Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks)
Aboriginal children-Education
Access fund (Postsecondary education)
Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP701/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Alberta College and Technical Institutes Students' Executive Council
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP777/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Alberta College of Art and Design
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP702/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41)
Alberta Graduate Council
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP776/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta School Boards Association
Alberta School Foundation Fund
Alberta SuperNet
School access to ... 1054
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Auditor General's comments re education funds in ... 1696 Transfer of funds to Education dept. ... 1696
Alberta Teachers' Association
Brief to arbitration tribunal on teachers' salaries (SP3/03: Tabled) ... 16 Position on class size, point of privilege re Minister of Learning's comments re ... 18
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Funding formula recommendation ... 1698 General remarks ... 298, 1066-67, 1499 Postsecondary education system recommendation ... 1733, 1842 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 1695, 1698, 1733, 1794, 1885 School boards' amalgamation consideration ... 11
Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Achievement
Arctic Institute of North America
Financial statements, 2000-01 (SP549/03: Tabled) ... 1626
Athabasca University
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP771/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Auditor General
Alberta Sustainability Fund (education funds) comments ... 1696 Credit enrollment unit funding (education) comments ... 560 Learning Resources Centre operations, Review of ... 251 Student loan limit suggestion ... 1055
Banff Centre Act
Succeeded by Post-secondary Learning Act ... 1573
Banff Centre for Continuing Education
Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Business plan ... 1936-37 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP696/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Bellevue elementary school, Edmonton
Bingos
Revenue from, to school groups ... 504
Border crossings-Canada/United States
Security issues re ... 646
Bow Valley College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP709/03: Tabled) ... 1845
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Alberta participation in interjurisdictional orthotics program at ... 1055
Building Quality Restoration Program
Calgary Board of Education
Balanced budget ... 1937 Board, Firing of ... 753 Deficit finance ... 753, 756, 790, 1369 Deficit finance, Provincial audit review of ... 143, 144, 145, 808-09, 1398, 1568 Funding for ... 181, 1369, 1447, 1450-51, 1495, 1496, 1498-99, 1794, 1938 General remarks ... 717 Long-term debt: Use of provincial surplus to pay for ... 1938 Staff layoffs ... 1937 Superintendent's letter to parents ... 752 Teachers' salary settlement, provincial funding for ... 143, 1369, 1495
Calgary Catholic Board of Education
Canada/United States relations
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Alberta postsecondary education funding report ... 1371
Casinos
Revenue from, to school groups ... 504-05, 664
Class size (Grade school)
General remarks ... 180, 298, 559-60, 599-600, 663, 711-12, 714, 934-35, 1004, 1061, 1062-63, 1451, 1567, 1568, 1670-71, 1695, 1698, 1794 Minister of Learning's comments re ATA position on, point of privilege re ... 18 Surplus funding for ... 1885
Class size (Universities)
Class size (Grade school)-Edmonton
Colleges Act
Succeeded by Post-secondary Learning Act ... 1573
Committee on Lifelong Learning, MLA
Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512, 1626
Committees, Government-appointed
Costs ... 211 Costs of education related committees (Q9/03: Accepted) ... 512
Computer software in schools-Finance
Continuing education-Finance
Council of Alberta University Students
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP777/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Environment
Estimates debated ... 1109
Dept. of Learning
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP760/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Business plan, 2002-05 (SP545/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Edmonton Public School Board audit committee: Costs ... 211 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1054-58, 1060-67 Minister's comments re ATA position on class size, point of privilege re ... 18
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Early childhood education
Early literacy programs (Grade schools)
Early literacy programs (Pre-school)
Aboriginal children ... 1496
Edmonton Catholic School District
Edmonton Public School Board
Administration review ... 809 Capital assets sale ... 809, 811 Capital projects review ... 809, 812 Decentralized decision-making system ... 811, 812 Deficit financing ... 503, 663, 716, 753, 756, 790, 811, 812, 850 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 13-14, 144-45, 146, 181, 298, 300, 332, 503, 559-60, 600, 603-04, 642, 662, 663, 716, 756, 808-09, 811, 812, 850-51, 1004, 1064, 1374, 1398, 1568, 1617 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of: Committee costs re ... 211 Funding for ... 181, 642-43, 663, 666, 716, 809, 885, 886, 1005, 1568-69, 1617, 1619, 1670 Funding for: Tory caucus role re ... 503 Instruction time increase ... 144 Letter to parents re education funding ... 752 New schools/maintenance funding ... 812 Playschool lease increases ... 332 Teacher layoffs ... 503, 559, 811, 850-51, 1617, 1619 Trustees: Firing of ... 663
