Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder)
Aboriginal land claims
General remarks ... 1403 Law suits against province re ... 1702
Aboriginal peoples-Employment
Aboriginal peoples-Self-government
Aboriginal peoples-Urban areas
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April 2006
Interprovincial trade agreement signed at: Exemptions from ... 1219
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 34)
Alberta Electric System Operator
Wind power production, cap on ... 1456
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Electricity transmission line hearings, Genessee to Langdon line through Eastern Slopes ... 935 Funding for ... 713 Petro-Canada well site proposal, Narraway caribou herd range ... 1119 Royalties calculation accuracy, directive re ... 767 Suncor expansion hearings: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA's intervention in ... 1770
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Problem gambling funding ... 319
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office: Budget ... 1218 Washington, D.C. office: Expenses ... 1321 Washington, D.C. office: Representative's salary ... 1218 Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 1218-19 Washington, D.C. office: Role of ... 1218
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
History of ... 138-39 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 138-39
Alberta Information and Communications Technology Institute
Alberta Medical Association
Meetings with minister re third way health care reforms ... 360
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 33)
Alberta royalty tax credit
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Wildfire control funding from ... 1255
Alberta/United States relations
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Kindergarten recommendations ... 1754
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Architects Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 11)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Class action settlement re payments under: Funding for ... 141
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act (Bill 21)
Auditor General
Energy royalties, tax credits for, report on ... 335, 713-14, 767 Reclamation funding from industry, adequate assurance of, recommendation re ... 854-55
Automobile drivers' licences-Security aspects
Fake licence problem ... 1219
AVAC Ltd.
Expansion into high-tech knowledge industries, funding for ... 1091
Bank machines
Distance from VLTs, requirement for ... 319
Biotechnology
Research into, incentives for ... 1427-28
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Impact on cattle industry ... 1218
Canada Health Act
Alberta's third way compliance with ... 771, 939, 1323 Alberta's third way compliance with: Letter re (SP57/06: Tabled) ... 202
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Use of 2004 data for compensation ... 1757-58
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Opposition to environmental royalty tax suggestion ... 335
Canadian Youth for Choice
Letter re Bill 208 (SP501/06: Tabled) ... 1353
Cancer incidence-Fort Chipewyan
Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1360-61
Carbon dioxide
Injection underground for storage purposes, studies re (M5/06: Response tabled as SP408/06) ... 504-05
Carbon dioxide emissions
Reduction in, by biofuels usage ... 855 Reduction in, funded by royalty rate increase ... 1143
Caribou
Impact of industrial development on ... 1119
Casinos
Responsible gambling information centres in ... 319
Choice Matters; Marketing Choice for Alberta Producers
Chronic wasting disease
General remarks ... 1256 Presence on game farms ... 1256
Chronic wasting disease-Control
By recreational hunting ... 1256
Class size (Grade school)
Clean Air Strategic Alliance
Climate change
Impact on pine beetle incidence ... 1256 Impact on wildfire incidence ... 1255, 1256 Initiatives re, funding for ... 855-56 Kyoto protocol on ... 1143
CN Rail
Train derailment, Lake Wabamun ... 855 Train derailment, Lake Wabamun: Provision of information re ... 855
Co-energy electrical production
Coal-bed methane-Royalties
Coal-bed methane extraction
General remarks ... 714, 1092 Groundwater pollution issues ... 197-98, 855, 1519-20 Groundwater pollution issues: Emergency debate request re (not proceeded with) ... 89 Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee on ... 89, 1519-20 Public health and safety review of ... 714
Coal energy, Clean
General remarks ... 713, 1092 Website articles re (SP24-25/06: Tabled) ... 48
Coal gasification-Research
Committee on Education and Employment, Standing Policy
Postcards to, re affordable transportation for low-income people (SP723/06: Tabled) ... 1855
Continuing/extended care facilities-Staffing
Shortage of ... 141 Shortage of, letter re (SP576/06: Tabled) ... 1550
Continuing/extended care facilities-Standards
News release re (SP498/06: Tabled) ... 1352-53
David Suzuki Foundation
Website article re coal technolgies (SP25/06: Tabled) ... 48
Daycare centres
General remarks ... 318 National plan principles re (Conservative government plan) ... 1219
Deer-Alberta/Saskatchewan border area
Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 1256
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1466-68 Role of ... 1467 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1702
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1757-58
Dept. of Community Development
Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1705
Dept. of Economic Development
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1426-28 Role of ... 1426
Dept. of Education
Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1754-55
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 712-14
Dept. of Environment
Budget ... 854, 855 Business plan ... 855 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 854-56 Role of ... 854
Dept. of Finance
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 138-39
Dept. of Gaming
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 319
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 311
Dept. of Homeland Security (United States)
Comments re fake Alberta drivers' licences problem ... 1219
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Deputy minister's office budget ... 1092 Innovation and service excellence budget ... 1092 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1091-92 Role of ... 1091 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 144-45
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1218-19 Minister's travel expenses, disclosure of ... 1218 Minister's trip to Hong Kong in 2005 ... 1218 Performance measures ... 1218
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 318-19
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 141
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1255-57
Discrimination-Aboriginal peoples
Divorce and workplace performance
Studies re (Q30/06: Defeated) ... 1732
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on industry ... 1426
Drinking water
Coal bed methane wells' impact on ... 197-98, 855 Coal bed methane wells' impact on: Emergency debate request re (not proceeded with) ... 89 Statement re ... 844
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Third reading ... 595-96 Third reading hoist amendment ... 595-96
Early childhood education
Full-day programs ... 1754 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1754
Eastern Slopes-Environmental aspects
Importance to film and tourism industries ... 1427
Economic development and the environment
Edmonton Community Foundation Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill Pr.3)
Edmonton Public School Board
City centre education project: Junior kindergarten funding ... 1755
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Electric power, Coal-produced
General remarks ... 45, 855
Electric power, Coal-produced-Environmental aspects
General remarks ... 45, 450, 713 Website articles re (SP24-25/06: Tabled) ... 48
Electric power conservation
Electric power lines-Construction
Costs of, impact on electricity bills ... 935
Electric power lines-Eastern Slopes area (Genessee-Langdon)
Re-opening of EUB hearings re ... 935
Electric Utilities (Net Metering) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 219)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Coal-bed methane (not proceeded with) ... 89 Health issues in Fort Chipewyan (not proceeded with) ... 1360-61
Energy efficiency (Buildings)
Energy industry
General remarks ... 1427 Regulating of growth in ... 714 Use of water supplies ... 686
Energy industry-Environmental impact
Importance to film and tourism industries ... 1427 Research into, funded by environmental royalty tax ... 335
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Energy strategy, Integrated (Renewable/ nonrenewable resource development)
Environmental emergency planning
General remarks ... 855 Response team re ... 854
Environmental protection
General remarks ... 854 Importance to film and tourism industries ... 1427 Individual responsibility for ... 854
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Methamphetamine) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 202)
EPCOR Group of Companies
Joint Genesee 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities ... 450 Joint Keephills 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities ... 450
Farm fatalities
Statistics re (SP628/06: Tabled) ... 1649
Film development grant program
Film industry
Impact of environmental degredation on ... 1427
Fines (Forest fire starting)
First Nations Consultation Policy on Land Management and Resource Development
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Fish conservation
Impact of MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights on ... 1468
Foreign workers, Temporary
Forest fires-Prevention
Public education re ... 1255
Forest industries-Environmental aspects
Importance to film and tourism industries ... 1427
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1770
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Request for third-party information under ... 505
