MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar)
Acclaim Energy Inc.
Acheson gas well failure, Edmonton: Provincial costs re (Q4/06: Response tabled as SP407/06) ... 501
Agricultural value-added production
Agriculture
Government assistance programs ... 453-54
Agriculture-Environmental aspects
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Loans by, listing in Alberta Gazette ... 913 Loans by, role of chartered banks re ... 914 Merger of Alberta Opportunity Company into ... 913
Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April 2006
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Electric System Operator
Electric power lines approvals ... 1519 Review of governance of ... 1455
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Coal-bed methane well drilling requirements ... 709 Electric power bills, municipal franchise fees on, comment on ... 875 Electric power industry agencies, relation to ... 1455 Electricity transmission line, Alberta/Montana, approvals ... 1670 Electricity transmission line approvals ... 1519 Gas well drilling applications, 2001-2006, rejected (Q19/06: Response tabled as SP633/06) ... 1559-60 General remarks ... 709 Input into Fluckiger electricity deregulation policy paper ... 40, 48, 710 Royalty structure, report on ... 1809
Alberta Gazette (Government publication)
1996 land sale entry from Stan Woloshyn (SP463/06: Tabled) ... 1248 Listing of Agriculture Financial Services Corporation loans in ... 913 Sale price of public land in Edmonton restricited development area, copy of (SP490-491/06: Tabled) ... 1352 Sale price of public land in Fort McMurray (May 2005 sale), reporting of ... 1141, 1191 Sale price of public land in Fort McMurray (May 2005 sale), reporting of, copy of original entry (SP448/06: Tabled) ... 1148
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office: Budget ... 1217 Washington, D.C. office: Representative's acceptance of board position on Tusk Energy ... 1216 Washington, D.C. office: Representative's pension ... 1224 Washington, D.C. office: Representative's salary ... 1217 Washington, D.C. office: Role of ... 1216
Alberta Opportunity Company
Merger into Agriculture Financial Services Corporation ... 913
Alberta pension plan (Proposed)
Alberta Research Council
Hosting expenses ... 1096 Recruiting of scientists ... 1096 Staffing ... 1096
Alberta royalty tax credit
General remarks ... 329, 710 Review of ... 709 Review of: Publication of ... 709
Alberta Social Housing Corporation
Transfer of land to Fort McMurray (fall 2004 sale): Auditor General's report on ... 1191 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray (fall 2004 sale): Auditor General's report on: Letter re (SP486/06: Tabled) ... 1352
Alberta/Ukraine relations
Alberta/United States relations
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Municipal franchise fees on electricity/natural gas bills, standardized agreements re ... 875
AltaLink Management Ltd.
Assigning of electric power transmission projects to ... 1519 Member of, conflict of interest re provincial electricity transmission policy ... 710
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Intersection with Queen Elizabeth II Highway: Cost overruns re ... 297 Land aquisition issues re ... 641, 680, 725, 764, 792, 840, 890, 934, 964-65, 1012, 1241, 1322, 1346-47 Land aquisition issues re: Documents re (SP247-249, 286-288, 301-305, 324-326, 346-352, 463-465, 489-491/06: Tabled) ... 646, 690, 734, 799, 845-46, 1248, 1352 Land aquisition issues re: Documents re (SP526-529, 578-584: Tabled) ... 1404, 1551 Land aquisition issues re: Judicial inquiry re ... 840, 967 Land aquisition issues re: Letter requesting Auditor General's investigation of (SP597/06: Tabled) ... 1596 Land aquisition issues re: Statement re ... 645, 966-67, 1350 Wedgewood Ravine area traffic noise attenuation: Petition presented re ... 1771
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act (Bill 21)
Auditor General
Boards of directors recruiting and training guidelines recommendation (Motion 502: MacDonald) ... 219-20, 228-29 Edmonton ring road land, sale of: Letter requesting investigation of (SP597/06: Tabled) ... 1596 Edmonton ring road land, sale of: Proposal to investigate ... 1350 Energy royalties, tax credits for, report on ... 292, 328 Fort McMurray land sale process (fall 2004 sale), report on ... 1191 Fort McMurray land sale process (fall 2004 sale), report on: Letter re (SP486/06: Tabled) ... 1352
Beef-Marketing
Improvement of, by standardized federal/provincial health and slaughter prototcols (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1742
Biofuels industry
Infrastructure assistance re ... 1758
Boards of directors
Guidelines for recruiting and training, recommended by the Auditor General's report (Motion 502: MacDonald) ... 219-20, 228-29
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Compensation plans re ... 912
Budget debate
Motion 16: McClellan ... 624
Canada-China Joint Working Group on Energy Co-operation
Alberta input into ... 1224
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Canadian Federation of Independent Business report on ... 454 Disaster component replacement ... 1758 Overpayments from ... 1758 Overpayments from, letter re (SP118/06: Tabled) ... 364 Restructuring of ... 912-13 Statement re ... 453-54 Use of 2004 data for compensation ... 1758
Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance
Canadian Bankers' Association
Involvement in agricultural lending ... 914 Letter re Bill 38, Livestock Identification and Commerce Act (SP544/06: Tabled) ... 1461
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Alberta municpal franchise tax, study of ... 173-74, 874-75 CAIS program, report on ... 454
Capilano elementary school
Upgrading/maintenance requirements ... 1751
Cattle
Health and slaughter protocols re, interprovincial standardization of (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1742
Cattle-Export-United States
Opening of border to ... 1430
Cement-Costs
Impact on road construction costs ... 297
Chicken industry
Food safety programs in ... 913
Choice Matters; Marketing Choice for Alberta Producers
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on ... 1223 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1223
CN Rail
Purchase of Edmonton RDA land from Lehigh Cement ... 792 Purchase of Edmonton RDA land from Lehigh Cement: Document re (SP326/06: Tabled) ... 799
Coal-bed methane-Royalties
Alberta vs. B.C. rates ... 1224
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 709
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Mandate change for ... 1598 Report, 2005 (SP55/06: Tabled) ... 201 Report on recommendations for Standing Orders changes (SP54/06: Tabled) ... 201 Standing Orders changes re ... 1598
Community timber program
Impact of softwood lumber dispute on ... 1224
Conflict of interest
Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission projects ... 710, 1519
Continuing/extended care facilities-Finance
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as public member of ... 792
Council of State Governments - West
Council of the Federation
Meeting in Montreal, 2006: Fiscal imbalance discussions, report on ... 1216
Crop insurance program
Production insurance coverage ... 912
Dams-Slave River
Hydroelectric potential ... 1217
Daycare centres
National plan principles re (Conservative government plan) ... 1223-24 National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letter re (SP165/06: Tabled) ... 474
Daylight Saving Time Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 4)
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Staff, sharing of with International and Intergovernmental Relations dept. ... 1224
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 912-14 Performance measures ... 913 Role of ... 913-14 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1758-59
Dept. of Economic Development
Hosting expenses ... 1430-31 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1429-31
Dept. of Education
Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1751-52
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 708-10
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 309
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 296-98 Transfer of Edmonton ring road lands to ... 641
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Hosting expenses ... 1096 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1095-96 Staffing ... 1096 Transfer of funds to Restructuring and Government Efficiency dept. ... 1096
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Budget ... 1216 Hosting expenses ... 1226 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1216-17, 1223-26 Staff, sharing of with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development dept. ... 1224
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 874-75 Minister's family farm comments ... 913
Edmonton Journal (Newpaper)
1987 article re sale of restricted development area lands (SP247/06: Tabled) ... 646 2000 article re sale of restricted development area lands (SP288/06: Tabled) ... 690
Electric power, Coal-produced-Environmental aspects
Flue gas emissions from, capture and reuse of ... 1095-96
Electric power-Prices
Actual/Forecast Report for Aug. 28, 2006 (SP680/06: Tabled) ... 1771 General remarks ... 709, 1765, 1801 Impact of power exports on ... 451, 710
Electric power-Retail sales
Billing systems re (municipal franchise fees on) ... 874-75
Electric power-Supply
General remarks ... 402, 1688, 1765 Shortage of (blackout) ... 1688, 1765 Shortage of (blackout): Report on (SP649/06: Tabled) ... 1692 Supply demand report for Aug. 28, 2006 (SP679/06: Tabled) ... 1771
Electric power lines
General remarks ... 710 Tie line with Montana ... 402, 450-51, 710, 1547, 1670 Tie line with Montana: Letter from Minister of Energy re (SP36/06: Tabled) ... 87
Electric power lines-Construction
Awarding of contracts re ... 1519 Funding of, by consumers ... 1765
Electric power lines-Eastern Slopes area (Genessee-Langdon)
Use for power export purposes ... 1547
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 309, 450, 709, 710, 913, 1455, 1687-88, 1765 Deregulation: Enron Canada activities re ... 334 Deregulation: Enron Canada activities re, petition presented re ... 454, 616 Deregulation: Fluckiger policy paper re ... 40, 710 Deregulation: Fluckiger policy paper re, copy tabled (SP31/06) ... 48 Deregulation: Impact on family farms ... 913 Deregulation: Statement re ... 173-74 Review of roles and mandates of bodies concerned with ... 1455 Review of roles and mandates of bodies concerned with: Letter re (SP545/06: Tabled) ... 1461 Review of roles and mandates of bodies concerned with: Report (SP546/06: Tabled) ... 1461
Electric Utilities Act Advisory Committee
Letter re (SP545/06: Tabled) ... 1461
Energy industry
Public awareness of ... 709
Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 39)
Enmax Corporation
CEO Gary Holden's comments re electricity deregulation: Article re (SP70/06: Tabled) ... 248
Enron Canada Corporation
Alberta activities: Public inquiry re ... 334 Alberta activities: Public inquiry re, petition presented re ... 454 Alberta activities: Statement re ... 334
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Ethane
Extraction of, from throughput of Mackenzie Valley pipeline ... 1217
Family farm
Comments re, by Minister of Municipal Affairs ... 913
Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
Rulings of, application to Alberta electricity exports ... 1217
Federal/provincial fiscal relations
Fiscal imbalance discussions, report on ... 1216 General remarks ... 1217
Feedlots
Food safety programs in ... 913
Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations)
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Flue gas emissions (Coal-fired power plants)
Food safety
Programs for, applicability in various sectors ... 913
Foreign workers, Temporary
General remarks ... 1430 Horizon oil sands project ... 297 Horizon oil sands project, Chinese workers for ... 1224 Role of International and Intergovernmental Relations dept. re ... 1223
Fort McMurray Housing Inc.
