Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere)
Agriculture
Use of water supplies ... 685
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Committee ... 475, 477 Subamendment (SP177/06: Tabled) ... 477
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Class size guideline ... 466
Bills, Private members' public
Bill 201, Motion for Chair to leave the Chair ... 651
Class size (Grade school)
General remarks ... 466 Reduction of, funding for ... 466
Dept. of Community Development
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 161
Dept. of Education
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 161
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 161
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 161
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 161
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 161
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 162
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 162
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Passed ... 162
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Amendment A4 (SP552/06: Tabled) ... 1511
Health Information Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 31)
Amendment A1 (SP473 & 553/06: Tabled) ... 1511 Amendment A2 (SP554/06: Tabled) ... 1511 Amendment A3 (SP555/06: Tabled) ... 1511 Amendment A4 (SP556/06: Tabled) ... 1511 Amendment A5 (SP557/06: Tabled) ... 1511 Amendment A6 (SP558/06: Tabled) ... 1511
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Committee ... 651 Committee (Motion for the Chair to leave the Chair) ... 651
John Howard Society
Halfway house proposal, downtown Calgary ... 890-91
Members' Statements (2006)
Tribute to Cicely Elizabeth Truman ... 1522
Oral Question Period (2006)
Class size reduction ... 466 Provincial water supply ... 685 School construction in Airdrie-Chestermere ... 1848 Siting of Calgary halfway house ... 890-91
Prisoner halfway houses-Calgary downtown area
Sacred Heart elementary school, Calgary
Siting of prisoner halfway house nearby ... 891
Schools-Construction-Airdrie-Chestermere constituency
Sunalta school, Calgary
Siting of prisoner halfway house nearby ... 891
Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 (No. 2)
Copy of (SP49/06: Tabled) ... 162
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water supply
Shortages: Schindler report on ... 685 Use by agriculture ... 685
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 18)
Amendment (SP228/06: Tabled) ... 605 Amendment (SP229/06: Tabled) ... 605
Hancock, Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud; to April 5, 2006 Minister of Advanced Education)
Access Growth Fund (Postsecondary education)
Access to the Future Act (Bill 1, 2005)
Common application process for postsecondary institutions provisions ... 358 General remarks ... 44
Access to the Future Fund
Digital library projects funding ... 403 Funding for ... 607 General remarks ... 44
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
U of C borrowing from ... 642
Alberta College of Art and Design
Partnership in Campus Calgary Digital Library project ... 403
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
General remarks ... 44, 607
Alberta Library Board
Directorship of Lois Hole Campus Alberta digital library ... 403
Alberta Surface Rights Federation
Consultation with, re Olds College courses ... 355
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal people ... 43, 44 General remarks ... 243 Red Seal program re ... 45
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Correspondence with, re Campus Alberta Quality Council (M15/06: Defeated) ... 509
Bow Valley College
English as a Second Language courses ... 168 Partnership in Campus Calgary Digital Library project ... 403
Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour force development strategy)
Bureau of Learners from Alberta Speakers Team
Bursaries
Searchable inventory of ... 44
Campus Alberta Quality Council
Degree program approval process ... 355 Studies re (M15/06: Defeated) ... 509
Campus Calgary Digital Library
Funding for ... 642 General remarks ... 403
Committee of Supply
Motion to resolve into (Motion 6: McClellan/Hancock) ... 133
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Motion to resolve into (Motion 7: Hancock) ... 133
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Members' list presented (SP2/06: Tabled) ... 5 Motion to appoint ... 5
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Members' list presented (SP2/06: Tabled) ... 5 Motion to appoint ... 5
Committee on Private Bills, Standing
Members' list presented (SP2/06: Tabled) ... 5 Motion to appoint ... 5
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Members list presented (SP2/06: Tabled) ... 5 Motion to appoint ... 5
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Members list presented (SP2/06: Tabled) ... 5 Motion to appoint ... 5
Council of Alberta University Students
Postsecondary tuition fee suggestions ... 495
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Main estimates 2006-07: Amendment to eliminate minister's office ... 1413 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1413
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Third reading ... 595 Third reading hoist amendment ... 595
Edmonton Community Foundation Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill Pr.3)
Education, Postsecondary
Access to, affordability of ... 44 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 44, 464, 493-94, 495-96 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 243 Policy re ... 44-45