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Friends of Medicare
Petition re abandoning third way health care proposals ... 1323
Gambling, Compulsive
Prevention initiatives re ... 319
Game farming
Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 1256
Gasoline-Prices
Impact on green transportation initiatives ... 1401
Government attorneys
Increase in numbers of ... 318
Government departments
Research initiatives ... 1091
Government spending policy
Off-budget spending ... 713
Grains and oilseed farming
Disaster declaration re (2006) ... 1757-58
Greenpeace International
Website article about clean coal technologies (SP24/06: Tabled) ... 48
Grizzly bears-Populations
General remarks ... 1256 Reports on data re (M9/06: Defeated) ... 506-07
Groundwater
Baseline testing of ... 1519-20 Inventory/mapping of ... 89, 198
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 197-98, 855, 1519-20 Coal bed methane drilling impact on: Emergency debate request re (not proceeded with) ... 89 Mannville formation ... 1520
Health Information Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 31)
Health issues-Fort Chipewyan
Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1360-61
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 14)
Healthy U (Health promotion campaign)
Heavy oil (synthetic crude)-Royalties
General remarks ... 714, 767 Verification of, Auditor General's comments re ... 767
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) upgraders-Environmental aspects
Highway 41
Promotion of, as alternate north-south corridor (Motion 506: Mitzel) ... 820-21
Historic sites
Reclamation of environmental damage at, funding for ... 1705
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Impact on environment: Approvals re ... 855
Industrial development (Value-added industries)-Sturgeon/Strathcona counties
Compensation to landowners displaced by ... 541 Impact on environment ... 541
Industry
Environmental responsibility ... 854
Insurance, Health (Private)
General remarks ... 771, 939, 967, 1323 Letter re (SP261/06: Tabled) ... 646 Paper re (SP4/06: Tabled) ... 20
Integrated land management on public lands (ILM)
Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2006-07
Amount of detail in ... 311
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 1428 Shortages of skilled workers: Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 1219
Land Titles Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 12)
Libraries Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 281 Third reading ... 602
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 28)
Low-income people
Transit costs, postcard campaign re (SP723/06: Tabled) ... 1855
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 311 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP57, 147, 204-205, 261, 290, 368-369/06: Tabled) ... 202, 410, 546, 646, 690, 896 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 770-71, 939, 967, 1323 Restructuring (third way option): Physician consultation re ... 360 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re ... 360, 410 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, public hearings for ... 360
Medical care, Private
Elimination of: Petitions presented re ... 335, 409
Medical profession
Consultations with, re third way reforms ... 360 Practicing in public/private health systems ... 771, 939, 967, 1323 Practicing in public/private health systems: Letter re (SP261/06: Tabled) ... 646
Medical profession-Rural areas
Impact of third-way health care proposals on recruitment/retention of ... 896
Members' Statements (2006)
Development in the Peace Country ... 1770 Parks and wilderness areas ... 1119 Proportion of First Nations persons in jails ... 1403 Royalty revenues ... 335 Water management ... 844
Methane in water
Explosive qualities, safety issues re ... 855
MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 1468 Provincial agreement re, 2004: MLA 2006 task force on ... 1468
MĂ©tis settlements
General remarks ... 1467 Self-reliance of ... 1467
Microgeneration of electricity
Native friendship centres
Provincial funding for ... 1467
Natural resources revenue
Decline in ... 712-13 Decline in: Statement re ... 335 Forecasting of ... 1720-21 General remarks ... 139
Natural Resources Transfer Agreement
Aboriginal law suits re ... 1702
Net metering (Electricity)
Legislation re (Bill 219) ... 1855
North/south trade corridor
Promotion of highway 41 as alternative to (Motion 506: Mitzel) ... 820-21
Office of the Premier
Premier's throwing a document at a Page, letter re (SP50/06: Tabled) ... 175
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering: Provincial funding for ... 1143 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Studies re (M6/06: Response tabled as SP710/06) ... 505
Oil sands development
General remarks ... 714, 1427 Use of water supplies ... 686
Oil sands development-Environmental aspects
Oil sands development-Peace Country
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Statement re ... 1770
Oral Question Period (2006)
Alberta office in Washington ... 1321 CO 2 capture and sequestration ... 1143 Coal-bed methane drilling ... 197-98, 1519-20 Coal-fired electricity generation plants ... 450 Coal-fired power production ... 45 Energy forecasting ... 1720-21 EUB hearings on electricity transmission line ... 935 Major projects in the industrial heartland ... 541 Physician input on health care reform ... 360 Provincial sheriffs ... 1851-52 Royalty rates ... 767, 1401 Water for Life strategy ... 686 Wind power generation ... 1456
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Premier's throwing a document at a Page, letter re (SP50/06: Tabled) ... 175
Parental Consent to Medical Treatment for Minors Act (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 373-74 Letters re (SP133-134/06: Tabled) ... 365
Parks, Provincial
Industrial development in: Reclamation funding re ... 1705 Industrial development in: Statement re ... 1119 Statement re ... 1119
Peace Country Health
Chair of (Marv Moore), comments on the third-way proposals, letter re (SP369/06: Tabled) ... 896
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Peace officers
Increase in numbers of ... 318
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community Governance Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 30)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Medicare strengthening by eliminating private clinics ... 335, 409 RCMP community police officers, increase in ... 87, 771 Third way health reform abandonment ... 770, 939, 967, 1323
Petro-Canada
Well site, Narraway caribou herd range ... 1119
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 318
Police and peace officer college
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
Committee ... 1630 Amendment A1 (SP604/06: Tabled) ... 1630 Letter re (SP564/06: Tabled) ... 1524
Prisoners, Aboriginal
Numbers of ... 1467 Numbers of: Statement re ... 1403
Protected areas
Industrial development in: Statement re ... 1119
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 3)
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Second reading ... 1160-61 Letters re (SP499-501/06: Tabled) ... 1353
Provincial Parks Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 23)
Public Interest Alberta
Seniors' issues campaign (SP724/06: Tabled) ... 1855
Public transit
Cost of, for low-income people, postcard campaign re (SP723/06: Tabled) ... 1855
Rail service, Electric high-speed-Edmonton-Calgary
Railway (Alberta) (Heritage Railway) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 203)
Reclamation of land
Funding for ... 855 Historic sites/provincial parks ... 1705 Industry funding for, Auditor General's recommendation re ... 854-55
Registry offices, Private-Security aspects
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Community police officers, funding for increase in: Petition presented re ... 87, 770 Provincial sheriffs relation to ... 1851-52 Sheriffs in traffic safety enforcement ... 1851-52
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 335, 713-14, 767 General remarks ... 767 Increase in ... 714 Increase in, to fund carbon dioxide reduction projects ... 1143 Review of ... 714 Review of: Consultations re (Q17/06: Defeated) ... 1367-68 Review of: Studies re (Q18/06: Defeated) ... 1556-57 Statement re ... 335 Windfall royalties scheme ... 1401
Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 25)
Seniors' advocate (Proposal)
Campaign re (SP724/06: Tabled) ... 1855
Seniors' issues
Campaign re (SP724/06: Tabled) ... 1855
Shell Canada Limited
Use of carbon dioxide to enhance oil recovery, request for provincial funding for ... 1143
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
PDD agency employees, salaries for ... 141
Softwoods-Export-United States
Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 1219, 1256-57
Spills (Pollution)-Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment: Cleanup procedures ... 854, 855
Sports
Provincial support for: Funding measures, 2001-05 (Q16/06: Response tabled as SP629/06) ... 1362
Tax incentives
Research and development companies ... 1428
Teachers
Stability in hiring of ... 1754
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 1755
Technology commercialization
Tourism
Impact of environmental degredation on ... 1427
Traditional land-use studies (First Nations lands)
Traffic safety
Sheriffs' involvement in enforcement re ... 1851-52
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Joint Keephills 3 power plant with EPCOR ... 450, 541
Transportation
Green initiatives re: Use of windfall royalties for ... 1401
Travel at public expense
Release of details re ... 1218
Treaty 7 and 8 First Nations
Land claim law suits against province ... 1702
Tuition fees
Policy re: Letter re (SP564/06: Tabled) ... 1524
Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site)
Leaks from: Reclamation funding re ... 1705
Universities and colleges
Research, joint projects with industry ... 1091-92
Vibrant Communities in Calgary
Affordable transportation for low-income people, postcard campaign re (SP723/06: Tabled) ... 1855