Provincial land sale to, original Gazette entry and land titles documents re (SP448-450/06: Tabled) ... 1148
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Galfour Development Corporation
Land purchase/sale re Edmonton ring road ... 641, 725, 840, 890, 934, 1012, 1241, 1350 Land purchase/sale re Edmonton ring road: Land Titles certificates re (SP286, 301-305, 346/06: Tabled) ... 690, 734, 845 Land purchase/sale re Edmonton ring road: Statement re ... 645
Gas, Natural
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1765, 1801, 1809 Use as power source in oil sands production: Documentation re (SP678-680/06: Tabled) ... 1771
Gas, Natural-Prices
Alberta reference price ... 709 General remarks ... 709 Henry Hub price ... 709
Gas, Natural-Retail sales
Billing systems re (municipal franchise fees on) ... 874-75
Gas, Natural-Royalties
Decline of ... 1809 Impact of gas prices on ... 709 Reduction programs for ... 292 Regulation, 2002, sections 12 and 15: Letter re (SP714/06: Tabled) ... 1809
Gas pipelines-Mackenzie Valley to Alberta
Extraction of ethane from throughput of ... 1217
Gas well drilling industry
Applications to EUB to drill, 2001-2006, rejected (Q19/06: Response tabled as SP633/06) ... 1559-60
Gold Bar elementary school
Upgrading/maintenance requirements ... 1751
Government departments
Mandate of, review by Public Accounts committee ... 1598
Government spending policy
Grain-Prices
Initiatives to improve ... 1430
Grains and oilseed farming
Disaster declaration re (2006) ... 1758-59
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 709
Heavy oil (synthetic crude)-Royalties
Highway 43
Twinning of, Edmonton to Grande Prairie ... 1429
Historical Society of Alberta
A Century of Alberta Premiers (magazine) (SP402/06: Tabled) ... 968
Hog industry
Food safety programs in ... 913
Holyrood elementary school
Upgrading/maintenance requirements ... 1751
Horse racing tracks-Rocky View MD
Waste water disposal for, funding re ... 1758
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Hydro and Electric Energy Act
Power transmission line construction permits under ... 1670
IBM Canada Ltd.
Processing of Alberta health records, funding for ... 298
Independent System Operator (Electricity industry)
Review of governance of ... 1455
Industrial Power Consumers Association of Alberta
Letter re Fluckiger policy paper on electricity transmission ... 710
Informatics Circle of Research Excellence
Hosting expenses ... 1096 Staffing ... 1096
Insurance, Automobile
Public plan re: Petition presented re ... 473
Insurance, Health (Private)
Abandonment of government plans to increase: Petition presented re ... 1771 General remarks ... 499
Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2006-07
International Interests in Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act (Bill 15)
Interprovincial trade
Internal trade agreement: Challenges to ... 1225-26
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 1430 Shortages of skilled workers: Recruitment from other provinces re ... 1223
Land Titles Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 12)
Land Titles office
Documents re land sales in Edmonton restricted development area ... 725 Documents re land sales in Edmonton restricted development area (SP248-249, 286-288, 301-305, 325-326, 347-352/06: Tabled) ... 646, 690, 734, 799, 845-46 Documents re land sales in Edmonton restricted development area, between S. Woloshyn and G. Haarsma (SP464-465/06: Tabled) ... 1248 Documents re land sales in Edmonton restricted development area, to Royal Development Corp. (SP487-488/06: Tabled) ... 1352 Documents re price of land sales in Fort McMurray ... 1141 Documents re price of land sales in Fort McMurray (SP448-450/06: Tabled) ... 1148
A Learning Alberta review
Costs of (Q24/06: Accepted) ... 1563
Lehigh Portland Cement Limited
Purchase/sale of Edmonton RDA land at Yellowhead Trail and 178 St. ... 792 Purchase/sale of Edmonton RDA land at Yellowhead Trail and 178 St.: Documents re (SP325-326/06: Tabled) ... 799
Livestock-Prices
Initiatives to improve ... 1430
Livestock Identification and Commerce Act (Bill 38)
Livestock industry
Food safety programs in ... 913
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 28)
MacEwan West Developments
Purchase of surplus Edmonton ring road lands ... 1322, 1346
Mandatory Testing and Disclosure Act (Bill 26)
Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry)
Background of ... 161 Report on July power blackout ... 1688 Report on July power blackout (SP649/06: Tabled) ... 1692 Review of governance of ... 1455
McNally Senior High School
Upgrading requirements ... 1752
Meat-Inspection
Federal/provincial standardization of (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1742
Medical care
General remarks ... 309 Restructuring (third way option) ... 499 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP401/06: Tabled) ... 968 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, town hall meeting, notice of (SP154/06: Tabled) ... 454-55 Statement re ... 499
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 309
Medical records, Electronic
Members' Statements (2006)
Assistance for Alberta's farm families ... 453-54 Enron activities in Alberta ... 334 Frank Atkinson ... 130 Municipal franchise tax ... 173-74 Public health care ... 499 Royalty revenues ... 1809 Sale of Edmonton ring road land ... 645 Sale of ring road land ... 966-67 Sale of surplus crown lands ... 1350 Una Maclean Evans ... 796
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for: Letter re (SP30/06: Tabled) ... 48
MLA Committee on Strengthening Alberta's Role in Confederation
Report: Provincial response to ... 1216-17
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 7)
Municipal Government Act
Municipal franchise fees provision ... 874
National Energy Board (Federal)
Alberta/Montana electricity tie line construction hearings ... 451, 1670
Natural gas by-products-Royalties
Natural resources revenue
Decline in ... 240-41, 291-92, 328-29 Decline in: Standing policy committee report on, 2005 (SP71/06: Tabled) ... 248 Decline in: Statement re ... 1809 Forecasting of ... 709 General remarks ... 709-10
Northwestern Utilities Ltd.
Purchase of Edmonton RDA lands, memo re (SP584/06: Tabled) ... 1551
Office of the Premier
Premier's pre-retirement travel ... 1217
Official Opposition
People Before Profits (public auto insurance proposal) ... 473
Oil-Royalties
Reduction programs for ... 292
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1096 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Yorkton research project re ... 1095
Oil sands development-Peace Country
Oral Question Period (2006)
Alberta/Montana electricity transmission line ... 402, 450-51, 1547, 1670 Electricity deregulation ... 40 Electricity generation ... 1687-88 Electricity generation from gas over bitumen ... 1801 Electricity pricing ... 1765 Electricity regulation ... 1455 Ethics in government ... 1519 Royalty revenues ... 240-41, 291-92, 328-29 Sale of Edmonton ring road land ... 641, 680, 725, 764, 792, 840, 890, 934, 1241 Sale of surplus Crown land in Edmonton ... 1012, 1346-47 Sale of surplus Crown lands ... 964-65 Sale of surplus Edmonton ring road land ... 1322 Sale of surplus land in Fort McMurray ... 1141, 1191
Pacific Northwest Economic Region
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community Governance Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 30)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Enron's role in electricity deregulation in Alberta, public inquiry into ... 454, 616 Private health insurance abandonment ... 1771 Public automobile insurance ... 473
Petrochemical industry
Use of Mackenzie Valley pipeline gas liquids as feedstock ... 1217
Petroleum distillates
Use as dilutant in bitmen pipeline ... 1224
Point of Order
Allegations against nonmembers ... 225 Amendments to Bills ... 1444 Incorrect reference to a constituency ... 1294 Relevance ... 1220
Power Pool of Alberta
Supply demand report, Aug. 28, 2006 (SP679/06: Tabled) ... 1771
Premier of Newfoundland
Remarks made in Calgary, March 2006 ... 1217
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Vice-president (finance, Gary C. Campbell) of, as public member of Corporate Internal Audit Services ... 792
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public lands-Edmonton
Sale of, Cameron Heights area ... 1012 Sale of, Cameron Heights area: Documents re (SP421-422/06: Tabled) ... 1018
Public lands-Fort McMurray
Sale of: Discrepancies in selling price (May 2005 sale) ... 1141, 1191 Sale of: Discrepancies in selling price (May 2005 sale), copy of original Gazette entry & land titles documents re (SP448/06: Tabled) ... 1148
Public service-Alberta
Code of conduct and ethics for (Alberta representative in Washington case) ... 1216 Code of conduct and ethics for (Kellan Fluckiger case) ... 1519
Public Service Commission of Canada
Geographic hiring criteria, Alberta objection to ... 1216
Public Service Management Pension Plan
Public Service Pension Plan
Queen Elizabeth II Highway-Edmonton area
Anthony Henday Drive intersection with: Cost overruns re ... 297
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 13)
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Restricted development area-Edmonton
Land sale in, for Edmonton ring road ... 641, 680, 725, 764, 792, 840, 890, 934, 1012 Land sale in, for Edmonton ring road: Documents re (SP247-249, 286-288, 301-305, 324-326, 347-352, 489-49/06: Tabled) ... 646, 690, 734, 799, 845-46, 1352 Land sale in, for Edmonton ring road: Documents re (SP526-529, 578-584: Tabled) ... 1404, 1550-51 Land sale in, for Edmonton ring road: Judicial inquiry re ... 840, 967 Land sale in, for Edmonton ring road: Letter re judicial inquiry re (SP466/06: Tabled) ... 1248 Land sale in, for Edmonton ring road: Letter requesting Auditor General 's investigation of (SP597/06: Tabled) ... 1596 Land sale in: Statement re ... 645, 966-67 Map of (SP485/06: Tabled) ... 1352 Surplus land for Edmonton ring road: Sale of ... 964-65, 967, 1322, 1346-47 Surplus land for Edmonton ring road: Sale of, statement re ... 1350 Surplus land for Edmonton ring road: Sale of, to Gerard Haarsma ... 1241 Surplus land for Edmonton ring road: Sale of, to Gerard Haarsma, documents re (SP463-465/06: Tabled) ... 1248
Ring roads-Calgary
Land sale in: Documents re (SP578-584: Tabled) ... 1550-51 Land sale in: Letter requesting Auditor General's investigation of (SP597/06: Tabled) ... 1596 Surplus land acquired for: Sale of ... 964-65, 967 Surplus land acquired for: Sale of, letter re judicial inquiry re (SP466/06: Tabled) ... 1248
Road construction-Edmonton-Grande Prairie
Twinning of (Highway 43) ... 1429
Road construction-Edmonton-Nordegg-Saskatchewan River Crossing
Road construction-Peace River-Fort McMurray (east-west connector)
Royal Development Corporation
Purchase of surplus Edmonton ring road lands ... 1322 Purchase of surplus Edmonton ring road lands: Land Titles documents re (SP487-488/06: Tabled) ... 1352
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 292, 328 Co-ordination with B.C. rates ... 1224 General remarks ... 240-41, 291-92, 328-29, 709 Review of ... 710, 1809 Review of: Consultations re (Q17/06: Defeated) ... 1365-66, 1555 Review of: Payments made re (Q5/06: Defeated) ... 501 Review of: Publication of ... 709 Review of: Studies re (Q18/06: Defeated) ... 1555-56, 1558-59 Statement re ... 1809
Rural development project fund
Rural economic development-Peace River area
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 25)
Senators
Alberta nominees for ... 1223
Sewage disposal plants-Rocky View MD
Funding for horse-racing track waste in ... 1758
Shanghai Construction Group
Provision of temporary foreign workers for Horizon oil sands project ... 297
Shell Canada Limited
Bitumen production facility, Peace River area ... 1429
Softwoods-Export-United States
Countervail duties re ... 1224
South Terwillegar Developments Ltd.