Education, Postsecondary-Rural areas
Electric power-Supply
Improvement of delivery of (Motion 510: Rogers) ... 1374
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 43
Encana Corporation
Donation to Olds College for land sciences program ... 355
English as a Second Language
Excellence in Teaching Awards
2006 awards finalists (SP373/06: Tabled) ... 896 General remarks ... 894
Grande Prairie Regional College
Health sciences personnel-Education
Expansion of programs for ... 127
Hole, Hon. Lois E., CM, AOE (Former Lieutenant Governor)
Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy
Provincial funding for ... 642
Job's Daughters International
Keyano College
Agreement with SAIT and University of Calgary re selected programs at ... 243
Land Agents Licensing Act
Control of input into contents of ... 355
A Learning Alberta review
Costs of (Q24/06: Accepted) ... 1563
Legislative Assembly Chamber
Address by former MLA Mr. Ray Speaker on floor of, on occasion of Assembly's 100th anniversary (Motion 11: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 390
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
100th anniversary: Mr. Ray Speaker addresses the Assembly on occasion of (Motion 11: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 390
Legislative Assembly of Alberta-Adjournment
Easter recess (Motion 13: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 529 Spring recess (Motion 12: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 529 Summer recess (Motion 14: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 529
Lois Hole Campus Alberta digital library
Lois Hole Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship
Lottery Fund
Grant cheques from, presentation by local MLAs: Point of Order re ... 1553
Medical profession-Education
Residency program enrollments ... 127 Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 127 Undergraduate programs, expansion of: Additional spaces created 2006-2010 (Q6/06: Response tabled as SP707/06) ... 501-02
Medical residents
Student loan debt load ... 493-94
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Presentation of cheques re government programs: Point of Order re ... 1553
Members' Statements (2006)
Bureau of Learners from Alberta Speakers Team ... 1067-68 Excellence in teaching ... 894 Samantha Johnston ... 1146-47
Ministerial Statements (2006)
Lois Hole humanities and social sciences scholarship ... 120
Mount Royal College
Partnership in Campus Calgary Digital Library project ... 403
NorQuest College
English as a Second Language courses ... 168
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Mobile classroom, Conklin ... 43
Nurses-Education
New program spaces for (Q7/06: Response tabled as SP708/06) ... 502
Olds College
Corporate donation to, influence on course content of ... 355
Oral Question Period (2006)
Aboriginal training and employment ... 43 Advanced education opportunities ... 243 Affordability of postsecondary education ... 464, 682-83 Common student application process ... 358 Corporate donation to Olds College ... 355 Digital library projects ... 403 Employment opportunities for foreign students ... 169 Endowment funds ... 607 Funding for the University of Calgary ... 404 Labour supply ... 168 Medical residents' debt load ... 493-94 Medical school spaces ... 127 Postsecondary education policy ... 44-45 Residential tenancy dispute resolution process ... 1144-45 Trade certification ... 45-46, 469-70 Tuition fees for postsecondary education ... 495-96 University of Calgary capital plans ... 642
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 1553 Exhibits ... 132 Parliamentary language ... 131
Post-Secondary Education: At the Crossroads (Conference)
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9, 2005)
Amendment to, re tuition fees ... 44
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
Second reading amendment to not read a second time (reasoned amendment) ... 1579-80 Second reading ... 1579-80 Committee ... 1631-32
Postsecondary educational institutions
Capital projects for new spaces at ... 243, 642
Postsecondary educational institutions- Admissions (enrollment)
Province-wide centralization of ... 44, 358
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Assessment service for ... 168
Red Crow College
Partnership in Campus Calgary Digital Library project ... 403
Residential tenancies dispute resolution service
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Review of: Studies re (Q18/06: Defeated) ... 1557-58
Scholarships
Searchable inventory of ... 44 Statement re ... 120
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Agreement with Keyano College re selected programs ... 243 Partnership in Campus Calgary Digital Library project ... 403
Speaker, Mr. Ray (Former MLA)
Address to the Assembly, on occasion of Assembly's 100th anniversary (Motion 11: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 390
Student financial aid
Loan relief program debt level change, analyses re (M14/06: Response tabled as SP709/06) ... 508-09 Loan repayment schemes ... 683 Medical residents ... 493-94
Students, Foreign (Postsecondary)
Employment of ... 169 Employment of: Federal project re, Alberta participation ... 169
Tuition fees
Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by provincial government ... 464 For medical residents ... 493-94 Policy re ... 44, 464, 495-96, 682-83 Rollback of ... 464
University of Calgary