Video gambling machines
Distance requirement from, for bank machines ... 319
Water conservation
General remarks ... 686 Statement re ... 844
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water quality-Sheep River
Turner Valley gas plant area: Reclamation funding to improve ... 1705
Water resources development
Water supply
Preparation of inventory of (Motion 511: Swann) ... 1566-67 Privatization of ... 844 Use by energy industry ... 686 Use by industry ... 844
Watershed planning and advisory councils
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Logging on caribou/grizzly habitats ... 1119
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 18)
Wildlife conservation
Impact of MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights on ... 1468
Willmore Wilderness Park
Mountain pine bark beetle infestation in ... 1256
Wind power
Cap on ... 1456 Provincial incentives re ... 1427
Youth Coalition
Letter re Bill 208 (SP500/06: Tabled) ... 1353
Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung)
Alberta Blue Cross Plan
Ambulance benefits: Letter re (SP667/06: Tabled) ... 1724
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board
Facility standards report, 2005 ... 1112
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Inflation-proofing of ... 137, 138 Principal of, protection for ... 137-38 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 137-38 Surplus revenue deposit into, though annual allocation ... 137-38
Alberta Horizons (Alberta Liberal policy documents)
Alberta SuperNet
General remarks ... 755, 1406-07, 1409 Library access to: Costs ... 1408 Student access to ... 1408 Wireless technology usage ... 1408 Wireless technology usage: Security implications ... 1408
Alberta Technology Report (Survey)
Ambulance service
Health care coverage of transfers to non active treatment facility: Letter re (SP667/06: Tabled) ... 1724 Responsibility for, review of by Restructuring dept. ... 1408 Wait time re: Letter re (SP548/06: Tabled) ... 1461
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Land aquisition issues re ... 791, 839 Land aquisition issues re: Documents re (SP359-361/06: Tabled) ... 846
Aon Consulting Inc.
Health Benefit Design Options Report: Financial projections based on ... 1088
Appropriation Act, 2006 (Bill 42)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Architects Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 11)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act (Bill 21)
Auditor General
Boards of directors recruiting and training guidelines recommendation (Motion 502: MacDonald) ... 224-25 Innovation and Science dept. recommendations ... 1089-90 Performance measures comments (Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency) ... 1409 Restructuring and Government Efficiency dept., comments re ... 1409 Role of ... 446
Automobile drivers' licences-Security aspects
Automobiles-Registration
Computer systems re, funding for ... 1203
AVAC Ltd.
Expansion into high-tech knowledge industries, funding for ... 143-44
Axia NetMedia Corporation
Alberta Supernet contract ... 1408, 1410
Bills, Private members' public
Standing Orders changes re ... 1356
Boards of directors
Guidelines for recruiting and training, recommended by the Auditor General's report (Motion 502: MacDonald) ... 224-25
Bridges-Athabasca River-Fort McMurray area
Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour force development strategy)
Canada Health Act
Alberta's third way compliance with ... 797, 896 Alberta's third way compliance with: Letter re (SP273/06: Tabled) ... 689 General remarks ... 202
Canadian armed forces
Service in Afghanistan: Letter re lowering flag for (SP432/06: Tabled) ... 1070
Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
Production of Alberta public service ID cards ... 1408
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Alberta private registry office security concerns ... 9
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Changing the Face of Democracy (Liberal opposition forum)
Children-Employment
Age restriction re ... 783
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (British Columbia)
Class size (Grade school)
Reduction of, funding for ... 1586-87
Closure motions (Parliamentary practice) (2006)
Bill 20 (CoW), Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Motion 19: Zwozdesky) ... 1600
CN Rail
Purchase of Edmonton RDA land from Lehigh Cement ... 845 Purchase of Edmonton RDA land from Lehigh Cement: Document re (SP360-361/06: Tabled) ... 846
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 1089
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Report (Building on Values) ... 799
Community schools
Disposition of unused schools ... 1081
Conflict of interest
Deputy minister of Government Services' role as Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 1203 Gary C. Campbell's membership on Corporate Internal Audit Services ... 756
Consumer protection-Law and legislation
Continuing/extended care facilities
Conditions in: Letters re (SP433/06: Tabled) ... 1070
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Edmonton RDA land sales, investigation of ... 791 Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as public member of ... 756 Investigations of, length of confidentiality of ... 1523 Role of ... 756
Cultural facilities-Finance
Daycare centres
National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP87 & 106/06: Tabled) ... 295, 336 National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP130, 230/06: Tabled) ... 365, 617
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Community Development
Budget ... 1081 Deputy Minister's office budget ... 1080 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1080-81 Minister's office budget ... 1080 Support services ... 1080
Dept. of Environment
Amalgamation with Sustainable Resource Development dept. ... 861 Budget ... 861 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 861-62
Dept. of Finance
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 137-38
Dept. of Government Services
Deputy minister of, as Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 1203-04 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1202-04 Minister's office ... 1202 Performance measures ... 1203 Support services ... 1203
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Consolidation with Seniors dept. ... 782 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 782-84
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1089-90 Budget ... 1088 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1087-90 Performance measures ... 1088 Ranking of ... 1088 Role of ... 1088 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 143-44 Support services ... 1088
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Capital investments ... 1409 Deputy minister's office ... 1409 General remarks ... 755 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1407-09 Performance measures ... 1408 Performance measures: Auditor General's recommendation re ... 1409
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Renaming of, to include Human Resources dept. functions ... 782
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Amalgamation with Environment dept. ... 861
Domestic violence
Assistance to victims re: Letter re (SP262/06: Tabled) ... 646
Edmonton Public School Board
School council fund-raising survey ... 1587
Edmonton Sun (Newspaper)
Opinion poll result re rebate cheques from surpluses ... 138
Edmonton Transit Service
Murder of passenger on a bus: Letter re (SP198/06: Tabled) ... 500
Education, Postsecondary
Access to, new spaces to improve ... 963
Education-Finance
User fees, elimination of: Petitions presented re ... 87, 248, 454, 1678
Election (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 210)
First reading ... 335 General remarks ... 1068
Elections, Provincial
Fixed dates for ... 1068 Fixed dates for: Legislation re (Bill 210) ... 335
Electoral campaign funds
Liberal opposition policy re ... 1068
Electric utilities-Regulations
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions (not proceeded with) ... 1773
Energy industry
General remarks ... 1088 Technological innovations in ... 1088
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Executive Council
Budget ... 755-56 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 755-56
Executive Council (British Columbia)
Falun Gong-China
Harvesting organs from: Letter re (SP414/06: Tabled) ... 1017
Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance
Financial Management Commission
Report: Moving From Good to Great ... 138
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Food for All Seasons gala, Edmonton (2006)
Program from (SP413/06: Tabled) ... 1017
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 766-67
Fraser Institute
Alberta spending ranking ... 138
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Budget ... 1203 Costs of requests under ... 357
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Galfour Development Corporation
Land purchase/sale re Edmonton ring road ... 845
Government accountability
Government departments
Budgeting approval process for ... 1080
Government information
Access to: Statement re ... 1523
Government spending policy
Groundwater
Baseline testing of ... 1089 Inventory/mapping of ... 862
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 1089
Health Information Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 31)
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 14)
Heart attacks in emergency response personnel
Workers' compensation coverage of ... 783-84
Heart attacks in firefighters
Workers' compensation coverage of ... 783-84
Historical collections
Funding for acquisition of ... 1081
Home education
General remarks ... 1454 Testing/curricula re ... 1454
Homeless
Social services for: Letter re (SP668/06: Tabled) ... 1724
Homeless-Housing
Secondary suites option ... 1400
Hospitals-Emergency services
Capacity of: Letters re (SP506-507, 548/06: Tabled) ... 1353, 1461
Housing-Fort McMurray
Impact of population increase on ... 767
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
IBM Canada Ltd.
