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30th Legislature, 2nd Session, Speaker Index
Speaker Index PDF
0-9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Summary   Detailed  
Sabir, Irfan (Calgary-McCall, NDP)
Aboriginal consultation
As duty of the Crown ... 1945, 2058-59, 3136-37
Environmental monitoring ... 1267, 2135
Sale of Crown land ... 1267
Affordable housing
General remarks ... 660-61
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 law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Funding ... 958
Alberta parole board (proposed)
Membership ... 995
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 remarks on collection of race-based data ... 1439
Investigation of incident involving RCMP and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's chief ... 1439
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Activities ... 1144
Statement on systemic racism ... 1192
Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction
Minister's performance ... 1944-45
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 227
Indexation suspension ... 2690
Payment dates ... 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
Budget 2020-2021
Members' statements ... 112
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Second reading ... 2781, 2783-84
Prompt payment provisions ... 2784
Stakeholder consultation ... 2783-84
Calgary (city)
State of local emergency declaration, members' statements ... 252
Calgary Airport Authority
Board membership ... 916
Calgary board of education
Transportation fees, 2020-2021 ... 938
Calgary Correctional Centre
COVID-19 outbreak ... 2904, 2951
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, reasonable limits ... 1985
Section 7, life, liberty, and security of person ... 1634-35
Section 9, detention or imprisonment ... 1634-35
Section 10, arrest or detention ... 1634-35
Canadian Energy Centre
Activities ... 2043
Advertisements ... 1975
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 256-57
Funding, 2020-2021, decrease ... 423-24
Capital plan
2020 plan ... 13
Capital projects
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 282
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
Classroom improvement fund
General remarks ... 938
Climate leadership plan, provincial (2015-2019)
General remarks ... 14
Consolidated financial statements 2019-2020
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
Section 4, nonconstitutional referendums, Lieutenant Governor in Council authority ... 1851
Third-party advertising provisions ... 1740, 1746
Corporate taxation, provincial
Rate decrease ... 112, 3224-25
Correctional facilities
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 2824, 3717
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 3302
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
Second reading ... 994-95
COVID-19
Alberta cases, northeast Calgary ... 3560, 3647
Alberta cases, Premier's remarks, members' statements ... 3555, 3837
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
Provincial response, Assembly support for, emergency debate under Standing Order 30 ... 160
Provincial response, restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3538-39, 3774
Provincial response, restrictions announced November 24, 2020, points of order on debate ... 3783
Provincial response decision-making ... 3538-39
Crime prevention
Provincial strategy ... 1728-29
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
Daycare centres
Province-wide closures ... 160
Deerfoot Trail, Calgary
Capital funding ... 3160
Disaster recovery program
Calgary storm, June 13, 2020, funding ... 1887, 2279, 3560
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
Economic development
Diversification ... 1117
Economic recovery plan, provincial
General remarks ... 767-68, 1116-17
Economy of Alberta
Current fiscal position ... 2554-55
Edmonton-McClung (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 1446-48
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
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)
Committee ... 282
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
Ministerial powers under act ... 521-22
Provisions for teleconferencing use for municipal council meetings on state of local emergency ... 627
Section 6, declaration of local emergency extension from 7 to 90 days during pandemic ... 522
Section 8, ministerial authority to restrict, prohibit, or terminate local authority exercise of power ... 522
Stakeholder consultation ... 626
Energy industries
Environmental and ethical standards ... 13
Investment attraction, relation to provincial environmental policies ... 73
Layoffs, support for affected persons ... 256-57
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 protection
Monitoring and reporting requirement changes ... 2135
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 regulations 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
Section 1, Education Act amendments ... 227
Section 3, Post-secondary Learning Act amendments ... 227
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 875, 970
Fiscal policies, provincial
General remarks ... 1116-17
Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak, members' statements ... 2896
Forest industries
Job creation ... 3137
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
Gender-based analysis (GBA plus)
Application to appointments to agencies, boards, and commissions ... 1176
Genesis Centre, Calgary
General remarks ... 160
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 3313-14
Genocides included ... 3314
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
Second reading ... 2700-2701
Committee ... 3224-25
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Appointment process ... 1175-76
Government communications
COVID-19 information and updates, multilingual ... 282
Government departments
Ministerial orders, January 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 5: withdrawn) ... 3575
Government policies
Priorities ... 13
H1N1
2009 outbreak, provincial costs ... 228
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 and to refer subject matter to Public Health Act Review Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Dang: defeated) ... 2196-97
Second reading, motion to not now read but to read six months hence (hoist amendment HA1) (Sabir) ... 2360-61
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 but to read six months hence (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) ... 3876
Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 56: carried) ... 3870-71
Health Information Act amendments ... 3353-54, 3870-71, 3876
Human trafficking
Federal jurisdiction ... 514-15
Hydrogen strategy
Strategy development, points of order on debate ... 3564
Impaired driving
Roadside tests for cannabis ... 1444, 1985
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Response to Bill 46 ... 3870-71, 3876
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
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 13
Provincial strategy (blueprint for jobs) ... 112
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 ... 2839-40
Queen's Counsel Act amendments ... 2840
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Procedural changes related to COVID-19 pandemic (sitting time, sessional calendar, bill and budget debate procedures, etc.) ... 227
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: 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 (section 1(16)(b), 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
Provincial authority over Orphan Well Association under act ... 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 under act ... 345
Local Authorities Election Act review
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 financing provisions ... 1796, 2246
MEG Energy
May River SAGD project suspension ... 73
Members' Statements (procedure)
Points of order ... 3385-86
Members' Statements (current session)
Budget 2020 ... 112
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
Education-sector layoffs ... 327
Keystone XL pipeline provincial equity ... 1610
Premier's communication on COVID-19 ... 3837
Premier's remarks on COVID-19 case increase ... 3555
Public- and private-sector layoffs ... 2817
Public transit ... 1114-15
Racism prevention ... 1192-93
Ramadan ... 677
Reconciliation between indigenous and nonindigenous peoples ... 1663
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
Response to 2019 Court of Queen's Bench decision on Mental Health Act ... 1634-35
Section 7, detention as a formal patient at a facility ... 1634
Mental health services
Services for persons affected by Calgary storm ... 1507
Ministry of Energy
Budget 2020-2021 debate, amendment A1 (Canadian Energy Centre funding) (Sabir: defeated) ... 214
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 34)
Second reading ... 1968
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
Regulation development ... 668
Transfer of applications from court to RTDRS under act ... 461
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Response to Bill 21 ... 1185
Motor vehicle insurance
Rate cap removal ... 227, 3170-71
Muslim community
Acts of discrimination and violence against ... 677
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Alignment with Bill 8 ... 515
Office of the Premier
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
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Energy Regulator ... 451
Calgary storm ... 1491-92, 1506-7
Calgary storm damage costs ... 1615
Calgary storm damage recovery funding ... 1887, 2279, 2664, 3068
Canadian Energy Centre ... 2043
Canadian Energy Centre activities ... 1975
Canadian Energy Centre funding ... 423-24
COVID-19 and correctional facilities ... 3302-3
COVID-19 outbreak at the Calgary Correctional Centre ... 2904, 2951
COVID-19 outbreak in correctional facilities ... 3717
COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional facilities ... 2824
COVID-19 protective measure compliance ... 3777
COVID-19 response decision-making ... 3538-39
Electric power prices ... 26, 60-61
Energy development and environmental policies ... 73
Energy industry concerns ... 256-57
Environmental monitoring consultations ... 2135
Human rights initiatives ... 3222-23
Judge appointments ... 1328-29
Keystone XL pipeline project ... 984-85, 1753-54
Keystone XL pipeline provincial equity ... 292-93, 2493-94
Northeast Calgary concerns ... 3560
Policing and racism prevention ... 1439
Premier's remarks on COVID-19 case increase ... 3647
Provincial fiscal policies and energy policies ... 1116-17
Racism prevention ... 1144-45
Support for persons with disabilities ... 2690-91
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
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, provincial equity ... 292-93, 984-85, 2493-94, 2575-76
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
Exhibits (props) ... 2719
Exhibits (props), remarks withdrawn ... 2719
Imputing motives ... 3076
Imputing motives, clarification ... 3077
Items previously decided ... 3574
Language creating disorder ... 2718, 2720, 3564, 3569, 3576
Members' statements ... 3385-86
Parliamentary language ... 2725, 3385-86, 3783
Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 3783
Relevance ... 1739, 3082, 3693
Police
Provincial-municipal police funding model ... 958
Police Act
Review ... 1439
Political demonstrations
Antimask demonstrations ... 3647, 3777
Postsecondary educational institutions
Layoffs ... 227
Postsecondary students
International students ... 515
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)
Second reading ... 1184-85, 1444, 1446-49
Committee ... 1985-86
Impaired driving offence provisions ... 1184-85
Provincial Court Nominating Committee
Appointments ... 1328-29
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Ministerial powers under act ... 521, 635
Public transit
Members' statements ... 1114-15
Public utilities
Payment deferral ... 717-18
Racism
Members' statements ... 1192-93
Prevention initiatives ... 1144-45, 3223
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)
Members' statements ... 677
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1175-76
Section 8, composition of the board of directors ... 1175
Real Estate Council of Alberta
Review, KPMG report ... 1175-76
Reconciliation between aboriginal and nonaboriginal peoples
Members' statements ... 1663
Recreation centres
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
Omnibus bill ... 1944-45
Sections 5 to 8, dissolution of Energy Efficiency Alberta ... 2058
Section 12, Oil Sands Conservation Act amendments ... 2058
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
Referendums
Wording of questions ... 1851
Residential tenancy dispute resolution service
Eligibility criteria, limit on claims ... 461
Waiver of fees ... 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
Sections 5 and 6, 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
Revenue
Sources ... 112
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
Funding ... 957-58
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 fees (elementary and secondary)
Rates ... 1376-77
Schoolchildren's transportation
School bus fees ... 938, 1376
Schools
Province-wide class cancellation ... 938
Sexual offences
Support for survivors ... 1860
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
Affected persons, support for, members' statements ... 2709
Insurance Bureau of Canada report ... 1887
Members' statements ... 1336-37, 1685, 2041
Strategic Aviation Advisory Council Act (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 916-17
Section 4, duties of council ... 916-17
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, points of order on debate ... 3076, 3082
Second reading, points of order on debate, clarification ... 3077
Second reading, motion to not now read a second time 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
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, 2941, 3128-29, 3890, 3902-3
Taxis
