Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks)
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
Airline industry
Government incentives to ... 1391
Airport authorities
Independence of ... 362 Rent paid to federal government ... 362, 1390-91
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Henwood facility, replacement of ... 1800 Leased facilities costs ... 1800
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Federal gasoline tax revenue discussions ... 852
Alberta Children's Hospital
New hospital: Funding for ... 1086 New hospital: Opening of ... 1309 New hospital: Road access ... 364
Alberta Cities Transportation Partnership program
Alberta SuperNet
General remarks ... 289 School access to ... 1095
Alberta Transportation Safety Board
Appeals to, time limit on: Legislation re (Bill 13) ... 93 Funding for ... 1085
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Federal gasoline tax revenue discussions ... 852
Alberta's Commission on Learning
School funding under Education dept. recommendation ... 84
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Cost overruns ... 1336 Funding for ... 1086, 1800 Impact on highways 14 and 21 ... 324 North portion of, completion date ... 1713 Public/private partnership funding model for north portion of ... 1713 Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of ... 324, 645, 1086, 1093, 1713, 1883-84 Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of: Contracts re (M39/05: Response tabled as SP513/05) ... 1608 Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of: Costs ... 287, 318, 617 Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of: Costs comparison for (M41/05: Response tabled as SP514/05) ... 1169, 1608 Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of: Loan interest rate comparison re (M32/05: Response tabled as SP511/05) ... 1162, 1608 Time frame for completion ... 324
Auditor General
Anthony Henday Drive P3 contract, involvement in ... 287, 318 Public/private partnership contracts, comments on ... 1095
Automobiles-Seizure
For prostitution-related offences: Legislation re (Bill 206, 2003) ... 456-57
Banff Centre for Continuing Education
Sir Donald Cameron Hall renovations, funding for ... 1086, 1088
Black Gold Regional Division #18
Operation/maintenance funding concerns ... 1030
Bow River Irrigation District
Headworks upgrading ... 1086
Bow Valley College
Construction projects at ... 1088
Bowness school, Calgary
Refurbishment of ... 1572
Bridges-Construction
Funding for ... 803, 1086 Over waterways, federal approval process re ... 1802
Bridges-North Saskatchewan River-Drayton Valley area
Calgary Airport Authority
Rent paid to federal government ... 362
Calgary Board of Education
School construction delays ... 1198-99 School maintenance problems ... 459 Western Canada high school restoration funding ... 1572
Calgary Health Region
Hospital capital upgrades ... 1309
Canada/Alberta municipal rural infrastructure program
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Hines Creek mill closure, impact of ... 88
Capital projects
Deficit re ... 1803 Public/private partnerships re ... 617, 645, 905, 1093, 1095, 1803, 1883-84 Public/private partnerships re: Auditor General's comments re ... 1095 Public/private partnerships re: List of all potential projects (M33/05: Response tabled as SP512/05) ... 1163, 1608 Small projects funding ... 1800 Surplus spending on ... 1621
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Calgary education projects ... 1026-27, 1198-99 Crowsnest Pass projects ... 1305 Federal funding ... 1086, 1800 Fort McMurray projects ... 200, 576, 1199, 1628 General remarks ... 200-01, 900, 1085, 1093-94, 1096, 1199, 1253 Regional pooling of ... 1096 Summer villages projects ... 1096 Vetting of projects with provincial government ... 1094, 1253
Capital projects-Finance
General remarks ... 1085, 1803 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 798
Cement
Shortage of, impact on road construction costs ... 1804
Class size (Grade school)
Reduction of: Funding for ... 1570
Classroom space
Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978
Committee on Aviation, Standing
Minister's presentation to, re airport rental costs ... 1391
Construction trades
Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring ... 1090-91
Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety
Airport rental costs issue ... 362
Court of Queen's Bench
Edmonton Public School Board school closure decision ... 1446
Courts-Calgary
New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 905
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Deerfoot Trail, Calgary
Douglasdale Drive interchange, funding for ... 1086 Median barrier installation ... 2011
Delta Driving School
Licensing incident ... 1309
Demerit points (Traffic infractions)
Application to photoradar infractions ... 615
Dept. of Advanced Education
