 Kananaskis Country park fees ... 4908-9 Kindergarten to grade 6 draft curriculum ... 4804 Land management and monitoring ... 1670-71 Member for Vermilion-Lloydminister-Wainwright's remarks on climate change ... 6766 Oil and gas well site reclamation ... 5843-44 Oldman dam recreation area land use ... 2110-11 Provincial land-use policies ... 2281-82 Provincial park fees ... 4051 Provincial park usage data and land use ... 3779-80 Provincial parks ... 104-5, 118, 907, 1049-50, 1118, 2349, 3220, 3288-89, 4963 Provincial parks and campgrounds ... 2134-35 Provincial parks and coal mining policies ... 2205 Provincial parks and environment ministry spending ... 130-31 Renewable energy development ... 5308-9 Severe weather impact mitigation and response ... 6285-86 Site rehabilitation program ... 1838 Ski trail fees and provincial park management ... 3002-2003 Surgery wait times ... 6372-73 Trails Act ... 5979, 6140
Parks, provincial
Closures ... 104-5, 118 Environment and Parks ministry planning document ... 2349 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 130 Government town hall meeting ... 3220 Land management ... 2233, 2281-82, 3288-89, 4963, 5837 Land management, petition presented to the Assembly ... 2882 Members' statements ... 817, 2606 Service changes ... 104-5, 907, 1049-50, 1118, 1239-40, 2205, 3003, 3779-80 Ski trail fees ... 3002-3 Usage data ... 3779-80 User fees ... 104, 4051
Peter Lougheed provincial park
Cross-country ski trail maintenance funding ... 131, 3002-3
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Coal development policies ... 4969 Education funding ... 1256 Provincial parks management ... 2882 Public service pension plan investment administration ... 30 Rocky Mountains eastern slopes protection ... 6867
Points of order (current session)
Abusive language ... 1027 Allegations against a member or members ... 948 Imputing motives ... 1027, 1847 Insulting language ... 438, 3568 Language creating disorder ... 5040 Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 4133 Relevance ... 873
Postsecondary education
McKinsey and Company report ... 6241
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Shaping Alberta's Future report for 2018-2019 ... 2415-16
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 72)
Second reading ... 5039-40 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5040
Privilege (current session)
Gestures, member's apology ... 6597
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 206)
Second reading ... 4418-19 Alberta Land Stewardship Act amendments, right to damages for a holder of statutory consent ... 4418
Property tax
Unpaid corporate taxes ... 4126
Protecting Alberta Industry from Theft Act, 2020 (Bill 25)
Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act (Bill 8)
Committee ... 604-5 Committee, amendment A1 (section 22, coming-into-force date, "December 31, 2020" replaced with "July 1, 2020") (Hoffman/Ganley: carried unanimously) ... 604-5
Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1448-51 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 1448
Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 218)
First reading ... 4970 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5473-74
Public Health Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 66)
Second reading ... 4779-81, 4787 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Dach: defeated) ... 4779-81, 4787 Chief medical officer of health provisions ... 4780-81, 4787
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns
Public lands
Management ... 1670-71 Management, Speaker's ruling on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1670 Recreational use fees ... 4466
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Second reading ... 4821-23, 4826, 4829 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sabir: defeated) ... 4821-23, 4826, 4829 Committee ... 4935-37 Committee, amendment A2 (fees collected for public land use more than 24 hours) (Sabir/Schmidt: defeated) ... 4898, 4935-37 Third reading ... 4940-42, 4948-49 Third reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Dang: defeated) ... 4948-49 Third reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the proposed fees would unfairly burden families (reasoned amendment RA1) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 4941-42
Public service pensions
Governance and investment management changes, petition presented to the Assembly ... 30 Investment management by AIMCo ... 48
Public transit
General remarks ... 1449-50 Persons with disabilities' use of ... 1451
Recall Act (Bill 52)
Committee ... 5423 Committee, amendment A8 (third-party spending limits) (Schmidt/Sweet: defeated) ... 5423
Recycling (waste, etc.)
Agricultural plastics ... 6253-54, 6471-72 Beverage containers ... 6253 Extended producer responsibility, government to examine feasibility (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried as amended) ... 2734-36 Extended producer responsibility, government to examine feasibility (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replacement of "liability" with "responsibility"), motion on (Schow: carried) ... 2734-36 Tires ... 6253, 6471
Red tape reduction
Canadian Federation of Independent Business rating ... 5295
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 22)
Third reading ... 2054-56 Emissions Management and Climate Resilience Act amendments ... 2054 Energy Efficiency Alberta dissolution provisions ... 2055 Mines and Minerals Act amendments ... 2055-56 Mines and Minerals Act amendments, ministerial powers under act ... 1383-84 Oil Sands Conservation Act amendments ... 2054
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 62)
Third reading ... 5294-95 Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act amendments ... 5295 Business Corporations Act amendments ... 5295 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 5295 Securities Act amendments ... 5295
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 80)
Second reading ... 6122-25, 6598-6600 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Renaud: defeated) ... 6598-6600 Committee ... 6730-31 Committee, amendment A1 (section 10, Income and Employment Supports Act amendments, to be struck out) (Phillips/Nielsen: defeated) ... 6730-31 Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act amendments, cannabis distribution and sale provisions ... 6598-99 Income and Employment Supports Act amendments ... 6122-25, 6599-6600
Referendums
Wording of questions ... 1846
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Rental housing
Moratorium on evictions ... 483
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5243-44 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 215, Seniors Advocate Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5847-48 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5473-74 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6319-20
Residential tenancy dispute resolution service
Eligibility criteria, limit on claims ... 437, 576 Frivolous claims ... 484 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 576
Responsible Energy Development Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 974-75 Committee ... 1270-71, 1409-11 Committee, amendment A1 (regulations to uphold existing Aboriginal and treaty rights) (Sabir: defeated) ... 1270-71 Third reading ... 1678-79 Executive Council regulation-making powers under act ... 1270-71
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2303-4 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 2303-4 Committee ... 2415-17, 2502-4, 2537 Committee, amendment A1 (termination pay schedule) (Schmidt/Gray: defeated) ... 2416-17 Committee, amendment A9 (section 1(5), handling of payroll errors) (Schmidt/Gray: defeated) ... 2537 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 2303 Employment Standards Code amendments, termination pay provisions ... 2502-4 Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2303-4 Labour Relations Code amendments, secondary picketing provisions ... 2504 Labour Relations Code amendments, union dues utilization provisions ... 2415-16
Riversdale Resources
Grassy Mountain coal project ... 2953-54
Road maintenance and repair
Maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 1: defeated) ... 3567 Maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 1: defeated), points of order on debate ... 3568
Rural Alberta provincial integrated defence (RAPID) force
Sand and gravel mines and mining
School construction
Capital funding, 2015-2019 ... 6017
Seniors Advocate Act (Bill 215)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5847-48
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug benefit ... 48
Service Alberta Statutes (Virtual Meetings) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 53)
Site rehabilitation program (oil and gas site closures)
Application process ... 1838 Members' statements ... 1558
Speaker's rulings
Allegations against a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 1755 Improper inferences, remarks withdrawn ... 54, 131 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 1670 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers, remarks withdrawn ... 1846
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 47-48
Sport and cultural event relaunch program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4134-35
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 6123 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 6125
Surgery procedures
Provincial coverage ... 48 Wait times ... 6372-73
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Technology industries
Industry development (Motion Other than Government Motion 514: carried) ... 3584-85
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 29-30
Thatcher, Margaret (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
Trails Act (Bill 79)
Committee ... 6716-19, 6721-23, 6845-51 Committee, amendment A1 (section 10(1)(b), regulation-making authority, to be struck out) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 6717-19 Committee, amendment A2 (addition of definitions, information provided to minister before decisions on trail establishment or designation) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 6721-23, 6845 Committee, amendment A3 (trail management plan criteria) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 6846 Committee, amendment A4 (trail manager reports) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 6846-48 Committee, amendment A5 (trail management plan financial reporting) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 6850-51 General remarks ... 5979, 6140
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Unions
Impact on women's equality ... 2303
University of Alberta. Campus Saint-Jean
Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Bill 14)
Committee ... 774-76, 783-84 Committee, amendment A3 (deferral accounts, rate riders) (Sabir: defeated) ... 774-76 Committee, amendment A6 (regulation making) (Sabir: defeated) ... 783-84
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 959-60, 963 Changes to eligibility for financial benefits ... 960 Fund name and utilization provisions (to assist victims and promote public safety) ... 959-60
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Water quality
Drinking water, Aboriginal community projects ... 3050
Watershed management
Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended) ... 5483-84 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replace "take any necessary steps" with "continue its ongoing work," change wording on consultation, "industry," replace "the general public" with "Albertans") (Neudorf/Issik: carried) ... 5483-84 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replace "take any necessary steps" with "continue its ongoing work," change wording on consultation, "industry," replace "the general public" with "Albertans") (Neudorf/Issik: carried), subamendment SA1 (clause (a) struck out and replaced with "(a) by striking out 'the current water allocations' and substituting 'water allocations current to May 1, 2020'") (Schmidt: defeated) ... 5483-84 Eastern slopes land management, petitions presented to the Assembly ... 6867
Wildfire prevention and control
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 6285
Wood Buffalo national park
United Nations heritage site designation ... 1671
Workers' compensation
COVID-19 related claims ... 6319
Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 219)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6319-20
Working parents benefit program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4134
Schow, Joseph R. (Cardston-Siksika, UCP)
Aboriginal consultation topics
Government policy changes, points of order on debate ... 5919-20
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 74)
Second reading ... 5903-6 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 5903-6 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5776 Committee, points of order on debate ... 6234
Agriculture
COVID-19 impact ... 812 Industry development ... 1811-12 Members' statements ... 3839
Alberta Dental Association and College
Fee guide, Health ministry documents, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 7: defeated), points of order on debate ... 3576
Alberta in Canada
Assembly affirmation of role in Canadian federation and denunciation of separatism (Motion Other than Government Motion 511: adjourned), motion to move to bottom of Order Paper (Schow: carried) ... 2910-11 Separatism, impact on investment attraction ... 1931
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 208)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4005, 4035-36
Appropriation Act, 2020 (Bill 6)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 217
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2021 (Bill 59)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 4132-33
ARCHES Lethbridge
Audit ... 2322 Audit, members' statements ... 2105-6
Arts Professions Recognition Act (Bill 75)
Second reading ... 6066-68 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gray: defeated) ... 6066-68
Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction
Minister's performance ... 3886
Banff-Kananaskis (constituency)
Member's remarks on COVID-19 pandemic, points of order on debate, clarification ... 4742
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee reports, concurrence motions, speaking order, points of order ... 5473
Border crossings, Canada-United States
COVID-19 related restrictions ... 812
Budget 2020-2021 (revised)
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2598
Budget 2021-2022 (government of Canada)
Calgary-Buffalo (constituency)
Member's remarks on government legislation ... 1931
Canada-Alberta Canada-wide early learning and child care agreement (2021-2026)
Alberta participation, points of order on debate ... 4740 Federal-provincial agreement, members' statements ... 6073
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied, points of order on debate ... 4916
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Response to Bill 52 ... 5408
Captive Insurance Companies Act (Bill 76)
Second reading ... 6001 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dach: defeated) ... 6001 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5951
Cardston-Siksika (constituency)
Cargill Canada
COVID-19 outbreaks, corporate liability, points of order on debate ... 4806
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Chief Electoral Officer
Legislative Offices Committee report recommending reappointment of Glen Resler presented to the Assembly ... 30
Chief Electoral Officer's office
Report on 2019 general election presented to the Assembly ... 2210
Child and Youth Advocate
Legislative Offices Committee report presented to the Assembly recommending reappointment of Del Graff ... 30
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 945
Citizen Initiative Act (Bill 51)
College of Alberta School Superintendents Act (Bill 55)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4454
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Chair and membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 5-6 Chair and membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replacement of Mr. Dach with Ms Irwin) (Schow: carried) ... 5-6
Committee on Families and Communities, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 5-6
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Chair, deputy chair, and membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 5-6 Report presented to the Assembly recommending reappointment of Del Graff as Child and Youth Advocate ... 30 Report recommending reappointment of Glen Resler as Chief Electoral Officer presented to the Assembly ... 30
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 5-6
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 989, 1155-56 Report on Bill 205, Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3070 Report on Bill 206, Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020, presented to the Assembly with recommendations for change of sponsorship and that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3223 Report on Bill 207, Reservists' Recognition Day, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3719 Report on Bill 208, Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 4005, 4035-36 Report on Bill 209, Cost of Public Services Transparency Act (Bill 209), presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4005 Report on Bill 212, Official Sport of Alberta Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4088 Report on Bill 215, Seniors Advocate Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4806 Report on Bill 216, Fire Prevention and Fire Services Recognition Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4843 Report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5474 Report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5473 Report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5454 Report on Bill Pr. 1, The Sisters of the Precious Blood of Edmonton Repeal Act, compliance with standing orders ... 988-89 Report on Bill Pr. 2, The United Church of Canada Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4843
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 5-6 Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replacement of Mr. Neudorf with Mr. Yao) (Schow: carried) ... 5-6
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 5-6
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Deputy chair and membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replacement of Member Loyola with Mr. Dach and Ms Armstrong-Homeniuk with Mr. Loewen) (Schow: carried) ... 5-6
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 5-6
Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 202)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed ... 989 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 1155-56
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Corporations
Provincial assistance ... 2598
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
Cost of Public Services Transparency Act (Bill 209)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4624 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4005
COVID-19
Alberta cases ... 6097 Alberta cases, points of order on debate ... 3850 Immunity acquired through infection, members' statements ... 5977
COVID-19 pandemic
Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, May 27, 2020 ... 812 Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, members' statements ... 877 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 100: carried) ... 5796-97 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 100: carried), amendment A1 (speaking times), motion on (Dang: defeated) ... 5660, 5796-97 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 100: carried), amendment A1 (speaking times), motion on (Dang: defeated), points of order on debate ... 5798, 5800-5801 Provincial response, members' statements ... 252, 3918 Provincial response, points of order on debate ... 5825 Provincial response, summer 2021, points of order on debate ... 6868 Provincial response review, points of order on debate ... 5824
COVID-19 vaccines
Distribution ... 3918 Distribution, members' statements ... 5053 Distribution to targeted populations, points of order on debate ... 5455 Distribution to targeted populations, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 5455
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Daycare centres
Provincial assistance ... 2598
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt level forecasts and projections ... 3719 Debt-servicing costs ... 10
Democratic Accountability Committee, Select Special (2020-2021)
Final reports on citizens' initiatives and election recall reviews presented to the Assembly ... 3096 Recommendations ... 4053
Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes in children ... 5985
Drivers' licences
Commercial licence requirements ... 3558 Mandatory entry-level training (MELT) program (class 1 and 2) ... 3558
Driving back to work program
Eastern Slopes Protection Act (Bill 214)
Debate schedule amendment, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), point of order raised ... 4615
Economic development
Diversification, members' statements ... 3096
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Education
Parental choice, laws and legislation ... 10-11
Education finance
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 10
Education Statutes (Students First) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 85)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 6476-77 General remarks ... 6788-89
Educational curricula
Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum, members' statements ... 4288 Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum, points of order on debate ... 4807
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 81)
Second reading ... 6409-10, 6413 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Nielsen: defeated) ... 6409-10 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 6411 Committee ... 6904-5 Committee, amendment A2 (section 5, membership payments) (Dang: defeated) ... 6904-5 Nomination contestant finances provisions ... 6409-10, 6413 Political party registration provisions ... 6409
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 13)
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, debate schedule change, request for debate (unanimous consent denied), point of order raised ... 4615 Legislative Assembly COVID-19 related safety measures, request for debate (unanimous consent denied), points of order on debate ... 5752 Residential school student deaths, provincial response, emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (Dang: carried as amended) ... 5002-3
Employment and income support programs
Barriers to full employment program, supplemental housing benefit, points of order on debate ... 6218
Employment Standards Code
Amendment to ban unpaid internships proposed (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: defeated) ... 2394-95 Practicum provisions ... 2394-95
Energy industries
Investment attraction ... 6784 Market access ... 10 Opposition to, provincial response ... 10
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Second reading ... 3206, 3632-34 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the proposed legislation will not ensure worker safety (reasoned amendment RA1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 3632-34 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 3205, 3638 Third reading ... 3916 Occupational Health and Safety Act amendments ... 3633 Schedule 1, Heroes' Compensation Act ... 3916 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3633
Father's Day
Members' statements ... 1485
Film and television industry
Fire Prevention and Fire Services Recognition Act (Bill 216)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4843
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1104-5, 1107-9, 1224
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Committee ... 1265-66 Committee, amendment A1 (main estimates tabling following an election) (Phillips: defeated) ... 1265-66 Committee, points of order on debate ... 1263
Fiscal policy, provincial
Freedom to Care Act (Bill 58)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 5555 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 5612-13
Galahad care centre
Resident transfer, points of order on debate ... 5455 Resident transfer, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 5455
Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1006
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 3108 Second reading, request to move immediately to consideration in committee (unanimous consent denied) ... 3564, 3566 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3070
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
Second reading ... 2928-29 Committee ... 3229-30 Committee, amendment A1 (bill review period) (Ganley: defeated) ... 3229-30
Government of Canada
Equalization program, provincial referendum ... 5597 Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried) ... 5271-72 Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried), points of order on debate ... 5264, 5267 Equalization program, provincial referendum results recognition (Government Motion 101: carried) ... 6005, 6199, 6295-97 Equalization program, provincial referendum results recognition (Government Motion 101: carried), points of order on debate ... 6201
Health care finance
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 10
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2216-17, 2322 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Public Health Act Review Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 2216-17, 2322 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1877 Committee ... 2461-62 Committee, amendment A2 (private clinic establishment impact studies) (Pancholi/Shepherd: defeated) ... 2461-62 Committee, points of order on debate ... 2466, 2471, 2527-29 Health Care Protection Act amendments, chartered surgery clinic provisions ... 2217
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 3192 Committee, points of order raised ... 3859 Third reading ... 3873-75
High school completion
Graduates of 2021, members' statements ... 5587-88
Home education during COVID-19 pandemic
Alternative learning plans ... 642
Homeless shelters
Spaces, points of order on debate ... 6218
Hospital construction
Funding for central Alberta, points of order on debate ... 6293
Hospital maintenance and repair
Funding for central Alberta, points of order on debate ... 6293
Infrastructure blockades
Members' statements ... 51
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Irrigation
Infrastructure expansion and modernization ... 6212
Irrigation Districts Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 54)
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 9-10
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 49)
Second reading ... 5710, 5954 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 5954 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5711, 5716, 5951
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
COVID-19 related protective measures, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), points of order on debate ... 5752 Sitting during COVID-19 pandemic ... 433, 538-39
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 45)
Second reading ... 3178 Provisions for Senate elections and referendums on the same day as municipal elections ... 3178
Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 56)
Second reading ... 4346-47, 4351-52, 4441-42 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 4346-47, 4351-52 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4352, 4356 Committee ... 4882-83 Committee, amendment A1 (review of amendments by special committee) (Ceci: defeated) ... 4882-83 Alberta 911 Act amendments ... 4346, 4442 Local Government Fiscal Framework Act amendments ... 4351-52, 4442, 4882-83
Magrath high school
Provincial volleyball champions, members' statements ... 6619-20
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order ... 4575, 4806, 5455, 5513, 5776, 6201, 6218, 6377 Allegations against, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 5455, 6292 Former MLA Jack William Ady, members' statements ... 637 Imputing falsehoods against, points of order ... 4740 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 217, 1263, 1467, 1877, 2466, 2527, 4454, 4624, 4740, 4807, 4859, 5612-13, 5716, 5920 Reference in Assembly to absence, points of order ... 5801 Reference to by name in the Assembly, points of order ... 4927, 5103, 5264, 5409 Reference to proper titles, points of order on debate ... 5267
Members' Statements (current session)
Agriculture ... 3839 COVID-19 response ... 252 COVID-19 vaccine procurement and distribution ... 5053 Economic diversification ... 3096 Economic recovery and the COVID-19 vaccine rollout ... 3918 Economic recovery plan ... 2040 Educational curriculum redesign ... 4288 Father's Day ... 1485 Federal Budget 2021 ... 4730-31 Federal-provincial child care agreement ... 6073 Former MLA Jack Ady ... 637 High school graduates 2021 ... 5587-88 Infrastructure blockades ... 51 Legislative Assembly debate on COVID-19 ... 877 Magrath High School volleyball champions ... 6619-20 Natural immunity to COVID-19 ... 5977 Recall Act ... 4085-86 Red tape reduction ... 3215 St. Mary River drownings ... 1610 Supervised drug consumption site review ... 2105-6 Vauxhall Academy of Baseball ... 2717-18
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 1467
Mental health and addictions strategy
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 10
Metis Settlements Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 57)
Second reading ... 4578 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that consultation with the Metis Settlements General Council was inadequate (reasoned amendment RA1) (Pancholi/Gray: defeated) ... 4578 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4575
Ministry of Children's Services
Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) ... 10
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) ... 10
Ministry of Health
COVID-19 pandemic response ... 812
Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 433, 438
Motions (procedure)
Admissibility, points of order ... 4630
Municipal Government (Firearms) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 211)
Second reading ... 4014 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4015
Office of the Premier
Premier to be censured for leadership during COVID-19 pandemic fourth wave (Motion Other than Government Motion 521: adjourned), motion to move motion to bottom of Order Paper (Schow: carried) ... 6097-98
Official Sport of Alberta Act (Bill 212)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4088
Open for summer (COVID-19 reopening plan)
Sports activities guidelines ... 4987
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Hypothetical questions, points of order ... 6315 Preambles, points of order ... 4916, 5920 Supplementary questions, points of order ... 5825
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Commercial driver training and licensing ... 3558 Diabetes management in children ... 5985 Economic recovery and growth ... 6783-84 Education continuity plan and student assessment ... 642 Federal equalization program referendum ... 5597 Irrigation infrastructure ... 6212 Provincial chief firearms officer ... 3094-95 Provincial fiscal update and forecasts ... 3719 Provincial reopening plan and sports activities ... 4987 Recall Act ... 4053-54 Teacher misconduct and Bill 85 ... 6788-89
Physicians
Recruitment and retention, Lethbridge, points of order on debate ... 6314-15
Pipelines (oil and gas)
TC Energy Keystone XL, Assembly urged to express dismay at U.S. presidential permit revocation (Government Motion 70: carried) ... 4323
Points of clarification (current session)
Points of order (current session)
Admissibility of motions ... 4630 Allegations against a member or members ... 4575, 4806, 5455, 5513, 5776, 6201, 6218, 6377 Allegations against a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 5455, 6292 Epithets, clarification ... 4742 Hypothetical questions ... 6315 Imputing falsehoods against a member ... 4740 Imputing motives ... 217, 1263, 1467, 1877, 2466, 2527, 4454, 4624, 4740, 4807, 4859, 5612-13, 5716, 5920 Insulting language ... 438, 2471, 5555, 5752 Items previously decided ... 736, 1006 Language creating disorder ... 945, 3205, 3576, 3850, 4132-33, 4352, 4356, 4559, 4859, 5040-41, 5480, 5798, 5919-20, 5951, 6293, 6314-15, 6524 Misleading the House ... 2532 Oral Question Period supplementary questions ... 5825 Parliamentary language ... 2528-29, 2725, 5800, 5824, 5985-86, 6144 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 6144 Preambles ... 4916, 5920 Referring to a member by name ... 4927, 5103, 5264, 5409 Referring to party matters ... 5824-25, 6315 Referring to proper titles ... 5267 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 5801 Relevance ... 433, 733-34, 736, 1006, 1739, 3082, 3638, 4015, 5711, 5951, 6234, 6411, 6476-77 Remarks off the record ... 5920-21, 6868 Rules and practices of the Assembly ... 6218 Speaking order, Private Bills and Private Members Public Bills Committee report concurrence motions ... 5473
Police (Street Checks and Carding) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 63)
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 72)
Second reading ... 4929 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4927, 5040-41
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 206)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed and that sponsor change (concurred in) ... 3223
Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 218)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5474 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5473
Public Health Act Review Committee, Select Special (2020)
Public Health Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 66)
Second reading ... 4712, 4717-19 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Dach: defeated) ... 4712, 4717-19 Committee ... 5089-91 Committee, amendment A1 (chief medical officer of health appearances before committee during public health emergencies) (Barnes: defeated) ... 5097 Repeal of ministerial powers ... 5090
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Public health orders
Quarantine of international travellers ... 812
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Public service
Front-line workers, funding for ... 10
Racism
Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended) ... 1501 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), amendment A1 (Police Act review advisory panel) (Deol: defeated) ... 1501
Recall Act (Bill 52)
Second reading ... 4852-53 Committee ... 5407-8 Committee, amendment A1 (MLA recall vote) (Loewen: defeated) ... 5407-8 Committee, points of order on debate ... 5409 Members' statements ... 4085-86 MLA recall provisions ... 4053-54
Recycling (waste, etc.)
