Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning)
Aboriginal issues
First ministers' accord re, Kelowna, November 2005 ... 1471
Aboriginal peoples-Employment
Aboriginal peoples-Urban areas
Federal funding for ... 1471
Agribusiness
Farm safety legislation application to ... 1672
Agricultural subsidies
Reduction of, through World Trade Organization agreement ... 921-22
Agricultural value-added production
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 34)
Alberta Growth Summit (1997)
Recommendations from, disposition of ... 1846-47
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Temporary foreign workers coverage under ... 242
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Subsidized housing loans from, repayment of ... 701
Alberta/Northwest Territories memorandum of understanding for co-operation and development
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 33)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001)
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta Social Housing Corporation
Heritage Fund loans to, repayment of ... 701
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
Health benefits under ... 401
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal people ... 1471, 1472 Consultant's advice to government re ... 933 Dropout rate ... 1847 First-year leavers, tracking of ... 908 General remarks ... 317, 784-85, 907-08, 1718 Impact of foreign temporary workers on applicants for ... 887, 932-33 Impact of labour brokers on ... 1769-70 Journeyman-apprentice ratios ... 907-08, 1592
Appropriation Act, 2006 (Bill 42)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
Committee ... 435 General remarks ... 453
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Architects Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 11)
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
Engineering technologists legislation, consultation re ... 774-75
Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta
Engineering technologists legislation, consultation re ... 774-75
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Savings plan for recipients of ... 700
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act (Bill 21)
Committee ... 926-27 Amendment A2 (SP385/06: Tabled) ... 927
Auditor General
Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 701
Automobile drivers' licences-Security aspects
Fake licence problem ... 1211
Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour force development strategy)
Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
Production of Alberta drivers' licences ... 1211
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Labour supply studies ... 774, 1211
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... 196, 886-87, 1246-47 Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at, bid conference notes re (SP47/06: Tabled) ... 131 Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at, letter re (SP64/06: Tabled) ... 202
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion
Christian Labour Association of Canada
Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 196 Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects: Bid notes re Chinese workers (SP47/06: Tabled) ... 131 Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects: Letter re (SP64/06: Tabled) ... 202
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 785, 1139 First-contract certification legislation (Bill 215) ... 1679
Commissioner on continuing care (Proposed)
Continuing Care Standards Act (Bill 205)
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 701 Conditions in ... 700-01 Consolidation under one ministry ... 701 MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 700
Continuing/extended care facilities-Staffing
Continuing/extended care facilities-Standards
Daycare centres
National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP103, 194/06: Tabled) ... 336, 500
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Dept. of Advanced Education
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 907-08
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 921-22
Dept. of Economic Development
Hosting expenses ... 1432 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1432-33
Dept. of Education
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 316-17 Minister's overseas trip ... 1217
Dept. of Government Services
Deputy minister of, as Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 1212 Fees ... 1211 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1211-12 Staffing ... 1212
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 311-12, 314
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 774-75, 784-85 Minister's future plans ... 1671 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1706-07
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1097
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Heritage Fund loans to, repayment of ... 701 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 700-01
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1336 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 159
Disabled-Employment
Supports program for ... 774
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Edmonton & District Labour Council
Centennial of: Statement re ... 1016
Ellerslie elementary school
Drinking water in ... 316
Employee health benefits, Cost of
Impact of third way reform proposals on ... 401
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 1471 General remarks ... 579, 774 Self-employment training ... 774
Energy industry
Labour supply problems in ... 774, 775
Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 10)
Engineering technologists-Law and legislation
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Farm income
Off-farm component of ... 921
Farm safety
Legislation re, application to agribusinesses ... 1672 Provincial initiatives re ... 1671-72
Fire and rescue services
Minimum standards for (Motion 504: Abbott) ... 524-25
Foreign contractors
Participation in apprenticeship program ... 1592
Foreign workers, Temporary
General remarks ... 317, 784, 1471, 1769 Health care provision to ... 242 Horizon oil sands project ... 196, 886-87, 932-33, 1246-47 Horizon oil sands project, Chinese workers for ... 962 Horizon oil sands project, Chinese workers for, bid notes re (SP47/06: Tabled) ... 131 Horizon oil sands project, letter re (SP64/06: Tabled) ... 202 Indenture to sponsoring employers ... 242, 962 Membership in Alberta trade unions ... 242 Replacement of trade union members ... 1639-40 Statement re ... 1246-47
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 774, 1471 Statement re ... 615
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Gas pipelines-Mackenzie Valley to Alberta
Employment opportunities re ... 1471
Health
Social determinants of ... 312
Health sciences personnel-Education
Training in seniors care ... 312
Heart attacks in emergency response personnel
Workers' compensation coverage of ... 775
Heart attacks in firefighters
Workers' compensation coverage of ... 775
High school education-Curricula
Vocational/trades courses ... 317, 785 Vocational/trades courses for aboriginal students ... 317
Highway 63-Fort McMurray north
Hours of labour
Extended hours, limit on ... 785
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 257 Committee ... 427-28 General remarks ... 453
Income Support program
Benefit increase ... 608-09, 774 Benefit increase: Petitions presented re ... 771
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Tax incentives for ... 1433
Insurance, Occupational
For farm workers ... 1672
Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2006-07
Amount of detail in ... 312, 314 General remarks ... 311
International Interests in Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act (Bill 15)
Investments
Impact on, of third way health care reform proposals ... 401
Labour organizations-Alberta
Centennial of: Statement re ... 1016
Labour Relations Board
General remarks ... 775 Union status granted to labour brokers ... 1769
Labour Relations Code
Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major projects) ... 196
Labour Relations Code (First Collective Agreement) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 215)
Labour supply
Shortages ... 1211 Shortages in the small business sector ... 579, 774 Shortages of skilled workers ... 775, 784, 907, 1718 Shortages of skilled workers: Statement re ... 1246-47 Shortages of skilled workers: Strategies re ... 1718
Labour unions
Temporary foreign workers' membership in ... 242 Temporary foreign workers replacement of union members ... 1639-40
Lake trout
Incentives for producing ... 921
Long-term disability income continuance plan
Funding for increased benefits under ... 1706
Lottery Fund
Student transportation services funding from ... 316
Mackenzie Northern Railway
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option): Costs to employers for employee benefit plans ... 401 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on employer payroll costs ... 401 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on new investment in Alberta ... 401 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on WCB private medical service provision ... 290 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 939, 1017, 1678
Medical care-Finance
Impact of transient populations on ... 1471
Members' apologies to the House
Members' Statements (2006)