Return of capital funding to ... 1803
Dept. of Education
Return of school capital funding to ... 84, 1088, 1803
Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans (Federal government)
Bridges over waterways, construction approval process ... 1802
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Return of health facility funding to ... 1803
Dept. of Infrastructure
Annual report, 2003-04 (SP53/05: Tabled) ... 94
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Annual report, 2004-05 (SP578/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Budget target ... 1621 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1085-86, 1088-91, 1093-98 Highway maintenance yard, Caroline, environmental issues re ... 1800 Reason for merging together ... 1088 Reassignment of capital funding to other departments ... 84, 1088, 1803 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1799-1805
Dept. of Transportation
Annual report, 2003-04 (SP54/05: Tabled) ... 94
Direct Energy Business Services
Energy savings partnership with University of Calgary ... 696
Drunk driving
Funding for government programs for ... 1800
Edmonton Catholic School District
Capital plan changes (Castle Downs high school, Terwillegar school) ... 1078, 1197-98
Edmonton Public School Board
Closure of schools ... 120-21, 577, 1311, 1446, 1570 Closure of schools: Court decision re ... 1446 Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... 84-85, 577 Leasing of commercial space for continuing education ... 738 Maintenance/utility costs, use of instructional funds for ... 1570 Unused space ... 738, 1570-71 Victoria school project funds, diversion to new school funding ... 1524
Edmonton Regional Airports Authority
Rent paid to federal government ... 362
Education, Postsecondary
Access to, new spaces to improve ... 1089
Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division #41
Interest in Lakeland College's Sherwood Park campus ... 1575
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... 1402-03
Emergency vehicles, Stationary
Speed limits for passing of ... 1884
Energy efficiency (Buildings)
Direct Energy/U of C partnership re ... 696
Energy resources, Alternate
Provincial government usage of ... 696
Extended care facilities-Standards
Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... 1402-03
Foothills Medical Centre
Road access to new children's hospital ... 364 Upgrades to ... 1309 Upgrades to, funding for ... 1086
Foreign workers, Temporary
Forest fires-Control
Use of government aircraft for ... 1096
Francophone schools
Provincial funding of ... 1805
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Edmonton Journal request under, re government aircraft manifest information ... 1519, 1521 Edmonton Journal request under, re government aircraft manifest information: Public inquiry re ... 1519, 1521 Liberal opposition requests under, re government aircraft manifest information ... 42, 53, 87, 122-23
Gasoline-Taxation
Federal revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 852, 1085, 1199
Government aircraft
Costs ... 46 Policy on usage of ... 18-19, 45-46, 979, 1094 Reduction in number of ... 41 Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 42, 53, 122-23, 1519, 1521 Rod Love's trip to Fort McMurray on ... 612 Use for forest fire fighting ... 1096 Use for Tory leadership campaign purposes ... 42
Government chartered aircraft
Policy on usage of ... 45-46, 87, 979, 1094 Provision of details re ... 691 Provision of details re: Documents, April 2001 to Dec. 2004 (SP358/05: Tabled) ... 957
Government office space
Leased space costs ... 1800
Government spending policy
Griffith Scott middle school, Millet
Replacement/renovation of ... 1025-26
Health facilities-Construction
Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University of Alberta)
Heavy equipment
Purchase of, with infrastructure funding ... 1253
High schools-Construction-Edmonton
Castle Downs area school, change in priority re ... 1078, 1197-98 South Edmonton academic school construction ... 1078, 1197-98
Highway 2-Aldersyde area
Interchange with highways 7 and 547 ... 575
Highway 2-Dunvegan bridge area
Highway 2A-Red Deer/Blackfalds area
Intersection at Blindman industrial park ... 1963
Highway 8-Calgary area
Impact of southwest ring road on ... 460-61 Intersection with 101st Street ... 460 Intersection with highway 22 ... 167, 460-61 Truck traffic on ... 167, 460 Twinning of ... 166-67, 461
Highway 11
Upgrading of: Cost overruns ... 1336
Highway 14
Impact of Henday Drive on ... 324
Highway 21
Impact of Henday Drive on ... 324
Highway 22
Intersection with highway 8 ... 167
Highway 725
Upgrading of: Cost overruns ... 1336
Highway construction sites-Safety aspects
Highway interchanges-Construction
Hospitals-Calgary
Capital upgrades to ... 1309 New south Calgary hospital ... 1309 New south Calgary hospital: Funding for ... 1086 New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of ... 905