Agreement with Keyano College re selected programs ... 243 Capital projects plans ... 642 Capital projects plans: Borrowing for ... 642 Provincial funding for ... 404, 642
Welding-Certification
National standards re ... 45
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 18)
Herard, Hon. Denis (PC, Calgary-Egmont; from April 5, 2006 Minister of Advanced Education)
Aboriginal peoples-Education
Access to the Future Act (Bill 1, 2005)
Access to the Future Fund
Adult education (Academic upgrading)
As solution to labour shortage ... 909
Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April 2006
Interprovincial trade agreement signed at ... 1544
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan
Alberta College of Art and Design
Capital projects plans ... 963
Alberta Growth Summit (1997)
Recommendations from, disposition of ... 1847
Alberta SuperNet
Education programs delivery via ... 898, 908
Apprenticeship, trades, and occupations management system (ATOMS)
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal people ... 933, 1688, 1718 Dropout rate ... 1847 Funding for ... 906 General remarks ... 908, 1541, 1688-89, 1718 Impact of foreign temporary workers on applicants for ... 887, 933 Journeyman-apprentice ratios ... 1592 Red Seal program re ... 1689
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Qualification of Grant MacEwan College as member of ... 1766
Bow Valley College
Capital projects plans ... 963 Redevelopment of, funding for ... 903
Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour force development strategy)
Campus Alberta Quality Council
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP647/06: Tabled) ... 1692 Degree program approval process ... 1766-67
Campus Calgary Digital Library
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... 887
Centennial centre for interdisciplinary science (U of A) (Proposed)
Corporations
Contributions to postsecondary education funding ... 903
Dept. of Advanced Education
Business plan ... 899 Equipment and inventory purchase budget ... 904 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 898-900, 902-06, 908-09 Program delivery budget ... 904 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1755-56 Support services budget ... 904
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Third reading ... 597 Third reading hoist amendment ... 597
Education, Postsecondary
Access to, affordability of ... 899, 902 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 788, 841, 899, 902, 1763, 1850 Access to, impact of Alberta/B.C. agreement on ... 1544 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 903, 906, 963 Access to, new spaces to improve, funding for ... 904 General remarks ... 898-99 Rural students access to ... 1643
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Contributions by business community to ... 903 General remarks ... 902-03, 904
Education-Curricula
Character education courses ... 899
Educational institutions, For-profit
Student loans for students at ... 906 Student representation in governance of ... 906
Elementary education
Motivation of students during ... 899, 906
Employment training programs
Welfare recipients ... 909
English as a Second Language
Foreign contractors
Participation in apprenticeship program ... 1592
Foreign workers, Temporary
Assessment of credentials of ... 961 General remarks ... 961 Horizon oil sands project ... 887, 933 Replacement of trade union members ... 1592
Grant MacEwan Community College
Capital projects funding for ... 903 Degree granting programs ... 1766-67 New degree program funding for ... 903 Robbins health learning centre: Additional funding for ... 1755 Robbins health learning centre: Donation to ... 903
Health sciences personnel-Education
Rejection of applicants for ... 1684
High school credits
Fine arts credit requirement ... 906
High school graduates
Numbers of: Transition to postsecondary education ... 906
Informatics Circle of Research Excellence
Interprovincial trade
Alberta/British Columbia agreement ... 1544
Keyano College
Sport and Wellness Centre, additional funding for ... 1755
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 902, 961, 1541 Shortages of skilled workers: Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 1544 Shortages of skilled workers: Strategies re ... 1718
Lakeland College
Expansion of, funding for ... 903
A Learning Alberta review
Costs of (Q24/06: Accepted) ... 1563 General remarks ... 903 Report ... 899, 906, 1351 Transforming the Advanced Learning System Subcommittee: Report of ... 1194
Lois Hole Campus Alberta digital library
Medical profession-Education
Rejection of applicants for ... 1684 Undergraduate programs, expansion of: Additional spaces created 2006-2010 (Q6/06: Response tabled as SP707/06) ... 1772
Members' Statements (2006)
Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre ... 687-88
Millenium Alberta Rural Incentive Bursaries
Mount Royal College
Degree granting programs ... 1766-67 Request for university status ... 788, 902, 903
Nurses-Education
New program spaces for (Q7/06: Response tabled as SP708/06) ... 1772 Rejection of applicants for ... 1684
Oral Question Period (2006)
Affordable housing ... 1763 Alberta/B.C. economic agreement ... 1544 Apprenticeship training ... 933, 1541, 1592 Degree granting approval ... 1766-67 Employment opportunities for foreign students ... 1144, 1397 Employment strategies ... 1718 Health care services ... 1684 Investment in science and technology ... 963 Labour market ... 1847 Labour supply ... 1688-89 Physician supply in rural Alberta ... 1544 Postsecondary education for rural students ... 1643 Postsecondary education in public health ... 1456 Postsecondary education review ... 841 Postsecondary opportunities in Calgary ... 963 Temporary foreign workers ... 887, 961 Tuition fee policy ... 1010, 1194, 1395, 1399, 1545, 1767, 1850 Tuition fees for postsecondary education ... 788