Extended producer responsibility, government to examine feasibility (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried as amended) ... 2734 Extended producer responsibility, government to examine feasibility (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replacement of "liability" with "responsibility"), motion on (Schow: carried) ... 2734
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Capital funding, points of order on debate ... 6293
Red tape reduction
Members' statements ... 3215
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Third reading ... 3886 General remarks ... 3215
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 62)
Second reading ... 4759 Committee ... 5200-5201 Committee, amendment A2 (publication of minister's reviews under Fatal Accidents Act) (Gray/Nielsen: defeated) ... 5200-5201 Third reading ... 5373-74 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider section 1, Alberta Utilities Commission Act (recommittal amendment REC1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 5373-74
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Chief Electoral Officer report on 2019 general election ... 2210 Democratic Accountability Committee report on citizens' initiatives and election recall reviews ... 3096 Legislative Offices Committee report recommending reappointment of Del Graff as Child and Youth Advocate ... 30 Legislative Offices Committee report recommending reappointment of Glen Resler as Chief Electoral Officer ... 30 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed ... 989 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 1155-56 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 205, Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3070 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 206, Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendations for change of sponsorship and that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3223 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 207, Reservists' Recognition Day, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3719 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 208, Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 4005, 4035-36 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 209, Cost of Public Services Transparency Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4005 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 212, Official Sport of Alberta Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4088 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 215, Seniors Advocate Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4806 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 216, Fire Prevention and Fire Services Recognition Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4843 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5474 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5473 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5454 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill Pr. 1, The Sisters of the Precious Blood of Edmonton Repeal Act, advising the Assembly that the petition complies with Standing Orders 90-94 ... 988-89 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill Pr. 2, The United Church of Canada Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4843
Reservists' Recognition Act (Bill 207)
Second reading ... 4617-18 Committee ... 5478-79 Committee, amendment A1 (bill title change, reservist compensation criteria) (Williams/Rutherford: carried) ... 5478-79 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 207, Reservists' Recognition Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3719
Residential schools
Deaths of students, provincial response, emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (Dang: carried as amended) ... 5002-3
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 2532
Restrictions exemption program (REP)
St. Mary River
Drownings, members' statements ... 1610
Schoolchildren's transportation
School bus insurance costs, points of order on debate ... 5824
Schools
COVID-19 related protective measures, points of order on debate ... 4740
Senate of Canada
Legislative Assembly to urge Prime Minister to fill vacant seats with individuals receiving highest number of votes in Alberta election (Government Motion 85: carried) ... 5515-16 Legislative Assembly to urge Prime Minister to fill vacant seats with individuals receiving highest number of votes in Alberta election (Government Motion 85: carried), points of order on debate ... 5513 Provincial election, recognition of results (Government Motion 103: carried) ... 5922-23
Seniors Advocate Act (Bill 215)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4806
Sisters of the Precious Blood Repeal Act, The (Bill Pr. 1)
Compliance with standing orders, Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report to Assembly ... 988-89
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act (Bill 67)
Second reading ... 4726 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5103
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Small and medium-sized enterprises relaunch grant program
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 9-11 Addresses in reply, scope of speeches ... 9
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendment to permit members' interventions in other members' speeches (Motion Other than Government Motion 518: carried as amended) ... 4628-29 Amendment to permit members' interventions in other members' speeches (Motion Other than Government Motion 518: carried as amended), points of order on debate ... 4630
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Revised assessment procedure during COVID-19 pandemic ... 642
Substance abuse and addiction
Supervised consumption sites, points of order on debate ... 5920-21 Supervised consumption sites, Red Deer, points of order on debate ... 6293
Surgery procedures
Wait times, points of order on debate ... 6377
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 3209 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that a corporate income tax rate reduction is an ineffective strategy for job creation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 3209 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 3082 Committee ... 3834
Technology industries
Industry development ... 6784
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 51
Tourism levy
Abatement program ... 2598
Trails Act (Bill 79)
General remarks, points of order on debate ... 5985-86, 6144 General remarks, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 6144
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
United Church of Canada Amendment Act, 2021, The (Bill Pr. 2)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4843
United Conservative Party
2017 leadership contest, Associate Minister of Status of Women's participation, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 6292 2021 annual general meeting processes, points of order on debate ... 6315, 6524 Fundraising, summer 2021, points of order on debate ... 5824-25
Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Bill 14)
Second reading ... 735-36 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 733-34, 736
Vauxhall Academy of Baseball
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 2725
Watershed management
Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended) ... 5484 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replace "take any necessary steps" with "continue its ongoing work," change wording on consultation, "industry," replace "the general public" with "Albertans") (Neudorf/Issik: carried) ... 5484 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replace "take any necessary steps" with "continue its ongoing work," change wording on consultation, "industry," replace "the general public" with "Albertans") (Neudorf/Issik: carried), subamendment SA1 (clause (a) struck out and replaced with "(a) by striking out 'the current water allocations' and substituting 'water allocations current to May 1, 2020'") (Schmidt: defeated) ... 5484 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), points of order on debate ... 5480
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, British Columbia
Position on Shell Coastal GasLink pipeline project ... 51
Workers' compensation
Employer premiums, payment deferral ... 2598 Employer premiums, provincial payment of half of value ... 2598
Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 219)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5454
Schulz, Rebecca (Calgary-Shaw, UCP; Minister of Children's Services)
Addiction treatment
Recovery communities ... 2768 Services for youth ... 6618
Aging well in community grant program
Eligibility criteria ... 2769
Alberta child and family benefit
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Alberta Municipalities
Fall 2021 convention ... 6213
Alberta Spotlight (virtual concert series)
Alberta Trades Hall of Fame
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client benefits ... 2881 Cost-of-living indexing termination ... 2690 Eligibility criteria ... 2614-15 Payment date change ... 4414 Payment date change, Auditor General's report (November 2020) ... 3093-94, 3145 Payment schedule ... 2691
Budget 2020-2021 (revised)
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2595, 2600
Canada-Alberta Canada-wide early learning and child care agreement (2021-2026)
Canada housing benefit (federal program)
Alberta participation ... 3649
Capital maintenance and renewal program
Funding for seniors' housing, 2020-2023 ... 3563
CHEW Project (program for LGBTQ youth)
Child and family services
Well-being and resiliency framework ... 58-59
Child and Youth Advocate's office investigations/inquiries
Deaths of children in care ... 4524
Child and Youth Well-being Review
Child Care Licensing (Early Learning and Child Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 39)
First reading ... 2827 Second reading ... 2883-3884 Committee ... 3402-5, 3408, 3515, 3517, 3523 Committee, amendment A1 (unlicensed day home provisions) (Jeremy Nixon: carried) ... 3402-5, 3408 Committee, amendment A1 (unlicensed day home provisions) (Jeremy Nixon: carried), subamendment SA1 (stop order criteria) (Pancholi: defeated) ... 3402-5, 3408 Committee, amendment A3 (principles) (L. Sigurdson/Pancholi: defeated) ... 3515 Committee, amendment A4 (child care programs) (Pancholi: defeated) ... 3517 Committee, amendment A6 (regulation-making authority) (Pancholi: defeated) ... 3523 Third reading ... 3685 Change to title of Child Care Licensing Act ... 2883 General remarks ... 2876-77, 2880-81 Licensing provisions ... 2883-84 Mixed-age ratio provisions ... 2884 Regulation development ... 2884 Stakeholder consultation ... 2883-84, 2938, 3403, 3523, 3685
Child mental health services
Rural services ... 3067 Services for children affected by COVID-19 ... 3067
Child protective services
Aboriginal children in care ... 1666-67, 2693 Deaths of children in care ... 6442, 6541 Front-line staff ... 6517 Front-line staff, COVID-19 related protective measures ... 387 Services for Aboriginal children, Jordan's principle (child first) application ... 1667
Class size (elementary and secondary schools)
Maximum proposed ... 2821
Continuing/extended care facilities
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2769-70
Corporations
Social service delivery ... 2665 Social service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2769
COVID-19
Alberta cases ... 2631 Alberta cases, Lethbridge ... 2694-95 Alberta cases in children ... 3844-45 Deaths, Shawn Auger ... 383-84
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons, income support ... 294 Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2631-33 Impact on children ... 5672 Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, May 27, 2020 ... 383-87
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
COVID-19 vaccines
Distribution schedule ... 4175-76 Distribution to targeted populations ... 4964-65
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Day homes
Fatality inquiries, Mackenzy Woolfsmith ... 3404
Daycare
Access ... 1691, 1980, 2151, 2355, 3287, 5451 Access, relation to economic recovery ... 1691 Access for essential services workers ... 294, 384-86 Affordability ... 2134, 3002, 3780-81, 5384-85 Fees ... 6768-69 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 1980, 2595, 2714-15 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 3977-79, 4207, 4840 Online tool kit ... 2883-84 Overnight care ... 2880 Private operators ... 6217-18 Provincial strategy ... 2876-77 Review ... 1335
Daycare centres
Accreditation, program termination ... 74, 2880, 3517 Accreditation, stakeholder consultation ... 1198 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 3287-88, 4840 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 722, 3539-40, 5672 Northern Alberta centres ... 4464 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 4461 Province-wide closure during COVID-19 pandemic ... 148-49, 257, 259-60 Province-wide closures, impact on vulnerable families ... 294 Provincial assistance ... 385, 722, 885, 1196, 1199, 1566, 2108, 2595, 2938, 4461 Reopening ... 1304, 2631-33 Reopening, provincial grant program ... 2600
Daycare in private homes
Accreditation, program termination ... 74 Conditions on operation ... 386
Daycare subsidies
Federal-provincial funding ... 4081 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2632 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4073, 4081-82 Staff wage subsidies ... 2632
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial credit rating ... 4965
Digital overdose response system
Disability workers
Wage supplement, federal transfers ... 3718-19
Disaster recovery program
Eligibility criteria ... 6521
Domestic violence
Programs and services ... 3804
Early childhood education
Services for children with special needs ... 884
Early learning and child care centres
Pilot program termination ... 4207 Transitional funding ... 3780-81
Economic Recovery Council
Mandate on women's workforce participation ... 1196
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Economic relaunch strategy
Education finance
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 3384, 3802 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 3987
Educational curricula
Advisory panel recommendations ... 3942-43 Financial literacy ... 4843 Forestry content ... 5382-83 Redesign, Aboriginal content ... 4521, 4590 Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum ... 4409-10, 4412-13, 4465-66, 4585, 5231-32 Review website ... 3805-6 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) content ... 3001-2
Employment and income support programs
Income support, 2021-2022 ... 3976 Income support, client benefits ... 4414
Family Violence Death Review Committee
Health care finance
Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services) ... 3476
Health sciences personnel
Recruitment and retention, rural areas ... 3999
Home education during COVID-19 pandemic
Students with special needs ... 3649
Homeless persons
Permanent supportive housing ... 2767-68 Programs and services, funding, 2021, 2022 ... 4000
Homeless shelters
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2664 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 3558 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4000 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2767-68
Labour force planning
Skills-for-jobs provincial strategy ... 4003
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Committee ... 2177-78 Committee, amendment A1 (aggregate contribution limit) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2177-78
Local government fiscal framework
Funding, 2024-2025 ... 6213
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2769-70
Mental health services
Access ... 4911 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4000 Services for persons affected by COVID-19 pandemic ... 4967
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention (2017-2018)
Ministry of Children's Services
COVID-19 pandemic response ... 383-87, 2631 Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) debate ... 4073, 4081-83
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Municipal finance
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 6213
Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding, 2021-2023 ... 6213
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
2019 report ... 3804 2019 report recommendations ... 1196
Nonprofit organizations
Social service delivery ... 2665 Social service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2769, 3563
Northwest Territories
Use of Alberta Education curriculum ... 3942-43
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Adoption ... 6615-16 Adoption services ... 3536 Affordable housing ... 2770 Affordable housing review ... 3716 AISH and income support payments and benefits ... 4414 AISH payment schedule ... 3093-94, 3145 Alberta Trades Hall of Fame ... 3847-48 Anti-Racism Advisory Council ... 3222 Arts and culture grant programs ... 3541 Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 2614-15, 2881 CHEW Project funding ... 909-10 Child and family benefit ... 1690 Child and Youth Well-being Review ... 5308, 5821, 5915-16 Child care ... 1198-99, 2108, 2876-77, 2880-81 Child care affordability ... 3002, 5384-85 Child care centre closures ... 259-60 Child care centre reopening ... 1304 Child care funding ... 1566, 2351, 2355, 2714-15, 3780-81, 4207 Child care in northern Alberta ... 4464 Child care review ... 1335 Child intervention services ... 2692-93, 4524 Child protective services ... 6517 Child protective services support for youth transitioning out of care ... 6442-43 COVID-19 and child care ... 148-49, 722, 885, 4461, 5672 COVID-19 and children's programs and activities ... 3539-40 COVID-19 and mental health supports ... 4967 COVID-19 and seniors ... 2769, 3563 COVID-19 case among persons with developmental disabilities ... 4002 COVID-19 cases in children and health system capacity ... 3844-45 COVID-19 cases in Lethbridge ... 2694-95 COVID-19 in child care centres ... 3287-88, 4840 COVID-19 in schools ... 3092, 3845, 4584, 4586 COVID-19 protective measures and teachers ... 3559 COVID-19 rapid testing program in schools ... 4413 COVID-19 vaccine and economic relaunch strategy ... 4175-76 Deaths of children in care and youth transitioning out of care ... 6541 Deaths of youths formerly in government care ... 3998-99 Disability caseload growth review ... 3650-51 Disaster recovery program funding ... 6521 Drug overdose prevention ... 4178, 4208, 4912 Early childhood education accreditation ... 74 Economic recovery and child care ... 1980 Economic recovery and child care funding ... 3977-79 Economic recovery and women ... 1196, 1691, 1891, 2134, 3287, 3385, 3476 Education budget 2021-2022 ... 3987 Education funding ... 3384 Educational curriculum review and redesign ... 3805-6 Family and gender-based violence prevention ... 3804 Federal child care program ... 5747 Federal-provincial child care agreement ... 6078, 6138-39, 6217-18 Federal-provincial child care program ... 6289-90, 6768-69 Financial literacy curriculum and programming ... 4843 Forestry content in educational curriculum ... 5382-83 Health care workforce in rural Alberta ... 3999 Home education and teachers' work from home ... 3649-50 Homeless shelter capacity and emergency housing ... 3558-59 Homelessness initiatives ... 2767-68 Homelessness strategies ... 4000 Housing for vulnerable Albertans ... 2664-65 Income support for parents affected by COVID-19 ... 294 Income support program funding ... 3976 Indigenous child and youth services ... 1666-67 Indigenous content in educational curriculum ... 4466-67, 4521, 4590 Kindergarten to grade 6 draft curriculum ... 4409-10, 4412-13, 4465-66, 4585, 5231-32 Mental health service access ... 4911 Municipal funding ... 6213 Northwest Territories' use of Alberta curriculum ... 3942-43 Parenting and family resources programs ... 58-59 PDD direct operations ... 2767 Postsecondary education and skills for jobs ... 4003 Postsecondary education funding ... 3925-26 Provincial diploma examination exemptions ... 3067 Public service size ... 2660-61 Renter assistance and affordable housing ... 3649 Rural physician recruitment and retention ... 4965-66 School bus safety ... 722 School class size ... 2821 School COVID-19 response ... 4590-91 School re-entry plan and education funding ... 3802 School re-entry plan and student achievement ... 3715 Science and technology education ... 3001-2 Services for children with special and complex needs ... 884 Services for persons affected by COVID-19 ... 257 Skilled trades promotion ... 3381-82 Student mental health supports ... 3067 Support for disability workers ... 3718-19 Support for persons with disabilities ... 2690-91 Support for seniors ... 2690 Support for vulnerable youth ... 6618 Support for youth transitioning out of care ... 983, 6516 Vaccine rollout ... 4964-65 Women's workforce participation and child care ... 5451 Working parents benefit ... 3921-22
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Provincial inventory ... 387
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Direct operations ... 2767
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services, caseload review ... 3650-51 Service delivery, direct operations ... 2691
Physical activity
Restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3540
Physicians
Rural physicians ... 3999 Rural physicians, recruitment and retention ... 4965-66
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Postsecondary educational institutions admissions (enrolment)
Female students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) disciplines ... 3385
Public health orders
Restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3539-40
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Recreation
Restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3540
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Committee ... 3735-37 Child, Youth and Family enhancement Act amendments ... 3735-37
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Safe restart agreement (federal-provincial)
Fund utilization ... 2632
School boards and districts
Layoff of educational assistants, substitute teachers, bus drivers, and support staff ... 3476
Schools
Closures, Calgary ... 4584 COVID-19 cases ... 3092, 3384, 3845, 4584, 4586 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 4590-91 Province-wide class cancellation ... 257 Province-wide class cancellation, impact on student achievement ... 3715 Province-wide class cancellation, impact on vulnerable families ... 294 Province-wide grades 7 to 12 class cancellation, November 2020 ... 3559, 3649 Re-entry plan ... 1691, 3715, 3802
Seniors
CORE (collaborative resources and education) online knowledge hub ... 2769 COVID-19 impact ... 2769-70, 3563
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug benefit ... 2690
Seniors' housing
Funding, 2020-2023 ... 3563
Shad Canada
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) program expansion ... 3001
Small and medium-sized enterprises relaunch grant program
Small business
Social service delivery ... 2665
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) award program ... 3385
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Grade 12 diploma examination exemptions ... 3067
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2)
Supportive living accommodations
Accommodation fees ... 2690 Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2769
Teachers
Permission to work from home during school closures ... 3559, 3649-50
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 866-67
Trades (skilled labour)
Recognition of contribution ... 3381-82
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Western Rocky View Family and Community Resource Centre, Cochrane
Women
Political participation ... 2177
Working parents benefit program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4082-83 Program implementation ... 3921-22
Youth suicide action plan
Schweitzer, Doug (Calgary-Elbow, UCP; Minister of Justice and Solicitor General to August 24, 2020; Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation from August 25, 2020)
Aboriginal community police services
Aerospace industries
Industry development ... 2953
Alberta Biz Connect (website)
Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 5884 Funding from supplementary supply ... 3499, 3501 Recapitalization, 2020-2021 ... 2647
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Annual report 2020-2021 publication delay ... 1686
Alberta Innovates Corporation
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3498-99
Alberta Senate Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 27)
First reading ... 1568 Second reading ... 1741 Third reading ... 2076-77 Election finances provisions ... 1757
Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)
Executive director's remarks on collection of race-based data ... 1439 Investigation of incident involving RCMP and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's chief ... 1144, 1439-40, 1665-66 Review of police surveillance of Member for Lethbridge-West ... 1977
Amazon
Solar energy project, southern Alberta ... 4670
Amazon Web Services
Investment in Alberta ... 6287
Artificial intelligence
Industry development ... 2714
Aviation industry
Industry development ... 6864
Budget 2021-2022
Official Opposition vote ... 4122
Calgary-Buffalo (constituency)
Member's remarks on government legislation ... 1976
Calgary Correctional Centre
COVID-19 outbreak ... 2904
Canada emergency commercial rent assistance program (federal-provincial)
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied ... 1687
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Members' permission to sit, speak, or vote from any seat during spring 2020 sitting to promote physical distancing (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 857 Members' permission to sit, speak, or vote from any seat to promote physical distancing (unanimous consent granted) ... 703, 747
Child and Youth Advocate's office
Annual report 2020-2021 referred to Legislative Offices Committee (Government Motion 105: carried) ... 6491
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Committee on Real Property Rights, Select Special
Mandate extension (Government Motion 106: carried) ... 6491
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
First reading ... 1568 Second reading ... 1735 Third reading ... 2081 Contribution limit provisions ... 1614 Purpose and intent ... 1614, 1666 Referendum finance provisions ... 1757
Corporate taxation, provincial
Correctional facilities
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 534-35, 3302-3 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 535
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
First reading ... 912 Second reading ... 989-90 Third reading ... 1655
Courts, provincial
Drug treatment courts ... 1391, 2376 Drug treatment courts, funding, 2020-2021 ... 960
COVID-19
Alberta cases ... 3800, 4279 Protective measures, long-term ... 2766
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
COVID-19 pandemic
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2646-48 Legislative Assembly debate on matters arising since May 2020 debate ... 5880, 5883-87
COVID-19 vaccines
Alberta-based research ... 4057 Proof of vaccination ... 5886-87
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 861, 869 Implementation ... 1249 Scope of bill ... 1142
Critical worker benefit program (federal-provincial)
Crown prosecution service
Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 120-21
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial credit rating ... 1686
Domestic violence
Programs and services ... 883
Economic development
Investment attraction ... 6081
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Diversification strategy ... 2647, 2900-2901, 3380, 4052, 4122, 4334, 5840 Funding from supplementary supply, 2020-2021 ... 3493-94 General remarks ... 2766, 5883-84 Plan evaluation ... 3492 Sector strategies ... 2610, 2647-48, 2905, 4066 Technology and innovation sector component ... 3380
Economy of Alberta
Current fiscal position ... 2900 Economic indicators ... 4670
Edmonton (city)
Downtown revitalization plan ... 5593-94
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 68)
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 81)
Third reading ... 6927 Third reading, motion to not read because Assembly is of the view that bill fails to require consent for party membership purchase (reasoned amendment RA1) (Aheer: defeated) ... 6927 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 114: carried) ... 6926
Electric power lines
Power grid batteries ... 2648
Energy industries
Diversification ... 5883-84 Provincial assistance ... 3305
Energy policies, provincial
Assembly support for provincial plans and initiatives (Government Motion 18: carried unanimously) ... 406
Enhanced COVID-19 business benefit program
Eligibility criteria ... 4026, 4066, 4070 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4066
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
General remarks ... 4674-75 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3713, 3775
Film and television industry
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction ... 985-86, 1488
Freedom of expression
Right to peaceful assembly ... 1142
Government of Canada
Equalization program, provincial referendum results recognition (Government Motion 101: carried) ... 6009-10
Hotel industry
Provincial assistance ... 6690
Human trafficking
Education and awareness initiatives ... 644 Task force ... 886
Information and Privacy Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Establishment (Government Motion 107: carried) ... 6491-92
Infrastructure blockades
Extinction Rebellion blockade of Walterdale Bridge, Edmonton, October 7, 2019 ... 117-18 Railroad blockades ... 25, 28 Unifor blockade of Carseland fuel terminal ... 118
Innovation Capital Working Group
Innovation employment grant program
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2647 Program development ... 2612
Intellectual property
Provincial policies ... 2648
Interprovincial/territorial trade
Invest Alberta Corporation
Investment and growth fund
Irrigation
Infrastructure expansion and modernization ... 2647
Jobs now program (federal-provincial)
Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Labour force planning
Labour shortages ... 5843 Skills-for-jobs provincial strategy ... 2648
Lethbridge Police Service
Officer monitoring of the Member for Lethbridge-West ... 1977
Liquefied natural gas industry
Industry development ... 2648
Live events (concerts, conferences, sports events, etc.)
COVID-19 health guidelines ... 4094
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Reference in Assembly to absence, points of order ... 3782-83 Reference in Assembly to absence, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 3783
Mental health services
Funding ... 6688 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 5886
Mines and mining
Provincial mineral scan ... 2648
Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (ministry from August 25, 2020)
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Antiracism initiatives ... 1248-49 Appointments to boards, panels, etc. ... 1507
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Response to Bill 21 ... 1986
Motions (procedure)
No. 22, Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act referral to committee, correction of notice ... 1272
Municipal stimulus program
Municipal sustainability initiative
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
2019 report recommendations on policing ... 1669
Nonprofit organizations
Charitable organizations, provincial assistance ... 4612
Office of the Premier
Premier's speech writer's remarks on residential schools ... 1666
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Addiction treatment and recovery ... 2376 Aviation and aerospace industry development ... 2953 Bill 1 and lawful protests ... 1142 Bill 47 ... 3713, 4674-75 Bills 8 and 28 ... 2044 Budget 2021 and job creation ... 4052 Budget 2021 vote ... 4122 Canada emergency commercial rent assistance program ... 3475-76 Corporate taxation and job creation ... 1685-86 Correctional facility COVID-19 preparedness ... 534-35 COVID-19 and correctional facilities ... 3302-3 COVID-19 and health care workers ... 3775 COVID-19 and small-business restrictions ... 3805 COVID-19 case increase ... 4279 COVID-19 monitoring and protection of privacy ... 642-43 COVID-19 outbreak at the Calgary Correctional Centre ... 2904 COVID-19 protective measures and Christmas ... 3802 COVID-19 protective measures and economic recovery ... 3800 COVID-19 response and economic recovery ... 2766 COVID-19 vaccine rollout ... 4057 Critical worker benefit ... 4025, 5591-92 Crown prosecution service, judge appointments ... 120-21 Drug treatment courts ... 1391-92 Economic development and investment attraction ... 6287 Economic diversification ... 2900-2901 Economic recovery and diversification ... 3380, 4334, 5840 Economic recovery and job creation ... 4020-21 Economic recovery and labour supply ... 5843 Economic recovery plan ... 2610, 2905 Edmonton downtown core revitalization ... 5593-94 Election financing ... 1757 Electric power prices ... 4335 Energy industry concerns ... 3305 Federal firearm policies ... 985-86 Government appointments ... 1438-39 Government legislation ... 1976 Government policies ... 6688 Hotel and tourism industry supports ... 6690 Human trafficking ... 643-44 Human trafficking task force ... 886 Hydrogen strategy ... 6081 Infrastructure blockades ... 117-18 Innovation and technology sectors ... 2612 Investment in Alberta ... 6614 Jobs now program ... 4281, 4670-71 Judge appointments ... 1328-29, 1387 Justice ministry appointments ... 1507 Justice policies ... 1388 Live events industry and COVID-19 ... 4094 Livestock industry support, supply chain disruption ... 6866 Mask policies and workplace safety ... 3381 Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls working group ... 1390 Mphasis Canadian headquarters in Calgary ... 5217-18 Municipal infrastructure grant programs ... 3473-74 Parole system ... 1563-64 Pension fund administration ... 1686-87 Police Act review ... 2283-84 Police surveillance of the MLA for Lethbridge-West ... 1977 Policing and First Nations communities ... 1144 Policing and Indigenous peoples ... 1669 Policing and racism prevention ... 1248-49, 1439, 1665-66 Political extremism and racism in Alberta ... 1618-19 Postsecondary education funding ... 3384-85 Provincial park usage data and land use ... 3780 Provincial police force proposal ... 6286-87 Rail blockades ... 28 Rail blockades and Teck Frontier mine cancellation ... 25 Referendum legislation ... 1666 Referendum legislation and third-party political advertising ... 1614 Restaurant online ordering and delivery fees ... 4390-91 Restaurants and COVID-19 ... 4736 Restrictions exemption program implementation ... 6288-89 Rural crime ... 982 Rural crime prevention ... 1687-88 Rural high-speed Internet ... 3718 Rural Internet and cellphone service ... 3300 Small and medium enterprise relaunch grant program ... 3472, 4611, 5744-45, 5842 Small businesses and supply chain disruptions ... 6374 Support for charities ... 4612 Support for small businesses affected by COVID-19 ... 3305, 3651, 3714-15, 3778, 4284-85, 5670, 6082-83 Systemic racism prevention ... 1440 Taxi driver eligibility for government programs ... 4026 Technology industry and economic diversification ... 4055, 5531-32 Technology industry development ... 2713-14, 4283, 5745, 6445-46 Technology industry investment for Alberta ... 5214 Technology industry investment in Alberta ... 3652-53, 4670 Tourism and aviation industry support ... 6863-64 Tourism in Lesser Slave Lake ... 6311 UCP convention resolution on labour relations ... 2614 Victims of crime fund ... 882-83, 1048-49, 1116, 1142, 1249, 1613-14 Visitor economic promotion ... 4057-58
Organized crime
Provincial initiatives ... 2376
Parks, provincial
Service changes ... 3780 Usage data ... 3780
Pension Protection Act (Bill 203)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee recommendation that bill not proceed ... 1686
Points of order (current session)
Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 3782-83 Referring to the absence of a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 3783
Police
Cross-cultural training ... 1665 Provincial force proposed ... 1488 Provincial-municipal police funding model ... 1688 Provincial police force proposal ... 6286-87 Relations with Aboriginal communities ... 1144
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Advertising on referendums, AFL president's remarks ... 1614
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Protecting Alberta Industry from Theft Act, 2020 (Bill 25)
First reading ... 1494 Second reading ... 1719
Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act (Bill 8)
First reading ... 431 Second reading ... 509 Third reading ... 710 Implementation ... 643-44 Official Opposition position ... 2044 Purpose and intent ... 1976
Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (Bill 21)
First reading ... 1125 Committee ... 1983, 1986-88, 1996 Committee, amendment A1 (technical amendments to language of bill) (Schweitzer: carried unanimously) ... 1983 Committee, amendment A2 (fee payment required before filing an appeal) (Ganley: defeated) ... 1987-88 Committee, amendment A3 (impairment due to drugs or alcohol/drug combinations) (Ganley: defeated) ... 1993 Committee, amendment A4 (timeline on appeals) (Ganley: defeated) ... 1996 Third reading ... 2264
Provincial Court Nominating Committee
Public Health Act Review Committee, Select Special (2020)
Establishment (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 1379
Public health orders
Quarantine orders, monitoring with smart phone app ... 642-43 Restrictions announced April 6, 2021 ... 4284, 4390 Restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3778, 3805 Restrictions announced November 24, 2020, points of order on debate ... 3782-83
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act
Referral to Resource Stewardship Committee (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1379 Referral to Resource Stewardship Committee (Government Motion 22: carried), correction of notice given ... 1272
Racism
Provincial response ... 1440 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended) ... 2188 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), amendment A2 (Police Act review inclusion of consultation with racialized communities) (Sabir: carried as amended) ... 2188 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), amendment A2 (Police Act review inclusion of consultation with racialized communities) (Sabir: carried as amended), subamendment SAI (removal of reporting requirement) (Schweitzer: carried) ... 2188 RCMP deputy commissioner's remarks ... 1248 Systemic racism ... 1440, 1669
Recycling (waste, etc.)
