Sabir, Hon. Irfan, ECA (Calgary-Bhullar-McCall, NDP)
Affordable housing
Federal-provincial funding agreements, points of order on debate ... 1091
Alberta advantage immigration program
Alberta opportunity stream, application intake pause ... 1527-28 Nomination certificates under provincial nominee program (federal) ... 1527-28
Alberta Health Care Insurance (Access Fees) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 201)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 122
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Second reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sweet: defeated) ... 430 Second reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sweet: defeated), points of order on debate ... 426 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 544-45 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 585-87 Time allocation motions ... 544-45
Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)
Investigations ... 1606-7 Review of police surveillance of Member for Lethbridge-West ... 1607
Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act
Business community response ... 617 Resolution on federal clean electricity regulations (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 616-18 Stakeholder consultation, Aboriginal peoples ... 617
Alberta Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 1)
Committee ... 145-46 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 151, 153
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Interchanges, points of order on debate ... 454
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2024 (Bill 15)
Committee ... 901-3 Committee, points of order on debate ... 902
Bills, government (procedure)
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall (constituency)
Canadian centre of recovery excellence
Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence Act (Bill 17, 2024)
Committee ... 1366-67 Ministerial powers under act ... 1367 Stakeholder consultation ... 1367
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Exhibits, points of order on debate ... 1089
Chief Electoral Officer's office investigations/inquiries
Child and Youth Advocate (Parent and Guardian Advisor) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 206)
Second reading ... 1189-90 Section 6, addition of division 2, parent and guardian advisor ... 1189-90
Child and Youth Advocate's office
Funding, 2024-2025 ... 1190 Mandate and role ... 1189 Recommendations, implementation of ... 1190
Child and Youth Advocate's office investigations/inquiries
Child development
Resources for parents and guardians ... 1190
Child protective services
Intervention services ... 1195
Christenson Developments Inc.
Life leases ... 1243 Life leases, points of order on debate ... 1090
Constitution Act, 1867
Division of powers ... 617
Constitutional law
Separation of powers ... 617
Consumer Protection (Life Leases) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 1139 Committee ... 1243 Committee, amendment A1 (amending section 3 in proposed sections 41.2 and 41.4) (Lunty: carried), subamendment SA2 (replacing clause (a) and amending clause (b)) (Pancholi: defeated) ... 1243 Committee, amendment A1 (amending section 3 in proposed sections 41.2 and 41.4) (Lunty: carried), subamendment SA3 (replacing clause (b)) (Boparai: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1244 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 1370 Prospective application ... 1243 Stakeholder consultation ... 1139
Continuing/extended care facilities
Health service standards ... 781
Corporate taxation, provincial
Correctional services
Electronic monitoring of offenders ... 1336
Cost of living
Increase ... 146 Increase, seniors, points of order on debate ... 454
Courts, provincial
Family court, federal funding ... 1203
COVID-19 pandemic
Provincial response ... 437
Crime prevention
Gun violence ... 903 Initiative to take action against gun and gang violence (federal), funding from supplementary supply ... 829, 903
Crown prosecution service
Prosecution standards ... 1606-7
DynaLife Medical Labs
Provincial contract termination ... 901-2
Education (Class Size and Composition) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 202)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 241
Education finance
Federal funding for Aboriginal students, points of order on debate ... 1090 Funding ... 903 Funding per student ... 146
Educational curricula
Redesign, Filipino content ... 473
Election Commissioner
Appointment of Lorne Gibson, Official Opposition members' remarks ... 1484
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 617
Electric power prices
Rates ... 617 Regulated rate cap termination ... 146
Emergency management
Local authorities' role ... 1509 State of local emergency, ministerial powers ... 1509
Emergency Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1509-10 Second reading, time allocation (Government Motion 39: carried) ... 1600 Stakeholder consultation ... 1509
Ethics Commissioner
Appointment of Shawn McLeod (Government Motion 34: carried) ... 1484-85 Appointment of Shawn McLeod, time allocation (Government Motion 36: carried) ... 1481-82 Committee recommendation of appointment of Shawn McLeod ... 1386, 1484 Committee recommendation that the Assembly establish a search committee for the position of Ethics Commissioner ... 169 Marguerite Trussler (2014-2024) ... 1485
Ethics Commissioner's office
Ethics Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
May 17, 2023, report on allegations involving Hon. Danielle Smith, Member for Brooks-Medicine Hat, Premier of Alberta ... 17-18, 169, 300
Ethics Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Special
Temporary substitutions ... 1484-85
Fair Registration Practices Act
Purpose and intent ... 485, 742 Registration practices report ... 485
Fairness for newcomers office
Families
Composition ... 1195 Recognition of children's best interests ... 1195 Recognition of parental and guardian rights (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried) ... 1195
Family justice system
Provincial strategy ... 1203
Foreign Credential Advisory Committee Act (Bill 203, 2023)
Second reading ... 485 Committee ... 741- 742 Section 2, advisory committee ... 485
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Provincial transgender youth policy ... 1195
Gifts and benefits
Acceptance by members, limitations and restrictions ... 300-301, 546, 549, 572 Acceptance by members, limitations and restrictions, other jurisdictions ... 300
Government accountability
Openness and transparency ... 561
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive compensation ... 431 Executive compensation, members' statements ... 135
Government contracts
Sole-source contracts ... 256-57
Health care
Private service delivery ... 902 Staff, Filipino workers ... 473
Health care capacity issues
Access to services ... 146, 901
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 22)
Third reading ... 1736 Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sabir/Sweet: defeated) ... 1736
Hospital capacity issues
Neonatal intensive care unit capacity, points of order on debate ... 1121-22
Hospital construction
New hospital, south Edmonton, points of order on debate ... 113
Hospital emergency services
Hospitals
Patient discharge supports ... 780-81
Immigrants
Employment barriers ... 741
Impact Assessment Act (federal)
Supreme Court of Canada ruling ... 617
Infrastructure blockades
Coutts border crossing, criminal charges against protesters, Premier's response ... 300
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 300-301 Second reading, hoist amendment HA1 (Metz/Gray: defeated), points of order on debate ... 438 Committee ... 515-17, 546, 549 Committee, amendment A1 (amendments to section 1, striking out subsections (2), (3), (6), (7), and (8)) (Sabir: defeated) ... 516 Committee, amendment A2 (amendments to section 1(2), amending proposed section 7(3)) (Sabir: defeated) ... 517 Committee, amendment A3 (amendments to section 1, replacing subsection (3) and amending subsection (7)) (Sabir: defeated) ... 546 Committee, amendment A4 (amendments to section 1, replacing subsection (7)) (Sabir: defeated) ... 549 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 545 Third reading ... 572 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 568 Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sabir: defeated) ... 572 Section 1(2), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, section 7, gifts and benefits from persons other than the Crown ... 300, 503, 516, 545, 568, 572 Section 1(4), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, addition of section 25.1, suspension of investigations during elections ... 300 Section 1(7), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, addition of section 47.1, regulations ... 301, 549 Section 2, amendments to Court of King's Bench Act ... 301 Time allocation motions ... 545, 568
Justice system
Access to justice ... 301
Kananaskis Country
Conservation pass fees ... 146
Labour mobility
Recognition of international credentials ... 485, 741-42
Land titles registry
Applications backlog, points of order on debate ... 478
Lawyers
Licensing process, Ontario ... 742
Life lease housing
Entrance fee repayment, affected persons ... 1139, 1243 Regulation ... 1139
Members' apologies
Remarks on provincial pension plan proposal ... 541
Members' statements (current session)
Agency, board, and commission executive compensation ... 135 Protests and law enforcement ... 444 Ramadan ... 639 School construction in Calgary ... 684
Ministry of Advanced Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 902
Ministry of Health
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 901-2
Ministry of Justice
Premier's mandate letter ... 1334-35 Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 827-29, 902
Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Services
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 829, 902-3
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 20)
Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 40: carried), points of order on debate ... 1601 Section 1, amendments to Local Authorities Election Act ... 1286 Section 2, amendments to Municipal Government Act ... 1286 Stakeholder consultation ... 1286
Municipal finance
Fines, provincial retention percentage increase ... 1336
Municipalities
Agreements with federal government ... 1330 Agreements with federal government, points of order on debate ... 1091 Provincial-municipal relations ... 1509
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta advantage immigration program ... 1527-28 Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigations ... 1606-7 Bill 18 ... 1144-45 Bill 20 ... 1286 Conflicts of Interest Act amendments ... 503 Elections Alberta investigation of Take Back Alberta ... 447, 797, 847-48 Ethics Commissioner ... 169 Ethics Commissioner appointment ... 1386 Ethics Commissioner's May 2023 report ... 17-18 Family justice system ... 1203 Filipino community concerns ... 473 Funding for policing ... 141-42 Gaza protests and law enforcement response ... 1471 Government contracts ... 256-57 Hospital discharge policies ... 780-81 Provincial police agency ... 701, 722 Victims' services ... 385 Wildfire evacuations in Peace River ... 1264-65 Wildfire season preparation ... 1169
Peace River Correctional Centre
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Passenger rail service in Alberta ... 1729
Physicians
Recruitment and retention, points of order on debate ... 1090
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member ... 113, 122, 151, 454, 1090, 1244 Exhibits ... 1089 Imputing motives ... 1091, 1121-22, 1370 Insulting language ... 298 Language creating disorder ... 153, 426, 585-86, 1121, 1601 Parliamentary language ... 299, 454, 478, 1090, 1122 Relevance ... 151, 241, 438, 577, 587, 902, 1260, 1573 Supplementary questions ... 1091
Police
Funding ... 1335-36 Independent agency police services ... 701, 722, 1334-35 Independent agency police services, referendum proposed ... 1335-36 New officers ... 141-42 Provincial police service proposal ... 1334-35 Provincial police service transition study ... 1334
Political demonstrations
Policing of, members' statements ... 444
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Postsecondary educational institutions
Gaza protests, police response ... 1471
Provincial pension plan proposal
Public consultation ... 430 Public consultation, cost of ... 146 Public response ... 430, 473
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Second reading ... 1329-31 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1260 Second reading, referral amendment REF1 (Sabir: defeated) ... 1330-31 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 37: carried) ... 1561-62 Committee, amendment A1 (amendments to section 1, addition of section 2.1, amendments to section 3) (Wilson: carried), subamendment SA1 (replacing part A and part C) (Chapman/Hoyle: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1573 Application ... 1144-45, 1330 Public response ... 1561 Section 2, intergovernmental agreements ... 1330 Stakeholder consultation ... 1330-31
Public Health Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 6)
Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 11)
Committee ... 1334-36 Committee, amendment A1 (amending section 2(11) in proposed section 33.4 and adding sections 33.41 and 33.42) (Sabir: defeated) ... 1335-36 Section 2, amendments to Police Act ... 1334
Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 430-31 Second reading, hoist amendment HA1 (Sabir/Sweet: defeated) ... 431 Committee ... 561 Committee, amendment A4 (amendments to section 5, amending proposed sections 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5) (Kayande: defeated) ... 561 Third reading ... 578 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 577 Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sabir: defeated) ... 578
Railroads
Passenger transportation expansion, petitions presented to the Assembly ... 1729
Ramadan
Members' statements ... 639
Red tape reduction
Cost savings ... 1253 General remarks ... 1253
Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 1253 Omnibus bill ... 1253 Section 10, amendments to Provincial Offences Procedure Act ... 1253
Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired generation of electricity regulations (federal SOR/2021-167)
Regulatory offences
Limitation period ... 1253
Research grants
Publicly available information ... 1330
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Contract police services, Albertans' satisfaction with ... 1335 Officer numbers ... 1336
School construction
New schools, Calgary, members' statements ... 684
Strategy, support, and integrated initiatives
Funding from supplementary supply ... 828
Substance abuse and addiction
Deaths, 2023 ... 1366 Harm reduction strategies ... 1366-67
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Unions
Collective agreements ... 578
United Conservative Party of Alberta
2023 election platform (Moving Alberta Forward) ... 1509-10
Victims' services
Regional governance model ... 385
Wildfire prevention and control
2024 season preparation ... 1169
Wildfires, Alberta (2024)
Women's shelters
Funding, points of order on debate ... 298-99
Saddleback, Leonard (Elder, Samson First Nation)
Prayers
Speech from the Throne ... 5
Sawhney, Hon. Rajan, ECA (Calgary-North West, UCP)
Alberta Board of Skilled Trades
Advisory committees ... 1302
Alberta technology and innovation strategy
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
Governance ... 159 Role ... 158
Distilling industry
Industry growth and development ... 1613
Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act
Section 2, exclusive scope of the practice of engineering ... 424
Engineering and Geoscience Professions Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 7)