Provincial purchase of software from, security implications ... 1409
Income Support program
Benefit increase: Petitions presented re ... 734, 770
Informatics Circle of Research Excellence
Funding, application process for ... 1089
Information and communications technology
Funding application process for projects re ... 1089 Funding for ... 1409 Incentives re ... 1089 Strategy re ... 1089
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Comments re confidentiality of ministerial briefing books ... 1523 Comments re openness of government ... 357
Insurance, Health (Private)
General remarks ... 547, 797, 896 Letter re (SP273/06: Tabled) ... 689
Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat (British Columbia)
Land Agents Licensing Act
Letter re removal of section 1(c)(ii) from (SP/61006: Tabled) ... 1648
Land fillers
Use in oil sands land reclamation ... 861-62
Land titles-Registration
Volume of, funding re ... 1203
Land Titles Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 12)
Land Titles office
Documents re land sales in Edmonton restricted development area (SP360-361/06: Tabled) ... 846 Funding ... 1202
Lehigh Portland Cement Limited
Purchase/sale of Edmonton RDA: Documents re (SP360-361/06: Tabled) ... 846 Purchase/sale of Edmonton RDA land at Yellowhead Trail and 178 St. ... 791, 845
Life sciences research
Wet lab re, funding for ... 1089
Lottery Fund
Grant cheques from, presentation by local MLAs: Point of Order re ... 1552
Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 6)
Mandatory Testing and Disclosure Act (Bill 26)
Medical care
Letter re (SP506/06: Tabled) ... 1353 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on small business ... 783 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP56, 69, 105, 129, 151, 214, 263, 272-273, 309, 339, 371, 396/06: Tabled) ... 202, 248, 336, 365, 454, 547, 646, 689, 735, 799, 896, 940 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 545-46, 797, 896, 1350 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party televised debate re ... 547 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, letter re (SP105/06: Tabled) ... 336
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 547, 797 Practicing in public/private health systems: Letters re (SP56, 273/06: Tabled) ... 202, 689
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Presentation of cheques re government programs: Point of Order re ... 1552
Members' Statements (2006)
Democratic renewal ... 1068, 1523 Governance and democratic renewal ... 732-33 Proportional representation ... 797
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Parliamentary language ... 1583
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for: Letters re (SP150, 199, 340/06: Tabled) ... 454, 500, 799
Microsoft Corporation
Provincial purchase of software from, security implications ... 1409
Minister Responsible for Capital Planning
Creation of position of ... 755 Creation of position of, review by Restructuring dept. ... 1408-09
Ministers (Provincial government)
Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 1523 New cabinet position created (Minister Responsible for Capital Planning) ... 755 New cabinet position created (Minister Responsible for Capital Planning): Review by Restructuring dept. ... 1408-09 Number of ... 755-56, 782, 1081, 1409
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 7)
Natural resources revenue
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Oil sands development
Use of water supplies ... 861, 1089
Oil sands development-Environmental aspects
Oil sands development-Research
Oral Question Period (2006)
Facility standards for funeral homes ... 1112 Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 766-67 Fuel pricing ... 1850-51 Government accountability ... 446 Home education ... 1454 Investment in science and technology ... 963 Municipal funding ... 685 Registry system security ... 8-9 Regulatory review ... 889, 1319-20 Sale of Edmonton ring road land ... 791, 839 School fundraising ... 1587-88 Secondary suites ... 1400 Telemarketing investigation ... 581 Treasury Board meeting attendance records ... 357
Organ harvesting-China
From Falun Gong members: Letter re (SP414/06: Tabled) ... 1017
Organized crime
Private registry office infiltration ... 9
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community Governance Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 30)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Alberta Works income support benefits increase ... 734, 770 Henday Drive noise problem, Wedgewood Ravine area, attenuation of ... 1771 School fees elimination ... 87, 248, 454, 1678 Third way health reform abandonment ... 545-46, 797, 896, 1350 Tuition fee rollback ... 770
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 1552 Imputing motives ... 384 Parliamentary language ... 1583 Private members' public Bills ... 1356 Tabling cited documents ... 941
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
Second reading amendment to read six months hence (hoist amendment) ... 1582-83 Second reading ... 1581-83
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign contributions: Disclosure of, emergency debate re ... 1773 Vice-president (communications) of, as manager at Workers' Compensation Board ... 756 Vice-president (finance, Gary C. Campbell) of, as public member of Corporate Internal Audit Services ... 756
Proportional representation
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Memo re Committee reading of: Point of Order re ... 1356
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public contracts for consultants
Public lands
Sale of: To buyers designated as "special interest names" ... 845 Sale of: To buyers designated as "special interest names:" 1980 memo re (SP359/06: Tabled) ... 846
Public lands-Fort McMurray
Public records-Confidentiality
General remarks ... 1409, 1523 Prevention of foreign government access to ... 1409
Public service-Alberta
Standardized ID cards for ... 1408
Queen's Printer
Transfer to Restructuring and Government Efficiency dept. ... 755
Rebate cheques from budget surplus (opinion poll result)
Referendum, Provincial
Third way health care reform, letter re (SP263/06: Tabled) ... 646
Registry offices, Private
Effectiveness of ... 1202 Fees ... 1202-03 Fees: Review of ... 1203 Licence for, revocation of in cases of security breaches ... 9
Registry offices, Private-Security aspects
Rental housing
Secondary suites ... 1400 Secondary suites: MLA Review Committee on, report ... 1400
Research and development
Funding for: Without matching funds ... 1090 Provincial incentives for ... 143-44, 963, 1089 Provincial incentives for: Recoverable portion of ... 144 Start-up companies in, mentoring for ... 144
Restricted development area-Edmonton
Land sale in, for Edmonton ring road ... 791, 839 Land sale in, for Edmonton ring road: Documents re (SP360-361/06: Tabled) ... 846
Royal Alberta Museum
Provincial funding for ... 1081
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Private registry offices security breaches, investigation of ... 9
School boards
Funding for: Letter re (SP642/06: Tabled) ... 1679
School councils
Fund-raising activities ... 1587-88 Fund-raising activities: Letter re (SP370/06: Tabled) ... 896
Schools-Boundaries
Letters re (SP598, 641/06: Tabled) ... 1596, 1679
Science-Teaching
Postsecondary courses ... 963
Service Alberta initiative (Government information access)
Call centre of, transfer to Government Services dept. ... 755 Funding ... 1202 General remarks ... 1407
Small business
Access to STEP program ... 783 Venture capital for ... 143, 963
Social housing
Rent supplement program: Letter re (SP404/06: Tabled) ... 968 Secondary suites option ... 1400
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Summer Temporary Employment Program
Accessibility to small business owners ... 783
Surplus, Budgetary
Heritage Savings funding with ... 138 Heritage Savings funding with, through annual allocation ... 137-38 Resource rebate cheques funding with ... 138
Tax incentives
Emerging technology companies ... 963
Technology commercialization
Provincial incentives for ... 143-44
Telemarketing
Investigations into (Xentel case) ... 581
Treasury Board
Meeting attendance records, publication of ... 357
Tuition fees
Rollback of: Petitions presented re ... 770
USA PATRIOT Act
Impact on public records' security ... 1409
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Budget ... 1203 Independence of (arm's length from government) ... 1203-04
Violence against women