Driver safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 282
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 13, 73
Temporary foreign workers (federal program)
Human trafficking situations ... 515
Timber royalties
Revenue ... 2790
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
Increase ... 112
Members' statements ... 2817
United Conservative Party
2019 election platform (Alberta Strong and Free) ... 1234
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
General remarks ... 1663
United States
2020 presidential election ... 1610
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 ... 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
Changes to benefit levels ... 958
Changes to mandatory surcharges ... 958
Elimination of injury and witness-to-homicide benefits under act ... 958
General remarks ... 994
Sections 6, 9. use of fund to assist victims and promote public safety, related change to fund's name ... 957-58
Section 10, changes to eligibility for financial benefits ... 958
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Second reading ... 1860
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
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
Budget 2020-2021
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2598
Canadian Energy Centre
Activities ... 2043-44, 2611, 3923
Advertisements ... 1975
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 256-57
Funding, 2020-2021, decrease ... 423-24
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
Work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 307
Coal mines and mining
Changes to restrictions for foothills area ... 3924
COVID-19 pandemic
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2644-46
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Energy industry component ... 2692
Electric power prices
Rates ... 26
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
Penalty provisions ... 699
Section 6, declaration of local emergency extension from 7 to 90 days during pandemic ... 699
Section 8, ministerial authority to restrict, prohibit, or terminate local authority exercise of power ... 699
Energy industries
Advocacy for ... 2615
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards ... 2645-46
Investment attraction, relation to provincial environmental policies ... 73
Layoffs, support for affected persons ... 257
Market access ... 108
Per-barrel emission reduction ... 2645-46
Production curtailment (government mandated) ... 1146-47
Provincial assistance ... 331-32, 1255
Energy policies, federal
Canada-first policy proposed ... 1147
Environmental protection
Monitoring, AER exemptions ... 1671
Monitoring and reporting requirement changes ... 2135-36
Fiscal Planning and Transparency (Fixed Budget Period) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 4)
Third reading ... 1455
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 ... 2697
Hospital construction
New hospital, southwest Edmonton ... 2879
Hydrogen strategy
Strategy development ... 2645
Job creation
Provincial strategy (blueprint for jobs) ... 73
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
Orphan well fund utilization provisions ... 320
Permission for Orphan Well Association to operate wells and facilities ... 320
Purpose and intent ... 320, 423
Section 1(3), orphan well fund may be utilized for full life cycle of well ... 320
MEG Energy
May River SAGD project suspension ... 73
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
Third reading ... 1675-76
Mines and mining
Industry development ... 2615, 2645
Ministry of Energy
COVID-19 response ... 2644-46
Natural gas strategy, provincial
General remarks ... 2645
Nuclear energy industry
Industry development ... 2645
Office of the Premier
Premier's speech writer's remarks on residential schools ... 1664-65
Oil
Demand forecasts ... 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
Canadian Energy Centre ... 2043-44, 2611
Canadian Energy Centre activities ... 1975
Canadian Energy Centre funding ... 423-24
Cenovus Energy acquisition of Husky Energy ... 2711
Coal development policies ... 3924
COVID-19 and homeowner and renter concerns ... 177
Electric power prices ... 26, 60-61
Energy and mining industries ... 2615
Energy development and environmental policies ... 73
Energy industry concerns ... 257, 331-32, 1146-47
Energy industry update ... 2691-92
Energy jobs and site rehabilitation program ... 1255
Energy resource projects and transportation/utility corridors ... 108-9
Energy strategies ... 3923
Environmental monitoring consultations ... 2135-36
Keystone XL pipeline project ... 291-92, 335, 984, 1513
Keystone XL pipeline provincial equity ... 292-93, 453-54
Land management and monitoring ... 1671
Oil and gas infrastructure policies ... 73-74
Orphan well decommissioning ... 423
Personal-use forest product permits and fees ... 3800
Premier's speech writer's remarks on residential schools ... 1664-65
Provincial fiscal policies and energy policies ... 1117
Rail blockades and Teck Frontier mine cancellation ... 25
Site rehabilitation program ... 1053-54, 2139
Site rehabilitation program applications ... 2136
South Edmonton hospital construction project ... 2879
Orphan Well Association
Provincial loan ... 73, 320, 423
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, provincial equity ... 292-93, 453-54, 984-85
Privilege (current session)
Misleading the House (Premier's and Finance Minister's remarks on 2019-2020 annual report delay) ... 1675
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
Health inspection provisions ... 307
Peace officer powers under act ... 307
Penalty provisions ... 307
Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns
Activities ... 3923
Public lands
Personal-use forest product permits ... 3800
Public utilities
Moratorium on rate increases proposed ... 177
Moratorium on service disconnections proposed ... 177
Railroads
Oil transportation contract cancellation ... 2598
Reclamation of land
Job creation ... 73-74
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Industry development ... 2645-46
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)
Application process ... 2136
Job creation ... 1053-54, 1255, 2139
Projects funded ... 2691
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Energy companies ... 2646
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
Establishment ... 108-9
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 1181
Committee ... 1590
Third reading ... 1676-78
Victims of Crime Working Group
General remarks ... 1677
Sawhney, Rajan (Calgary-North East, UCP; Minister of Community and Social Services)
Alberta Culture Days
Grant funding ... 2952
Alberta Spotlight (online concerts)
General remarks ... 2952
Alberta Supports
Contact centre, statistics ... 380
In-person service suspension during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client benefits ... 380, 1837
Client ineligibility for emergency isolation support ... 294, 380
Client payment schedule ... 27, 103, 120, 135, 380
Client supplementary benefits ... 379-80
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 378
Indexation suspension ... 1254
Brain injury
Affected persons, programs and services for ... 1440
Brain Injury Awareness Month
General remarks ... 1439
Calgary drop-in centre
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Camp L.G. Barnes
Funding ... 3068
Children with disabilities
Services for medically fragile children with complex needs ... 1668-69
Corporations
Service delivery, additional funding ... 378
COVID-19
Deaths ... 377
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons, income support eligibility ... 294
Affected persons, social support ... 257
Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter ... 377-81
Dave Barr arena, Grande Prairie
Spaces for homeless persons during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Disaster recovery program
Calgary storm, June 13, 2020, funding ... 1838
Edmonton Expo Centre
Homeless shelter space provision for persons testing positive for COVID-19 ... 378, 419, 2495
Emergency isolation support program
Eligibility criteria ... 380
Employment and income support programs
Income support, 2020-2021 ... 378
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
Food banks
COVID-19 related safety measures ... 178
General remarks ... 379
Gender-based violence
Programs and services ... 1567
Homeless persons
Programs and services for, funding, 2020-2021 ... 256
Homeless shelters
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary proposal to use hotels ... 332, 379, 419
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic in hotels for persons testing positive for COVID-19 ... 378
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic in hotels for persons testing positive for COVID-19, Calgary ... 378
Capacity in Edmonton ... 2495
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 256
Partnerships with other service organizations ... 378-79
Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 335
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 146, 272, 425
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic, additional funding ... 377-78
Support service providers, CUPS and Alex ... 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 in church basement and Lions' centre ... 378
Hub on Ross, Red Deer
Closure ... 3069
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 2345
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Spaces for homeless persons during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Michener Centre, Red Deer
Emergency pandemic response plan ... 381
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Family Violence Prevention Month ... 2895
Ministry of Community and Social Services
COVID-19 response ... 377-81
Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 380
Municipal finance
Social programs, additional funding ... 256
Music industry
Provincial assistance ... 2952-53
Nonprofit organizations
Social service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic, additional funding ... 178, 256-57, 377-78, 425
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AISH and income support payment schedule ... 27, 135
AISH deindexation ... 1254
AISH payment schedule ... 103, 120
Brain injury ... 1439-40
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
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
Domestic and gender-based violence prevention ... 1567
Emergency isolation support eligibility ... 294
Homeless shelter capacity in Edmonton ... 2495
Income support programs ... 256
Medically fragile children with complex needs ... 1668-69
Music industry support ... 2952-53
PDD direct operations ... 2046-47, 2109
Persons with disabilities' workforce participation ... 1837
Programs for persons with developmental disabilities ... 3068-69
Services for persons affected by COVID-19 ... 257
Persons with developmental disabilities
Direct service providers, emergency pandemic response plans ... 381
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Direct operations ... 2046-47, 2109
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 379, 3069
Wait-list for service plans ... 380
Persons with disabilities
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378-79
Workforce participation ... 1837
Premier's Council on Charities and Civil Societies
Mandate ... 378
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
Suicide prevention
Programs and services ... 379
Telus Convention Centre, Calgary
Spaces for homeless persons during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
West Anthem
Report on the music industry ... 2952-53
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)
30th Legislature
Government record ... 3046-47
Aboriginal consultation
Energy projects ... 1271, 1679
Environmental monitoring exemptions ... 1384
Oil and gas well operation and decommissioning ... 324
Public land sales ... 2282
Affordable housing
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 436
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 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)
Funding ... 959-60
Alberta Senate Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 27)
Committee ... 1999-2000
Alberta teachers' retirement fund
Investment management by AIMCo ... 48
Alexis v. Alberta (Environment and Parks), 2020 ABCA 188
2020 Alberta Court of Appeal decision in 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
Attlee, Clement (former United Kingdom Prime Minister)
Remarks on referendums ... 1847
Black Lives Matter
General remarks ... 1449
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on fixed budget date ... 872
Recommendations on postsecondary education ... 872
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
Kananaskis Country facilities ... 2135
Canada-Texas Chamber of Commerce
Agent general to Houston appointment ... 2043
Canadian Energy Centre
Advertisements ... 1691-92
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 118
Managing director ... 1692
Charter schools
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
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
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
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
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1845-47
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1847
Section 4, nonconstitutional referendums ... 1846
Section 4, nonconstitutional referendums, Lieutenant Governor in Council authority ... 1846-47
Corporate taxation, provincial
Decrease, impact on government revenue, 2019 reports (Motion for a Return 11: defeated) ... 3811-12
Rate decrease ... 436
COVID-19
Alberta cases ... 2638, 3792
Deaths ... 2637
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Testing ... 2677-79, 3046
Testing, performance measures ... 1604
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons ... 2637-38
Affected persons, income support for self-isolation ... 2679
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2628, 2637-38
Provincial response ... 2190, 2403, 2678-79, 3638-39
Daycare