Portage College
Cold Lake campus expansion, additional funding for ... 1755
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
First reading ... 1351 Second reading amendment to not read a second time (reasoned amendment) ... 1578 Second reading amendment to read six months hence (hoist amendment) ... 1583 Second reading ... 1489-90, 1576, 1578, 1583 Committee ... 1630-31 Third reading ... 1661 Third reading amendment to read six months hence (hoist amendment) ... 1661 General remarks ... 1194, 1395, 1399, 1545, 1767
Postsecondary educational institutions
Capital projects for new spaces at ... 903, 963 Capital projects for new spaces at: Additional funding for ... 1755, 1756 Degree-granting programs ... 899, 1766-67 Entrance requirements ... 902 Operational funding for ... 903
Postsecondary educational institutions-Calgary
Increase in spaces at ... 903, 963
Postsecondary educational institutions-Edmonton
Increase in spaces at ... 963
Preventive medical services
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Assessment service for ... 960
Public health initiative
Tri-university agreement re ... 1456
Red Deer College
Capital projects funding for ... 903
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Registered education savings plan (Federal)
Provincial contribution to ... 1850
Research and development
Provincial incentives for ... 963
Science-Teaching
Postsecondary courses ... 963
Shanghai Construction Group
Provision of temporary foreign workers for Horizon oil sands project ... 887
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Trades program, MacPhail donation to ... 903
Student financial aid
General remarks ... 902, 903, 906 Loan and loan relief payments, 2000-05 (Q25/06: Accepted) ... 1563 Loan relief program, take up of ... 906 Loan relief program debt level change, analyses re (M14/06: Response tabled as SP709/06) ... 1772 Rental costs impact on ... 1763
Student housing
Off-campus housing ... 1763
Students, Foreign (Postsecondary)
Employment of ... 1397 Employment of: Federal project re, Alberta participation ... 1144 Employment of: Federal project re, exclusion of private college students from ... 1144, 1397
Substance abuse-Treatment-Youth
Tuition fees
Increase in, for 2006-07 school year, covered by provincial government ... 903, 1010, 1767, 1850 Increase in, for 2006-07 school year, covered by provincial government: Funding for ... 904 Policy re ... 788, 899, 903, 1010, 1194, 1395, 1399, 1545, 1767, 1850 Policy re: Legislation re (Bill 40) ... 1010, 1194, 1351, 1395, 1399, 1545 Rollback of ... 1194, 1767
University of Alberta
Health Research Innovation Facility, additional funding for ... 1755 Public health courses ... 1456 School of Public Health ... 1456
University of Calgary
Capital projects plans ... 963 Health Research Innovation Centre, additional funding for ... 1755 Markin Institute for Public Health ... 1456 Public health courses ... 1456 Schulich donation to Faculty of Engineering ... 903
University of Lethbridge
Addictions counselling courses ... 1456 Capital projects funding for ... 903 Public health courses ... 1456
Yellowhead Region Educational Consortium
Use of courses via the SuperNet ... 908
Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Loans by, volume of ... 1483
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 34)
Second reading ... 1002-03 Third reading ... 1619-20 Third reading amendment (reasoned amendment) ... 1619-20
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Elected representatives on board of ... 288, 717 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings at, Compensation increase for ... 288 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings at, Regulations change for ... 888 Surface rights issues consideration ... 717
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Health card of, improvement for use as proof of identity ... 1416 Health card of, security aspects ... 1416
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Conversion to Alberta pension plan ... 1240, 1247 Resource revenue deposit into ... 447 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 139, 758, 1240, 1484 Transfer of funds from, to Treasury Branches/credit unions ... 139
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Surplus revenue deposit into ... 1484
Alberta pension plan (Proposed)
General remarks ... 1240 Statement re ... 1247 Transformation of Heritage Fund into ... 1240
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 33)
Alberta royalty tax credit
Alberta SuperNet
General remarks ... 1416 Public/private funding of ... 1416
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits increase ... 697 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 697 Employment of recipients of ... 697 Savings plan for recipients of ... 697
Auditor General
Boards of directors recruiting and training guidelines recommendation (Motion 502: MacDonald) ... 226-27
Boards of directors
Guidelines for recruiting and training, recommended by the Auditor General's report (Motion 502: MacDonald) ... 226-27
Budget debate
Motion 16: McClellan ... 622-24
Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour force development strategy)