Aboriginal women, letter re (SP310/06: Tabled) ... 735
Voting in provincial elections
Liberal opposition policy re ... 1068
Water quality
Impact of energy industry on ... 1089
Water supply
Preparation of inventory of ... 862 Preparation of inventory of (Motion 511: Swann) ... 1567-68 Use by energy industry ... 861, 1089
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers
Whistle-blower protection
Windsor Park Fundraising Society
Mock invoice of items fund-raised for (SP642/06: Tabled) ... 1679
Workers' Compensation Board
VP of Alberta PC party as manager in ... 756
Xentel DM Incorporated
Telemarketing practices, investigation of ... 581
Young adults
Provincial initiatives re: Involvement of youth in (Motion 503: Danyluk ) ... 383-85
Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park)
Aboriginal peoples-Health care
Federal funding for ... 1129 Funding for ... 1129, 1341 Impact of third way health care reforms on ... 361
Acupuncture services
Inclusion in primary care networks ... 1127
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Funding for ... 1121 Smoking prevention programs ... 1129, 1196, 1674 Youth substance abuse treatment programs ... 639 Youth substance abuse treatment programs, funding for ... 1121
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Third way health care reform proposal discussions ... 638
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Annual report, 2004-05 (SP601/06: Tabled) ... 1596
Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute (Foothills hospital, Calgary)
Alberta Cancer Board
Budget surplus ... 1697 Funding for ... 1697 Funding for equipment for ... 1697
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Children and Youth Initiative
Alberta Children's Hospital
Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists
Annual report, 2005 (SP426/06: Tabled) ... 1018
Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists
Annual report, 2005 (SP694/06: Tabled) ... 1772
Alberta College of Optometrists
Annual report, 2005 (SP691/06: Tabled) ... 1772
Alberta College of Pharmacists
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP697/06: Tabled) ... 1772
Alberta Dental Association and College
Annual report, 2004-05 (SP425/06: Tabled) ... 1018
Alberta Dental Hygienists' Association
Annual report, 2005 (SP600/06: Tabled) ... 1596
Alberta Health Care Insurance Act
Cost of administering (Q33/06: Accepted) ... 1734
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Essential services, determination of ... 958-59 Essential services, determination of: Legislation re ... 959, 1015 General remarks ... 789 Insured services, delisting of ... 122, 789, 958-59, 1014, 1701, 1716-17 Midwifery services coverage ... 1062, 1145 Opted-out physicians from (Q1/06: Response tabled as SP703/06) ... 501, 1772 Physical therapy coverage ... 1128 Temporary foreign workers coverage under ... 242
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Accounts in arrears, payments to collection agencies re (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734 Cost of administering (Q33/06: Accepted) ... 1734 Cost of administering, including subsidies and collection of arrears (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734 Elimination of ... 195 Elimination of, re diabetes supplies ... 1543 General remarks ... 614, 1133 Higher revenue from, to fund electronic health record systems ... 154 Higher revenue from, to fund health care system ... 1129-30 Higher revenue from, to reduce wait times ... 145-46, 153, 1130 Seniors' premiums ... 82, 729 Threshold increase for nonpayment of ... 1121
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Annual report, 2004-05 (SP424/06: Tabled) ... 1018 Coverage of continuing care facilities ... 1126, 1244
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Enterra Therapy device assessment ... 1114
Alberta Medical Association
Care guarantees, position on ... 763 Enterra Therapy device assessment ... 1114 Meetings with minister re third way health care reforms ... 355-56, 360, 401, 470 Physician supply report ... 1697 Specialist locum program ... 681
Alberta Monitoring for Health Program (Diabetes supplies)
Alberta Netcare (Electronic health record)
Alberta Opticians Association
Annual report, 2005 (SP696/06: Tabled) ... 1772
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 33)
Alberta SuperNet
Relation to electronic health records ... 152
Ambulance service
Advisory committee re ... 1125, 1133 Funding ... 1125 General remarks ... 1133 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions ... 1125 Wait time re ... 1133
Ambulance service, Aerial
Ambulance service-Finance
Aon Consulting Inc.
Health Benefit Design Options Report ... 1062-63, 1126, 1129, 1139-40 Health Benefit Design Options Report: Aging population planning comments ... 1700 Health Benefit Design Options Report: Financial projections based on ... 1062-63, 1130 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 80, 81-82, 240, 727, 729, 958-59, 1014 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: FOIP request re ... 960 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: Industry panel re ... 960 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: MLA briefing re ... 959, 960, 1062-63
Artists
Impact of private health insurance proposal on ... 469
Aspen Regional Health Authority
Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth
Auditor General
Calgary Health Region contracts examination ... 1395-96 Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 126, 580, 1126
Breast cancer-Treatment
Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 77-78, 764 Waiting lists for, reduction of: Funding for ... 1121
Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Position on third way health reform proposals ... 684
Calgary Health Region
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP702/06: Tabled) ... 1772 Chief executive officer of ... 1800-01 Contract with Kelley Charlebois ... 1801 Contract with Rod Love Consulting ... 1395-96, 1801 Correspondence/memos re Health Resource Centre or Networc Health (M3/06: Defeated) ... 504 Emergency services: External review of ... 1697 Hip and knee replacement project, funding to reduce wait times for ... 146 Hospital bed capacity ... 128, 639, 1768, 1802 Physical therapy services for continuing care residents ... 126 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 ... 166, 637, 764 Alberta's third way compliance with, documents re (M7/06: Defeated) ... 505 General remarks ... 789 Survey re, results of ... 465
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Impact of third way health policy on transfer payments to Alberta ... 166
Canadian Diabetes Association
Management of Alberta Monitoring for Health Program (diabetes supplies) ... 1543
Canadian Medical Association
Care guarantees, position on ... 763
Cancer-Research
Economic benefits from ... 400 Funding for ... 1121, 1122
Cancer-Treatment
Delays in ... 639 Funding for equipment for ... 1697
Cancer incidence-Fort Chipewyan
Capital Health
Bed capacity ... 611, 1133, 1452, 1802 Clinical assistant program, foreign physician participation in ... 731 Funding ... 611 General remarks ... 1130 Hip and knee replacement project, funding to reduce wait times for ... 146 Paramedics in emergency rooms ... 1125 Partnering with Northern Lights health region ... 128, 1685 Peace Country Health, partnering with ... 1685, 1800 Peace Country Health patients transferred to ... 1683 Transplant operations ... 958
Cataract surgery
Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 764
Children and poverty
Health impact of lack of food, studies re ... 400
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Angioplasty services, funding for ... 726 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP699/06: Tabled) ... 1772 Budget surplus ... 1697 Funding ... 1121, 1696 Physical therapy services for continuing care residents ... 126
Chiropractic services
Inclusion in primary care networks ... 1127
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 167
Collective bargaining
Addition of clause to cover costs of third way health reform ... 789
Collective bargaining-Licensed practical nurses
Agreement re, funding for ... 1697
College of Alberta Dental Assistants
Annual report, 2005 (SP692/06: Tabled) ... 1772
College of Alberta Denturists
Annual report, 2005 (SP693/06: Tabled) ... 1772
College of Hearing Aid Practitioners of Alberta
Annual report, 2004-05 (SP427/06: Tabled) ... 1018
College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta
Annual report, 2005 (SP602/06: Tabled) ... 1596
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Foreign doctors licences, issuing of ... 731 Meetings with minister re third way health care reforms ... 356, 470, 764
Commissioner on continuing care (Proposed)
Community Choose Well Challenge
Comprehensive Tissue Centre (Capital Health)
Conflict of interest
Health authority board members, involvement with private continuing care facilities ... 1244 Medical doctors in both public and private systems ... 724, 789
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 126, 580, 1126 Care management decision tools in, funding for ... 151, 157 Costs per resident ... 1803 Costs per resident, 2003-05 (Q13/06: Defeated) ... 647 Costs per resident, 2003-05: Public/private breakdown of (Q11/06: Defeated) ... 647 Medication management standards for ... 151 Medication management standards for: Expert review panel for ... 151 MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 145, 146, 580 Patient lift devices in, funding for ... 145-46, 149, 151, 157 Personal care services in ... 1318 Physical therapy services in ... 126 Redesignation to assisted living status facility ... 580, 1319 Redesignation to assisted living status facility: List of facilities involved (M21/06: Defeated) ... 648 Redesignation to assisted living status facility: Payments made to facilities involved (M20/06: Defeated) ... 648 Registered nurses' presence in 24 hours a day ... 580
Continuing/extended care facilities-Edmonton
Continuing/extended care facilities-Finance
Continuing/extended care facilities-Picture Butte
Continuing/extended care facilities-Staffing
Mix of ... 1126 Personal care attendants, regulation of ... 126, 1126 Shortage of ... 611, 1122, 1544, 1803 Shortage of, funding to reduce ... 145-46, 149, 156, 158, 611, 961-62, 1121, 1126, 1344, 1345
Continuing/extended care facilities-Standards
General remarks ... 126, 146, 157, 580, 611, 961-62, 1126, 1318-19, 1344, 1803 Government legislation re ... 1244, 1344 Monitoring/enforcement of ... 1244, 1344 Reports re health and accommodation standards (SP460-462/06: Tabled) ... 1248
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 764 Waiting lists for, reduction of, funding for ... 1121
CT scans (Medical imaging procedure)
Federal/provincial funding for ... 449 Waiting lists for: Reduction of, funding for ... 1121
David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP701/06: Tabled) ... 1772 Groundwater contamination in Horseshoe Canyon area, investigation of ... 167 Hip and knee replacement project, funding to reduce wait times for ... 146
Debt collection
Unpaid health care premiums, Collection agencies fees re (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734
Dept. of Environment
Investigations re Fort Chipewyan health problems ... 1341
Dept. of Health (Federal)
Investigations re Fort Chipewyan health problems ... 1341 Minister of, meeting with Alberta minister re health care restructuring ... 10
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Budget ... 1696 Continuing Care Health Service Standards (report) (SP460/06: Tabled) ... 1248 Investigations re Fort Chipewyan health problems ... 1341 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1121-23, 1125-30, 1132-33 Minister's travel expenses (M16/06: Response tabled as SP706/06) ... 510, 1772 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 145-46, 149, 151-58 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1696-1702 Survey/opinion polls by, results (M8/06: Defeated) ... 506
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Long-Term Care Accommodation Standards (report) (SP462/06: Tabled) ... 1248 Supportive Living Accommodation Standards (report) (SP461/06: Tabled) ... 1248
Diagnostic imaging services
Federal/provincial funding for ... 449
Disabled-Medical care
Private health insurance for ... 80
Drinking water
Coal bed methane wells' impact on ... 167
Drinking water-Fort Chipewyan area
Tar sands development impact on ... 1341
Drugs, Prescription
General remarks ... 1122 Insurance for ... 729 Liberal opposition pharmacare program ... 1196 Provincial pharmacare program ... 195, 684, 1196
Drugs, Prescription-Costs
General remarks ... 958, 1126, 1129, 1197 Reduction of, through bulk purchasing ... 1062, 1126 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 1129
East Central Health
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP700/06: Tabled) ... 1772
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Health care funding (not proceeded with) ... 1694
Emergency medical technicians
Wait times in hospital emergency rooms ... 1125, 1133
Epidemic response services
Foreign workers, Temporary
Health care provision to ... 242
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Request for Aon's private health insurance study under ... 960 Request for third-party information under ... 504, 649, 1153
Gastroparesis device (Enterra Therapy)
General Agreement on Trade and Services (WTO)
Application to private health insurance/medical care ... 727
Good Samaritan Society
Mill Woods facility, conversion from assisted living to long-term care ... 1803
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 167 Horseshoe Canyon area ... 167
Health
Social determinants of ... 400
Health Boards of Alberta
Conference, discussion of third way health care reform proposals at ... 401
Health care facilities-Construction
Health care facilities-Edmonton
Health Insurance Premiums Act
Cost of administering (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734
Health issues-Fort Chipewyan
Investigations re ... 1341
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 14)
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Health quality matrix, responsibility for ... 1244, 1319, 1344 Review of hospital emergency services ... 1685
Health Resource Centre, Calgary
Fees for physicians at ... 125 Government correspondence/memos re (M3/06: Defeated) ... 504 Joint replacement surgeries ... 1702 Joint replacement surgeries, unqualified patients for (Q9/06: Response tabled as SP705/06) ... 502, 1772
Health sciences personnel-Education
Aboriginal students' scholarships ... 1716
Health sciences personnel-Supply
Health workforce planning
General remarks ... 961-62, 1122, 1130, 1344, 1345, 1697 For rural areas ... 81, 83, 681, 790, 1128-29, 1542
Healthy U (Health promotion campaign)
Hip and knee surgery
Patients not qualifying for, at Health Resource Centre (Q9/06: Response tabled as SP705/06) ... 502, 1772 Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 77-78, 123, 146, 401, 445, 638, 764, 1121, 1122, 1697 Waiting lists for, reduction of: Funding for ... 1121
HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)
Home care program
Caregivers' fuel costs issue ... 1345 Caregivers' training ... 1345 Funding for ... 1345 General remarks ... 1122
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 612
Horseshoe Canyon
Industrial development in, impact on groundwater supplies ... 167
Hospital beds
Bed-per-patient ratio ... 330 Funding for ... 193, 639, 1121, 1696 General remarks ... 128, 611, 639, 1132-33, 1452, 1768 Shortages of: Impact of new health policy framework on ... 128 Shortages of: Relation to emergency/pandemic planning ... 1452
Hospitals
Capacity ... 193 Co-operation between urban and rural hospitals ... 81, 124, 128, 170 Role of ... 193
Hospitals-Calgary
New south Calgary hospital ... 1768 New south Calgary hospital: Bed capacity ... 1802
Hospitals-Emergency services
Hospitals-Emergency services-Calgary
Hospitals-Rural areas
Centres of excellence ... 83 Reconfiguration of ... 124, 128, 170, 726
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Act (Bill 32)
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Immigration
Impact on health care system ... 1697 Provincial nominee program ... 83, 681
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Impact on health, studies re (M22/06: Defeated) ... 649
Insurance, Continuing care
Insurance, Health (Private)
Artists, impact on ... 469 Cost-benefit analyses re (M17/06: Defeated) ... 510 Coverage of services removed from health care plan ... 958-59 Disabled persons with pre-existing conditions, application to ... 80 General remarks ... 80, 122-23, 240, 289, 327, 355, 684, 727, 729, 789, 1014, 1140, 1701 Implications of, under NAFTA/GATS agreements ... 727 Pre-existing conditions' coverage ... 80, 729 Seniors' purchase of, requirement for ... 82 Supreme Court decision re (Chaoulli case) ... 78, 80, 123, 789
Kelley Charlebois Consulting Ltd.