Alberta labour market ... 1769-70 Centennial of labour organizations ... 1016 Democratic reform ... 453 Inspirational poem ... 1594 Labour market supply ... 1246-47 Northgate Lions senior citiizens' recreation centre ... 1460 Tribute to Fort McMurray ... 615
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for ... 700
Merit Contractors Association
Rod Love Consultant's work for ... 933
National Day of Mourning (Injured workers)
Northern Alberta Development Council
Annual report, 2003-04 ... 1471
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Enrollment limits ... 907
Northern development
Aboriginal participation ... 1471 General remarks ... 1471
Northern lights as tourist attraction
Northgate Lions Senior Citizens Recreation Centre
Nuclear power plants
As energy source for oil sands development ... 1097, 1111
Office of the Premier
Premier's pre-retirement travel ... 1111
Oil sands development
General remarks ... 1707 Investment in ... 1432 Labour supply problems in ... 774, 775 Work camps for: Standards re ... 1521
Oral Question Period (2006)
Apprenticeship training ... 932-33, 1592 Employment strategies ... 1718 Farm safety ... 1671-72 Health benefit cost to employers ... 401 Income support ... 608-09 Labour issues ... 1139 Labour market ... 1846-47 Nuclear power ... 1111 Retention of provincial government employees ... 686 Small business labour supply ... 579 Temporary foreign workers ... 196, 242, 886-87, 962, 1639-40 Tools for skilled tradespeople ... 1317-18 Work camp standards ... 1521 Workers' compensation ... 290
Personnel Administration Office
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Alberta Works income support benefits increase ... 771 Third way health reform abandonment ... 939, 1017, 1678
Police-Finance-Crowsnest Pass
Police and peace officer college
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
Property tax-Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re ... 701
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 3)
Protective vests (Corrections officers)
Public safety (Building/fire codes)
Public service-Alberta
Aboriginal employees ... 775 Health benefits costs for, impact of third way reform proposals on ... 401 Retention of, in boom times ... 686
Rail service, Electric high-speed-Edmonton-Calgary
Rail service-Hythe-Dawson Creek
Rail service-Northern Alberta
Referendum, Provincial
Nuclear power for oil sand development ... 1111
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Registry offices, Private
Staffing ... 1211 Wages for employees in ... 1211
Research and development
Provincial incentives for ... 1433
Residential tenancies dispute resolution service
Road construction-Fort McMurray-Fort Chipewyan
Road construction-Northern Alberta
Road construction-Peace River-Fort McMurray (east-west connector)
Road construction-Peavine-McLennan
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Apprenticeship training rules, advice to provincial government re ... 933
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Provincial funding for salary increase to ... 159
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Fort McMurray
Salary adjustment for cost of living in ... 159
Schoolchildren-Transportation
Lottery funding for ... 316
Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 25)
Senior citizens
Government programs for: Consolidation of ... 701
Shanghai Construction Group
Provision of temporary foreign workers for Horizon oil sands project ... 886-87 Provision of temporary foreign workers for Horizon oil sands project : Bid meeting notes re (SP47/06: Tabled) ... 131
Small business
Labour shortages in ... 579, 1707, 1718 Venture capital for ... 1432-33 Venture capital for, labour-sponsored ... 1433
Social services-Finance
Impact of transient populations on ... 1471
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
PDD agency employees, salaries for ... 700
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Enrollment limits ... 907
Strikes and lockouts-Lakeside Packers employees
Policing costs re ... 159
Summer Temporary Employment Program
Aboriginal students ... 774 General remarks ... 774
Supplementary estimates, 2006-07
Tax incentives
Emerging technology companies ... 1433 Energy industry workers ... 1433 Tar sands developments ... 886 Tools (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1139, 1317 Travel costs for work purposes ... 1317
Tools
Federal income tax deduction for ... 1317 Imported by foreign contractors, safety aspects ... 1317-18 Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1139, 1317
Total Group (France)
Proposal for nuclear power plant for Alberta oil sands ... 1097
Traditional land-use studies (First Nations lands)
Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Vehicles Arising From Drug Offences) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 207)
Transportation-Northeast Edmonton
Travel at public expense
Premier's pre-retirement travel ... 1111
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Independence of (arm's length from government) ... 1212
Vegetable Sales (Alberta) Act Repeal Act (Bill 27)
Veterinary profession-Law and legislation
Wages-Private registry employees
Workers' Compensation Board
General remarks ... 775 Long standing claims issue ... 290 Private medical services provision, impact of proposed health system reforms on ... 290
World Trade Organization
Agricultural subsidies reduction through ... 921-22
Youth Connections (Youth career planning program)
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre)
Aboriginal peoples-Health care
Federal funding for ... 1132 Funding for ... 1132
Action on Smoking and Health
Stop smoking campaign ad (SP181/06: Tabled) ... 479
Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues
Midwifery services recommendation ... 1124
Alberta Aids to Daily Living
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Youth substance abuse treatment programs ... 1132
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Essential services, determination of: Legislation re ... 1014-15 Insured services, delisting of ... 789, 1014 Midwifery services coverage ... 1062, 1124, 1145
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Accounts in arrears, payments to collection agencies re (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734-35 Cost of administering, including subsidies and collection of arrears (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734-35 Elimination of ... 1132 General remarks ... 1132 Higher revenue from, to fund health care system ... 1132 Higher revenue from, to reduce wait times ... 151
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Coverage of continuing care facilities ... 1124
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Reduction in value of ... 1134 Tobacco company investments ... 1674 Tobacco company investments, 2004-05 (Q14/06: Response tabled as SP612/06) ... 1152
Alberta Long Term Care Association
Hours of care recommendation ... 146
Alberta Medical Association
Meetings with minister re third way health care reforms ... 355-56, 470
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alternative medicines funding under ... 703
Ambulance service
General remarks ... 1123-24 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions ... 1123 Wait time re ... 1123, 1124
Ambulance service, Aerial
Ambulance service-Finance
Aon Consulting Inc.
Health Benefit Design Options Report ... 1062, 1124, 1125, 1132 Health Benefit Design Options Report: Financial projections based on ... 1134 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 617, 727, 935, 1014 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: Letter re (SP188/06: Tabled) ... 499 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: MLA briefing re ... 1062
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Aspen Regional Health Authority
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 703 Funding for: Indexing of ... 702
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act (Bill 21)
Auditor General
Boards of directors recruiting and training guidelines recommendation (Motion 502: MacDonald) ... 221-22 Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1124, 1238, 1708 Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1358 Gaming dept.'s "other initiatives" program, comments on ... 1040, 1046 General remarks ... 1737-38
Battered women-Housing
Second-stage housing ... 702
Bethany CollegeSide (Continuing care centre)
Bills, Private members' public
Requests for early Committee reading of, Standing Orders changes re ... 1597 Standing Orders changes re ... 1597
Boards of directors
Alberta process for recruiting, Rod Love comments re, in Edmonton Sun article (SP68/06: Tabled) ... 221, 230 Guidelines for recruiting and training, recommended by the Auditor General's report (Motion 502: MacDonald) ... 221-22
Calgary Health Region
Funding request ... 1699 Water well sampling, Turner Valley Gas Plant historic site area ... 1804
Calgary Health Trust
Charitable donations requests ... 449
Canada Health Act
Alberta's third way compliance with ... 165-66, 734, 896, 1120, 1199, 1350 Letter re (SP45/06: Tabled) ... 131 Liberal opposition plan compliance with ... 200
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Impact of third way health policy on transfer payments to Alberta ... 166
Cancer-Research
Economic benefits from ... 400
Cancer incidence-Fort Chipewyan
Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1359-60