Affordability ... 48
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
Economic relaunch strategy
General remarks ... 1723
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
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
Emergency isolation support program
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
Ministerial powers under act ... 588-89
Section 4, replacement of "pandemic influenza" with "pandemic" ... 549
Section 6, declaration of local emergency extension from 7 to 90 days during pandemic ... 549-50
Section 8, ministerial authority to restrict, prohibit, or terminate local authority exercise of power ... 550
Section 11, Peace Officer Act amendments ... 549
Emissions Reduction Alberta
Projects funded ... 2054-55
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
Monitoring, AER exemptions ... 1384, 1437-38, 1614-15, 1671
Monitoring, AER exemptions, points of order on debate ... 1393
Monitoring and reporting requirement changes ... 420, 684, 717
Environmental Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 31)
Committee ... 2233-35
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
Section 2, preamble, "security of access to sustainable timber supply" ... 2851-52
Stakeholder consultation ... 2852
Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2)
Committee ... 1238-40
Changes to restrictions on alcohol consumption in public parks ... 1238-39
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 3104-5
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Emission reduction targets ... 2876
Health care finance
Publicly funded health care ... 48
Surgery procedure coverage ... 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
Home Education Association
2016 provincial lawsuit ... 947-48
Home-schooling
Provincial supervision ... 1026
Homeless shelters
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic ... 436
Housing
General remarks ... 436
Impaired driving
Prevention ... 1449-50
Roadside suspension program ... 1448-49
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Response to Bill 46 ... 3793
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
Property claim provisions ... 3055
Section 2, right to call expert witnesses ... 3055
Section 3, prejudgment interest rate on pain and suffering damage ... 3055
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 2871
Invest Alberta (Economic Development, Trade and Tourism ministry)
Mandate ... 2402
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 47-48
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 38)
Second reading ... 2891-93
Police Act amendments, First Nations policing ... 2891
Police Act amendments, stakeholder consultation ... 2891-92
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act amendments ... 2892-93
Labour unions
Impact on women's equality ... 2303
Land-use framework
Completion timeline ... 2234
Liabilities Management Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 320-22, 324
Definition of "remediation" ... 321, 324
Permission for Orphan Well Association to operate wells and facilities ... 321, 643
Provisions for entry onto land ... 321-22
Section 1(3), orphan well fund may be utilized for full life cycle of well ... 643
Stakeholder consultation ... 322, 324, 643
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Second reading ... 1796-97
Election financing provisions ... 1797
Luff, Robyn (former MLA)
Remarks on former NDP government ... 582
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order ... 948
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
Members' Statements (current session)
Campus Saint-Jean ... 2996-97
Climate change strategy and economic development ... 29-30
Education funding ... 1382
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 Environment and Parks
Minister's helicopter tour expenses ... 130-31
Minister's helicopter tour expenses, Speaker's rulings on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 131
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
Opposition amendments proposed ... 575-76
Stakeholder consultation ... 499
Transfer of applications from court to RTDRS under act ... 575-76
Motor vehicle insurance
Rate cap removal ... 3257
North Saskatchewan River Basin Water Authorization Act (Bill 42)
Committee ... 3050
Oldman Dam provincial recreation area
Castleview Ridge Estates residents' land leases ... 2110-11
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
Coal development policies ... 1755, 3847, 3924
Coal mining in Clearwater County ... 1308
Crowsnest Pass coal mine proposal ... 2953-54
Environmental monitoring ... 420, 1384, 1437-38, 1614-15
Environmental monitoring of the oil sands ... 684, 717
Land management and monitoring ... 1670-71
Oldman dam recreation area land use ... 2110-11
Provincial land-use policies ... 2281-82
Provincial park usage data and land use ... 3779-80
Provincial parks ... 104-5, 118, 907, 1049-50, 1118, 2349, 3220, 3288-89
Provincial parks and campgrounds ... 2134-35
Provincial parks and coal mining policies ... 2205
Provincial parks and environment ministry spending ... 130-31
Site rehabilitation program ... 1838
Ski trail fees and provincial park management ... 3002-2003
Parks, provincial
Closures ... 104-5, 118
Environment and Parks ministry planning document ... 2349
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 130
Government town hall meeting ... 3220
Kananaskis Country parks ... 2134-35
Kananaskis Country parks land-use policy ... 2281-82
Land management ... 2233, 2281-82, 3288-89
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
Parliamentary debate
Abusive language, points of order ... 1027
Peter Lougheed provincial park
Cross-country ski trail maintenance funding ... 131, 3002-3
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Education funding ... 1256
Provincial parks management ... 2882
Public service pension plan investment administration ... 30
Points of order (current session)
Abusive language ... 1027
Allegations against a member or members ... 948
Imputing motives ... 1027, 1847
Insulting language ... 438, 3568
Relevance ... 873
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Shaping Alberta's Future report for 2018-2019 ... 2415-16
Protecting Alberta Industry from Theft Act, 2020 (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1723-24
Section 7, penalty provisions ... 1723-24
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
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 313
Public lands
Management ... 1670-71
Management, Speaker's ruling on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1670
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
Reclamation of land
Provincial liability ... 320-21, 1409-10
Recycling
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
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 22)
Third reading ... 2054-56
Section 4, Emissions Management and Climate Resilience Act amendments ... 2054
Sections 5 to 8, dissolution of Energy Efficiency Alberta ... 2055
Section 10, Mines and Minerals Act amendments ... 2055-56
Section 10, Mines and Minerals Act amendments, ministerial powers under act ... 1383-84
Section 12, Oil Sands Conservation Act amendments ... 2054
Referendums
Wording of questions ... 1846
Rental housing
Moratorium on evictions ... 483
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
Sections 5 and 6, 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
Funding ... 959-60
Sand and gravel mines and mining
Mine approvals ... 2234
Schools
Re-entry plan ... 2628
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug benefit ... 48
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, remarks withdrawn ... 1846
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 47-48
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
General remarks ... 2735
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 2677-79
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)
Remarks on referendums ... 1845-47
University of Alberta. Campus Saint-Jean
Members' statements ... 2996-97
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
Sections 6, 9. use of fund to assist victims and promote public safety, related change to fund's name ... 959-60
Section 10, changes to eligibility for financial benefits ... 960
Video game industry
Workplace culture ... 2303-4
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 2391-92
Water quality
Drinking water, aboriginal community projects ... 3050
Wood Buffalo national park
United Nations heritage site designation ... 1671
Schow, Joseph R. (Cardston-Siksika, UCP)
Addiction and mental health strategy
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 10
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 Energy Regulator
Fee waivers ... 2598
Alberta in Canada
Legislative Assembly affirmation that remaining part of the Canadian federation is in Alberta's interest and denunciation of separatism (Loyola), motion to be moved to the bottom of the Order Paper pursuant to Standing Order 8(4), motion on (Schow: carried) ... 2911
Separatism, impact on investment attraction ... 1931
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 1811-13, 1931
Appropriation Act, 2020 (Bill 6)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 217
ARCHES Lethbridge
Audit ... 2322
Audit, members' statements ... 2105-6
Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction
Minister's performance ... 3886
Budget
Plan to balance ... 3719
Budget 2020-2021
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2598
Calgary-Buffalo (constituency)
Member's remarks on government legislation ... 1931
Canada-United States border
COVID-19 related crossing restrictions ... 812
Cardston-Siksika (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 1485
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
Chief firearms officer
Appointment ... 3094-95
Child and Youth Advocate
Legislative Offices Committee report recommending reappointment of Del Graff presented to the Assembly ... 30
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 945
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), replacement of Mr. Dach with Ms Irwin (amendment A1) (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 recommending reappointment of Del Graff as Child and Youth Advocate presented to the Assembly ... 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
Final report on Bill 205, Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3070
Final report on Bill 206, Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendations for change of sponsorship and that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3223
Final report on Bill 207, Reservists' Recognition Day, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3719
Report on Bill Pr. 1, The Sisters of the Precious Blood of Edmonton Repeal Act, advising that the petition complies with Standing Orders 90-94 presented to the Assembly ... 988-89
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), replacement of Mr. Neudorf with Mr. Yao (amendment A1) (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), replacement of Member Loyola with Mr. Dach and Ms Armstrong-Homeniuk with Mr. Loewen (amendment A1) (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 final report with recommendation that bill not proceed ... 989
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee final report with recommendation that bill not proceed, concurrence motion ... 1155-56
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1738, 1764, 1768-69
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1739
Corporations
Provincial assistance ... 2598
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
Second reading ... 1004
COVID-19
Alberta cases, points of order on debate ... 3850
Protective measures, quarantine of international travellers ... 812
COVID-19 pandemic
Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter ... 812
Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter, members' statements ... 877
Provincial response, members' statements ... 252, 3918
Crime
Rural crime ... 967-68
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 792
Daycare centres
Provincial assistance ... 2598
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt level forecasts ... 3719
Debt-servicing costs ... 10
Democratic Accountability Committee, Select Special
Final reports on citizens' initiatives and election recall reviews presented to the Assembly ... 3096
Drivers' licences
Class 1 licence requirements ... 3558
Mandatory entry-level training (MELT) program (class 1 and 2) ... 3558
Driving back to work grant program
General remarks ... 3558
Economic development
Diversification, members' statements ... 3096
Economic recovery plan, provincial
General remarks ... 3918
Members' statements ... 2040
Education
Parental choice, laws and legislation ... 10-11
Education finance
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 10
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 13)
Second reading ... 538-39
Employment Standards Code
Amendment to ban unpaid internships proposed (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: defeated) ... 2394-95
Practicum provisions ... 2394-95
Energy industries
Market access ... 10
Opposition, 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
Heroes' Compensation Act ... 3916
Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3633
Father's Day
Members' statements ... 1485
Firearms
Federal regulations 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 policies, provincial
Government spending ... 10-11, 3719
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
First reading, Private Bills and private Members' Public Bills Committee final report with recommendation that bill proceed presented to the House (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 policies
Priorities ... 10
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
Third reading ... 3873-75
Home education during COVID-19 pandemic
Alternative learning plans ... 642
Immunization
COVID-19 vaccine distribution ... 3918