Education, Postsecondary
General remarks ... 437, 1733 Legislation re (Bill 43) ... 1573 Review of ... 1842
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
General remarks ... 250, 885, 890, 1055, 1065, 1324-25, 1371, 1670, 1773, 1798, 1842, 1938, 1962
Education-Finance
Cost of living component ... 1061 Credit enrollment unit funding formula ... 145, 479, 560, 643, 1057-58, 1695, 1794 General remarks ... 8-9, 13-14, 45-46, 145-46, 180-82, 209, 300, 353-54, 357, 399-400, 435, 479, 504-05, 557, 599-600, 603-04, 642-43, 662, 663, 664, 666, 713-14, 716, 752, 753-54, 756, 790-91, 813, 850-51, 885, 886-87, 930-31, 934-35, 1004, 1005, 1043, 1054-55, 1057-58, 1061, 1230-31, 1369, 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450-51, 1498-99, 1567, 1568-69, 1617, 1619, 1669-71, 1697, 1698, 1700, 1794, 1938 Increase in ... 1695-96 Request for emergency debate on ... 19
Education-Finance-Edmonton
Tory caucus role re ... 503
Electric power-Prices
Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501, 560-61 Impact on post-secondary students ... 477 Impact on school utility costs ... 357
Electric utilities-Regulations
Elk Island Public Schools
Funding for arbitrated teachers' settlement ... 146, 181-82
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
English as a Second Language
Examinations (Grade school)
Fairview College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP708/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Takeover by Northern Alberta Institute of Technology ... 1055, 1060
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2)
French language-Teaching
Federal funding for ... 562
Gas, Natural-Prices
Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501, 560-61 Impact on post-secondary students ... 477 Impact on school utility costs ... 357
Government Accountability Act
Grande Prairie Public School District
Grande Prairie Regional College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP710/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Grant MacEwan Community College
American Sign Language (deaf interpretation) program ... 1500
Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools
Deficit finance, Provincial audit review of ... 300 Funding shortfall ... 300 Funding shortfall: Minister's letter re (SP108/03: Tabled) ... 302
Health sciences personnel-Education
High school education
Career "tracking" concept re ... 1066
High school graduates
Attendance at postsecondary institutions ... 1672 Numbers of ... 1064-65
High school graduates, Aboriginal
Horse Hill junior high school, Edmonton
Immigration
Federal/provincial co-operation re ... 646
Iraq
Military action against: Travel restrictions re ... 603
Jubilee junior high school, Edson
Transfer from public to separate system ... 1545-46
Keyano College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP773/03: Tabled) ... 1893
King Edward school, Edmonton
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 1062
Lakeland College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP705/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Languages-Teaching
Funding ... 562 General remarks ... 1066
Learning Resources Centre
Lethbridge Community College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP707/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Lethbridge County Airport
Port of entry status ... 1328
Libraries, School
Postcards re decline of (SP695/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Libraries, School-Finance
Library Association of Alberta
School libraries decline: Postcards re (SP695/03: Tabled) ... 1845
McCauley school, Edmonton
Medical profession-Education
Medicine Hat College
Deaf interpretation program ... 1500 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP706/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Medicine Wheel Early Learning Centre
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... 750
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Ministerial Statements (2003)
Aboriginal educational programs ... 1367-68
MLA Postsecondary Funding Review Committee
Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512, 1626
Mount Royal College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP711/03: Tabled) ... 1845
NorQuest College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP704/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP697/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Takeover of Fairview College ... 1055, 1060
Northern Lakes College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP712/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Old Scona Academic High School
Olds College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP772/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Olympic Oval / Anneau Olympique
Financial statements, 1998-99 to 2000-01 (SP550-552/02: Tabled) ... 1626
Optometry-Education
Alberta participation in interjurisdictional program re ... 1055
Oral Question Period (2003)