First reading ... 111 Second reading ... 158-59 Committee ... 423-24 Committee, amendment A1 (amending proposed section 3.1) (Haji: defeated) ... 423-24 Third reading ... 514-15 Public safety concerns ... 423 Section 3, amendments to section 3, exclusive use of name engineer ... 158, 423, 514 Stakeholder consultation ... 159, 423
Fair Registration Practices Act
Purpose and intent ... 1312
Fairness for newcomers office
Establishment ... 368 Responsibilities ... 368
Foreign credential advisory committee
Foreign Credential Advisory Committee Act (Bill 203, 2023)
Second reading ... 367-68 Section 3, mandate ... 368 Section 5, appointment of members ... 368
Foundational learning assistance program
Government services, public
Collection of race-based data ... 1610
Health professions
Labour shortages, rural areas ... 19
Health sciences personnel
Combined laboratory and X-ray technologists, education and training ... 1000
Immigrants
Employment barriers ... 1312
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Labour market transfer agreements (federal-provincial)
MacEwan University
School of business, funding ... 258
Ministry of Advanced Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 827
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), Alberta test centres ... 1214
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Nurses
Bridging programs for internationally educated nurses ... 259-60, 368 Training programs ... 19-20, 259
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Arts and culture funding ... 1559 Bill 18 ... 1027, 1085, 1145, 1168-69, 1206, 1265, 1292-93, 1323, 1389, 1501, 1658 Collection of race-based data ... 1610 Distilling industry development ... 1613 Federal postsecondary research funding ... 1027-28 Foreign qualification and credential recognition ... 631, 700 Foundational learning assistance program ... 51-52 Gaza protests and law enforcement response ... 1441, 1554 Health care professionals in rural Alberta ... 19-20, 259-60, 1000 MacEwan University school of business ... 258 NAIT advanced skills centre ... 1658-59 Postsecondary education and STEM ... 642-43 Postsecondary education costs ... 962-63 Postsecondary education funding ... 675 Postsecondary student financial aid ... 226-27 Postsecondary tuition and student financial aid ... 885 Red Deer Polytechnic expansion ... 1410 Rural medical education ... 997, 1205 Skilled trades labour supply ... 1268 Skilled trades promotion ... 1584-85 Skilled trades training ... 453 Support for postsecondary students ... 1204 Technology industry development ... 138 Veterinary education ... 1055 Work permits for international students ... 1392
Postsecondary education
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education ... 642-43
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Federal funding ... 1027, 1213-14 Funding ... 675 Funding for fine arts curricula ... 1559 Funding for sexual and gender-based violence prevention initiatives ... 1204 Research funding, federal ... 1027-28, 1085, 1145, 1168-69, 1206, 1265, 1292-93, 1323, 1389, 1658
Postsecondary educational institutions
Postsecondary students
Food security ... 1204 International student work permits ... 1392
Professional regulatory organizations
Recognition of credentials from other jurisdictions, Canadian work experience requirements ... 1312 Recognition of credentials from other jurisdictions (Motion Other than Government Motion 511: carried as amended) ... 1312-13 Registration practices, Advanced Education ministry oversight ... 1312
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Second reading ... 1213-14 Application ... 1027-28, 1085, 1145, 1168-69, 1206, 1265, 1292-93, 1323, 1389, 1501, 1658 Prospective application ... 1214 Public response ... 1168-69, 1292-93 Regulation development ... 1213-14 Section 2, intergovernmental agreements ... 1213 Stakeholder consultation ... 1213-14
Red Deer Polytechnic
CIM-TAC expansion ... 1410
Skilled labour (trades)
Designated trades ... 1301 Education and awareness initiatives ... 1584-85 Mandatory certification ... 1301-2 Recognition of credentials from other jurisdictions ... 453 Union training centres ... 1301-2
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act
Section 23, prohibitions ... 1301 Stakeholder consultation ... 1301
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education (Valuing Skilled Workers) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 207)
Second reading ... 1301-2 Application ... 1301-2 Section 3, amendments to section 3, apprenticeship education programs, credentials ... 1302 Section 4, amendments to section 4, industry training programs, credentials ... 1302 Section 6, addition of section 11.1, fully-regulated trades ... 1301 Section 8, amendments to section 15, board committees ... 1302
Skills for Jobs Task Force
Membership ... 1301 Recommendations ... 1301
Software engineers
Definition and use of term ... 158, 514 Definition and use of term, Court of King's Bench ruling ... 423
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Student unions
Advanced Education minister's consultations ... 1204
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
University of Calgary
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, funding ... 1055 Multidisciplinary science hub, funding ... 642
Schmidt, Hon. Marlin, ECA (Edmonton-Gold Bar, NDP)
Act Respecting the Ministère du Conseil Exécutif (Quebec)
Alberta carbon capture incentive program
Expense limitations ... 706-8
Alberta emissions reduction and energy development plan
2050 net-zero objective ... 1397
Alberta Energy Regulator
Chief executive officer compensation, members' statements ... 378 Governance ... 883
Alberta Geological Survey
Alberta Health Care Insurance (Access Fees) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 121-22 Section 2, purpose ... 122 Section 3, amendments to section 9, extra billing ... 121-22
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Alberta teachers' retirement fund
Investment management by AIMCo ... 279
ATCO Electric Ltd.
Regulatory violations, settlement agreement (2022) ... 1494
Benga Mining Ltd.
Grassy Mountain coal project ... 703-4
Buffalo Lake
Water management project ... 1433
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage
Federal incentives ... 707 Provincial programs ... 707
Christenson Developments Inc.
Consumer Protection (Life Leases) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 12)
Third reading ... 1371-72 Prospective application ... 1371
Continuing/extended care facilities
Health service standards ... 1622 Investigations of complaints ... 1622 Public/nonprofit versus private providers ... 1622 Site inspections, public reporting ... 1622
COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment
Premier's remarks ... 122
COVID-19 vaccines
Health minister's remarks ... 121 Premier's remarks ... 122
Edmonton (city)
Proposed national urban park ... 938-39 Provincial funding ... 938-39, 1397 River valley conservation ... 939
Edmonton Police Service
Provincial funding ... 938
Education finance
Federal funding for Aboriginal students ... 1084-85
Electric power prices
Regulated rate option ... 1493-94 Transmission and distribution charges ... 1494
Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
Proposed amendments ... 277
Fair Deal Panel
Recommendations on provincial pension plan ... 277
Fair Registration Practices Act
Purpose and intent ... 367
Fairness for newcomers office
Funding, 2022-2023 ... 367 Grants approved ... 367 Review of registration practices ... 367 Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 367
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 706-8 Section 2, amendments to Alberta Personal Income Tax Act, addition of division 4.03, attraction bonus ... 706
Flying Canoë Volant (festival)
Foreign Credential Advisory Committee Act (Bill 203, 2023)
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive compensation ... 269
Government buildings
Environmental retrofits ... 1397
Government property
Property taxes owed ... 1397
Health care
Members' statements ... 845
Health facilities
Private clinics, access fees ... 121-22
Homeless persons
Edmonton encampments ... 1371
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
Section 1(2), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, section 7, gifts and benefits from persons other than the Crown ... 227 Section 1(2), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, section 7, gifts and benefits from persons other than the Crown, points of order on debate ... 233
Labour force planning
Labour shortages ... 706-7
Labour mobility
Recognition of international credentials ... 367
Life lease housing
Consumer protection ... 1372 Entrance fee repayment ... 1372 Entrance fee repayment, affected persons ... 1371 Regulation ... 1371
Mackenzie River basin transboundary waters master agreement (federal-provincial)
Alberta-N.W.T. bilateral water management agreement ... 1433
Master agreement on apportionment (federal-provincial)
Provincial entitlement ... 1433
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar, point of privilege raised ... 968
Members' statements (current session)
Alberta Energy Regulator CEO ... 378 Bill 20 ... 1394 Health system reform ... 845 Vesak ... 1523
Michaëlle-Jean school, Edmonton
Ministry of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction
Premier's mandate letter ... 1371
Ministry of Skilled Trades and Professions (ministry from October 24, 2022, to June 8, 2023)
Annual report 2022-2023 ... 367
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1567-68 Second reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Pancholi/Sweet: defeated) ... 1567-68 Second reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Pancholi/Sweet: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1567 Members' statements ... 1394 Section 2, amendments to Municipal Government Act ... 1567-68
Municipal finance
Grants in place of taxes (GIPOT) ... 938 Utility service fees ... 1493
Municipal Government (National Urban Parks) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 204)
Municipalities
Complaints policies and processes ... 1568 Councillor dismissal ... 1567-68 Powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 1567
Mussels
Invasive species control ... 1433
Nurses
Recruitment and retention ... 706
Nursing Homes Act
Investigations of complaints by Health ministry (Written Question 2: defeated) ... 1622-23
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Energy Regulator ... 883 Conflicts of Interest Act amendments ... 227 Education funding for FNMI students ... 1084-85 Energy industry property tax payments ... 787 Flying canoe festival funding ... 474 Grassy Mountain coal project ... 703-4 Kananaskis conservation pass ... 1585-86
Parks Canada
National urban park program ... 938
Parliamentary debate
Gestures by members ... 233
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member ... 233 Insulting language ... 1567
Post-secondary Learning Act
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Postsecondary educational institutions
Labour relations, faculty and postdoctoral fellows ... 521-22
Primary care (medicine)
Access to services ... 122
Privilege (current session)
Threatening a member (incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar) ... 968 Threatening a member (incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar), member's apology ... 968
Property tax
Unpaid corporate taxes, energy companies ... 787
Provincial pension plan proposal
Previous proposals ... 277 Public consultation ... 276-79 Public response ... 277-79
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Committee ... 1575-76 Committee, amendment A1 (amendments to section 1, addition of section 2.1, amendments to section 3) (Wilson: carried), subamendment SA1 (replacing part A and part C) (Chapman/Hoyle: defeated) ... 1575-76 Application ... 1084-85, 1576 Application, exemption of Indigenous groups ... 1575 Section 2, intergovernmental agreements ... 1575-76
Public health
COVID-19 incidence reporting ... 121
Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 196-97, 265, 267, 269, 409 Committee ... 521-22 Committee, amendment A2 (amendments to section 2, amending proposed preamble) (Kayande: carried) ... 521-22
Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Proposed amendments ... 277
Real Property Governance Act (Bill 13, 2024)
Third reading ... 1396-97 Ministerial powers under act ... 1396
Research grants
Tri-agency funding programs ... 1575
Rouge national urban park
School boards and districts
Disposition of surplus real property ... 1396-97
Solar energy
Provincial incentives ... 707-8
Strikes and lockouts
Concordia University faculty strike (2022) ... 521 University of Lethbridge faculty strike (2022) ... 521
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Grants ... 197 Loans, interest rate ... 197
Tax credits
Alberta Is Calling attraction bonus ... 706-7
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Mandatory noninstructional fees ... 197 Tuition rates ... 196-97
United Conservative Party of Alberta
2023 election platform (Moving Alberta Forward) ... 1371
Utilities Affordability Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 19)
Vesak
Members' statements ... 1523
Water allocation
Licence amendment, Fortress Mountain Holdings Ltd. ... 1433
Water management
Provincial water management strategy (Motion Other than Government Motion 512: carried) ... 1432-33
Schow, Hon. Joseph R., ECA (Cardston-Siksika, UCP)
Aboriginal communities
Wildfire prevention and control, points of order on debate ... 1036
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An
Section 1(4), (39-41) not to be repealed pursuant to Statutes Repeal Act, section 3 (Government Motion 13: carried) ... 512-13
Addiction treatment
Support for staff, points of order on debate ... 1038-39
Affordable housing
Federal-provincial funding agreements, points of order on debate ... 1091 Spaces, points of order on debate ... 729
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Funding, points of order on debate ... 1561
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Restructuring, points of order on debate ... 176, 1477-78
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Second reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sweet: defeated), points of order on debate ... 426 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 544 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 585-87 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 565-66 Opposition amendments, points of order on debate ... 543-44 Time allocation motions ... 565-66
Alberta Summer Games (2026)
Strathcona county hosting ... 537
Alberta Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 1)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 150-51
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Interchanges, points of order on debate ... 454
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2024 (Bill 15)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 902
Arts and culture
Funding for children ... 1001 Funding for children, points of order on debate ... 1003
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Appeals, points of order on debate ... 1361
Calgary-Lougheed (constituency)
March 2024 town hall, points of order on debate ... 648
Calgary Police Commission
Report on 1997 police misconduct investigation of Constable Sean Chu, provincial review, points of order on debate ... 1395
Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence Act (Bill 17, 2024)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1279
Cardston-Siksika (constituency)
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Exhibits, points of order on debate ... 1089
Chief Electoral Officer's office investigations/inquiries
Investigation of Take Back Alberta ... 447-48 Investigation of Take Back Alberta, points of order on debate ... 804
Child and Youth Advocate's office
Annual report 2022-2023 referral to Legislative Offices Committee (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 513
Christenson Developments Inc.