Infrastructure blockades
Members' statements ... 51
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Second reading ... 3057
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 9-10
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA Jack William Ady, members' statements ... 637
Imputing motives to, points of order ... 217, 1263, 1467, 1877, 2466, 2527
Members' Statements (current session)
Agriculture ... 3839
COVID-19 response ... 252
Economic diversification ... 3096
Economic recovery and the COVID-19 vaccine rollout ... 3918
Economic recovery plan ... 2040
Father's Day ... 1485
Former MLA Jack Ady ... 637
Infrastructure blockades ... 51
Legislative Assembly debate on COVID-19 ... 877
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
Ministry of Children's Services
Budget 2020-2021 ... 10
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Budget 2020-2021 ... 10
Ministry of Health
COVID-19 response ... 812
Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 433, 438
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Commercial driver training and licensing ... 3558
Education continuity plan and student assessment ... 642
Provincial chief firearms officer ... 3094-95
Provincial fiscal update and forecasts ... 3719
Order Paper
General remarks ... 1768-69
Parliamentary debate
Items previously decided, points of order ... 736, 1006
Misleading the House, points of order ... 2532
Relevance of debate ... 1006
Points of order (current session)
Imputing motives ... 217, 1263, 1467, 1877, 2466, 2527
Insulting language ... 438, 2471
Items previously decided ... 736, 1006
Language creating disorder ... 945, 3205, 3576, 3850
Misleading the House ... 2532
Parliamentary language ... 2528-29, 2725
Relevance ... 433, 733-34, 736, 1006, 1739, 3082, 3638
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 206)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee final report recommending change of sponsorship and that bill proceed presented to the Assembly (concurred in) ... 3223
Property tax
Education levy freeze ... 2598
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 320
Public service
Front-line workers, funding for ... 10
Quicksand
General remarks ... 9-11
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
Recycling
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 tape reduction
Members' statements ... 3215
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Third reading ... 3886
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Chief Electoral Officer report on 2019 general election presented ... 2210
Democratic Accountability Committee final 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 final 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 final report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed, concurrence motion ... 1155-56
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee final 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 final 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 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 Reservists' Recognition Day Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3719
Reservists' Recognition Day Act (Bill 207)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee final report on Bill 207, Reservists' Recognition Day Act, with recommendation that bill proceed (concurred in) ... 3719
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 2532
St. Mary River
Drownings, members' statements ... 1610
Sisters of the Precious Blood of Edmonton Repeal Act, The (Bill Pr. 1)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee report advising that the petition complies with Standing Orders 90-94 presented to the Assembly ... 988-89
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Provincial assistance ... 2598, 3918
Relaunch grant program ... 2598
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 9-11
Addresses in reply, scope of speeches ... 9
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Revised assessment procedure during COVID-19 pandemic ... 642
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Second reading ... 3209
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 3082
Second reading, motion to not now read a second time 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
Committee ... 3834
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 51
Tourism levy
Abatement ... 2598
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
Members' statements ... 2717-18
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 967-68
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Second reading ... 1779-80
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 2725
Wet’suwet’en First Nation, British Columbia
Position on Coastal GasLink pipeline project ... 51
Workers' compensation
Employer premiums, payment deferral ... 2598
Employer premiums, provincial payment of half of value ... 2598
Schulz, Rebecca (Calgary-Shaw, UCP; Minister of Children's Services)
Addiction treatment
Recovery communities ... 2768
Adoption services
Review ... 3536
Affordable housing
Emergency housing with supports ... 3558-59
Review ... 2770, 3649, 3716
Aging well in community grant program
Eligibility criteria ... 2769
Alberta child and family benefit
Eligibility criteria ... 386, 1690, 1891
Payments ... 294
Alberta Culture Days
Funding ... 3541
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 1818-19
Alberta Spotlight (online concerts)
Funding ... 3541
Alberta Trades Hall of Fame
2020 inductees ... 3847-48
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Recommendations ... 3222
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client benefits ... 2881
Eligibility criteria ... 2614-15
Indexation suspension ... 2690
Payment date change, Auditor General's report ... 3093-94, 3145
Payment dates ... 2691
Budget 2020-2021
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2595, 2600
Canada housing benefit
Alberta participation ... 3649
Capital maintenance and renewal program
Funding for seniors' housing, 2020-2023 ... 3563
CHEW Project (program for LGBTQ youth)
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 909-10
Child and family services
Well-being and resiliency framework ... 58-59
Child Care Licensing Act
Amendments ... 2632
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 (regulating-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
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
Front-line staff, COVID-19 related safety 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 in children ... 3844-45
Deaths, Shawn Auger ... 383-84
Lethbridge cases ... 2694-95
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons, income support eligibility ... 294
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2631-33
Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter ... 383-87
Provincial response, restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3539-40
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
Committee ... 1627-28
Section 2, Child Care Licensing Act amendments ... 1627-28
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 866-68
Cultural industries
Grant programs ... 3541
Day homes
Fatality inquiries, Mackenzy Woolfsmith ... 3404
Daycare
Access ... 1691, 1980, 3287
Access, relation to economic recovery ... 1691
Access for essential services workers ... 294, 384-86
Affordability ... 2134, 3002, 3780-81
Federal-provincial agreement ... 2351, 2355
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 1980, 2595, 2714-15
Online tool kit ... 2883-84
Overnight care ... 2880
Provincial strategy ... 2876-77
Review ... 1335
Spaces ... 2151, 2355
Daycare centres
Accreditation, program termination ... 74, 2880, 3517
Accreditation, stakeholder consultation ... 1198
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 3287-88
COVID-19 related safety protocols ... 722, 3539-40
Province-wide closures ... 148-49, 257, 259-60
Province-wide closures, impact on vulnerable families ... 294
Provincial assistance ... 385, 722, 885, 1196, 1199, 1566, 2108, 2595, 2938
Reopening ... 1304, 2631-33
Reopening, provincial grant program ... 2600
Staff wage subsidies ... 2632
Daycare in private homes
Accreditation, program termination ... 74
Conditions on operation ... 386
Daycare subsidies
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2632
Disability workers
Wage supplement, federal transfers ... 3718-19
Domestic violence
Programs and services ... 3804
Early childhood education
Services for children with special needs ... 884
Early learning and child care centres
Federal-provincial agreement ... 884-85
Transitional funding ... 3780-81
Economic Recovery Council
Mandate on women's workforce participation ... 1196
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Consideration of women's issues ... 1691, 1980, 3287, 3385, 3476
Education
Students with special needs ... 3649
Education finance
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 3384, 3802
Educational curricula
Review website ... 3805-6
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) content ... 3001-2
Essential services
Definition ... 385-86
General remarks ... 384
Wage supplement ... 3718-19
Family resource networks
Implementation ... 2631
Family Violence Death Review Committee
Reports ... 3804
Health care finance
Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services) ... 3476
Homeless persons
Permanent supportive housing ... 2767-68
Homeless shelters
Additional spaces during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2664
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 3558
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2767-68
Infrastructure blockades
Economic impact ... 868
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Committee ... 2177-78
Committee, amendment A1 (aggregate contribution limit) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2177-78
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2769-70
McCullough Centre, Gunn
Closure ... 2660
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention (2017-2018)
Implementation of recommendations ... 1666-67, 2693-94
Ministry of Children's Services
COVID-19 response ... 383-87, 2631
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Staff reduction ... 2660
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Recommendations ... 1196
Nonprofit organizations
Social service delivery ... 2665
Social service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2769, 3563
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Adoption services ... 3536
Affordable housing ... 2770
Affordable housing review ... 3716
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 care ... 1198-99, 2108, 2876-77, 2880-81
Child care affordability ... 3002
Child care centre closures ... 259-60
Child care centre reopening ... 1304
Child care funding ... 1566, 2351, 2355, 2714-15, 3780-81
Child care review ... 1335
Child intervention services ... 2692-93
COVID-19 and child care ... 148-49, 722, 885
COVID-19 and children's programs and activities ... 3539-40
COVID-19 and seniors ... 2769, 3563
COVID-19 cases in children and health system capacity ... 3844-45
COVID-19 cases in Lethbridge ... 2694-95
COVID-19 cases in schools ... 3092
COVID-19 in child care centres ... 3287-88
COVID-19 in schools ... 3845
COVID-19 protective measures and teachers ... 3559
Disability caseload growth review ... 3650-51
Early childhood education accreditation ... 74
Economic recovery and child care ... 1980
Economic recovery and women ... 1196, 1691, 1891, 2134, 3287, 3385, 3476
Education funding ... 3384
Educational curriculum review and redesign ... 3805-6
Family and gender-based violence prevention ... 3804
Home education and teacher's work from home ... 3649-50
Homeless shelter capacity and emergency housing ... 3558-59
Homelessness initiatives ... 2767-68
Housing for vulnerable Albertans ... 2664-65
Income support for parents affected by COVID-19 ... 294
Indigenous child and youth services ... 1666-67
Parenting and family resources programs ... 58-59
PDD direct operations ... 2767
Postsecondary education funding ... 3925-26
Provincial diploma examination exemptions ... 3067
Public service size ... 2660-61
Renter assistance and affordable housing ... 3649
School bus safety ... 722
School class size ... 2821
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 youth transitioning out of care ... 983
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
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Funding ... 3925-26
Postsecondary educational institutions admissions (enrolment)
Female students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) disciplines ... 3385
Public service
Job losses ... 2660-61
Recreation and physical activity
Restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3540
Red tape reduction
Mixed-age ratio provisions ... 2884
Provincial strategy ... 2884, 2938
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Committee ... 3735-37
Child, Youth and Family enhancement Act amendments ... 3735-37
Rent supplement program
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 3649, 3716
Program redesign ... 2770
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2021
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
COVID-19 cases ... 3092, 3384, 3845
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
COVID-19 impact ... 2769-70, 3563
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug benefit ... 2690
Seniors' housing
CORE (collaborative resources and education) online knowledge hub ... 2769
Funding, 2020-2023 ... 3563
Shad Canada
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) program expansion ... 3001
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Relaunch grant program ... 1980
Small business
Social service delivery ... 2665
Social services
Funding ... 2021
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Women in STEM award program ... 3385
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Provincial diploma examination exemptions ... 3067
Supportive living accommodations