Canada Pension Plan
Alberta opting out of ... 1240 Unfunded liability, Alberta share of ... 1240, 1247
Canada Revenue Agency
Administration of Alberta resource rebate cheques (2005) program ... 1483
Capital projects
Deficit re ... 743 Public/private partnerships re ... 1483
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Spending in fiscal year requirement ... 743
Casinos
Voluntary self-exclusion program from ... 1047
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Lottery funds for ... 1044
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Angioplasty services, funding for ... 156, 726
Co-energy electrical production
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater located during, reporting of ... 859 Groundwater pollution issues ... 288, 858, 888
Coal gasification-Research
Community facility enhancement program
Criteria for applications to ... 1043, 1044 General remarks ... 1482 MLA input into selection of projects under ... 1043
Community initiatives program
Criteria for applications to ... 1043, 1044 General remarks ... 1482 MLA input into selection of projects under ... 1043
Constitution for Alberta
Entrenchment of property rights in ... 580
Continuing/extended care facilities
Patient lift devices in, funding for ... 155 Value of, vs. home care option ... 698
Continuing/extended care facilities-Finance
Continuing/extended care facilities-Staffing
Shortage of ... 141 Shortage of, funding to reduce ... 155
Corporations-Taxation
Reduction of ... 1483 Revenue from ... 1482
Credit rating, Provincial government
Credit unions
Transfer of funds to, from Heritage Fund ... 139
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Community Development
Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1705
Dept. of Economic Development
Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1706
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 716-18
Dept. of Environment
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 857-59
Dept. of Finance
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1482-84 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 139
Dept. of Gaming
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1043-45, 1047 "Other initiatives" program ... 1044 "Other initiatives" program: Criteria for applications to ... 1043
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 155-56
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 743-44
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Elimination of ... 1412, 1416 General remarks ... 758 Main estimates 2006-07: Amendment to eliminate minister's office ... 1412 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1412, 1416-17 Role of ... 1416
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 697-99 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 141-42
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 161
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on health care costs ... 1482
Drugs, Prescription
Coverage by health care plan ... 155
Education-Curricula
Exemptions from, due to moral/religious beliefs ... 1453
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric power, Coal-produced-China
Electric power, Coal-produced-Environmental aspects
Electric power lines
Corridors for ... 717-18 Public ownership of ... 718 Surface rights compensation rates re ... 717-18 Tie line with Montana ... 717
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Persons with disabilities funding cuts (not proceeded with) ... 22-23
Endowment funds, Public
Creation from surplus funds ... 1484
Energy industry
Technological innovations in ... 716, 717 Use of water supplies ... 717 Value-adding/upgrading in ... 717
Energy industry-Environmental impact
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Initiatives re: Tax incentives for ... 858, 859
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Methamphetamine) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 202)
Second reading ... 210, 216 Second reading: Six month hoist amendment ... 216
Executive Council
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 757-58
Farm Credit Stability Fund
Surplus revenue deposit into ... 1484
Federal/provincial relations
Reduction of duplcated services ... 174
Fire and rescue services
Minimum standards for (Motion 504: Abbott) ... 526
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Flaring of natural gas
Capturing and reuse of ... 859
Freedom of expression
Beliefs re same-sex marriage ... 1453
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Gaming industry
Advertising re ... 1044, 1045 Organized crime involvement in ... 1043 Reduction of ... 1047 Revenue from ... 1044
Gas, Natural-Royalties
Provincial receipt of, in kind: Redistribution to gas co-ops ... 718
Gas co-ops
Redistribution to, of in-kind natural gas received by province ... 718
Gas well drilling industry
Competion in, environmental implications ... 717, 859
Gold reserves
Purchase of, with Heritage Fund ... 139
Government programs
Communications methods ... 757-58 Reduction of: Statement re ... 174
Government spending policy
Groundwater
Baseline testing of ... 858, 888 Baseline testing of: Standards re ... 888 Inventory/mapping of ... 288, 858, 888 Inventory/mapping of: Assistance from coal-bed methane drillers ... 859
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 288, 858, 888 Mitigation of, by extending no-drilling zone around aquifers ... 288
High school education-Curricula
Vocational/trades courses ... 758 Work experience programs ... 1063
Highway 3