Purchase of surplus Edmonton ring road land ... 1346
Standing Orders
Revised version dated May 15, 2006 (Motion 21: Zwozdesky) ... 1598
Steel-Prices
Impact on bridge construction costs ... 297
Surplus, Budgetary
Holding account for (Proposed motion 514: Griffiths) ... 297, 298
Tax incentives
Energy industry incentives ... 710
Tenders, Government
Lehigh Cement purchase of Edmonton RDA land ... 792
Travel at public expense
Premier's pre-retirement travel ... 1217
Treasury Branches
Involvement in agricultural loans ... 914 Statement of claim re Galfour Development land sales ... 1350
Triple Five Corporation
Purchase/sale of Edmonton RDA lands ... 840
Tusk Energy Corporation
Alberta trade office representative in Washington's position on board of ... 1216
Vegetable Sales (Alberta) Act Repeal Act (Bill 27)
Walton International Group Inc.
Purchase of surplus Edmonton ring road land ... 1346-47
Water power
Alberta/NWT discussions re ... 1217
West Edmonton Mall
Refinancing of: RDA lands as security for ... 680 Refinancing of: RDA lands as security for, newspaper article re (SP288/06: Tabled) ... 690
Western Governors Association
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 18)
Wood Mackenzie
Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 709
Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill)
Blood Samples Act (Bill 204, 2004)
Replaced by Mandatory Testing and Disclosure Act (Bill 26, 2006) ... 546
Calgary Board of Education
Enrollment policy for nonresident students ... 198, 246
Education
Access to, by nonresident students ... 198, 246
Emergency services personnel
Protection from exposure to communicable diseases: Legislation re (Bill 26) ... 546
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Methamphetamine) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 202)
High school completion
Impact of non-access for nonresident students on ... 198, 246
Mandatory Testing and Disclosure Act (Bill 26)
Oral Question Period (2006)
Access to education by nonresident students ... 198, 246
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Teenage smoking curtailment ... 1350, 1549
School Act
Enrollment provisions for nonresident students ... 198
School boards
Enrollment policy for nonresident students ... 198, 246
Smoking, Teen
Curtailment of: Petitions presented re ... 1350, 1549
Mar, Hon. Gary G., QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay)
Advisory Committee on Wilderness Areas and Ecological Reserves
Repeal of (Bill 18) ... 174
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April 2006
Cancer research discussions at ... 1220 Interprovincial trade agreement discussion at ... 1114 Interprovincial trade agreement signed at ... 1192, 1215 Interprovincial trade agreement signed at: Exemptions from ... 1220
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meetings
Alberta Cancer Board
Research initiatives in co-operation with B.C. ... 1220
Alberta Centennial World Cup Cross Country competition, Canmore (December 2005)
Alberta Government Offices
General remarks ... 1223 India trade office, possibility of ... 1225 Middle East office, establishment of ... 1223 Washington, D.C. office ... 1223 Washington, D.C. office: Expenses ... 1316, 1321 Washington, D.C. office: Representative in ... 1225 Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 1219-20 Washington, D.C. office: Role of ... 1215, 1216, 1219-20, 1225
Alberta/Montana relations
Alberta Summer Games, Red Deer (July 2006)
Alberta/United States relations
Alberta Winter Games, West Yellowhead (February 2006)
Arctic Winter Games, Alaska (March 2006)
Artists
Impact of private health insurance proposal on ... 469
Auditor General
Alberta government office, Washington, D.C., auditing of expenses in ... 1316
B.C. Cancer Agency
Research initiatives in co-operation with Alberta Cancer Board ... 1220
Border crossings-Canada/United States
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Forum on, in Washington, D.C. ... 1219-20
Canada Summer Games, Regina (2005)
Cancer-Research
Discussions on co-ordination between Alberta and B.C. re ... 1220
Canmore Nordic Centre
Upgrades to ... 171 Upgrades to: Costs (M36/05: Response tabled as SP36/06) ... 20
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on ... 1222
Conference Board of Canada
Interprovincial trade barriers costs, remarks re ... 1215
Corporations
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 1192
Council of the Federation
General remarks ... 1215 Meeting in Montreal, 2006: Fiscal imbalance discussions, report on ... 1225
Dairy industry
Internal trade agreement issues in ... 1226
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1215-16, 1218-20, 1222-26 Main estimates 2006-07: Responses to questions during (SP725/06: Tabled) ... 1855 Minister's travel expenses, disclosure of ... 1219 Minister's trip to Hong Kong in 2005 ... 1219 Role of ... 1215, 1222 Role of, re Alberta environmental commitments ... 1222
Energy industry
Procurement harmonization in Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... 1192
Environmental protection
Role of International and Intergovernmental Relations dept. in ... 1222
Equalization payments
General remarks ... 1225 Reports on ... 1225
Falun Gong-China
Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Accepted) ... 969
Federal/provincial relations
First ministers' meetings
Fish conservation
Impact of MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights on ... 1195
Foreign workers, Temporary
Role of International and Intergovernmental Relations dept. re ... 1222
Human rights-China
Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Accepted) ... 969
Immigrant doctors
Discussion with federal officials re ... 1225
Immigration
Alberta-made policy re ... 1113
Insurance, Health (Private)
Artists, impact on ... 469
International Interests in Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act (Bill 15)
Committee ... 1056 Third reading ... 1529
International Joint Commission
Resolution of Canada/U.S. water issues ... 1545
International relations
Funding for ... 1215 General remarks ... 1215
International trade-United States
International Women's Day
Interprovincial relations
Interprovincial trade
Alberta/British Columbia agreement ... 1114, 1192 Internal trade agreement ... 1114 Internal trade agreement: Challenges to ... 1226
Investments
Impact on, of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... 1114, 1192
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 1113 Shortages of skilled workers: Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 1192
Libraries-Law and legislation
Libraries Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 17)
First reading ... 19 Second reading ... 280, 281 Committee ... 555 Third reading ... 601, 602
MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: MLA 2006 task force report on ... 1195
Ministerial Statements (2006)
International Women's Day ... 284
Office of the Premier
Premier's trip to Ukraine and France ... 1216
Olympic athletes
Alberta support for ... 170-71
Olympic Winter Games, Torino (2006)
Alberta athletes at ... 585
Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
Alberta athletes at, support for ... 170-71
Oral Question Period (2006)
Alberta at the Smithsonian ... 407 Alberta/B.C. joint cabinet meeting ... 1114 Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... 1192 Alberta in Washington, DC ... 1644-45 Alberta/Montana relations ... 1545-46 Alberta office in Washington ... 1316, 1321 MĂ©tis hunting rights ... 1195 Private health insurance for artists ... 469 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1112-13, 1141, 1591 Softwood lumber trade policy ... 1719 Sports and fitness strategy ... 585 Support for Olympic athletes ... 170-71 Sustainability of caribou population ... 495 Temporary foreign workers ... 1113
Pacific Northwest Economic Region
Parks, Provincial
Legislation re (Bill 23) ... 473
Physical fitness-Teaching
Provincial Parks Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 23)
First reading ... 473 Second reading ... 598, 601 Committee ... 675 Third reading ... 721
Purchases, Government
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 1192
Softwoods-Export-United States
Sport Canada
Athlete support for international level competition ... 170, 171
Sports
Impact on reducing public health care costs ... 585 Provincial support for ... 171, 585
Sports facilities, International level
Provincial support for ... 171
Supreme Court of Canada
Powley decision (MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights) ... 1195
Trade missions-Middle East
Transportation
Interprovincial transportation (Alberta/B.C.) ... 1192
Travel at public expense
Release of details re ... 1219
Trucks-Inspection-Alberta/B.C. border
Joint inspection station ... 1215
Twinning of cities, provinces, etc.
United Nations
Convention on eliminating discrimination against women ... 284
Western premiers' conferences
Wild Rose Foundation
Grants from: Investigated due to improper use of (Q3/06: Response tabled as SP216/06) ... 501, 547
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 18)
First reading ... 174 Second reading ... 410, 413-14 Committee ... 602-04 Third reading ... 625 Amendment (SP228/06: Tabled) ... 603
Wildlife conservation
Impact of MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights on ... 1195
World Trade Organization
General remarks ... 1216 Hong Kong ministerial conference ... 1215 Hong Kong ministerial conference: Travel expenses re ... 1219
Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview)
Aboriginal children-Education
Acure Health Corp.
