Sabir, Irfan (Calgary-McCall, NDP)
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)
Alberta parole board (proposed)
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
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)
Calgary (city)
State of local emergency declaration, members' statements ... 252
Calgary Airport Authority
Calgary board of education
Transportation fees, 2020-2021 ... 938
Calgary Correctional Centre
Calgary Police Service
Funding, 2019-2020 ... 13, 958
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
UCP application ... 902-3
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Section 1, 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 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
Climate leadership plan, provincial (2015-2019)
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
Correctional facilities
COVID-19 outbreaks ... 2824, 3717 COVID-19 related protective measures ... 3302
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
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
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
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 recovery plan, provincial
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)
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)
Fiscal policies, provincial
Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary
COVID-19 outbreak, members' statements ... 2896
Forest products
Canada-U.S. softwood lumber negotiations ... 3117, 3137-38
Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 40)
Gender-based analysis (GBA plus)
Application to appointments to agencies, boards, and commissions ... 1176
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month Act (Bill 205)
Geothermal Resource Development Act (Bill 36)
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Government 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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
Postsecondary educational institutions
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)
Provincial Court Nominating Committee
Public Health (Emergency Powers) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 10)
Ministerial powers under act ... 521, 635
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
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
Road maintenance and repair
Maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 1: defeated) ... 3567-68 Transportation ministry documents related to maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 2: defeated) ... 3570-71 Transportation ministry documents related to maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 2: defeated), member's request for clarification ... 3571 Transportation ministry documents related to maintenance contract service changes, March 31, 2019, to October 19, 2020 (Motion for a Return 2: defeated), points of order on debate ... 3569
Rural Alberta provincial integrated defence (RAPID) force
School boards and districts
Layoff of educational assistants, substitute teachers, bus drivers, and support staff ... 938 Layoff of educational assistants, substitute teachers, bus drivers, and support staff, members' statements ... 327 Revenue from premiums, fees, and licences ... 227
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Schoolchildren's transportation
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
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
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)
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
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)
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)
Natural gas strategy, provincial
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
Pipeline construction
Enbridge line 3 replacement project ... 2692 TC Energy Keystone XL project ... 291-93, 335, 1513, 2692 Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project ... 2692
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
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
Renewable/alternative energy industries
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)
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
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Victims of Crime Working Group
Sawhney, Rajan (Calgary-North East, UCP; Minister of Community and Social Services)
Alberta Spotlight (online concerts)
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
Calgary drop-in centre
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378
Children with disabilities
Services for medically fragile children with complex needs ... 1668-69
Corporations
Service delivery, additional funding ... 378
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
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
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
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
Persons with disabilities
Service delivery during COVID-19 pandemic ... 378-79 Workforce participation ... 1837
Premier's Council on Charities and Civil Societies
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)
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)
Alberta Senate Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 27)
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
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
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 diagnosis and treatment
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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)
Invest Alberta (Economic Development, Trade and Tourism ministry)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
Sand and gravel mines and mining
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
Tax Statutes (Creating Jobs and Driving Innovation) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 35)
Technology industries
Industry development (Motion Other than Government Motion 514: carried) ... 3584-85
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 29-30
Thatcher, Margaret (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
University of Alberta. Campus Saint-Jean
Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Bill 14)
Committee ... 774-76, 783-84 Committee, amendment A3 (deferral accounts, rate riders) (Sabir: defeated) ... 774-76 Committee, amendment A6 (regulation making) (Sabir: defeated) ... 783-84
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 959-60, 963 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
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
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 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)
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 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
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)
Corporations
Provincial assistance ... 2598
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
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
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1)
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
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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
Ministry of Community and Social Services
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
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)
Public service
Front-line workers, funding for ... 10
Racism
Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended) ... 1501 Provincial response (Government Motion 24: carried as amended), amendment A1 (Police Act review advisory panel) (Deol: defeated) ... 1501
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)
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
Utility Payment Deferral Program Act (Bill 14)
Second reading ... 735-36 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 733-34, 736
Vauxhall Academy of Baseball
Victims of Crime (Strengthening Public Safety) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 16)
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 2725
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
Aging well in community grant program
Eligibility criteria ... 2769
Alberta child and family benefit
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Alberta Spotlight (online concerts)
Alberta Trades Hall of Fame
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
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)
Child and family services
Well-being and resiliency framework ... 58-59
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)
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
Education
Students with special needs ... 3649
Educational curricula
Review website ... 3805-6 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) content ... 3001-2
Family Violence Death Review Committee
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
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
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention (2017-2018)
Ministry of Children's Services
Ministry of Community and Social Services
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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
Postsecondary educational institutions admissions (enrolment)
Female students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) disciplines ... 3385
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
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Safe restart agreement (federal-provincial)
Fund utilization ... 2632
School boards and districts
Layoff of educational assistants, substitute teachers, bus drivers, and support staff ... 3476
Schools
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' 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
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
Teachers
Permission to work from home during school closures ... 3559, 3649-50
Teck Resources Limited
Frontier mine project cancellation ... 866-67
Trades (skilled labour)
Recognition of contribution ... 3381-82
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Vital Statistics (Protecting Albertans from Convicted Sex Offenders) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 28)