Intersection with Highway 36 (Taber area), overpass for ... 743 Twinning of ... 743
Highway 4-Milk River area
Highway 36
Intersection with Highway 3 (Taber area), overpass for ... 743
Highway 41
Promotion of, as alternate north-south corridor (Motion 506: Mitzel) ... 822
Highway 501
Paving of, west of Cardston ... 743
Historic sites
Reclamation of environmental damage at, funding for ... 1705
Home care program
General remarks ... 155 Value of, vs. continuing care option ... 698
Horse breeding
Lottery funding for ... 1482
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 1482 Revenue from ... 1044
Hospitals
Co-operation between urban and rural hospitals ... 124
Hospitals-Rural areas
Reconfiguration of ... 124, 726
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Immigration
Alberta-made policy re ... 1706 Provincial nominee program ... 1706 Targeting toward small business sector ... 1706
Income tax, Provincial
Decrease in ... 364 Personal exemption level ... 364 Reduction of, by surplus funds ... 1483
International Women's Day
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
100th anniversary: Ceremony in Chamber ... 444
Lethbridge Community College
Police training programs ... 161
Livestock Identification and Commerce Act (Bill 38)
Second reading ... 1228 Committee ... 1448
Livestock industry, Intensive
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation ... 1482 Race track gaming revenues to ... 1482
Marriage commissioners
Exemption from performing same-sex marriage ... 1453
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 124, 581 Restructuring (third way option): Advertising campaign re ... 757
Medical care, Cost of
Impact of Canadian dollar value on ... 1482
Medical equipment-Costs
Impact of Canadian dollar value on ... 1482
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 155
Medical profession-Rural areas
Medical records, Electronic
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Input into selection of CFEP/CIP recipients ... 1043
Members' Statements (2006)
Government reform ... 174 Provincial pension plan ... 1247 Southwestern Alberta attractions ... 895 Tax reforms ... 364
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for ... 697, 698 Funding for programs for: Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 22-23 In-home supports vs. public facilities for ... 698
Mentally disabled children
Transfer to PDD program ... 698
Milk River (Town)
Economic conditions ... 743
Ministerial Statements (2006)
First anniversary of Mayerthorpe tragedy ... 164 International Women's Day ... 285
Ministers (Provincial government)
Miscellaneous (Provincial Treasurer) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 37)
MLA Committee on Strengthening Alberta's Role in Confederation
Report: Alberta share of unfunded Canada Pension Plan ... 1240
Natural resources revenue
General remarks ... 716, 758 Transfer of percentage into Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 447
Net metering (Electricity)
North/south trade corridor
Milk River area ... 743 Promotion of highway 41 as alternative to (Motion 506: Mitzel) ... 822
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 859 Research into ... 717
Oral Question Period (2006)
Canada Pension Plan ... 1240 Confined hog feeding operations ... 1640-41 Democratic reform ... 580-81 Education issues ... 1063 Energy and Utilities Board ... 288 Freedom of choice ... 1453 Government spending ... 447 Health care reform ... 124 Rural health care ... 726 Water management ... 888
Organized crime
Gaming industry involvement ... 1043
Parental Consent to Medical Treatment for Minors Act (Bill 204)
Parks, Provincial
Industrial development in: Reclamation funding re ... 1705
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Persons with developmental disabilities community boards
Governance issues, reporting lines ... 697-98 South Alberta board funding ... 141-42
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community Governance Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 30)
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Board
Relation to regional boards, changes to ... 697-98
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Teenage smoking curtailment ... 798
Pipelines
Siting of ... 717, 859 Surface rights compensation rates re ... 717
Police-Finance-Crowsnest Pass
Police and peace officer college
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
Second reading amendment to not read a second time (reasoned amendment) ... 1580-81 Second reading ... 1580-81 Committee ... 1633
Property rights
Inclusion in an Alberta constitution ... 580
Property tax
Provincial contribution to ... 447
Property tax-Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re ... 697 Transfer of collection of, to municipalities ... 1483
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public lands
Leasing of: To energy companies ... 1483
Railway (Alberta) (Heritage Railway) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 203)
Recall of elected representatives
Reclamation of land
Historic sites/provincial parks ... 1705
Regional health authorities
Elected boards of, with requisitioning power ... 124 Funding ... 124
Religious leaders
Exemption from performing same-sex marriage ... 1453
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Costs to administer ... 1416 General remarks ... 718, 1483
Revenue
Decline in ... 1482 Transfer to municipalities ... 447
Road construction
Secondary road program ... 743
Roads-Maintenance and repair
Rogers Sugar Ltd.