Life leases, points of order on debate ... 1090
Class size (elementary and secondary schools)
Reporting requirements, points of order on debate ... 112-13
Coal mines and mining
Development policies, access to information, points of order on debate ... 1155
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Assembly resolution into (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 26
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Assembly resolution into (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 25
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25 Mandate, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27
Committee on Families and Communities, Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25 Mandate, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act review referral (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 27
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Child and Youth Advocate's office 2022-2023 annual report referral (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 513 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25
Committee on Private Bills, Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25 Membership changes (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 606 Membership changes (Government Motion 28: carried) ... 730
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25 Mandate, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Membership changes (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 606 Personal Information Protection Act review referral (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 512
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Appointment of members (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 26 Committee size, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27 Establishment of committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 25
Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Special
Committee appointment (Government Motion 10: carried) ... 512 Membership changes (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 606
Consumer Protection (Life Leases) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 12)
Committee, amendment A1 (amending section 3 in proposed sections 41.2 and 41.4) (Lunty: carried), subamendment SA3 (replacing clause (b)) (Boparai: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1244 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 1369-70
Cost of living
Increase, seniors, points of order on debate ... 454
Daycare centres
New spaces, points of order on debate ... 333
Drugs, nonprescription
Children's pain and fever medication supply, points of order on debate ... 1328
DynaLife Medical Labs
Provincial contract termination, points of order on debate ... 112
Education finance
Federal funding for Aboriginal students, points of order on debate ... 1090-91 Funding, points of order on debate ... 511
Electric power
Transmission grid reliability, points of order on debate ... 936
Ethics Commissioner
Appointment of Shawn McLeod (Government Motion 34: carried) ... 1478-79 Appointment of Shawn McLeod (Government Motion 34: carried), points of order on debate ... 1487-88 Appointment process ... 1479 Committee recommendation of appointment of Shawn McLeod ... 1478-79 Committee recommendation of appointment of Shawn McLeod, points of order on debate ... 1416
Ethics Commissioner's office
Powers and duties ... 1478
Ethics Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
May 17, 2023, report on allegations involving Hon. Danielle Smith, Member for Brooks-Medicine Hat, Premier of Alberta, points of order on debate ... 23
Ethics Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Special
Committee appointment (Government Motion 15: carried) ... 513 Committee authorized to meet during consideration of 2024-2025 main estimates (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 606 Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried) ... 1591
Fuel tax
Collection stoppage extension ... 336
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Provincial transgender youth policy ... 630 Provincial transgender youth policy, points of order on debate ... 603, 886-87 Support for ... 689-90 Support for, points of order on debate ... 233, 681
Government contracts
Sole-source contracts ... 256-57
Government policies
Members' statements, points of order on debate ... 1560
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Methane emission targets, points of order on debate ... 422
Health facilities
Parking fees for health care workers, points of order on debate ... 1058 Private clinics, access fees, points of order on debate ... 1272
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 22)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 1687
Homeless persons
Supports and services, members' statements, points of order on debate ... 774 Supports and services, points of order on debate ... 604, 1002, 1560
Hospital capacity issues
Neonatal intensive care unit capacity, points of order on debate ... 1121-22, 1153
Hospital construction
New hospital, south Edmonton, points of order on debate ... 113, 920
Housing Statutes (Housing Security) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 205)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 660
Internet
Rural high-speed service, points of order on debate ... 1037
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals) (procedure)
Time allotted for introductions, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 303 Second reading, request to waive SO 28 and adjourn debate ... 307 Second reading, hoist amendment HA1 (Metz/Gray: defeated), points of order on debate ... 438 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 545 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 568 Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sabir: defeated), point of privilege raised (threatening a member, Member for Cardston-Siksika's remarks) ... 591 Section 1(2), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, section 7, gifts and benefits from persons other than the Crown, points of order on debate ... 232-33
Land titles registry
Applications backlog, points of order on debate ... 478
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sitting on March 25, 2024 (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 606 Evening sittings, 2023 fall sitting (Government Motion 14: carried) ... 455 Evening sittings, 2024 spring sitting (Government Motion 32: carried) ... 1591
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
2023 fall sitting (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 513 2023 fall sitting adjournment pursuant to Government Motion 17 ... 592 2024 spring sitting adjournment pursuant to Government Motion 45 ... 1742 March 27, 2024, sitting, motion to adjourn (defeated) ... 903-4
Live events (concerts, conferences, sports events, etc.)
Major sports events hosting ... 475, 703
Members' apologies
Apology offered on previous apology ... 544
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar, point of privilege raised ... 967-68
Members' statements (procedure)
Number of statements, change to standing orders (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 9)
First reading ... 478 Second reading ... 513 Third reading ... 590, 592
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017
Not to be repealed pursuant to Statutes Repeal Act, section 3 (Government Motion 13: carried) ... 512-13
Motions (procedure)
Request to waive SO 39(1), Government Motion 26 ... 606 Request to waive SO 39(1), Government Motion 28 ... 730
Motor vehicle insurance
Premiums, rate freeze, points of order on debate ... 1360-61
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 20)
First reading ... 1271 Second reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Pancholi/Sweet: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1567 Stakeholder consultation, points of order on debate ... 1327, 1395
Municipalities
Agreements with federal government, points of order on debate ... 1035, 1058, 1091
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
2026 Alberta Summer Games ... 537 Arts and culture funding ... 1001 Elections Alberta investigation of Take Back Alberta ... 447-48 Government contracts ... 256-57 Public health emergencies governance review report ... 295 Rocky Mountain House to Nordegg rail trail ... 326-27 Sport, physical activity, and recreation funding ... 1587 Sporting event hosting ... 703 Support for LGBTQ2S-plus Albertans ... 689-90 Support for sports in Alberta ... 475 Tourism strategy ... 1052 Transgender youth policy ... 630 UCP election promises ... 761 United Conservative Party annual general meeting ... 171-72
Personal Information Protection Act
Review referred to Resource Stewardship Committee (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 512
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Eligibility criteria, points of order on debate ... 1328
Physicians
Recruitment and retention, points of order on debate ... 1090
Points of order (current session)
Addressing questions through the chair ... 804, 887 Allegations against a member ... 23, 113, 151, 176, 232-33, 333, 389, 454, 603, 1090, 1244, 1560 Allegations against members ... 233 Decorum ... 1154 Exhibits ... 886, 1089, 1294 Gestures ... 1395 Imputing falsehoods against a member ... 1038 Imputing motives ... 544, 660, 728-29, 1091, 1121, 1328, 1369-70, 1415, 1590, 1687 Insulting language ... 298, 604, 854, 919-20, 936, 1035, 1037, 1360, 1488, 1560, 1567 Language creating disorder ... 56, 112-13, 150, 426, 543-44, 585-86, 681, 1002, 1035-36, 1038-39, 1121, 1153, 1155, 1279, 1327, 1560-61, 1664 Parliamentary language ... 112, 298-99, 333, 388, 454, 478, 511, 603, 648, 774, 854-55, 886-87, 1003, 1058, 1090-91, 1122, 1177-78, 1272, 1328, 1361, 1395, 1416 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 1155 Questions outside government responsibility ... 804 Referring to proper titles ... 1477-78 Referring to the absence of a member ... 422, 854, 1037 Referring to the galleries ... 854-55 Relevance ... 151, 438, 587, 902, 1259-60, 1573 Repetition ... 1487 Supplementary questions ... 1091
Police
Independent agency police services, points of order on debate ... 728
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Federal funding, points of order on debate ... 1035 Research funding, federal, points of order on debate ... 1036, 1154, 1177-78, 1294
Postsecondary educational institutions
Gaza protests, police response, points of order on debate ... 1415
Privilege (current session)
Threatening a member (Member for Cardston-Siksika's remarks in third reading debate on Bill 8) ... 591 Threatening a member (Member for Cardston-Siksika's remarks in third reading debate on Bill 8), member's apology ... 604 Threatening a member (incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar) ... 967-68
Provincial pension plan proposal
Points of order on debate ... 56, 333, 544
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1259-60 Committee, amendment A1 (amendments to section 1, addition of section 2.1, amendments to section 3) (Wilson: carried), subamendment SA1 (replacing part A and part C) (Chapman/Hoyle: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1573 Application, points of order on debate ... 1590, 1664 Members' statements, points of order on debate ... 1155
Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel
Final report recommendations ... 295
Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act
Review referred to Families and Communities Committee (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 27
Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 567 Time allocation motions ... 567
Rural Electrification Loan Act
Sections 3, 36, enactment continuation approval (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 512
Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act
Section 2, enactment continuation approval (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 512
Rural Utilities Act
Sections 32, 33, enactment continuation approval (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 512
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor (Government Motion 11: carried) ... 334
Sport, physical activity, and recreation
Sports
Funding for youth sport ... 475, 1001
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendments to SOs 7, 52, and 52.01 (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 26-27
Strathcona (county)
2026 Alberta Summer Games hosting ... 537
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 4)
Third reading ... 336 Section 1, amendments to Alberta Corporate Tax Act ... 336 Section 2, amendments to Alberta Personal Income Tax Act ... 336 Section 3, amendments to Fuel Tax Act ... 336 Section 4, amendments to Tourism Levy Act ... 336
Tourism
Economic impact ... 1052 Market development ... 953 Provincial strategy (Higher Ground) ... 953, 1052 Provincial support for municipalities in the Rocky Mountains (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 953-54
Tourism levy
Collection and remittance ... 336
Trails
Rocky Mountain House-Nordegg rail trail ... 326-27
United Conservative Party of Alberta
2023 annual general meeting ... 171-72 2023 election platform (Moving Alberta Forward) ... 761
Water quality
Monitoring in the oil sands, points of order on debate ... 388-89
Women's shelters
Funding, points of order on debate ... 298-99
Schulz, Hon. Rebecca, ECA (Calgary-Shaw, UCP)
Alberta Electric System Operator
January 13, 2024, emergency alert ... 609
Alberta emissions reduction and energy development plan
2050 net-zero objective ... 1172 Indigenous knowledge keepers committee establishment ... 1086-87, 1172-73 Reduction targets ... 28, 611
Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act
Resolution on federal clean electricity regulations (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 609-11
Aquatic invasive species
Inspection program ... 1175
Badlands Recreation Development Corp.
Rosebud race track environmental approval ... 1557
Benga Mining Ltd.
Grassy Mountain coal project ... 686
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage
Carbon levy (2016-2019)
General remarks ... 28-29
Carbon pricing
Official Opposition members' position ... 611
Carbon pricing (federal)
Home heating oil exemption ... 27-28 Home heating oil exemption, ministerial statement ... 100-101 Home heating oil exemption, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 24-25 Impact on Canadians (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 27-29 Impact on cost of living ... 29, 611
Caribou
Habitat protection, public consultation ... 964
Clean electricity regulations (federal)
2035 net-zero objective ... 610 Consultations, Alberta's submission ... 610 Consultations, public update (February 16, 2024) ... 610 Emission intensity targets and timelines ... 609 General remarks ... 28 Potential financial impact ... 610
Coal mines and mining
Exploration activities, eastern slopes ... 294
Designated industrial zones
Industrial Heartland pilot project ... 297 Purpose ... 297
Domtar Corporation
Edmonton site remediation ... 417
Dow Chemical Canada
Ethylene plant expansion, Fort Saskatchewan ... 419, 451
Electric power
Transmission grid reliability ... 609
Electric power plants
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction ... 609
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42
Federal climate policy changes, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 24-25
Emissions Reduction Alberta
Clean technology funding ... 28
Energy industries
Environmental liability management ... 852
Energy resources
Provincial jurisdiction ... 610-11
Flood damage mitigation
Capital projects ... 1354 Spring preparation ... 1354
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Impact Assessment Act (federal)
Supreme Court of Canada ruling ... 610
Imperial Oil Limited
Kearl oil sands project tailings leak ... 325
Industrial Heartland designated industrial zone
Water infrastructure expansion ... 1526-27
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Irrigation
Infrastructure expansion and modernization ... 141
Methane emissions program
Ministerial statements (current session)
Oil sands development
Environmental monitoring ... 348-49 Greenhouse gas emissions reduction ... 28
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta emissions reduction and energy development plan ... 1172 Alberta Energy Regulator ... 449 Aquatic invasive species ... 628-29, 1175 Designated industrial zones ... 297 Dow Chemical's Fort Saskatchewan ethylene project ... 451 Drought preparations ... 768-69, 1033-34, 1084, 1170-71, 1233-34 Eastern slopes protection and coal development policies ... 294 Energy industry emission reduction initiatives ... 419 Energy industry liability management ... 852 Environmental monitoring of the oil sands ... 348-49, 383-84 Federal carbon tax ... 1356 Flood preparedness ... 1354 Former Domtar site remediation ... 417 Grassy Mountain coal project ... 686 Greenhouse gas emission reduction ... 448 Greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies ... 1288-89 Gull Lake water level ... 227-28 High River biogas facility application ... 172-73 Indigenous consultations on energy development ... 1086-87, 1172-73 Industrial Heartland water infrastructure ... 1526-27 Irrigation infrastructure ... 141 Methane emission reduction ... 416-17, 1202-3 Natural gas industry development ... 964 Recycling programs ... 1725-26 Renewable fuel incentives ... 785 Rosebud race track environmental approval ... 1557 Suncor Fort Hills mine expansion ... 998 TIER fund revenue utilization ... 1087-88 Water conservation investments ... 798 Water management ... 141, 757-58, 787-88 Water quality monitoring in the oil sands ... 325 Water-sharing agreements ... 1473-74 Wetland restoration ... 1662
Plastics
Federal regulations, federal court ruling ... 610
Recycling (waste, etc.)