Western Rocky View Family and Community Resource Centre, Cochrane
Women
Political participation ... 2177
Working parents benefit program
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
Aerospace industries
Industry development ... 2953
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)
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)
Canada emergency rent subsidy (business, nonprofit, and charity sectors)
Eligibility criteria ... 3481
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied ... 1687
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Members' permission to sit, speak, or vote from any seat during spring 2020 sitting to promote physical distancing (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 857 Members' permission to sit, speak, or vote from any seat to promote physical distancing (unanimous consent granted) ... 703, 747
Choice in Education Act, 2020 (Bill 15)
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
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
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
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
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
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
Invest Alberta Corporation
Irrigation
Capital projects ... 2647
Job creation
Forecasts, 2020-2021 ... 1686 Statistics ... 2610
Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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
Mines and mining
Provincial mineral scan ... 2648
Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation (ministry from August 25, 2020)
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Antiracism initiatives ... 1248-49 Appointments to boards, panels, etc. ... 1507
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Response to Bill 21 ... 1986
Motions (procedure)
No. 22, Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act referral to committee, correction of notice ... 1272
Municipal stimulus program
Municipal sustainability initiative
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Advertising on referendums, AFL president's remarks ... 1614
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Protecting Alberta Industry from Theft Act, 2020 (Bill 25)
First reading ... 1494 Second reading ... 1719
Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act (Bill 8)
First reading ... 431 Second reading ... 509 Third reading ... 710 Implementation ... 643-44 Official Opposition position ... 2044 Purpose and intent 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
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)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rural service, civilian positions ... 1688
Rural Alberta provincial integrated defence (RAPID) force
Sentences (criminal procedure)
Incarceration rates ... 1388
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Substance abuse and addiction
Supervised consumption sites ... 1391 Supervised consumption sites, Edmonton's Chinatown ... 2376
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 Working Group
Workers' compensation
Employer premiums, payment deferral ... 3498
Shandro, Tyler (Calgary-Acadia, UCP; Minister of Health)
811 Health Link Alberta (telephone information line)
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
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)
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
Budget 2020-2021
First-quarter fiscal update, special debate ... 2600
Budget 2020-2021 (revised) debate
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
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
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
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)
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.)
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
Garneau Pediatric Associates
Statements on physician funding ... 681
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
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 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
Hospitality industries (hotels, convention facilities, restaurants, bars, etc.)
Hospitals
Rural hospitals with excess capacity ... 132
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
Meat-processing facilities
Medical laboratories
Equipment capital grant, Edmonton and northern Alberta ... 2134
Medicine Hat family medicine maternity clinic
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Imputing motives to, points of order ... 1847
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 17)
First reading ... 1125 Second reading ... 1203-4, 1207-8 Third reading ... 1675 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
Misericordia community hospital, Edmonton
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Final report recommendations ... 1116
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)
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)
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 Act
Emergency measure provisions ... 3067-68 Ministerial orders under act ... 1537
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
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
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)
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
Budget 2020-2021 (revised) debate
Estimates debate ... 193-99 Estimates debate, points of order raised ... 196
Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act (Bill 37)
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
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
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
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/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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
Hospital emergency services
Immunization
COVID-19 vaccine distribution ... 3919-20
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Innovation Capital Working Group
Insurance (Enhancing Driver Affordability and Care) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 41)
Third reading ... 3703-5 Stakeholder consultation ... 3704 Usage-based insurance provisions ... 3704-5
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
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)
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
Municipal finance
Funding, 2019-2020 ... 691
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
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)
Petitions presented to the Assembly (procedure)
Reading of petitions ... 2500
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
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)
Public health
Communicable disease prevention ... 197 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 193
Public Health Act
Ministerial powers under act ... 308, 426
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)
Real Estate Council of Alberta
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2020 (No. 2) (Bill 48)
Residential tenancy dispute resolution service
Eligibility criteria, limit on claims ... 441 Funding, 2020-2021 ... 579
Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2021-23, 2296-98 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loyola: defeated) ... 2296-98 Employment Standards Code amendments, overtime averaging arrangement provisions ... 2022-23, 2297-98 Employment Standards Code amendments, termination pay provisions ... 2298, 3399 Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2045 Labour Relations Code amendments, union dues utilization provisions ... 2296-97
Rural Municipalities of Alberta
Schools
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
Telehealth services (distance care)
Funding, 2020-2021 ... 158
Tenancies Statutes (Emergency Provisions) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 11)
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act review
Stakeholder consultation ... 1087-88
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 19)
Second reading ... 1086-88 Regulation development ... 1087
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)
Voluntary Blood Donations Repeal Act (Bill 204)
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
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Review, Ernst & Young report ... 2714
Alberta Investment Attraction Act (Bill 33)
Alberta parole board (proposed)
Annual report, 2019-2020 (government of Alberta)
Publication delay ... 1572
Budget 2020-2021
Operational expense decrease ... 46
Canada emergency wage subsidy (federal program)
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
Corrections (Alberta Parole Board) Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 18)
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
COVID-19 pandemic
Individual response ... 624 Provincial response ... 3468
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1571-73 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
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
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 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
Information and Privacy Commissioner
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)
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 46
Labour unions
Impact on women's equality ... 2302-3
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 29)
Committee ... 2180-81 Committee, amendment A2 (enabling powers of municipalities) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2180-81 Third reading ... 2256-58 Third reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the bill would limit local government powers (reasoned amendment RA1) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2256-58 Ask Her YYC and Parity YEG response ... 2180, 2257-58 Election 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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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' 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
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
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