Capital Health
As backup to other health regions ... 1709 Bed capacity ... 611, 1130-31, 1452 Funding ... 611 Paramedics in emergency rooms ... 1131
Casinos
Responsible gambling information centres in ... 1046 Voluntary self-exclusion program from ... 1046
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
Chief Electoral Officer
Appointment of new CEO (Lorne R. Gibson) (Motion 23: Zwozdesky) ... 1599
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Deficit funding ... 1708 Long-term care programs ... 1708 Operating room equipment funding ... 1708
Collective bargaining
Addition of clause to cover costs of third way health reform ... 789
Collective bargaining-Licensed practical nurses
Agreement re, funding for ... 1699, 1708
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Meetings with minister re third way health care reforms ... 356, 470
Commissioner on continuing care (Proposed)
Committee on Health and Community Living, Standing Policy
Committee on Justice and Government Services, Standing Policy
Reduction in funding for (Amendment to main estimates) (SP470/06: Tabled) ... 1273-74
Community facility enhancement program
Double-dipping from ... 1040 General remarks ... 1040 Grant applications, rejected, 1998-2005 (Q22/06: Accepted) ... 1562 Grant applications awarded without matching funds, 1998-2005 (Q23/06: Accepted) ... 1562 MLA input into selection of projects under ... 1040, 1046
Community initiatives program
General remarks ... 1040 Grants awarded without matching funds, 1998-2005 (Q20/06: Accepted) ... 1551-52 Grants rejected, 1998-2005 (Q21/06: Accepted) ... 1561 MLA input into selection of projects under ... 1040, 1046
Conflict of interest
Health authority board members, involvement with private continuing care facilities ... 1244 Medical doctors in both public and private systems: Letter re (SP388/06: Tabled) ... 940
Continuing Care Standards Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 514-15 General remarks ... 150
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1124, 1238, 1708 Auditor General's review of: Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1358 Care management decision tools in, funding for ... 150 Legislation re ... 201 Medication management standards for ... 150-51 MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1124 MLA committee to review (2005): Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1358 Patient lift devices in, funding for ... 146, 149-50 Redesignation to assisted living status facility ... 702
Continuing/extended care facilities-Finance
Continuing/extended care facilities-Staffing
Mix of ... 1125 Personal care attendants, regulation of ... 1125 Shortage of ... 201, 611, 1125 Shortage of, funding to reduce ... 146
Continuing/extended care facilities-Standards
CT scans (Medical imaging procedure)
Federal/provincial funding for ... 449
David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Home care programs ... 1708 Long-term care beds, wait times for ... 1708
Daycare centres
National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Emergency debate re ... 1151-52 National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP120 & 167/06: Tabled) ... 364, 474
Debate (Parliamentary procedure)
Time limits on, Standing Orders changes re ... 1597
Debt collection
Unpaid health care premiums, Collection agencies fees re (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734-35
Dept. of Community Development
Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1704-05
Dept. of Education
System improvement and reporting division: Expenses of (Q32/06: Accepted) ... 1734 System improvement and reporting division: Performance measures re (Q31/06: Accepted) ... 1732-33
Dept. of Gaming
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1040-41, 1945-46 "Other initiatives" program: Auditor General's comments re ... 1040, 1046
Dept. of Health (Federal)
Minister of, meeting with Alberta minister re health care restructuring ... 10
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1123-25, 1130-34 Minister's travel expenses (M16/06: Response tabled as SP706/06) ... 509-10 Off-budget spending ... 1134 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 146, 149-51 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1698-99, 1707-09 Support services ... 1132
Dept. of housing (Proposed)
Emergency debate request re ... 1730
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1273-74
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 702-03
Diagnostic imaging services
Federal/provincial funding for ... 449
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 347-48 Third reading ... 593
Drugs, Prescription
Liberal opposition pharmacare program ... 201, 1196 Provincial pharmacare program ... 1132 Provincial pharmacare program: Letter re (SP250/06: Tabled) ... 646
Drugs, Prescription-Costs
National program for ... 1132 Reduction of, through bulk purchasing ... 1062
Edmonton Sun (Newspaper)
Article re Alberta board of directors recruitment process (SP68/06: Tabled) ... 221, 230
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Affordable housing strategy (not proceeded with) ... 1730 Continuing care (not proceeded with) ... 1358 Health care funding (not proceeded with) ... 1693-94 Health issues in Fort Chipewyan (not proceeded with) ... 1359-60 National child care agreement (not proceeded with) ... 1151-52 Persons with disabilities funding cuts (not proceeded with) ... 22
Emergency medical technicians
Stationing of, in hospital emergency rooms, pilot project re ... 1124, 1131 Wait times in hospital emergency rooms ... 1124, 1130, 1131
Emergency planning
Relation to hospital bed capacity ... 1452
Energy industry
Use of water supplies ... 1134
Energy industry-Health aspects
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Foothills Medical Centre
Renal unit closure ... 1698
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 702, 1132
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Friends of Medicare
Public opinion poll on third way health care proposals ... 887
General Agreement on Trade and Services (WTO)
Application to private health insurance/medical care ... 727
General Revenue Fund
Grants to Miles Maskalyk (Q27/06: Accepted) ... 1737-38
Groundwater
Inventory/mapping of ... 1134
Health Disciplines Board
Midwifery services recommendations ... 1124
Health Information Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 1054-56 Committee ... 1491-1500 Amendment A2 (SP554/06: Tabled) ... 1494 Amendment A3 (SP555/06: Tabled) ... 1495 Amendment A4 (SP556/06: Tabled) ... 1497 Amendment A5 (SP557/06: Tabled) ... 1498 Amendment A6 (SP558/06: Tabled) ... 1499
Health Insurance Premiums Act
Cost of administering (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734-35
Health issues-Fort Chipewyan
Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1359-60
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 14)
Health Resource Centre, Calgary
Joint replacement surgeries, unqualified patients for (Q9/06: Response tabled as SP705/06) ... 502
Health sciences personnel-Education
Health sciences personnel-Supply
General remarks ... 1684-85 Letter re (SP281/06: Tabled) ... 690
Health workforce planning
Hip and knee surgery
Patients not qualifying for, at Health Resource Centre (Q9/06: Response tabled as SP705/06) ... 502 Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 151, 1134
Historic sites
Reclamation of environmental damage at, funding for ... 1704-05
HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)
Home care program
Caregivers' fuel costs issue ... 1345 Caregivers' training ... 1345 Funding for ... 1345, 1708 Letter re (SP257/06: Tabled) ... 646
Homeless-Housing
Strategy for, emergency debate request re ... 1730
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 1040-41, 1045-46, 1704 Lottery funding for: Supplementary supply estimates 2005-06, excerpt from (SP27/06: Tabled) ... 48
Hospital beds
General remarks ... 611, 1452 Shortages of: Relation to emergency/pandemic planning ... 1452
Hospitals-Calgary
Number of, letter re (SP377/06: Tabled) ... 897
Hospitals-Emergency services
Housing
Strategy for, emergency debate request re ... 1730
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Act (Bill 32)
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Immigrant doctors
Letters re (SP77, 354/06: Tabled) ... 249, 846 Residency program for ... 1131
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 9)
Insurance, Continuing care
Insurance, Health (Private)
Cost-benefit analyses re (M17/06: Defeated) ... 510 General remarks ... 123, 289, 327, 355, 617, 727, 734, 788-89, 887, 896, 935, 1014, 1120 Implications of, under NAFTA/GATS agreements ... 727 Letter re (SP58/06: Tabled) ... 202 Letters re (SP76, 185, 188, 256, 282, 329-330, 394/06: Tabled) ... 249, 499, 646, 690, 799, 940 Pre-existing conditions' coverage: Letter re (SP330/06: Tabled) ... 799 Supreme Court decision re (Chaoulli case) ... 123
International Day of the Midwife
International Women's Day
Lethbridge Regional Hospital
Diabetes programming ... 1708 Upgrades to, funding for ... 1708
Lobbyists-Registration
Private health interests lobbying ... 249, 510-11
Lottery Fund
Grant cheques from, presentation by local MLAs: Point of Order re ... 1551-52
Magnetic resonance imaging
Federal/provincial funding for ... 449
Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 6)
Mandatory Testing and Disclosure Act (Bill 26)
Margaret Kool Marketing Inc.