Plastics strategy ... 2648
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 2647
Referendums
Citizen-initiated referendums ... 1614, 1666
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Responsible Energy Development Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 7)
Restaurants
Online ordering and delivery service charges ... 4390-91 Provincial assistance ... 4736
Restrictions exemption program (REP)
General remarks ... 5885-87 Implementation grant program for businesses ... 5670 Implementation supports for businesses ... 6288-89
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rural service ... 1687 Rural service, civilian positions ... 1688
Rural Alberta provincial integrated defence (RAPID) force
Sentences (criminal procedure)
Incarceration rates ... 1388
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Small and medium-sized enterprises relaunch grant program
Applications ... 5744-45 Funding from supplementary supply ... 3481 General remarks ... 3305, 3472, 3486-87, 3494, 3497-98, 3778, 3805, 4061-62, 4279, 4284-85, 4611, 4736, 5842, 5880, 6082-83
Substance abuse and addiction
Supervised consumption sites ... 1391 Supervised consumption sites, Edmonton's Chinatown ... 2376
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2)
Tax credits
Film and television industry credit ... 4052
Taxi drivers
Government program eligibility ... 4026, 6083
Technology industries
Industry development ... 2612, 2646-47, 2713-14, 3498-99, 3501, 4055, 4283, 4670, 5745, 5884, 6445-46 Investment in Alberta ... 3652-53, 5214, 5531-32
Technology innovation and emissions reduction (TIER) levy and fund
Fund utilization ... 3499 Projects funded ... 5884
Tourism
COVID-19 impact ... 6690 Destination marketing organizations, funding from supplementary supply ... 4062-63, 4072 Industry support ... 6863-64 Lesser Slave Lake area ... 6311
Transportation
Driverless vehicles (driverless cars, drones, etc.), investment attraction ... 2953
Unemployment
Job losses, November 2020 ... 3800
United Conservative Party
2020 annual general meeting resolution on right-to-work legislation ... 2614
Venture capital
Investment in Alberta ... 4283
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
First reading ... 888 Second reading ... 954-55, 960-61, 1181 Third reading ... 1676 Fund name and utilization provisions (to assist victims and promote public safety) ... 954, 960-61 Stakeholder consultation ... 1249 Victims of crime fund levy provisions ... 954
Victims of Crime Working Group
Workers' compensation
Employer premiums, payment deferral ... 3498
Workplace fatalities
Reporting requirements ... 4674
Shandro, Tyler (Calgary-Acadia, UCP; Minister of Health to September 20, 2021; Minister of Labour and Immigration from September 21, 2021)
811 Health Link Alberta (telephone information line)
Aboriginal communities
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 3004-5 COVID-19 related services ... 149
Addiction treatment
Access ... 4145-46 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074 Recovery communities ... 3093, 4095-96 Residential treatment facilities ... 4736-37 Rural services ... 4739 Service delivery ... 104 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3093, 3650 User fee termination ... 3093
Affordable supportive living initiative
Program reinstatement ... 1672
Alberta Dental Association and College
Fee guide, Health ministry documents, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 7: defeated) ... 3576-77
Alberta Health Services (authority)
COVID-19 preparedness ... 117 Employee cultural training ... 1670 Performance review ... 2644 Performance review, Ernst & Young report ... 56-58, 132, 197, 824, 2714 Reports to Health ministry on medical device reprocessing, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 8: defeated) ... 3578
Alberta in Canada
Provincial position ... 5382
Alberta Medical Association
Exclusive representation of physicians ... 1116, 1120-22
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Grievance on wage supplement payments ... 1507-8, 1564
Attlee, Clement (former United Kingdom Prime Minister)
Remarks on referendums ... 1847
Banff-Kananaskis (constituency)
Barbers
COVID-19 related safety protocols ... 680, 718-19
Bits and pieces program (provincial procurement program)
Biz Connect (government website)
COVID-19 information ... 809
Blood collection and preservation
Collection by private enterprises ... 1389
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on health care funding ... 58
Border crossings, Canada-United States
COVID-19 related restrictions ... 812
Budget 2020-2021 (revised)
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2600
Budget 2020-2021 (revised) debate
Budget 2021-2022
Contingency fund ... 3943
Calgary Health Trust
Donation for COVID-19 tracing ... 685
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
UCP application ... 908-9
CapitalCare Lynnwood continuing care facility, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 3717
Carewest Glenmore Park, Calgary
Central Peace-Notley (constituency)
Member's remarks on COVID-19 pandemic ... 3299
Century Park supportive living facility, Vegreville
Care standards ... 987 Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 909
Chief medical officer of health
Public briefings on COVID-19 ... 4465 Recommendations on COVID-19 pandemic response ... 3801 Recommendations on Public Health Act amendments ... 4487 Work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 157, 369-70
Child mental health services
Services for children affected by COVID-19 ... 3066
Children with disabilities
Services for medically fragile children ... 681
Chinook regional hospital, Lethbridge
Front-line workers ... 2712
Christian Health Association of Alberta
Christmas
Celebrations, COVID-19 related protective measures ... 3801
Churchill Manor retirement home, Edmonton
COVID-19 variant outbreak ... 3942 Mouse infestation ... 3942
Claresholm general hospital
Ambulance garage, capital funding ... 4123
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1847 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1847
Construction industry
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 292
Continuing/extended care facilities
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 829, 2600, 3299 Care standards ... 1980-81 Comfort care aides, funding, 2021-2022 ... 4072, 4074 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 369, 809, 1836-37, 3088, 3300-3301, 3557, 3717, 4090-91 COVID-19 outbreaks, corporate liability ... 4799 COVID-19 outbreaks, public inquiry proposed ... 1195 COVID-19 pandemic response ... 1980-81 COVID-19 protective resources ... 1195, 3000 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 291, 450, 1143-44, 2641 COVID-19 testing of workers ... 370-71 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 829, 2714 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 3979 Funding from supplementary supply ... 3489 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 682, 829, 882 Sewage outflow testing to detect COVID-19 presence, federal program ... 3717 Staff ... 371-72, 450, 640, 829, 3091, 3717 Staff compensation ... 809, 821, 882, 909, 1507-8 Staff work at multiple facilities ... 370, 682, 908-9, 987, 1195 Visitor restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic ... 370, 1334-35
Corporations
Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 680, 754, 758
Correctional facilities
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 4001 Opioid agonist therapy treatment expansion ... 197-98
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
Committee ... 1420-21, 1423 Committee, amendment A1 (parole board membership criteria) (Ganley: defeated) ... 1420-21 Committee, amendment A2 (parole board annual report) (Ceci/Ganley: defeated) ... 1423
Courts, provincial
Drug treatment courts ... 103
COVID-19
Alberta cases ... 809, 1191, 2903, 3087, 3216, 4279-80, 5141 Alberta cases, AHS projections ... 3650 Alberta cases, Banff-Kananaskis constituency ... 4734-35 Alberta cases, Lethbridge ... 4144-45, 4282-83 Alberta cases, persons with developmental disabilities ... 4002 Alberta cases, publicly available information ... 3776-77 Alberta cases, rural communities ... 4263-64 Alberta cases, variants ... 4023, 4262, 4738, 5229, 5306 Deaths ... 368-69, 1143, 1195, 3995 Deaths, Premier's remarks on individual risk ... 881 Protective measures ... 157, 369, 3066, 3801 Protective measures, industry-specific guidelines ... 809-10 Protective measures, international travellers ... 3066 Protective measures, isolation spaces in Banff ... 3653 Protective measures, long-term ... 2878, 2954 Protective measures, social and physical distancing ... 2499 Protective measures, summer outdoor destinations (beaches, parks, etc.) ... 1978
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Contact tracing ... 685, 2764-65, 3284, 3299, 3487-90, 3777, 4986 Contact tracing, funding from supplementary supply ... 4073-75 Contact tracing apps ... 3142-43, 3217, 3219-20 Contact tracing apps, federal app ... 2950-51 Health care for uninsured persons ... 753-54 Health care resources ... 149-51, 176, 197, 291, 831-32, 2612, 3487-88 Health care resources, funding ... 198 Rapid testing, airport pilot program ... 4057 Rapid testing in schools ... 4412 Serological testing for immunity ... 810 Testing ... 157, 369-71, 421, 535, 685, 809, 812-13, 2641, 2764, 2874, 3063, 3069, 3147, 3489-90 Testing, funding from supplementary supply ... 4073-75 Testing and assessment centre, Banff ... 3653
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons, paid sick leave ... 5842-43, 5982-83 Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2641, 2644 Health minister's sources of information ... 3301 Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, May 27, 2020 ... 368-72, 808-13, 829-32 Premier's remarks ... 4838 Presentation to Edmonton city council by Dr. Roger Hodkinson ... 3301 Provincial response ... 60, 115-17, 157-58, 1191, 2954, 3088, 3216, 3297-98 Provincial response, Assembly support for, emergency debate under Standing Order 30 ... 157-58 Provincial response, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addiction's remarks ... 3302 Provincial response, Official Opposition role ... 4074 Provincial response, summer 2021 ... 5671 Provincial response decision-making ... 3537-38 Provincial response review ... 5055-56 Provincial response review, KPMG report ... 3941 Risk monitoring, Speaker's cautioning of members, remarks withdrawn ... 2765 Scenario modelling ... 371, 830, 3087-88, 3141-42, 3284, 4258, 4262, 4282-83
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
First reading ... 1494 Second reading ... 1537-38 Third reading ... 1679 Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act amendments ... 1538 Child Care Licensing Act amendments ... 1538 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 1537-38 Employment standards (COVID-19 leave) regulation validated ... 1537-38 Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, delay of annual report ... 1538 Guarantees Acknowledgment Act amendments ... 1538 Health Information Act amendments ... 1537 Labour Relations Code amendments ... 1537 Personal Directives Act amendments ... 1538 Powers of Attorney Act amendments ... 1538 Private Vocational Training Act amendments ... 1538 Public Health Act amendments ... 1537 Red tape reduction ... 1538 Safety Codes Act amendments ... 1538 Student Financial Assistance Act amendments ... 1538 Wills and Succession Act amendments ... 1538
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 70)
Second reading ... 5331-32, 5537, 5539-42 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 5537, 5539-42 Committee ... 5562-64, 5618-20 Committee, amendment A1 (restrictions on regulation-making powers) (Hoffman/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 5562-64 Third reading ... 5620-21, 5625-26 Remedy for extinguishment or termination of rights, no provisions for ... 5537 Retroactive enactment ... 5619-20, 5625 Stakeholder consultation ... 5527
COVID-19 vaccines
AstraZeneca vaccine ... 4608 Distribution ... 3773-74, 3776, 3927 Distribution, funding from supplementary supply ... 4074 Distribution by pharmacies ... 5592 Distribution in communities with lower immunization rates ... 5532 Distribution in Fort McMurray ... 4093 Distribution in racialized communities ... 4802 Distribution in seniors' care facilities ... 4090-91 Distribution schedule ... 3488, 4023, 4057, 4339 Distribution schedule for firefighters ... 4738 Distribution schedule for persons with developmental disabilities ... 4002 Distribution schedule for persons with disabilities ... 3985-86 Distribution schedule for teachers ... 4737-38 Distribution to front-line health care workers ... 4519 Distribution to housebound persons ... 4263 Distribution to targeted populations ... 5450 Federal procurement program ... 4339 Second doses ... 5309-10 Vaccination appointments, paid employee leave for ... 4519 Vaccination rates ... 5306
Critical worker benefit program (federal-provincial)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074-75
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton
Crowsnest Pass health centre
Medical device reprocessing area upgrade ... 4123
Diagnostic imaging
Fairview services ... 3779 Termination of provincial coverage for chiropractor, physiotherapist, and audiologist referrals ... 58, 1332 Wait times ... 55-56, 199-200, 1562-63
Digital overdose response system
Drugs, prescription
Coverage for ambulatory patients ... 2662 Fill limits ... 1329-30 Provincial plans, funding from supplementary supply ... 3491 Supply ... 293
Drumheller Institution (federal correctional facility)
COVID-19 outbreak ... 4001
Easter (Christian observance)
Eastwood community, Edmonton
Impact of government policies ... 5532-33
Economic relaunch strategy
General remarks ... 680-81, 685, 718-19 Stage 2 ... 1330 Stage 2, ministerial statement ... 1191 Stage 2 businesses reopenings ... 882 Stage 2 gathering restrictions ... 1252, 1617
Edmonton (city)
Health city initiative ... 1493 NHL hub city award ... 2372-73
Edmonton Chinatown Care Centre
COVID-19 outbreak ... 3652
Edmonton medical lab hub
Project cancellation costs (Written Question 1: defeated) ... 3565
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 81)
Second reading ... 6576, 6578-80, 6646 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Nielsen: defeated) ... 6576, 6578-80 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that consultation is required (reasoned amendment RA1) (Gray: defeated) ... 6646 Third-party activities provisions, payment of membership fees ... 6578-79, 6646
Electoral Divisions (Calgary-Bhullar-McCall) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 87)
Elk Point health care centre
Services provided ... 5453
Emergency Coordination Centre, Calgary
Aboriginal community health response co-ordinator ... 149
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
COVID-19, provincial response ... 157-58
Emergency management
Public health emergency declaration ... 177 Public health emergency end date ... 457-58, 831
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Paramedics ... 645 Response times ... 5468
Enoch Cree First Nation
Trespassing by GraceLife church members ... 4411
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Occupational Health and Safety Act amendments ... 6787-88
Essential services
Definition ... 811-12 Seniors' access to ... 420 Wage supplement ... 1564
Executive Council
Members' compliance with COVID-19 related restrictions ... 5446, 5449-50 Members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering on June 1, 2021 ... 5214-16, 5230, 5307, 5381-82
Extendicare Hillcrest, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak ... 1195
Fair Registration Practices Act
General remarks ... 6081-82 Regulation development ... 5806
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1394-95
Fiscal plan 2019-2023
Operational expense targets, acute care ... 197-98 Operational expense targets, population and public health ... 197
Fitness centres
Reopening timeline ... 882
Fort McMurray First Nation
Employment training programs ... 6311
Fort McMurray MĂ©tis
Employment training programs ... 6311
Foyer Lacombe nursing home, St. Albert
Garneau Pediatric Associates, Edmonton
Statements on physician funding ... 681
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Government caucus
Members' compliance with COVID-19 related restrictions ... 5446, 5449-50 Members' letter to the Premier on public health orders ... 4587 Members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 3299, 3536, 4588, 4734-35
Government communications
COVID-19 information and updates ... 259, 293, 4023 COVID-19 information and updates, multilingual ... 180, 259, 536
GraceLife church, Spruce Grove
Public health order violation ... 4463
Grande Prairie regional hospital
Construction timeline ... 1331
Gynecologists
Recruitment and retention ... 1053
H1N1
2009 outbreak, provincial costs ... 198 Physician billing code ... 272
Hairstylists
COVID-19 related safety protocols ... 680, 718-19
Health Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 1146 Combination of position with Seniors Advocate and Mental Health Patient Advocate ... 147, 1146, 3000, 3988-89
Health care
Community-based services ... 198 Patients with complex needs ... 27 Private service delivery ... 3094 Red tape reduction ... 1493 Rural services ... 5309 Services for Aboriginal peoples ... 1670 Services in Aboriginal communities ... 149, 3781-82
Health care capacity issues
Influenza impact ... 2612
Health care finance
COVID-19 pandemic response funding, 2020-2021 ... 3487, 3489-90, 3493 Funding, 2020-2021, revised budget ... 149-50, 157, 197-98, 369 Funding for acute care, 2020-2021 ... 198 Funding for population growth ... 198 Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services) ... 2644, 2712-14, 2764, 2768-69, 2901-2, 3065, 3775 Publicly funded services ... 132
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Board member resignation ... 2138
Health sciences personnel
COVID-19 impact ... 180 Front-line worker safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 117, 197 Front-line workers ... 2769 Front-line workers during COVID-19 pandemic ... 455 Full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 2613-14, 3973, 4589-90 Paid sick leave ... 3216 Recruitment and retention ... 2713, 3289-90 Recruitment and retention, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo ... 4093 Recruitment and retention, rural areas ... 3999
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
First reading ... 1695 Second reading ... 1783-84, 2090-91 Committee ... 2432, 2434-36, 2447-48, 2514-15 Committee, amendment A1 (physician compensation disclosure) (Shandro: carried) ... 2432, 2434-36, 2447-48 Committee, amendment A1 (physician compensation disclosure) (Shandro: carried), subamendment SA1 (addition of "and the Health Information Act" after "Alberta Bill of Rights") (Pancholi: defeated) ... 2447-48 Committee, amendment A3 (Health Quality Council of Alberta) (Shepherd/Sweet: defeated) ... 2514-15 Third reading ... 2539 Alberta Cancer Foundation provisions ... 1784 Alberta Health Care Insurance Act amendments ... 1783-84 Alberta Hospitals Act amendments ... 1784 COVID-19 related quarantine requirement provisions ... 1784 Health Care Protection Act amendments ... 1783 Health Care Protection Act amendments, chartered surgery clinic provisions ... 2355 Health Professions Act amendments ... 1783 Health Quality Council of Alberta Act amendments ... 1783, 2138 Private health service delivery provisions ... 2044-45, 2090-91, 2515 Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta Act repeal ... 1784 Regional Health Authorities Act amendments ... 1784 Scope of bill ... 1756
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
First reading ... 3071 Second reading ... 3180 Third reading ... 3869 Health Information Act amendments ... 3869 Health information use provisions ... 3146
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 65)
First reading ... 4394 Second reading ... 4526-28 Third reading ... 5257 Alberta Evidence Act amendments ... 4526-27 Crown's Right of Recovery Act amendments ... 4527 Health Facilities Act amendments ... 4527-28 Health Professions Act amendments ... 4526 Mental Health Act amendments ... 4527-28 Pharmacy and Drug Act amendments ... 4526
High Prairie health complex
High River general hospital
Medical device reprocessing area renovation ... 4123
Home-care services
Cost to users ... 5056 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074-75
Homeless persons
Programs and services, COVID-19 related protective measures ... 178
Homeless shelters
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 454
Hospital capacity issues
Alberta Health Services early warning system ... 3284, 3298-99 Beds for COVID-19 patients ... 176, 422, 2641, 2903, 2950, 3088, 3650, 3713 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 2950 COVID-19 outbreaks, Calgary ... 3801 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 2641 Oxygen supply ... 3557, 3646, 3713 Provincial requests to federal government and Red Cross for assistance ... 3774, 4072 Ventilator availability ... 151
Hospital construction
New hospital, south Edmonton ... 1893, 2879
Hospital emergency services
Hospitality industries (hotels, convention facilities, restaurants, bars, etc.)
Hospitals
Edmonton temporary hospitals (field hospitals) ... 4072 Rural hospitals ... 5309 Rural hospitals with excess capacity ... 132
Immigrants
Employment barriers ... 6081-82 Foreign qualification recognition (FQR) ... 6081
Immunization
Provincial policy ... 457
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Response to Bill 46 ... 3869
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Committee ... 6694-95 Section 4, criteria for capital planning submissions ... 6694-95
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Member for Calgary-Acadia's son ... 4277
Jobs now program (federal-provincial)
Employer grant program ... 5841 Federal funding ... 4281 Grants approved (Written Question 4: defeated) ... 6547
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 49)
Second reading ... 5806 Committee ... 6177-81, 6183 Committee, amendment A1 (extensions for regulatory body decisions and responses) (Gray: carried) ... 6177-78 Committee, amendment A2 (sections 6 and 7, replacing "certification" with "certification in good standing") (Gray: defeated) ... 6179-80 General remarks ... 6083
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland (constituency)
Member's remarks on COVID-19 pandemic ... 3299
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Remarks in Blackfoot ... 3993
Live events (concerts, conferences, sports events, etc.)
COVID-19 health guidelines ... 4094
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 829, 2600, 3299 Care standards ... 1980-81 Comfort care aides, funding, 2021-2022 ... 4072, 4074 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 369, 809, 1836-37, 3088, 3300-3301, 3557, 3717 COVID-19 outbreaks, corporate liability ... 4799 COVID-19 outbreaks, public inquiry proposed ... 1195 COVID-19 pandemic response ... 1980-81 COVID-19 protective resources ... 1195, 3000 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 291, 450, 1143-44, 2641 COVID-19 related safety protocols for visitors ... 722-23 COVID-19 testing protocols for workers ... 370-71 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 829, 2714 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 3979 Funding from supplementary supply ... 3489 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 682, 829, 882 Review ... 3941-42 Sewage outflow testing to detect COVID-19 presence, federal program ... 3717 Staff compensation ... 809, 821, 882, 909, 1507-8 Staff work at multiple facilities ... 370, 682, 908-9, 987, 1195 Staff work at multiple facilities, termination by ministerial order ... 829 Staffing ... 371-72, 450, 640, 3091, 3717 Visitor restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic ... 147, 370, 1334-35
McKenzie Towne long-term care home, Calgary
Meat-processing facilities
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1836-37 COVID-19 outbreaks, government communications ... 4284
Medical laboratories
Equipment capital grant, Edmonton and northern Alberta ... 2134
Medicine Hat family medicine maternity clinic
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Imputing motives to, points of order ... 1847
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
First reading ... 1125 Second reading ... 1203-4, 1207-8 Third reading ... 1675 Assessment provisions, examination by videoconference ... 1203 Definition of "mental disorder" ... 1203 Definition of "qualified health professional" ... 1203, 1207 Definition of "secure locations" ... 1203 Definition of "treatment" ... 1203 Mental Health Patient Advocate provisions ... 1203 Reference to "harm" ... 1207-8 Response to 2019 Court of Queen's Bench decision on Mental Health Act ... 1203, 1207, 1618
Mental health and addiction action plan
Community grant program ... 4146
Mental health services
Access ... 4145-46 Funding ... 1207 Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074 Provincial strategy ... 105-6 Rural services ... 4739 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3650 Services for persons affected by COVID-19 pandemic ... 421-22 Treatment plans, patient consent ... 1618
Midwifery
Access to services, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo ... 4093
Ministerial Statements (current session)
COVID-19 and economic relaunch stage 2 ... 1191
Ministry of Health
Business plan 2019-2023, outcome 3 on health care access ... 197-200 Business plan 2019-2023, outcome 5 on population health initiatives ... 197-98 Business plan 2019-2023, performance measures and indicators ... 197-98 COVID-19 pandemic response ... 368-72, 808-13, 829-32, 2641 COVID-19 pandemic response, funding from supplementary supply ... 4073-74 Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) debate ... 197-200 Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 3973 Ministerial order 625, employment protection ... 831 Ministerial orders related to COVID-19 pandemic ... 831, 1537 Minister's performance ... 453, 4282 Minister's remarks on social media about the Chinese consulate ... 1759 Operational expenses, 2020-2021 ... 3493 Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 debate ... 3487-91, 3493 Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) debate ... 4072-75
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) ... 149
Misericordia community hospital, Edmonton
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
2019 report recommendations ... 1116
Obstetric services
Rural services ... 1670, 2663-64 Services in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo ... 4093 Services in Sundre ... 452
Obstetricians
Recruitment and retention ... 1053
Office of the Premier
Premier's absence during summer 2021, related records held by Executive Council (Motion for a Return 14: defeated) ... 6551 Premier's leadership ... 5381 Premier's public announcements on COVID-19 pandemic ... 3297-98 Premier's remarks on mask use ... 3535-36
Open for summer (COVID-19 reopening plan)
Opioid emergency treatment fund (federal-provincial)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Acute-care beds for patients with COVID-19 ... 422 Addiction harm reduction strategies ... 5469-70 Addiction recovery communities ... 4095-96 Addiction treatment ... 4736-37 Affordable supportive living initiative ... 1672 Alberta Health Services review ... 132, 824 Alberta Medical Association ... 1120 Anti-Asian racism ... 1759 Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addiction's remarks ... 3302 AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 ... 4608 Bill 10 and individual rights ... 457-58 Bill 17 and patient consent ... 1618 Bill 19 ... 1054 Bill 30 ... 1756 Bill 46 health information use provisions ... 3146 Blood and plasma supply ... 1389 Brain injury ... 1440 Budget 2021 ... 3943 Capital projects in northwestern Alberta ... 1331 Care facilities and seniors' home care ... 5056 Care facility funding ... 3979 Care facility standards ... 1980-81 Chartered surgical facilities ... 3945 Chief medical officer of health briefings on COVID-19 ... 4465 Chinook regional hospital front-line workers ... 2712 Churchill Manor health concerns ... 3942 COVID-19 and care facilities ... 450, 682, 1143-44, 1195, 2111 COVID-19 and care facility family visiting ... 722-23 COVID-19 and care facility staffing ... 908-9, 987 COVID-19 and care facility visiting rules ... 1334-35 COVID-19 and First Nations communities ... 3004-5 COVID-19 and health care workers ... 455, 640, 3775 COVID-19 and health system capacity and resources ... 176 COVID-19 and homeless shelters ... 454 COVID-19 and Indigenous communities ... 149 COVID-19 and overdose deaths ... 3995 COVID-19 and seniors ... 147, 420, 881-82, 2770 COVID-19 and seniors' housing ... 291, 454, 821 COVID-19 and small-business restrictions ... 3290-91, 3805 COVID-19 and social service delivery ... 178 COVID-19 and women ... 180 COVID-19 case among persons with developmental disabilities ... 4002 COVID-19 case increase ... 4279-80 COVID-19 case increase and response ... 5671 COVID-19 case projections and health care planning ... 4258-59, 4262-63 COVID-19 cases in Banff-Kananaskis ... 4734-35 COVID-19 cases in Lethbridge ... 4144-45, 4282-83 COVID-19 contact tracing ... 3284-85, 4986 COVID-19 contact tracing and risk monitoring ... 2765 COVID-19 contact tracing apps ... 3142-43, 3217, 3219-20 COVID-19 delta variant, health care in southern Alberta ... 5591 COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment resources ... 150-51 COVID-19 first-wave response review ... 5055-56 COVID-19 in schools ... 3092, 3217-18, 3927 COVID-19 information and protective measures ... 293 COVID-19 information and public awareness ... 259 COVID-19 modelling ... 3141-42 COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill Canada ... 1487-88, 1914, 4393 COVID-19 outbreak at the Edmonton Chinatown Care Centre ... 3652 COVID-19 outbreak at the Misericordia hospital ... 1758-59 COVID-19 outbreak at the Misericordia hospital, Public Health Act review ... 1888-89 COVID-19 outbreak reviews and liability ... 4799 COVID-19 outbreaks at meat-processing facilities ... 4284 COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities ... 4001 COVID-19 outbreaks in seniors' care facilities ... 3091, 3300-3301, 3557, 3717 COVID-19 pandemic response review ... 3941 COVID-19 protective measure compliance ... 3777 COVID-19 protective measures ... 3066, 3472-73, 3475, 3775-76 COVID-19 protective measures and Christmas ... 3801 COVID-19 protective measures and contingency plan ... 3774 COVID-19 protective measures and economic recovery ... 2954 COVID-19 rapid testing program in schools ... 4412 COVID-19 related health care for uninsured persons ... 753-54 COVID-19 Related Measures Act ... 5527 COVID-19 related public health order enforcement ... 4463 COVID-19 related restrictions, Premier's remarks on Alberta separatism ... 5381-82 COVID-19 related restrictions in rural Alberta ... 4263-64 COVID-19 response ... 60, 116-17, 3216, 3297-99, 3537-38 COVID-19 response and Calgary hospital capacity ... 3801 COVID-19 response and provincial reopening plan ... 5139 COVID-19 statistics ... 5141 COVID-19 statistics and contact tracing ... 3776-77 COVID-19 statistics and health system capacity ... 2903, 3088, 3557, 3713 COVID-19 statistics and hospital oxygen supply ... 3646 COVID-19 statistics and modelling ... 3087-88, 3284 COVID-19 testing ... 535, 2874, 3063, 3069, 3147 COVID-19 testing and contact tracing ... 685, 2764 COVID-19 testing and isolation spaces in Banff ... 3653 COVID-19 testing and protective measures ... 421-22 COVID-19 vaccine availability in racialized communities ... 4802-3 COVID-19 vaccine distribution ... 3773-74, 3776 COVID-19 vaccine distribution by pharmacies ... 5592 COVID-19 vaccine rollout ... 4057, 5450 COVID-19 vaccine rollout for persons with disabilities ... 3985-86 COVID-19 vaccine rollout schedule ... 4737-38 COVID-19 vaccine rollout to seniors ... 4090-91 COVID-19 vaccine second doses ... 5309-10 COVID-19 variant cases, UCP members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering ... 5229-30 COVID-19 variant cases and vaccines ... 4023 COVID-19 variants and vaccine rollout ... 5306 Cross Cancer Institute COVID-19 outbreak ... 4334-35 Cystic fibrosis treatment ... 4839-40, 5312-13 Drug overdose prevention ... 4260, 5447-48 Drug treatment courts and addiction treatment ... 103-4 Easter celebration ... 275 Economic relaunch stage 2 ... 1329-30 Economic relaunch stage 2 and physical activity ... 1309 Economic relaunch stage 2 gathering restrictions ... 1252, 1617 Economic relaunch strategy and hair care professionals ... 680-81, 718-19 Economic relaunch strategy and small boutique gyms ... 882 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood constituency concerns ... 5532-33 Emergency medical services ... 645, 5468 Federal and provincial responses to COVID-19 ... 4339 First Nations' health care access ... 3781-82 Foreign qualification and credential recognition ... 6081-82 Galahad care centre ... 5453 Government members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 3299, 4587 Government policies ... 3094 Grande Prairie regional hospital construction, capital projects in Northwestern Alberta ... 1331 Health care contracted services ... 2901-2, 3065 Health care costs and service delivery ... 2612-13 Health care funding ... 2609 Health care in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo ... 4093 Health care professional recruitment and retention ... 2713 Health care services in Fairview ... 3779 Health care system and Indigenous people ... 1670 Health care worker contract negotiations ... 4145 Health care worker strike ... 2710, 2712 Health care workers' vaccination for COVID-19 ... 4519 Health care workforce ... 2044-45, 2764-65, 2769 Health care workforce and Budget 2021 ... 3973, 4589-90 Health care workforce in rural Alberta ... 3999 Health care workforce recruitment and retention ... 3289-90 Health economy in Edmonton ... 1493 Health minister ... 4282 Health minister's information on COVID-19 ... 3301 Health Quality Council of Alberta ... 2138 Health system capacity and mental health services ... 3650 Health system concerns ... 2950-51 High Prairie health complex services ... 4587-88 Horse-racing industry ... 4025-26 Hospital construction ... 3988 Influenza immunization and COVID-19 ... 2611-12 Infrastructure capital plan for Edmonton ... 1893 Jobs now program ... 4281, 5841 Keystone XL pipeline project ... 292 Live events industry and COVID-19 ... 4094 Mask availability and costs ... 1329 Mask distribution ... 1305, 1692-93 Mask policies ... 2374, 3216-17, 3298, 3535-36 Mask use by government members ... 3285 Mask use guidelines ... 531 McKenzie Towne care centre COVID-19 outbreak ... 532-33 Medical diagnostic imaging test coverage ... 58, 1332 Medical diagnostic imaging wait times ... 55-56, 1562-63 Medical laboratory equipment grant ... 2134 Medication coverage for ambulatory patients ... 2662 Medicine Hat family medicine maternity clinic ... 2660 Member for Banff-Kananaskis' remarks on COVID-19 ... 4588 Mental health and addiction services ... 4145-46 Mental health services and physician compensation ... 105-6 NHL hub city of Edmonton ... 2372 Obstetric and gynecology services ... 1053 Occupational health and safety ... 6787-88 Opioid addiction treatment ... 3093 Paid sick leave during COVID-19 pandemic ... 5842-43, 5982-83 Personal protective equipment availability ... 537, 754, 758 Personal protective equipment use guidelines ... 641-42 Peter Lougheed Centre expansion ... 107, 3301-2 Physical and social distancing ... 2499 Physical distancing at summer outdoor destinations ... 1978 Physician assistants ... 757-58 Physician compensation disclosure ... 1915, 2495-96 Physician compensation framework ... 26-27, 74-75, 115-16, 129-30, 271-72, 288-89, 292, 1121-22 Physician recruitment and retention ... 1145-46 Physician retention ... 1911, 1975 Physician services agreement ... 2042, 2494 Physician services in Pincher Creek ... 2354 Points West Living Slave Lake ... 1252-53 Postsecondary education and skills for jobs ... 6083 Premier's remarks on COVID-19 response ... 4838 Prescription drug fill limits, economic relaunch stage 2 ... 1329-30 Provincial elections ... 4585-86 Provincial reopening plan ... 4983-84, 5234-35 Provincial reopening plan and sports activities ... 4987 Provincial state of emergency ... 177 Public Health Act amendments ... 4671-72 Public Health Act emergency powers ... 3067-68 Public Health Act review ... 1836-37, 1888-89 Recall Act ... 5452 Red Deer regional hospital expansion ... 56 Restaurants and COVID-19 ... 4736 Rural addiction and mental health services ... 4739 Rural care facilities and physician supply ... 5058-59 Rural health care ... 5228, 5309 Rural health care and physician compensation ... 719-20 Rural health facilities revitalization program ... 4123-24 Rural health facility upgrades and renovations ... 4463-64 Rural obstetric services ... 2663-64 Rural physician recruitment and retention ... 2281, 4002, 4144, 5059-60, 5453-54 Rural physicians ... 72, 106, 452-53, 908, 984, 1115-16, 1123-24, 1490-91 School re-entry plan and education funding ... 2717 Seniors Advocate ... 1146, 3988-89, 4588-89 Seniors Advocate Act ... 4671 Seniors and Budget 2020 ... 133 Seniors' benefit program funding ... 75-76 Skilled trades promotion and credential recognition ... 5980 South Edmonton hospital construction project ... 2879 Specialized primary care clinic funding ... 681 Student mental health supports ... 3066 Supervised consumption site review committee expense audit ... 4739 Supervised drug consumption sites ... 132-33, 4264, 4986-87, 5218 Support for disability workers ... 986 Support for seniors ... 2714, 3000 Support for small businesses affected by COVID-19 ... 2878 Surgery wait times ... 2355-56 Surgical procedure coverage ... 57 Tobacco product flavouring and nicotine content ... 1302 Translation of COVID-19 related information ... 536 Trespassing incident on Enoch Cree First Nation ... 4411 UCP members' compliance with COVID-19 restrictions ... 5446 UCP members' compliance with COVID-19 restrictions, rural physician recruitment and retention ... 5449-50 UCP members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering ... 5214-16, 5307 Visitor economic promotion ... 4057 Wage supplement for care facility workers ... 1507-8, 1564 Wood Buffalo Indigenous communities' economic development and voting access ... 6311
Parliamentary debate
Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 2765
Parole
Aboriginal elder assisted hearings ... 1420 Culturally sensitive processes ... 1420-21
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Availability to individuals ... 754 Mask distribution to the general public ... 1305, 1692-93, 3490 Mask use by government members ... 3285 Mask-use guidelines ... 531 Mask-use policies ... 3535-36, 3776 Mask-use policies, local ... 2374, 3216-17, 3298 Provincial agreement with Orpyx Medical Technologies ... 2641 Provincial inventory ... 531, 537, 754, 758, 2641, 3487-89 Quality standards ... 758, 811 Use guidelines ... 371, 641-42
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary general hospital)
Physician assistants
Regulation development ... 757-58
Physicians
Billing codes ... 4144 Billing codes for telephone consultations ... 198, 272 Cold Lake services ... 1490-91 Compensation, 2020-2021 ... 3493 Compensation, alternative relationship plans ... 75 Compensation, cap on office visits per day ... 681 Compensation disclosure ("sunshine list") ... 1915, 2495-96 Compensation framework ... 26-27, 58, 72, 74-75, 105-6, 115-16, 129-30, 200, 271-72, 288-89, 292, 640, 719-20, 908, 1121, 2091 Crossfield services ... 1115, 1123-24 Pincher Creek services ... 2354 Recruitment and retention ... 1145-46, 1911, 2613, 2644, 2713 Recruitment and retention, southern Alberta ... 5591 Rural, remote, northern program ... 4144 Rural physicians ... 72, 106, 452-53, 908, 1115-16, 1123-24, 1490-91, 1670, 2042, 2354, 3999 Rural physicians, recruitment and retention ... 719-20, 984, 2281, 2613, 4002, 4144, 4464, 5058-60, 5309, 5453-54 Service agreement negotiations ... 2281, 2494, 4282
Pipeline construction
TC Energy Keystone XL project, worker safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 292
Points of order (current session)
Imputing motives ... 1847 Insulting language ... 6552
Points West Living Slave Lake
John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights report ... 1252-53
Primary care (medicine)
Specialized clinics, funding for ... 681
Psychiatrists
Compensation framework ... 105-6
Public Health Act
Emergency measure provisions ... 3067-68 Ministerial orders under act ... 1537
Public Health Act Review Committee, Select Special (2020)
Public Health Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 66)
First reading ... 4416 Second reading ... 4487-88 Third reading ... 5570-71 Definition of "health impediment" to include chronic diseases and preventable injuries ... 4488 Detention provisions ... 5571 Immunization provisions ... 5571 Individual rights under act ... 4487-88 Provisions for working from home under public health emergency ... 4488 Public health orders provisions ... 5571 Removal of penalties for use of inhalants as intoxicants ... 4488 Repeal of ministerial powers ... 4487, 4671-72
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
First reading ... 296-97 Second reading ... 307 Third reading ... 428 Ministerial powers under act ... 830-31 Penalty provisions ... 369 Relation to individual rights ... 457-58 Repeal ... 3067
Public health orders
Application in rural Alberta ... 4263-64 Compliance and enforcement ... 4279-80 Decision-making process ... 4258-59 Enforcement ... 421, 457, 4463 Exception for critical medical appointments ... 369 Quarantine of international travellers ... 810, 812 Restrictions announced April 6, 2021 ... 4279-80 Restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3472-73, 3475, 3774-76, 3801, 3805
Racism
Anti-Asian racism ... 1759 Prevention initiatives ... 259
Recall Act (Bill 52)
MLA recall provisions ... 5452
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 1493
Regulated matter regulation (Alberta Regulation 174/1999)
Religious observances
Closure of places of worship during COVID-19 pandemic ... 811-12 Gathering restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic ... 1252
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2045
Rodeo
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 1617
Royal Society of Canada
Report on long-term care in Canada ... 2111
Rural health facilities revitalization program
Sage Seniors Association, Edmonton
Partnership with University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing ... 133
St. Therese St. Paul health care centre
Schools
COVID-19 cases ... 3217-18, 3927 Province-wide class cancellation ... 157
Seniors
COVID-19 impact, members' statements ... 147
Seniors Advocate
Independent office proposed ... 4588-89
Seniors Advocate Act (Bill 215)
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug benefit ... 75-76 Prescription drug benefit, funding from supplementary supply ... 3490-91 Special needs assistance program ... 76
Seniors' housing
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 821 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 291, 454 Health minister's communication with residents and families during COVID-19 pandemic ... 454
Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary
Supervised drug consumption site ... 4986
Shepherd's Care Kensington Village seniors' residence, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 369
Siksika First Nation
Memorandum of understanding on health services, ministerial statement ... 3993
Small business
COVID-19 related restrictions ... 3290-91
South Terrace continuing care centre, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 3091
Sprung Instant Structures Ltd
COVID-19 pandemic response units ... 831-32
Stollery children's hospital, Edmonton
Mental health service provision during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3650
Strikes and lockouts
Health care worker strike, October 26, 2020 ... 2710, 2712
Substance abuse and addiction
Harm reduction strategies ... 5533 Harm reduction strategies, safe supply program ... 5447-48, 5470 Overdoses ... 3995 Services for families ... 4739 Supervised consumption sites ... 4264, 4736, 4986-87, 5469-70 Supervised consumption sites, licensing ... 5218, 5447 Supervised consumption sites, review panel expense audit ... 4739
Supervised Consumption Services Review Committee
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2)
Supportive living accommodations
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074-75 Lodges, COVID-19 related protective measures ... 291, 809 Lodges, funding, 2020-2021 ... 829 Lodges, personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 829, 882
Surgery procedures