Accommodation fees ... 2690
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 2769
Tax credits
Repeal ... 1818-19
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
Rates ... 3926
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Second reading ... 1781-82
Western Rocky View Family and Community Resource Centre, Cochrane
Funding ... 59
Women
Political participation ... 2177
Working parents benefit program
Program implementation ... 3921-22
Youth at risk
Support and financial assistance agreements for transition from child protective services ... 983, 1667
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
Funding ... 1144
Aerospace industries
Industry development ... 2953
Agricultural research
Investment in ... 2647-48
Alberta Energy Regulator
Review ... 858
Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3499, 3501
Recapitalization, 2020-2021 ... 2647
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Annual report 2020-2021 publication delay ... 1686
Alberta Innovates
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3498-99
Alberta parole board (proposed)
General remarks ... 982, 1388, 1563-64
Membership, Member for Brooks-Medicine Hat's remarks ... 1438-39
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
Artificial intelligence
Industry development ... 2714
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)
Alberta participation ... 3475-76, 3497-98
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 3486
Canada emergency rent subsidy (business, nonprofit, and charity sectors)
Eligibility criteria ... 3481
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied ... 1687
Cellphones
Rural service ... 3300
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
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 954
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 debate ... 3480-81, 3486-87, 3492-94, 3497-99, 3501
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
First reading ... 1568
Second reading ... 1735
Third reading ... 2081
Contribution limit provisions ... 1614
Purpose and intent of bill ... 1614, 1666
Referendum finance provisions ... 1757
Corporate taxation, provincial
Rate decrease ... 2647
Relation to economic growth ... 1685-86
Revenue forecast, 2020-2021 ... 1686
Corporations
New businesses ... 2647
Correctional facilities
COVID-19 related protective measures ... 534-35, 3302-3
Personal protective equipment (PPE) supply ... 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
Protective measures, long-term ... 2766
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Quarantine orders, monitoring with smart phone app ... 642-43
COVID-19 pandemic
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2646-48
Provincial response, restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3778, 3805
Provincial response, restrictions announced November 24, 2020, points of order on debate ... 3782-83
Crime
Rural crime ... 982, 989-90
Crime prevention
Rural crime ... 960, 1687-88
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 861, 869
Impact on racialized communities ... 1249
Scope of bill ... 1142
Crown prosecution service (Justice and Solicitor General ministry)
Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 120-21
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial credit rating ... 1686
Domestic violence
Programs and services ... 883
Economic recovery plan, provincial
Diversification strategy ... 2647, 2900-2901, 3380
Funding, 2020-2021, supplementary supply ... 3493-94
General remarks ... 2766
Implementation ... 3380
Plan evaluation ... 3492
Sector strategies ... 2610, 2647-48, 2905
Technology industry component ... 3380
Economy of Alberta
Current fiscal position ... 2900
Electric power lines
Power grid batteries ... 2648
Energy industries
Provincial assistance ... 3305
Energy policies, provincial
Assembly support for provincial plans and initiatives (Government Motion 18: carried unanimously) ... 406
Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020 (Bill 47)
Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 3713, 3775
Fair Deal Panel
Report ... 1488, 1666
Firearms
Federal regulations and jurisdiction ... 985-86
Federal regulation and jurisdiction ... 1488
Freedom of expression
Right to peaceful assembly ... 1142
Human trafficking
Education and awareness initiatives ... 644
Task force ... 886
Hydrogen strategy
Strategy development ... 2648
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 employment grant program
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2647
Program development ... 2612
Intellectual property
Government policies ... 2648
Internet
Rural service ... 3300, 3718
Invest Alberta Corporation
Mandate ... 2647-48
Irrigation
Capital projects ... 2647
Job creation
Forecasts, 2020-2021 ... 1686
Statistics ... 2610
Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Mandate ... 1390
Judges
New positions ... 121
Labour force planning
Skills-for-jobs provincial agenda ... 2648
Lethbridge-West (constituency)
Member's surveillance by police ... 1977
Liquefied natural gas industry
Industry development ... 2648
Medical research
Funding ... 3384-85
Mines and mining
Provincial mineral scan ... 2648
Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (ministry from August 25, 2020)
COVID-19 response ... 2646-48
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 debate ... 3480-81, 3486-87, 3492-94, 3497-99, 3501
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
Projects funded ... 3473-74
Municipal sustainability initiative
Projects funded ... 3473-74
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Final report, recommendations on policing ... 1669
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
Bills 8 and 28 ... 2044
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 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
Crown prosecution service, judge appointments ... 120-21
Drug treatment courts ... 1391-92
Economic diversification ... 2900-2901
Economic recovery and diversification ... 3380
Economic recovery plan ... 2610, 2905
Election financing ... 1757
Energy industry concerns ... 3305
Federal firearm policies ... 985-86
Government appointments ... 1438-39
Government legislation ... 1976
Human trafficking ... 643-44
Human trafficking task force ... 886
Infrastructure blockades ... 117-18
Innovation and technology sectors ... 2612
Judge appointments ... 1328-29, 1387
Justice ministry appointments ... 1507
Justice policies ... 1388
Mask policies and workplace safety ... 3381
Missing and murdered indigenous women and girls working group ... 1390
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
Rail blockades ... 28
Rail blockades and Teck Frontier mine cancellation ... 25
Referendum legislation ... 1666
Referendum legislation and third-party political advertising ... 1614
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 ... 3472
Support for small businesses affected by COVID-19 ... 3305, 3651, 3714-15, 3778
Systemic racism prevention ... 1440
Technology industry development ... 2713-14
Technology industry investment in Alberta ... 3652-53
UCP convention resolution on labour relations ... 2614
Victims of crime fund ... 882-83, 1048-49, 1116, 1142, 1249, 1613-14
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
Police
Cross-cultural training ... 1665
Provincial force proposed ... 1488
Provincial-municipal police funding model ... 1688
Relations with aboriginal communities ... 1144
Rural service ... 1687
Police Act
Review ... 1439, 1665-66, 1669, 1986-87, 2283-84
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Advertising on referendums, AFL president's remarks ... 1614
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Funding ... 3384-85
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 of bill ... 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
Appointment of Leighton Grey ... 1507, 1618-19
Appointments ... 1328-29, 1387
Public Health Act Review Committee, Select Special
Committee establishment (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 1379
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 (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 ... 1669
Systemic racism, provincial response ... 1440
Recycling
Plastics strategy ... 2648
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 2647
Referendums
Citizen-initiated referendums ... 1614, 1666
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Industry development ... 2648
Responsible Energy Development Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 858-59
Committee ... 1271, 1375
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rural service, civilian positions ... 1688
Rural Alberta provincial integrated defence (RAPID) force
Funding ... 954, 960, 982
Sentences (criminal procedure)
Incarceration rates ... 1388
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Provincial assistance ... 3651-53, 3714-15, 3802
Relaunch grant program ... 3472, 3481, 3486-87, 3494, 3497-98, 3778, 3805
Small business
Provincial assistance ... 2610, 2766, 2901, 3305
Provincial relaunch grant program ... 3305
Substance abuse and addiction
Supervised consumption sites ... 1391
Supervised consumption sites, Edmonton's Chinatown ... 2376
Technology industries
Industry development ... 2612, 2646-47, 2713-14, 3498-99, 3501
Investment in Alberta ... 3652-53
Technology innovation and emissions reduction (TIER) levy and fund
Fund utilization ... 3499
Transportation
Driverless vehicles (driverless cars, drones, etc.), investment attraction ... 2953
Unemployment
Job losses, November 2020 ... 3800
United Conservative Party
Fall 2020 convention resolution on right-to-work legislation ... 2614
Victims of crime
Programs and services for ... 1116
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
First reading ... 888
Second reading ... 954-55, 960-61, 1181
Third reading ... 1676
Sections 6, 9. use of fund to assist victims and promote public safety, related change to fund's name ... 954, 960-61
Stakeholder consultation ... 1249
Victims of crime fund levy increase under act ... 954
Victims of crime fund
Fund utilization ... 882-83, 1048-49, 1116, 1142, 1249, 1391, 1613-14
Victims of Crime Working Group
General remarks ... 954-55
Workers' compensation
Employer premiums, payment deferral ... 3498
Shandro, Tyler (Calgary-Acadia, UCP; Minister of Health)
811 Health Link Alberta (telephone information line)
Call volume ... 157
Aboriginal communities
COVID-19 protective measures ... 3004-5
COVID-19 related services ... 149
Addiction treatment
Recovery communities ... 3093
Service delivery ... 104
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3093, 3650
User fee termination ... 3093
Affordable supportive living initiative
Program reinstatement ... 1672
Agriculture
COVID-19 impact ... 812
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
Reports to Health ministry on medical device reprocessing, May 1, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 8: defeated) ... 3578
Review, Ernst & Young report ... 56-58, 132, 197, 824, 2714
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)
Member's remarks on COVID-19 pandemic ... 3299
Barbers
COVID-19 related safety protocols ... 680, 718-19
Bits and pieces program (provincial procurement program)
General remarks ... 536-37
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
Brain injury
Prevention ... 1440
Budget 2020-2021
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2600
Budget 2020-2021 (revised) debate
Estimates debate ... 197-200
Calgary Health Trust
Donation for COVID-19 tracing ... 685
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
UCP application ... 908-9
Canada-United States border
COVID-19 related crossing restrictions ... 812
CapitalCare Lynwood continuing care facility, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 3717
Carewest Glenmore Park, Calgary
COVID-19 case ... 369
Cargill Canada
COVID-19 outbreak ... 1487-88, 1914
Central Peace-Notley (constituency)
Member's remarks on COVID-19 pandemic ... 3299
Century Park supportive living facility, Vegreville
Care standards ... 987
Staffing ... 909
Chief medical officer of health
Recommendations on COVID-19 pandemic response ... 3801
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
Front-line workers ... 2712
Christmas
Celebrations, COVID-19 related safety measures ... 3801
Cold Lake (city)
Physician services ... 1490-91
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 debate ... 3487-91, 3493
Constitutional Referendum Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1847
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1847
Construction industry
COVID-19 related safety measures ... 292
Continuing care
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 198
Review ... 809, 829
Continuing/extended care facilities
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 829, 2600, 3299
Care standards ... 1980-81
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 369, 809, 1836-37, 3088, 3300-3301, 3557
COVID-19 outbreaks, public inquiry proposed ... 1195
COVID-19 protective resources ... 1195, 3000
COVID-19 related safety measures ... 291, 450, 1143-44, 2641
COVID-19 response ... 1980-81
COVID-19 testing protocols for workers ... 370-71
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 829, 2714
Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 682, 829, 882
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
Staffing ... 371-72, 450, 640, 829, 3091, 3717
Visitor restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic ... 370, 1334-35
Correctional facilities
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
Alberta cases, AHS projections ... 3650
Alberta cases, publicly available information ... 3776-77
Deaths ... 368-69, 1143, 1195
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, quarantine of international travellers ... 810, 812
Protective measures, social and physical distancing ... 2499
Protective measures, summer outdoor destinations (beaches, parks, etc.) ... 1978
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Antibody testing ... 810