Extended producer responsibility ... 1725-26 Provincial programs ... 1725
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Biofuel incentives ... 785
Rimrock Renewables Ltd.
High River biodigester facility application ... 172-73
Suncor Energy Inc.
Fort Hills oil sands mine expansion ... 998
Technology innovation and emissions reduction (TIER) fund
Water conservation
Technology innovation ... 798
Water supply
New water storage projects ... 788
Watershed management
Protection and restoration ... 1662
Shepherd, David (Edmonton-City Centre, NDP)
Alberta advantage immigration program
Application process ... 739
Alberta EMS Provincial Advisory Committee
Alberta Health Care Insurance Act
Alberta Health Care Insurance (Access Fees) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 116-17 Section 4, amendments to section 11, other prohibited fees ... 116
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Administrative costs ... 899 Mission ... 1597 Restructuring ... 117, 137, 326, 535 Restructuring, consultations ... 937 Restructuring, members' statements ... 777-78
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Committee ... 557-58 Committee, amendment A7 (amending section 4) (Phillips: defeated) ... 557-58
Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act
Amendments to section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 313
Alberta Utilities Commission
Renewable generation approvals pause ... 1400-1401
Apprenticeship training
Programs for marginalized populations ... 900-901
Appropriation Act, 2024 (Bill 14)
Auditor General
Appointment of Doug Wylie ... 1488
Auditor General's office
Budget 2024-2025 request ... 900
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Calgary Public Safety and Community Response Task Force
Canada-Alberta agreement to work together to improve health care for Canadians (2023-26)
Funding for shared priorities ... 825-26
Canadian centre of recovery excellence
Appointment of officers ... 1362 Evaluation of mental health and addiction services ... 1362 Independence from government ... 1362-63 Mandate ... 1361
Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence Act (Bill 17, 2024)
Chief medical officer of health
Recommendations to cabinet, publication proposed ... 460-61
Christenson Developments Inc.
Consumer Protection (Life Leases) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 1137-38 Prospective application ... 1138 Section 3, addition of part 3.1, life leases ... 1137-38 Stakeholder consultation ... 1138
Continuing/extended care facilities
Investigations of complaints ... 1621, 1625 Review (2020-2021) ... 1621 Site inspections, public reporting ... 1621
COVID-19 pandemic
Provincial response ... 315
COVID-19 vaccines
Vaccination of children ... 1527
Drugs, nonprescription
Children's pain and fever medication supply ... 116, 315
DynaLife Medical Labs
Provincial contract termination ... 116, 1598
Edmonton (city)
Proposed national urban park ... 945-46
Edmonton Public Safety and Community Response Task Force
Election Commissioner
Appointment of Lorne Gibson ... 1488
Electric power prices
Rate of last resort ... 1400-1401 Regulated rate cap termination ... 1400 Regulated rate price ceiling deferral ... 1400
Electricity rebate program (2022-2023)
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42
Surgical wait times, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 936-37
Emergency Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 21)
Members' statements ... 1499
Ethics Commissioner
Appointment of Shawn McLeod (Government Motion 34: carried) ... 1488-89 Appointment of Shawn McLeod (Government Motion 34: carried), points of order on debate ... 1489 Appointment process ... 1489 Committee recommendation of appointment of Shawn McLeod ... 1489
Ethics Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
May 17, 2023, report on allegations involving Hon. Danielle Smith, Member for Brooks-Medicine Hat, Premier of Alberta ... 458
Ethics Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Special
Temporary substitutions ... 1489
Fair Registration Practices Act
Purpose and intent ... 739
Fairness for newcomers office
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 899-901 Section 2, amendments to Alberta Personal Income Tax Act, addition of division 4.03, attraction bonus ... 899
Foreign Credential Advisory Committee Act (Bill 203, 2023)
Committee ... 739-40 Section 3, mandate ... 739
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Provincial transgender youth policy, petitions presented to the Assembly ... 1729
Gifts and benefits
Acceptance by members, limitations and restrictions ... 573-74
Government accountability
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive compensation ... 580
Government communications
COVID-19 information and updates ... 460-61
Government contracts
Sole-source contracts ... 574
Government policies
Members' statements ... 46-47 Public consultation ... 946
Government services, public
Collection of race-based data ... 1610-11 Collection of race-based data, members' statements ... 1655
Health care
Private service delivery ... 1598 Staff, members' statements ... 166
Health care capacity issues
Health care finance
Publicly funded services ... 116-17
Health facilities
Private clinics, access fees ... 116
Health facility construction
Members' statements ... 254
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 22)
Health system reform
Impact on health care workers ... 1597 Impact on patient care ... 1597, 1715 Public response ... 1714 Purpose and goals ... 1597, 1714-15 Purpose and goals, Premier's remarks ... 1598 Stakeholder consultation ... 1714
Homelessness
Action plan, funding ... 922-23
Hospital capacity issues
Neonatal intensive care unit capacity ... 1115, 1168
Hospital emergency services
Hospitals
Patient discharge supports ... 798 Patient discharge supports, investigations of ... 798
Immigrants
Settlement and integration services ... 739-40
Immunization
Public education and communication ... 1527, 1598
Information and Privacy Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
FOIP requests to government ... 461 Investigation of GOA ... 1622, 1625
Interprovincial/territorial relations
Relations with Saskatchewan ... 1255
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sabir: defeated) ... 573-74 Section 1(2), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, section 7, gifts and benefits from persons other than the Crown ... 573-74
Labour force planning
Skilled labour recruitment and retention ... 899-901
Labour mobility
Recognition of international credentials ... 739
Labour relations
Legislative and regulatory provisions ... 748
Life lease housing
Consumer protection ... 1138 Entrance fee repayment ... 1137-38 Lease agreements, enforcement ... 1137-38 Lease requirements ... 1137 Regulation ... 1137
Members' statements (current session)
Bill 18 ... 1151 Bills 18, 20, and 21 ... 1499 Collection of race-based data ... 1655 Government policies ... 46-47 Health care workers ... 166 Health system reform ... 777-78 Hospital construction ... 254 Support for family physicians ... 992
Mental health and addiction strategy
Recovery-oriented system of care ... 1361-63
Minister's Opioid Emergency Response Commission
Ministry of Health
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 825-26
Ministry of Seniors, Community and Social Services
Main estimates 2024-2025 ... 922-23
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 20)
Third reading ... 1734-35 Third reading, hoist amendment HA1 (Eggen: defeated) ... 1734-35 Members' statements ... 1499 Public response ... 1386-87, 1735 Section 1, amendments to Local Authorities Election Act ... 1722, 1734 Section 2, amendments to Municipal Government Act ... 1735
Municipal finance
Funding for tourism infrastructure, Rocky Mountain municipalities ... 954
Municipal Government (National Urban Parks) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 204)
Municipal Government (Tourism Community Designation) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 208)
Municipalities
Agreements with federal government ... 946, 1259 Councillor dismissal ... 1735 Powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 1735 Provincial-municipal relations ... 946
Nurse practitioners
Compensation model ... 826
Nurses
Recruitment and retention ... 580
Nursing Homes Act
Investigations of complaints by Health ministry (Written Question 2: defeated) ... 1620-22, 1625
Ombudsman
Appointment of Marianne Ryan ... 1488
Oncologists
Recruitment and retention ... 1715
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Bill 20 ... 1722 Bills 18 and 20 ... 1386-87 Collection of race-based data ... 1610-11 COVID vaccination information ... 1527 Emergency shelter capacity ... 475 Family physician compensation ... 961, 1200 Family physicians ... 83, 350-51 Funding for CKUA radio ... 1237-38 Health care system capacity ... 535, 1409 Health system reform ... 137, 326 Hospital discharge policies ... 798 Neonatal intensive care unit capacity ... 1115, 1168 Physician recruitment and retention ... 1082-83 Surgical wait times ... 849
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Provincial transgender youth policy ... 1729
Physicians
Compensation, AMA agreement ... 826 Compensation, virtual services ... 116 Recruitment and retention ... 318, 1082-83 Supports for family physicians ... 83, 350-51, 580, 825-26, 899-900, 961, 1083, 1200, 1598, 1714 Supports for family physicians, members' statements ... 992
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member ... 1489 Language creating disorder ... 1156
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Research funding, federal ... 1259
Premier's Summit on Fairness for Newcomers
Primary care (medicine)
Access to services ... 116 Funding ... 83 Funding from supplementary supply ... 825-26
Property tax
Education levy revenue ... 954 Rocky Mountain municipalities ... 954
Provincial health agencies
Provincial pension plan proposal
Public consultation, cost of ... 557
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Second reading ... 1255, 1258-59 Members' statements ... 1151, 1499 Members' statements, points of order on debate ... 1156 Public response ... 1386-87 Section 2, intergovernmental agreements ... 1259
Public health
COVID-19 incidence reporting ... 461 Evidence-based decision-making ... 318
Public Health Act
2020 amendments ... 313, 458, 573 2020 review ... 313 Section 29, isolation and quarantine ... 314
Public Health Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 313-15, 318 Committee ... 457-61 Committee, amendment A1 (striking out section 3) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 459 Committee, amendment A2 (amendments to section 2) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 460-61 Section 2, amendments to section 29, isolation and quarantine ... 314, 460 Section 3, addition of section 74.1, Lieutenant Governor in Council authority ... 313-15, 458-59
Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel
Final report recommendations ... 315, 318
Public health orders
COVID-19 related orders, Court of King's Bench ruling ... 314, 457 Decision-making process ... 313-15, 457-61
Public Interest Commissioner
Appointment of Marianne Ryan (2017-2022) ... 1488
Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sabir: defeated) ... 580
Substance abuse and addiction
Deaths, 2023 ... 1362 Harm reduction strategies ... 1363
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024
Surgery procedures
Alberta surgical initiative ... 1598 Wait times ... 849, 901, 937, 1714 Wait times, measures to reduce ... 937 Wait times, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 936-37
Tax credits
Alberta Is Calling attraction bonus ... 901 Alberta Is Calling attraction bonus, administrative costs ... 899-900
Tourism
Provincial support for municipalities in the Rocky Mountains (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 954
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Unions
Advocacy role ... 748 History in Canada ... 747-48 Impact on marginalized and racialized communities ... 747-48 Recognition of importance of unionization in Alberta (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: defeated) ... 747-48
Utilities Affordability Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 19)
Voting in municipal elections
Sigurdson, Hon. Lori, ECA (Edmonton-Riverview, NDP)
Affordable supportive living initiative
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2024 (Bill 15)
Budget 2024-2025
Funding for inflation and population growth ... 865
Canada-Alberta agreement to work together to improve health care for Canadians (2023-26)
Funding for shared priorities ... 835
Canada pension plan
Alberta's contributions ... 337
Carewest Colonel Belcher, Calgary
Patients with complex needs ... 1656-57
Christenson Developments Inc.