Third way health care reforms, marketing strategy for ... 470
Maskalyk, Miles
Details re government grant to (Q27/06: Accepted) ... 1737-38
Medical care
For foreign patients (third way health care reform proposal) ... 400 Official Opposition paper re (SP8/06: Tabled) ... 20 Patient's experiences with (SP28/06: Tabled) ... 48 Restructuring (third way option) ... 80, 123, 165-66, 289, 611, 637, 935, 1014-15, 1062, 1196 Restructuring (third way option): Advertising campaign re ... 1716 Restructuring (third way option): Economic benefits ... 400 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on seniors ... 887 Restructuring (third way option): Letter re (SP58/06: Tabled) ... 202, 474 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP45, 59, 75-77, 89-90, 168-172, 185-189, 230-238, 250-257, 292-300, 314-321/06: Tabled) ... 131, 202, 249, 295, 474, 499, 617, 646, 734, 771 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP277-285, 327-335, 353-357, 374-382, 387-395/06: Tabled) ... 690, 799, 846, 896, 940 Restructuring (third way option): Meeting with federal health minister re ... 10 Restructuring (third way option): Opinion poll by Friends of Medicare on ... 887 Restructuring (third way option): Opinion survey by Mararget Kool on ... 470 Restructuring (third way option): Petition tabled re (SP639/06) ... 1679 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 616, 734, 896, 1120, 1199, 1350, 1648 Restructuring (third way option): Physician consultation re ... 355-56 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re ... 80, 289, 327, 470, 637, 1716 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party televised debate re ... 470 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party televised debate re, letter to Premier re (SP88/06: Tabled) ... 295 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, letters re (SP252, 294/06: Tabled) ... 646, 734 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, town hall meeting ... 470 Restructuring (third way option): Questions and Answers document re ... 327 Restructuring (third way option): Questions and Answers document re (SP100/06: Tabled) ... 335-36 Restructuring (third way option): Regulations re, consultation on ... 80
Medical care, Private
General remarks ... 887, 1698 Letters re (SP251, 331, 333, 380/06: Tabled) ... 646, 799, 897 Meetings of private companies with government re (M18/06: Defeated) ... 510-11
Medical care-Finance
Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1693-94 Letter re (SP284/06: Tabled) ... 690 Off-budget spending ... 1134
Medical care-Fort McMurray
Medical profession
Consultations with, re third way reforms ... 355-56 Practicing in public/private health systems ... 80, 123, 327, 637, 887, 1120 Practicing in public/private health systems: Letter re (SP58/06: Tabled) ... 202 Practicing in public/private health systems: Letters re (SP76-77, 168, 186, 254, 299, 315, 317, 327, 332, 387/06: Tabled) ... 249, 474, 499, 646, 734, 771, 799, 940 Role of ... 201
Medical profession-Bashaw
Special tax to support ... 1544
Medical profession-Education
Residency program enrollments ... 1131 Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 1544
Medical profession-Fees
Alternate relationship plans (formerly alternative payment plans) ... 1131 General remarks ... 201
Medical profession-Peace River area
Shortage of: Letter re (SP715/06) ... 1809
Medical profession-Rural areas
Action plan re ... 1131, 1544 General remarks ... 1544 Recruitment figures re (Q8/06: Response tabled as SP704/06) ... 502
Medical profession-Supply
Letter re (SP59/06: Tabled) ... 202
Medical records, Electronic
General remarks ... 151, 1699 Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program, funding for ... 1134 Interconnectivity of differing systems re ... 150, 1134
Medical records, Electronic-Security aspects
Medical research
Economic benefits from ... 400
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Input into selection of CFEP/CIP recipients ... 1040, 1046 Presentation of cheques re government programs: Point of Order re ... 1551-52 Salaries of, setting of ... 702
Members' Statements (2006)
Celebration of Alberta theatre ... 645 Liberal opposition vision for health care ... 200-01 National Mental Health Week ... 1246
Mental health innovation fund
Mental health services-Finance
Mental health services-Fort McMurray
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for: Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 22 Funding for programs for: Indexing of ... 702 Funding for programs for: Letters re (SP493-494/06: Tabled) ... 1352
Ministerial Statements (2006)
International Women's Day ... 284-85
National Mental Health Week
Natural resources revenue
North American free trade agreement
Application to private health insurance/medical care ... 727
Nurses-Education
Letter re (SP295/06: Tabled) ... 734
Office of the Premier
Premier's retirement: Impact on third way health reform ... 637
Official Opposition
Letter re waiving Standing Orders re Committee reading of Bill 208 (SP476/06: Tabled) ... 1323 Our Plan for Public Health Care: Creating a Healthy Future (red book) (SP8/06: Tabled) ... 20 Our Plan for Public Health Care: Creating a Healthy Future (red book), Statement re ... 200-01
Oral Question Period (2006)
Ambulance funding ... 611 Aon Consulting Inc. ... 935 Blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases ... 1590-91 Calgary Health Trust ... 449 Continuing care standards ... 1238, 1244 Economic benefits of health services ... 400 Federal transfer payments for health ... 165-66 Funding for wellness initiatives ... 1196 Health Benefit Design Options Report ... 1062 Health care reform ... 10, 80, 289, 355-56, 637, 887, 1014-15 Health care reform consultation ... 327, 470 Health care reform public consultation ... 1716 Health care services ... 1684-85 Healthy living initiative ... 1517 Home-care funding ... 1345 Hospital bed capacity ... 1452 Hospital capacity ... 193 Midwifery services ... 1145 Physician supply in rural Alberta ... 1544 Private health care insurance ... 123 Private health insurance ... 727, 788-89 Tobacco reduction strategy ... 1674 Water quality in Turner Valley ... 1804-05
Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
Palliser Health Region
Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re ... 1123
Parks, Provincial
Industrial development in: Reclamation funding re ... 1704-05
Peace Country Health
Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re ... 1123 Emergency preparedness ... 1708-09 Staff shortages ... 1684-85, 1708-09
Peace Country Health regional medical organization
Letter from president of (SP715/06: Tabled) ... 1809
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital)
Emergency department: Lundy family experience in ... 1684-85, 1698
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Third way health care reforms (SP639/06: Tabled) ... 1679
Physical therapy
Waiting list re, patient's experience with (SP29/06: Tabled) ... 48
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 1551-52 Allegations against members ... 1525 Dress code in the Chamber ... 1725 Exhibits ... 132 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 687 False allegations ... 223 Imputing motives ... 897 Oral Question Period rules ... 1149 Parliamentary language ... 48-49, 131 Private members' public Bills ... 1354-55 Referring to nonmembers ... 1810-11 Tabling cited documents ... 941
Prescription for Excellence: How Innovation is Saving Canada's Health Care System (Book)
Copy tabled (SP46/06) ... 131
Preventive medical services
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 3)
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, 2005)
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Second reading ... 1158-59 Letters re (SP669/06: Tabled) ... 1724 Memo re Committee reading of: Letter from Official Opposition leader re (SP476/06: Tabled) ... 1323 Memo re Committee reading of: Point of Order re ... 1354-55
Public health initiative
Tri-university agreement re: Funding for ... 1517
Public Interest Alberta
Alberta's Seniors Deserve Better (campaign) (SP547/06: Tabled) ... 1461
Public lands-Fort McMurray
Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie
Racing entertainment centres
Reclamation of land
Historic sites/provincial parks ... 1704-05
Regional health authorities