Access to government ... 750 American Sign Language program ... 1500 Bilingual programs ... 562 Budget surplus ... 1885 Calgary Board of Education ... 143, 752, 1495, 1496, 1498-99, 1937-38 Canada/U.S. relations ... 646 Charter schools ... 717-18 Class sizes ... 1794 Early learning programs ... 1496 Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 Edmonton Public School Board ... 144-45, 503, 559-60 Edmonton Public School Board operational review ... 808-09, 811, 812, 851 Edson schools amalgamation ... 1545-46 Education funding ... 8-9, 13-14, 45-46, 145-46, 180-82, 353-54, 357, 358-59, 435, 479, 504-05, 557, 599-600, 603-04, 642-43, 662, 663, 664, 666, 713-14, 716, 753-54, 756, 790-91, 813, 850-51, 886-87, 930-31, 1004, 1230-31, 1369, 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450-51, 1567, 1568-69, 1617, 1619, 1669-71, 1695-96, 1697, 1698, 1700 Education property taxes ... 1005, 1006, 1043, 1396, 1675 Education spending ... 300 Education system ... 298, 399-400 Grade 12 diploma exams ... 1889-90 International travel restrictions ... 603 Labour supply ... 480 Learning Resources Centre ... 182-83, 250-51 Lethbridge county airport ... 1328 Low-income Albertans ... 209 McCauley school ... 711-12 Medical school tuition fees ... 716 Operational costs for Learning ministry committees ... 211 Postsecondary education ... 437, 1371 Postsecondary education funding ... 890, 1324-25, 1798, 1842, 1938, 1962 Postsecondary education participation rates ... 1672 Postsecondary education policy ... 1733 Postsecondary education system ... 1617-18 Postsecondary education tuition fees ... 1962-63 Postsecondary tuition fees ... 560-61, 1773 Preschool programs ... 332 Private school funding ... 934-35 Provincial fiscal policies ... 885 Regional health authority boards ... 213 School boards' amalgamation ... 11 School fund-raising ... 504 School utilization ... 666 School utilization formula ... 712 School utilization rates ... 1279 Student debt ... 786-87 Student finance ... 502 Student loan program ... 476-77 Tuition fees ... 641 Universities' business plans ... 1936-37 University of Calgary ... 250, 251-52, 1396 Utility costs for educational institutions ... 501
Orthotics and prosthetics-Teaching
Alberta participation in interjurisdictional program re ... 1055
Papaianni, Louise
Speech re aboriginal educational programs ... 1367-68
Physical fitness-Teaching
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 20-21, 650
Portage College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP775/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43)
First reading ... 1573 Second reading ... 1747, 1752 Committee ... 1759-61, 1866, 1875-78 Third reading ... 2076, 2097 Amendment A-1 (CoW) (SP657 & 726/03: Tabled) ... 1759, 1773, 1866 Amendment A-2 (CoW) (SP729/03: Tabled) ... 1869 Amendment A-3 (CoW) (SP731/03: Tabled) ... 1874 Amendment A-4 (CoW) (SP732/03: Tabled) ... 1875 Amendment A-5 (CoW) (SP733/03: Tabled) ... 1877 Amendment A-6 (CoW) (SP735/03: Tabled) ... 1878 Amendment A-7 (CoW) (SP736/03: Tabled) ... 1879 General remarks ... 1055, 1065, 1617-18, 1733, 1842, 1936, 1963 Letters re (SP696-712, 771-777/03: Tabled) ... 1845, 1893
Postsecondary educational institutions
Audited financial statements, 2000-01 (SP547/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Degree-granting provisions ... 1055, 1065 Funding for ... 1054 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501
Preschools-Edmonton
Lease rate increase for ... 332
Privilege
Misleading the House (Minister of Learning's comments) (Not proceeded with) ... 18
Program unit funding (Education)
Progressive Conservative caucus-Edmonton
Property tax-Education levy
Public Colleges Foundation of Alberta
Financial statements, 1997/98-1998/99 (SP553-554/03: Tabled) ... 1626
Red Deer College
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP774/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Research Technology Management Inc.
Financial statements, 2000-03 (SP540-543/03: Tabled) ... 1626
Review Committee on Outcomes
Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512, 1626 General remarks ... 1066-67
Riverdale elementary school, Edmonton
St. Patrick school, Edmonton
School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 209)
School boards
Amalgamation of ... 11 Audited financial statements, sections 1 - 3, 2000-01 (SP546/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Deficit financing ... 9, 181, 813, 1004 Funding ... 790-91, 1054, 1374 Impact of high energy costs on ... 357 Provincial audit review of ... 144, 146, 811, 850-51
School groups
Travel restrictions for ... 603 Travel restrictions for: Letter re (SP216/03: Tabled) ... 607
Schoolchildren-Transportation
Schools-Construction
Funding for ... 1006, 1670-71 General remarks ... 8 Use of surplus for funding ... 1885
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Funding for ... 1698 General remarks ... 8 Impact of high utility costs on ... 357
Schools-Utilization-Edson
Public/separate exchanges ... 1545-46
Schools-Utilization-Hinton
Public/separate exchanges ... 1545
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP703/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Tuition fee increase ... 1842
Stratford school, Edmonton
Strikes and lockouts-University personnel
Student Health Initiative
Student unions
Removal of elected members of ... 1617
Surplus, Budgetary
Use for Calgary Board of Education long-term debt payment ... 1938
Teachers
General remarks ... 298, 399-400 Layoffs of ... 930-31, 1004, 1005, 1064, 1369, 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450-51, 1495, 1496, 1499, 1567, 1568, 1617, 1619, 1670, 1700
Technical Institutes Act
Succeeded by Post-secondary Learning Act ... 1573
Textbooks-Prices
Comparison document (SP79/03: Tabled) ... 183, 216 General remarks ... 182-83, 250-51 Letter re (SP80/03: Tabled) ... 216
Tuition fees