Consumer investigations unit
Investigations, life leases ... 1041
Consumer Protection (Life Leases) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 1040-41, 1101-2 Second reading, referral amendment REF1 (Kayande: defeated) ... 1101-2 Prospective application ... 1040-41, 1101-2 Section 3, addition of part 3.1, life leases ... 1041 Stakeholder consultation ... 1041
Continuing care
Federal-provincial agreement, status ... 835, 866 Funding ... 263 Funding from supplementary supply ... 835, 866 Members' statements ... 477
Continuing/extended care facilities
Gender-based violence
Strategy to end, funding agreement (federal-provincial), funding from supplementary supply ... 835-37, 865
Government accountability
Openness and transparency ... 547
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Appointment process ... 580-81 Executive compensation ... 581
Health Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 580-81
Health care capacity issues
Hospitals
Patient discharge supports ... 720, 754, 767-68 Patient discharge supports, investigations of ... 781, 866 Patient discharge supports, members' statements ... 794, 1580
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
Committee ... 546-47 Committee, amendment A3 (amendments to section 1, replacing subsection (3) and amending subsection (7)) (Sabir: defeated) ... 546-47 Section 1(2), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, section 7, gifts and benefits from persons other than the Crown ... 547
Life lease housing
Entrance fee repayment ... 1041, 1101-2 Entrance fee repayment, affected persons ... 1040-41 Lease agreements ... 1040, 1101 Lease agreements, enforcement ... 1041
Members' statements (current session)
Continuing care ... 477 Home-care services ... 992-93 Hospital discharge policies ... 794, 1580 Seniors' issues ... 134 Social workers ... 672 Supports for seniors ... 632
Ministry of Children and Family Services
Staff, qualifications ... 690-91
Ministry of Health
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 835, 866
Ministry of Seniors, Community and Social Services
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Colonel Belcher continuing care facility ... 1656-57 Continuing care standards ... 767-68, 1201-2 Continuing care system ... 263 Health system reform ... 1441-42 Home-care services ... 914, 1358-59 Hospital discharge policies ... 720, 754, 781 Life lease housing ... 1083 Provincial pension plan proposal ... 414-15, 450 Seniors and cost of living ... 1555 Social workers ... 690-91 Supports for seniors ... 451 Vaccination policies ... 174
Pharmacists
COVID-19 vaccination fees ... 174
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Postsecondary educational institutions
Provincial pension plan proposal
Benefits, portability of ... 337 Benefits, security of ... 337 Potential impact on other Canadians ... 336-37, 450 Public consultation ... 336-37 Public consultation, cost of ... 337-38 Public response ... 336, 338, 414-15
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Second reading ... 1538-39 Second reading, referral amendment REF1 (Sabir: defeated) ... 1538-39 Application ... 1538 Section 2, intergovernmental agreements ... 1538-39
Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sabir: defeated) ... 580-81 Auditing of employer committees and employer associations ... 581
Real Property Governance Act (Bill 13, 2024)
Committee ... 1227-28 Purposes ... 1227 Section 3, application ... 1228 Section 4, paramountcy ... 1228
Research grants
Tri-agency funding programs ... 1539
St. Joseph's College, Edmonton
Alumni ... 455 Mission ... 455
St. Joseph's College Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill Pr. 1)
First reading ... 289 Second reading ... 455 Committee ... 515 Third reading ... 530
Seniors
Aging in place, benefits of ... 817 Contribution to communities ... 817 Demographic projections ... 817 Members' statements ... 134 Programs and services, funding ... 865 Programs and services, members' statements ... 632 Social inclusion ... 817
Seniors' health care
Health and wellness programs, accessibility ... 817-18 Support for health and wellness programs (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried as amended) ... 817-18, 822
Seniors' home adaptation and repair program (SHARP)
Social workers
Members' statements ... 672
Special needs assistance for seniors program
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024
University of Alberta
Disposition of surplus real property ... 1227-28 Funding ... 1228
Women
Workforce participation barriers ... 835-36, 865
Sigurdson, Hon. R.J., ECA (Highwood, UCP)
Agricultural programs
Funding ... 18, 1119 General remarks ... 207 Sustainable practices ... 1054
Agriculture
Investment targets ... 18 Sustainable practices ... 1119
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Funding from supplementary supply ... 830-31 Income support programs ... 830-31 Insurance programs ... 830-31 Insurance programs, premium pool balance ... 831
AgriRecovery (federal-provincial program)
2023 Canada-Alberta drought livestock assistance program ... 173, 207
Distilling industry
Industry growth and development ... 1613
Drivers' licences
Farm-restricted class 1 licence ... 1557
Drought mitigation
Assistance to farmers and ranchers ... 1119
Imperial Oil Limited
Strathcona refinery, renewable diesel production ... 1266
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 830-31
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Agricultural societies ... 702 Agricultural support programs ... 173-74, 207 Agriprocessing investment tax credit ... 1266-67 Distilling industry development ... 1613 Farm-restricted class 1 driver's licence ... 1557 Federal carbon tax ... 1054 Federal zero plastic waste initiative ... 1586-87 Renewable fuel incentives ... 784 Support for agriculture ... 18, 1119 Technology innovations in agriculture ... 1028-29
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Biofuel incentives ... 784
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024
Sustainable Canadian agricultural partnership (federal-provincial-territorial)
Federal and cost-shared programs ... 173-74
Tax credits
Agriprocessing investment tax credit ... 18, 1266-67
University of Calgary
Alberta digitalization agriculture program, funding ... 1029
Zero plastic waste initiative (federal)
Impact on agriculture and agribusiness ... 1586-87
Sinclair, Scott (Lesser Slave Lake, UCP)
Aboriginal communities
Health care services ... 294
Aboriginal consultation
Land conservation ... 492, 649
Addiction treatment
Recovery-oriented services ... 1445
Alberta Health Care Insurance (Access Fees) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 201)
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal participation ... 1307 Accessibility ... 1307-8
Bail
Bail system reform ... 679, 1451 Bail system reform, members' statements ... 378-79
Big Island provincial park
Class size (elementary and secondary schools)
Class size initiative (elementary and secondary schools)
Review by Education ministry (2019) ... 238
Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations
Premier's meeting with Treaty 6 leadership ... 598
Corporate taxation, provincial
Correctional services
Electronic monitoring of offenders ... 1451
Crime
Aboriginal communities ... 1451
Edmonton (city)
Proposed national urban park ... 492
Edmonton Police Service
Constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan, members' statements ... 844
Education
Complex classroom situations ... 238-39
Education (Class Size and Composition) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 202)
Second reading ... 238-39 Section 5, addition of division 8, class size and composition reporting ... 238
Education finance
Classroom complexity grant ... 239 Funding for new teachers and educational support staff ... 238
Energy industries
Aboriginal participation ... 1086 Federal emissions cap, potential impact on Aboriginal communities ... 1086
First responders
Support programs, members' statements ... 1384-85
Haugen, Darcy
Members' statements ... 927
Health care
Private service delivery ... 120
Health care finance
Publicly funded services ... 120-21
Homeless persons
Edmonton encampments ... 688 Supports and services ... 688, 1445
Internet
Rural high-speed service, members' statements ... 696
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 100, 165, 199, 253, 287, 346, 443, 468, 532, 695, 717, 751, 763, 777, 1023, 1048, 1079, 1142, 1165, 1437, 1521, 1549, 1579, 1604, 1653-54, 1718
Labour force planning
Skilled labour recruitment and retention ... 1307 Skilled labour supply ... 1306-7
Land conservation
Federal-provincial jurisdiction ... 649-50
Legislature Grounds
Residential schools monument ... 247
Lesser Slave Lake (constituency)
Aboriginal communities ... 178 Constituency priorities ... 178 Member's personal and family history ... 177-79 Member's response to comments in Chamber and on social media, members' statements ... 1049 Member's wedding anniversary, members' statements ... 1613 Overview ... 178
Live events (concerts, conferences, sports events, etc.)
Major sports events hosting ... 475
Members' statements (current session)
Bail system reform ... 378-79 Bridge dedication for constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan ... 844 Darcy Haugen ... 927 Member's response to comments in Chamber and on social media ... 1049 Member's wedding anniversary ... 1613 National Indigenous Veterans Day ... 166 Rural high-speed Internet ... 696 Supports for first responders ... 1384-85
Municipal Government (National Urban Parks) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 492, 649-50 Section 2, addition of proposed section 70.1, proposed national urban park plan ... 649-50
National Indigenous Veterans Day
Members' statements ... 166
Nurses
Bridging programs for internationally educated nurses ... 121 Training programs ... 121
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Automobile insurance rates ... 84 Community safety ... 1445 Federal carbon tax increase ... 771-72 Federal oil and gas emissions cap ... 1086 Homeless supports ... 688 New Stollery children's hospital ... 294 Premier's meeting with Treaty 6 First Nations ... 598 Promotion of Alberta's energy industry ... 1291-92 Rural crime prevention ... 679 Support for sports in Alberta ... 474-75 Tax policies and economic development ... 109 Technology innovations in agriculture ... 1028-29
Police
Independent agency police services ... 1451
Primary care (medicine)
Workforce strategy ... 121
Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 11)
Third reading ... 1450-51 Third reading, hoist amendment HA1 (Haji: defeated) ... 1450-51
Reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Officer numbers ... 1451 Response times, rural areas ... 1450-51
School construction
New schools and modernizations ... 238
Skilled labour (trades)
Social status ... 1307 Union training centres ... 1307
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education (Valuing Skilled Workers) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 207)
Second reading ... 1306-8 Section 3, amendments to section 3, apprenticeship education programs, credentials ... 1307 Section 4, amendments to section 4, industry training programs, credentials ... 1307
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, maiden speeches ... 177-79
Sports
Funding for youth sport ... 474-75
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
SO 7(1), addition of Indigenous land acknowledgement to daily Routine (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried as amended) ... 247-48 SO 7(1), addition of Indigenous land acknowledgement to daily Routine (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried as amended), amendment A1 (Sinclair: carried) ... 248
Stollery children's hospital, Edmonton
Surgery procedures
Chartered surgical facilities ... 120
Taxation, provincial
Provincial policies ... 109
Trade Winds to Success program
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Report recommendations, implementation ... 247
United Conservative Party of Alberta
2023 election platform (Moving Alberta Forward), public health guarantee ... 120 First Indigenous MLA ... 177
University of Calgary
Alberta digitalization agriculture program, funding ... 1028-29
Singh, Peter (Calgary-East, UCP)
29th Legislature
Government record ... 708
Addiction treatment
Recovery communities ... 187 Recovery-oriented services ... 1528 Virtual opioid dependency program ... 186-87
Affordability plan, provincial
Affordable housing
Funding ... 676 Provincial strategy (Stronger Foundations, 2021) ... 629 Spaces ... 630
Alberta carbon capture incentive program
Expense limitations ... 708-9
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Alberta in Canada
Federal-provincial relations ... 216
Canadian centre of recovery excellence
Carbon pricing (federal)
Home heating oil exemption ... 31-32 Impact on Canadians (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 31-32 Impact on cost of living ... 31, 216 Rate increase ... 31
Corporate taxation, provincial
Crime prevention
Drug-related crime ... 1528 Public safety initiatives ... 217, 387
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt repayment ... 708 Debt-servicing costs ... 708
Diwali
Members' statements ... 81
Eid al-Fitr
Members' statements ... 993
Film and television industry
International film production ... 709
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 708-9 Section 2, amendments to Alberta Personal Income Tax Act, addition of division 4.03, attraction bonus ... 709 Section 3, amendments to Film and Television Tax Credit Act ... 709
Fiscal policy, provincial
Members' statements ... 477
Foreign Credential Advisory Committee Act (Bill 203, 2023)
Second reading ... 482-83 Section 2, advisory committee ... 483 Section 3, mandate ... 483 Section 5, appointment of members ... 483
Foreign Credentials Advisory Committee Act, 2022 (Ontario, Bill 6)
Fuel tax
Collection stoppage extension ... 31-32
General revenue fund
Alberta fund, spending provisions ... 708
Greenhouse gas emissions
Canada's emissions ... 31
Health care finance
Cost of services for Albertans experiencing drug addiction ... 186 Funding ... 709
Health system reform
Purpose and goals ... 1589
Holi
Members' statements ... 718
Hospital emergency services
Capacity issues, wait times ... 1589
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 499, 532, 621, 717, 763, 843, 991, 1048, 1111, 1142, 1467, 1497, 1549, 1579
Labour mobility
Recognition of international credentials ... 483
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA Moe Amery, members' statements ... 1151
Members' statements (current session)
Former MLA Mohammed "Moe" Amery ... 1151 Holi ... 718 Provincial fiscal policies ... 477 Salvation Army ... 844 Vaisakhi and Eid al-Fitr ... 993
Mental health and addiction strategy
Recovery-oriented system of care ... 186, 962
Motor vehicle insurance
Regulatory reform ... 216
Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 3)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Addiction treatment and recovery ... 1528 Affordability measures ... 1150 Affordable housing ... 629-30, 676 Crime and public safety ... 387 Economic indicators ... 1414-15 Health care wait times ... 1589 Homeless supports ... 206 Mental health and addiction services ... 962 Photoradar use in Alberta ... 350
Pharmaceuticals industry
Development and marketing of opioids ... 186 Provincial litigation ... 186-87
Public Health Act
Section 29, isolation and quarantine ... 316
Public Health Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 315-16 Section 2, amendments to section 29, isolation and quarantine ... 316 Section 3, addition of section 74.1, Lieutenant Governor in Council authority ... 316
Public health orders
COVID-19 related orders, Court of King's Bench ruling ... 316 Decision-making process ... 315-16
Revenue
2023-2024 revenue, members' statements ... 477
Safer communities and neighbourhoods program (SCAN)
Program expansion ... 387
Salvation Army
Members' statements ... 844
Tax credits
Agriprocessing investment tax credit ... 709 Alberta Is Calling attraction bonus ... 709 Film and television industry tax credit ... 709
Traffic monitoring
Mobile speed cameras (photoradar), restrictions on use ... 350
Vaisakhi
Members' statements ... 993
Smith, Hon. Danielle, ECA (Brooks-Medicine Hat, UCP)
Act Respecting the Ministère du Conseil Exécutif (Quebec)
Addiction treatment
Recovery communities ... 928
Alberta advantage immigration program
Nomination certificates under provincial nominee program (federal) ... 1666
Alberta emissions reduction and energy development plan
2050 net-zero objective ... 1124-25 General remarks ... 392 Reduction targets ... 1167-68
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Alberta Health Services Board
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Section 3, when referendum is binding ... 414
Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act
Resolution on federal clean electricity regulations (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 389-94 Resolution on federal clean electricity regulations ... 347-48, 380-81 Resolution on federal clean electricity regulations, provision for Alberta Crown corporation ... 393
Alberta Taxpayer Protection Act
Section 1, referendum required ... 57
Alberta Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 1)
First reading ... 10 Second reading ... 57-58 Section 4, replacement of section 1, referendum required ... 57
Alberta Utilities Commission
Inquiry into the ongoing economic, orderly, and efficient development of electricity generation in Alberta, module A report ... 698-99
Brooks-Medicine Hat (constituency)
Calgary-Lougheed (constituency)
March 2024 town hall ... 640-41
Canada-Alberta agreement to work together to improve health care for Canadians (2023-26)
Canada pension plan
Alberta's asset share, determination of ... 48, 414 Alberta's contributions ... 202, 224
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage
Federal incentives ... 393 Projects ... 391, 913 Provincial programs ... 393
Carbon pricing (federal)
Impact on cost of living ... 57 Rate increase ... 913
Christenson Developments Inc.