Ambulance services ... 611, 1123, 1130 Blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases strategies ... 1591 Co-operation between urban and rural authorities ... 1062 Continuing care facilities, board members involved with, conflict of interest re ... 1244 Continuing care standards: Funding for ... 1244 Deficit financing ... 1707-09 Funding ... 1707-09 Funding: Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1693-94 Mental health services ... 1132 Midwifery services ... 1145 Staff shortages ... 1684-85
Registry offices, Private-Security aspects
Senior citizens-Medical care
Sexually transmitted diseases
Small business
Impact of costs of third way health care reform on ... 789
Smoking, Teen
Curtailment of: Funds for ... 1132
Smoking-Prevention
ASH campaign ad re (SP181/06: Tabled) ... 479 Funding cut for ... 1132, 1196, 1517 General remarks ... 1674
Smoking in the workplace
Letter re (SP355/06: Tabled) ... 846
Social housing-Fort McMurray
Sports
Provincial support for: Funding measures, 2001-05 (Q16/06: Response tabled as SP629/06) ... 1362
Standing Orders
Revised version dated May 15, 2006 (Motion 21: Zwozdesky) ... 1596-97
Strathmore-Brooks (Constituency)
Member for's comments on third way health reform proposal ... 637
Sturgeon Community Hospital, St. Albert
Substance abuse-Treatment-Youth
Detox/residential services re ... 1132 Mandatory programs for ... 1132
Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 (No. 2)
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facilities ... 702 Assisted living facilities: Redesignation of continuing care facilities as ... 702
Surgical centres, Specialized
General remarks ... 1062 Integration into public system ... 200
Tobacco companies
Cancer Legacy Fund investments ... 1674 Heritage Fund investments ... 1674 Heritage Fund investments, 2004-05 (Q14/06: Response tabled as SP612/06) ... 1152
Tobacco Control Act (Saskatchewan)
Copy tabled (SP/18006) ... 479
Tuition fees
Rollback of: Petitions presented re ... 473, 770
Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site)
Leaks from: Health issues re ... 1804-05
United Nations
Convention on eliminating discrimination against women ... 284
Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005)
Electronic health records comments at ... 150 Private health care system submissions ... 356
Vegetable Sales (Alberta) Act Repeal Act (Bill 27)
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Reduction of ... 1134 Reduction of: Funding for ... 150, 151 Reduction of: Impact of private health care on ... 637, 1134 Reduction of: Impact of private health care on, letters re (SP90, 281, 387/06: Tabled) ... 295, 690, 940 Reduction of: Impact of private health insurance on ... 123
Water quality-Sheep River
Turner Valley gas plant area ... 1804-05
Water supply
Use by energy industry ... 1134
Wild Rose Foundation
Grants from: Investigated due to improper use of (Q3/06: Response tabled as SP216/06) ... 501
Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore)
Afghanistan
Canadian forces mission in: Statement re ... 1691
Agricultural Operation Practices Act
Confined feeding operations provisions ... 1672 Review of ... 582
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Provincial consultation with, on Métis harvesting agreement ... 1260
Alberta Forest Products Association
Survey of Albertans' values re forest management ... 1192-93, 1252
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Alberta Home Builders' Association
Comment re contractors ... 358
Alberta legacy act (Proposed)
Alberta technology venture fund (Proposal)
Alberta Wilderness Association
Endangered species, funding for ... 1252-53
Alcoholism
Impact on workplace performance, studies re (Q28/06: Defeated) ... 1564, 1731
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Funding for ... 745 Intersection with Queen Elizabeth II Highway: Bridge concerns ... 745 Land aquisition issues re ... 762-63
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Arts-Finance
General remarks ... 1424 Surplus revenue dedicated to ... 1424
Auditor General
Children's Services dept. recommendations ... 954 Contract management procedures, recommendation re ... 954 On-reserve childrens' services, recovery of expenses re, recommendation re ... 954 Public sector governance principles, recommendations re ... 1425 Role of: Strengthening of ... 757
Boreal forest
Industrial development in ... 1251-52
Boreal Futures (Forest study report)
Funding for implementation of recommendations from ... 1251-52
Boychuk Transport Inc.
Methanol spill in Mitsue Creek, cleanup responsibility for ... 838
Bridges-Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
QE2 intersection, concerns re ... 745
Bridges-Athabasca River-Fort McMurray area
Canada Health Act
Alberta's third way compliance with ... 939, 1678
Canadian armed forces
Service in Afghanistan: Statement re ... 1691
Capital projects-Finance
Surplus spending on ... 1424
Caribou
Endangered species status ... 1253 Impact of industrial development on ... 1251
Caribou-Little Smoky watershed
Impact of industrial development on ... 1251
Celanese Canada Inc.
Methanol spill in Mitsue Creek, cleanup responsibility for ... 838, 930
Centennial Capital Plan
Surplus revenue deposit into ... 1424
Child abuse-Prevention
Aboriginal children ... 954 Provincial initiatives re ... 953-54
Chronic wasting disease
General remarks ... 1252 Human/animal risk of ... 42
Closure motions (Parliamentary practice) (2006)
Bill 20 (3r), Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Motion 20: Zwozdesky) ... 1650-51
CN Rail
Train derailment, Lake Wabamun ... 838, 930
Community timber program
Conversion of permits under, to commercial permits ... 1252, 1260
Consumer protection
New home construction practices ... 332, 358
Contaminated sites
Cleanup of: Responsibility for ... 838, 930
Daycare centres
National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP86 & 109/06: Tabled) ... 295, 336
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Deer-Alberta/Saskatchewan border area
Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 1252
Deer ranching
Impact of chronic wasting disease on ... 42
Dept. of Children's Services
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 954 Budget: Other revenue line item ... 954 Corporate administration budget ... 954 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 953-54
Dept. of Economic Development
Deputy minister's office budget ... 1425 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1423-25 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1705-06
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 312-13
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 744-46
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Divorce and workplace performance
Studies re (Q30/06: Defeated) ... 1731
Drug abuse resistance education program
Drug use in the workplace
Impact on workplace performance, studies re (Q28/06: Defeated) ... 1564, 1731
Economic development and the environment
Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club
Advance to western conference final: Statement re ... 1647
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Elk ranching
Impact of chronic wasting disease on ... 42
Endangered wildlife species
Endangered wildlife species-Southern Alberta
Endowment funds, Public
Creation from surplus funds ... 1424
Energy industry
Impact on high-tech companies ... 1423-24
Energy industry-Environmental impact
Ernst & Young
Report on Alberta high-tech sector ... 1423
Executive Council
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 757
Exports
Provincial incentives re ... 1425
Falun Gong-China
Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Accepted) ... 969
Film development grant program
Fishing derbies
Impact on fish populations ... 1252
Fishing derbies-Pigeon Lake
Impact on fish populations ... 1252
Foreign workers, Temporary
Forest conservation-Northern Alberta
Forest industries
Sustainability of ... 1252
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 745, 1424
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Galfour Development Corporation
Land purchase/sale re Edmonton ring road ... 762-63
Gambling, Compulsive
Impact on workplace performance, studies re (Q26/06: Defeated) ... 1563
General Revenue Fund
Grants to Edmond Lefebvre (Q29/06: Accepted) ... 1738 Grants to Jean Henry Paul (Q28/06: Accepted) ... 1738 Grants to Miles Maskalyk (Q27/06: Accepted) ... 1737