Private medical insurance advertisement (SP183/06: Tabled) ... 499
Agricultural subsidies
Reduction of, through World Trade Organization agreement ... 916-17
Agricultural value-added production
Agricultural workers
Exemption from labour legislation: Documents/letters re (SP731-733/06: Tabled) ... 1856
Alberta Association for Community Living
Funding cuts to PDD clients ... 142 Funding cuts to PDD clients: Newsletter re (SP5/06: Tabled) ... 20 Funding cuts to PDD clients: Open letter to MLAs re (SP717/06: Tabled) ... 1809-10
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 346-47 Committee ... 436, 477 Amendment (SP149 & 178/06: Tabled) ... 436 General remarks ... 740 Subamendment (SP177/06: Tabled) ... 477
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 34)
Third reading ... 1617-18 Third reading amendment (reasoned amendment) ... 1618
Alberta Federation of Labour
Exemption of farm workers from workers' safety code, website article re (SP732/06: Tabled) ... 1856 Government's Third Way Plan, news release re (SP51/06: Tabled) ... 175 Horizon/CNRL project, website article re (SP174/06: Tabled) ... 474
Alberta Health Care Insurance Act
Cost of administering (Q33/06: Accepted) ... 1734
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Insured services, delisting of ... 1700 Opted-out physicians from (Q1/06: Response tabled as SP703/06) ... 500-01
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Accounts in arrears, payments to collection agencies re (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734-35 Cost of administering (Q33/06: Accepted) ... 1734 Cost of administering, including subsidies and collection of arrears (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734-35
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Surplus revenue deposit into ... 136-37
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act
Transfer of investment income to General Revenue, provision for ... 136-37
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta Medical Association
Physician supply report ... 1700
Alberta School Boards Association
Collective bargaining model for teachers ... 1025
Alberta Social Housing Corporation
Transfer of land to Fort McMurray (fall 2004 sale): Auditor General's report on (Dep. Minister's memo in) (M11/06: Defeated) ... 507-08 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray (fall 2004 sale): Auditor General's report on (Minister's meeting re referenced in) (M10/06: Defeated) ... 507
Alberta Teachers' Association
Inclusion of principals in ... 1025
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
News releases re third way health reform proposals (SP61-62/06: Tabled) ... 202
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Class size guideline ... 1025, 1347 Kindergarten recommendations ... 1025, 1750 Recommendations ... 468
Ambulance service
Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions ... 871
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Intersection with Queen Elizabeth II Highway: Cost overruns re ... 300 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) funding model for ... 291, 299-300, 741, 1411
Aon Consulting Inc.
Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: Letter re (SP78/06: Tabled) ... 249
Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation)
General remarks ... 778 Wait times for ... 1707
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Funding for ... 695 Funding for: Indexing of ... 695 Review of (2005): Report ... 695 Waiting times for access to ... 695
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act (Bill 21)
Auditor General
Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 545, 963-64 Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1357-58 Fort McMurray land sale process (fall 2004 sale), report on (Dep. Minister's memo referenced in) (M11/06: Defeated) ... 507-08 Fort McMurray land sale process (fall 2004 sale), report on (reference to minister's meeting in) (M10/06: Defeated) ... 507 Public/private partnership contracts, comments on ... 741
Beef-Marketing
Improvement of, by standardized federal/provincial health and slaughter prototcols (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1742-43
Bills, Government
Bill 34, third reading reasoned amendment ... 1618
Bills, Private members' public
Standing Orders changes re ... 1355-56
Budget debate
Motion 16: McClellan ... 621-22
Calgary and District Labour Council
Exemption of farm workers from workers' safety code, letter re (SP733/06: Tabled) ... 1856
Calgary Board of Education
Marlborough school roof repair situation ... 740
Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Position on third way health reform proposals ... 684
Calgary Courts Centre
Public/private funding of (P3) ... 300, 741
Calgary Health Region
Correspondence/memos re Health Resource Centre or Networc Health (M3/06: Defeated) ... 503-04
Calgary Scope Society
Budget cuts, letter to minister re (SP410/06: Tabled) ... 1017
Canada Health Act
Alberta's third way compliance with ... 771, 939, 1595 Alberta's third way compliance with, documents re (M7/06: Defeated) ... 505-06
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
General remarks ... 916 Restructuring of ... 917-18
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Regulation of mobile abbatoirs ... 918
Canadian Institute for Health Information
In-patient hospital stays, provincial comparison chart re (SP716/06: Tabled) ... 1809
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... 472-73, 777 Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at, website article re (SP174/06: Tabled) ... 474
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Cattle
Health and slaughter protocols re, interprovincial standardization of (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1742-43
Children at risk-Education
Choice Matters; Marketing Choice for Alberta Producers
Advertising costs re (Q35/06:Accepted) ... 1735-37
Christian Labour Association of Canada
General remarks ... 777 Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 47, 472-73
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
Civil service pensions
Legal dispute re Grant McLean's pension, synopsis of (SP245/06: Tabled) ... 618
Class size (Grade school)
General remarks ... 1025 Reduction of, funding for ... 1347
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 740 Public safety issues re ... 871
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 583-84, 777, 1707 First-contract certification legislation: Statement re ... 47 Statement re ... 472-73
Collective bargaining-Licensed practical nurses
Agreement re, funding for ... 1700
Collective bargaining-Teachers
Province-wide bargaining ... 1025 Province-wide bargaining: Government participation in ... 1025-26
Commissioner on continuing care (Proposed)
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Mandate change for ... 1678
Complex decongestive therapy (Breast cancer treatment condition)
Coverage under health care plan: Petition presented re ... 1809
Continuing Care Standards Act (Bill 205)
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 545, 963-64 Auditor General's review of: Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1357-58 Conditions in ... 545, 695, 963-64, 1357 Consolidation under one ministry ... 695 Costs per resident, 2003-05 (Q13/06: Defeated) ... 647 Costs per resident, 2003-05: Public/private breakdown of (Q11/06: Defeated) ... 647 Legislation re ... 545 MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 695, 1357 MLA committee to review (2005): Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1357-58 Redesignation to assisted living status facility ... 545, 964 Redesignation to assisted living status facility: List of facilities involved (M21/06: Defeated) ... 648-49 Redesignation to assisted living status facility: Payments made to facilities involved (M20/06: Defeated) ... 648 Statement re ... 545
Continuing/extended care facilities-Finance
Continuing/extended care facilities-Inspection
Continuing/extended care facilities-Staffing
Shortage of ... 545, 695 Training for ... 695
Continuing/extended care facilities-Standards
Continuing/extended care facilities residents
Criteria for assessment of (SP496/06: Tabled) ... 1352
Debt collection
Unpaid health care premiums, Collection agencies fees re (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734-35
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Budget ... 918 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 916-18
Dept. of Education
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1025-27 Return of school capital funding to ... 742 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2) ... 1192 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1749-51 System improvement and reporting division: Expenses of (Q32/06: Accepted) ... 1733-34
Dept. of Finance
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 136-37
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister's trip to World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C. ... 931 Return of capital funding to ... 742 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1700-01 Survey/opinion polls by, results (M8/06: Defeated) ... 506
Dept. of housing (Proposed)
Emergency debate request re ... 1729
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 777-79 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1706-07
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 299-300 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 740-42
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Local government services division, budget ... 871 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 870-72 Role in Wabamun train spill ... 871
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 694-96 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 142
Designation of Child Access Exchange Centres Act (Bill 206)
Dividends from natural resources revenue (petition proposal)
Petition presented re ... 1648
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Drugs, Prescription-Costs
New Zealand plan for ... 695, 1701 Reduction of ... 327 Reduction of: New Democrat opposition news release re (SP26/06: Tabled) ... 48 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 1701
Early childhood education
Full-day programs ... 1025, 1806 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1025, 1806 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten): Edmonton city centre project re ... 1025, 1643-44
Edmonton Public School Board
City centre education project: Junior kindergarten funding ... 1025, 1643-44, 1750, 1806 Class size reduction, funding for ... 1347 Deficit ... 1191-92, 1347 Deficit: Letter re (SP457/06: Tabled) ... 1199 Kindergarten programs ... 1025 School counsellors/librarians staffing ... 1026
Elder Advocates of Alberta
Letter re assessment of nursing home residents (SP496/03: Tabled) ... 1352
Elections, Provincial
2004 election: Delay of release of FOIP information re government aircraft logs until after ... 891 Fixed dates for (Motion 508: Morton, amended) ... 1168-69
Electric power-Supply
Improvement of delivery of (Motion 510: Rogers) ... 1371-72
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Affordable housing strategy (not proceeded with) ... 1729 Continuing care (not proceeded with) ... 1357-58 Health care funding (not proceeded with) ... 1694 Persons with disabilities funding cuts (not proceeded with) ... 21
Emergency planning
General remarks ... 871 Provincial funding for ... 871
Employment standards-Farm workers
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Equalization payments
Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from: Paper re (SP358/06: Tabled) ... 846
Fire and rescue services
Minimum standards for ... 871
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Foreign workers, Temporary
Assessment of credentials of ... 1013 General remarks ... 47, 1013 Horizon oil sands project ... 472-73, 777, 1013 Membership in Alberta trade unions ... 472-73 Replacement of trade union members ... 47
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Requests under, re government aircraft flight log information: Document tampering allegations re ... 891
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Government aircraft
FOIP request for flight logs prior to 2004 general election: Document tampering re ... 891 Public accessibility to flight logs for: Political interference in ... 891
Government spending policy
Grains and oilseed farming
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 740
Health Insurance Premiums Act
Cost of administering (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734-35
Health Resource Centre, Calgary
Government correspondence/memos re (M3/06: Defeated) ... 503-04
Health Sciences Association of Alberta
Government's Third Way Undermines Public System (news release) (SP52 /06: Tabled) ... 175
High school completion
General remarks ... 1026 Round-tables on ... 1026
Highway 63
Funding for: Petition presented re ... 645
Highway 63-Fort McMurray south
Hip and knee surgery
Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 1701
Homeless-Housing
Strategy for, emergency debate request re ... 1729
Hospitals
Co-operation between urban and rural hospitals ... 170
Hospitals-Rural areas
Reconfiguration of ... 170
Hours of labour
Working alone regulation ... 778
Housing
Strategy for, emergency debate request re ... 1729
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Immigrant doctors
Placement in rural areas ... 1701
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 9)
Income trusts
Impact on provincial revenues ... 969, 1016 Impact on provincial revenues: Memos re (M26/06: Defeated) ... 969
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Investigation of document tampering re FOIP request for government aircraft flight log information ... 891
Insurance, Health (Private)
Advertisement for (SP183/06: Tabled) ... 499 General remarks ... 684, 771, 939, 1595, 1700 Letter re (SP78/06: Tabled) ... 249
Ipsos-Reid
Education funding opinion poll ... 1025
Labour laws and legislation
Labour Relations Code
Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major projects) ... 472-73, 777, 1013
Labour unions
Temporary foreign workers' membership in ... 472-73
Land Titles Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 12)
Libraries Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 17)
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 28)
Lougheed, Mr. E. Peter (Former Premier, 1971-85)
Comments on Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 136-37
Margaret Kool Marketing Inc.