Contracts with Calgary Health Region ... 1801
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 1130
Leger Marketing
Third way health care reforms survey ... 464
Livestock industry, Intensive
Magnetic resonance imaging
Federal/provincial funding for ... 449 Waiting lists for, reduction of, funding for ... 1121
Margaret Kool Marketing Inc.
Third way health care reforms, marketing strategy for ... 464-65, 470 Third way health care reforms, marketing strategy for: Contract re (M23/06: Defeated) ... 1153 Third way health care reforms, marketing strategy for: Contract re, documents produced under (M24/06: Defeated) ... 1153
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Medical care
For foreign patients (third way health care reform proposal) ... 400 General remarks ... 1122-23 Guarantees re ... 763-64, 790 Patient abuse of system by unwarranted visits to physicians ... 359 Public education re access points to ... 359 Restructuring (third way option) ... 77-78, 80-82, 83-84, 122-28, 165-66, 170, 195, 289, 359, 401, 465, 469, 611, 614, 637-38, 680-81, 684, 726, 764, 789-90, 958, 1014-15, 1062, 1122, 1133 Restructuring (third way option): Action plan re (Getting on with Better Health Care) ... 1121, 1697, 1701, 1716-17 Restructuring (third way option): Advertising campaign re ... 464-65, 1716-17 Restructuring (third way option): Contract for communications strategy by Margaret Kool on (M23/06: Defeated) ... 1153 Restructuring (third way option): Contract for communications strategy by Margaret Kool on, documents from (M24/06: Defeated) ... 1153 Restructuring (third way option): Disabled persons, impact on ... 80 Restructuring (third way option): Documents, memos re (M7/06: Defeated) ... 505 Restructuring (third way option): Economic benefits ... 400 Restructuring (third way option): First Nations consultation re ... 361 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on low-income people ... 400 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on rural physician recruitment ... 331-32, 356 Restructuring (third way option): Meeting with federal health minister re ... 10 Restructuring (third way option): Opinion survey by Mararget Kool on ... 464-65, 470 Restructuring (third way option): Opinions/survey results re (M8/06: Defeated) ... 506 Restructuring (third way option): Physician consultation re ... 355-56, 360 Restructuring (third way option): Prime Minister's comments re ... 789-90 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re ... 80, 122, 123, 127, 155, 165, 241, 286, 289, 327, 355-56, 359, 360, 400, 401, 470, 637-38, 641-42, 684, 724, 727, 765-66, 1716 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party legislature committee for ... 194 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party televised debate re ... 470 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, Bonnyville/St. Paul meetings re ... 490-91 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, Bonnyville/St. Paul meetings re, list of groups at (SP203/06: Tabled) ... 546 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, public hearings for ... 356, 360 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, report on ... 165, 729 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, town hall meeting ... 286, 470, 490-91, 765 Restructuring (third way option): Questions and Answers document re ... 327 Restructuring (third way option): Regulations re, consultation on ... 80, 165 Restructuring (third way option): Withdrawal of ... 681, 726, 762
Medical care, Primary
Chiropractic services in ... 1127 Funding for ... 1121, 1696-97 General remarks ... 193, 330, 641, 1122, 1452, 1696, 1768 Midwifery services in ... 1126, 1145 Networks re (team-based care) ... 84-85, 124, 152, 359, 1122, 1126, 1133, 1544
Medical care, Private
General remarks ... 154, 1139-40 Meetings of private companies with government re (M18/06: Defeated) ... 510
Medical care-Fort McMurray
Medical care-Grande Prairie
Medical profession
Consultations with, re third way reforms ... 355-56, 360 Practicing in public/private health systems ... 80, 83, 123, 124-26, 327, 637, 641-42, 684, 724-25, 1701, 1717 Practicing in public/private health systems: Impact of resident tuition fees on ... 494 Practicing in public/private health systems: Prime Minister's comments re ... 789-90 Prescribing/surgical recommendations: Impact of third way proposals on ... 165, 724-25
Medical profession-Bashaw
Medical profession-Education
Bursary program for ... 84, 681 Residency program enrollments ... 127, 731, 1129 Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 641, 681, 731, 1544
Medical profession-Fees
Alternate relationship plans (formerly alternative payment plans) ... 1121, 1128-29, 1685, 1696, 1697, 1768, 1800 General remarks ... 1121 New funding models for ... 359 Opted-out physicians ... 125-26 Physicians' agreement re ... 126, 359, 1542, 1545, 1696
Medical profession-Rural areas
Action plan re ... 81, 83, 356, 681, 1541-42, 1544, 1800 General remarks ... 726, 762, 1128-29, 1541-42, 1544-45 Impact of third-way health care proposals on recruitment/retention of ... 331-32, 356, 361, 490, 641-42, 680-81, 790 Recruitment figures re (Q8/06: Response tabled as SP704/06) ... 502, 1772
Medical profession-Supply
Medical professionals
Scope of practice, change to ... 84
Medical records, Electronic
Funding for ... 145, 1121 General remarks ... 85, 152, 153, 154, 158, 470, 1122, 1697 Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program, funding for ... 1121 Interconnectivity of differing systems re ... 152
Medical records, Electronic-Security aspects
Medical research
Economic benefits from ... 400
Medical residents
Funding for ... 1542 Student loan debt load ... 494
Medical specialists-Rural areas
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Anaesthetists shortage ... 681
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Briefing on Aon Consulting health insurance report ... 959
Mental health innovation fund
Mental Health Patient Advocate
Annual report, 2005 (SP695/06: Tabled) ... 1772
Mental health services-Children
COPE program ... 1130 Funding for ... 195 General remarks ... 1130
Mental health services-Children-Grande Prairie
Mental health services-Finance
Ministerial Statements (2006)
Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week ... 958
Networc Health Inc.