Clean electricity regulations (federal)
Compliance and enforcement ... 391 Consultations, Alberta's submission ... 391, 394 Emergency exemptions ... 392 Emission intensity targets and timelines ... 391-94 Peaking plant requirements ... 391 Potential financial impact ... 391
Climate change strategy (federal)
Emissions targets ... 1125
Coal mines and mining
Development policies, access to information ... 1263-64 Development policies, access to information, Court of King's Bench ruling ... 1082 Exploration activities, eastern slopes ... 81
Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations
Premier's meeting with Treaty 6 leadership ... 598-99
Constitution Act, 1867
Division of powers ... 1123-24, 1127, 1665, 1668 Section 91, legislative authority of Parliament of Canada ... 1123 Section 92, subjects of exclusive provincial legislation ... 1123-24 Section 92A, nonrenewable natural resources, forestry resources, and electrical energy ... 390, 1124 Section 93, legislation respecting education ... 1124 Section 95, concurrent powers of legislation respecting agriculture, etc. ... 1124
Constitutional law
Co-operative federalism ... 1125 Power of disallowance ... 1122-23
Continuing care
Canada-Alberta aging with dignity funding agreement ... 1666
Continuing/extended care facilities
Health service standards ... 781
Corporate taxation, provincial
Rates ... 57 Revenue ... 58
Correctional facilities
Therapeutic living units ... 1667
Council of the Federation
November 2023 meeting ... 1665
COVID-19 vaccines
Vaccination of children ... 1408
Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees
Election, nomination of Member for Airdrie-East ... 3
Drugs, nonprescription
Children's pain and fever medication supply ... 1320-21
Drugs, prescription
National pharmacare program proposed ... 596-97, 697-98 Provincial plans ... 697
DynaLife Medical Labs
Provincial contract termination ... 15
Economic development
Diversification ... 58 Investment in Alberta ... 58 Research and innovation ... 1665
Edmonton public school board
Edmonton-Strathcona (constituency)
Tribute to Hon. Rachel Notley, ministerial statements ... 1718-19
Education finance
Funding ... 290, 994, 1552 Funding for enrolment growth ... 640 Funding for new teachers and educational support staff ... 674 Funding for students with complex needs ... 994-95 Funding model ... 1143
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Electric power
New generation ... 392 Transmission grid capacity ... 1231-32 Transmission grid reliability ... 391-92, 394
Electric power plants
Gas-fired facilities, costs ... 392
Emergency Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 21)
Section 4, amendments to Emergency Management Act ... 1440
Ethics Commissioner
Committee recommendation of appointment of Shawn McLeod ... 1351-52
Ethics Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
May 17, 2023, report on allegations involving Hon. Danielle Smith, Member for Brooks-Medicine Hat, Premier of Alberta ... 3, 15
Federal-provincial-territorial fiscal relations
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 10)
Section 2, amendments to Alberta Personal Income Tax Act, addition of division 4.03, attraction bonus ... 685-86
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive compensation ... 82
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Methane emission reduction ... 393 Technology development ... 391
Health care capacity issues
Health facilities
Private clinics, access fees ... 1232
Health system reform
Purpose and goals ... 1720 Stakeholder consultation ... 1606
Hospital construction
Public-private partnerships (P3s) ... 673-74
Hydroelectric power
New facility costs ... 392
Immunization
Public education and communication ... 1408
Impact Assessment Act (federal)
Supreme Court of Canada ruling ... 391, 1123
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Job creation
Full-time jobs ... 58 New jobs ... 1665
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
Section 1(2), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, section 7, gifts and benefits from persons other than the Crown ... 256, 290
Labour force planning
Labour shortages ... 685-86 Skilled labour supply ... 1667
Members' apologies
Ethics Commissioner's May 17, 2023, report, findings, and recommendations ... 3
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Tribute to the Member for Edmonton-Strathcona, ministerial statements ... 1718-19
Ministerial statements (current session)
Alberta-Poland relations ... 1166 Tribute to the Member for Edmonton-Strathcona ... 1718-19
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 20)
Municipalities
Agreements with federal government ... 993-94, 1049
Nuclear energy
New facility costs ... 392 Small modular reactors ... 393-94
Office of the Premier
Premier's appearance on Tucker Carlson Live ... 137-38, 203
Oncologists
Recruitment and retention ... 1523-24
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Access to information on coal development policies ... 1082, 1263-64 Addiction treatment and recovery ... 928 Affordable housing ... 960 Agency, board, and commission executive compensation ... 82 AHS Board chair ... 167-68 Alberta emissions reduction and energy development plan ... 1167-68 Alberta Energy Regulator review ... 289-90 Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act ... 347-48, 380-81 AUC inquiry report recommendations ... 698-99 Automobile insurance rates ... 48 Bill 18 ... 1049-50, 1081-82 Bill 20 ... 1319-20, 1385-86, 1582, 1605-6 Bills 20 and 21 ... 1440 Children's pain medication purchase ... 1320-21 Conflicts of Interest Act amendments ... 256, 290 COVID-19 data task force ... 1200 COVID-19 vaccines ... 1408 Daycare funding ... 625-26 Eastern slopes protection and coal development policies ... 81 Edmonton public school board funding ... 1143 Education funding ... 640, 994-95, 1552 Electric power system ... 1231-32 Environmental monitoring of the oil sands ... 380 Ethics Commissioner appointment ... 1351-52 Ethics Commissioner's May 2023 report ... 15 Federal carbon tax increase ... 913 Federal-municipal agreements ... 993-94 Federal postsecondary research funding ... 1050 Fort McMurray wildfire evacuations ... 1443, 1446 Fuel tax increase ... 910-11 Gaza protests and law enforcement response ... 1470 Gaza protests at universities ... 1408-9 Government contracts ... 255-56, 1552-53 Government policies ... 624 Government policies and cost of living ... 1720-21 Health care system ... 14-15 Health care system capacity ... 1143-44, 1439-40 Health care user fees ... 1232 Health system reform ... 136-37, 168, 201-2, 996, 1469-70, 1499-1500, 1720 Health system reform consultations ... 1606 Hospital discharge policies ... 780-81, 795-96, 845-46, 910, 1524 Life lease housing ... 1052 Neonatal intensive care unit capacity ... 1113-14 Oncologist recruitment ... 1523-24 Personal income tax rates ... 595-96, 639-40 Premier's appearance on Tucker Carlson Live ... 137-38, 203 Premier's meeting with Treaty 6 First Nations ... 598-99 Prescription drug coverage ... 697-98 Presumptive WCB coverage for wildland firefighters ... 1199 Provincial labour supply ... 685-86 Provincial pension plan proposal ... 13-14, 47-48, 202, 224, 323-24, 348, 413-14 Provincial police agency ... 698 Provincial response to federal pharmacare plan ... 596-97 Public health emergencies governance review report ... 223 Red Deer regional hospital expansion ... 673-74 Support for teachers ... 674 Support for wildfire evacuees ... 1581-82 Surgical wait times ... 927-28, 959 Time limits on bill debate ... 1656 Town hall in Calgary-Lougheed ... 640-41 Transgender youth policy ... 596, 878-79, 1721 Wildland firefighter recruitment and retention ... 1407-8
Parliamentary debate
Time allocation motions ... 1656
Petrochemicals industries
Federal-provincial funding ... 393
Plastics
Federal regulations, federal court ruling ... 391, 1123
Poland
Relations with Alberta, ministerial statements ... 1166
Police
Independent agency police services ... 698
Population of Alberta
Alberta Is Calling in-migration campaign ... 58 In-migration ... 392
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Postsecondary educational institutions
Collaboration initiatives, action for net zero ... 1667 Freedom of speech ... 1126-27 Gaza protests, police response ... 1408-9, 1470
Provincial pension plan proposal
Analysis (LifeWorks report) ... 13-14, 202, 224 Federal-provincial-territorial meetings ... 202 Public consultation ... 13-14, 47-48, 202, 323-24, 348 Public consultation, cost of ... 14, 224 Public response ... 47 Referendum proposed ... 413-14
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel
Final report recommendations ... 223
Reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples
Provincial initiatives ... 598-99
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Development policies ... 698-99 Electric power generation ... 392
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Safe supply (drug use harm reduction strategy)
Federal pilot program ... 1127, 1667 Other jurisdictions ... 1127
School construction
New schools and modernizations ... 640
Speech from the Throne
Consideration on October 31, 2023 (Government Motion 1: carried) ... 10
Substance abuse and addiction
Harm reduction strategies ... 928
Surgery procedures
Chartered surgical facilities ... 928 Wait times ... 927-28, 959
Tax credits
Alberta Is Calling attraction bonus ... 685-86
Taxation, provincial
Crossjurisdictional comparison ... 57 Provincial policies ... 57
Travel Alberta
Advertising campaign (To Be an Albertan) ... 58
United Conservative Party of Alberta
2023 election platform (Moving Alberta Forward), tax policy ... 595
Venture capital
Investment in Alberta ... 58
Water quality
Monitoring in the oil sands ... 380
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2024)
Wildfire prevention and control
Wildfires, Alberta (2023)
Federal assistance ... 393
Workers' compensation
Presumptive coverage for wildland firefighters ... 1199, 1408
Speaker, The (Cooper, Nathan M.)