Hospitals-Fort McMurray
Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 200
Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Impact of driver training course for truck drivers on ... 1308
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Young truck driver insurance rates, provincial negotiations re with ... 1308
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 1090
Lakeland College
Sherwood Park campus: P3 proposal for ... 1575
Legislature Annex Building
Legislature grounds
Power plant on, disposition of ... 1518 Upgrading of ... 1096, 1518
Lois Hole elementary school (Proposed)
Love, Rod
Trip to Fort McMurray on government aircraft ... 612
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 1096
Medicine Hat College
Construction projects at ... 1088
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Methane
Presence at proposed school site in Calgary's Battalion park area ... 2051-52
Metro High School, Edmonton
Montgomery junior high school, Calgary
Physical condition ... 459
Motorcycle driver licensing
Mount Royal College
Construction projects at ... 1088
Municipal Government Act
Crowsnest Pass regulation ... 1305
North Red Deer Regional Water Users Group
Regional water initiative ... 576
North/south trade corridor
Oil-Export
Through port of Prince Rupert ... 905
Oral Question Period (2005)
Affordable housing in Fort McMurray ... 87 Airport rental costs ... 362, 1390-91 Alberta/U.S. border crossings ... 646 Anthony Henday ring road ... 1713 Bridge repair and construction ... 803 Budget surplus expenditures ... 1621 Calgary area road construction ... 166-167 Calgary hospitals ... 1309 Calgary ring road southwest portion ... 1781-82 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. mill closure ... 88 Chartered air travel ... 979 Class sizes ... 978 Construction projects in University Heights ... 364 Deerfoot Trail median barriers ... 2011 Energy efficiency at the University of Calgary ... 696 Federal gas tax agreement ... 852 Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 576, 1628 Government air travel ... 45-46, 87 Government aircraft ... 18-19, 41-42, 122-123 Government aircraft flight logs ... 1519, 1521 Government chartered air travel ... 691 Graduated drivers' licences ... 1308 Griffith Scott middle school ... 1025-26 Highway 2A ... 1963 Highway 13 ... 1448 Highway 28 ... 741 Highway 43 ... 1740-41 Highway construction ... 950-51, 1336 Highway improvements in northeastern Alberta ... 1199-1200 Highway safety ... 44 Highways 2, 7 and 547 interchange ... 575 Impacts of oil sands expansion ... 200-201 Infrastructure needs in Fort McMurray ... 612 Infrastructure spending ... 900 Lakeland College ... 1575 Legislature environs ... 1518 Motorcycle driver licensing ... 954 Municipal grants to Crowsnest Pass ... 1305 Municipal infrastructure program ... 1253 Municipal infrastructure spending ... 1199 Oversize/overweight trucking permits ... 2010 Photoradar ... 614-15 Private/public partnerships ... 617, 645, 905, 1883-84 Railway container terminals ... 905-06 Regional water and sewer systems ... 576 Road safety ... 458 Rural development strategies ... 289 School closures ... 1446, 1570-71 School construction ... 1078 School construction estimates ... 1310-11 School construction in Calgary ... 1026-27, 1198-99, 1572-73 School construction in Edmonton ... 1197-98 School construction in southwest Calgary ... 2051-52 School funding formula ... 1522 School infrastructure ... 459 School operation and maintenance funding ... 1030-31 School utilization ... 84-85, 577, 738 School utilization formula ... 121 Seizure of vehicles in prostitution-related offences ... 120, 456-57 Southeast Edmonton ring road ... 287, 318, 324 Traffic safety ... 1884 Truck driver certification ... 1308-09 Unbudgeted surplus ... 798 Use of school instructional funding ... 1524
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital)
Upgrades to ... 1309 Upgrades to, funding for ... 1086
Photoradar (Traffic safety)
Use on provincial highways ... 614-15
Pipelines-Alberta/Prince Rupert, B.C.
Point of Order
False allegations ... 1412 Provoking debate ... 53
Port of Prince Rupert
Container terminal at ... 905
Postsecondary educational institutions
Upgrading of, funding for ... 1086
Postsecondary educational institutions-Construction
Postsecondary educational institutions-Utilization
General remarks ... 1088 Year-round operation ... 1088-89
Public buildings
Energy efficiency in ... 696
Public buildings-Maintenance and repair
Queen Elizabeth II highway-Edmonton area
Underpass, Henday Drive interchange ... 1804
Rail service-Alberta/Prince Rupert, B.C.
Railway (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 13)
First reading ... 93 Second reading ... 421, 422 Third reading ... 637
Railway container terminals-Grande Prairie area
Railway container terminals-Prince Rupert, B.C.