Contact tracing ... 685, 2764-65, 3284, 3299, 3489-90, 3777
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, 3488
Health care resources, acute-care beds ... 176, 422
Health care resources, funding, for ... 198
Health care resources, hospital ventilators ... 151
Testing ... 685, 809, 812-13, 2641, 2764, 2874, 3063, 3069, 3147, 3489-90
Testing and assessment centre, Banff ... 3653
Tests performed ... 157, 369-71, 421, 535
COVID-19 pandemic
Commendation of public response, government urged to pursue prudent policies (Government Motion 42: carried) ... 2641, 2644
Dr. Roger Hodkinson's presentation to Edmonton city council ... 3301
Government members' remarks ... 3299, 3536
Health minister's sources of information ... 3301
Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter ... 368-72, 808-13, 829-32
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, restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3472-73, 3475, 3774-76, 3801, 3805
Provincial response decision-making ... 3537-38
Risk monitoring, Speaker's cautioning of members, remarks withdrawn ... 2765
Scenario modelling ... 371, 830, 3087-88, 3141-42, 3284
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
First reading ... 1494
Second reading ... 1537-38
Third reading ... 1679
Red tape reduction ... 1538
Section 1, Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act amendments ... 1538
Section 2, Child Care Licensing Act amendments ... 1538
Section 3, Employment Standards Code amendments ... 1537-38
Section 4, Employment standards (COVID-19) leave regulation validated ... 1537-38
Section 5, Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, delay of annual report ... 1538
Section 6, Guarantees Acknowledgment Act amendments ... 1538
Section 7, Health Information Act amendments ... 1537
Section 8, Labour Relations Code amendments ... 1537
Section 9, Personal Directives Act amendments ... 1538
Section 10, Powers of Attorney Act amendments ... 1538
Section 11, Private Vocational Training Act amendments ... 1538
Section 12, Public Health Act amendments ... 1537
Section 12, Public Health Act amendments, COVID-19 related employment absence ... 1537
Section 12, Public Health Act amendments, COVID-19 related employment absence, prohibition on termination of nonemployment contracts ... 1537
Section 12, Public Health Act amendments, definition of "close contact" added ... 1537
Section 12, Public Health Act amendments, review of act ... 1537
Section 13, Safety Codes Act amendments ... 1538
Section 14, Student Financial Assistance Act amendments ... 1538
Section 15, Wills and Succession Act amendments ... 1538
Crossfield (town)
Physician services ... 1115, 1123-24
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
Drugs, prescription
Coverage for ambulatory patients ... 2662
Fill limits ... 1329-30
Provincial plans, funding from supplementary supply ... 3491
Supply ... 293
Easter (Christian observance)
COVID-19 impact ... 275
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
Stage 2 gathering restrictions, outdoor events ... 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
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 ... 831
Public health emergency expiry ... 457-58
Public health emergency proposed ... 177
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Paramedics ... 645
Essential services
Definition ... 811-12
Seniors' access to ... 420
Wage supplement ... 1564
Extendicare Hillcrest, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak ... 1195
Firearms
Federal regulations and jurisdiction (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1394-95
Fiscal plan 2019-2023
Operating expense targets, acute care ... 197-98
Operating expense targets, population and public health ... 197
Fitness centres
Reopening timeline ... 882
Foyer Lacombe nursing home
COVID-19 case ... 369
Garneau Pediatric Associates
Statements on physician funding ... 681
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Appointment process ... 2514-15
Government communications
COVID-19 information and updates ... 259, 293
COVID-19 information and updates, multilingual ... 180, 259, 536
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
Health care
Community-based services ... 198
Patients with complex needs ... 27
Private service delivery ... 3094
Red tape reduction ... 1493
Services for aboriginal peoples ... 1670
Services in aboriginal communities ... 3781-82
Services on reserves ... 149
Health care aides
Wage supplement ... 1507-8, 2600
Health care capacity issues
Influenza impact ... 2612
Health care finance
COVID-19 response funding, 2020-2021 ... 3487, 3489-90, 3493
Funding, 2020-2021, acute care ... 198
Funding, 2020-2021, revised budget ... 149-50, 157, 197-98, 369
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 health care ... 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
Paid sick leave ... 3216
Recruitment and retention ... 2713, 3289-90
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 Amendment 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
Homeless persons
Programs and services for, COVID-19 related safety measures ... 178
Homeless shelters
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 454
Hospital capacity issues
Beds for COVID-19 patients ... 2641, 2903, 2950, 3088, 3650, 3713
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 2950
COVID-19 outbreaks, Calgary ... 3801
COVID-19 related safety measures ... 2641
COVID-19 warning system ... 3284, 3298-99
Oxygen supply ... 3557, 3646, 3713
Provincial requests to federal government and Red Cross for assistance ... 3774
Hospital construction
New hospital, southwest Edmonton ... 1893
Hospital emergency services
Rural service ... 72, 1670
Hospitality industries (hotels, convention facilities, restaurants, bars, etc.)
Provincial assistance ... 3537-38
Hospitals
Rural hospitals with excess capacity ... 132
Immunization
COVID-19 vaccine distribution ... 3773-74, 3776, 3927
COVID-19 vaccines ... 3488
Provincial policy ... 457
Influenza
Immunization targets ... 2611-12
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Response to Bill 46 ... 3869
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland (constituency)
Member's remarks on COVID-19 pandemic ... 3299
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 829, 2600, 3299
Care standards ... 1980-81
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 369, 809, 1836-37, 3088, 3300-3301, 3557
COVID-19 outbreaks, public inquiry proposed ... 1195
COVID-19 protective resources ... 1195, 3000
COVID-19 related safety measures ... 291, 450, 1143-44, 2641
COVID-19 related safety protocols for visitors ... 722-23
COVID-19 response ... 1980-81
COVID-19 testing protocols for workers ... 370-71
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 829, 2714
Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 682, 829, 882
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
COVID-19 outbreak ... 291, 369, 532-33, 640
Meat-processing facilities
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1836-37
Medical laboratories
Equipment capital grant, Edmonton and northern Alberta ... 2134
Medicine Hat family medicine maternity clinic
Clinic status ... 2660
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
Definition of "mental disorder" ... 1203
Definition of "qualified health professional" ... 1203, 1207
Definition of "secure locations" ... 1203
Definition of "treatment" ... 1203
Reference to "harm" ... 1207-8
Response to 2019 Court of Queen's Bench decision on Mental Health Act ... 1203, 1207, 1618
Section 21, assessment, examination by video conference ... 1203
Section 22, Mental Health Patient Advocate role ... 1203
Mental health services
Funding ... 1207
Provincial strategy ... 105-6
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 3650
Services for persons affected by COVID-19 pandemic ... 421-22
Treatment plans, patient consent ... 1618
Ministerial Statements (current session)
COVID-19 and economic relaunch stage 2 ... 1191
Ministry of Health
Budget 2020-2021 debate ... 197-200
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 response ... 368-72, 808-13, 829-32, 2641
Ministerial order 625, employment protection ... 831
Ministerial orders related to COVID-19 ... 831, 1537
Minister's performance ... 453
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
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Budget 2020-2021 ... 149
Misericordia community hospital, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 1758-59, 1888
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Final report recommendations ... 1116
Nurses
Full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 150, 2044-45, 2609
Obstetric services
Rural services ... 1670, 2663-64
Services in Sundre ... 452
Obstetricians
Recruitment and retention ... 1053
Office of the Premier
Premier's public announcements on COVID-19 pandemic ... 3297-98
Premier's remarks on mask use ... 3535-36
Opioid emergency treatment fund (federal-provincial)
Funding ... 197-98
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Acute-care beds for patients with COVID-19 ... 422
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
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
Capital projects in Northwestern Alberta ... 1331
Care facility standards ... 1980-81
Chinook regional hospital front-line workers ... 2712
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 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 cases in schools ... 3092
COVID-19 contact tracing ... 3284-85
COVID-19 contact tracing and risk monitoring ... 2765
COVID-19 contact tracing apps ... 3142-43, 3217, 3219-20
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment resources ... 150-51
COVID-19 in schools ... 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
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 outbreaks in seniors' care facilities ... 3091, 3300-3301, 3557, 3717
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 related health care for uninsured persons ... 753-54
COVID-19 response ... 60, 116-17, 3216, 3297-99, 3537-38
COVID-19 response and Calgary hospital capacity ... 3801
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 distribution ... 3773-74, 3776
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
Emergency medical services ... 645
First Nations' health care access ... 3781-82
Government members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 3299
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 professional recruitment and retention ... 2713
Health care services in Fairview ... 3779
Health care system and indigenous people ... 1670
Health care worker strike ... 2710, 2712
Health care workforce ... 2044-45, 2764-65, 2769
Health care workforce recruitment and retention ... 3289-90
Health economy in Edmonton ... 1493
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
Influenza immunization and COVID-19 ... 2611-12
Infrastructure capital plan for Edmonton ... 1893
Keystone XL pipeline project ... 292
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
Mental health services and physician compensation ... 105-6
NHL hub city of Edmonton ... 2372
Obstetric and gynecology services ... 1053
Opioid addiction treatment ... 3093
Personal protective equipment availability ... 537, 754, 758
Personal protective equipment use guidelines ... 641-42
Peter Lougheed Centre expansion ... 3301-2
Peter Lougheed Centre expansion project ... 107
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
Prescription drug fill limits, economic relaunch stage 2 ... 1329-30
Provincial state of emergency ... 177
Public Health Act emergency powers ... 3067-68
Public Health Act review ... 1836-37, 1888-89
Red Deer regional hospital expansion ... 56
Rural health care and physician compensation ... 719-20
Rural obstetric services ... 2663-64
Rural physician recruitment and retention ... 2281
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
Seniors and Budget 2020 ... 133
Seniors' benefit program funding ... 75-76
South Edmonton hospital construction project ... 2879
Specialized primary care clinic funding ... 681
Student mental health supports ... 3066
Supervised drug consumption sites ... 132-33
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
Wage supplement for care facility workers ... 1507-8, 1564
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 businesses ... 680, 754, 758
Availability to individuals ... 754
Mask distribution to the general public ... 1305, 1692-93, 3490
Mask policies ... 3535-36, 3776
Mask use by government members ... 3285
Mask use in public spaces, local policies ... 2374, 3216-17, 3298
Provincial agreement with Orpyx Medical Technologies ... 2641
Provincial inventory ... 531, 537, 754, 758, 2641, 3488-89
Quality standards ... 758, 811
Use guidelines ... 371, 641-42
Use guidelines for masks ... 531
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary general hospital)
Expansion project ... 107, 3301-2
Space utilization ... 832
Physician assistants
Regulation development ... 757-58
Physicians
Billing code for telephone consultations ... 198, 272
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, 908, 1121, 2091
Compensation framework, changes to ... 719-20
Pincher Creek services ... 2354
Recruitment and retention ... 1145-46, 1911, 2613, 2644, 2713
Rural physicians ... 72, 106, 452-53, 908, 1115-16, 1123-24, 1490-91, 1670, 2042, 2354
Rural physicians, recruitment and retention ... 719-20, 984, 2281, 2613
Service agreement negotiations ... 2281, 2494
Pipeline construction
TC Energy Keystone XL project, worker safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 292
Points of order (current session)
Imputing motives ... 1847
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
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 197-98
Public Health Act
Emergency measure provisions ... 3067-68
Ministerial orders under act ... 1537
Public Health Act review
Stakeholder presentations ... 1836-37, 1889
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