Aboriginal communities
Wildfire prevention and control, points of order on debate ... 1036
Addiction treatment
Support for staff, points of order on debate ... 1038-40
Affordable housing
Federal-provincial funding agreements, points of order on debate ... 1091 Spaces, points of order on debate ... 729
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Funding, points of order on debate ... 1561
Alberta Francophonie Month
Speaker's statements ... 763
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Restructuring, points of order on debate ... 176, 1478
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 585-87 Opposition amendments, points of order on debate ... 543-44
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Interchanges, points of order on debate ... 455
Arts and culture
Funding for children, points of order on debate ... 1003
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Appeals, points of order on debate ... 1361
Bills, government (procedure)
Interventions ... 1018, 1377 Relevance of debate ... 440 Speaking rotation ... 1533
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Precedence of bills on the Order Paper, Speaker's statements ... 788
Calgary-Lougheed (constituency)
March 2024 town hall, points of order on debate ... 648
Calgary Police Commission
Report on 1997 police misconduct investigation of Constable Sean Chu, provincial review, points of order on debate ... 1395
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Anniversary of Oral Question Period live streaming, Speaker's statements ... 231 Electronic device use, Speaker's statements ... 25, 648-49 Exhibits, points of order on debate ... 1089 Social media use, Speaker's statements ... 25
Chief Electoral Officer's office investigations/inquiries
Investigation of Take Back Alberta ... 797 Investigation of Take Back Alberta, points of order on debate ... 804-5
Christenson Developments Inc.
Life leases, points of order on debate ... 1037, 1090
Class size (elementary and secondary schools)
Reporting requirements, points of order on debate ... 113
Coal mines and mining
Development policies, access to information, points of order on debate ... 1155
Commonwealth Day
Speaker's statement ... 638
Continuing/extended care facilities
Health service standards, points of order on debate ... 1208-9
Cost of living
Increase, seniors, points of order on debate ... 454
Daycare centres
New spaces, points of order on debate ... 333-34
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election ... 3 Election, nomination of Member for Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock ... 3 Election of Glenn van Dijken, Member for Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock ... 4
Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees
Election ... 3 Election, nomination of Member for Airdrie-East ... 3 Election of Angela D. Pitt, Member for Airdrie-East ... 3
Drivers' licences
Farm-restricted class 1 licence, points of order on debate ... 1561
Drugs, nonprescription
Children's pain and fever medication supply, points of order on debate ... 1328
DynaLife Medical Labs
Provincial contract termination, points of order on debate ... 112
Edmonton-North West (constituency)
Member's 15th anniversary of election, Speaker's statements ... 1717
Education finance
Federal funding for Aboriginal students, points of order on debate ... 1091 Funding, points of order on debate ... 512
Electric power
Transmission grid reliability, points of order on debate ... 936
Emergency Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 21)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1547
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main estimates 2024-2025 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 632
Ethics Commissioner
Appointment of Shawn McLeod (Government Motion 34: carried), points of order on debate ... 1486-89 Committee recommendation of appointment of Shawn McLeod, points of order on debate ... 1416
Ethics Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
May 17, 2023, report on allegations involving Hon. Danielle Smith, Member for Brooks-Medicine Hat, Premier of Alberta, points of order on debate ... 23
Family justice system
Provincial strategy, points of order on debate ... 1209
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Provincial transgender youth policy, points of order on debate ... 603-4, 886-87 Support for, points of order on debate ... 233, 681
God Save the King
Performed by Ariana Whitlow and the Royal Canadian Artillery Band ... 9
Government policies
Members' statements, points of order on debate ... 1560-61
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Methane emission targets, points of order on debate ... 422-23
Health facilities
Parking fees for health care workers, points of order on debate ... 1058-59 Private clinics, access fees, points of order on debate ... 1272
Homeless persons
Supports and services, members' statements, points of order on debate ... 774 Supports and services, points of order on debate ... 604, 1002-3, 1560
Hospital capacity issues
Neonatal intensive care unit capacity, points of order on debate ... 1121-22, 1153-54
Hospital construction
New hospital, south Edmonton, points of order on debate ... 113-14, 920
Housing Statutes (Housing Security) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 205)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1066
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake (constituency)
Member's 5th anniversary of election, Speaker's statements ... 11
Internet
Rural high-speed service, points of order on debate ... 1037-38
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 79-80, 99, 133, 165, 221, 345, 467, 531, 593, 621, 637, 683, 695, 717, 751, 763, 925, 1023, 1047, 1079, 1111, 1141, 1165, 1229, 1261, 1283, 1317, 1349, 1383, 1405, 1437, 1497, 1603, 1653, 1717
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Ambassador and honorary consul general of the Kingdom of Morocco ... 1141 Ambassador of Kosovo ... 133 Ambassador of Nepal and deputy chief of mission ... 1512-13 Ambassador of the Republic of TĂĽrkiye ... 1111 Australia's high commissioner to Canada ... 11 CEO of Alberta Real Estate Association ... 253 Chief administrative officer for Newell county ... 99 Chief Dr. Willie Littlechild, Chief Andy Alook, and Chief Isaac Laboucan-Avirom ... 345 Chief Raymond Powder ... 763 Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations officials ... 1047 Consul general and high commissioner of India ... 637 Consul general of Israel and consul staff ... 321 Consul general of the Philippines ... 1261 Consul general of Ukraine ... 1497 Consul general of Vietnam ... 411 Council of State Governments' midwest delegation ... 793 Council of State Governments West delegation ... 1283 Family of former Clerk David McNeil ... 79 Family of former MLA Denis Herard ... 253 Family of former MLA Frederick Stewart ... 79 Family of former MLA James Heron ... 1261 Family of former MLA Ken Lemke ... 99 Family of former MLA Marie Laing ... 45 Family of former MLA Moe Amery ... 1141 Family of former MLA Neville Roper ... 221 Family of former MLA Peter Elzinga ... 443 Family of pilot Ryan Gould ... 345 Former MLA Arno Doerksen ... 99 Former MLA Christine Cusanelli ... 253 Former MLA Derek Fildebrandt ... 287 Former MLA Deron Bilous ... 621, 1437 Former MLA Greg Clark ... 133 Former MLA Ken Kowalski ... 79 Former MLA Kyle Fawcett ... 637 Former MLA Marg McCuaig-Boyd ... 763 Former MLA Mark Smith ... 411 Former MLA Pat Rehn ... 991 Former MLA Richard Gotfried ... 467 Legislative Assembly security officer Don DeChamplain and family ... 907 Lloydminster mayor Gerald Aalbers ... 1579 Lubicon First Nation officials ... 1023 Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia ... 1197 MP for Calgary Shepard Tom Kmiec and family ... 1165 New LAO staff ... 321 Northwest Territories' Speaker Shane Thompson and delegation ... 1497 Officials from Akashic Technologies Canada ... 1197 Officials from Romanian Ministry of Energy ... 1197 Peter and Christina Pilarski and family ... 907 President of the Republic of Poland and official delegation ... 1165 Shirley Nieves ... 907 Singers Molly and Janet Layton ... 99 Strathcona Christian academy elementary school choir ... 637 Woodland Cree First Nation officials ... 637
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
Second reading, hoist amendment HA1 (Metz/Gray: defeated), points of order on debate ... 438 Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sabir: defeated), point of privilege raised (threatening a member, Member for Cardston-Siksika's remarks) ... 591 Section 1(2), amendments to Conflicts of Interest Act, section 7, gifts and benefits from persons other than the Crown, points of order on debate ... 233
Land titles registry
Applications backlog, points of order on debate ... 479
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
Remarks at the end of the spring sitting, Speaker's statements ... 1742
Legislative Assembly Office
History ... 10 Services ... 10
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Entrance into the Chamber ... 5
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA David Russell, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 467 Former MLA Denis Herard, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 253 Former MLA Don Tannas, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 377, 499 Former MLA Frederick Stewart, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 79 Former MLA Greg Stevens, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 531 Former MLA Guy Boutilier, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 637 Former MLA James Heron, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 1261 Former MLA Ken Lemke, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 99 Former MLA Marie Laing, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 45 Former MLA Moe Amery, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 1141 Former MLA Neville Roper, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 221 Former MLA Peter Elzinga, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 377, 443 Former MLA Peter Knaak, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 499 Former MLA Stephen Stiles, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 411 Incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar, point of privilege raised ... 968-69 Incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar, point of privilege raised, point of clarification ... 969 Member for Edmonton-North West's 15th anniversary of election, Speaker's statements ... 1717 Member for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake's 5th anniversary of election, Speaker's statements ... 11 Memorial tribute ... 11 Statistics, 31st Legislature ... 9
Members' statements (procedure)
Rotation of statements, Speaker's statements ... 12
Motions (procedure)
Amendments to private members' motions ... 248, 664, 1073, 1191, 1311 Interventions not permitted on private members' motions ... 496
Motor vehicle insurance
Premiums, rate freeze, points of order on debate ... 1360-61
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 20)
Stakeholder consultation, points of order on debate ... 1327-28, 1395
Municipalities
Agreements with federal government, points of order on debate ... 1035, 1058, 1091 Provincial-municipal relations, points of order on debate ... 1208
O Canada
Performed by Ariana Whitlow and the Royal Canadian Artillery Band ... 5
Office of the Premier
Premier's appearance on Tucker Carlson Live, points of order on debate ... 211
Officers of the Legislative Assembly
Former Clerk David McNeil, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 79
Offices of the Legislative Assembly
Main estimates 2024-2025 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 632
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Questions by parliamentary secretaries, Speaker's statements ... 12 Rotation of questions, Speaker's statements ... 12 Sub judice rule ... 1147, 1264
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Coal development policies ... 1147 Elections Alberta investigation of Take Back Alberta ... 797
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Recognition, Speaker's statements ... 1580
Parliament of Canada
Former Speaker John Allen Fraser, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 991
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Eligibility criteria, points of order on debate ... 1329
Physicians
Recruitment and retention, points of order on debate ... 1090 Supports for family physicians, points of order on debate ... 1207
Points of clarification (current session)
Speaker's ruling on privilege, threatening a member (incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar) ... 969
Points of order (current session)
Addressing questions through the chair ... 804-5, 887 Allegations against a member ... 23, 113-14, 176, 233, 333, 389, 455, 603, 1090, 1154-55, 1486, 1489, 1560-61 Allegations against members ... 233 Decorum ... 1154 Exhibits ... 886, 1089, 1294 Gestures ... 1395 Imputing falsehoods against a member ... 1038 Imputing motives ... 544, 728-29, 1040, 1091, 1122, 1208, 1328, 1416, 1591, 1694 Insulting language ... 211, 298, 604, 854, 919-20, 936, 986, 1035, 1037, 1360-61, 1488, 1560-61 Language creating disorder ... 56, 113, 211, 511, 543-44, 585-86, 681, 1002-3, 1035-36, 1038-39, 1066, 1121, 1153-54, 1156, 1207-8, 1327-28, 1547, 1560-61, 1664 Parliamentary language ... 112, 299, 333-34, 388, 454, 479, 512, 604, 648, 774, 855, 886-87, 1003, 1058-59, 1090-91, 1122, 1178, 1208-9, 1272, 1329, 1361, 1395, 1416, 1478 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 1155 Questions outside government responsibility ... 804-5 Referring to proper titles ... 1478 Referring to the absence of a member ... 422-23, 854, 1037-38 Referring to the galleries ... 855, 1037 Relevance ... 438, 587, 1105-6 Repetition ... 1487 Supplementary questions ... 1091
Police
Independent agency police services, points of order on debate ... 728
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Federal funding, points of order on debate ... 1035-36 Research funding, federal, points of order on debate ... 1036, 1154-55, 1178, 1294
Postsecondary educational institutions
Gaza protests, police response, points of order on debate ... 1416
Privilege (current session)
Threatening a member (Member for Cardston-Siksika's remarks in third reading debate on Bill 8) ... 591 Threatening a member (incident between Member for Camrose and Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar) ... 968-69
Provincial pension plan proposal
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sweet: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1694 Application, points of order on debate ... 1591, 1664 Members' statements, points of order on debate ... 1156
Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 11)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 986
Queen Elizabeth II Building, Edmonton
Democracy Discovery Centre display, Speaker's statements ... 1532
Real Property Governance Act (Bill 13, 2024)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1105-6
Reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples
Land acknowledgement by the Assembly ... 345
Rental housing
Rent costs, points of order on debate ... 511
Royal Canadian Artillery Band
Performance of God Save the King ... 9 Performance of Grand Valley Fanfare ... 5 Performance of O Canada ... 5
Service dogs
Former member's service dog Quill, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 467
Speaker, The