Alberta surgical wait time initiative ... 198, 2355-56 Chartered surgical facilities ... 3945 Fairview services proposed ... 3779 Provincial coverage ... 56-57 Wait times ... 1783, 2641, 5671 Wait times, non-urgent surgeries ... 809-10
Technology industries
Investment attraction ... 6181
Thatcher, Margaret (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
Remarks on referendums ... 1847
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act
Review, crossjurisdictional comparison ... 1092 Review, stakeholder consultation ... 1425
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 19)
First reading ... 989 Second reading ... 1079, 1092, 1098 Committee ... 1425, 1427-28 Committee, amendment A1 (prohibition on flavoured and high-nicotine vaping products) (Eggen/Shepherd: defeated) ... 1427-28 Third reading ... 1495, 1556 Purpose and intent ... 1079 Regulation development ... 1054 Scope of bill ... 1054
Tobacco industry
Lobbying activity ... 1425
Trades (skilled labour)
Red seal program ... 5980
Victims of crime fund
Fund utilization ... 1116
Visitor economy
Relaunch strategy ... 4057
Shepherd, David (Edmonton-City Centre, NDP)
Addiction treatment
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 74)
Second reading ... 6230-32, 6239-40 Committee, amendment A1 (section 1(19), minister's advisory council, struck out) (Gray: defeated) ... 6239-40 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments, minister's advisory council on higher education and skills ... 6232
Affordable housing
Municipal role ... 6038 Wait-lists ... 6758
Affordable Housing Review Panel
Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs (10-year postsecondary education strategy)
Alberta Dental Association and College
Fee guide, Health ministry documents, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 7: defeated) ... 3575
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Correspondence with Health minister's office, July 1 to September 30, 2021 (Motion for a Return 18: defeated) ... 6797 Employee cultural training ... 1670 Employee mandatory COVID-19 vaccination ... 6613-14 Performance review, Ernst & Young report ... 199, 824 President and CEO's work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 157 Reports to Health ministry on medical device reprocessing, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 8: defeated) ... 3577 Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 194-95
Alberta Housing Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 78)
Second reading ... 6029-31, 6037-39 Committee ... 6757-59 Committee, amendment A1 (prohibition on money transfers from corporation) (Gray/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 6757-59 Definition of "affordable housing accommodation" ... 6030 Housing management body board provisions ... 6030 Public-private partnership (P3) provisions ... 6030 Stakeholder consultation ... 6030
Alberta Innovates Corporation
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4271
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 1813-15 Committee ... 2341-43, 2363-65 Committee, amendment A2 (quarterly reporting) (Shepherd/Bilous: defeated) ... 2342-43
Alberta Medical Association
Exclusive representation of physicians ... 1120 Members' statements ... 1113-14 Referendum on Health minister's performance ... 2282
Alberta Municipalities
Resolution on recycling ... 6271
Alberta Senate Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 27)
Appropriation Act, 2021 (Bill 60)
Arts Professions Recognition Act (Bill 75)
Second reading ... 5759-61, 5769-71 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gray: defeated) ... 5769-71
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client ineligibility for emergency isolation support ... 441
Black Lives Matter
Demonstrations in response to George Floyd's death ... 1137
Blood collection and preservation
Collection by private enterprises ... 1388-89
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on fixed budget date ... 1311-14
Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 6271
Boyle Street Education Centre, Edmonton
Budget 2020-2021 (revised)
Budget 2020-2021 (revised) debate
Estimates debate ... 193-99 Estimates debate, points of order raised ... 196
Budget 2021-2022
Contingency fund ... 4074
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 84)
Third reading ... 6750-51 Corporate opportunity waiver provisions ... 6750-51
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
Canada-Texas Chamber of Commerce
Agent general to Houston appointment ... 1815
Canadian Energy Centre
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 1814
Captive Insurance Companies Act (Bill 76)
Second reading ... 5950-51, 5986-87, 5991, 5998-6000 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dach: defeated) ... 5998-6000 Third reading ... 6502-4 Regulation development ... 5986-87, 6502-3
Caribou
Federal-provincial conservation and recovery agreement ... 2787
Chief medical officer of health
Correspondence with Health minister's office, July 1 to August 31, 2021 (Motion for a Return 16: defeated) ... 6554 Public briefings on COVID-19 ... 4464-65 Public briefings on COVID-19, points of order on debate ... 4469 Role during public health emergencies ... 5137 Work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 157
Child mental health services
Children with disabilities
Services for medically fragile children ... 681
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 939-40, 1060-63 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the government's engagement document does not support bill contents (reasoned amendment RA1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 1060-63 Second reading, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 1063 Committee ... 1545-47 Committee, amendment A3 (vocation-based charter schools) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1545-47 Section 2, addition to preamble ... 939 Stakeholder consultation ... 940, 1061-63
College of Alberta School Superintendents Act (Bill 55)
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
Standards of practice, Health minister letter requesting change to prohibit groups of physicians from withdrawing at the same time ... 2107-8
Committee to Examine Safe Supply, Select Special
Establishment (Government Motion 115: carried as amended) ... 6899 Establishment (Government Motion 115: carried as amended), amendment A2 (definition of safe supply) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 6899
Continuing/extended care facilities
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 829 Comfort care aides, funding, 2021-2022 ... 4072, 4074 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1836-37 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 291 COVID-19 testing of workers ... 371 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 829 Member's questions to Health ministry ... 370 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 829 Site inspections ... 371 Staff ... 371, 3843 Staff work at multiple facilities, termination by ministerial order ... 828-29, 1538
Corporate taxation, provincial
Relation to economic growth ... 2364
COVID-19
Alberta cases, AHS projections ... 3710 Alberta cases, variants ... 4023, 4262, 4607, 5591 Alberta cases, variants, members' statements ... 4141 Protective measures ... 3713
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Contact tracing ... 2765, 3490, 4986 Contact tracing, funding from supplementary supply ... 4073-74 Contact tracing apps, federal app ... 2950 Contact tracing data gaps ... 3379 Health care resources ... 151, 176, 194, 291, 831-32 Health care resources, funding ... 197-98 Health care resources, funding from supplementary supply ... 3490 Health care resources, members' statements ... 142 Long-term health effects ... 6140-41 Testing ... 812-13, 2874, 3062-63, 3490 Testing, funding from supplementary supply ... 4073-74
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons, income support ... 193 Affected persons, paid leave ... 1538 Federal programs, Executive Council records, August 1 to September 30, 2021 (Motion for a Return 17: defeated) ... 6794 Health minister's sources of information ... 3301 Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, May 27, 2020 ... 370-71, 810-13, 828-32 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 100: carried) ... 5797-99 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 100: carried), amendment A1 (speaking times), motion on (Dang: defeated) ... 5797-99 Legislative Assembly debate on matters arising since May 2020 debate ... 5875-77 Premier's remarks ... 4838-39 Premier's remarks, members' statements ... 4582, 4834 Presentation to Edmonton city council by Dr. Roger Hodkinson ... 3301 Provincial response ... 60, 111-12, 115-16, 286, 3799 Provincial response, Assembly support for, emergency debate under Standing Order 30 ... 158-59 Provincial response, members' statements ... 3281 Provincial response, Official Opposition role ... 4075 Provincial response, summer 2021 ... 5670-71, 5978-79 Provincial response, summer 2021, members' statements ... 5635-36, 6771 Scenario modelling ... 371, 4262, 4606-7
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1538-39 Child Care Licensing Act amendments ... 1538 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 1537 Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, delay of annual report ... 1537-38 Public Health Act amendments ... 1538
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 70)
Second reading ... 5361-63, 5485-87, 5539 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 5485-87, 5539
COVID-19 vaccines
Distribution ... 3919-20 Distribution, funding from supplementary supply ... 4074 Distribution in racialized communities ... 4802 Distribution schedule ... 4023 Distribution to housebound persons ... 4262 Distribution to targeted populations ... 4964-65, 5450 Distribution to targeted populations, points of order on debate ... 5455
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Repeal, petition presented to the Assembly ... 2500
Critical worker benefit program (federal-provincial)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074
Diagnostic imaging
Termination of provincial coverage for chiropractor, physiotherapist, and audiologist referrals ... 199 Wait times ... 55-56, 198-99, 1562-63
Drugs, prescription
Coverage for ambulatory patients ... 2662 Provincial plans, funding from supplementary supply ... 3490
Economic relaunch strategy
Stage 2, ministerial statement, response ... 1191 Stage 3 reopening ... 4141
Edmonton (city)
Downtown revitalization, members' statements ... 5739-40
Edmonton-City Centre (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 4642-43
Edmonton medical lab hub
Project cancellation costs (Written Question 1: defeated) ... 3564-65
Educational curricula
Black history content ... 1250-51 Premier's remarks ... 939-40 Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum ... 4454
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 81)
Second reading ... 6167-70, 6174, 6642-44 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Nielsen: defeated) ... 6642-44 Second reading, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 6643 Third reading ... 6927-28 Third reading, motion to not read because Assembly is of the view that bill fails to require consent for party membership purchase (reasoned amendment RA1) (Aheer: defeated) ... 6927-28 Nomination contestant finances provisions ... 6167-70, 6174, 6642-43
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
COVID-19, provincial response ... 158-59
Emergency Management Act
Ministerial orders under act ... 308
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 9)
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 13)
Committee ... 585-88, 691-93 Committee, amendment A1 (section 6, "90 days" replaced with "30 days") (Ceci: defeated) ... 585-88 Committee, amendment A2 (section 8, ministerial authority to override municipal powers) (Ganley/Ceci: defeated) ... 691-93 Ministerial powers under act ... 586-87 Stakeholder consultation ... 587, 691-92 Technical briefing by ministry staff ... 586
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Physician retention, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 1919
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Second reading ... 3455-57, 3627-28 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 3455-57 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the proposed legislation will not ensure worker safety (reasoned amendment RA1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 3627-28 Occupational Health and Safety Act amendments ... 3455-56 Stakeholder consultation ... 3455, 3457 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3456, 3627-28
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 83)
Second reading ... 6270-72 Third reading ... 6508-9 Exemption provisions ... 6272 Stakeholder consultation (what we heard report) ... 6508
Executive Council
Members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering on June 1, 2021 ... 5213
Fair Deal Panel
Recommendations on health care ... 2325
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 44)
Second reading ... 3355-56 Local Authorities Capital Financing Act amendments, airport authority loan provisions ... 3356
Financing Alberta's Strategic Transportation Act (Bill 43)
Committee ... 3597-98 Definition of "highway" ... 3598 Definition of new infrastructure ... 3597-98 Stakeholder consultation ... 3597
Fiscal plan 2019-2023
Inventory summary ... 194 Key energy and economic assumptions ... 194 Operational expense targets, acute care ... 193 Operational expense targets, population and public health ... 193
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Committee ... 1311-14 Committee, amendment A1 (main estimates tabling following an election) (Phillips: defeated) ... 1311-14
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Second reading ... 2785-87 Preamble addition, "security of access to sustainable timber supply" ... 2787 Stakeholder consultation ... 2787 Technical briefing by Agriculture and Forestry ministry staff ... 2786 Timber dues provisions ... 2787
Freelance workers
Provincial assistance ... 303-4
Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 1008-9 Gaming and liquor licensing provisions ... 1008-9
Garneau Pediatric Associates, Edmonton
Statements on physician funding ... 681
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
Government accountability
Openness and transparency ... 4074-75
Government caucus
Members' letter to the Premier on public health orders ... 4386-87, 4409 Members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 3535, 3920, 4333-34 Members' remarks on COVID-19, members' statements ... 4383
Government communications
COVID-19 information and updates ... 159, 309, 4023
Government policies
Members' statements ... 816
Greek Independence Day
Bicentennial, ministerial statement, response ... 4255
H1N1
Physician billing code ... 271-72
Hate crimes
Fatal attack on London, Ontario, family ... 5320 Provincial response (Government Motion 84: carried unanimously), amendment A1 (Anti-Racism Advisory Council report release and antiracism action plan development) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5325-27 Provincial response (Government Motion 84: carried unanimously) ... 5320-21, 5325-27
Hate speech
Government urged to denounce (Motion Other than Government Motion 517: carried unanimously) ... 4431-32
Health Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 1321
Health care
Access ... 6613 Fort McMurray services ... 6522-23 Members' statements ... 1749 Provincial history ... 1872 Rural services ... 1193-94, 5309, 6285 Rural services, members' statements ... 5133 Services for Aboriginal peoples ... 1670
Health care finance
COVID-19 pandemic response funding, 2020-2021 ... 3490, 3492-93 Diagnostic, therapeutic, and other patient services, funding, 2020-2021 ... 199 Funding ... 1191 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 3713 Funding, 2020-2021, revised budget ... 144-45, 193-94, 197 Funding for acute care, 2020-2021 ... 194 Funding for population growth ... 194 Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services) ... 2713
Health Care Protection Act
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Board member resignation ... 2138
Health sciences personnel
Contract negotiations ... 4145 Front-line worker safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 197 Front-line workers during COVID-19 pandemic ... 1191 Full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 2613, 3973-74, 4589-90 Members' statements ... 4278-79 Recruitment and retention ... 2713, 5710, 6614
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 1872-74, 2099-2102, 2324-27 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Public Health Act Review Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 2099-2102 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the government has provided insufficient evidence of results of bill (reasoned amendment RA1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 2324-27 Committee ... 2473-75 Committee, amendment A3 (Health Quality Council of Alberta) (Shepherd/Sweet: defeated) ... 2473-75 Committee, amendment A4 (public information on regional health authority contracted services) (Loyola/Shepherd: defeated) ... 2523 Committee, amendment A5 (physician alternative relationship plans) (Notley/Shepherd: defeated) ... 2524 Committee, amendment A6 (labour workforce plan) (Hoffman/Shepherd: defeated) ... 2525 Committee, amendment A8 (Health Quality Council of Alberta reporting) (Schmidt/Shepherd: defeated) ... 2526 Third reading ... 2540-41 Alberta Health Care Insurance Act amendments ... 1873, 2100 Health Care Protection Act amendments, chartered surgery clinic provisions ... 2100 Health Quality Council of Alberta Act amendments ... 1874, 2138, 3461 Members' statements ... 1971 Private health service delivery provisions ... 1873-74, 2044, 2100-2101, 2325-26, 2540-41
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 3342-44, 3460-62, 3675-76, 3791-92 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Eggen: defeated) ... 3460-62 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that it jeopardizes Albertans' health information (reasoned amendment RA1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 3675-76, 3791-92 Committee ... 3823-24, 3828-29, 3833-34, 3854, 3857-58 Committee, amendment A1 (health information access) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 3823-24 Committee, amendment A2 (authorized health information users) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 3828-29 Committee, amendment A3 (electronic health record access, use, disclosure, and retention) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 3833-34 Committee, amendment A4 (privacy impact assessments) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 3854, 3857 Committee, amendment A5 (consent to information access) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 3857-58 Health Information Act amendments ... 3342-44, 3460-62 Health Professions Act amendments ... 3791-92
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 65)
Second reading ... 4809-10 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 4809-10 Committee ... 5068-70 Committee, amendment A1 (ministerial discretion on insurer fines) (Carson/Shepherd: defeated) ... 5065, 5068-70 Third reading ... 5283-84, 5364, 5366 Alberta Evidence Act amendments ... 4809, 5284 Crown's Right of Recovery Act amendments ... 4809-10, 5284, 5366 Health Professions Act amendments ... 4809 Pharmacy and Drug Act amendments ... 4809
History of Alberta
Black history, members' statements ... 1503-4
Home-care services
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074 Services deemed nonessential during COVID-19 pandemic ... 371
Homeless persons
Permanent supportive housing ... 4191-92 Permanent supportive housing, Edmonton, members' statements ... 4117 Programs and services ... 4191-92 Supportive housing, provincial-municipal partnerships urged (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 2140-41, 2146-47
Hospital capacity issues
Alberta Health Services early warning system ... 3646, 4607 Beds for COVID-19 patients ... 176, 422, 2950, 3556-57, 3646, 3713, 3799 Beds for COVID-19 patients, members' statements ... 3710 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 2950 General remarks ... 5876-77 Oxygen supply ... 3557, 3645-46, 3713 Provincial requests to federal government and Red Cross for assistance ... 4072 Ventilator availability ... 271
Hospital emergency services
Hospitals
Edmonton temporary hospitals (field hospitals) ... 4072 Rural hospitals ... 5309
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Second reading ... 5706-8 Section 4, criteria for capital planning submissions ... 5707-8
Innovation Capital Working Group
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Third reading ... 3703-5 Stakeholder consultation ... 3704 Usage-based insurance provisions ... 3704-5
Insurance industry
Alberta superintendent of insurance oversight ... 6000
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
EndPovertyEdmonton Indigenous circle co-chair ... 1683 Honorary Consul of Barbados ... 1683
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
Response to Bill 13 ... 586
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 49)
Second reading ... 5709-12, 5956-58 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 5956-58 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5711 Committee ... 6175-76 Section 8, timely decisions, responses, and reasons ... 5711-12
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) ... 158 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) (Government Motion 10: carried as amended) ... 193, 196 Sitting during COVID-19 pandemic ... 577, 611, 615
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Committee ... 2170-72 Committee, amendment A1 (aggregate contribution limit) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2170-72 Ask Her YYC and Parity YEG response ... 2172
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 45)
Committee ... 3656-58 Ask Her YYC and Parity YEG response ... 3657 Election finances provisions ... 3656-57
Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 56)
Second reading ... 4445-47 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that municipalities cannot sustain the proposed funding reduction (reasoned amendment RA1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 4445-47 Third reading ... 5580, 5582-83 Local Government Fiscal Framework Act amendments ... 4445-47, 5582-83
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 829 Comfort care aides, funding, 2021-2022 ... 4072, 4074 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1836-37 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 291 COVID-19 testing protocols for workers ... 371 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 829 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 829 Site inspections ... 371 Staff work at multiple facilities, termination by ministerial order ... 828-29, 1538 Staffing ... 371, 828-29, 3843
Lung health
Injuries caused by vaping ... 1086-87
McKenzie Towne long-term care home, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak ... 291
Meat-processing facilities
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order ... 5455 Allegations against, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 6643 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 608, 611, 5121
Members' Statements (current session)
Alberta Medical Association ... 1113-14 Alberta's Black history ... 1503-4 Bill 30 ... 1971 COVID-19 and physicians ... 142 COVID-19 cases and economic relaunch strategy ... 4141 COVID-19 response ... 3281, 5635-36 COVID-19 response and Premier's leadership ... 6771 COVID-19 statistics and health system capacity ... 3710 Edmonton downtown core revitalization ... 5739-40 Government and Official Opposition policies ... 816 Government members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 4383 Health care system ... 1749 Health care workers ... 4278-79 Health minister ... 286, 2655 Physician concerns ... 111-12 Premier's communication on COVID-19 ... 3469 Premier's remarks on COVID-19 ... 4582 Premier's remarks on COVID-19 response ... 4834 Provincial reopening plan ... 5977 Racism ... 1137 Rural care facilities and physician supply ... 5133 Rural physicians ... 447, 1382 Supportive housing in Edmonton ... 4117
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007, review (2017)
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1318, 1321-23 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1318, 1320-23 Committee ... 1401-3, 1466-68 Committee, amendment A1 (mandatory 5-year review) (Carson: defeated) ... 1466-68 Assessment provisions, examination by videoconference ... 1402-3 Community treatment order provisions ... 1402-3 Definition of "qualified health professional" ... 1402 Mental Health Patient Advocate provisions ... 1321 Peace officer provisions ... 1322 Reference to "harm" ... 1401 Response to 2019 Court of Queen's Bench decision on Mental Health Act ... 1401, 1466, 1501 Review panel decision provisions, increase of patient's time to respond to 30 days ... 1402 Review proposed ... 1401-2
Mental Health Patient Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 1321
Mental health services
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074 Services for front-line health care workers ... 194-95 Services for persons affected by COVID-19 pandemic, funding, 2020-2021 ... 194 Services for vulnerable Albertans ... 195
Mineral Resource Development Act (Bill 82)
Ministerial Statements (current session)
COVID-19 and economic relaunch stage 2, response ... 1191 Greek Independence Day, response ... 4255
Ministry of Advanced Education
Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4270-71
Ministry of Health
Business plan 2019-2023, outcome 3 on health care access ... 196-99 Business plan 2019-2023, outcome 5 on population health initiatives ... 197-98 Business plan 2019-2023, performance measures and indicators ... 197 COVID-19 pandemic response ... 370-71, 810-13, 828-32, 5875-77 COVID-19 pandemic response, funding from supplementary supply ... 4073-74 Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) debate ... 193-99 Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 3973-74, 4190-92 Ministerial order 625, employment protection ... 830-31 Minister's performance ... 331, 453, 751-52, 2282, 4282 Minister's performance, members' statements ... 286, 2655 Operational expenses, 2020-2021 ... 3493 Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 debate ... 3490, 3492-93 Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) debate ... 4072-75
Misericordia community hospital, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 1888
Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 439-42 Committee ... 577-79 Committee, amendment A6 (section 4, coming-into-force date, struck out) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 577-79 Committee, points of order on debate ... 575
Municipal finance
Funding, 2019-2020 ... 691
Municipal Government (Restoring Tax Accountability) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 77)
Office of the Premier
Premier's delegation of authority during August 2021 ... 5978-79, 6771 Premier's public announcements on COVID-19 pandemic, members' statements ... 3469 Premier's remarks on mask use ... 3535-36 Premier's speech writer's remarks on Black Lives Matter ... 1688 Premier's speech writer's remarks on LGBTQ2S persons ... 1688
Official Opposition
Role in parliamentary democracy ... 816
Open for summer (COVID-19 reopening plan)
Members' statements ... 5977 Stages ... 5213
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Acute-care beds for patients with COVID-19 ... 422 Alberta Health Services review ... 824 Alberta Medical Association ... 1120 Black history content in educational curriculum ... 1250-51 Blood and plasma supply ... 1388-89 Chief medical officer of health ... 5137 Chief medical officer of health briefings on COVID-19 ... 4464-65 COVID-19 and care facility staffing ... 3843 COVID-19 and health system capacity and resources ... 176 COVID-19 and seniors' housing ... 291 COVID-19 case increase and response ... 5670-71 COVID-19 case projections and health care planning ... 4262, 4606-7 COVID-19 contact tracing ... 4986 COVID-19 contact tracing and risk monitoring ... 2765 COVID-19 contact tracing data gaps ... 3379 COVID-19 delta variant, health care in southern Alberta ... 5591 COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment resources ... 151 COVID-19 long-term effects ... 6140-41 COVID-19 outbreak at the Misericordia hospital, Public Health Act review ... 1888-89 COVID-19 protective measures ... 3472, 3775-76 COVID-19 response ... 60 COVID-19 response and Premier's leadership ... 5978-79 COVID-19 statistics and health system capacity ... 3556-57, 3713, 3799 COVID-19 statistics and hospital oxygen supply ... 3645-46 COVID-19 testing ... 2874, 3062-63 COVID-19 vaccine availability in racialized communities ... 4802-3 COVID-19 vaccine rollout ... 3919-20, 5450 COVID-19 variant cases and vaccines ... 4023 Emergency medical services ... 5468 Government members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 3920, 4333-34, 4386-87, 4409 Health care costs and service delivery ... 2612-13 Health care professional recruitment and retention ... 2713 Health care services in Fort McMurray ... 6522-23 Health care system and Indigenous people ... 1670 Health care worker contract negotiations ... 4145 Health care workers' vaccination for COVID-19 ... 6613-14 Health care workforce ... 2044-45 Health care workforce and Budget 2020 ... 144-45 Health care workforce and Budget 2021 ... 3973-74, 4589-90 Health minister ... 331, 453, 751-52, 2282, 4282 Health minister's information on COVID-19 ... 3301 Health Quality Council of Alberta ... 2138 Health system concerns ... 2950 Hospital ventilator availability ... 271 Mask availability and costs ... 1329 Mask distribution ... 1304-5 Mask policies ... 2374, 3535-36 Mask use by government members ... 3285 Mask use guidelines ... 531 Medical diagnostic imaging wait times ... 55-56, 1562-63 Medication coverage for ambulatory patients ... 2662 Personal protective equipment use guidelines ... 641 Physician compensation framework ... 74-75, 115-16, 129, 271-72, 292 Physician recruitment and retention ... 1145-46 Physician retention ... 1910-11, 1974-75, 2107-8 Physician services in Pincher Creek ... 2354 Premier's remarks on COVID-19 response ... 4838-39 Premier's speech writer's remarks ... 1688 Public Health Act review ... 1836-37, 1888-89 Rural ambulance service ... 6539 Rural care facilities and physician supply ... 5058 Rural health care ... 1193-94, 5309 Rural health care and emergency medical services ... 6285, 6861 Rural health care and physician compensation ... 720 Rural physician recruitment and retention ... 6519 Rural physicians ... 106, 908, 1123, 1490-91 School re-entry plan ... 2492-93 Specialized primary care clinic funding ... 681 Surgery wait times ... 5640, 6053, 6764-65 UCP members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering ... 5212-13 Vaccine rollout ... 4964-65
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary general hospital)
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (procedure)
Reading of petitions ... 2500
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Physicians
Athabasca services ... 1382 Billing codes for telephone consultations ... 158-59, 271-72 Cold Lake services ... 1490-91 Compensation, 2020-2021 ... 3492 Compensation, alternative relationship plans ... 75, 2100 Compensation, alternative relationship plans, performance measures and indicators ... 197 Compensation, cap on office visits per day ... 681 Compensation, radiologists ... 197, 199 Compensation framework ... 74-75, 106, 115-16, 129, 142, 144-45, 196-98, 271-72, 292, 720, 751-52, 908, 1872-73, 2100 Compensation framework, members' statements ... 111-12 Crossfield services ... 1123, 1193 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 1329 Pincher Creek services ... 2354 Recruitment and retention ... 1145-46, 1910-11, 1974-75, 2101-2, 2613, 2713, 5283-84 Recruitment and retention, Fort McMurray ... 6522-23 Recruitment and retention, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 1919 Recruitment and retention, southern Alberta ... 5591 Rural, remote, northern program ... 1873 Rural physicians ... 106, 908, 1123, 1193-94, 1490-91, 1670, 2354, 5133, 6285 Rural physicians, members' statements ... 447, 1382 Rural physicians, recruitment and retention ... 720, 1974-75, 2613, 5058, 5309, 6519 Service agreement negotiations ... 2282, 4145, 4282 Withdrawal of services ... 2107-8
Pipelines (oil and gas)
TC Energy Keystone XL, provincial equity ... 5707-8
Points of order (current session)
Addressing the chair ... 1063 Allegations against a member or members ... 5455 Allegations against a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 6643 Imputing motives ... 608, 611, 5121 Items previously decided ... 575 Language creating disorder ... 605 Relevance ... 609, 614, 5711
Police (Street Checks and Carding) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 63)
Committee ... 5079-81 Committee, amendment A2 (collection of personal information) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5079-81 Third reading ... 5457-59
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Primary care (medicine)
Specialized clinics, funding for ... 681
Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act (Bill 8)
Committee ... 615-16 Committee, amendment A1 (section 22, coming-into-force date, "December 31, 2020" replaced with "July 1, 2020") (Hoffman/Ganley: carried unanimously) ... 615-16 Committee, points of order on debate ... 605, 608-9, 611, 614
Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (Bill 21)
Public health
Communicable disease prevention ... 197 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 193
Public Health Act
Ministerial orders under act ... 308, 426
Public Health Act Review Committee, Select Special (2020)
Official Opposition minority report ... 4901 Stakeholder presentations ... 1836-37, 1889
Public Health Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 66)
Second reading ... 4900-4901 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Dach: defeated) ... 4900-4901
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 307-10 Committee ... 354-56, 426-27 Committee, amendment A1 (sunset clause, public disclosure, and limits on ministerial orders) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 354-56, 426-27 Third reading ... 428-29 Inspection provisions, assistance by police officer ... 428-29 Ministerial powers under act ... 429, 830-31, 1538 Ministerial powers under act, enactment or amendment of legislation ... 426-29 Peace officer deployment under act ... 309 Penalty provisions ... 307-8 Purpose and intent ... 308-9 Technical briefing by ministry staff ... 427
Public health orders
Restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3472, 3775-76
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Second reading ... 4642-44, 4858-60 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sabir: defeated) ... 4858-60 Committee ... 4896-97 Committee, amendment A1 (public reporting on collected fees) (Loyola: defeated) ... 4896-97
Racism
Government urged to denounce use and display of related symbols and insignia (Motion Other than Government Motion 517: carried unanimously) ... 4431-32 History in Alberta ... 1503-4 Impact on education ... 1546-47 Members' statements ... 1137 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended) ... 1598-1600 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), amendment A1 (Police Act review advisory panel) (Deol: defeated) ... 1598-1600 Systemic racism ... 1599
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 20)
Real Estate Council of Alberta
Red tape reduction
Definition of "red tape" ... 5015-16
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 62)
Second reading ... 5015-17 Third reading ... 5369-71 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider section 1, Alberta Utilities Commission Act (recommittal amendment REC1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 5369-71 Alberta Utilities Commission Act amendments ... 5016-17 Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act amendments ... 5017 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 5017 Family Property Act amendments ... 5016-17 Fatal Accidents Act amendments ... 5016 Omnibus bill ... 5015 Real Estate Act amendments ... 5016 Stakeholder consultation ... 5016
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 80)
Third reading ... 6889-90 Income and Employment Supports Act amendments ... 6889-90
Residential tenancy dispute resolution service
Eligibility criteria, limit on claims ... 441 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 579
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2021-23, 2296-98 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 2296-98 Employment Standards Code amendments, overtime averaging arrangement provisions ... 2022-23, 2297-98 Employment Standards Code amendments, termination pay provisions ... 2298, 3399 Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2045 Labour Relations Code amendments, union dues utilization provisions ... 2296-97
Rural Municipalities of Alberta
Schools
COVID-19 cases ... 4454 Re-entry plan ... 2492-93 Re-entry plan, staff, volunteer, and family safety ... 2493
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug benefit, funding from supplementary supply ... 3490
Seniors' housing
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 291
Sexually transmitted diseases
Health ministry surveillance reports, 2014 to 2020 (Motion for a Return 9: defeated) ... 3807
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act (Bill 67)
Second reading ... 5117, 5120-22 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Bilous/Dach: defeated) ... 5120-22 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5121 Committee ... 5278-80 Committee, amendment A1 (board of skilled trades membership) (Eggen/Gray: defeated) ... 5278-80
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Business accelerators ... 5121
Sprung Instant Structures Ltd
COVID-19 pandemic response units ... 831-32
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2)
Supportive living accommodations
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4074 Lodges, COVID-19 related protective measures ... 291 Lodges, funding, 2020-2021 ... 829 Lodges, personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 829
Tax credits
Repeal ... 1814, 2364, 2673-75, 3363 Scientific research and experimental development (SRED) credit termination ... 2364
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 2673-75, 2745, 2865-67, 3362-63 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gray: defeated) ... 2865-67 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 3362-63 Corporate tax rate provisions ... 2745, 2866, 3362-63 Innovation employment grant provisions ... 2673-74
Telehealth services (distance care)
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 158
Tenancies Statutes (Emergency Provisions) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 11)
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act
Review, stakeholder consultation ... 1087-88
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 19)
Second reading ... 1086-88 Regulation development ... 1087
Trails Act (Bill 79)
Second reading ... 6461-63, 6653-54, 6660-61 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Nielsen: defeated) ... 6653-54, 6660-61 Section 10, deficiency regulations ... 6462, 6653-54, 6661
United Conservative Party
2019 annual general meeting resolution on health care ... 2325 2019 election platform (Alberta Strong and Free) ... 616, 691
United Nations universal declaration of human rights
Reference in Education Act ... 939-40
United Nurses of Alberta
Contract negotiations ... 4145
Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Bill 14)
Second reading ... 741-44 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 742-43 Section 1(b), deferral period of March 18 to June 18, 2020 ... 742 Section 7, electric utility deferral accounts ... 742 Section 8, Balancing Pool funding to electricity service providers ... 742 Section 17, gas utility deferral accounts ... 742 Section 18, provincial loans to gas service providers ... 742-43 Section 22, loans not subject to section 42.1 of Financial Administration Act ... 743-44 Stakeholder consultation ... 742-43
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1553-54 Committee, amendment A1 (75 per cent of fund to be provided to victims or victim support programs) (Ganley: defeated) ... 1553-54
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Ware, John (Alberta historical figure)
Premier's remarks ... 1503
Workers' compensation
Psychological disorder coverage ... 3456
Sigurdson, Lori (Edmonton-Riverview, NDP)
Aboriginal consultation topics
Energy projects ... 896-97 Environmental reporting changes ... 896
Addiction treatment
Residential treatment facilities ... 4736 Service delivery ... 5822 Services for Aboriginal persons ... 6785
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 74)
Second reading ... 5789-91, 5897-99 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 5897-99
Affordable housing
10-year strategy (Stronger Foundations) ... 6057-58 COVID-19 impact ... 1667 Federal funding ... 4803-4, 5913 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 462-63, 1667, 2141-42, 2208 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4249-50, 6020-21 General remarks ... 663 Government contracts ... 5913 Members' statements ... 3297, 6282 Real estate asset management strategy ... 5913 Review ... 2208, 2770, 3648-49, 3716 Wait-lists ... 670, 6126-28
Affordable Housing Review Panel
Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs (10-year postsecondary education strategy)
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Performance review, Ernst & Young report ... 2714
Alberta Housing Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 78)
Second reading ... 6126-28 Committee, amendment A1 (prohibition on money transfers from corporation) (Gray/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 6753-54 Committee, amendment A3 (coming-into-force date) (Eggen/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 6836 Designation of affordable housing under act ... 6126 General remarks ... 6309
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 208)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4033-34
Annual report 2019-2020 (government of Alberta)
Publication delay ... 1572
Appropriation Act, 2021 (Bill 60)
Budget 2020-2021
Operational expenses ... 46
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
Canada housing benefit (federal program)
Cancer diagnosis and treatment
COVID-19 impact, members' statements ... 4086
Century Park supportive living facility, Vegreville
Care standards ... 987 Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 908-9
Chief medical officer of health
Correspondence with Health minister's office, July 1 to August 31, 2021 (Motion for a Return 16: defeated) ... 6793-94
Child Care Licensing (Early Learning and Child Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 39)
Second reading ... 2934-35 Committee ... 3417-18 Committee, amendment A3 (principles) (L. Sigurdson/Pancholi: defeated) ... 3417-18 Stakeholder consultation ... 2934
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Committee ... 1584-86 Committee, amendment A6 (bill title change) (Eggen/Hoffman: defeated) ... 1584-86
Churchill Manor retirement home, Edmonton
COVID-19 variant outbreak ... 3942 Mouse infestation ... 3942
Citizen Initiative Act (Bill 51)
Second reading ... 4569-70 Committee ... 5175-76 Committee, amendment A5 (contribution limits) (L. Sigurdson/Sweet: defeated) ... 5175-76 Part 3, initiative petition finances and contributions ... 4570
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 1154-55 Report on Bill 208, Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 4033-34 Report on Bill 215, Seniors Advocate Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5249-50 Report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6087-88 Report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6320-21 Report on Bill 220, Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6324-25
Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 202)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 1154-55
Continuing/extended care facilities
Care standards ... 1980-81 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1308, 3085, 3300-3301, 3557, 3644, 4090-91, 4516 COVID-19 outbreaks, members' statements ... 978, 1432, 3468 COVID-19 outbreaks, public inquiry proposed ... 1195 COVID-19 pandemic response ... 1980-81 COVID-19 protective resources ... 332-33, 1195, 3000 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 3798-99 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2714 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 682, 882 Staff ... 3091 Staff compensation ... 821, 881-82, 909 Staff work at multiple facilities ... 682, 908-9, 986-87, 1195