Enforcement ... 421, 457
Exception for critical medical appointments ... 369
Racism
Anti-Asian racism ... 1759
Prevention initiatives ... 259
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Capital funding ... 56
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 1493
Religious observances
COVID-19 related ban on worship services ... 811-12
Gathering restrictions ... 1252
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2045
Rodeo
COVID-19 related safety measures ... 1617
Royal Society of Canada
Report on long-term care in Canada ... 2111
SAGE Seniors Association
Partnership with University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing ... 133
Schools
COVID-19 cases ... 3217-18
Province-wide class cancellation ... 157
Seniors
COVID-19 impact, members' statements ... 147
Seniors Advocate
Combination of position with Health Advocate ... 147, 1146, 3000
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 safety measures ... 291, 454
Health minister's communication with residents and families ... 454
Shepherd's Care Kensington Village seniors' residence, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 369
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
Supervised Consumption Services Review Committee
Report ... 132-33
Supportive living accommodations
Lodges, COVID-19 related safety 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
Fairview services proposed ... 3779
Non-urgent surgery wait times ... 809-10
Provincial coverage ... 56-57
Wait times ... 1783, 2641
Thatcher, Margaret (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
Remarks on referendums ... 1847
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act review
General remarks ... 1092
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 of bill ... 1079
Regulation development ... 1054
Scope of bill ... 1054
Tobacco industry
Lobbying activity ... 1425
Tobacco products
Flavoured products ... 1302
Nicotine content ... 1425
Vaping products, flavoured ... 1054, 1425
Vaping products, nicotine content ... 1054, 1302
Vaping products, use by youth ... 1092, 1425
Victims of crime fund
Fund utilization ... 1116
Shepherd, David (Edmonton-City Centre, NDP)
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)
Employee cultural training ... 1670
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
Review, Ernst & Young report ... 199, 824
Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 194-95
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 Senate Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 1774-75
Election finances provisions ... 1774-75
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client ineligibility for emergency isolation support ... 441
Athabasca (town)
Physician services ... 1382
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
Boyle Street Education Centre, Edmonton
General remarks ... 940
Budget 2020-2021
Time for debate ... 158
Budget 2020-2021 (revised) debate
Estimates debate ... 193-99
Estimates debate, points of order raised ... 196
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Committee ... 3398-3400
Prompt payment provisions ... 3398-3400
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
UCP application ... 908
Canada-Texas Chamber of Commerce
Agent general to Houston appointment ... 1815
Canadian Energy Centre
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 1814
Caribou
Preservation plan, federal-provincial agreement ... 2787
Chief medical officer of health
Work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 157
Child mental health services
School-based services ... 2492-93
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 ... 1061-63
Stakeholder consultation, survey ... 940
Chronic disease prevention
Provincial strategy ... 198
Cold Lake (city)
Physician services ... 1490-91
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
Standards of practice, Health minister letter request change to prohibit groups of physicians from withdrawing at the same time ... 2107-8
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 debate ... 3490, 3492-93
Continuing care
Review ... 829
Continuing/extended care facilities
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 829
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1836-37
COVID-19 related safety 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 work at multiple facilities, termination by ministerial order ... 828-29, 1538
Staffing ... 371, 3843
Corporate taxation, provincial
Relation to economic growth ... 2364
COVID-19
Alberta cases, AHS projections ... 3710
Protective measures ... 3713
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Contact tracing ... 2765, 3490
Contact tracing apps, federal app ... 2950
Contact tracing data gaps ... 3379
Health care resources ... 151, 176, 194, 291, 831-32
Health care resources, acute-care beds ... 176, 422
Health care resources, funding, for ... 197-98
Health care resources, hospital ventilators ... 271
Health care resources, members' statements ... 142
Testing ... 812-13, 2874, 3062-63, 3490
COVID-19 pandemic
Affected persons, income support ... 193
Affected persons, paid leave ... 1538
Dr. Roger Hodkinson's presentation to Edmonton city council ... 3301
Government members' remarks ... 3535, 3920
Health minister's sources of information ... 3301
Legislative Assembly debate as urgent public matter ... 370-71, 810-13, 828-32
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, restrictions announced November 24, 2020 ... 3472, 3775-76
Scenario modelling ... 371
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1538-39
Section 2, Child Care Licensing Act amendments ... 1538
Section 3, Employment Standards Code amendments ... 1537
Section 5, Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, delay of annual report ... 1537-38
Section 12, Public Health Act amendments ... 1538
Section 12, Public Health Act amendments, review of act ... 1538
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
Repeal, petition presented to the Assembly ... 2500
Crossfield (town)
Physician services ... 1123, 1193
Daycare centres
Reopening ... 1538
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
Edmonton medical lab hub
Project cancellation costs (Written Question 1: defeated) ... 3564-65
Education finance
Funding ... 939
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2492-93
Educational curricula
Black history content ... 1250-51
Premier's remarks ... 939-40
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
COVID-19, provincial response ... 158-59
Emergency isolation support program
Client ineligibility for emergency isolation support ... 441
Emergency Management Act
Ministerial orders under act ... 308
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 279-80
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 motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Physician retention (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
Essential services
Wage supplement ... 1538
Fair Deal Panel
Report, 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
Operating expense targets, acute care ... 193
Operating 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
Forest industries
Allowable cut ... 2787
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Second reading ... 2785-87
Section 2, preamble, "security of access to sustainable timber supply" ... 2787
Stakeholder consultation ... 2787
Timber dues provisions ... 2787
Freelance workers
Provincial assistance ... 303-4
Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 1008-9
Changes to gaming and liquor licensing requirements ... 1008-9
Garneau Pediatric Associates
Statements on physician funding ... 681
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
Second reading ... 2925-27
Government communications
COVID-19 information and updates ... 159, 309
Government policies
Members' statements ... 816
H1N1
Physician billing code ... 271-72
Health Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 1321
Health care
Members' statements ... 1749
Provincial history ... 1872
Rural services ... 1193-94
Services for aboriginal peoples ... 1670
Health care finance
COVID-19 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, acute care ... 194
Funding, 2020-2021, revised budget ... 144-45, 193-94, 197
Funding for population growth ... 194
Privatization of support services (laundry, food, laboratory services) ... 2713
Health Care Protection Act
General remarks ... 2326
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Board member resignation ... 2138
Health sciences personnel
Front-line worker safety during COVID-19 pandemic ... 197
Full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 2613
Recruitment and retention ... 2713
Work during COVID-19 pandemic ... 1191
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 (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
History of Alberta
Black history, members' statements ... 1503-4
Home-care services
Services deemed nonessential during COVID-19 pandemic ... 371
Homeless persons
Supportive housing, provincial-municipal partnerships urged (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 2146-47
Homelessness
Housing first model ... 2140-41
Hospital capacity issues
Beds for COVID-19 patients ... 2950, 3556-57, 3646, 3713, 3799
Beds for COVID-19 patients, members' statements ... 3710
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 2950
COVID-19 warning system ... 3646
Oxygen supply ... 3557, 3645-46, 3713
Hospital emergency services
Rural service ... 1670
Immunization
COVID-19 vaccine distribution ... 3919-20
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Response to Bill 46 ... 3342-44, 3456, 3460-62, 3675-76, 3704, 3823-24, 3854, 3857-58
Innovation Capital Working Group
Report ... 2673-74
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Third reading ... 3703-5
Stakeholder consultation ... 3704
Usage-based insurance provisions ... 3704-5
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
EndPovertyEdmonton indigenous circle co-chair Lloyd Cardinal ... 1683
Honorary Consul of Barbados Rawle Carter ... 1683
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
Response to Bill 13 ... 586
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 financing provisions ... 3656-57
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 829
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1836-37
COVID-19 related safety 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 injury
Injuries caused by vaping ... 1086-87
McKenzie Towne long-term care home, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak ... 291
Meat-processing facilities
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1836-37
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Imputing motives to, points of order ... 608, 611
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 response ... 3281
COVID-19 statistics and health system capacity ... 3710
Government and Official Opposition policies ... 816
Health care system ... 1749
Health minister ... 286, 2655
Physician concerns ... 111-12
Premier's communications on COVID-19 ... 3469
Racism ... 1137
Rural physicians ... 447, 1382
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007, review (2017)
General remarks ... 1321-22
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
Community treatment order provisions ... 1402-3
Definition of "qualified health professional" ... 1402
Reference to "harm" ... 1401
Response to 2019 Court of Queen's Bench decision on Mental Health Act ... 1401, 1466, 1501
Review proposed ... 1401-2
Section 19, duties of peace officers ... 1322
Section 21, assessment, examination by video conference ... 1402-3
Section 38, increase of patient's time to respond to a review panel's decision to 30 days ... 1402
Section 39, Mental Health Patient Advocate ... 1321
Mental Health Patient Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 1321
Mental health services
Services for front-line health care workers ... 194-95
Services for persons affected by COVID-19, funding, 2020-2021 ... 194
Services for vulnerable Albertans ... 195
Ministerial Statements (current session)
COVID-19 and economic relaunch stage 2, response ... 1191
Ministry of Health
Budget 2020-2021 debate ... 193-99
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 response ... 370-71, 810-13, 828-32
Ministerial order 625, employment protection ... 830-31
Minister's performance ... 331, 453, 751-52, 2282
Minister's performance, members' statements ... 286, 2655
Operational expenses, 2020-2021 ... 3493
Supplementary supply estimates 2020-2021 debate ... 3490, 3492-93
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
Motor vehicle insurance
Rates ... 3705
Municipal finance
Funding, 2019-2020 ... 691
Nurses
Full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 144, 2044-45
Obstetric services
Rural services ... 1670
Office of the Premier
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
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
COVID-19 and care facility staffing ... 3843
COVID-19 and health system capacity and resources ... 176
COVID-19 and seniors' housing ... 291
COVID-19 contact tracing and risk monitoring ... 2765
COVID-19 contact tracing data gaps ... 3379
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment resources ... 151
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 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 rollout ... 3919-20
Government members' remarks on COVID-19 ... 3920
Health care costs and service delivery ... 2612-13
Health care professional recruitment and retention ... 2713
Health care system and indigenous people ... 1670
Health care workforce ... 2044-45
Health care workforce and Budget 2020 ... 144-45
Health minister ... 331, 453, 751-52, 2282
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 speech writer's remarks ... 1688
Public Health Act review ... 1836-37, 1888-89
Rural health care ... 1193-94
Rural health care and physician compensation ... 720
Rural physicians ... 106, 908, 1123, 1490-91
School re-entry plan ... 2492-93