Casting votes, Speaker's statements ... 1329 Election of Nathan Cooper, Member for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills ... 2-3
Speaker's statements
Alberta Francophonie Month ... 763 Amendments to standing orders ... 11 Anniversary of Oral Question Period live streaming ... 231 Anniversary of VE day ... 1349 Commonwealth Day ... 638 Democracy Discovery Centre display ... 1532 Electronic devices in the Chamber ... 648-49 Former Clerk David McNeil, memorial tribute ... 79 Former House of Commons Speaker John Allen Fraser, memorial tribute ... 991 Former MLA David Russell, memorial tribute ... 467 Former MLA Denis Herard, memorial tribute ... 253 Former MLA Don Tannas, memorial tribute ... 377, 499 Former MLA Frederick Stewart, memorial tribute ... 79 Former MLA Greg Stevens, memorial tribute ... 531 Former MLA Guy Boutilier, memorial tribute ... 637 Former MLA James Heron, memorial tribute ... 1261 Former MLA Ken Lemke, memorial tribute ... 99 Former MLA Marie Laing, memorial tribute ... 45 Former MLA Moe Amery, memorial tribute ... 1141 Former MLA Neville Roper, memorial tribute ... 221 Former MLA Peter Elzinga, memorial tribute ... 377, 443 Former MLA Peter Knaak, memorial tribute ... 499 Former MLA Stephen Stiles, memorial tribute ... 411 Former service dog Quill, memorial tribute ... 467 House procedures ... 12 In memoriam ... 11 Member for Edmonton-North West's 15th anniversary of election ... 1717 Member for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake's 5th anniversary of election ... 11 Page recognition ... 1580 Private members' public bills ... 788 Remarks at the end of the spring sitting ... 1742 Retirement of table officer Janet Schwegel ... 1664 Royal Canadian Legion poppy campaign ... 56-57 Speaker casting votes ... 1329 Use of electronic devices in the Chamber ... 25 Use of social media in the Chamber ... 25
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, motion carried ... 334 Copy tabled ... 10
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendments to SOs 7, 52, and 52.01, Speaker's statements ... 11
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024
Estimates transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 788
Table officers
Retirement of Janet Schwegel, Speaker's statements ... 1664
Transportation industries
Impact of work stoppages, points of order on debate ... 1478
Victory in Europe Day
Anniversary, Speaker's statements ... 1349
Water quality
Monitoring in the oil sands, points of order on debate ... 388-89
Women's shelters
Funding, points of order on debate ... 298-99
Speech from the Throne
2030 emissions reduction plan (federal)
Provincial response ... 6
Addiction treatment
Recovery communities ... 8 Treatment spaces ... 8
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Additions to principal ... 9
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
Loan capacity funding ... 8-9
Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act
Alberta Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 1)
Child mental health services
School-based services ... 8
Clean electricity regulations (federal)
Provincial response ... 6
Educational curricula
Career education programming ... 8
Fiscal framework, provincial
Fuel tax
Collection stoppage extension ... 7
High-speed rail service
Planning, Edmonton-Calgary corridor ... 9
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Indigenous reconciliation initiative
Local government fiscal framework
Mental health services
Intervention program proposed ... 8
Motor vehicle insurance
Premiums, rate freeze ... 7 Regulatory reform ... 7
Population of Alberta
Demographic projections ... 6
Railroads
Passenger transportation expansion ... 9
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Investment ... 7 Regulatory reform ... 7-8
Road construction
Provincial highway network expansion ... 9
School boards and districts
Substance abuse and addiction
Intervention program proposed ... 8
Tax credits
Agriprocessing investment tax credit ... 8
Stephan, Jason (Red Deer-South, UCP)
Addiction treatment
Red Deer services ... 645
Affordability plan, provincial
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Second reading ... 338-40 Third reading ... 585-87 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 586 Section 9, same or lower contribution rates ... 586-87
Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act
Resolution on federal clean electricity regulations (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 616
Alberta Taxpayer Protection Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 150-52 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 150-51 Section 4, replacement of section 1, referendum required ... 152
Anaesthesiologists
Recruitment and retention ... 86
Canada pension plan
Alberta's contributions ... 340, 587 Contribution rates ... 339, 586 Investment management fees ... 340 Provincial withdrawal, legislated requirements ... 338 Rate of return ... 340
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Response to Alberta pension plan proposal ... 340
Carbon pricing (federal)
Home heating oil exemption ... 1077 Impact on cost of living ... 884
Citizen Initiative Act
Proposed amendments ... 1269
Clean electricity regulations (federal)
Emission intensity targets and timelines ... 616 Potential financial impact ... 616
Constitution Act, 1867
Section 92A, nonrenewable natural resources, forestry resources, and electrical energy ... 616
Corporate taxation, provincial
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 616
Energy resources
Provincial jurisdiction ... 616
Families
General remarks ... 1194 Members' statements ... 331 Recognition of children's best interests ... 1194 Recognition of parental and guardian rights (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried), amendment A1 (Batten: defeated) ... 1194-95 Role in child development ... 1194-95
Family justice system
Provincial strategy, members' statements ... 1048
Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (federal)
Alberta Court of Appeal ruling ... 1077 Constitutional reference to Alberta Court of Appeal (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: carried) ... 1077 Supreme Court of Canada ruling ... 1077
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 695, 763, 875-76, 1142, 1229, 1317, 1467, 1498, 1521, 1549, 1604
March for Life
Members' statements ... 1581
Members' statements (current session)
Family justice strategy ... 1048 March for Life ... 1581 Support for families ... 331
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Anaesthesiologist recruitment ... 86 Bill 1 ... 50-51 Federal carbon tax ... 884 Federal policies ... 1477 Parental choice in education ... 1203-4 Recall and citizen initiative legislation ... 1269 Red Deer Polytechnic expansion ... 1410 Red Deer regional hospital expansion ... 85, 759 Supervised drug consumption site in Red Deer ... 645 Supervised drug consumption sites ... 418
Points of order (current session)
Language creating disorder ... 150, 586
Provincial pension plan proposal
Analysis (LifeWorks report) ... 338 Benefits, portability of ... 338 Benefits, security of ... 338-39, 587 Public consultation ... 585-86
Recall Act
Proposed amendments ... 1269
Red Deer Polytechnic
CIM-TAC expansion ... 1410
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Cardiac care ... 759 Redevelopment ... 85, 759
Substance abuse and addiction
Supervised consumption sites, Red Deer ... 418, 645
United Conservative Party of Alberta
Statement of principles ... 1194
Sweet, Heather (Edmonton-Manning, NDP)
Aboriginal communities
Wildfire prevention and control ... 1050-51
Aboriginal peoples
Right to vote in municipal elections ... 1673, 1723
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Funding from supplementary supply ... 830-31, 834-35 Income support programs ... 830 Insurance programs ... 830-31 Insurance programs, premium pool balance ... 831
Alberta Fire Chiefs Association
Fire service advisory committee proposed ... 605
Alberta Health Care Insurance (Access Fees) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 201)
Second reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Yao: carried) ... 124-25
Alberta Pension Protection Act (Bill 2, 2023)
Second reading ... 277, 342-43, 398 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 277, 339 Second reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sweet: defeated) ... 398-99
Budget 2023-2024
Contingency fund utilization ... 834-35
Child and Youth Advocate (Parent and Guardian Advisor) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 206)
Second reading ... 1298-99 Section 6, addition of division 2, parent and guardian advisor ... 1298-99
Child and Youth Advocate's office
Community fireguard program
Consumer Protection (Life Leases) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 12)
Second reading, referral amendment REF1 (Kayande: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1102
Courts, provincial
Family law assistance ... 1299
Crime
Rates, demographic and economic factors ... 989
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act
Section 2, prohibitions ... 743
Elections, provincial
General election date ... 1683
Emergency management
Funding for municipalities ... 1675-76 State of local emergency, ministerial powers ... 1683
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42
Wildfire season preparation, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 604-5
Emergency Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 21)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1547 Committee ... 1675-77, 1683 Committee, amendment A1 (amendments to section 4(13), amending proposed section 24.1) (Sweet/Sabir: defeated) ... 1675-76 Committee, amendment A2 (amendments to sections 4(7) and 5(8)) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1676-77 Committee, amendment A3 (amendments to section 2, replacing subsection (2)) (Wright, P./Sabir: defeated) ... 1683 Members' statements ... 1521-22 Section 2, amendments to Election Act ... 1683 Section 4, amendments to Emergency Management Act ... 1675-76 Section 5, amendments to Forest and Prairie Protection Act ... 1659, 1676 Stakeholder consultation ... 1659
Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
General remarks ... 398, 743 Proposed amendments ... 277
Ethics Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
May 17, 2023, report on allegations involving Hon. Danielle Smith, Member for Brooks-Medicine Hat, Premier of Alberta, members' statements ... 21-22
Grande Prairie (city)
Transition to municipal police force ... 984
Health care finance
Publicly funded services ... 124-25
Hospital construction
New hospital, south Edmonton ... 963
Housing Statutes (Housing Security) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 205)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1066
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former MLA Bob Wanner ... 287
Labour relations
Legislative and regulatory provisions ... 743-44
Legal representation for children and youth
Access to independent counsel ... 1298-99
Members' statements (current session)
Bill 21 ... 1521-22 Ethics Commissioner's May 2023 report ... 21-22 School playground construction ... 1614 Victoria Torrie ... 795 Wildfire prevention ... 1079
Minimum wage
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 744, 748
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 830-31
Ministry of Forestry and Parks
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024 ... 834
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 20)
Second reading, time allocation (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 1548 Committee ... 1673 Committee, amendment A3 (amendments to section 1, amending subsection (25) and striking subsections (26) to (29) and (71)) (Kasawski: defeated) ... 1673 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 46: carried) ... 1702 Stakeholder consultation ... 1548, 1702
Municipalities
Provincial-municipal relations ... 1692
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Bill 21 ... 1659 Drought preparations ... 1233-34 Education funding ... 354 Firefighter training and funding ... 139-40 Hospital construction in Edmonton ... 963 Municipal voting rights of Indigenous persons ... 1723 Provincial pension plan proposal ... 291 Support for wildfire evacuees ... 1470-71 Supports for wildland firefighters ... 852-53 Water management ... 757-58 Wildfire prevention and control ... 1116 Wildfire prevention and firefighter training ... 415-16 Wildfire season preparation ... 597, 995, 1050-51, 1288
Points of order (current session)
Decorum ... 978 Imputing motives ... 277 Insulting language ... 339, 986 Language creating disorder ... 1066, 1102, 1539, 1547 Referring to a member by name ... 272 Relevance ... 981
Police
Independent agency police services ... 743, 983-84
Private members' business
Protection of children abusing drugs program
Providence Renewal Centre Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill Pr. 3)
Committee ... 1691 Third reading ... 1711
Provincial pension plan proposal
Provincial Priorities Act (Bill 18, 2024)
Second reading, time allocation (Government Motion 33: carried) ... 1532-33 Second reading, referral amendment REF1 (Sabir: defeated), points of order on debate ... 1539 Third reading ... 1692 Third reading, reasoned amendment RA1 (Sweet: defeated) ... 1692 Application ... 1532-33 Stakeholder consultation ... 1692 Time allocation motions ... 1692
Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 983-85, 989 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 978, 981, 986 Section 2, amendments to Police Act ... 984 Stakeholder consultation ... 983-84
Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 272
Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
General remarks ... 398, 743 Proposed amendments ... 277
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45, 2013)
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46, 2013)
Referendums
Regulatory framework ... 342-43
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Contract police services ... 985 Crime reduction unit ... 985 Officer numbers ... 983-84 Provincial police service agreement (PPSA), funding ... 983-84 Rural policing ... 983
Rural Municipalities of Alberta
Resolution on provincial wildfire management strategy ... 605
School construction
New schools, Edmonton ... 354 Playground construction ... 354 Playground construction, members' statements ... 1614
Schools
Enrolment pressures ... 354
Sheriffs
Roles and authorities ... 984
Supplementary supply estimates 2023-2024
Torrie, Victoria
Members' statements ... 795
Unions
Recognition of importance of unionization in Alberta (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: defeated) ... 743-44, 748-49
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2024)
Wildfire prevention and control
2024 season preparation ... 597, 995, 1050-51, 1288, 1683 2024 wildfire season preparation, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 604-5 Fire season start date ... 605 Firefighter hiring ... 139-40, 995, 1116 Firefighter supports ... 852-53 Firefighter training ... 416, 1116 FireSmart programs ... 834 Industrial infrastructure in rural areas ... 1116 Interjurisdictional co-ordination ... 597, 605 Members' statements ... 1079 Ministerial powers within municipalities ... 1676-77 Preparedness ... 415-16
Wildfires, Alberta (2023)
Funding for municipalities ... 140, 1675 Funding from supplementary supply ... 834 Provincial response ... 1683
Workers' Compensation Board
Fair practices office disestablishment ... 743
Workplace health and safety
Provincial regulations ... 743-44 Unions' role ... 748
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