Coordinated Community Response to Homelessness Task Force
Corporate taxation, provincial
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
Cost of Public Services Transparency Act (Bill 209)
COVID-19
Deaths ... 317-18, 454, 624, 978, 1195, 1572 Deaths, members' statements ... 3085 Deaths, Premier's remarks on individual risk ... 881, 978 Protective measures ... 826 Protective measures, older Albertans ... 2350
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
COVID-19 pandemic
Individual response ... 624 Provincial response ... 3468
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1571-73 Child Care Licensing Act amendments ... 1572 Employment Standards Code amendments, restrictions on work at multiple care facilities ... 1572 Employment Standards Code amendments, temporary layoff provisions ... 1572 Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, delay of annual report ... 1572 Omnibus bill ... 1571
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 70)
Second reading ... 5516-18 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 5516-18 Committee, amendment A1 (restrictions on regulation-making powers) (Hoffman/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 5560-61 Committee, amendment A2 (coming-into-force date) (Ganley/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 5569-70 Third reading ... 5630-31 General remarks ... 4983 Stakeholder consultation ... 5527
COVID-19 vaccines
Distribution in seniors' care facilities ... 4090-91
Daycare centres
Accreditation, program termination ... 2934-35 Staff qualifications ... 2935
Digital overdose response system
Drivers' licences
Seniors' medical examination fees ... 46
Education
Provincial policies ... 6479
Education Statutes (Students First) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 85)
Elder abuse
Program funding, 2020-2021 ... 1511-12
Election Commissioner
Departure of Lorne Gibson ... 230
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 13)
Committee ... 624-25 Committee, amendment A1 (section 6, "90 days" replaced with "30 days") (Ceci: defeated) ... 624-25 Stakeholder consultation ... 625
Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 220)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6324-25
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Second reading ... 3200-3202, 3625-26 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 3625-26 Occupational Health and Safety Act amendments ... 3200-3201, 3625-26 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3200-3202, 3625-26
Extendicare Hillcrest, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak ... 1195
Family and community support services
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 1309
Family Violence Prevention Month
Members' statements ... 5910
Financing Alberta's Strategic Transportation Act (Bill 43)
Committee ... 3594-96, 3726-27 Committee, amendment A3 (maximum toll charges) (L. Sigurdson/Dang: defeated) ... 3726-27 Penalty provisions, fines ... 3595-96
Fiscal Measures and Taxation Act, 2020 (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 229-31 Second reading, time allocation ... 229 Education Act amendments ... 230 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments ... 230 Public Education Collective Bargaining Act amendments ... 229-31
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Committee ... 3957-58 Committee, amendment A1 (replacement of "to increase awareness of genocides that have occurred across the world, including the following" with "to increase awareness of genocides recognized by the House of Commons of Canada, as follows") (Singh: carried as amended) ... 3957-58 Committee, amendment A1 (replacement of "to increase awareness of genocides that have occurred across the world, including the following" with "to increase awareness of genocides recognized by the House of Commons of Canada, as follows") (Singh: carried as amended), subamendment SA1 (recognition only of genocides recognized by House of Commons of Canada) (Williams: carried) ... 3957-58
Health care
Patients with complex needs ... 47
Health care finance
Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services) ... 2714
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Board member resignation ... 2194-95
Health sciences personnel
Front-line workers ... 318 General remarks ... 318
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2194-96 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Public Health Act Review Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 2194-96 Committee ... 2515-17 Committee, amendment A3 (Health Quality Council of Alberta) (Shepherd/Sweet: defeated) ... 2515-17 Health Professions Act amendments ... 2195 Health Quality Council of Alberta Act amendments ... 2194-95 Private health service delivery provisions ... 2195-96
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 3617-19 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Eggen: defeated) ... 3617-19 Third reading ... 3877-78 Third reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Sabir: defeated) ... 3877-78 Health Information Act amendments ... 3877-78 Health Professions Act amendments ... 3617-19
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 65)
Second reading ... 4771-73 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 4771-73 Mental Health Act amendments ... 4772
Homeless persons
Permanent supportive housing ... 6079 Permanent supportive housing, Edmonton ... 4609 Programs and services ... 6079 Supportive housing, provincial-municipal partnerships urged (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 2141-42 Wetaskiwin encampment ... 6282
Hospital capacity issues
Impact on mental health services ... 5664
Indigenous housing capital program
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Second reading ... 3022-23 Bodily injury damages compensation provisions ... 3023 Right to call expert witnesses under act ... 3023
Intellectual property
Provincial policies (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 1166-67
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 46
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Committee ... 2180-81 Committee, amendment A2 (enabling powers of municipalities) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2180-81 Third reading ... 2256-58 Third reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the bill would limit local government powers (reasoned amendment RA1) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2256-58 Ask Her YYC and Parity YEG response ... 2180, 2257-58 Election finances provisions ... 2256-57 Municipal authority to require pre-election disclosure statements repealed under act ... 2256-57
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Care standards ... 1980-81 COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1308, 3085, 3300-3301, 3557, 3644, 4516 COVID-19 outbreaks, members' statements ... 978, 1432, 3468 COVID-19 outbreaks, public inquiry proposed ... 1195 COVID-19 pandemic response ... 1980-81 COVID-19 protective resources ... 332-33, 1195, 3000 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 3798-99 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2714 Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 682, 882 Review ... 3942 Staff compensation ... 821, 881-82, 909 Staff work at multiple facilities ... 682, 908-9, 986-87, 1195 Staffing ... 3091 Visitor restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic ... 147, 318
McKenzie Towne long-term care home, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak ... 532 COVID-19 outbreak, government communication with residents and families on ... 419
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Reference to by name in the Assembly, remarks withdrawn ... 3617
Members' Statements (current session)
Affordable housing ... 3297 Cancer care and COVID-19 ... 4086 COVID-19 and seniors ... 143, 978, 3085, 3644 COVID-19 and seniors' housing ... 638, 3468 COVID-19 community response ... 639 Drug harm reduction strategies ... 6368 Elder abuse awareness and care facilities ... 1432 Family Violence Prevention Month ... 5910 Government policies and poverty ... 4257 Health system capacity and mental health services ... 5664 Homeless supports and affordable housing ... 6282 Seniors ... 5304 Seniors' clinic funding ... 1610-11 Seniors' issues ... 4516 Seniors' social inclusion and access to technology ... 826 Social assistance programs ... 1972 Social workers ... 68, 3945 Support for seniors ... 2771-72, 2997 University of Alberta funding ... 6682
Mental health services
Access ... 4911 Access, members' statements ... 5664 Service delivery ... 5822 Services for front-line health care workers ... 5822 Services for postsecondary students ... 5898-99
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crash, response ... 20
Ministry of Energy
Minister's remarks on pipeline construction timing ... 895
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) ... 46-47, 133 Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4249-50 Town hall meetings ... 1308
Minor injury regulation (Alberta Regulation 123/2004)
Section 4, determination of minor injury ... 3023
Mobile-home sites
Shared amenities (roads, playgrounds, etc.) ... 463
Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 462-63 Committee ... 662-64, 669-70 Committee, amendment A6 (section 4, coming-into-force date, struck out) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 662-64
Motor vehicle insurance
No-fault insurance ... 3023
Municipal Government (Restoring Tax Accountability) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 77)
Second reading ... 6247-49 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 6247-49
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Addiction harm reduction strategies ... 5469-70 Addiction treatment ... 4736 Affordable housing ... 1667, 2208, 2770, 5913, 6309 Affordable housing fund ... 4803-4 Affordable housing review ... 3716 Affordable housing strategy ... 6057-58 Bill 70 ... 4983 Care facility standards ... 1980-81 Churchill Manor health concerns ... 3942 COVID-19 and care facilities ... 682, 1195, 2111 COVID-19 and care facility staffing ... 908-9, 986-87 COVID-19 and seniors ... 147, 180, 881-82 COVID-19 and seniors' housing ... 332-33, 418-19, 454, 821 COVID-19 outbreaks in seniors' care facilities ... 3091, 3300-3301, 3557 COVID-19 related care facility safety protocols ... 3798-99 COVID-19 Related Measures Act ... 5527 COVID-19 vaccine rollout to seniors ... 4090-91 Drug harm reduction strategies ... 6785 Drug overdose prevention ... 4178, 4208, 5447, 5844 Elder abuse programs ... 1511-12 Homelessness and affordable housing ... 6079 Housing policies ... 4609 McKenzie Towne care centre COVID-19 outbreak ... 532 Mental health and addiction services ... 5822 Mental health service access ... 4911 Points West Living Slave Lake ... 1252-53 Renter assistance and affordable housing ... 3648-49 School re-entry plan and older Albertans' safety ... 2350 Seniors Advocate ... 1146, 3988-89, 4588-89 Seniors Advocate Act ... 4671 Seniors and Budget 2020 ... 133 Seniors' benefit program funding ... 75-76 Seniors' issues ... 1308-9 Supervised consumption site review committee expense audit ... 4738-39 Supervised drug consumption sites ... 4264, 4986-87, 5218 Support for seniors ... 2714, 3000 Task force on homelessness ... 6446-47 Wage supplement for care facility workers ... 1564
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (procedure)
Petition on elder care accepted as a tabling ... 3849
Physicians
Compensation framework ... 46-47
Points West Living Slave Lake
John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights report ... 1252-53
Postsecondary educational institutions
Poverty
Members' statements ... 4257
Pregnancy termination for medical reasons
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 72)
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 206)
Sponsorship transfer from Member for Cypress-Medicine Hat to Member for Brooks-Medicine Hat ... 3877-78
Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 515-17 Definitions ... 515 Part 3, tort of human trafficking ... 515 Section 21, human trafficking awareness day establishment ... 515 Stakeholder consultation ... 517
Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1356-57, 1442 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 1356, 1442 First offence provisions ... 1442 Police chiefs' response ... 1442
Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 218)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6087-88
Public Health Act Review Committee, Select Special (2020)
Official Opposition minority report ... 4782
Public Health Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 66)
Second reading ... 4781-82 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Dach: defeated) ... 4781-82
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Second reading ... 4553-55, 4831-32 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sabir: defeated) ... 4831-32 Third reading ... 4942-44 Third reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the proposed fees would unfairly burden families (reasoned amendment RA1) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 4942-44
Recall Act (Bill 52)
Committee ... 5411-12 Committee, amendment A2 (coming-into-force date) (L. Sigurdson/Sweet: defeated) ... 5411-12
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 896
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 22)
Committee ... 1945-47 Energy Efficiency Alberta dissolution provisions ... 1946-47 Omnibus bill ... 1945-46
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Committee ... 3739-40 Third reading ... 3883-84 Historical Resources Act amendments ... 3739, 3883 Municipal Government Act amendments ... 3739, 3883-84 Omnibus bill ... 3739 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments ... 3883 Professional and Occupational Associations Registration Act amendments ... 3739-40, 3884
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 62)
Third reading ... 5293-94 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 5293-94 Omnibus bill ... 5293
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 80)
Second reading ... 6357-58 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Renaud: defeated) ... 6357-58
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 1154-55 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 208, Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 4033-34 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 215, Seniors Advocate Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5249-50 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6087-88 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6320-21 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 220, Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6324-25
Reservists' Recognition Act (Bill 207)
Responsible Energy Development Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 7)
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2012-13, 2301-3 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 2301-3 Committee ... 2413-15, 2535-36 Committee, amendment A7 (overtime averaging agreements) (L. Sigurdson/Gray: defeated) ... 2535-36 Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2301-3 Labour Relations Code amendments, union certification provisions ... 2013 Labour Relations Code amendments, union dues utilization provisions ... 2301-3, 2413-15
Revenue
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 4249
Royal Society of Canada
Report on long-term care in Canada ... 2111
Sage Seniors Association, Edmonton
Funding ... 1610-11 Partnership with University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing ... 133
Schools
Re-entry plan, staff, volunteer, and family safety ... 2350
Seniors
Access to technology, members' statements ... 826 Community-based clinic pilot program, members' statements ... 1610-11 COVID-19 impact ... 143, 180 COVID-19 impact, members' statements ... 147, 3085, 3644, 4516 Emergency financial assistance ... 332-33 Members' statements ... 5304 Programs and services, members' statements ... 2771-72, 2997 Social inclusion ... 826
Seniors' action plan
Plan development ... 1309
Seniors Advocate
Independent office proposed ... 4588-89
Seniors Advocate Act (Bill 215)
First reading ... 4592 General remarks ... 4671 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5249-50
Seniors' benefit program
Eligibility criteria ... 4249 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 46-47 Prescription drug benefit ... 46, 75-76, 2771, 4516 Special needs assistance program ... 46, 76
Seniors' housing
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 821 COVID-19 protective resources ... 332-33 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 454 COVID-19 related protective measures, members' statements ... 638 General remarks ... 6358 Health minister's communication with residents and families during COVID-19 pandemic ... 454 Wait-lists ... 1309
Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary
Supervised drug consumption site ... 4986
Social housing
General remarks ... 6079 Provincial strategy ... 4609
Social services
Funding ... 2013 Members' statements ... 1972
Social workers
Members' statements ... 68, 3945
South Terrace continuing care centre, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 3091
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 45-47
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendment to permit members' interventions in other members' speeches (Motion Other than Government Motion 518: carried as amended) ... 5255
Substance abuse and addiction
Harm reduction strategies ... 5844, 6785 Harm reduction strategies, members' statements ... 6368 Harm reduction strategies, safe supply program ... 5447, 5470 Overdose prevention ... 5844 Supervised consumption sites ... 4264, 4736, 4986-87, 5469-70 Supervised consumption sites, licensing ... 5218, 5447 Supervised consumption sites, review panel expense audit ... 4738-39
Supportive living accommodations
Lodges, COVID-19 related protective measures ... 318-19, 332-33 Lodges, personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 418-19, 882 Lodges, staffing levels ... 332-33, 419
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 2986-88, 3210 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gray: defeated) ... 2986-88 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that a corporate income tax rate reduction is an ineffective strategy for job creation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 3210 Corporate tax rate provisions ... 2986-87
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 19)
Tobacco industry
Lobbying activity ... 1424
Tobacco products
Nicotine content ... 1424 Vaping products ... 1424
Trails Act (Bill 79)
Committee ... 6719-20 Committee, amendment A1 (section 10(1)(b), regulation-making authority, to be struck out) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 6719-20
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Ukraine International Airlines
Flight PS752 crash, ministerial statement, response ... 20
Unions
Impact on women's equality ... 2302-3
Veterinarians
Rural services (Motion Other than Government Motion 524: carried) ... 6566-67
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1456-57 Committee, amendment A1 (75 per cent of fund to be provided to victims or victim support programs) (Ganley: defeated) ... 1456-57 Removal of injury and witness-to-homicide benefits ... 1457 Stakeholder consultation ... 1456-57
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 2385-86 Stakeholder consultation ... 2385
Watershed management
Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended) ... 5861-62 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replace "take any necessary steps" with "continue its ongoing work," change wording on consultation, "industry," replace "the general public" with "Albertans") (Neudorf/Issik: carried) ... 5861-62 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replace "take any necessary steps" with "continue its ongoing work," change wording on consultation, "industry," replace "the general public" with "Albertans") (Neudorf/Issik: carried), subamendment SA1 (clause (a) struck out and replaced with "(a) by striking out 'the current water allocations' and substituting 'water allocations current to May 1, 2020'") (Schmidt: defeated) ... 5861-62
Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 219)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6320-21
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Sigurdson, R.J. (Highwood, UCP)
Addiction treatment
Capital funding, 2020-2021 ... 2599
Affordable housing
Members' statements ... 6681
Alberta Summer Games (2023, Okotoks/Black Diamond)
Members' statements ... 5664
Alberta Trades Hall of Fame
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Grievance on wage supplement payments ... 1507-8, 1564
Appropriation Act, 2021 (Bill 60)
Bits and pieces program (provincial procurement program)
Budget 2020-2021
Members' statements ... 101
Budget 2020-2021 (revised)
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2599
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Second reading ... 2832-33 Adjudication process provisions ... 2832 Prompt-payment provisions ... 2832 Provisions for release of retained amounts (holdback) ... 2832-33
Capital maintenance and renewal program
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 752 Funding for schools, 2020-2021 ... 2717
Capital projects
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4275 Job creation ... 752
Coal mines and mining
Development policies ... 3977 Development policies, stakeholder consultation, members' statements ... 4959-60
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Report on Bill 212, Official Sport of Alberta Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4154-56 Report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5244-46 Report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5248
Committee on Real Property Rights, Select Special
Establishment and membership (Government Motion 69: carried), request from committee for time extension ... 5823 Interim report, October 2021, presented to the Assembly ... 5823
Continuing/extended care facilities
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4275 Staff compensation ... 1507-8
COVID-19 pandemic
Community response, members' statements ... 639 Economic impact ... 145-46 Individual response, unfair practices ... 260-61 Official Opposition remarks, members' statements ... 3531 Provincial response, long-term planning ... 145-46
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 865-66 General remarks ... 130 Penalty provisions ... 866
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt-servicing costs ... 101
Eastern Slopes Protection Act (Bill 214)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5244-46 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5248
Economic recovery
Members' statements ... 5305
Economic Recovery Council
Economic recovery plan, provincial
General remarks ... 987 Members' statements ... 2606
Education finance
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2717
Educational curricula
Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum ... 4465-66
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Labour supply ... 6373 Members' statements ... 2369 Response times ... 6373-74
Energy industries
Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended) ... 6388-89 Small and medium-sized enterprises, members' statements ... 4004
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Second reading ... 3448-49 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 3448-49 Occupational Health and Safety Act amendments ... 3448-49
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1074-75
Foothills Lions Rugby Football Club, Aldersyde
Members' statements ... 4171
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Second reading ... 2802-3 Forest management agreement provisions ... 2802-3 Regulation development ... 2802 Stakeholder consultation ... 2802
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
Grande Prairie Regional College
Polytechnic institution designation ... 5379-80
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Reduction targets ... 6787
Health care finance
Funding, 2020-2021, revised budget ... 145
Health sciences personnel
Front-line workers ... 145
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Private health service delivery provisions, members' statements ... 2199
Heroes fund (benefit for families of first responders)
High school completion
Graduation 2020, members' statements ... 1504
Highwood (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 2011-12 Volunteer award winners, members' statements ... 6369
Infrastructure blockades
Impact on agriculture ... 130 Provincial response ... 6787 Railroad blockades ... 865
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
Memorandum of understanding with province ... 6540
Jobs now program (federal-provincial)
Employer grant program ... 4969
Law enforcement
Voluntary civilian corps proposed (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried) ... 1527
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4275 Staff compensation ... 1507-8
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Imputing motives to, points of order ... 5248
Members' Statements (current session)
Affordable housing ... 6681 Alberta Summer Games 2023 in Highwood ... 5664 Bill 30 and private health service delivery ... 2199 Budget 2020 and provincial debt ... 101 Coal development policy consultation ... 4959-60 Economic recovery plan ... 2606 Emergency medical services ... 2369 Foothills Lions Rugby Football Club ... 4171 High school graduation 2020 ... 1504 Highwood community volunteer award winners ... 6369 Larry Spilak ... 3085-86 MakeWay ... 1381-82 Official Opposition remarks on COVID-19 ... 3531 Police funding ... 3377 Provincial reopening plan and economic recovery ... 5305 Restaurants and COVID-19 ... 4459 Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Act ... 4581 Small and medium-sized oil and gas companies ... 4004
Mental health and addictions strategy
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2599
Ministry of Health
Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4275
Ministry of Infrastructure
Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4275
Municipal Government (Firearms) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 211)
Official Sport of Alberta Act (Bill 212)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4154-56
Open for summer (COVID-19 reopening plan)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Trades Hall of Fame ... 3847-48 Capital projects and job creation ... 752 Coal development policies ... 3977 Consumer goods and services availability ... 260-61 COVID-19 response and long-term planning ... 145-46 Economic recovery ... 987 Emergency medical services ... 6373-74 Energy industry opposition ... 6787 Heroes fund ... 3541 Infrastructure blockade impacts on agriculture ... 130 Jobs now program ... 4969 JOGMEC-Alberta memorandum of understanding ... 6540 Kindergarten to grade 6 draft curriculum ... 4465-66 Police funding ... 3091-92 Polytechnic postsecondary institutions ... 5379-80 School re-entry plan and education funding ... 2717 Wage supplement for care facility workers ... 1507-8
Points of order (current session)
Imputing motives ... 5248
Police
Collaboration between services (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried) ... 1702-3 Funding ... 3091-92 Proposal to defund ... 3091 Proposal to defund, members' statements ... 3377
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 206)
Second reading ... 4419 Bill of Rights amendments ... 4419
Public health orders
Restrictions announced April 6, 2021 ... 4459
Red Deer College
Polytechnic institution designation ... 5379-80
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 2802-3
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 212, Official Sport of Alberta Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4154-56 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 5244-46 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in), points of order on debate ... 5248 Real Property Rights Committee interim report, October 2021, with request for time extension ... 5823
Restaurants
COVID-19 related safety protocols, members' statements ... 4459
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2011-12 Committee ... 2478-79 Committee, amendment A1 (termination pay schedule) (Schmidt/Gray: defeated) ... 2478-79 Employment Standards Code amendments, overtime averaging arrangement provisions ... 2012
Retail sales industry
Availability of consumer goods during COVID-19 pandemic ... 260-61
Rodeo
Recognition of cultural importance (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried) ... 929-30
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act (Bill 67)
Members' statements ... 4581
Strategic Aviation Advisory Council Act (Bill 201)
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 865
Veterinarians
Rural services (Motion Other than Government Motion 524: carried) ... 6565-66
Violent and serious crime
Shootings in Nova Scotia ... 1074
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, British Columbia
Position on Shell Coastal GasLink pipeline project, NDP Provincial Council resolution ... 6388
Singh, Peter (Calgary-East, UCP)
Addiction treatment
Recovery communities ... 3093 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3093 User fee termination ... 3093 Virtual opioid dependency program ... 2613
Affordable housing
10-year strategy (Stronger Foundations) ... 6189-90 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 6189 Wait-lists ... 6189-90
Affordable Housing Review Panel
Alberta Bill of Rights
Section 1(g), parental rights on education ... 1035
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Performance review, Ernst & Young report ... 4813
Alberta Housing Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 78)
Second reading ... 6188-90, 6593-94 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 6593-94 Public-private partnership (P3) provisions ... 6594
Alberta Municipalities
Resolutions on economic eviction of renters ... 706
Alberta Senate Election Act
Amazon Web Services
Investment in Alberta ... 6283
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2021 (Bill 59)
Arts Professions Recognition Act (Bill 75)
Third reading ... 6631-33 Definition of professional artist ... 6632 Stakeholder consultation ... 6632
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on fixed budget date ... 1261
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Committee ... 3035-36 Committee, amendment A1 (invoice issuing, payments, holdback release) (Glubish: carried) ... 3035-36
Calgary (city)
Economic downturn ... 4118
Calgary-East (constituency)
Member's apology for breach of Conflicts of Interest Act ... 1043 Member's personal and family history ... 5100-5101 Member's recusal from Bill 2 debate ... 857
Capital projects
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4132
Captive Insurance Companies Act (Bill 76)
Chief medical officer of health
Work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 253
Child Care Licensing (Early Learning and Child Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 39)
Committee ... 3408-9, 3519-20 Licensing provisions ... 3520 Safety standards provisions ... 3520 Stakeholder consultation ... 3519
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 1035-36, 1235 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1035-36 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the government's engagement document does not support bill contents (reasoned amendment RA1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 1235 Committee ... 1477-78 Committee, amendment A2 (alternative program application process) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1477-78 Section 8, charter school programs, addition of vocation-based education ... 1477-78
Citizen Initiative Act (Bill 51)
Committee ... 5164-65 Committee, amendment A1 (section 2(4), removal of reference to Constitution Act) (Madu: carried) ... 5164-65 General remarks ... 5024, 6577 Purpose and intent ... 4281-82
College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
Response to Bill 17 ... 1400
College of Alberta School Superintendents Act (Bill 55)
Conflicts of Interest Act
Breach, member's apology ... 1043
Constitutional Referendum Act
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Cost of Public Services Transparency Act (Bill 209)
COVID-19 pandemic
Community response, members' statements ... 253 Economic impact, members' statements ... 448 Provincial response ... 1831, 4131, 4813-14 Provincial response review, members' statements ... 5055
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 70)
Second reading ... 5492-93 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 5492-93
COVID-19 vaccines
Vaccination rates ... 6283
Daycare
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4132
Daycare centres
Provincial assistance ... 3519-20 Worker supports, funding from supplementary supply ... 4073
Diwali (Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and Buddhist observance)
Dow Chemical Canada
Ethylene plant expansion, Fort Saskatchewan ... 5731
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Economic relaunch strategy
Members' statements ... 1559
Economy of Alberta
Economic downturn ... 1559
Education Statutes (Students First) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 85)
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 68)
Second reading ... 5024-25 Election Act amendments, provisions for MLAs to express opinions on referendums ... 5024-25 General remarks ... 6577
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 81)
Second reading ... 6171-72, 6577-78 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Nielsen: defeated) ... 6577-78 Citizen Initiative Act amendments ... 6578 Elections Act amendments ... 6172 Fixed election date provisions ... 6172 Nomination contestant finances provisions ... 6172 Political contribution provisions ... 6577-78 Political party election spending provisions ... 6172, 6578 Third-party contribution provisions ... 6171-72, 6578 Voting procedure provisions ... 6578
Electoral Divisions (Calgary-Bhullar-McCall) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 87)
Electricity Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 86)
Second reading ... 6458-60 Definition of "storage" ... 6459 Stakeholder consultation ... 6459
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 83)
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Forest Lawn high school, Calgary
Modernization project ... 3035
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Second reading ... 2971-72 Forest management agreement provisions ... 2972 Timber dues provisions ... 2972 Timber quota provisions ... 2972
Freedom to Care Act (Bill 58)
Second reading ... 4688-89 Third reading ... 5610-11 Exemption for nonprofit organizations ... 4688 Volunteer liability protection provisions ... 4689
Future fund (MĂ©tis settlements)
Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2)
Member for Calgary-East's recusal from debate ... 857
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
First reading ... 2718 Second reading ... 3103-4, 3314 Committee ... 3813-14, 3950-51, 3953-54, 3958-59, 4036 Committee, amendment A1 (replacement of "to increase awareness of genocides that have occurred across the world, including the following" with "to increase awareness of genocides recognized by the House of Commons of Canada, as follows") (Singh: carried as amended) ... 3814, 3950-51, 3953-54, 3958-59, 4036 Committee, amendment A1 (replacement of "to increase awareness of genocides that have occurred across the world, including the following" with "to increase awareness of genocides recognized by the House of Commons of Canada, as follows") (Singh: carried as amended), subamendment SA1 (recognition only of genocides recognized by House of Commons of Canada) (Williams: carried) ... 3950-51, 3953-54, 3958-59, 4036 Third reading ... 4158-59, 4164 Genocides included ... 3314, 4158-59
Government of Canada
Equalization and transfer payments, Assembly to urge government to raise Albertans' awareness of costs (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried) ... 1924
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Reduction targets ... 6617
Health sciences personnel
Online registry proposed ... 3183
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 1874-76, 2219-20 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Public Health Act Review Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 2219-20 Alberta Cancer Foundation provisions ... 1875 Alberta Health Care Insurance Act amendments ... 1875 Alberta Hospitals Act amendments ... 1875 General remarks ... 3182 Health Care Protection Act amendments ... 1875 Health Care Protection Act amendments, chartered surgery clinic provisions ... 2219-20 Health Governance Transition Act repeal ... 1875, 2220 Health Professions Act amendments ... 1875 Health Quality Council of Alberta Act amendments ... 1875 Private health service delivery provisions ... 1875 Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta Act repeal ... 1875, 2220 Public Health Act amendments ... 1875 Regional Health Authorities Act amendments ... 1875
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 3182-83 ABC Benefits Corporation Act amendments ... 3183 Health Information Act amendments ... 3183 Health Professions Act amendments ... 3182-83
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 65)
Second reading ... 4813-14 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 4813-14 Alberta Evidence Act amendments ... 4814 Crown's Right of Recovery Act amendments ... 4814 Health Facilities Act amendments ... 4814 Health Professions Act amendments ... 4814 Mental Health Act amendments ... 4814 Pharmacy and Drug Act amendments ... 4814
Holodomor (Ukrainian famine)
Home education during COVID-19 pandemic
Hydrogen strategy
Strategy development ... 6141
Impaired driving
SafeRoads Alberta program (alternative program for first-time charges) ... 1822
Infosys Limited
Calgary head office ... 5731
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Second reading ... 6100-6101 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (Sabir: defeated) ... 6100-6101 Section 4, criteria for capital planning submissions ... 6100-6101 Section 6, 20-year strategic capital plan ... 6101 Stakeholder consultation ... 6100
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Second reading ... 3053-54 Automobile Insurance Rate Board provisions ... 3054 Property claim provisions ... 3054 Stakeholder consultation ... 3053
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Article 18(4), right to religious and moral education for children ... 1035
Irrigation Districts Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 54)
Jobs now program (federal-provincial)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 38)
Second reading ... 2797-98 Police Act amendments, First Nations policing provisions ... 2797-98 Provincial Offences Procedure Act amendments ... 2798 Queen's Counsel Act amendments ... 2798 Referendum Act amendments ... 2798 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act amendments ... 2798
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 49)
Second reading ... 5730-32 Section 8, timely decisions, responses, and reasons ... 5731
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Remarks in German ... 4158
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Committee ... 2176-77 Committee, amendment A1 (aggregate contribution limit) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2176-77 General remarks ... 3177
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 45)
Second reading ... 3176-78 Municipal election third-party advertiser contribution limit provisions ... 3177 Provisions for Senate elections and referendums on the same day as municipal elections ... 3177 Stakeholder consultation ... 3177
Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 56)
Second reading ... 4312-14, 4373-74 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 4373-74 Third reading ... 5581-82 Alberta 911 Act amendments ... 4313-14, 4373-74, 5581-82 Local Government Fiscal Framework Act amendments ... 4312-13, 4373, 5581-82
Members' apologies
Breach of Conflicts of Interest Act ... 1043
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar, members' statements ... 6762
Members' Statements (current session)
Bill 32 Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2201 COVID-19 community response ... 253 COVID-19 economic impacts ... 448 COVID-19 impact and economic relaunch ... 1559 COVID-19 related public health orders ... 327 COVID-19 response and economic recovery ... 5055 COVID-19 vaccine rollout and economic recovery ... 6283 Diwali ... 2708-9, 5836 Economic recovery ... 1831 Economic recovery in Calgary ... 4118 Economic recovery plan ... 6305 Holi ... 77, 4048-49 Impaired driving administrative penalties ... 1973 Legacy of former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar ... 6762 Mental health ... 4666 Navratri ... 2657 Oil and gas industries and policies ... 5524-25 Philippine Independence day ... 1299 Recall Act ... 4613 Small business ... 1383
Mental health
Members' statements ... 4666
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
Committee ... 1400 Assessment provisions, examination by videoconference ... 1400 Definition of "mental disorder" ... 1400 Response to 2019 Court of Queen's Bench decision on Mental Health Act ... 1400 Stakeholder consultation ... 1400
Mental health and addictions strategy
Mental health services
General remarks ... 1400 Services for persons affected by COVID-19 pandemic ... 2613
Metis Settlements Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 57)
Metis Settlements General Council
Long-term governance and funding arrangement (federal-provincial-settlement), termination ... 4747
Ministry of Children's Services
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) ... 4132 Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) debate ... 4073
Ministry of Health
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) ... 4132
Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (ministry from August 25, 2020)
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) ... 4132
Ministry of Labour and Immigration
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) ... 4132 Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) debate ... 4077-78
Minor injury regulation (Alberta Regulation 123/2004)
Section 4, determination of minor injury ... 3053-54
Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
Third reading ... 706-8 Stakeholder consultation ... 706-7
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Response to Bill 21 ... 1822
Municipal Government (Restoring Tax Accountability) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 77)
Second reading ... 5930-31 Third reading ... 6668-69 Provincial education requisition credit (PERC) extension provisions ... 6668
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
2019 report recommendations, acknowledgement of genocide ... 3104
Navratri (Hindu observance)
Members' statements ... 2657
Open for summer (COVID-19 reopening plan)
Members' statements ... 5055
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Citizen Initiative Act ... 4281-82 Greenhouse gas emission reduction ... 6617 Hydrogen strategy ... 6141 Mental health and addiction services ... 2613 Opioid addiction treatment ... 3093
Philippines Independence Day
Members' statements ... 1299
Physicians
Compensation, alternative relationship plans ... 1875, 2220
Police (Street Checks and Carding) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 63)
Committee ... 5148-49 Committee, amendment A3 (police information collection) (Sabir: defeated) ... 5148-49
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 12, 2018)
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 72)
Provincial Administrative Penalties Act (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1821-22 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 1822 Impaired driving offence provisions ... 1822 Members' statements ... 1972-73
Public health orders
Members' statements ... 327
Public lands
Recreational use fees ... 4645
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Second reading ... 4644-45 Stakeholder consultation, Aboriginal communities ... 4645
Recall Act (Bill 52)
Second reading ... 4640-41 General remarks ... 6577 Members' statements ... 4613 MLA recall provisions ... 4641 Municipal representative recall provisions ... 4641 School trustee recall provisions ... 4641
Recycling (waste, etc.)