Government spending policy
Diversification emphasis lacking in ... 1424
Grizzly bears
Designation as threatened species ... 1253 Human contact issues ... 1251
Grizzly bears-Populations
DNA-based census of ... 1251
Groundwater-Pollution
Confined feeding operations' impact on ... 1672 Confined feeding operations' impact on: Letter re (SP645/06: Tabled) ... 1680
Harnack Ranch, Airdrie
Drinking water supply pollution ... 1672
Highway 63-Fort McMurray south
Hockey championships
Edmonton Oilers advancement to western conference final ... 1647
Home inspectors
Qualifications for ... 332
Housing-Construction
Consumer protection issues re ... 332, 358
Human rights-China
Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Accepted) ... 969
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 1705-06
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Spill of bunker C oil during train derailment, Lake Wabamun ... 838, 930
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 9)
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Impact on wildlife ... 495 Provincial incentives ... 1425
Insurance, Health (Private)
Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2006-07
Internet (Computer network)
Crimes against children on: Provincial initiatives re ... 953-54
Investment of public funds
Karelian dogs
Pilot project re, Crowsnest Pass area ... 1251
Lefebvre, Paul
Details re government grant to (Q29/06: Accepted) ... 1738
Lieutenant Governor's Office
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
General remarks ... 582, 1672 Impact on Slave Lake area water supplies ... 745 Letter re (SP645/06: Tabled) ... 1680
Livestock industry, Intensive-Inspection
Logging
As pine bark beetle control measure ... 1252 Timber companies vs. energy companies ... 1261
Magnetic resonance imaging
Fort McMurray unit ... 745
Maskalyk, Miles
Details re government grant to (Q27/06: Accepted) ... 1737
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option): Advertising campaign re ... 757 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP518-519/06: Tabled) ... 1354 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 939, 1247-48, 1678
Members' Statements (2006)
Go Oilers Go! ... 1647 Larry Fleming ... 1676 Support for Olympic athletes ... 15-16
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Parliamentary language ... 1651
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 1260
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations regulation ... 582, 1261, 1672
Natural resources revenue
General remarks ... 1424 Social services dependence on ... 1424
Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund
Off-highway vehicles
Designated sites for use of ... 1252 Use in Willow Park forest area, photos of impact of (SP611/06: Tabled) ... 1648
Official Opposition
Diversification ideas ... 1423-24 Land-use management proposals ... 1252
Olympic athletes
Alberta support for ... 15-16
Olympic Summer Games (2008)
Alberta athletes at, support for ... 16
Olympic Winter Games, Torino (2006)
Alberta athletes at, statement re ... 15-16
Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
Alberta athletes at, support for ... 16
Oral Question Period (2006)
Chronic wasting disease ... 42 Cleanup of hazardous spill at Wabamun Lake ... 930 Confined feeding operations ... 1672 Home building contractors ... 358 Integrated land-use management strategy ... 1192-93 Methanol spill in Mitsue Creek ... 838 New home construction ... 332 Sale of Edmonton ring road land ... 762-63 Softwood lumber trade policy ... 1719 Sustainability of caribou population ... 494-95 Water quality of Lesser Slave Lake ... 582
Paul, Jean Henry
Details re government grant to (Q28/06: Accepted) ... 1738
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Peregrine falcons
Endangered species status ... 1253
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Mandatory drug treatment ... 939 Third way health reform abandonment ... 939, 1247-48, 1678
Point of Order
Parliamentary language ... 1651
Port of Prince Rupert
Alberta access to, joint initiatives re (Q27/06: Accepted) ... 1564
Postsecondary education endowment fund (Liberal opposition proposal)
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign issues ... 757
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 3)
Public Affairs Bureau
Budget ... 757 Corporate communications division ... 757
Public assistance-Finance
Reliance on energy revenue ... 1424
Public service-Alberta
Senior officials' recruiting/training principles, Auditor General's comments re ... 1425
Queen Elizabeth II Highway-Edmonton area
Anthony Henday Drive intersection with: Bridge concerns ... 745
Queen Elizabeth II Highway-Edmonton to Calgary
Rail service, High-speed-Edmonton-Calgary
Reforestation on burnt-out areas
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Road construction-Fort McMurray area
Rural economic development
Government strategy re: Funding for ... 1425
School meal programs
General remarks ... 757 Motion 507: Taft ... 990
Social services-Finance
Reliance on energy revenue ... 1424
Softwoods-Export-United States
Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 1719 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Impact of pine beetle infestations on ... 1719
Spills (Pollution)-Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment: Cleanup procedures, responsibility for ... 838, 930 CN train derailment: Report on (SP517/06: Tabled) ... 1354
Spills (Pollution)-Mitsue Creek
Methanol spill: Cleanup procedures ... 838 Methanol spill: Responsibility for ... 838, 930
Sports
As economic driver ... 1424
Substance abuse-Treatment-Youth
Mandatory programs for: Petition re ... 939
Surplus, Budgetary
Arts funding with ... 1424 Heritage Savings funding with ... 1424 Liberal opposition policy re ... 1424 Olympic athlete funding with ... 16 Postsecondary education funding with ... 1424
Tax incentives
Film productions companies ... 1423, 1425 Research and development companies ... 1423-24
Technology commercialization
Harmonizing of, province-wide ... 1423
Tourism
Comparison of current years with previous years ... 1425
Trade missions
Performance measures ... 1425
Urban Dispatch Logistics Inc.
CEO's comments re venture capital for high-tech sector ... 1423
Visit the Country (Magazine)
Copy tabled (SP536/06) ... 1405 General remarks ... 1425
Water quality-Lesser Slave Lake
Water treatment plants-Fort McMurray
Water treatment plants-Slave Lake
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 18)
Willmore Wilderness Park
Mountain pine bark beetle infestation in ... 1252
Willow Creek forestry area
Off-road vehicles in, photos of impact of (SP611/06: Tabled) ... 1648
Wolves-Little Smoky watershed
Yellowhead Trail, Edmonton
Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo)
Acclaim Energy Inc.
Acheson gas well failure, Edmonton: Provincial costs re (Q4/06: Response tabled as SP407/06) ... 501, 968
Agriculture
Use of water supplies ... 1321
Air quality
General remarks ... 42-43
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Coal-bed methane well drilling requirements ... 79, 642-43 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings at, Regulations change for ... 888
Alberta/Montana relations
Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority
Alberta Research Council
Environmental research ... 856
Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority
Environmental research ... 848
Alberta Water Council
Water conservation planning ... 848, 853, 856
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
Inspection of remediated petroleum tank sites ... 847
Auditor General
Reclamation funding from industry, adequate assurance of, recommendation re ... 857
BA Energy Inc.
Heartland upgrader environmental process ... 493
Battle River
As source of water for Camrose and area ... 1012-13
Boychuk Transport Inc.
Methanol spill in Mitsue Creek, cleanup responsibility for ... 838
Business continuity planning (Emergency planning)
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Contaminated sites cleanup, position on ... 929-30 Opposition to environmental royalty tax suggestion ... 245
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Carbon dioxide
Injection underground for storage purposes, studies re (M5/06: Response tabled as SP408/06) ... 504, 968
Celanese Canada Inc.