Impact on Alberta trade ... 905
Railway crossings
Dispute resolution mechanism re (Bill 13) ... 93
Red Deer College
Construction projects at ... 1088 Truck driver training program ... 1308
Red Deer Regional Hospital
Renovations, funding for ... 1086
Road construction
General remarks ... 1336 Gravel roads ... 1096 Priorities re ... 950-51 Resource road program ... 1085
Road construction-Finance
Road construction-Fort McMurray area
Impact of population increase on ... 87
Roads
Median barrier installation, on twinned roads ... 2011
Roads-Edmonton
23rd Avenue/Calgary Trail intersection: Upgrading ... 1091
Roads-Maintenance and repair
Roads-Maintenance and repair-Northern Alberta
General remarks ... 1199-1200 Impact on traffic safety ... 44
Rockyview General Hospital
Upgrades to ... 1309 Upgrades to, companies bidding on contracts for ... 1090
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Renovations, funding for ... 1086
Rural economic development
Government strategy re ... 289
School boards
Funding ... 1522 Funding for restoration of aging schools ... 1572 Utility costs ... 1522, 1570
Schools
Restoration of, funding for ... 1572
Schools-Construction
Determining of priorities for ... 1078 General remarks ... 1089 Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978 Impact of utilization formula on ... 121, 1310-11 Modular schools ... 1089 Public/private projects re ... 905, 1088
Schools-Construction-Calgary
Schools-Construction-Canmore
Schools-Construction-Edmonton
Schools-Construction-Falun
Schools-Construction-Finance
General remarks ... 1085, 1086 Return to Education dept. responsibility ... 84, 1088 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 798
Schools-Construction-Fort McMurray
Increase in, due to oil sands expansion ... 200
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Funding for ... 1030-31, 1085, 1086, 1522, 1570-71 General remarks ... 459 Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978 Renovation or replacement criteria ... 1026 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 798
Schools-Rural areas
Community-based utilization formula for ... 84, 121 General remarks ... 289
Schools-Utilization
Change to formula for ... 84-85, 120-21, 577, 1310-11, 1446, 1522, 1570-71 Community group use of, as part of formula re ... 577 General remarks ... 738, 1089, 1095, 1803 Review of formula for ... 1522
Sewage disposal plants, Regional
Sewage disposal plants-Finance
Sewage disposal plants-Fort McMurray
Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 200, 1628
Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary
Strategic economic corridors (Highway construction)
Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Edmonton
Closure: Court decision re ... 1446
Surplus, Budgetary
Capital project funding with ... 645, 798, 1621, 1800-01 Fort McMurray infrastructure funding with ... 1628 General remarks ... 1621 Road construction funding with ... 1800-01
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
Operational funding for ... 1085
Terrace Building, Edmonton
Terrace Heights Elementary School, Edmonton
Tourism-Southeast Alberta
Impact of additional 24-hour border crossing on ... 646
Traffic accidents-Prevention
Traffic safety
Funding for ... 1085, 1090 Funding for children's programs re ... 1800 General remarks ... 950, 1884 McDermid report on ... 44, 458, 1802 McDermid report on: Costs of (M48/05: Response tabled as SP713/05) ... 1749, 1891 Median barrier installations, on twinned roads ... 2011
Traffic safety-Northern Alberta
Traffic Safety Act
Amendments required by Bill 206, 2003 ... 456-57
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39)
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206, 2003)
Trucking industry
Oversize permit process ... 2010 Use of highway 8 ... 167
Tsuu T'ina First Nation
Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... 166, 1781-82
Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site)
Environmental cleanup of ... 1800
University of Alberta
Construction projects at ... 1088
University of Calgary
Construction projects at ... 1088 Craigie Hall renovation ... 1086 Energy savings partnership with Direct Energy ... 696
University of Lethbridge
Service building replacement ... 1086
Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Edmonton
Funding for ... 1086 Funding for, diverted to new school funding ... 1524
Warner hockey school for girls
Infrastructure funding for ... 900
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water pipelines-Red Deer area
Water treatment plants-Fort McMurray
Western Canada high school, Calgary
Wild Rose School Division
Operation/maintenance funding concerns ... 1030
Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River)
Access to the Future Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 224-25 Amendment A1 (SP271 & 313/05: Tabled) ... 733 Amendment A2 (SP314 & 343/05: Tabled) ... 733
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Risk management tools ... 698
Air tankers (Water bombers)
Fees for airport use by ... 936
Airports-Northern Alberta
Review of fees at, for water bomber fleet ... 936
Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 43)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Impact on crop production ... 698
Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Action Act (Bill Pr. 4)
Canadian Association of Food Banks
Time for Action: HungerCount 2005 (Report) (SP712/05: Tabled) ... 1891
Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38)
Crop insurance program