Plastics strategy ... 6257
Red tape reduction
Government website (Cut Red Tape) ... 2067 Provincial strategy ... 2972
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 62)
Second reading ... 4680-82 Alberta Utilities Commission Act amendments ... 4681 Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act amendments ... 4681 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 4681 Family Property Act amendments ... 4681 Fatal Accidents Act amendments ... 4681 Real Estate Act amendments ... 4681 Securities Act amendments ... 4681 Travel Alberta Act amendments ... 4680-81
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 80)
Second reading ... 6354-55 Alberta Health Care Insurance Act amendments ... 6355 Alberta Human Rights Act amendments ... 6355 Credit Union Act amendments ... 6355 Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act amendments ... 6355 Income and Employment Supports Act amendments ... 6355 Insurance Act amendments ... 6355 Mines and Minerals Act amendments ... 6355
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2067-68 Employment Standards Code amendments, group termination notification provisions ... 1861 Employment Standards Code amendments, holiday pay provisions ... 2067 Employment Standards Code amendments, rest period provisions ... 2067 Employment Standards Code amendments, temporary layoff provisions ... 2067 Employment Standards Code amendments, termination pay provisions ... 2067 Employment Standards Code amendments, youth employment provisions ... 2067-68 Labour Relations Code amendments, members' statements ... 2201 Labour Relations Code amendments, union dues utilization provisions ... 2067
School boards and districts
Layoff of educational assistants, substitute teachers, bus drivers, and support staff ... 1036
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act (Bill 67)
Second reading ... 5100-5101 Board of skilled trades establishment ... 5100-5101 Regulation development ... 5101
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Members' statements ... 1383
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Eligibility criteria ... 6355
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2)
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 2805-6 Corporate tax rate provisions ... 2805 Innovation employment grant provisions ... 2805-6
Technology industries
Industry development ... 6305
Technology innovation and emissions reduction (TIER) levy and fund
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Report recommendations, acknowledgement of genocide ... 3104
United Nations universal declaration of human rights
Article 26(3), right to choice in education ... 1035
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1647-48 Committee, amendment A2 (victim financial benefits, limitations period) (Ganley: defeated) ... 1647-48
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Working parents benefit program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 4132
Smith, Mark W. (Drayton Valley-Devon, UCP)
Aboriginal children's education
Aboriginal consultation topics
Transportation/utility corridor establishment ... 84
Aboriginal peoples
Economic participation ... 39
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 74)
Second reading ... 5785-87 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments, board appointments ... 5786 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments, comprehensive community college role ... 5785-86 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments, preamble ... 5785-86 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments, provisions for two types of institutions (universities and polytechnic institutions and colleges) ... 5786 Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act amendments, regulation of apprentice-to-mentor ratios ... 5787 Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act amendments, regulation of apprentice wages ... 5786-87 Stakeholder consultation ... 5786
Agriculture training support program
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2600
Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs (10-year postsecondary education strategy)
Decentralization strategy ... 5787 General remarks ... 5785-86
Alberta Energy Regulator
Environmental liability management rating program ... 6805-6 Oil and gas liability management ... 6805
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Employee mandatory COVID-19 vaccination ... 5879, 6139, 6859
Alexis v. Alberta (Environment and Parks), 2020
Alberta Court of Appeal decision on inclusion of sand in Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act ... 2026
Apprenticeship training
Registered apprenticeship program (RAP) ... 3991
Appropriation Act, 2021 (Bill 60)
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Referral to Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee ... 6085-86
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on capital spending ... 5701
Brazeau county
Western economic corridor initiative, members' statements ... 2106
Budget 2020-2021 (revised)
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2600
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Second reading ... 2782-83 Adjudication process provisions ... 2782 Lien filing time frame provisions ... 2782-83 Prompt-payment provisions ... 2782 Provisions for release of retained amounts (holdback) ... 2783
Calgary Exhibition & Stampede
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Capital maintenance and renewal program
Funding for schools, 2020-2021 ... 2695-96
Careers: the Next Generation
Child Care Licensing (Early Learning and Child Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 39)
Second reading ... 2932-33 Stakeholder consultation ... 2932
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 1015-17, 1030-31 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1030-31 Committee ... 1476-77 Committee, amendment A2 (alternative program application process) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1476-77 Third reading ... 1659 Preamble ... 1015 Stakeholder consultation ... 1030-31
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Report on Bill 212, Official Sport of Alberta Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4153-54 Report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6085-86 Report on Bill 220, Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6327
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1849 Nonconstitutional referendum provisions ... 1849
COVID-19
Immunity acquired through infection ... 5983, 6140
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons, income support ... 4192 Community response, members' statements ... 715 Legislative Assembly debate on matters arising since May 2020 debate ... 5879, 5885, 5889
COVID-19 vaccines
Adenovirus vaccine (Johnson & Johnson, etc.) availability ... 5879 Distribution ... 3927 Vaccination of children ... 5885, 6139
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 864-65 Section 2, prohibitions ... 864
Critical worker benefit program (federal-provincial)
Program implementation ... 4192
Daycare centres
Accreditation, program termination ... 2932-33
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt-to-GDP ratio ... 4273
Drayton Valley-Devon (constituency)
COVID-19 community response ... 715 Member's personal and family history ... 1015
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Agricultural component promotion (Motion Other than Government Motion 522: carried) ... 6333 General remarks ... 4907 Members' statements ... 3283 Sector strategies ... 4193
Education finance
Funding to address COVID-19 related issues ... 3927
Education Statutes (Students First) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 85)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 6490
Educational curricula
Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum, members' statements ... 4459, 5305 Review website ... 3805
Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 220)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6327
Energy industries
Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended) ... 6386-87 Diversification, members' statements ... 1138 Market access ... 108 Opposition to, members' statements ... 2818-19 Provincial assistance ... 1255 Small and medium-sized enterprises incentive framework development (Motion Other than Government Motion 525: adjourned) ... 6805-6
Environmental Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2025-26 Definition of "minerals," addition of sand, gravel, clay, and marl ... 2026
Fair Deal Panel
Report ... 6010 Report, members' statements ... 1751
Financing Alberta's Strategic Transportation Act (Bill 43)
Committee ... 3602 Committee, amendment A1 (nontolled alternative routes) (Dang: defeated) ... 3602
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1362-63
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 873
Fiscal policy, provincial
Members' statements ... 4907
Freedom
Members' statements ... 6859
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Committee ... 3954-55 Committee, amendment A1 (replacement of "to increase awareness of genocides that have occurred across the world, including the following" with "to increase awareness of genocides recognized by the House of Commons of Canada, as follows") (Singh: carried as amended) ... 3954-55 Committee, amendment A1 (replacement of "to increase awareness of genocides that have occurred across the world, including the following" with "to increase awareness of genocides recognized by the House of Commons of Canada, as follows") (Singh: carried as amended), subamendment SA1 (recognition only of genocides recognized by House of Commons of Canada) (Williams: carried) ... 3954-55
Geothermal energy
Industry development, members' statements ... 5636
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
Government communications
COVID-19 information and updates, members' statements ... 269
Government of Canada
Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried) ... 5268-69 Equalization program, provincial referendum results recognition (Government Motion 101: carried) ... 6010-11
Government policies
Members' statements ... 6683
Hemp industry
Industry development ... 6333 Members' statements ... 6440
High school completion
Graduation 2020, members' statements ... 979
Home education during COVID-19 pandemic
Students with special needs ... 3649
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Second reading ... 5700-5702 Section 4, criteria for capital planning submissions ... 5700-5702
Infrastructure blockades
Provincial response (Government Motion 7: carried unanimously) ... 39
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 38)
Second reading ... 2962-63 Jury Act amendments ... 2962 Police Act amendments, First Nations policing provisions ... 2962 Provincial Offences Procedure Act amendments ... 2962
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 84
Law enforcement
Voluntary civilian corps proposed (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried) ... 1525-26
Liability management framework (energy industries)
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Third reading ... 2251-53 Third reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the bill would limit local government powers (reasoned amendment RA1) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2251-53 Election finances provisions ... 2251-52 Nutritional requirement provisions ... 2933 Prohibited activities provisions ... 2933 Staff certification provisions, regulation development ... 2933
Members' Statements (current session)
COVID-19 community response ... 715 COVID-19 information ... 269 COVID-19 protective measures and individual freedom ... 6859 Economic corridor in Brazeau county ... 2106 Economic recovery plan ... 3283 Energy industry diversification ... 1138 Energy industry opposition ... 2818-19 Fair Deal Panel report ... 1751 Fiscal policies and economic recovery ... 4907 Geothermal energy industry ... 5636 Government policies and economic recovery ... 6683 Hemp industry ... 6440 High school graduation 2020 ... 979 Kindergarten to grade 6 draft curriculum ... 4459, 5305 Liberty and COVID-19 related public health orders ... 4150 Oil and gas well site reclamation ... 5445 Remembrance Day ... 3060 Teck Resources Frontier mine project cancellation ... 126
Mineral Resource Development Act (Bill 82)
Ministry of Education
COVID-19 pandemic response ... 5885 Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4273
Ministry of Infrastructure
Minor injury regulation (Alberta Regulation 123/2004)
Definition of "minor injury" ... 2919
Official Sport of Alberta Act (Bill 212)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4153-54
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
COVID-19 in schools ... 3926-27 COVID-19 vaccination policies ... 6139-40 Educational curriculum review and redesign ... 3805 Energy jobs and site rehabilitation program ... 1255 Energy resource projects and transportation/utility corridors ... 108 Home education and teachers' work from home ... 3649 Natural immunity to COVID-19 ... 5983 School re-entry plan ... 2204 School re-entry plan and capital maintenance and renewal projects ... 2695-96 Skilled trades promotion ... 3381-82, 3990-91
Poems
In Flanders Field, by John McCrae ... 3060
Points of order (current session)
Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 572 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (Renaud: defeated) ... 572 Committee, points of order on debate ... 614
Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 218)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6085-86
Public health orders
Members' statements ... 4150
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Reclamation of land
Members' statements ... 5445 R-star program proposal ... 6806
Recycling (waste, etc.)
Plastics strategy ... 6333
Remembrance Day
Members' statements ... 3060
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Drayton Valley-Devon industries ... 1138
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 212, Official Sport of Alberta Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) (carried unanimously) ... 4153-54 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6085-86 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 220, Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6327
Restrictions exemption program (REP)
Rodeo
Recognition of cultural importance (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried) ... 931-32
School boards and districts
In-person summer school programs ... 2204
Schools
COVID-19 cases ... 3926-27 Province-wide grades 7 to 12 class cancellation, November 2020 ... 3649 Re-entry plan ... 2204, 2695-96
Senate of Canada
Provincial election, recognition of results (Government Motion 103: carried) ... 5926-27
Site rehabilitation program (oil and gas site closures)
General remarks ... 5445 Job creation ... 1255
Small and medium-sized enterprises relaunch grant program
Strategic Aviation Advisory Council Act (Bill 201)
Third reading ... 1517-18 Section 4, duties of council ... 1517-18 Section 6, appointment of members ... 1517
Teachers
Permission to work from home during school closures ... 3649
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project, Aboriginal community support ... 39 Frontier mine project cancellation, members' statements ... 126
Transportation/utility corridors
Establishment ... 108 Establishment, Assembly to urge government for (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: carried) ... 84-85
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Apprenticeship programs ... 5787
United Conservative Party
2019 election platform (Alberta Strong and Free) ... 4847
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, British Columbia
Position on Shell Coastal GasLink pipeline project, NDP Provincial Council resolution ... 6386-87
Women Building Futures skilled trades program
Working parents benefit program
Speaker, The (Cooper, Nathan, M.)
20th Field Artillery Regiment
30th Legislature
Government record, members' statements, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 2996 Second Session 2020 fall sitting ending ... 3916 Second Session 2021 spring sitting ... 5634 Second Session opening, 15-gun salute ... 3
Aboriginal consultation topics
Government policy changes, points of order on debate ... 5920
Aboriginal peoples
Programs and services, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 4985-86
Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame
Inductee David Price ... 4140
Alberta Energy Regulator
Vice-president appointment, points of order on debate ... 2049 Vice-president appointment, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2049
Alberta Federation of Labour
Boycott of businesses donating to UCP, members' statements, Speaker's ruling on interruptions ... 2606
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Annual report 2020-2021 publication delay ... 1696
Alberta in Canada
Assembly affirmation of role in Canadian federation and denunciation of separatism (Motion Other than Government Motion 511: adjourned), motion to move to bottom of Order Paper (Ellis: carried), point of order raised ... 4165
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 208)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4005
Annual report 2019-2020 (government of Alberta)
Publication delay, point of privilege raised on Premier's and Finance minister's remarks (misleading the House) ... 1675, 1696 Publication delay, point of privilege raised on Premier's and Finance minister's remarks (misleading the House), Speaker's ruling (no prima facie breach of privilege found) ... 1763-64 Publication delay, points of order on debate ... 1894-95
Appropriation Act, 2020 (Bill 6)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 217
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2021 (Bill 59)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4112
Banff-Kananaskis (constituency)
Member's remarks on COVID-19 pandemic, points of order on debate ... 4742 Member's remarks on COVID-19 pandemic, points of order on debate, clarification ... 4742
Bills, government (procedure)
Distribution of copies of amendments, Speaker's rulings ... 799 Distribution of copies of bills and amendments, Speaker's statements ... 815 First reading ... 3071 Members' requests for copies ... 2616 Recommittal of bills to Committee of the Whole ... 5431-32 Referral amendments, members to speak only once ... 3257 Second reading, members' speaking time ... 970 Technical briefings to opposition caucuses and media ... 912-14
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Distribution of copies of amendments, Speaker's rulings ... 799 Distribution of copies of bills and amendments, Speaker's statements ... 815 Members' requests for copies ... 2616 Requests to waive Standing Order 8(1) and proceed immediately to consideration of a bill ... 3566
Blanchard, James (United States ambassador)
Visit to the Legislative Assembly ... 277
Brooks-Medicine Hat (constituency)
Member's marriage ... 5637
Budget 2020-2021
Operational expenses, points of order on debate ... 123
Budget 2020-2021 (revised)
First-quarter fiscal update, request to table related documents outside of the Routine (unanimous consent granted) ... 2587 First-quarter fiscal update, special debate procedure ... 2587, 2590, 2598
Calgary-Buffalo (constituency)
Member's remarks on government legislation, points of order on debate ... 1982-83 Size ... 1014
Calgary-Edgemont (constituency)
Member's fifth anniversary of election, Speaker's statement ... 2605
Calgary Exhibition & Stampede
Photo taken in the Chamber to commemorate ... 1907
Calgary-Foothills (constituency)
Member's fifth anniversary of election, Speaker's statement ... 4329
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 2105
Canada-Alberta Canada-wide early learning and child care agreement (2021-2026)
Alberta participation, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 4741 Federal-provincial agreement, members' statements, Speaker's rulings ... 6073
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
UCP application, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 906, 980-81
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied, points of order on debate ... 4916
Canadian citizenship
Federal ban on niqabs at ceremonies, 2011-2015, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 5590 Federal ban on niqabs at ceremonies, 2011-2015, Speaker's ruling on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 5590-91
Canadian Energy Centre
Petition on Netflix film, points of order on debate ... 4097
Canadian Forces
Helicopter crash deaths, Speaker's statement ... 675
Captive Insurance Companies Act (Bill 76)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5951
Cargill Canada
COVID-19 outbreaks, corporate liability, points of order on debate ... 4806-7 COVID-19 vaccination clinic, points of order on debate ... 4741
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
110th anniversary, Speaker's statement ... 6609 Dress code, permission for members to relax ... 4017 Dress code, Speaker's rulings ... 4864 Electronic device use ... 1283, 2772-73, 6305 Electronic device use, Speaker's ruling ... 1246, 5063 Members' permission to sit, speak, or vote from any seat to promote physical distancing ... 267, 278 Practices during COVID-19 pandemic, Speaker's rulings ... 799 Practices during COVID-19 pandemic, Speaker's statements ... 285, 815, 2603
Chief medical officer of health
Correspondence with Health minister's office, July 1 to August 31, 2021 (Motion for a Return 16: defeated), points of order on debate ... 6558 Public briefings on COVID-19, points of order on debate ... 4469-70
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 947-48 Media briefing, point of privilege raised ... 889, 891 Media briefing, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling (no prima facie breach of privilege found) ... 912-14
Citizen Initiative Act (Bill 51)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4694
Clerk of the Assembly
Queen's Counsel designation, Speaker's statement ... 815
Climate change
Report prepared for government, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 54
Coal mines and mining
Changes to restrictions for foothills area, points of order on debate ... 1761-62, 1842 Changes to restrictions for foothills area, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 1755 Development policies, points of order on debate ... 4129, 4742-43, 5386, 5599 Development policies, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 4006, 5599 Development policies, stakeholder consultation, points of order on debate ... 4395, 5535
Cold Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce
Membership co-ordinator ... 3719
College of Alberta School Superintendents Act (Bill 55)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4454 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 4792
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Chair and membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 6 Chair and membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replacement of Mr. Dach with Ms Irwin) (Schow: carried) ... 6 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried), Speaker's statements ... 19
Committee on Families and Communities, Standing
Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried), Speaker's statements ... 19 Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 6
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Chair, deputy chair, and membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 6
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 6
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 989 Report on Bill 203, Pension Protection Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in), request to rescind concurrence vote (unanimous consent denied) ... 1840 Report on Bill 208, Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4005 Report on Bill 212, Official Sport of Alberta Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4088 Report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4667 Report on Bill 215, Seniors Advocate Act, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4806 Report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5237 Report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5454 Report on Bill 220, Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5985
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 6 Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replacement of Mr. Neudorf with Mr. Yao) (Schow: carried) ... 6
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried), Speaker's statements ... 19 First videoconference meeting ... 3916 Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 6
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried), Speaker's statements ... 19 Deputy chair and membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replacement of Member Loyola with Mr. Dach and Ms Armstrong-Homeniuk with Mr. Loewen) (Schow: carried) ... 6
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Membership changes (Government Motion 5: carried as amended) ... 5-6
Commonwealth Day
Speaker's statement ... 3946
Commonwealth Youth Parliament
Speaker's statement ... 3848
Community facility enhancement program
Funding, 2021-2022, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 4206
Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 202)
Government position, points of order on debate ... 827-28 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 989
Consolidated financial statements 2019-2020 (government of Alberta)
Auditor General's audit, Official Opposition remarks, members' statements, points of order on debate ... 3386
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1847 Referendum finance provisions, points of order on debate ... 1763
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
COVID-19
Alberta cases, COVID-19 variants, emergency debate under Standing Order 30, request for (not proceeded with) ... 3947-48 Alberta cases, COVID-19 variants, emergency debate under Standing Order 30, request for (not proceeded with), Speaker's ruling on debate ... 3947 Alberta cases, points of order on debate ... 3850 Alberta cases, variants, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 5598
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Contact tracing, points of order on debate ... 2773-74
COVID-19 pandemic
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried), request to permit members to speak more than once (unanimous consent granted) ... 3329 Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, procedure ... 359-60, 368, 810 Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 380, 849 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 19: carried), procedure ... 828 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 19: carried), Speaker's ruling on amendments ... 799 Legislative Assembly debate on matters arising since May 2020 debate, rotation of speakers ... 5873, 5881, 5884 Premier's remarks, points of order on debate ... 4615 Provincial response ... 117 Provincial response, Assembly support for, emergency debate under Standing Order 30, request for (proceeded with) ... 154-55 Provincial response, points of order on debate ... 5825 Provincial response, summer 2021, points of order on debate ... 6868 Provincial response, summer 2021, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 5671 Provincial response decision-making, points of order on debate ... 3542-44 Provincial response decision-making, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 3534 Provincial response review, points of order on debate ... 5824 Risk monitoring ... 2765 Risk monitoring, Speaker's cautioning of members ... 2765 Risk monitoring, Speaker's cautioning of members, remarks withdrawn ... 2766 Scenario modelling, points of order on debate ... 4267-68 Scenario modelling for delta variant, Premier's remarks on June 16, 2021, point of privilege raised ... 5650, 5674-75 Scenario modelling for delta variant, Premier's remarks on June 16, 2021, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling (no prima facie breach of privilege found) ... 5750-51
COVID-19 vaccines
Distribution to targeted populations, points of order on debate ... 5455
Cultural industries
Alberta artists, points of order on debate ... 6061
Daily Routine (Legislative Assembly)
American Sign Language interpretation, spring 2022 sitting, Speaker's statement ... 6857 Variance ... 141
Daycare
Access, points of order on debate ... 888
Daycare centres
COVID-19 related protective measures, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 5672
Deputy Chair of Committees
Assembly confidence in, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), point of order ... 1895
Deputy Government House Leader
Digital overdose response system
Pilot program, points of order on debate ... 4742
Divisions (recorded votes) (procedure)
Remote voting, dress code, Speaker's ruling ... 4864 Remote voting, Speaker's statements ... 4820-21
Eastern Slopes Protection Act (Bill 214)
Debate schedule amendment, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), point of order raised ... 4615 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4667
Economic development
Investment attraction, members' statements, Speaker's ruling on interruptions ... 100
Edmonton (city)
NHL hub city award, photo taken in the Chamber to commemorate ... 1907
Education finance
Funding, 2021-2022, points of order on debate ... 4741, 4991 Funding for students with special needs, points of order on debate ... 2719 Funding for students with special needs, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2719
Education Statutes (Students First) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 85)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 6401 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 6490 Third reading, Speaker's rulings ... 6489-90
Educational curricula
Redesign, Aboriginal content, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 2823 Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum, points of order on debate ... 4395, 4807 Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), points of order on debate ... 4290 Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), speaking to urgency ... 4290 Redesign, draft kindergarten to grade 6 curriculum, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 6783
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 81)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 6411 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 6924
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (procedure)
Speaking to urgency, Speaker's rulings ... 3947
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
COVID-19, provincial response, request for debate ruled in order (proceeded with) ... 154-55 COVID-19 case increase (withdrawn) ... 3307 COVID-19 variant cases in Alberta, request for debate (not proceeded with) ... 3947-48 COVID-19 variant cases in Alberta, request for emergency debate, Speaker's ruing on debate ... 3947 Unemployment and economic recovery, request for debate ruled out of order ... 2617
Emergency management
Alert ready emergency system test, Speaker's statement ... 6207
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 9)
First reading, request to waive Standing Order 77(1) and proceed to second reading (unanimous consent granted) ... 278
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Dispatch service centralization (Motion Other than Government Motion 516: defeated), request to replace motion's language (unanimous consent granted) ... 3960
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (procedure)
Denial of unanimous consent to proceed ... 298 General remarks ... 297 Response to request for debate ... 4991 Speaking time ... 4992 Speaking to urgency ... 1919, 4289, 4396 Speaking to urgency, points of order ... 1895, 4289-90 Voting procedure ... 1896
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Assembly confidence in the Deputy Chair of Committees, request for debate (unanimous consent denied), points of order on debate ... 1895 Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, debate schedule change, request for debate (unanimous consent denied), point of order raised ... 4615 Legislative Assembly COVID-19 related safety measures, request for debate (unanimous consent denied), points of order on debate ... 5752 Physician retention, request for debate (unanimous consent denied), speaking to urgency ... 1919 Systemic racism advisory panel appointment, request for debate (unanimous consent denied), Speaker's ruling on debate ... 1394
Employment and income support programs
Barriers to full employment program, supplemental benefits, points of order on debate ... 5144, 5221 Barriers to full employment program, supplemental housing benefit, points of order on debate ... 6218-19
Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 220)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5985
Energy industries
Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended), Speaker's ruling on debate ... 6638 Environmental and ethical standards, points of order on debate ... 32
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Second reading, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 3450 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 3910
Environmental monitoring
AER exemptions, points of order on debate ... 1393
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 83)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 6251
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main estimates 2020-2021 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 62-63 Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 141 Main estimates 2021-2022 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 3930
Executive Council
Members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering on June 1, 2021, point of privilege raised ... 5242 Members' Edmonton Federal Building gathering on June 1, 2021, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling (no prima facie breach of privilege found) ... 5314-15 Questions about a previous responsibility, Speaker's ruling ... 5671
Fiscal Measures and Taxation Act, 2020 (Bill 5)
Second reading. points of order on debate ... 230-31
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1077
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Second reading, Speaker's rulings ... 2852, 2854
Freedom to Care Act (Bill 58)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 5613
Galahad care centre
Resident transfer, points of order on debate ... 5455
Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1006
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Second reading, request to move immediately to consideration in committee (unanimous consent denied) ... 3566
God Save the Queen
Performed by Brooklyn Elhard ... 2345, 3059, 3281, 3531, 3771, 3917, 3993, 4117, 4255, 4383 Performed by Cara McLeod and the Royal Canadian Artillery Band ... 3 Performed by Nicole Williams ... 2685 Recording played ... 4581, 4795, 4959, 5209, 5443, 5813, 6049, 6281, 6513
Government caucus
Members' letter to the Premier on public health orders ... 4407 Members' letter to the Premier on public health orders, points of order on debate ... 4417, 4615 Members' remarks on COVID-19, points of order on debate ... 4394-95
Government of Canada
Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried), points of order on debate ... 5263-64, 5267
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Members' statements, Speaker's ruling ... 5835
Hate crimes
Fatal attack on London, Ontario, family, Speaker's statement ... 5303
Health Advocate
Combination of position with Seniors Advocate and Mental Health Patient Advocate, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 3000-3001
Health care
Rural services, points of order on debate ... 5314
Health care finance
Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services), points of order on debate ... 2718-20
Health sciences personnel
Contract negotiations, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 4172
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the government has provided insufficient evidence of results of bill (reasoned amendment RA1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 2360 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1876-77
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
Committee, points of order raised ... 3859 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 3877-78
Homeless shelters
Spaces, points of order on debate ... 6218
Hospital capacity issues
Alberta Health Services early warning system, points of order on debate ... 4614-15 Beds for COVID-19 patients, members' statements, Speaker's ruling ... 3710 Oxygen supply, points of order on debate ... 3720
Hospital construction
Funding for central Alberta, points of order on debate ... 6293
Hospital maintenance and repair
Funding for central Alberta, points of order on debate ... 6293
Hydrogen strategy
Strategy development, points of order on debate ... 3564
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 6013-14
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Second reading ... 3276 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sabir/Dach: defeated) ... 3276