Conversion to coal-fired electrical power ... 718
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Ministerial Statement re fallen officers in ... 164
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
General remarks ... 1482 Review of: Consultations re (Q17/06: Defeated) ... 1367 Review of: Publication of ... 716
Same-sex marriage
Exemption from instruction re ... 1453 Exemption of clergy/marriage commissioners from performing ... 1453
School boards
Same-sex orientation, flexibility in instruction re ... 1453
Schools-Utilization
Applicability to rural schools ... 743-44
Senior citizens-Housing
Private facilities, regulations re ... 698
Silver reserves
Purchase of, with Heritage Fund ... 139
Small business
Labour shortages in ... 1706
Smoking, Teen
Curtailment of: Petitions presented re ... 798
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
PDD agency employees, salaries for ... 141
Strikes and lockouts-Lakeside Packers employees
Policing costs re ... 161
Sugar beet industry
Impact of natural gas prices on ... 718
Supportive living facilities-Rural areas
Affordable supportive living program re ... 698
Surplus, Budgetary
Alberta pension plan funding with ... 1240, 1247 Capital project funding with ... 1483 General remarks ... 139, 758 Heritage Savings funding with ... 758, 1240, 1247 Legislation re distribution of ... 1483 Provincial income tax reduction with ... 1483 Resource rebate cheques funding with ... 1483 Tax refunds funding with ... 758 Teachers' pension fund unfunded liability funding with ... 1047, 1063
Tax incentives
Environmental projects ... 858, 859
Taxation
General remarks ... 1482 Reduction of ... 139 Reduction of: Statement re ... 174, 364
Thermal heating
Provincial incentives for ... 859
Tourist attractions-Southwestern Alberta
Treasury Branches
Transfer of funds to, from Heritage Fund ... 139
Warner hockey school
Lottery funding for ... 1044
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water pipelines
Use for irrigation ... 859
Water resources development
Water resources development-Milk River
Water storage
Milk River projects ... 744, 859
Water supply
Preparation of inventory of (Motion 511: Swann) ... 1569-70 Shortages: Schindler report on ... 717 Use by energy industry ... 717
Western Canada Lottery Corporation
Wind farms
Compensation to owner of land where farm is located ... 718
Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert)
Agricultural Operation Practices Act
Confined feeding operations provisions ... 1640 Review of ... 582
Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial)
Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta
Agricultural trade
WTO negotiations re ... 1193
Agricultural value-added production
Agriculture
Federal assistance programs ... 540, 932 Government assistance programs ... 197, 724, 915, 932 Use of water supplies ... 685-86
Agriculture-Environmental aspects
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP677/06: Tabled) ... 1725 CAIS program information, provision of ... 1140 CAIS program public meetings ... 452, 932 General remarks ... 911, 920 Loans by, listing in Alberta Gazette ... 915-16 Loans by, role of chartered banks re ... 916 Merger of Alberta Opportunity Company into ... 915-16
Agriculture ministers' meeting (Federal/provincial/territorial), British Columbia (March 2006)
CAIS program discussions ... 724, 727
Agrium Inc.
Replacement of ammonium nitrate fertilizer with environmentally smart nitrogen ... 933
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 34)
Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund Ltd.
Provincial support for ... 360, 923, 933 Slow-release fertilizer development, funding for ... 933
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Electric power substation, Leduc/Nisku area, approval of ... 1190
Alberta Gazette (Government publication)
Listing of Agriculture Financial Services Corporation loans in ... 916
Alberta Livestock Industry Development Fund
Provincial funding for ... 360
Alberta Opportunity Company
Merger into Agriculture Financial Services Corporation ... 916
Alberta woodlot extension program
Ammonium nitrate fertilizer
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Biomass as energy source
General remarks ... 1317 Vegreville project ... 1317
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Impact on cattle industry ... 911 Recovery strategy ... 911
Budget (Federal government)
Budget debate
Motion 16: McClellan ... 624
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Disaster component replacement ... 840, 912, 921 Division into income stability and disaster components ... 921, 1240-41 General remarks ... 41-42, 197, 451-52, 540, 923, 1140 Inventory valuation changes in ... 1241 Overpayments from ... 932, 1641 Reference margins adjustment in ... 728, 912, 1140, 1241 Restructuring of ... 540, 724, 727-28, 840, 911, 912, 915, 919, 920-21, 1240-41, 1641
Canadian Bankers' Association
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
CAIS program comments ... 840
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Cattle-Export-United States
Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border closed ... 911