Spring price endorsement option: Statement re ... 698
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 935-36
Edmonton City Centre Airport
Operational status ... 125
Electric power lines
Capacity ... 649 Tie lines with B.C. and Montana ... 649
Energy industry
Foreign investment in ... 801
Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24)
Amendment (SP312/05: Tabled) ... 733
Film industry-Northern Alberta
Fish and wildlife legislation
Fish conservation
Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89
Fishing, Sport
Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89
Forest industries
Impact of mountain pine beetle on ... 247
Great Kids of Alberta
Awards: Recognition of ... 169
Hank Williams First Nation (Film)
Insurance, Automobile
Competition open to other provinces' public plans: Legislation re (Bill 34) ... 326
Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34)
Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure)
Marriage
Definition of ... 484 Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 484
Marriage Act (Alberta)
Legal challenge to, re same-sex marriage ... 484
Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45)
Medicine Hat Community Foundation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Pr. 3)
Members' Statements (2005)
Crop production insurance changes ... 698 Food bank usage ... 1888 Hank Williams First Nation ... 1341 National Forest Week ... 1257 Progressive Conservative convention ... 651
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 89, 936
Oral Question Period (2005)
Definition of marriage ... 484 Edmonton City Centre Airport ... 125 Electricity transmission line capacity ... 649 Foreign investments in the energy industry ... 801 Forest fires ... 1393 Forest sustainability ... 530-31 Métis hunting rights ... 89 Mountain pine beetle control ... 247, 1742 Senate appointments ... 455 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1499
Point of Order
Referring to the absence of members ... 306 Sub judice rule ... 581
Prenatal wrongful conduct law
Maternal tort immunity provisions (Bill 45) ... 1631
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Convention, Edmonton: Statement re ... 651
Reclamation of land
Failed reclamation work, legislation allowing re-entry to rectify (Bill 53) ... 1745
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005)
Same-sex marriage-Law and legislation
Senators
Alberta nominees for ... 455 Appointments of, by Prime Minister ... 455
Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 178-79 Committee ... 506-07 Amendments (SP265/05: Tabled) ... 509
Softwoods-Export-United States
Countervail duties re ... 936 Countervail duties re: Byrd amendment re ... 1499
Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 53)
Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board
Appeals to, re re-entry to land to rectify failed reclamation work ... 1745
Tar sands development
Chinese investment in ... 801 Value-added opportunities ... 801
Wildlife conservation
Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89
Willmore Wilderness Park
Mountain pine bark beetle infestation in ... 1742
Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake)
Alberta Alliance Party
Payment of senators-in-waiting speaking tour costs ... 695
Alberta Corporate Service Centre
General remarks ... 752, 755, 756, 757, 758, 761, 763 Sole-source contracts: Auditor General's comments re ... 619, 761 Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 244, 751
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Regulations
Reform of ... 1150 Review of ... 1710 Review of, staffing for ... 761 Secretariat to review ... 1150
Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 43)
Alberta SuperNet
Completion date ... 88, 757 General remarks ... 244, 289, 752-53, 753, 755, 757, 758, 762, 1149 Health services delivery via ... 854 Hookup fees ... 320 Monitoring of contracts re ... 755 School access to ... 756, 758, 760-61 Security features ... 755 Telus bid on ... 320 Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency: Documentation re (M29/05: Response tabled as SP515/05) ... 1160, 1608 Video conferencing capabilities ... 757, 1337 Voice over Internet capabilities ... 757 Webcast of health symposium over ... 1337 Webcasting capabilities ... 1337
Ambulance service
Review of, 2002 ... 244 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Cancellation of ... 244
Auditor General
General remarks ... 754 Government employees' information technology security awareness recommendation ... 755, 758, 759 Government employees' information technology security awareness recommendation (Q18/05: Defeated) ... 812 Government employees' information technology security awareness recommendation (Q33/05: Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 1746, 2056 Sole-source contracts comments ... 619, 761
Axia NetMedia Corporation
Bank of Montreal
Government procurement card system ... 757
British Columbia regulations
Bruderheim Elementary School
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 88
Cellular telephones
Security concerns ... 752
Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38)
Corporate Chief Information Officer
General remarks ... 752, 757, 758, 761 Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 244, 751, 812
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Medical imaging services, digital, cost savings on ... 757
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Employee information technology security awareness, actions to promote (Q18/05: Defeated) ... 812