General remarks ... 252, 560-61, 641, 885, 890, 1060, 1371, 1396, 1733, 1798, 1842, 1938, 1962-63 For medical students ... 716 Newfoundland/Manitoba funding for ... 1371, 1798, 1842 Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re ... 1617, 1773, 1842 Regulations from Post-secondary Learning Act re (SP658/03: Tabled) ... 1760 Subsidizing of research with ... 1065
Universities Act
Succeeded by Post-secondary Learning Act ... 1573
Universities and colleges
Business plans ... 1936-37 Research activities, Federal funding for ... 1065 Research activities, Funding of through tuition fees ... 1065
University of Alberta
Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Deaf interpretation program ... 1500 Food bank ... 477 Funding ... 1065, 1324-25, 1962 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP700/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Medical school: Family medicine applicants ... 716 Tuition fees ... 1963
University of Alberta 1991 Foundation
Financial statements, 2000 (SP548/03: Tabled) ... 1626
University of Calgary
Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Enrollment ... 250 Funding ... 250, 251-52, 1065, 1324-25, 1396, 1962 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501, 560-61 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP699/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Restructuring ... 1396 Tuition fees ... 252, 560-61, 641, 1396, 1962-63
University of Lethbridge
Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP698/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Tuition fees ... 1963
Veterinary medicine-Study and teaching
Alberta participation in interjurisdictional program re ... 1055
Wages-Teachers
ATA brief to arbitration tribunal re (SP3/03: Tabled) ... 16 Calgary arbitration settlement re, provincial funding for ... 143 Funding for increase in ... 8-9, 13, 45-46, 145-46, 180-82, 435, 479, 642, 662, 666, 753, 790, 809, 850-51, 851, 886, 1054, 1064, 1369, 1374, 1495, 1670 General remarks ... 1057
Windsor Park elementary school, Edmonton
O'Neill, Mary (PC, St. Albert)
Alberta family employment tax credit
Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 95
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Letter re (SP679/03: Tabled) ... 1802
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of ... 1700
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 54)
Aquila Networks Canada
Billing rate riders ... 665
ATCO Electric
Power bills increase ... 665
Automobile drivers' licences
Graduated licences ... 1401
Big Lake natural area
Impact of bypass road on ... 887
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Health accord funding element ... 10
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 1700
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Federal/provincial program re ... 1049
Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205)
Clean Air Strategic Alliance
Constitution Act, 1982
Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 238
Dept. of Government Services
Education-Finance
Letter re (SP126/03: Tabled) ... 336
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 927-28
Electric power-Retail sales
Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 201)
Enmax Corporation
Electric power rates ... 665
Environmental impact assessments
Bypass road, St. Albert ... 887
EPCOR Group of Companies
Electric power rates ... 665
First Ministers' conference, Ottawa, January 2003
Federal health funding accord ... 9-10
Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8)
Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10)
High school students-St. Albert
Hockey championships
Kodiaks/Saints battle for Junior Hockey League championships ... 1051
Hole, Ted
Memorial tribute to ... 791
Home ownership
Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... 381-82
Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 204)
Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27)
Lois Hole Library Legacy Program
Members' Statements (2003)
Lois Hole library legacy program ... 334 Ted Hole ... 791
Oral Question Period (2003)
Anthony Henday Drive ... 1700 Electricity billing ... 665 Electricity marketing ... 601-02 Federal health care funding ... 9-10 Graduated drivers' licences ... 1401 Infrastructure Canada/Alberta project ... 1049 Student finance ... 502 West Boundary Road ... 887
Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43)
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Provincial education savings plan (Proposed)
Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 837-38
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Registered education savings plan (Federal)
Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 837-38
Road construction-Finance
Public/private partnerships ... 1700
Senior citizens-Housing
Funding for: Letter re (SP140/03: Tabled) ... 361
Student financial aid
Appeal panels re ... 502 General remarks ... 502 Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... 837-38
Water quality-Standards
Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: Nicol) ... 693, 835
West Boundary Road, St. Albert
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
World Irish dance championships
Alberta winners at: Recognition of ... 1237
Ouellette, Mr. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake)
Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 16)
Gas, Natural-Retail sales
Legislation re (Bill 19) ... 255-56
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 208)
Oral Question Period (2003)
Alberta SuperNet ... 1374
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
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