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
Marlborough elementary school
ME First! (Municipal Energy Efficiency Assistance) program
Meat-Inspection
Federal/provincial standardization of (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1742-43
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 127, 170, 683-84, 931 Restructuring (third way option): Action plan re (Getting on with Better Health Care) ... 1700-01 Restructuring (third way option): AFL news release re (SP51/06: Tabled) ... 175 Restructuring (third way option): AUPE news release re (SP61/06: Tabled) ... 202 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): Documents, memos re (M7/06: Defeated) ... 505-06 Restructuring (third way option): HSAA news release re (SP52/06: Tabled) ... 175 Restructuring (third way option): Legislation re, article re (SP672/06: Tabled) ... 1724 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP78-79, 291, 306-308/06: Tabled) ... 249, 690, 734-35 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP182/06: Tabled) ... 499 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP244/06: Tabled) ... 618 Restructuring (third way option): Opinions/survey results re (M8/06: Defeated) ... 506 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 771, 939, 1595 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re ... 127, 504, 684 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party legislature committee for, letter re (SP60/06: Tabled) ... 202 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, AUPE news release re (SP62/06: Tabled) ... 202 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, letter re (SP60/06: Tabled) ... 202
Medical care, Private
Elimination of: Petitions presented re ... 734 General remarks ... 328, 931, 1701
Medical care-Finance
Aon report projections re: ND news release re (SP452/06: Tabled) ... 1148 Aon report projections re: Statement re ... 1148 Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1694 General remarks ... 327-28 NDP news release re (SP102/06: Tabled) ... 336
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 684, 771, 939, 1595, 1700 Practicing in public/private health systems: Letter re (SP260/06: Tabled) ... 646 Practicing in public/private health systems: Letter re (SP307/06: Tabled) ... 735
Medical profession-Education
Medical profession-Rural areas
Medical profession-Supply
Medical specialists-Rural areas
Members' Statements (2006)
Collective bargaining in Alberta ... 472-73 Democratic reform ... 1677-78 Labour legislation ... 47 Long-term care ... 545 Persons with developmental disabilities program ... 1016
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for ... 142, 695-96, 1066-67 Funding for programs for: Alberta Assoc. for Community Living newsletter re (SP5/06: Tabled) ... 20 Funding for programs for: Alberta Assoc. for Community Living open letter to MLAs re (SP717/06: Tabled) ... 1809-10 Funding for programs for: Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 21 Funding for programs for: Letters re (SP6, 175, 337, 409-412, 497/06: Tabled) ... 20, 474, 799, 1017, 1352 Funding for programs for: Statement re ... 1016
Ministers (Provincial government)
Municipal finance
Infrastructure funding ... 740
National Day of Mourning (Injured workers)
Natural resources revenue
Exclusion from equalization payments: Paper re (SP358/06: Tabled) ... 846
Networc Health Inc.
Government correspondence/memos re (M3/06: Defeated) ... 503-04
New Democrat Opposition
Prescription drug cost reduction suggestions, news release re (SP26/06: Tabled) ... 48
Occupational Health and Safety Code
Exemption of farm workers from: Documents/letters re (SP731-733/06: Tabled) ... 1856
Oil sands development
General remarks ... 1700 Use of water supplies ... 740
Oral Question Period (2006)
Attendance at World Health Care Congress ... 931 City centre early education project ... 1643-44 Continuing care standards ... 963-64 Corporate taxes ... 609 Early education for at-risk children ... 1806 First contract labour arbitration ... 583-84 Health care privatization ... 170 Health care reform ... 683-84 Health care reform consultation ... 127 Health care spending ... 327-28 Investigation of FOIP documents ... 891 Learning Commission recommendations ... 468 Northeast Calgary ring road ... 291 PDD program review ... 1066-67 Provincial land-use strategy ... 1673 Rental increases ... 1689-90 School board finances ... 1191-92 School class sizes ... 1347 Social assistance ... 405 Temporary foreign workers ... 1013
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Persons with developmental disabilities community boards
Edmonton board budget ... 696 Edmonton board budget: Letter re (SP409/06: Tabled) ... 1017 South Alberta board funding ... 696
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community Governance Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 30)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Complex decongestive therapy coverage under health care plan ... 1809 Dividends from natural resources revenue ... 1648 Highway 63 funding ... 645 Medicare strengthening by eliminating private clinics ... 734 Third way health reform abandonment ... 771, 939, 1595
Pharmaceutical savings agency (Proposal)
Point of Order
Clarification ... 1811 Factual accuracy ... 50 Private members' public Bills ... 1355-56
Political parties
Corporate donations to: Federal policy re ... 1678
Political parties-Alberta
Corporate donations to, restrictions on ... 1678
Portable/modular classrooms
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Public sector comparator for Henday Drive P3 project ... 299, 741
Property tax-Education levy
Reduction of ... 870 Seniors' tax relief re ... 694
Proportional representation
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 3)
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Letters re (SP577/06: Tabled) ... 1550 Memo re Committee reading of: Point of Order re ... 1355-56
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public Affairs Bureau Review Committee
Meeting minutes (M2/06: Defeated) ... 503 Report of (M4/06: Defeated) ... 504 Submissions received by (M1/06: Defeated) ... 503
Public assistance
General remarks ... 405 Level of ... 1707 Market-basket measure as basis for ... 1707
Public transit-Environmental aspects
Queen Elizabeth II Highway-Edmonton area
Anthony Henday Drive intersection with: Cost overruns re ... 300
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 13)
Regional health authorities
Funding ... 1700 Funding: Emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1694 Long-term care facilities redesignated as assisted living, payments made re (M20/06: Defeated) ... 648
Rent control
General remarks ... 1689-90 Letter re (SP648/06: Tabled) ... 1692
Replacement workers
General remarks ... 47, 777
Ring roads-Calgary
Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) project ... 291, 299-300, 741 Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) project: Public-sector comparitor for (M25/06: Defeated) ... 1154
Road construction-Finance
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Review of: Studies re (Q18/06: Defeated) ... 1558
Rural economic development
Government strategy re ... 918
School principals
Inclusion in Alberta Teachers' Association ... 1025
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Schools-Utilization
Change to formula for ... 1026 General remarks ... 1750
Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 25)
Securities Transfer Act (Bill 36)
Senior citizens
Government programs for ... 694-95 Government programs for: Consolidation of ... 695 Government programs for: Letter re (SP640/06: Tabled) ... 1679
Senior citizens-Medical care
Seniors' Action and Liason Team
Is the Third Way a good idea? (Brochure) (SP79/06: Tabled) ... 249
Seniors United Now
Letter re seniors' support programs improvement (SP640/06: Tabled) ... 1679
Spills (Pollution)-Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment: Municipal Affairs dept. involvement in ... 871
Sports
Impact on reducing public health care costs: Letter re (SP259/06: Tabled) ... 646 Provincial support for: Funding measures, 2001-05 (Q16/06: Response tabled as SP629/06) ... 1364
Standing Orders
Revised version dated May 15, 2006 (Motion 21: Zwozdesky) ... 1597-98
Strikes and lockouts-Lakeside Packers employees
Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 (No. 2)
Supplementary estimates, 2006-07
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 ... 545, 964 Assisted living facilities: Redesignation of continuing care facilities as, list of facilities involved (M21/06: Defeated) ... 648-49 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) ... 647-48
Surgical services, Private
Surplus, Budgetary
Education funding with ... 1191 School construction with ... 1026
Tax revenue, Provincial
Impact of income trusts on (M26/06: Defeated) ... 969 Reduction in ... 969, 1016
Teachers
Stability in hiring of ... 1749
Teachers-Pensions-Newfoundland
Elimination of unfunded liability re ... 1027
Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Vehicles Arising From Drug Offences) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 207)
Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005)
Private health care system submissions ... 127
Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Edmonton
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Reduction of: Impact of private health care on, letter re (SP306/06: Tabled) ... 734 Website article re (SP33/06: Tabled) ... 87
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Initiatives re: Funding for ... 740-41
Water quality
Impact of energy industry on ... 740
Water supply
Shortages: Schindler report on ... 740-41 Use by energy industry ... 740
Western Financial Group
Underwriters for private health insurance ... 499
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 18)
Winspear Fund
Assistance to AISH recipients ... 695, 778 Assistance to low income families ... 405 Assistance to low income families: Report on (SP143/06: Tabled) ... 409
Work Safe Alberta
Exemption of farm workers from, documents re (SP731/06: Tabled) ... 1856
World Health Care Congress, Washington, D.C. (April 2006)
Attendance of Minister of Health at ... 931 List of speakers at (SP386/06: Tabled) ... 940
World Trade Organization
Agricultural subsidies reduction through ... 916-17
Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills)
Auditor General
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Chief Electoral Officer
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Coal-bed methane extraction
Surface rights fees re, adjustment of ... 465
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Dept. of Children's Services
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Dept. of Community Development
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Dept. of Economic Development
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Dept. of Education
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Dept. of Energy
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Dept. of Environment
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Dept. of Finance
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Gaming
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Government Services
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Ethics Commissioner
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Executive Council
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 323
Farm safety
Provincial initiatives re ... 1520-21
Hockey championships
X-Treme Women's Hockey Challenge: Statement re ... 615
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2006-07
Copy of (SP98/06: Tabled) ... 323
Legislative Assembly Office
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Members' Statements (2006)
New Acme community centre ... 408 New Brigden school fundraising ... 452-53 X-Treme Women's Hockey Challenge ... 615
New Brigden school
Fundraising projects: Statement re ... 452-53
Ombudsman
Interim estimates 2006-07: Passed ... 322
Oral Question Period (2006)
Farm safety ... 1520-21 Orkney water co-operative ... 1457 Police and peace officer training centre ... 1345-46 Senior public-sector salaries ... 542-43 Surface rights compensation ... 465
Orkney water co-operative
Parental Consent to Medical Treatment for Minors Act (Bill 204)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Teenage smoking curtailment ... 797
Police and peace officer college
Requests for proposals re, evaluation of ... 1345-46
Smoking, Teen
Curtailment of: Petitions presented re ... 797
Surface rights-Fees
Rate adjustment re ... 465
Surface Rights Board
Adjudication of compensation rates ... 465
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood)
Aboriginal children
Government programs for ... 1343
Aboriginal issues
First ministers' accord re, Kelowna, November 2005 ... 1239-40
Aboriginal peoples-Health care
Acure Health Corp.