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Alberta Corporate Service Centre transferred to ... 244, 751 Alberta SuperNet project transferred to: Documentation re (M29/05: Accepted) ... 1160 Ambulance services restructuring, role in ... 244 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP583/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Budget statements ... 753, 754-55, 756, 757 Cost of establishing ... 244 Cross-government human resources function ... 1710 Enron electricity prices manipulation scheme, investigation of ... 249 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 751-63 ICT initiative for cross-government system ... 1710 Opportunity and restructuring assessment function ... 751, 761, 763 Regulatory review function ... 1710 Role of ... 244, 1710 School closures for efficiency reasons ... 287 Staffing ... 761
Electric power-Prices
Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 249
Enron Canada Corporation
Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 249
Fax machines, Digital
Security concerns ... 413, 752
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
PC party supporters' appointment to ... 1603
Government appointments
PC party supporters' appointments ... 1603
Government chartered aircraft
Government computer equipment
Government information
Access to ... 751-52 On-line provision of ... 751
Government information systems
Security aspects ... 413, 755, 758-59 Security aspects: Improvement of employee awareness of (Q18/05: Defeated) ... 812
Government office supplies
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 954
Information and communications technology
Cross-government system ... 1710 Funding for ... 753 Privacy standards ... 752 Security issues ... 758 Security issues: Auditor General's recommendation re (Q18/05: Defeated) ... 812 Security issues: Auditor General's recommendation re (Q33/05: Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 1746, 2056 Standards re ... 759
Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta)
Digital photocopiers/fax machines security concerns, news release re ... 413 Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta health records ... 617 Notification of, re privacy issues when discarding digital photocopiers/fax machines ... 752
Land titles-Registration
Security concerns in, re mortgage fraud cases ... 804
Marriage
Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 317-18 Definition of: Alberta legal action re, payment of costs re ... 317-18
Medical imaging services, Digital
Medical records
Outsourcing management of ... 617
Medical records-Confidentiality
Missing health records situation ... 617
Microsoft Corporation
School software licences purchase by provincial government ... 323
Milk River (Town)
Access to Alberta SuperNet ... 762
Ministers (Provincial government)
Office of the Premier
Premier's use of chartered aircraft for Ottawa health conference, 2004 ... 161
Oral Question Period (2005)
Ambulance services ... 244 Benefits of SuperNet for rural Alberta ... 854 Budget process ... 160 Chartered air travel ... 161 Definition of marriage ... 317-18 Enron activities in Alberta ... 249 Government appointments ... 1603 Government contracts ... 619 Government efficiency ... 773, 953-54 Health symposium webcast ... 1336 Missing health records ... 617 Mortgage fraud ... 804 Physiotherapy services ... 292 Postsecondary education review ... 1203 Protection of personal information ... 413 Regulatory reform ... 1150 Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 244, 1710 Rural development strategies ... 289 Software licences for schools ... 287, 323 SuperNet ... 88, 320, 1149 Travel by elected Senators ... 691, 695
Photocopiers, Digital
Security concerns ... 413, 752
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Payment of legal fees re provincial same-sex marriage strategy by ... 318 Payment of senators-in-waiting speaking tour costs by ... 695
Public contracts
Savings on ... 757 Sole-source contracts: Auditor General's comments re ... 619, 761 Sole-source contracts: Review committee re ... 761
Public records-Confidentiality
Public service-Alberta
Increase in ... 773 Information technology security awareness recommendation (Q33/05: Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 1746, 2056
Purchases, Government
Efficiencies re ... 752 New procurement card system for ... 757
Regional health authorities
Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of ... 244
Registry offices, Private-Security aspects
Concerns re mortgage fraud ... 804
Regulatory Review Secretariat
Rural economic development
Government strategy re ... 289, 758
Same-sex marriage-Law and legislation
Senators
Alberta nominees for: Eastern Canada speaking tour ... 691, 695
Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201)
Spam (Computer junk e-mail)
Federal task force on ... 759 General remarks ... 759
Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11)
Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Edmonton
Closure ... 287 Closure: Provision of Supernet service to ... 759-60
Telus Corporation
SuperNet contract bid ... 320
Travel at public expense
Alberta senators-in-waiting trip to eastern Canada ... 691, 695
Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005)
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Enron electricity price manipulation investigation ... 249
Workers' Compensation Board
Provision of physiotherapy services ... 292
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