Methanol spill in Mitsue Creek, cleanup responsibility for ... 838, 930
Clean Air Strategic Alliance
Climate change
Adaptation to ... 1320 General remarks ... 848, 856 Initiatives re, funding for ... 851-52 Kyoto protocol on ... 861 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1454 Kyoto protocol on: Federal government position on ... 1454
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill 37, 2003)
Climate Change Central
General remarks ... 856, 859-60, 1320 Solar energy project, Okotoks, sponsorship of ... 331, 542
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 43, 78-79, 198, 537, 642-43, 793-94, 837-38, 849, 888, 1194, 1519-20, 1541, 1641-42, 1759 Groundwater pollution issues: Energy innovation fund for ... 1759, 1803 Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee on ... 1519 Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee on: Report ... 1541
Coal energy, Clean
General remarks ... 42, 45
Contaminated sites-Calgary
Contaminated soil-Lynnview/Lynnwood Ridge, Calgary, Cleanup of
CP Rail
Ogden rail yards, Calgary: Toxic materials runoff from ... 766
Cumulative Environmental Management Association
Oil sands water usage requirements ... 852
Dept. of Environment
Annual report, 2004-05 (SP684/06: Tabled) ... 1771 Budget ... 856 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 847-49, 851-54, 856-57, 859-61 Minister's resignation ... 1642 Staff at Lake Wabamun ... 849 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1759 Website, groundwater mapping information on ... 847
Disaster relief
Southern Alberta flood situation, impact on Okotoks solar energy project ... 542
Drinking water-First Nations reserves
Provincial funding to improve ... 848, 853
Drinking water-Small rural centres
Provincial funding to improve ... 848, 853
Drinking water-Wabamun area
Impact of oil spill from train derailment on ... 794
Drinking water abatement program
Drought
Elimination of industrial water usage during ... 852-53 Preparation for ... 685
Economic development and the environment
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric power, Coal-produced-China
Electric power, Coal-produced-Environmental aspects
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Wood Buffalo region infrastructure planning (not proceeded with) ... 1728
Emergency Management Alberta
Business continuity planning ... 860
Energy industry-Environmental impact
Research into, energy innovation fund for ... 1803 Research into, funded by environmental royalty tax ... 245-46
Energy Innovation Fund
General remarks ... 1803 Groundwater mapping funding ... 1759
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
General remarks ... 45, 851, 860 Initiatives re: Funding for ... 851-52 Provincial government usage of ... 851, 856
Environmental emergency planning
Environmental impact assessments
Cumulative assessments ... 852 Heavy oil upgraders ... 493
Environmental protection
Individual responsibility for ... 849, 853, 856 Initiatives re ... 42-43, 857 Initiatives re: Communications plan for ... 848 Initiatives re: Funding for ... 851 Public education re ... 848, 849 Youth summit on ... 848-49
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Committee ... 1382 General remarks ... 1396
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Methamphetamine) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 202)
Environmental Protection Commission
General remarks ... 848, 860 Report on Lake Wabamun train derailment ... 640
Environmental Protection Security Fund
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP685/06: Tabled) ... 1771
Environmental research
Endowment fund for (proposed) ... 607, 930 Funding for ... 848 General remarks ... 856, 861
Environmental risk assessment
EPCOR Group of Companies
Joint Genesee 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities ... 450 Joint Keephills 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities ... 450
Flaring of natural gas
Capturing and reuse of ... 860 Reduction of ... 860
Floods-Southern Alberta
Compensation re, for Okotoks solar energy project ... 542
Forest management agreements
Spray Lake Sawmills plan ... 1720
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on: Emergency debate request re ... 1728
Gasoline-Prices
Impact on green transportation initiatives ... 1401
Groundwater
Baseline testing of ... 78-79, 198, 537, 642-43, 837-38, 849, 888, 1194, 1519-20 Baseline testing of: Alberta Environment standard for (SP323/06: Tabled) ... 799 Baseline testing of: Independent panel to review prior to testing ... 793-94 Baseline testing of: Standards re ... 837-38, 849, 888 Baseline testing of: Telephone hotline re ... 849 Inventory/mapping of ... 198, 847, 848, 1242 Inventory/mapping of: Funding for ... 1759 Inventory/mapping of: Information system re ... 847
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 43, 78-79, 198, 537, 642-43, 793-94, 837-38, 849, 888, 1194, 1519-20, 1541, 1641-42 Coal bed methane drilling impact on: Energy innovation fund for ... 1803 Horseshoe Canyon area ... 537, 642-43, 793-94, 1541 Mannville formation ... 1520 Ogden rail yards toxic substance runoff, Calgary ... 766
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) upgraders-Environmental aspects
Hub Oil Company Ltd.
Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 766
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Cleanup of contaminated site, Lynnview/Lynnwood Ridge, Calgary ... 766, 930 Spill of bunker C oil during train derailment, Lake Wabamun ... 838, 930
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Impact on environment: Approvals re ... 847, 857
Industrial development (Value-added industries)-Sturgeon/Strathcona counties
Compensation to landowners displaced by ... 541 Impact on environment ... 493, 541-42
Integrated land management on public lands (ILM)
Integrated resource management on public lands (IRM)
International Joint Commission
Resolution of Canada/U.S. water issues ... 1546
International water forum, Banff
Kananaskis Country
Spray Lake Sawmills logging in ... 1720
Lakeland College
Use of biodiesel fuel as alternative energy source ... 860
Legislative Assembly Chamber
Lighting in, solar powered ... 851
Methane in water
Explosive qualities, safety issues re ... 1641-42
Ministers (Provincial government)
Natural resources revenue
Impact of oil sands projects growth on ... 1728
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 861
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1715 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Emergency debate request re planning for ... 1728 Use of water supplies ... 686, 852-53, 1243, 1321-22
Oil sands development-Environmental aspects
Oral Question Period (2006)
Alberta/Montana relations ... 1546 Alternative energy project in Okotoks ... 331, 542 Battle River water supply ... 1012-13 Cleanup of contaminated sites ... 929-30 Cleanup of hazardous spill at Wabamun Lake ... 930, 936 Climate change ... 1320, 1454 Coal-bed methane drilling ... 43, 78-79, 198, 642-43, 1194, 1519-20, 1541, 1641-42 Coal-bed methane drilling in Horseshoe Canyon ... 537, 793-94 Coal-fired electricity generation plants ... 450 Coal-fired power production ... 45 Contaminated sites cleanup ... 1396-97 Contaminated sites cleanup in Calgary ... 766 Endowment funds ... 607 Energy innovation fund ... 1803 Environmental initiatives ... 42-43 Environmental royalty tax ... 245-46 Groundwater and coal-bed methane drilling ... 837-38 Hazardous material spill at Wabamun Lake ... 640 Major projects in the industrial heartland ... 493, 541-42 Managed growth in the oil sands ... 1715 Methanol spill in Mitsue Creek ... 838 Orkney water co-operative ... 1457-58 Provincial water supply ... 685, 1242-43 Racing entertainment centre project ... 1846, 1848-49 Royalty rates ... 1401 Spray Lake Sawmills ... 1720 Water for Life strategy ... 679, 686 Water management ... 888 Water quality in Turner Valley ... 1804-05 Water quality in Wabamun Lake area ... 794 Water quality of Lesser Slave Lake ... 582 Water supply in southern Alberta ... 1804 Water use by oil and gas industry ... 1321-22
Orkney water co-operative
Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development
Coal-bed methane extraction impacts ... 838, 888 Water use by energy industry, report on ... 1321
Petroleum tank sites remediation program
Point of Order
Parliamentary language ... 1382
Racing entertainment complex-Balzac
Water supply for, withdrawn from Red Deer River ... 1846, 1848-49
Reclamation of land
Coal mines ... 848 Industry funding for, Auditor General's recommendation re ... 857
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Contaminated sites cleanup using royalty monies ... 929-30 Windfall royalties scheme ... 1401
Rural economic development
Government strategy re ... 853
Soil conservation
Provincial funding for ... 1759
Solar power
Drake Landing housing project, Okotoks ... 331, 542, 848
Spills (Pollution)-Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment: Cleanup procedures ... 640, 848, 852, 936 CN train derailment: Cleanup procedures, responsibility for ... 838, 849, 930 CN train derailment: Drinking water, impact on ... 794 CN train derailment: Minister's advisors re ... 640, 849, 852, 936