Chicken industry
Food safety programs in ... 915
Choice Matters; Marketing Choice for Alberta Producers
Advertising costs re (Q35/06:Accepted) ... 1736 General remarks ... 916
Chronic wasting disease
Human/animal risk of ... 42
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 167-68
Crop insurance program
Future of ... 932 General remarks ... 912, 923 Per-acre payments ... 932 Simplification of ... 197
Deer ranching
Impact of chronic wasting disease on ... 42
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Minister's family farm comments ... 915
Drinking water
Coal bed methane wells' impact on ... 167-68
Electric power-Supply- Leduc/Nisku area
Electric power lines-Leduc/Nisku area
New substation re ... 1190
Electric utilities-Regulations
Elk ranching
Impact of chronic wasting disease on ... 42
Energy Innovation Fund
Bioenergy research ... 1849
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Environmentally smart nitrogen (Fertilizer)
Replacement for ammonium nitrate fertilizer ... 933
Family farm
Comments re, by Minister of Municipal Affairs ... 915 General remarks ... 915, 923
Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance
Farm Implement Board
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP362/06: Tabled) ... 846
Farm income insurance program (Proposed)
Farm produce-Export-China
Farmers' Advocate
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP621/06: Tabled) ... 1649 Livestock water, investigation of pollution concerns re ... 168
Fed cattle set-aside program
Discontinuance of ... 912, 922
Fiberex Glass Corporation
Electric power supply problems ... 1190
Forest industries
Sustainability of ... 638
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Publishing of loans from AFSC in Alberta Gazette, applicability to ... 916
Gasoline-Prices
General remarks ... 1851 Impact on small business ... 1639
Gophers-Control
General remarks ... 933-34 Multistakeholder steering committee to investigate ... 934
Grains and oilseed farming
Biofuel products, usage for ... 1317 Disaster declaration re (2006) ... 1757 Federal funding support for ... 42, 451, 540, 1140 General remarks ... 918-19 Production insurance coverage, reduction in cost of ... 197, 1140 Provincial support for ... 41, 197, 451-52, 540, 912, 932, 933, 1140 Research funding re ... 360-61, 923 Revenue insurance coverage ... 1140
Groundwater
Baseline testing of: Alberta Environment standard for (SP323/06: Tabled) ... 799
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 167-68 Confined feeding operations' impact on ... 1672
Harnack Ranch, Airdrie
Drinking water supply pollution ... 1672
Highland Feeders Limited
Joint manure utilization system project ... 1317
Hog industry
Food safety programs in ... 915
Irrigation
General remarks ... 685-86 Upgrading of infrastructure re ... 912, 922
Lake trout
Incentives for producing ... 923
Livestock
Impact of coal-bed methane pollution of groundwater on ... 167-68
Livestock Identification and Commerce Act (Bill 38)
Livestock industry
General remarks ... 911, 922 Legislation re (Bill 38) ... 1017
Livestock industry, Intensive
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Oral Question Period (2006)
Agricultural assistance ... 197, 724, 932 Agricultural fertilizers and pesticides ... 933-34 Agricultural income stabilization program ... 840, 1140, 1240-41, 1641 Agricultural research spending ... 360-61 Agricultural trade ... 1193-94 Assistance for grains and oilseeds sector ... 41-42, 451-52, 540-41 Avian influenza ... 582 Bioenergy industry ... 1849 Biofuels industry ... 1317 Canadian agricultural income assistance program ... 727-28 Chronic wasting disease ... 42 Coal-bed methane drilling ... 167-68 Confined feeding operations ... 1672 Confined hog feeding operations ... 1640-41 Farm safety ... 1520-21, 1671 Forest industry sustainability ... 638 Gasoline taxes ... 1639 Provincial water supply ... 685-86 Reliability of electricity supply ... 1190 Water quality of Lesser Slave Lake ... 582
Point of Order
Parliamentary language ... 1840 Tabling cited documents ... 941
Poultry industry
Protective measures re avian flu ... 582
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.)
Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision re ... 911
Rural development project fund
Rural economic development
General remarks ... 724 Government strategy re ... 911 Government strategy re: Report (A Place to Grow) ... 914
Small business
Impact of gasoline prices on ... 1639
Specified risk material (Cattle parts)
Timber
Value-added processing re ... 638
Vegetable Sales (Alberta) Act Repeal Act (Bill 27)
First reading ... 616-17 Second reading ... 824 Committee ... 1057 Third reading ... 1530
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water quality-Lesser Slave Lake
Water supply
Shortages: Schindler report on ... 685-86 Use by agriculture ... 685-86
Wild birds
Avian flu in: Protective measures re ... 582
World Trade Organization
Agricultural subsidies reduction through ... 41, 541, 911, 915, 916, 919, 923, 1193 Geneva negotiations on agricultural trade (April 2006) ... 1193
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