Private medical insurance advertisement (SP183/06: Tabled) ... 499 Private medical insurance provision ... 491
Agricultural workers
Exemption from labour legislation ... 1847-48
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
School property tax discussions ... 837
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 185 Committee ... 475
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Use of surplus from, for municipal energy conservation initiatives ... 1486-87
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 34)
Second reading ... 1001-03 Third reading ... 1619 Third reading amendment (reasoned amendment) ... 1619
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Suncor expansion hearings: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA's intervention in ... 1728
Alberta Health Care Insurance Act
Cost of administering (Q33/06: Accepted) ... 1734
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Insured services, delisting of ... 1716-17 Opted-out physicians from (Q1/06: Response tabled as SP703/06) ... 500 Physical therapy coverage ... 1127
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 ... 1128 General remarks ... 1128 Higher revenue from, to fund health care system ... 1128
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 33)
Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill 206, 2005)
Alberta Securities Commission
Replacement by national regulator ... 1487
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
School property tax discussions ... 837, 1486
Aon Consulting Inc.
Health Benefit Design Options Report ... 1062-63, 1128, 1139-40, 1717 Health Benefit Design Options Report: Financial projections based on ... 1062-63 Health Benefit Design Options Report: Financial projections based on, ND news release re (SP452/06: Tabled) ... 1148 Health Benefit Design Options Report: Financial projections based on, statement re ... 1148 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 ... 1062-63
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Auditor General
Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 153, 580, 1318 Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1359
Automobiles-Seizure
For prostitution-related offences: Legislation re (Bill 39, 2005), effective date of ... 1195
Calgary Health Region
Contract with Rod Love Consulting ... 1395 Correspondence/memos re Health Resource Centre or Networc Health (M3/06: Defeated) ... 503 Hospital bed capacity ... 1801-02
Calgary Scope Society
Budget cuts, letter to minister re ... 1010
Canada Health Act
Alberta's third way compliance with, documents re (M7/06: Defeated) ... 505 Survey re, results of ... 465
Chandler, Mr. Kevin
Death in farm accident ... 1847
Civil service pensions
Legal dispute re Grant McLean's pension, synopsis of (SP245/06: Tabled) ... 618
Class size (Grade school)
Reduction of, funding for ... 1671
Closure debate (Parliamentary practice)
Conflict of interest
Medical doctors in both public and private systems ... 789
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 153, 580, 1318 Auditor General's review of: Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1359 Conditions in ... 1359 MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 153, 580, 1318 MLA committee to review (2005): Report, emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 1359 Redesignation to assisted living status facility ... 580 Registered nurses' presence in 24 hours a day ... 580
Continuing/extended care facilities-Finance
Continuing/extended care facilities-Inspection
Continuing/extended care facilities-Standards
Council of the Federation
Meeting in Montreal, 2006: Fiscal imbalance discussions ... 846-47
Crime prevention
Volunteer groups role in ... 1452-53
Debt collection
Unpaid health care premiums, Collection agencies fees re (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1127-28 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 153-54 Survey/opinion polls by, results (M8/06: Defeated) ... 506
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 160
Drugs, Prescription-Costs
General remarks ... 1127, 1148 New Zealand plan for ... 40-41, 154, 1127 Reduction of: New Democrat opposition news release re (SP26/06: Tabled) ... 48 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 40-41, 1127-28
Economic growth
Inadequate planning for (Motion of nonconfidence under SO42) ... 1695
Elections Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Exemption of party leadership campaigns from ... 1772
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Continuing care (not proceeded with) ... 1359 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions (not proceeded with) ... 1772 Wood Buffalo region infrastructure planning (not proceeded with) ... 1728
Emergency motions under Standing Order 40/42
Federal equalization payments ... 846-47 Health reform public consultation ... 296 Motion of nonconfidence ... 1695
Emergency planning
Communications (public announcements) aspects ... 754
Equalization payments
Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from: Emergency motion re ... 846-47
Equalization Reform: A Fair Deal for Saskatchewan (Paper)
Copy tabled (SP358/06) ... 846
Executive Council
Budget ... 753-54 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 753-54
Fire and rescue services
Minimum standards for (Motion 504: Abbott) ... 527
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on: Emergency debate request re ... 1728
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Request for Aon's private health insurance study under ... 960
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Friends of Medicare
Public medicare campaign documents (SP3/06: Tabled) ... 20 Public opinion poll on third way health care proposals ... 887-88
Gas, Natural
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1595
Government departments
Communications (public announcements) function in ... 754
Government spending policy
Guardian Angels (Crime prevention volunteer group)
Health Boards of Alberta
Conference, discussion of third way health care reform proposals at ... 401
Health Information Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 31)
Health Insurance Premiums Act
Cost of administering (Q34/06: Accepted) ... 1734
Health Resource Centre, Calgary
Government correspondence/memos re (M3/06: Defeated) ... 503
Hip and knee surgery
Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 1127
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 1318
Income trusts
Impact on provincial revenues: Memos re (M26/06: Defeated) ... 969
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Comments re confidentiality of ministerial briefing books ... 1588
Insurance, Automobile
Reform of: Review of ... 1487
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Insurance, Health (Private)
Advertisement for (SP183/06: Tabled) ... 499 General remarks ... 79, 154, 491, 1128
Labour laws and legislation
Exemption of farm workers from ... 1847-48
Leger Marketing
Third way health care reforms survey ... 464
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
100th anniversary: Ceremony in Chamber ... 443-44
Margaret Kool Marketing Inc.
Third way health care reforms, marketing strategy for ... 464-65 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
ME First! (Municipal Energy Efficiency Assistance) program
Medical care
Friends of Medicare campaign documents re (SP3/06: Tabled) ... 20 New Democrat opposition public hearings re, report ... 166 Restructuring (third way option) ... 16, 40-41, 79, 123, 154, 166, 401, 465, 637-38, 680-81, 789-90, 1128, 1516 Restructuring (third way option): Action plan re (Getting on with Better Health Care) ... 1716-17 Restructuring (third way option): Advertising campaign re ... 16, 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): Impact of Premier's retirement on ... 9, 16 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on rural physician recruitment ... 356 Restructuring (third way option): Legislation re, article re (SP672/06: Tabled) ... 1724 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP182/06: Tabled) ... 499 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP244/06: Tabled) ... 618 Restructuring (third way option): Opinion poll by Friends of Medicare on ... 887-88 Restructuring (third way option): Opinion survey by Mararget Kool on ... 464-65 Restructuring (third way option): Opinions/survey results re (M8/06: Defeated) ... 506 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 16 Restructuring (third way option): Prime Minister's comments re ... 789-90 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re ... 79, 154, 166, 241, 287-88, 356, 638, 1716 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party legislature committee for ... 194 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party legislature committee for, emergency motion to establish ... 296 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, public hearings for ... 356 Restructuring (third way option): Statement re ... 16, 770 Restructuring (third way option): Withdrawal of ... 681, 726, 888 Statement re ... 16
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 79 Practicing in public/private health systems: Prime Minister's comments re ... 789-90
Medical profession-Bashaw
Medical profession-Rural areas
Action plan re ... 356, 1127 General remarks ... 1127, 1541-42 Impact of third-way health care proposals on recruitment/retention of ... 356, 680-81, 790
Members' Statements (2006)
Health care reform ... 770 Health care spending ... 1148 John Kolkman ... 1523-24 Oil sands development ... 1595 Public health care ... 16
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for ... 1009-10
Minister Responsible for Capital Planning
Creation of position of, selection criteria re ... 763
Ministerial Statements (2006)
Winter Olympics ... 38-39
Ministers (Provincial government)
Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 1588 New cabinet position created (Minister Responsible for Capital Planning): Selection criteria re ... 763
Natural resources revenue
Allocation to provincial budget ... 1486 Exclusion from equalization payments: Emergency motion re ... 846-47 Forecasting of ... 538 General remarks ... 1485 Impact of oil sands projects growth on ... 1728
Networc Health Inc.