Specialized primary care clinic funding ... 681
Parks, provincial
Service changes ... 1009
Parliamentary debate
Addressing the chair, points of order ... 1063
Items previously decided, points of order ... 575
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
AEMA price list ... 811, 1329
Availability to physicians ... 1329
Mask distribution to the general public ... 1304-5, 3490
Mask policies ... 3535-36, 3775-76, 3799
Mask use by government members ... 3285
Mask use in public spaces, local policies ... 2374
Provincial inventory ... 370, 531
Quality standards ... 810-11
Use guidelines ... 370-71, 641
Use guidelines for masks ... 531
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary general hospital)
Space utilization ... 831-32
Petitions presented to the Assembly (procedure)
Reading of petitions ... 2500
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Bill 1 repeal ... 2500
Physicians
Billing code for telephone consultations ... 271-72
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, rural, remote and northern program ... 1873
Compensation framework ... 74-75, 106, 115-16, 129, 142, 144-45, 196-98, 271-72, 292, 751-52, 908, 1872-73, 2100
Compensation framework, changes to ... 720
Compensation framework, members' statements ... 111-12
Needs during COVID-19 pandemic ... 158-59
Pincher Creek services ... 2354
Recruitment and retention ... 1145-46, 1910-11, 1974-75, 2101-2, 2613, 2713
Recruitment and retention, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 1919
Rural physicians ... 106, 908, 1123, 1193-94, 1490-91, 1670, 2354
Rural physicians, members' statements ... 447, 1382
Rural physicians, recruitment and retention ... 720, 1974-75, 2613
Service agreement negotiations ... 2282
Withdrawal of services ... 2107-8
Points of order (current session)
Addressing the chair ... 1063
Imputing motives ... 608, 611
Items previously decided ... 575
Language creating disorder ... 605
Relevance ... 609, 614
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)
Second reading ... 1821
Public health
Communicable disease prevention ... 197
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 193
Public Health Act
Ministerial powers under act ... 308, 426
Public Health Act review
Stakeholder presentations ... 1836-37, 1889
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
Ministerial powers under act ... 830-31, 1538
Ministerial powers under act, enactment or amendment of legislation ... 426-29
Ministerial powers under act, publication of ministerial orders proposed ... 429
Ministerial powers under act, sunset clause on ministerial orders proposed ... 429
Peace officer deployment under act ... 309
Penalty provisions ... 307-8
Purpose and intent ... 308-9
Section 5, inspection assistance by police officer ... 428-29
Technical briefing by ministry staff ... 427
Racism
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)
Third reading ... 1282-83
Real Estate Council of Alberta
Review, KPMG report ... 1282-83
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Committee ... 3867
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
Response to Bill 45 ... 3656-58, 3867
Schools
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 safety measures ... 291
Sexually transmitted diseases
Health ministry surveillance reports, 2014 to 2020 (Motion for a Return 9: defeated) ... 3807
Sprung Instant Structures Ltd
COVID-19 pandemic response units ... 831-32
Supportive living accommodations
Lodges, COVID-19 related safety measures ... 291
Lodges, funding, 2020-2021 ... 829
Lodges, personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 829
Provincial-municipal partnerships urged (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 2140-41
Surgery procedures
Alberta surgical wait time initiative ... 198
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 (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Irwin: defeated) ... 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
Corporate tax rate provisions ... 2745, 2866, 3362-63
Innovation employment grant provisions ... 2673-74
Technology industries
Industry development ... 1814, 2573-2675
Telehealth services (distance care)
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 158
Tenancies Statutes (Emergency Provisions) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 11)
Third reading ... 303-4
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
Tobacco products
Vaping products, flavoured ... 1087
United Conservative Party
2019 election platform (Alberta Strong and Free) ... 616, 691
2019 resolution on health care ... 2325
United Nations universal declaration of human rights
Reference in Education Act ... 939-40
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)
Third reading ... 1898-99
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 2383-84
Stakeholder consultation ... 2383-84
Ware, John (Alberta historical figure)
Premier's remarks ... 1503
Workers' compensation
Coverage for psychological disorders ... 3456
Sigurdson, Lori (Edmonton-Riverview, NDP)
Aboriginal consultation
Energy projects ... 896-97
Environmental reporting changes ... 896
Affordable housing
COVID-19 impact ... 1667
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 462-63, 1667, 2141-42, 2208
General remarks ... 663
Members' statements ... 3297
Review ... 2208, 2770, 3648-49, 3716
Wait-lists ... 670
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Review, Ernst & Young report ... 2714
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 1934-35
Alberta parole board (proposed)
Membership ... 996
Annual report, 2019-2020 (government of Alberta)
Publication delay ... 1572
Budget 2020-2021
Operational expense decrease ... 46
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
UCP application ... 909
Canada housing benefit
Alberta participation ... 3648-49
Capital plan
2020 plan ... 46
Century Park supportive living facility, Vegreville
Care standards ... 987
Staffing ... 908-9
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
Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 202)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee final report with recommendation that bill not proceed, concurrence motion ... 1154-55
Continuing/extended care facilities
Care standards ... 1980-81
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1308, 3085, 3300-3301, 3557, 3644
COVID-19 outbreaks, members' statements ... 978, 1432, 3468
COVID-19 outbreaks, public inquiry proposed ... 1195
COVID-19 protective resources ... 332-33, 1195, 3000
COVID-19 response ... 1980-81
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2714
Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 682, 882
Staff compensation ... 821, 881-82, 909
Staff work at multiple facilities ... 682, 908-9, 986-87, 1195
Staffing ... 3091
Corporate taxation, provincial
Rate decrease ... 463, 2013
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
Second reading ... 995-97
COVID-19
Deaths ... 317-18, 454, 624, 978, 1195, 1572, 3085
Deaths, Premier's remarks on individual risk ... 881, 978
Protective measures ... 826
Protective measures, older Albertans ... 2350
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Rapid testing ... 3798-99
COVID-19 pandemic
Individual response ... 624
Provincial response ... 3468
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1571-73
Omnibus bill ... 1571
Section 2, Child Care Licensing Act amendments ... 1572
Section 3, Employment Standards Code amendments, restrictions on work at multiple care facilities ... 1572
Section 3, Employment Standards Code amendments, temporary layoff provisions ... 1572
Section 5, Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, delay of annual report ... 1572
Crime
Causes ... 996-97
Daycare
Access ... 2935
Staff qualifications ... 2935
Daycare centres
Accreditation, program termination ... 2934-35
Drivers' licences
Seniors' medical examination fees ... 46
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
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
Essential services
Wage supplement ... 1564
Extendicare Hillcrest, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak ... 1195
Family and community support services
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 1309
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
Section 1, Education Act amendments ... 230
Section 3, Post-secondary Learning Act amendments ... 230
Section 4, Public Education Collective Bargaining Act amendments ... 229-31
Health Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 229, 1146, 2195
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) ... 3877-78
Health Information Act amendments ... 3877-78
Health Professions Act amendments ... 3617-19
Homeless persons
Supportive housing, provincial-municipal partnerships urged (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 2141-42
Indigenous housing capital program
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 1667, 2208
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Response to Bill 46 ... 3877-78
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Second reading ... 3022-23
Bodily injury damages compensation provisions ... 3023
Section 2, right to call expert witnesses ... 3023
Intellectual property
Government policies (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 1166-67
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 67
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 46
Keyano College
Layoffs ... 1166
Labour relations
Laws and legislation ... 2012-13
Labour unions
Impact on women's equality ... 2302-3
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Sitting during COVID-19 pandemic ... 318, 515-17, 625
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 financing provisions ... 2256-57
Section 17, municipal enabling authority ... 2256-57
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Care standards ... 1980-81
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 1308, 3085, 3300-3301, 3557, 3644
COVID-19 outbreaks, members' statements ... 978, 1432, 3468
COVID-19 outbreaks, public inquiry proposed ... 1195
COVID-19 protective resources ... 332-33, 1195, 3000
COVID-19 related safety measures ... 3798-99
COVID-19 response ... 1980-81
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 2714
Personal protective equipment (PPE) availability ... 682, 882
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, 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
COVID-19 and seniors ... 143, 978, 3085, 3644
COVID-19 and seniors' housing ... 638, 3468
COVID-19 community response ... 639
Elder abuse awareness and care facilities ... 1432
Seniors' clinic funding ... 1610-11
Seniors' social inclusion and access to technology ... 826
Social assistance programs ... 1972
Social workers ... 68
Support for seniors ... 2771-72, 2997
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
Budget 2020-2021 ... 46-47, 133
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
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Affordable housing ... 1667, 2208, 2770
Affordable housing review ... 3716
Care facility standards ... 1980-81
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
Elder abuse programs ... 1511-12
McKenzie Towne care centre COVID-19 outbreak ... 532
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
Seniors and Budget 2020 ... 133
Seniors' benefit program funding ... 75-76
Seniors' issues ... 1308-9
Support for seniors ... 2714, 3000
Wage supplement for care facility workers ... 1564
Petitions presented to the 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
Layoffs ... 1166-67
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 206)
Sponsorship transfer from the Member for Cypress-Medicine Hat to the 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
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 317-19
General remarks ... 1571-72
Penalty provisions ... 318-19
Purpose and intent ... 318-19
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 896
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (Bill 22)
Committee ... 1945-47
Omnibus bill ... 1945-46
Sections 5 to 8, dissolution of Energy Efficiency Alberta ... 1946-47
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
Rent supplement program
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 463, 3648-49, 3716
Program redesign ... 2770
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee final report on Bill 202, Conflicts of Interest (Protecting the Rule of Law) Amendment Act, 2020, with recommendation that bill not proceed, concurrence motion ... 1154-55
Responsible Energy Development Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 895-97
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
Royal Society of Canada
Report on long-term care in Canada ... 2111
SAGE Seniors Association
Partnership with University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing ... 133
Sage Seniors Association, Edmonton
Funding ... 1610-11
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
Emergency financial assistance ... 332-33
Programs and services, members' statements ... 2771-72, 2997
Seniors' action plan
Plan development ... 1309
Seniors Advocate
Combination of position with Health Advocate ... 147, 229, 1146, 2195, 3000
Seniors' benefit program
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 46-47
Prescription drug benefit ... 46, 75-76, 2771
Special-needs assistance program ... 46, 76
Seniors' housing
Additional funding during COVID-19 pandemic ... 821
COVID-19 protective resources ... 332-33
COVID-19 related safety measures ... 454
COVID-19 related safety measures, members' statements ... 638
Health minister's communication with residents and families ... 454
Wait-list ... 1309
Seniors' Week
General remarks ... 978
Social inclusion
Seniors' issues ... 826
Social services
Funding ... 2013
Members' statements ... 1972
Social workers
Members' statements ... 68
South Terrace continuing care centre, Edmonton
COVID-19 outbreak ... 3091
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 45-47
Suppor