Government correspondence/memos re (M3/06: Defeated) ... 504
North American free trade agreement
Application to private health insurance/medical care ... 727
Northern Lights Health Region
Nurses
Presence in continuing care facilities 24 hours a day ... 580
Nutrition education for schoolchildren
Office of the Premier
Premier's retirement: Impact on third way health reform ... 637
Official Opposition
Our Plan for Public Health Care: Creating a Healthy Future (red book), government analysis of ... 194-95 Our Plan for Public Health Care: Creating a Healthy Future (red book), government analysis of, minister's letter re (SP82/06: Tabled) ... 249
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1130
Oil sands development-Fort Chipewyan area
Oral Question Period (2006)
Ambulance funding ... 611 Aon Consulting Inc. ... 240, 729, 960 Avian flu ... 1323 Avian influenza ... 581-82 Blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases ... 1590-91 Calgary Children's hospital ... 330 Calgary health region CEO ... 1800-01 Calgary Health Trust ... 449 Coal-bed methane drilling ... 167 Confined hog feeding operations ... 1641 Continuing care assistance ... 612 Continuing care costs ... 1803 Continuing care insurance ... 81-82 Continuing care standards ... 126, 961-62, 1244, 1318-19, 1344 Economic benefits of health services ... 400 Federal transfer payments for health ... 166 First Nations input on health care reform ... 361 Flexibility in physicians' scope of practice ... 84-85 Funding for wellness initiatives ... 1196-97 Gastroparesis ... 1114 Health Benefit Design Options Report ... 1062 Health care cost projections ... 725-26 Health care costs ... 1062-63 Health care funding ... 195 Health care funding for rural areas ... 1541-42 Health care gurantees ... 763-64 Health care insurance for the disabled ... 80 Health care privatization ... 77-78, 123, 165, 170 Health care reform ... 10, 80, 124, 289, 355-56, 359, 401-02, 637-38, 641-42, 680-81, 684, 761-62, 789-90, 958-59, 1014-15 Health care reform consultation ... 127, 165, 194, 241, 327, 470, 490-91 Health care reform public consultation ... 286, 765-66, 1716 Health care services ... 1683-84, 1685 Health care spending ... 1139-40 Health issues in Fort Chipewyan ... 1341 Health policy framework ... 194-95, 1716-17 Health services for rural Albertans ... 81, 83-84, 490 Health services in Grande Prairie ... 1800 Home-care funding ... 1345 Hospital bed capacity ... 128-29, 1452, 1802 Hospital bed capacity in Calgary ... 639, 1768 Hospital capacity ... 193-94 Infrastructure needs in Fort McMurray ... 1715-16 International medical graduate program ... 241-42 International medical students ... 731 Long-term care standards ... 580 Medical residents' debt load ... 494 Medical school spaces ... 127 Midwifery services ... 1145 Monitoring for health program ... 1543 Municipal sustainability ... 614 Nutrition programs in schools ... 543 Opted-out physicians ... 124-26 Pediatric services in Calgary ... 361 Physician input on health care reform ... 360 Physician supply in rural Alberta ... 681, 1544-45 Postsecondary education in public health ... 1455-56 Private health care insurance ... 122-23 Private health care services ... 724-25 Private health insurance ... 727, 789 Private health insurance for artists ... 469 Protection of children abusing drugs and alcohol ... 639 Public opinion survey on health care ... 445-46, 464-65 Rod Love Consulting Inc. ... 1395-96 Royalty revenues ... 329 Rural health care ... 356, 726 Rural physician recruitment ... 331-32 Social determinants of health ... 400 Sports and fitness strategy ... 585 Temporary foreign workers ... 242 Tobacco reduction strategy ... 1674 Water quality in Turner Valley ... 1804 Workers' compensation ... 290
Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
Palliser Health Region
Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re ... 1125 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP698/06: Tabled) ... 1772 Long-term care staffing ... 962, 1344 Specialist shortage ... 681
Peace Country Health
Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re ... 1125 Dr. Piepgrass' comments on physician recruitment and the third-way proposals ... 331-32, 356, 490 Emergency preparedness ... 1683-84 Partnering with Capital Health ... 1685, 1800 Sharing of staff from other health authorities ... 761 Staff shortages ... 761-72, 1683-85, 1800
Pediatric services-Calgary
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital)
Emergency department: Lundy family experience in ... 1685 Expansion of ... 1768 Patient experience committee ... 1685 Pediatric unit ... 361
Pharmaceutical information network
Pharmaceutical savings agency (Proposal)
Pharmacists
Scope of practice (prescribing medication) change ... 470, 1697
Physical fitness-Teaching
Daily mandatory activities ... 543, 1196 General remarks ... 1122
Physical therapists-Training
For continuing care facility placements ... 126
Physical therapy
For continuing care residents ... 126 Inclusion under health care plan ... 1128
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 765
Preventive medical services
Prostate cancer-Treatment
Waiting lists for: Reduction of ... 77-78, 764 Waiting lists for: Reduction of, funding for ... 1121
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, 2005)
Public Health Act
Groundwater pollution's impact on human health, provisions for ... 167
Public Health Appeal Board
Annual report, 2005 (SP115/06: Tabled) ... 336
Public health initiative
Tri-university agreement re ... 1455-56 Tri-university agreement re: Funding for ... 1456
Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie
Regional health authorities
Aboriginal services ... 1129 Ambulance services ... 611, 1125 Blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases strategies ... 1590-91 Cancer treatment equipment, funding for ... 1697 Co-operation between regions ... 81, 128 Co-operation between urban and rural authorities ... 81, 128, 1062 Continuing care facilities, board members involved with, conflict of interest re ... 1244 Continuing care services ... 1126, 1803 Continuing care standards: Funding for ... 1244, 1318-19, 1345 Continuing care standards: Monitoring of ... 1344 Contracting procedures ... 1395 Deficit financing ... 1697 Efficiency audits of ... 1133 Enterra Therapy device assessment ... 1114 Funding ... 124, 611, 1121, 1696, 1697 Funding: Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1694 Funding for equipment ... 1697-98 Long-term care facilities redesignated as assisted living, payments made re (M20/06: Defeated) ... 648 Mental health services ... 1122, 1697 Midwifery services ... 1145 Physical therapy services ... 1128 Pollution incidents and human health, response to ... 167 Reaction to proposed health care reforms ... 289 Staff shortages ... 1683-85, 1697 Wellness funds for ... 195
Regional Health Authorities Act
Groundwater pollution's impact on human health, provisions for ... 167
Rockyview General Hospital
Rural family medicine network
School meal programs
General remarks ... 1196-97 Motion 507: Taft ... 991
Senior citizens-Hospital care
Drug coverage during, transfer to home care situation ... 82
Senior citizens-Medical care
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary
Small business
Impact of costs of third way health care reform on ... 789
Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201, 2005)
Smoking in public places
Ban on: Legislation re (Bill 201, 2005) ... 1122
Smoking in the workplace
Ban on: Legislation re (Bill 201, 2005) ... 1122
Speech therapy-Rural areas
Provision of, through telehealth network ... 81
Sports
Impact on reducing public health care costs ... 585 Provincial support for ... 585
Strathmore-Brooks (Constituency)
Member for's comments on third way health reform proposal ... 637
Student financial aid
Loan relief program for medical students ... 1129 Medical residents ... 494
Sturgeon Community Hospital, St. Albert
Cardiac care centre renovation ... 128
Substance abuse-Treatment-Youth
Detox/residential services re ... 639 Detox/residential services re, funding for ... 1121
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facilities: Costs per resident, public/private breakdown (Q10/06: Defeated) ... 647 Assisted living facilities: Redesignation of continuing care facilities as ... 580, 1319 Assisted living facilities: Redesignation of continuing care facilities as, list of facilities involved (M21/06: Defeated) ... 648 Assisted living facilities: Redesignation of continuing care facilities as, payments made re (M20/06: Defeated) ... 648 Designated assisted living facilities: Costs per resident (Q12/06: Defeated) ... 647
Surgical centres, Specialized
Surgical services, Private
Tobacco-Marketing
Control of ... 1674 Power wall displays re ... 1674
Tuition fees
For medical residents ... 494
Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site)
Leaks from: Health issues re ... 1804
University of Alberta
School of Public Health ... 1455-56
Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005)
General remarks ... 1121 Private health care system submissions ... 356 Speakers/presenters at, remuneration paid to (M35/05: Response tabled as SP32/06) ... 48
Urban/rural migration
Impact on health care system ... 1697
Vending machines in schools
Removal of junk food from ... 543
Wages-Continuing care facility employees
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Water quality
Impact of energy industry on ... 1804
Water quality-Sheep River
Turner Valley gas plant area ... 1804
WestView Health Centre, Stony Plain
Midwifery services ... 1126
Workers' Compensation Board
Long standing claims issue ... 290
World Health Organization
Avian flu situation report ... 1323 Report on Health Spending in Western Europe (SP313/06: Tabled) ... 735
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