Government correspondence/memos re (M3/06: Defeated) ... 503
New Democrat Opposition
Aon report analysis: Financial projections based on, news release re (SP452/06: Tabled) ... 1148 Prescription drug cost reduction suggestions, news release re (SP26/06: Tabled) ... 48 Website page re third way health care proposals ... 887-88
Nurses
Presence in continuing care facilities 24 hours a day ... 580
Occupational Health and Safety Code
Exemption of farm workers from ... 1847-48
Office of the Premier
Premier's retirement: Impact on government policy reform ... 9, 16 Tributes to the Premier ... 1668
Oil-Prices
Forecasting of ... 1485 General remarks ... 1485
Oil sands development
Statement re ... 1595 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Emergency debate request re planning for ... 1728 Use of natural gas supplies ... 1595 Use of water supplies ... 1595
Oil sands development-Environmental aspects
Olympic Winter Games, Torino (2006)
Alberta athletes at, statement re ... 38-39
Oral Question Period (2006)
Anticrime volunteer groups ... 1452-53 Aon Consulting Inc. ... 960 Automobile insurance ... 446 Cabinet appointments ... 763 Confidentiality of ministerial briefing notes ... 1588 Continuing care standards ... 1318 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... 1764 Donations to political parties ... 1342-43 Education funding ... 1671, 1685 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... 1847-48 Health care cost projections ... 725-26 Health care costs ... 1062-63 Health care funding for rural areas ... 1541-42 Health care privatization ... 40-41, 123, 1516 Health care reform ... 9, 79, 166, 401, 637-38, 680-81, 789-90, 887-88 Health care reform consultation ... 194, 241 Health care reform public consultation ... 287-88 Health care spending ... 1139-40 Health policy framework ... 1716-17 Hospital bed capacity ... 1801-02 Kelowna accord on support for First Nations ... 1239-40 Long-term care standards ... 580 Persons with developmental disabilities program ... 1009-10 Political party donations ... 1640 Private health services ... 491 Public opinion survey on health care ... 464-65 Rod Love Consulting Inc. ... 1395 Rural health care ... 356 School property taxes ... 837 Seizure of vehicles in prostitution-related offences ... 1195 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1112 Unbudgeted surpluses ... 538
Peace Country Health
Dr. Piepgrass' comments on physician recruitment and the third-way proposals ... 356
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community Governance Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 30)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Medicare strengthening by eliminating private clinics ... 16
Pharmaceutical savings agency (Proposal)
Physical therapy
Inclusion under health care plan ... 1127
Point of Order
Division ... 1502 Incorrect reference to a constituency ... 1294
Police
Seizure of automobiles in prostitution-related offences, procedure re ... 1195
Political parties
Corporate donations to: Alberta policy re ... 1640 Corporate donations to: Federal policy re ... 1343 Union donations to ... 1640
Political parties-Alberta
Corporate donations to, restrictions on ... 1342-43
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 153-54, 1148
Privilege
Advance release of Throne Speech to media and Official Opposition leader (wtihdrawn) ... 21
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign contributions ... 1342-43, 1764 Leadership campaign contributions: Disclosure of, emergency debate re ... 1772
Property tax-Education levy
Reduction of ... 837 Transfer of collection of, to municipalities ... 1486
Public Affairs Bureau
Budget ... 754 Communcations efforts during Lake Wabamun oil spill ... 754
Public Affairs Bureau Review Committee
Meeting minutes (M2/06: Defeated) ... 503 Report of (M4/06: Defeated) ... 504 Submissions received by (M1/06: Defeated) ... 503
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Contract with Calgary Health Region ... 1395
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Seizure of automobiles in prostitution-related offences, procedure re ... 1195
Royal commission on oil sands development (Proposed)
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Review of ... 1485 Review of: Consultations re (Q17/06: Defeated) ... 1366-67
Securities-Law and legislation
National harmonization of ... 1487
Smoking, Teen
Provincial initiatives re ... 1127
Softwoods-Export-United States
Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 1112 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Export limits under ... 1112
Speech from the Throne
Advance release to media and Official Opposition leader, privilege motion re (withdrawn) ... 21 Debate ... 31-33
Spills (Pollution)-Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment: Communications efforts re ... 754
Sports
Provincial support for: Funding measures, 2001-05 (Q16/06: Response tabled as SP629/06) ... 1363
Strathmore-Brooks (Constituency)
Member for's comments on third way health reform proposal ... 637
Strikes and lockouts
Government departments costs re ... 160
Strikes and lockouts-Lakeside Packers employees
General remarks ... 160 Policing costs re ... 160
Suncor Inc.
Expansion plans, EUB hearings re, municipality's and MLA's intervention in ... 1728
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facilities: Redesignation of continuing care facilities as ... 580
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 538 School construction with ... 1486
Tax revenue, Provincial
Impact of income trusts on (M26/06: Defeated) ... 969 Reduction in ... 1486
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39, 2005)
Waiting lists (Medical care)
General remarks ... 154 Reduction of ... 1127 Reduction of: Impact of private health care on ... 123 Website article re (SP33/06: Tabled) ... 87
Water supply
Use by energy industry ... 1595
Western Financial Group
Underwriters for private health insurance ... 499
Wood Buffalo regional municipality
Impact of oil sands expansion on: Emergency debate request re ... 1728
Workplace safety
Exemption of farm workers from legislation re ... 1847-48
Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods)
Aberhart, Mr. William (Former Premier, 1935-43)
Alberta-Social conditions
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Youth substance abuse treatment programs ... 950-51
Alberta Federation of Labour
Joint poll on post-2006 election national child care plan ... 945, 1239
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta's Promise
General remarks ... 951 Statement re ... 966
Appropriation Act, 2006 (Bill 42)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Bosco Homes
Youth addictions treatment program ... 950
Canadian Child Care Federation
Child care after/before school
Child welfare recipients
Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, special case review of ... 1011
Child welfare workers
Presence in schools ... 1031 Repercussions to, re adoption quotas ... 11
Children
Government programs for ... 966
Children at risk-Education
Kindergarten programs for ... 1032
Children's services agencies (Non-profit)
Reluctance to criticize government programs ... 951-52
Chimo Youth Retreat Centre
Youth addictions treatment program ... 950
Class size (Grade school)
Continuing/extended care facilities
Conditions in: Letters re (SP423/06: Tabled) ... 1018 Costs per resident ... 1803
Continuing/extended care facilities-Staffing
Daycare centres
Alberta plan for ... 81, 944-45, 1239 Calgary round-table on ... 1147 General remarks ... 944, 950 National plan for, copy of petition to federal government re (SP605/06: Tabled) ... 1648 National plan principles re (Conservative government plan) ... 81, 944-45, 950, 1239 National plan principles re (Conservative government plan): Benefit clawbacks re ... 1542-43 National plan principles re (Conservative government plan): Impact on social services recipients ... 1542-43 National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of ... 16, 314, 944-45, 950 National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP41, 92, 101, 123, 156, 173, 207, 222, 240/06: Tabled) ... 87, 295, 336, 365, 455, 474, 546, 587, 617 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 (SP191/06: Tabled) ... 500 National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Statement re ... 16, 130, 294, 770
Daycare centres-Employees
Accreditation program for ... 945 Salaries of ... 81, 945 Training for ... 945
Daylight Saving Time Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 4)
Dept. of Children's Services
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 943-46, 950-52 Website: Publication of special case reviews on ... 1011
Dept. of Education
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 317-18 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1029-32 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1752-53
Dept. of Government Services
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1213 Staffing ... 1213
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 313-14
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Capital investments ... 1418 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1418
Designation of Child Access Exchange Centres Act (Bill 206)
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Early childhood education
Full-day programs ... 1031 Full-day programs: Letter re (SP275/06: Tabled) ... 689 General remarks ... 944 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1032 Statement re ... 1723
Edmonton Public School Board
City centre education project ... 1723 City centre education project: Letter re funding for (SP670/06: Tabled) ... 1724 School maintenance funding ... 1753
Edmonton Transit Service
Murder of passenger on a bus ... 243
Elections, Provincial
Fixed dates for (Motion 508: Morton, amended) ... 1171-72
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Research into: Letter re funding for (SP276/06: Tabled) ... 690
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Family and community support services program
General remarks ... 951 Out of school care program funding ... 945 Review of ... 951 Rural services ... 951
Foster parents
Accreditation process, simplification of ... 1418 Funding for ... 951
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Frère Antoine elementary school
Wheelchair accessibility of ... 1753
Good Samaritan Society
Mill Woods facility, conversion from assisted living to long-term care ... 1803
Government departments
Co-ordination of cross-ministry initiatives among ... 1418 Communication between ... 1418
Grandparents
Role of: Statement re ... 472
Grandparents' rights
Motion 505 (as amended): Webber ... 666
High school education-Curricula
Vocational/trades courses ... 318
High school education-Finance
Credit enrollment unit funding ... 1030-31 Credit enrollment unit funding, recovery of overspending discovered during audits of ... 1030
Homeless youth, Aboriginal
Government programs for ... 541
Income Support program
Benefit increase: Petitions presented re ... 616
Libraries Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 17)
Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 6)
McNally, Mr. G. F. (Former deputy minister of education, 1930's)
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option): Letter re (SP336/06: Tabled) ... 799 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 939
Medical care, Private
Letter re (SP140/06: Tabled) ... 409
Members' Statements (2006)
Action against poverty ... 1147 Alberta 's Promise ... 966 Child care agreement ... 130 Child care services ... 16 Democratic reform ... 688 Diversity in Alberta ... 1548-49 Early childhood education ... 1723 National child care program ... 294 National daycare program ... 770 Role of grandparents ... 472
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for ... 959-60 Funding for programs for: Letter re (SP221/06: Tabled) ... 587
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 7)
Office of the Premier
Premier's throwing a document at a Page, letter re (SP190/06: Tabled) ... 499
Oral Question Period (2006)
Adoption quotas ... 11, 171 Child care system ... 81 Children's Services special case review ... 1011 Continuing care costs ... 1803 Federal child care benefit ... 1542-43 National child care initiative ... 1239 Persons with developmental disabilities program ... 959-60 Policing services ... 243-44 Special-needs education funding ... 466-67 Youth homelessness ... 541