Spills (Pollution)-Mitsue Creek
Methanol spill: Cleanup procedures ... 838 Methanol spill: Responsibility for ... 838, 930
Spray Lake Sawmills
Forest management plan ... 1720
Sulphur dioxide emissions
Sustainable resource environmental management initiatives
Tax incentives
Environmental projects ... 860
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Joint Keephills 3 power plant with EPCOR ... 450, 542
Transportation
Green initiatives re: Use of windfall royalties for ... 1401
Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site)
Leaks from: Health issues re ... 1804-05
Washing machine rebate program
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
General remarks ... 198, 685, 686, 766, 794, 799, 838, 848, 849, 851, 852-53, 856, 1012, 1194, 1242, 1321-22, 1458, 1804, 1810 Initiatives re: Funding for ... 679, 686, 1759
Water pipelines-North Saskatchewan River to Battle River
Water quality-Kananaskis Country
Water quality-Lesser Slave Lake
Water quality-Sheep River
Turner Valley gas plant area ... 1804-05
Water resources development
Water resources development-Milk River
Cross border issues re ... 1546
Water resources development-South Saskatchewan River basin
Management plan for ... 1804 Management plan for: Copy tabled (SP720/06) ... 1810
Water resources development-St. Mary River
Cross border issues re ... 1546
Water supply-Camrose area
Water supply-Southern Alberta
Water treatment plants, Regional
Water wells-Spirit River
Methane gas in, explosion of ... 1641-42
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers -South Saskatchewan River basin
Licences for, elimination of ... 1804
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers-Red Deer River
Watershed planning and advisory councils
Wetlands
Provincial policy re ... 853
Wood Buffalo regional municipality
Impact of oil sands expansion on: Emergency debate request re ... 1728
Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill)
Access to the Future Act (Bill 1, 2005)
Common application process for postsecondary institutions provisions ... 358 General remarks ... 1010
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
U of C borrowing from ... 642
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Automobiles-Registration
Registrations transferred from other provinces, timeliness of ... 1209
Beddington Heights Community Association
Bighorn sheep hunting
Under Métis hunting agreement of 2004 ... 1319
Burns Memorial Trust Amendment Act, 2006
Petition presented ... 499 Recommendation to proceed ... 1199 Standing Orders 85-89 complied with ... 545
Burns Memorial Trust Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill Pr.1)
Calgary Police Service
Red-light camera trial results ... 1542
Campus Alberta Quality Council
Degree program approval process ... 1767
Canada Olympic Park Property Tax Exemption Amendment Act, 2006
Petition presented ... 499 Standing Orders 85-89 complied with ... 545
Canadian armed forces
Women members of ... 1460
Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area
Encana development in: Statement re ... 1548
Casinos
Expansion in groups obtaining licences for ... 1042
Committee on Justice and Government Services, Standing Policy
Reduction in funding for (Amendment to main estimates) (SP470/06: Tabled) ... 1275
Committee on Private Bills, Standing
Petitions presented ... 499 Report presented ... 545, 1199
Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Special
Final Report (SP634/06: Tabled) ... 1678
Deerfoot Trail, Calgary
Use of photoradar on ... 1542
Dept. of Community Development
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1079-80
Dept. of Education
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1029
Dept. of Government Services
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1209
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Main estimates 2006-07: Amendment (SP470/06: Tabled) ... 1275
Edmonton Community Foundation Amendment Act, 2006
Petition presented ... 499 Proposed amendment to (SP456/06: Tabled) ... 1199 Recommendation to proceed, with amendments ... 1199 Standing Order 89(1)(b) waived ... 545
Encana Corporation
Development in Suffield national wildlife area: Statement re ... 1548
Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 10)
Amendment (SP217/06: Tabled) ... 574
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Ecosystem changes to ... 1079-80 Flood damage in ... 1079
Floods-Fish Creek Provincial Park
Gas well drilling industry-Suffield military base area
Grant MacEwan Community College
Degree granting programs ... 1766-67
Grasslands
Industrial development in: Statement re ... 1548 Protection of ... 1080
Grizzly bear hunting
Under Métis hunting agreement of 2004 ... 1319
Health Information Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 31)
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 14)
High school graduates
Numbers of: Transition to postsecondary education ... 1029
Highway 41
Promotion of, as alternate north-south corridor (Motion 506: Mitzel) ... 823
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy
Provincial funding for ... 642
Mary Immaculate Hospital of Mundare Act
Petition presented ... 499 Proposed amendment to (SP455/06: Tabled) ... 1199 Recommendation to proceed, with amendments ... 1199 Standing Orders 85-89 complied with ... 545
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 124
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 124
Medical records, Electronic
Legislation re (Bill 31) ... 845
Members' Statements (2006)
Beddington Heights Community Association ... 1807 Electoral reform ... 644 Native prairie grasslands ... 1548 Salute to Second World War veterans ... 1459-60 University of Calgary 40th anniversary ... 732 University of Calgary achievements ... 796-97
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: MLA 2006 task force report on ... 1319
Mount Royal College
Degree granting programs ... 1766-67
North/south trade corridor
Promotion of highway 41 as alternative to (Motion 506: Mitzel) ... 823
Oral Question Period (2006)
Alberta's environment ... 1674-75 Avian influenza ... 581-82 Common student application process ... 357-58 Degree granting approval ... 1766-67 Métis hunting rights ... 1319 Opted-out physicians ... 124 Postsecondary opportunities in Calgary ... 962-63 Traffic surveillance cameras ... 1542 Tuition fee policy ... 1010 University of Calgary capital plans ... 642
Persons with developmental disabilities community boards
Governance issues, reporting lines: Legislation re (Bill 30) ... 845
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community Governance Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 30)
First reading ... 845 Second reading ... 1003-04 Third reading ... 1531
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Board
Relation to regional boards, changes to: Legislation re (Bill 30) ... 845 Role of, transferred to Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports: Legislation re (Bill 30) ... 845
Petitions for Private Bills (2006)
Burns Memorial Trust Amendment Act, 2006 ... 499 Canada Olympic Park Property Tax Amendment Act, 2006 ... 499 Edmonton Community Foundation Amendment Act, 2006 ... 499 Mary Immaculate Hospital of Mundare Act ... 499
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Teenage smoking curtailment ... 734
Photo radar (Traffic safety)
General remarks ... 1542 Use on Deerfoot Trail, Calgary ... 1542 Use on provincial highways ... 1542
Point of Order
Relevance ... 1220 Third reading debate ... 1871
Poker tournaments, Community
Post-secondary Learning Act
Tuition fee policy ... 1010
Postsecondary educational institutions
Capital projects for new spaces at ... 642, 962-63 Degree-granting programs ... 1766-67
Postsecondary educational institutions- Admissions (enrollment)
Province-wide centralization of ... 357-58
Postsecondary educational institutions-Calgary
Increase in spaces at ... 962-63
Postsecondary educational institutions-Edmonton
Increase in spaces at ... 962-63
Poultry industry
Protective measures re avian flu ... 582
Proportional representation
Railway (Alberta) (Heritage Railway) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 203)
River Cree Resort and Casino
Roads
Use of photoradar on ... 1542
School age
Leaving age: Increase in, proclamation of Bill 203 (2003) re ... 1029
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203, 2003)
Slot machines in racing entertainment centres
Revenue from: Allocation of ... 1047
Smoking, Teen
Curtailment of: Petitions presented re ... 734
Traffic surveillance cameras
Provincial funding for ... 1542
University of Calgary
40th anniversary: Statement re ... 732, 796-97 Capital projects plans ... 642 Capital projects plans: Borrowing for ... 642 Provincial funding for ... 642
Victory in Europe Day
61st Anniversary of, statement re ... 1459-60
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Reduction of: Impact of private health care on ... 124
Westbourne Place, Calgary (Seniors' apartment)
Wild birds
Avian flu in: Protective measures re ... 582
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