International Women's Day
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 19, 51, 67, 99, 111, 1325, 1483, 1609, 1661, 1683, 1749, 1829, 1883, 1907, 1971, 2105, 2129, 2199, 2275, 2345, 2367, 2489, 2655, 2685, 2707, 2761, 2871, 2895, 2995, 3059, 3085, 4139, 4959, 5209, 5225, 5443, 5523, 5587
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Consul general and honorary consul for Portugal ... 111 EndPovertyEdmonton Indigenous circle co-chair ... 1683 Family of former MLA Hon. Nicholas William Taylor ... 2707 Family of former MLA Jack William Ady ... 67 Family of former MLA Janice Sarich ... 3935 Family of former MLA Ty Lund ... 4277 Former Minister of Agriculture and Forestry ... 2871 Honorary Consul of Barbados ... 1683 Member for Calgary-Acadia's son ... 4277 Member for Livingstone-Macleod's wife ... 4117 Member of Parliament Kerry-Lynne Findlay and party ... 1557 Representatives of SouthGrow economic development ... 111 Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society of Alberta president ... 1683 Speaker's mother ... 4117 Treaty 8 grand chief ... 1683
Job creation
Provincial strategy, points of order on debate ... 4029
Journée internationale de la Francophonie, la
Speaker's statement ... 4117
Kitscoty school
Attendance at School at the Leg ... 5733
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 49)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5951-52
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
115th anniversary, Speaker's statement ... 4017 COVID-19 pandemic response, Speaker's rulings ... 799 COVID-19 pandemic response, Speaker's statements ... 285, 815, 2603 COVID-19 related protective measures, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), points of order on debate ... 5752 First Friday sitting since 1993 ... 277 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) ... 277 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (distribution of copies of amendments), Speaker's rulings ... 799 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (distribution of copies of bills and amendments), Speaker's statements ... 815 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) (Government Motion 10: carried as amended), points of order on debate ... 186 Remarks in Blackfoot ... 3994 Rules and practices, Speaker's rulings ... 5613 Sitting hours, request to sit past 6 p.m. (unanimous consent granted) ... 828 Translation of remarks in French ... 1432, 5674
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
2020 fall sitting ... 3916 2021 fall sitting ... 6934
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Acclamation of new Speaker, Speaker's statements ... 3795
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Legislative Assembly Office
COVID-19 pandemic preparedness ... 117 COVID-19 pandemic response, Speaker's statements ... 285
Legislative policy committees
Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried), Speaker's statements ... 19
Legislative procedure
Decorum ... 1011, 1280 Decorum, Speaker's rulings ... 4378, 6489-90, 6877 Exhibits (props) use by members ... 1613, 2825, 3709, 3838 Exhibits (props) use by members, points of order ... 2719 Exhibits (props) use by members, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 2719
Liabilities Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 12)
Second reading, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 347
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Entrance into the Chamber ... 1, 2359 New Lieutenant Governor ... 3916
Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 56)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4317, 4356 Second reading, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 4378
Members' apologies
Signing of letter to Premier on public health orders ... 4407
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Alberta parliamentarian of the year awards, Speaker's statement ... 3771, 6867 Allegations against, points of order ... 947-48, 1149, 1761-63, 1842, 1960-61, 2289, 2773-74, 4394-95, 4743, 4792, 4806-7, 5221, 5238, 5314, 5455, 5535, 5599, 6218, 6378 Allegations against, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 1961, 2050, 5599, 6292-93 Allegations against, Speaker's rulings ... 1755, 5484 Criticizing members ... 4357 Former MLA and Senator the Hon. Elaine J. McCoy, QC, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 3917 Former MLA Clint E. Dunford, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 5635 Former MLA Dr. Winston Osler Backus, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 1503 Former MLA Erin Babcock, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 675 Former MLA Frederick Thomas Mandeville, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 675 Former MLA Hon. Nicholas William Taylor, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 2605, 2707 Former MLA Jack William Ady, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 67 Former MLA James Douglas Henderson, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 3917 Former MLA Janice Sarich, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 3935 Former MLA John W. "Jack" Cookson, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 5635 Former MLA Judith D. Gordon, memorial tribute ... 3837 Former MLA Leonard Barry Pashak, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 3917 Former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar, anniversary of death, Speaker's statement ... 3295, 6367 Former MLA Ralph Sorenson, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 815 Former MLA Raymond Reierson, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 675 Former MLA Robert Arnold "Butch" Fischer, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 2605 Former MLA Robert Curtis Clark, memorial tribute ... 2277 Former MLA Robert Curtis Clark, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 1907, 2275 Former MLA Robert Maskell, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 4603 Former MLA Stanley Stanford Schumacher, QC, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 2605 Former MLA Ty Lund, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 3935, 4277 Improper inferences about, Speaker's rulings ... 54 Imputing falsehoods against, points of order ... 1311, 4395 Imputing falsehoods against, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 4741 Imputing motives to ... 3323 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 217, 564, 1847, 1876-77, 2050, 2379, 4097, 4454, 4469-70, 4694, 4740, 4807, 4859, 5121, 5613, 5920 Members' fifth anniversary of election, Speaker's statement ... 713, 4329 Member's marriage ... 5637 Reference in Assembly to absence ... 516, 549, 736, 1976, 3250, 3613, 4949, 6266, 6373 Reference in Assembly to absence, points of order ... 2049, 3783, 3851, 4867 Reference in Assembly to absence, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 2049, 4006 Reference in Assembly to absence, Speaker's rulings ... 347 Reference to by name in the Assembly ... 1289, 1302, 2063, 3000, 3347 Reference to by name in the Assembly, points of order ... 5103, 5264 Reference to by name in the Assembly, Speaker's rulings ... 2996, 4725, 5672, 5835, 6877 Reference to proper titles, points of order on debate ... 1148-49, 5267
Members' Statements (procedure)
Interrupting a member ... 877, 1883, 1885, 2817, 4279 Interrupting a member, Speaker's rulings ... 100, 2606, 6059, 6073 Points of order ... 3386 Rotation of statements, Speaker's statements ... 3981, 4905, 5637
Mois de la Francophonie albertaine, le
Ceremony in the Legislature rotunda ... 68
Motions (procedure)
No. 42, request for permission for members to speak more than once (unanimous consent granted) ... 3329 No. 511 moved to bottom of Order Paper pursuant to Standing Order 8(4) ... 2911 Admissibility, points of order ... 4630 Admissibility, Speaker's rulings ... 81 Amendments to private members' motions ... 5252 Amendments to private members' motions, Speaker's rulings ... 5481-82 Distribution of copies of amendments, Speaker's rulings ... 799 Distribution of copies of amendments, Speaker's statements ... 815 Motion out of order, Speaker's rulings ... 1600 Motion to adjourn ruled out of order, Speaker's rulings ... 1600 Reading in the Assembly ... 5
National Day of Observance for COVID-19
Speaker's statement ... 3993
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
2019 report, points of order on debate, member's apology ... 1058 2019 report recommendations, acknowledgement of genocide, points of order on debate ... 3007-8 2019 report recommendations, acknowledgement of genocide, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 3001
Natural resource development
Provincial policies, members' statements, points of order ... 4394 Provincial policies, members' statements, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 4394
Nurses
Full-time equivalents (FTEs), points of order on debate ... 5238 Full-time equivalents (FTEs), points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2050
O Canada
Performed by Brooklyn Elhard ... 447, 675, 815, 901, 1137, 1503, 1683, 2129, 2367, 2605, 2707, 2895, 3295, 3553, 3795, 3917, 3935, 4017, 4139, 4277 Performed by Cara McLeod and the Royal Canadian Artillery Band ... 1 Performed by Kinsey Peters ... 67 Performed by Nicole Williams ... 1907 Performed by Suzanne Harrison ... 1325 Performed by the Filipino-Canadian Saranay Association of Alberta ... 3085 Performed by the Minister of Children's Services ... 285 Performed by the Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women ... 141 Recording played ... 4405, 4603, 4833, 4979, 5225, 5461, 5635, 5835, 6073, 6303, 6535, 6779
Office of the Premier
COVID-19 cases among staff, points of order on debate ... 4469 Premier's absence during summer 2021, related records held by Executive Council (Motion for a Return 14: defeated), point of privilege raised (no prima facie point of privilege found) ... 6560-61, 6597
Offices of the Legislative Assembly
Main estimates 2020-2021 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 62-63, 3930
Official Opposition
Alternative school re-entry plan, points of order on debate ... 2379 Face masks with Alberta crest worn in the Chamber, point of order ... 4317
Official Sport of Alberta Act (Bill 212)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4088
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Addressing questions through the chair, points of order ... 2719-20, 4212, 5144 Addressing questions through the chair, Speaker's rulings ... 4172, 4206 Hypothetical questions, points of order ... 6315 Interrupting a member ... 2820, 3089, 3221 Interrupting a member, Speaker's rulings ... 2493 Preambles ... 72, 722, 982, 1122, 1332, 3144, 3562, 3843, 4054, 4525, 5644, 5984, 6056, 6219 Preambles, points of order ... 4916, 5920 Preambles to supplementary questions, Speaker's rulings ... 906 Questions about a previous responsibility, Speaker's ruling ... 5671 Questions by parliamentary secretaries, Speaker's statement ... 6611 Questions on government policy ... 4669 Questions on internal party matters ... 906, 2609, 4143 Questions on internal party matters, Speaker's ruling ... 980-81 Questions outside government responsibility, points of order ... 4395 Questions outside ministerial responsibility, Speaker's rulings ... 5530 Rotation of questions, Speaker's statements ... 3981, 4905, 5637 Seeking opinions ... 6054 Seeking opinions, points of order ... 6061 Social media use by members or staff, Speaker's rulings ... 6443 Speaker's role in debate ... 6445 Speaker's rulings ... 6783 Supplementary questions ... 123, 822, 2206, 3066 Supplementary questions, points of order ... 5825 Supplementary questions, Speaker's rulings ... 3094, 4985-86
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Recognition, Speaker's statement ... 1661
Parks, provincial
Government town hall meeting, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 3220-21 Service changes, points of order on debate ... 1311 Usage data, points of order on debate ... 3783-84
Parliamentary debate
Addressing remarks through the chair ... 3372, 4113, 5873, 5914 Addressing the chair ... 845, 1249 Addressing the chair, Speaker's rulings ... 4378 Anticipation ... 1385, 2899 Chamber countdown clock malfunction ... 4711 Gestures by members ... 6619 Interruptions ... 2849 Language creating disorder ... 186, 2765 Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 2766 Parliamentary language ... 75, 1910, 2373, 2747, 3323, 3843, 4048, 4175, 4551, 4561, 4869, 6211 Recognizing a member ... 4630-31 Relevance ... 850, 949, 1006, 2596, 2598, 5431, 5967, 6581
Parliamentary secretaries
Speaker's statement ... 6611
Patricia Heights school, Edmonton
Speaker's statement ... 3456
Pension Protection Act (Bill 203)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in), request to rescind concurrence vote (unanimous consent denied) ... 1840
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Direct operations, points of order on debate ... 2050
Persons with disabilities
Access to Legislature and government services, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 5530
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (procedure)
Petition on elder care accepted as a tabling ... 3849 Reading of petitions ... 2500
Physicians
Recruitment and retention, Lethbridge, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 6315 Recruitment and retention, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), speaking to urgency ... 1919 Rural physicians, points of order on debate ... 1148-49 Rural physicians, recruitment and retention, points of order on debate ... 5238
Points of clarification (procedure)
Points of clarification (current session)
Points of order (procedure)
Speaker's statements ... 2773
Points of order (current session)
Addressing questions through the chair ... 2719-20, 4212, 5144 Addressing the chair ... 3542-43, 3885 Admissibility of motions ... 4630 Allegations against a member or members ... 947-48, 1149, 1761-63, 1842, 1960-61, 2289, 2773-74, 4394-95, 4743, 4792, 4806-7, 5221, 5238, 5314, 5455, 5535, 5599, 6218, 6378 Allegations against a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 1961, 2050, 5599, 6292-93 Epithets ... 4742 Epithets, clarification ... 4742 Exhibits (props) ... 2719 Exhibits (props), remarks withdrawn ... 2719 Factual accuracy ... 1393 Hypothetical questions ... 6315 Imputing falsehoods against a member ... 1311, 4395 Imputing falsehoods against a member, remarks withdrawn ... 4741 Imputing motives ... 217, 564, 1847, 1876-77, 2050, 2379, 4097, 4454, 4469-70, 4694, 4740, 4807, 4859, 5121, 5613, 5920 Insulting language ... 1148-49, 3543, 3568, 5752 Items previously decided ... 736, 1006, 2060, 6880 Language creating disorder ... 1762, 1840-41, 1960, 1982-83, 2116, 2718-20, 3564, 3570, 3850, 3909, 4029, 4356, 4469-70, 4559, 4640, 4742-43, 4859, 5039, 5041-42, 5263, 5480, 5920, 5951-52, 6251, 6293, 6524, 6558, 6924 Language creating disorder, member's apology ... 1058 Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 6315 Members' statements ... 3386 Misleading the House ... 32 Oral Question Period supplementary questions ... 5825 Parliamentary language ... 827-28, 1894-95, 3386, 3543-44, 3720, 3783-84, 4128, 4267-68, 4394-95, 4417, 4614-15, 4741, 4991, 5386, 5824, 5986, 6144, 6877 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 4394, 5598 Preambles ... 4916, 5920 Questions outside government responsibility ... 4395 Referring to a member by name ... 5103, 5264 Referring to a nonmember ... 4741 Referring to party affiliation ... 4317 Referring to party matters ... 4615, 5846, 6315-16 Referring to party matters, remarks withdrawn ... 5825 Referring to proper titles ... 1148-49, 5267 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 2049, 3783, 3851, 4867 Referring to the absence of a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 2049, 4006 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers ... 230, 3007-8 Relevance ... 231, 517, 736, 1006, 1857, 2340, 2678, 4112, 5048, 5951, 6013-14, 6125, 6401, 6411, 6490 Remarks off the record ... 888, 5921, 6868 Rules and practices of the Assembly ... 6218-19 Seeking opinions ... 6061 Speaking time ... 3910, 4631 Speaking to urgency (emergency motions under Standing Order 42) ... 1895, 4290 Speaking twice in a debate ... 186 Sub judice rule ... 5044
Police
Provincial police force feasibility study, points of order on debate ... 5846
Polish-Canadian Heritage Day Act (Bill 217)
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 72)
Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh
Memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 4405
Private members' business
Point of privilege raised ... 2960 Point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling (no prima facie point of privilege found) ... 3008-9
Privilege (procedure)
Members' comments on matters related to a privilege motion ... 1664 Notification to Speaker's office ... 891, 912
Privilege (current session)
Contempt of the Assembly (Bill 15 media briefing) ... 889, 891 Contempt of the Assembly (Bill 15 media briefing), Speaker's ruling (no prima facie breach of privilege found) ... 912-14 Gestures ... 6560-61, 6597 Misleading the House (Premier's and Finance Minister's remarks on 2019-2020 annual report delay) ... 1675, 1696 Misleading the House (Premier's and Finance Minister's remarks on 2019-2020 annual report delay), Speaker's ruling (no prima facie breach of privilege found) ... 1763-64 Misleading the House (Premier's and Health minister's remarks on June 1, 2021, Executive Council member gathering) ... 5242 Misleading the House (Premier's and Health minister's remarks on June 1, 2021, Executive Council member gathering), Speaker's ruling (no prima facie breach of privilege found) ... 5314-15 Misleading the House (Premier's remarks on COVID-19 variant modelling) ... 5650, 5674-75 Misleading the House (Premier's remarks on COVID-19 variant modelling), Speaker's ruling (no prima facie breach of privilege found) ... 5750-51 Private members' business (Monday afternoon motion debates) ... 2960 Private members' business (Monday afternoon motion debates), Speaker's ruling (no prima facie point of privilege found) ... 3008-9
Property tax
Unpaid corporate taxes, points of order on debate ... 2774
Protecting Alberta Industry from Theft Act, 2020 (Bill 25)
Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Feehan: defeated) ... 1735
Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act (Bill 8)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 517, 564
Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 218)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5237
Public health orders
Enforcement, points of order on debate ... 4807 Restrictions announced November 24, 2020, points of order on debate ... 3783
Public lands
Management, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 1670
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4559, 4859, 4867
Public service
Role in democracy ... 3-4
Racism
Prevention initiatives, points of order on debate ... 1149 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), motion to adjourn out of order, Speaker's ruling ... 1600 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), points of order on debate ... 1960-61 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1961 Systemic racism advisory panel appointment, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), Speaker's ruling on debate ... 1394
Recall Act (Bill 52)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 4640
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Capital funding, points of order on debate ... 6293
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 3885
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 62)
Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider section 1, Alberta Utilities Commission Act (recommittal amendment REC1) (Sweet: defeated), relevance of debate ... 5431 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider section 1, Alberta Utilities Commission Act (recommittal amendment REC1) (Sweet: defeated), Speaker's statement on relevance of debate ... 5432
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 80)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 6125 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 112: carried), points of order on debate ... 6880 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 6877 Third reading, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 6877
Remembrance Day
Ceremonies in the Legislature rotunda, Speaker's statement ... 2996
Reports presented by standing and special committees (procedure)
Request to rescind concurrence vote (unanimous consent denied) ... 1840
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 989 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 203, Pension Protection Act, with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in), request to rescind concurrence vote (unanimous consent denied) ... 1840 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 208, Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4005 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 212, Official Sport of Alberta Act, with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4088 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 214, Eastern Slopes Protection Act, with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4667 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 215, Seniors Advocate Act, with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4806 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 218, Provincial Parks (Protecting Park Boundaries) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5237 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5454 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 220, Employment Standards (Expanding Bereavement Leave) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5985
Residential schools
Gravesite discovery, Kamloops, Speaker's statement ... 4979
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 2060, 2340 Labour Relations Code amendments, points of order on debate ... 1840-41
Road maintenance and repair
Lesser Slave Lake roads, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 4985-86 Maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 1: defeated), points of order on debate ... 3568 Transportation ministry documents related to maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 2: defeated), points of order on debate ... 3570
Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps
180th, Edmonton ... 3 1390th, Red Deer ... 3 2561th, Thorsby ... 3
Royal Canadian Artillery Band
Performance of A Western Fanfare ... 1 Performance of God Save the Queen ... 3 Performance of O Canada ... 1
Royal Canadian Legion
Poppy campaign, Speaker's statement ... 2895, 5845
School at the Leg (grade 6 educational program)
School boards and districts
Layoff of educational assistants, substitute teachers, bus drivers, and support staff, motion for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), member's request for clarification of procedure ... 298
School construction
New schools, Calgary, points of order on debate ... 4212
Schoolchildren's transportation
School bus insurance costs, points of order on debate ... 5824 School bus mask requirement, members' statements, Speaker's ruling on interruptions ... 6059
Schools
COVID-19 cases, points of order on debate ... 3851 COVID-19 related protective measures, points of order on debate ... 4740 Re-entry plan, points of order on debate ... 2289 Re-entry plan, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 2493
Seniors Advocate Act (Bill 215)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 4806
Sergeant-at-Arms
New Sergeant-at-Arms, Chris Caughell ... 19
Siksika First Nation
Chief Samuel Crowfoot and party visit to the Assembly ... 3994
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act (Bill 67)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 5103, 5121 Second reading, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 4725
Small business
Provincial assistance, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 3094
Speaker, The
Impartiality, Speaker's statements ... 4407 Re-election of House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota ... 6314
Speaker's rulings
Addressing questions through the chair ... 4206 Addressing the chair ... 3450, 4172, 4378 Admissibility of amendments to motions ... 81 Allegations against a member or members ... 1755, 5484 Allegations against a nonmember or nonmembers ... 2823 Amendment to Motion Other than Government Motion 519 ... 5481-82 Challenging the chair's ruling ... 2114 Decorum ... 4378, 6489-90, 6877 Distribution of copies of amendments ... 799 Dress code for remote voting during divisions ... 4864 Improper inferences ... 54 Interrupting a member ... 2493, 2852 Interrupting members' statements ... 100, 2606, 6059, 6073 Motion out of order ... 1600 Oral Question Period practices (interrupting members) ... 6783 Oral Question Period practices (social media use) ... 6443 Oral Question Period supplementary questions ... 3094 Parliamentary language ... 1670, 3220-21, 3534, 3710, 5590, 6638 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 5590-91 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 906 Privilege ... 912-14 Questions about a previous responsibility ... 5671 Questions about political party activity ... 980-81 Questions outside ministerial responsibility ... 5530 Referring to a member by name ... 2996, 4725, 5672, 5835, 6877 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 347 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers ... 3000-3001 Relevance ... 380, 849, 2854 Request for clarification ... 2853 Rules and practices of the Assembly ... 5613 Speaking to urgency (emergency motions under Standing Order 42) ... 1394 Speaking to urgency (request for emergency debate under Standing Order 30) ... 3947 Use of electronic devices in the Chamber ... 1246, 5063
Speaker's statements
32nd anniversary of l'école Polytechnique de Montréal shootings ... 6779 Alberta MLA awards ... 3771, 6867 Alert ready emergency system test ... 6207 American Sign Language interpretation during daily Routine, spring 2022 sitting ... 6857 Canadian Forces helicopter crash deaths ... 675 Chamber practices during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2603 Clerk of the Assembly designation as Queen's Counsel ... 815 Commonwealth Day ... 3946 Commonwealth Youth Parliament ... 3848 Deputy Government House Leader ... 5647-48 Former MLA and Senator the Hon. Elaine J. McCoy, QC, memorial tribute ... 3917 Former MLA Clint E. Dunford, memorial tribute ... 5635 Former MLA Dr. Winston Osler Backus, memorial tribute ... 1503 Former MLA Erin Babcock, memorial tribute ... 675 Former MLA Frederick Thomas Mandeville, memorial tribute ... 675 Former MLA Hon. Nicholas William Taylor, memorial tribute ... 2605, 2707 Former MLA Jack William Ady, memorial tribute ... 67 Former MLA James Douglas Henderson, memorial tribute ... 3917 Former MLA Janice Sarich, memorial tribute ... 3935 Former MLA John W. "Jack" Cookson, memorial tribute ... 5635 Former MLA Judith D. Gordon, memorial tribute ... 3837 Former MLA Leonard Barry Pashak, memorial tribute ... 3917 Former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar, anniversary of death ... 3295, 6367 Former MLA Ralph Sorenson, memorial tribute ... 815 Former MLA Raymond Reierson, memorial tribute ... 675 Former MLA Robert Arnold Fischer, memorial tribute ... 2605 Former MLA Robert Maskell, memorial tribute ... 4603 Former MLA Stanley Stanford Schumacher, QC, memorial tribute ... 2605 Former MLA Ty Lund, memorial tribute ... 3935, 4277 Hate-motivated attack on Ontario Muslim family ... 5303 Impartiality of the Speaker ... 4407 International Francophonie Day ... 4117 Interventions ... 5648 Kamloops residential school gravesite discovery ... 4979 Legislative Assembly Chamber 110th anniversary ... 6609 Legislative Assembly of Alberta 115th anniversary ... 4017 Legislative Assembly of British Columbia acclamation of new Speaker ... 3795 Legislative Assembly response to COVID-19 ... 285, 815 Members' fifth anniversary of election ... 713, 2605, 4329 National Day of Observance for COVID-19 ... 3993 Page recognition ... 1661 Parliamentary secretaries ... 6611 Patricia Heights school, Edmonton ... 3456 Points of order ... 2773 Relevance of debate on recommittal amendment ... 5432 Remembrance Day ceremony in the rotunda ... 2996 Remote voting during divisions ... 4820-21 Rotation of questions and members' statements ... 3981, 4905, 5637 Royal Canadian Legion poppy campaign ... 2895, 5845 Standing order amendments ... 19 Sub judice convention ... 3960 Table officer Stephanie LeBlanc ... 3927 VE Day 75th anniversary ... 747
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendment to permit members' interventions in other members' speeches (Motion Other than Government Motion 518: carried as amended), points of order on debate ... 4630-31 Amendments, Speaker's statements ... 19 SO 13(1), Speaker to decide questions of order ... 2853 SO 29(2)(a), question-and-comment period timing ... 3447 SO 29.1, interventions ... 5956, 6359 SO 29.1, interventions, Speaker's statements ... 5648 SO 29.1, interventions, suggested wording ... 5728 SO 52(1)(b), Public Accounts Committee size change (Government Motion 6: carried), Speaker's statements ... 19 SO 52.01(1), legislative policy committee size change (Government Motion 6: carried), Speaker's statements ... 19
Sub judice convention
Speaker's statement ... 3960
Substance abuse and addiction
Supervised consumption sites, points of order on debate ... 5920-21 Supervised consumption sites, Red Deer, points of order on debate ... 6293 Supervised consumption sites, review panel expense audit, points of order on debate ... 4743
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021
Estimates transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 3386
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2)
Estimates transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 4006
Surgery procedures
Wait times, points of order on debate ... 6378
Table officers
New officer Michael Kulicki ... 5632 Stephanie LeBlanc, Speaker's statements ... 3927
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Brevity ... 2957 Chamber tabling table use ... 989 Request to table documents outside of Routine (unanimous consent granted) ... 2587
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 2678 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 3909
Tenancies Statutes (Emergency Provisions) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 11)
First reading, request to waive Standing Order 77(1) and proceed to second reading (unanimous consent granted) ... 298
Trails Act (Bill 79)
General remarks, points of order on debate ... 5986, 6144
Transportation/utility corridors
Establishment, Assembly to urge government for (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: carried), admissibility of amendments, Speaker's ruling ... 81 Establishment, Assembly to urge government for (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: carried), amendment proposed ... 80
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Report recommendations, acknowledgement of genocide, points of order on debate ... 3007-8 Report recommendations, acknowledgement of genocide, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 3001
Unemployment
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30, request ruled out of order ... 2617
United Conservative Party
2017 leadership contest, Associate Minister of Status of Women's participation, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 6292-93 2021 annual general meeting processes, points of order on debate ... 6315-16, 6524 Fundraising, summer 2021, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 5825
Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Bill 14)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 736
VE Day
75th anniversary, Speaker's statement ... 747
Violence against women
32nd anniversary of l'école Polytechnique de Montréal shootings, Speaker's statement ... 6779
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1857
Watershed management
Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replace "take any necessary steps" with "continue its ongoing work," change wording on consultation, "industry," replace "the general public" with "Albertans") (Neudorf/Issik: carried), Speaker's ruling ... 5481-82 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), points of order on debate ... 5480 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), Speaker's rulings on debate ... 5484
Workers' compensation
Review, points of order on debate ... 2116
Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 219)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed, requests to speak to concurrence motion ... 5454
Written questions (procedure)
Moving acceptance of the question ... 3565
Speech from the Throne
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
Alberta Senate Election Act
Alberta Taxpayer Protection Act
Amendments forthcoming ... 3
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Bukmeier, Cecile
Career as a tradesperson ... 2
Carbon pricing (provincial)
Requirement for referendum on consumer carbon pricing, laws and legislation ... 3
Constitutional Referendum Act
Corporate taxation, provincial
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt-servicing costs ... 2
Economic development
Diversification ... 2 Investment attraction, new agency for ... 2
Education
Parental choice, laws and legislation ... 3
Election recall
Laws and legislation ... 3
Elections, municipal
Holding of Senate elections at the same time, laws and legislation ... 3
Elections, provincial
Fixed election dates, laws and legislation ... 3
Energy industries
Market access ... 2 Opposition to, provincial response ... 2 Provincial investment in ... 2
Fair Deal Panel
Membership, death of Chief Jason Goodstriker ... 3 Stakeholder consultation ... 3
Fairness for newcomers action plan
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Fiscal policy, provincial
Government spending ... 2
Health care finance
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2 Publicly funded services ... 2
Human trafficking
Provincial action plan ... 3
Immigrants
Foreign qualification recognition (FQR) ... 2
Immigration program (Alberta advantage)
Impaired driving
Administrative penalties, laws and legislation ... 3
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 1-2
Labour mobility
Worker social and economic mobility ... 2
Mental health and addictions strategy
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2-3
Ministry of Children's Services
Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) ... 2
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Main estimates 2020-2021 (revised) ... 2
New West Partnership trade agreement (Alberta-British Columbia-Saskatchewan-Manitoba)
Pipeline construction
TC Energy Keystone XL project ... 2 Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project ... 2
Political action committees
Contribution limits, laws and legislation ... 1
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Foreign funding ban, laws and legislation ... 1
Public safety
Provincial strategy ... 3
Public service
Compensation ... 2 Front-line workers, funding for ... 2
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 2
Referendums
Laws and legislation ... 3 Questions unrelated to constitutional issues, laws and legislation ... 3
Sex offenders
Name change, laws and legislation ... 3
Technology innovation and emissions reduction (TIER) levy and fund
Emission reduction targets ... 2
Tobacco use
Vaping, laws and legislation ... 3
Trades (skilled labour)
Recognition of contribution ... 2
United Nations universal declaration of human rights
Article 26(3), right to choice in education ... 3
Victims of Crime and Public Safety Act
Stephan, Jason (Red Deer-South, UCP)
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 74)
Second reading ... 5832, 5899-5901 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 5899-5901 Second reading, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 5776 Stakeholder consultation ... 5901
Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs (10-year postsecondary education strategy)
Alberta Federation of Labour
President's appearance at Public Accounts Committee ... 2505
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Employee mandatory COVID-19 vaccination ... 6523
Alberta in Canada
Federal-provincial relations, members' statements ... 6314
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 1929-30 Committee ... 2230 Committee, amendment A1 (board of directors size, removal of loan guarantee and joint venture provisions) (Barnes/Fir: carried) ... 2230
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 208)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 4034-35
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on government spending ... 4621
Budget 2021-2022
Budgetary efficiencies ... 4337
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 84)
Second reading ... 6433-36 Corporate opportunity waiver provisions ... 6435-36
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied ... 2115
Captive Insurance Companies Act (Bill 76)
Carbon pricing (federal)
Members' statements ... 4665-66 Provincial response ... 4803
Child Care Licensing (Early Learning and Child Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 39)
Committee ... 3418 Committee, amendment A3 (principles) (L. Sigurdson/Pancholi: defeated) ... 3418
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 1020-21, 1029-30 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1020-21, 1029-30
Citizen Initiative Act (Bill 51)
Committee ... 5167, 5170-71 Committee, amendment A3 (citizen initiative votes not held with local elections) (Phillips/Sweet: defeated) ... 5167 Committee, amendment A4 (petition signature thresholds) (Loewen: defeated) ... 5170-71
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Report on Bill 208, Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 4034-35
Corporate taxation, provincial
Cost of Public Services Transparency Act (Bill 209)
COVID-19
Deaths ... 4028 Immunity acquired through infection ... 6543-44 Protective measures ... 3065-66 Protective measures, compliance, members' statements ... 3773 Protective measures, international travellers ... 3066 Protective measures, members' statements ... 3141 Protective measures, social and physical distancing ... 2499
COVID-19 pandemic
Individual response ... 328 Individual response, members' statements ... 638-39 Provincial response, members' statements ... 4028, 5837 Provincial response review ... 5055
Economic development
Investment attraction ... 2230
Economic recovery plan, provincial
General remarks ... 2115 Members' statements ... 328
Energy industries
Assembly condemnation of remarks on pipelines by David Suzuki, calls for energy infrastructure destruction, and incitements to violent eco terrorism (Government Motion 104: carried as amended) ... 6638-39
Fiscal policy, federal
Government spending ... 2873, 4047 Members' statements ... 1139 Members' statements, member's apology for remarks ... 1156
Government of Canada
Equalization and transfer payments ... 1139 Equalization and transfer payments, Assembly to urge government to raise Albertans' awareness of costs (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried) ... 1919-20 Equalization program, members' statements ... 5463 Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried), amendment A1 (provision for renegotiation of equalization formula) (Ganley/Eggen: defeated) ... 5567 Equalization program, provincial referendum results recognition (Government Motion 101: carried) ... 6198-6202, 6222, 6259 Equalization program, provincial referendum results recognition (Government Motion 101: carried), points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 6198
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Committee ... 2439 Committee, amendment A1 (physician compensation disclosure) (Shandro: carried) ... 2439 Third reading ... 2563-64 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider section 1, Alberta Health Care Insurance Act amendments (recommittal amendment REC1) (Dach/Feehan: defeated) ... 2563-64
Homeless shelters
Red Deer project ... 4393
Hospital capacity issues
Intensive care unit capacity ... 6291
Hospital construction
Funding for central Alberta ... 6291
Hospital maintenance and repair
Funding for central Alberta ... 6291
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Second reading ... 6103-4 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (Sabir: defeated) ... 6103-4 Third reading ... 6872-73 Section 4, criteria for capital planning submissions ... 6103-4, 6872-73
Infrastructure blockades
Extinction Rebellion blockade of Walterdale Bridge, Edmonton, October 7, 2019 ... 117-18 Unifor blockade of Carseland fuel terminal ... 118
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 2115
Members' apologies
Remarks in member's statement ... 1156
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order, remarks withdrawn ... 5776
Members' Statements (current session)
Addiction treatment ... 1973, 6609-10 COVID-19, self-reliance, and economic recovery ... 328 COVID-19 pandemic and preparedness ... 638-39 COVID-19 related restrictions ... 3141 COVID-19 response ... 4028 COVID-19 response and provincial reopening plan ... 5055 COVID-19 response conflict and contention ... 5837 Faith organizations ... 749 Federal carbon tax ... 4665-66 Federal equalization program ... 5463 Federal fiscal policies ... 1139 Federal-provincial relations ... 6314 Individual actions and collective benefits ... 3773 Self-reliance and preparedness ... 2873, 4047 Socialism ... 3468 Truth ... 4797
Open for summer (COVID-19 reopening plan)
Members' statements ... 5055
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Addiction recovery communities ... 2137-38, 4095-96 Alberta Health Services ... 6291 COVID-19 protective measures ... 3065-66 Drug treatment courts ... 1391-92 Economic recovery and job creation ... 2115 Federal carbon tax ... 4803 Infrastructure blockades ... 117-18 Physical and social distancing ... 2499 Provincial fiscal policies ... 4337 Red Deer homeless shelter project ... 4393 Red Deer regional hospital expansion ... 56 Restrictions exemption program ... 6543-44 Restrictions exemption program, health care workers' vaccinations for COVID-19 ... 6523 Supervised drug consumption sites ... 887
Pipeline construction
Opposition by Quebec ... 1920
Pipelines (oil and gas)
TC Energy Keystone XL, provincial equity ... 328
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 5776 Language creating disorder ... 6849 Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 6198
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 5832
Postsecondary educational institutions admissions (enrolment)
Racism
Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended) ... 2189
Red Deer College
Polytechnic institution designation ... 5900-5901
Red Deer Food Bank
Annual food drive ... 3773
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Red Deer-South (constituency)
Member's apology ... 1156 Member's personal and family history ... 2582
Religious observances
Members' statements ... 748
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 208, Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed (concurred in) ... 4034-35
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Committee ... 2504-5 Third reading ... 2581-82 Third reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the government has not conducted satisfactory consultations (reasoned amendment RA1) (Nielsen: defeated) ... 2581-82 Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2505 Labour Relations Code amendments, secondary picketing provisions ... 2505
Restrictions exemption program (REP)
Application to children ... 6523, 6543 Compliance with Charter of Rights ... 6543
Self-reliance
Preparedness, members' statements ... 2873, 4047
Senate of Canada
Provincial election, recognition of results (Government Motion 103: carried) ... 5943-44
Socialism
Members' statements ... 3468
Substance abuse and addiction
Supervised consumption sites ... 1391-92, 1973 Supervised consumption sites, Red Deer ... 6291
Supervised Consumption Services Review Committee
Surgery procedures
Alberta surgical wait time initiative ... 2564
Tax credits
Alberta investor tax credit (AITC) ... 1929 Capital investment tax credit (CITC) ... 1929
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 3080 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that a corporate income tax rate reduction is an ineffective strategy for job creation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 3080
Trails Act (Bill 79)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 6849
Truth
Members' statements ... 4797
United Nations universal declaration of human rights
Article 26(3), right to choice in education ... 1029-30
Victims of crime fund
Fund utilization ... 1391
Sweet, Heather (Edmonton-Manning, NDP)
30th Legislature
Government record ... 1830 Second Session, members' statements ... 5587
Addiction treatment
Evidence-based treatment ... 21 Injectable opiate agonist treatment program cancellation ... 2692 Opioid agonist therapy gap-coverage program ... 1509 Recovery communities ... 2324 Service delivery ... 1508-9 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3650
Advanced Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 74)
Second reading ... 5828-30 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments, minister's advisory council on higher education and skills ... 5828
Agricultural insurance
Crop insurance claims ... 5918
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Drought-related claims, 2021 ... 6312 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 5918
AgriRecovery (federal-provincial program)
Drought assistance to livestock producers ... 5918
AgriStability (federal-provincial program)
Alberta Energy Regulator
Public Interest Commissioner's report (October 2019) ... 2112
Alberta Housing Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 78)
Second reading ... 6340-41 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 6341 Committee ... 6833-35 Committee, amendment A2 (section 10(a), housing management body boards) (Sweet/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 6833-35 Public-private partnership (P3) provisions ... 6340-41
Alberta in Canada
Separatism, emergency motion under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 1696-97 Separatism, government members' positions on ... 1689, 1830 Separatism, members' statements ... 2106
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Committee ... 2343-44 Committee, amendment A2 (quarterly reporting) (Shepherd/Bilous: defeated) ... 2343-44
Alberta Municipalities
Response to Bill 56 ... 4660
Alberta Senate Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 1900-1901 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill should not proceed before consideration of Democratic Accountability Committee recommendations (reasoned amendment RA1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1900-1901 Election finances provisions ... 1900 Government members' participation in debate ... 2352 Third-party advertising provisions ... 1900
Alberta's Industrial Heartland
Diversification initiatives ... 1943
Annual report 2019-2020 (government of Alberta)
Publication delay, points of order on debate ... 1894
Appropriation Act, 2021 (Bill 60)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2020 (Bill 50)
Arts Professions Recognition Act (Bill 75)
Second reading ... 5938-39 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gray: defeated) ... 5938-39 Third reading ... 6635-36 Definition of professional artist ... 5938 Stakeholder consultation ... 5938-39
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on fixed budget date ... 933
Budget process
Revenue/cost forecasts used, 2020-2021 ... 54
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 84)
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
UCP application, members' statements ... 1046
Canadian free trade agreement
Captive Insurance Companies Act (Bill 76)
Second reading ... 6150-51 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dach: defeated) ... 6150-51
Central Alberta
Economic recovery ... 4988
Chief Electoral Officer's office
Independence from government ... 3804
Chief Electoral Officer's office investigations/inquiries
2017 UCP and third-party organization financial contributions ... 3803-4
Child mental health services
Rural services ... 3066 Services for children affected by COVID-19 ... 3066
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 1030-33 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1030-33 Application to children in care ... 1030, 1032-33 Media briefing, point of privilege raised ... 888-89
Citizen Initiative Act (Bill 51)
Second reading ... 4690-92 Committee, amendment A2 (third-party advertising expenses) (Dang/Sweet: defeated) ... 5165 Committee, amendment A5 (contribution limits) (L. Sigurdson/Sweet: defeated) ... 5175 Committee, amendment A6 (provisions on who may undertake citizen initiatives) (Nielsen/Sweet: defeated) ... 5177 Committee, amendment A8 (definition of signature sheet; issuance of initiative petition; signature thresholds) (Renaud/Sweet: defeated) ... 5181-82 Part 3, initiative petition finances and contributions ... 4691-92
Coal mines and mining
Development policies ... 4730, 4737 Development policies, stakeholder consultation ... 4338
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604
Committee on Families and Communities, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604 Report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6316-17
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Deputy chair and membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Deputy chair and membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended) ... 2604 Deputy chair and membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried), amendment A1 (addition of Democratic Accountability Committee membership changes) (Ellis: carried) ... 2604
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Committee ... 1964-65 Committee, amendment A1 (expense auditing threshold) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1964 Committee, amendment A2 (third-party registration of position on question) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1964-65 Government members' participation in debate ... 2352
COVID-19
Alberta cases, AHS projections ... 3650 Protective measures, long-term ... 2954
COVID-19 pandemic
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried), points of order on debate ... 2618-20 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 799 Legislative Assembly debate (Government Motion 19: carried), amendment A1 (speaking time changes) (Sweet: carried) ... 799 Legislative Assembly debate on matters arising since May 2020 debate ... 5879-80 Provincial response ... 934, 2954 Provincial response, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addiction's remarks ... 3302 Provincial response, Official Opposition role ... 224 Provincial response, summer 2021 ... 5879 Provincial response decision-making ... 3537-38 Provincial response decision-making, points of order on debate ... 3542-44
COVID-19 Related Measures Act (Bill 70)
Second reading ... 5360-61, 5494-95 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 5494-95
Critical worker benefit program (federal-provincial)
Daily Routine (Legislative Assembly)
Democratic Accountability Committee, Select Special (2020-2021)
Membership changes (Government Motion 41: carried as amended), amendment A1 (addition of Democratic Accountability Committee membership changes) (Ellis: carried) ... 2604 Presentations to committee ... 2352 Recommendations ... 4633, 4635
Deputy Chair of Committees
Assembly confidence in, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 1895 Assembly confidence in, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), point of order ... 1895
Divisions (recorded votes) (procedure)
Deferred divisions, amendment to standing orders (Government Motion 31: carried) ... 2309
Drugs, prescription
National pharmacare program proposed ... 2323-24
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Agricultural component promotion (Motion Other than Government Motion 522: carried) ... 6329-30 Plan evaluation ... 4988
Economy of Alberta
Forecasts and projections ... 54
Edmonton-Manning (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 4999-5000
Education finance
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2284 Funding for students with special needs, points of order on debate ... 138
Election Commissioner
Departure of Lorne Gibson ... 1830
Election Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
2017 UCP and third-party organization financial contributions ... 1830, 2352
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 68)
Second reading ... 5029-30 Committee, amendment A1 (use of public money for advertising during referendum period) (Gray/Sweet: defeated) ... 5155 Election Act amendments, provisions for MLAs to express opinions on referendums ... 5029-30
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (No. 2) (Bill 81)
Committee ... 6814 Committee, amendment A1 (nomination contestant contribution provisions, third-party advertiser provisions) (Madu: carried) ... 6814
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Unemployment and economic recovery, request for debate ... 2617
Emergency management
Disaster preparedness, Fort McMurray ... 6786
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (procedure)
Speaking to urgency, points of order ... 1895
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Alberta separatism, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 1696-97 Assembly confidence in the Deputy Chair of Committees, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 1895 Assembly confidence in the Deputy Chair of Committees, request for debate (unanimous consent denied), points of order on debate ... 1895 COVID-19 and meat-processing facility worker safety, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 687-88 Residential school student deaths, provincial response, emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (Dang: carried as amended) ... 4999-5000
Energy industries
Environmental and ethical standards, points of order on debate ... 32
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Second reading ... 3622-23 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 3622-23 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3622-23
Farm produce
Transportation, impact of British Columbia floods ... 6215, 6312
Fatality inquiries
Death of person with disability, Ms Lewis ... 5363-64 General remarks ... 5064
Film and television industry
Industry development ... 5735
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 44)
Second reading ... 3357 Local Authorities Capital Financing Act amendments, airport authority loan provisions ... 3357
Financing Alberta's Strategic Transportation Act (Bill 43)
Second reading ... 3279 Committee ... 3603-4 Committee, amendment A2 (act expiry) (Dang: defeated) ... 3603-4 General remarks ... 3908
Fiscal Measures and Taxation Act, 2020 (Bill 5)
Second reading, time allocation (Government Motion 13: carried) ... 224 Committee, points of order on debate ... 235 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 15: carried) ... 242
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Food industry and trade
Investment attraction, members' statements ... 4203 Job creation ... 6215 Plant protein processing ... 3934
Forest industries
Diversification ... 3608 Environmental stewardship ... 6111-12 Premier's remarks ... 5728-29
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Freedom to Care Act (Bill 58)
Committee ... 5499-5500 Committee, amendment A2 (definition of "volunteer") (Goehring: defeated) ... 5499-5500
Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2)
Committee ... 1238 Committee, amendment A1 (section 10, coming-into-force date) (McIver/Hunter: carried) ... 1238
God Save the Queen
Singing in the Legislative Assembly (Government Motion 31: carried) ... 2309
Government caucus
Members' travel during COVID-19 pandemic ... 4054
Government communications
Sole-source contracts ... 1117
Government of Canada
Equalization and transfer payments ... 3548 Equalization program, provincial referendum question (Government Motion 83: carried) ... 5270-71
Government policies
General remarks ... 5524 Members' statements ... 1830
Health sciences personnel
Front-line workers, members' statements ... 6780-81
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2323-25 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the government has provided insufficient evidence of results of bill (reasoned amendment RA1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 2324-25 Committee ... 2432-34 Committee, amendment A1 (physician compensation disclosure) (Shandro: carried) ... 2432-34 Committee, amendment A3 (Health Quality Council of Alberta) (Shepherd/Sweet: defeated) ... 2473 Committee, amendment A7 (changes to surgical facility designation or permitted procedures) (Pancholi/Sweet: defeated) ... 2525-26 Committee, points of order on debate ... 2466, 2471 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 34: carried) ... 2561-62
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 46)
Health information use provisions ... 3146
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 65)
Second reading ... 4811-13 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 4811-13 Committee ... 5064, 5066, 5071 Committee, amendment A1 (ministerial discretion on insurer fines) (Carson/Shepherd: defeated) ... 5066, 5071 Third reading ... 5363-64 Crown's Right of Recovery Act amendments ... 5363-64 Health Professions Act amendments ... 4812 Mental Health Act amendments ... 4811-12, 5064, 5363 Pharmacy and Drug Act amendments ... 4812
Hospital capacity issues
Beds for COVID-19 patients ... 3650 Rural hospitals ... 5748
Hospital emergency services
Fatality inquiries, Sharon Grace Lewis ... 4811-12
Hospitality industries (hotels, convention facilities, restaurants, bars, etc.)
Provincial assistance ... 3537
Infrastructure Accountability Act (Bill 73)
Second reading ... 5676-77 Section 4, criteria for capital planning submissions ... 5676-77 Stakeholder consultation ... 5677
Irrigation
Infrastructure expansion and modernization ... 6329
Irrigation Districts Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 54)
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 53-54
Jobs now program (federal-provincial)
Keyano College
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 5828
Labour Mobility Act (Bill 49)
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) ... 242 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) (Government Motion 10: carried as amended) ... 187-91 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) (Government Motion 10: carried as amended), amendment A1 (extended hours, private members' public bills procedure) (McIver: carried) ... 187-88 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) (Government Motion 10: carried as amended), amendment A2 (Official Opposition consultation and notification of bills, Public Accounts Committee review of procedures and expenditures) (Sweet: defeated) ... 189-91 Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) (Government Motion 10: carried as amended), points of order on debate ... 186 Sitting hours extension (Government Motion 44: carried) ... 3606
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
Members' Services and Legislative Offices committees permitted to sit during prorogation of Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried as amended), amendment A1 (addition of Public Accounts Committee) (Sweet: carried) ... 248-49
Livestock industry
Transportation worker eligibility for government programs ... 4208-9
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Government members' participation in debate ... 2352
Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 56)
Second reading ... 4442-44, 4660-62 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Eggen/Gray: defeated) ... 4660-62 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that municipalities cannot sustain the proposed funding reduction (reasoned amendment RA1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 4443-44 Alberta 911 Act amendments ... 4443, 4661-62 Local Government Fiscal Framework Act amendments ... 4442-43, 4660-62
Meat-processing facilities
COVID-19 outbreaks, government communications ... 4283-84 COVID-19 outbreaks, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 687-88
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order ... 138 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 2466, 2619-20
Members' Statements (current session)
30th Legislature, Second Session, reflections ... 5587 Agriculture ... 6050-51 Alberta separatism ... 2106 Bill 32 Employment Standards Code amendments ... 2130-31 Canada emergency wage subsidy ... 1046 Essential service provider wage supplements ... 3643-44 Front-line responders ... 6780-81 Government policies ... 1830 Mental Health Week ... 749 Opioid addiction ... 21 Opioid overdoses ... 1557 Petrochemicals diversification ... 3060 Rural concerns ... 5524 Rural issues ... 4730 Support for agriculture ... 3982, 5836, 6282 Support for small businesses affected by COVID-19 ... 3215 Value-added agricultural industries ... 4203
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1272-73 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1272-73 Committee ... 1630-34 Committee, amendment A2 (provisions for inadequate certificates) (Feehan/Sweet: defeated) ... 1630-31 Committee, amendment A3 (community treatment order amendment) (Renaud/Sweet: defeated) ... 1631 Committee, amendment A4 (patient consent to treatment plan) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1632-34 Committee. amendment A5 (health personnel assessments, consultation with a psychiatrist) (Sabir/Sweet: defeated) ... 1635 Committee, amendment A6 (health professionals involved in community treatment orders) (Feehan/Sweet: defeated) ... 1650 Committee, amendment A7 (issuance of certificates) (Feehan/Sweet: defeated) ... 1651 Committee, amendment A8 (checks on certificates) (Eggen/Sweet: defeated) ... 1651 Committee, amendment A9 (Patient Advocate response timelines) (Eggen/Sweet: defeated) ... 1651-52 Committee, amendment A10 (conveyance of individuals by peace officers) (Carson/Sweet: defeated) ... 1652 Committee, amendment A11 (review participation and notice) (Carson/Sweet: defeated) ... 1652 Community treatment order provisions ... 1272 Definition of "qualified health professional" ... 1273 Response to 2019 Court of Queen's Bench decision on Mental Health Act ... 1272, 1617-18
Mental health services
Provincial strategy ... 105-6 Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3650 Services for agricultural workers ... 6312, 6518-19 Treatment plans, patient consent ... 1617-18
Mental Health Week
Members' statements ... 749
Mineral Resource Development Act (Bill 82)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Main estimates 2021-2022 ... 4193-95
Ministry of Health
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 ... 3548
Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (ministry from August 25, 2020)
COVID-19 pandemic response ... 5879-80
Ministry of Labour and Immigration
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2) debate ... 4076-77, 4079
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
COVID-19 pandemic response ... 5879
Motions (procedure)
No. 29, Alberta in Canada (Kenney: adjourned), point of privilege raised ... 2913
Municipal Government (Restoring Tax Accountability) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 77)
Office of the Premier
Complaints received on Executive Council, government member, and staff member travel, CBC FOIP request ... 4054 Premier's delegation of authority during August 2021 ... 5879 Premier's leadership ... 5587 Premier's staff members' travel during COVID-19 pandemic ... 4054
Oldman River basin
Water allocation ... 5529
Olds College
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 5828
Opioid use
Deaths ... 2692 Members' statements ... 21 Overdose statistics ... 1197, 1253-54 Overdose statistics, members' statements ... 1557
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Supplementary questions, points of order ... 138
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Agricultural concerns ... 6215, 6312 AgriStability program ... 3926, 4260-61, 4798-99 Alberta Energy Regulator ... 2112 Alberta separatism ... 1689 Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addiction's remarks ... 3302 Bill 10 ... 753 Bill 17 and patient consent ... 1617-18 Bill 19 ... 1054 Bill 46 health information use provisions ... 3146 Chief Electoral Officer investigations ... 3803-4 Coal development policies ... 4737 Coal development policies and water monitoring ... 4338 COVID-19 outbreaks at meat-processing facilities ... 4283-84 COVID-19 protective measures and economic recovery ... 2954 COVID-19 response ... 3537 Democratic Accountability Committee activities ... 2352 Economic recovery and central Alberta ... 4988 Forestry content in educational curriculum ... 5382-83 Fort McMurray flood damage mitigation and emergency preparedness ... 6785-86 Government contracts ... 1117 Government members' and staff members' travel ... 4054 Health system capacity and mental health services ... 3650 Livestock transportation industry support ... 4208-9 Mental health services and physician compensation ... 105-6 Mental health services for agriculture workers ... 6518-19 Oldman River basin water allocation ... 5529 Opioid overdoses ... 1197 Opioid-related deaths ... 2692 Opioid-related emergency medical service calls ... 1253-54 Phone-based supervised drug consumption project ... 1508-9 Provincial elections ... 4585-86 Provincial fiscal policies and economic growth ... 53-54 Pulse crops and agricultural development ... 3989-90 Rural health care ... 5748 Rural veterinarians ... 4524-25 School re-entry plan and education funding ... 2284 Student mental health supports ... 3066 Supervised drug consumption sites ... 132 Support for agriculture ... 5918 Wildland firefighter pay schedule ... 5232 Workers' compensation for COVID-19 and PTSD ... 5215
Parliamentary debate
Language creating disorder ... 186
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3548
Petrochemical industries
Industry development ... 1943-44 Industry development, members' statements ... 3060
Petrochemicals diversification program
Projects approved ... 1943
Physicians
Compensation framework ... 105-6
Points of order (current session)
Addressing the chair ... 3542 Allegations against a member or members ... 138 Imputing motives ... 2466, 2619-20 Insulting language ... 2471, 3543 Items previously decided ... 736 Language creating disorder ... 6434-35 Misleading the House ... 32 Oral Question Period supplementary questions ... 138 Parliamentary language ... 1894, 3543-44 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers ... 137 Relevance ... 235, 736, 2340, 2618 Speaking to urgency (emergency motions under Standing Order 42) ... 1895 Speaking twice in a debate ... 186
Police
Provincial police force proposal ... 4690-91
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Postsecondary educational institutions
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 5829
Private members' business
Privilege (current session)
Contempt of the Assembly (Bill 15 media briefing) ... 888-89 Private members' business (Monday afternoon motion debates) ... 2913, 2957-59
Psychiatrists
Compensation framework ... 105-6
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 315-17 Ministerial powers under act ... 753 Peace officer deployment under act ... 315-17 Penalty provisions ... 317 Purpose and intent ... 315
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 64)
Second reading ... 4476-78, 4656-57 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sabir: defeated) ... 4656-57 Committee ... 4890 Committee, amendment A1 (public reporting on collected fees) (Loyola: defeated) ... 4890
Railroads
Impact of British Columbia floods ... 6215
Recall Act (Bill 52)
Second reading ... 4633-35, 4637, 4856 Committee, amendment A2 (coming-into-force date) (L. Sigurdson/Sweet: defeated) ... 5411 Committee, amendment A4 (contribution and spending limits) (Nielsen/Sweet: defeated) ... 5416 Committee, amendment A8 (third-party spending limits) (Schmidt/Sweet: defeated) ... 5423 Third reading ... 5543-44 MLA recall provisions ... 4634-35, 4642 Municipal representative recall provisions ... 4634-35, 4642 Regulation development ... 5543-44 School trustee recall provisions ... 4634-35, 4642 Signature threshold provisions ... 5544
Red Deer (city)
Business closures ... 4988
Red Deer-South (constituency)
Member's remarks on Quebec ... 1697, 1830
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 22)
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Second reading ... 3252-53 Child, Youth and Family enhancement Act amendments ... 3252-53 Historical Resources Act amendments ... 3252
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 62)
Second reading ... 5017-19 Committee ... 5130, 5205-7 Committee, amendment A1 (removal of Real Estate Act amendments) (Carson: defeated) ... 5130 Committee, amendment A4 (timeline on reviews under Alberta Utilities Commission Act) (Ganley: defeated) ... 5205-7 Third reading ... 5367-69 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider section 1, Alberta Utilities Commission Act (recommittal amendment REC1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 5368-69 Alberta Utilities Commission Act amendments ... 5017-19, 5367-68
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report on Bill 219, Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6316-17
Residential schools
Deaths of students, provincial response, emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (Dang: carried as amended) ... 4999-5000
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2362-63 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 2362-63 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 2340 Committee, amendment A2 (termination pay provisions) (Gray/Sweet: defeated) ... 2479 Third reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Dang/Sweet: defeated) ... 2583 Employment Standards Code amendments, members' statements ... 2130-31 Employment Standards Code amendments, overtime averaging arrangement provisions ... 2362
Rodeo
Recognition of cultural importance (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried) ... 927-28
Rural Municipalities of Alberta
Response to Bill 56 ... 4660
School construction
New schools, Lethbridge, points of order on debate ... 138
Schools
Re-entry plan costs ... 2284
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act (Bill 67)
Committee ... 5276-77 Committee, amendment A1 (board of skilled trades membership) (Eggen/Gray: defeated) ... 5276-77
Small and medium-sized enterprises relaunch grant program
Small business
Provincial assistance, members' statements ... 3215
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendments (singing of God Save the Queen, deferred divisions) (Government Motion 31: carried) ... 2309
Stollery children's hospital, Edmonton
Mental health service provision during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3650
Substance abuse and addiction
Supervised consumption sites ... 21 Telephone-based supervised consumption pilot project, termination ... 1508-9, 2692 Telephone-based supervised consumption project, review ... 1508-9, 1557
Supervised Consumption Services Review Committee
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 (No. 2)
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 3363-64 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 3363-64 Third reading ... 3908 Corporate tax rate provisions ... 3363-64, 3908
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 19)
Tourism
Travel voucher incentive, other jurisdictions ... 4657
Trucking industry
Impact of British Columbia floods ... 6215
Unemployment
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30, request for ... 2617 Statistics ... 53-54
United Conservative Party
2019 election platform (Alberta Strong and Free) ... 5676 Derby fundraising event ... 2284
United Nations
COP 26 climate change conference ... 6050-51
University of Alberta
Board of Governors, appointment of Janice MacKinnon, points of order on debate ... 137
University of Calgary
Funding, 2021-2022 ... 5828
University of Calgary. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Bill 14)
Second reading ... 744-45 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 736 Committee ... 771-73 Committee, amendment A3 (deferral accounts, rate riders) (Sabir: defeated) ... 771-73 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 744, 772 Section 1(b), deferral period of March 18 to June 18, 2020 ... 744 Section 7, electric utility deferral accounts ... 744-45 Section 8, Balancing Pool funding to electricity service providers ... 744-45 Section 17, gas utility deferral accounts ... 744-45 Section 18, provincial loans to gas service providers ... 744-45, 772
Veterinarians
Recognition of credentials from outside the province ... 5729-30 Rural services ... 4524
Watershed management
Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended) ... 5479-83, 5862-63 Eastern slopes headwater tributary water allocation (Motion Other than Government Motion 519: carried as amended), amendment A1 (replace "take any necessary steps" with "continue its ongoing work," change wording on consultation, "industry," replace "the general public" with "Albertans") (Neudorf/Issik: carried) ... 5482-83, 5862-63
Wildfire prevention and control
Firefighter pay schedule ... 5232 Funding, 2021-2022 ... 4194-95
Workers' compensation
COVID-19 related claims ... 5215, 6316-17 Posttraumatic stress disorder coverage ... 5215 Psychological disorder coverage ... 3622-23
Workers' Compensation (Expanding Presumptive Coverage) Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 219)
First reading ... 5220 Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report presented to the Assembly with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 6316-17
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