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Premier's throwing a document at a Page, letter re (SP190/06: Tabled) ... 499
Parental Consent to Medical Treatment for Minors Act (Bill 204)
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Alberta Works income support benefits increase ... 616 Third way health reform abandonment ... 939
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Nationl child care system, copy of petition to federal government (SP605/06) ... 1648
Physical fitness-Teaching
Daily mandatory activities ... 318
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 3)
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, 2005)
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Letters re (SP671/06: Tabled) ... 1724
Public Interest Alberta
Joint poll on Conservative government child care plan ... 945, 1239
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Rail service, Electric high-speed-Edmonton-Calgary
Railway (Alberta) (Heritage Railway) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 203)
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
School councils
Fund-raising activities ... 467, 1031
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Social workers
Presence in high schools ... 317-18
Substance abuse-Treatment-Youth
Detox/residential services re ... 950-51
Teachers
Stability in hiring of ... 1753
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 1031
Violent crime
Prevention of, public education/outreach programs re ... 243-44
Wages-Continuing care facility employees
Womens' shelters-Safety aspects
Yellowhead Youth Centre, Edmonton
Youth addictions treatment program ... 950
Young adults
Provincial initiatives re: Involvement of youth in (Motion 503: Danyluk ) ... 387
Youth in transition from the child care system
Government programs for ... 945
McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler)
Aboriginal children
Government programs for ... 1343
Aboriginal peoples-Health care
Access to the Future Fund
Agricultural value-added production
Agricultural workers
Exemption from labour legislation ... 1764-65
Agriculture
Government assistance programs ... 1717
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
General remarks ... 1487 Loans by, through other banks ... 1481
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Membership on Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability ... 1484 School property tax discussions ... 837
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute (Foothills hospital, Calgary)
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 346 Committee ... 477 Subamendment (SP177/06: Tabled) ... 477
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Funding for ... 1477, 1478 Tobacco company investments, prohibition against ... 1674
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Annual report, 2005 (SP364/06: Tabled) ... 896
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 34)
First reading ... 798 Second reading ... 1000 Third reading ... 1617
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Clean-coal technology research, funding for ... 590 Climate change research, funding for ... 590
Alberta family employment tax credit
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Elimination of ... 1481 Revenue from ... 1478, 1484 Subsidy level increase re ... 1477, 1481 Threshold increase for nonpayment of ... 591
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Endowment fund financial statement, 2005-06 (SP656/06: Tabled) ... 1693 Funding ... 1477, 1478 General remarks ... 305, 608
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
Endowment fund financial statement, 2005-06 (SP657/06: Tabled) ... 1693 Funding ... 1478
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Budget 2006-07: First quarter update (SP665/06: Tabled) ... 1696 Conversion to Alberta pension plan ... 1240 Ethical investments by ... 1480 Ethical investments by, copy of policy re (M13/06: Defeated) ... 508 General remarks ... 1139, 1240 Inflation-proofing of ... 40, 133, 589, 1139, 1240, 1477 Reduction in value of ... 1190 Role of ... 1488 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 39-40, 133-34, 136-37, 304, 589, 608, 1240, 1477 Third-quarter update, 2005-06 (SP23/06: Tabled) ... 48 Tobacco company investments ... 1480, 1674 Tobacco company investments, 2004-05 (Q14/06: Response tabled as SP612/06) ... 1152, 1648 Transfer of funds from, to General Revenue ... 304, 1480
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act
Transfer of investment income to General Revenue, provision for ... 133, 137
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Financial statement, 2005-06 (SP658/06: Tabled) ... 1693 General remarks ... 305
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
Alberta Insurance Council
Alberta Local Authorities Pension Plan Corporation
Alberta pension plan (Proposed)
General remarks ... 1240 Transformation of Heritage Fund into ... 1240
Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation
Funding for ... 1478 Staffing for ... 1478
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 33)
First reading ... 798 Second reading ... 996 Third reading ... 1624
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001)
Alberta relationship threat assessment initiative
Alberta Securities Commission
Annual report, 2006 (SP655/06: Tabled) ... 1693 Caution to investors re income trusts ... 1481 Human resource issues in ... 528, 1487 Human resource issues in: BearingPoint Canada report on (M19/06: Defeated) ... 511 Influencing regulatory activity case ... 835-36, 1487 KPMG hired for forensic audit of employee e-mails: Report (M12/06: Defeated) ... 508 Replacement by national regulator ... 1487-88 Staffing for ... 1478
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation
Alberta Sustainability Fund
General remarks ... 1191, 1689, 1721 Increase in ... 589, 637, 1139 Natural resources revenues allocated to (Bill 24) ... 616
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Membership on Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability ... 1484 School property tax discussions ... 837
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Funding for ... 589 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) funding model for ... 1484
Aon Consulting Inc.
Health Benefit Design Options Report ... 1138-39 Health Benefit Design Options Report: Financial projections based on ... 1138-39, 1190-91 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 935
Apprenticeship training
NAIT centre for, funding for ... 589
Appropriation Act, 2006 (Bill 42)
First reading ... 1524 Second reading ... 1571 Third reading ... 1659
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
First reading ... 335 Second reading ... 396 Third reading ... 455
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
First reading ... 174 Second reading ... 233-34 Third reading ... 323
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Artists
Impact of private health insurance proposal on ... 469
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Class action settlement re payments under ... 327 Funding for ... 590
Auditor General
Consultants' contracts requirements, comments re ... 1451, 1586 Energy royalties, tax credits for, report on ... 292 Highway maintenance costs comments ... 1457 Main estimates 2006-07: Tabled (SP224/06) ... 588 Rebate cheques program, monitoring of ... 1481 Role of: Strengthening of, all-party committee to recommend ... 835 Securities Commission enforcement processes, 2005 report on ... 1487
Automobile Insurance Rate Board
Annual report, 2005 (SP363/06: Tabled) ... 896 Executive director's departure ... 610 General remarks ... 446, 610 Hosting expenditures ... 1451
Barrhead Healthcare Centre
Upgrades to, funding for ... 589
BearingPoint Canada
Securities Commission employee complaints, report on (M19/06: Defeated) ... 511
Bow Valley College
Redevelopment of, funding for ... 589
Breast cancer-Treatment
Waiting lists for, reduction of: Funding for ... 589
Brother Derek (Race horse)
Budget
2005-06 third-quarter fiscal update and activity report (SP21-22/06: Tabled) ... 48 2006-07 first-quarter fiscal update and activity report (SP662 & 664/06: Tabled) ... 1696 General remarks ... 311, 447, 464, 538 Timing of presentation of ... 320-21
Budget 2006
Business plans 2006-09 (SP227/06: Tabled) ... 588
Budget Address
Motion 16: McClellan ... 588-91
Bullying-Prevention
Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 590
Calgary (City)
Provincial funding for ... 354 Provincial funding for, consultations with mayor re ... 354
Calgary Health Region
Contract with Rod Love Consulting ... 1451
Campus Calgary Digital Library
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Canada Pension Plan
Alberta opting out of ... 1240 Unfunded liability, Alberta share of ... 1240
Canada Revenue Agency
Administration of Alberta resource rebate cheques (2005) program ... 1481
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
General remarks ... 1717 Reference margins adjustment in ... 1717 Use of 2004 data for compensation ... 1717
Canadian Bankers' Association
Letter to Minister of Finance re 2006-07 budget (SP551/06: Tabled) ... 1489
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Tax cutting comments ... 136
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... 886
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Tax cutting comments ... 136
Canadian Western Bank
Government loan guarantee for ... 1481
Capital projects
Cost overruns re, due to economic growth ... 1715 Deficit re ... 128 Public/private partnerships re ... 1484
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Calgary funding ... 613 Fort McMurray projects ... 496 General remarks ... 1546
Centennial centre for interdisciplinary science (U of A) (Proposed)
Chief Electoral Officer
Main estimates 2006-07: Tabled (SP224/06) ... 588 Review of leadership campaign contributions ... 1764
Children
Government programs for: Funding for ... 590
Class size (Grade school)
Reduction of, funding for ... 590
Climate change
Initiatives re, funding for ... 590 Kyoto protocol on ... 1488
Coal-bed methane extraction
Coal energy, Clean
General remarks ... 1488 Initiatives re, funding for ... 590-91
Committee of Supply
Estimates, 2006-07 referred to (Motion 15 McClellan) ... 588 Interim estimates, 2006-07 considered for two days (Motion 9: McClellan) ... 250 Interim estimates, 2006-07 referred to (Motion 8: McClellan) ... 249-50 Motion to resolve into (Motion 6: McClellan/Hancock) ... 133 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 (No. 2) considered for two days (Motion 5: McClellan) ... 90 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 (No. 2) referred to (Motion 4: McClellan) ... 90 Supplementary estimates, 2006-07 considered for two days (Motion 25: McClellan) ... 1696 Supplementary estimates, 2006-07 referred to (Motion 24: McClellan) ... 1696
Committee on Agriculture and Municipal Affairs, Standing Policy
Nongovernment members sitting on ... 636
Consumer protection
Securities legislation (secondary market investors) (Bill 24) ... 616
Continuing/extended care facilities-Finance
Continuing/extended care facilities-Staffing
Shortage of, funding to reduce ... 589
Continuing/extended care facilities-Standards
Funding to improve ... 589
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Waiting lists for, reduction of, funding for ... 589
Council of the Federation
Meeting in Montreal, 2006: Fiscal imbalance discussions ... 841 Meeting in Montreal, 2006: Fiscal imbalance discussions, advice to province from Rod Love re ... 892
Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation
Annual report, 2005 (SP365 & 660/06: Tabled) ... 896, 1693
Crop insurance program
Spring price endorsement option ... 591
Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse-Prevention
CT scans (Medical imaging procedure)
Waiting lists for: Reduction of, funding for ... 589
Daycare centres
Alberta plan for ... 81 Funding for ... 590
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Education
Return of school capital funding to ... 636 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2) ... 1192
Dept. of Finance
Business plan ... 1477-78 Contract policy (SP366/06: Tabled) ... 896 Contract policy revision ... 680, 788, 836 Contracts with Rod Love Counsulting ... 680, 788, 836, 892, 930-31 Hosting policy ... 1480-81 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1477-78, 1480-82, 1484-85, 1487-89 Main estimates 2006-07: Responses to questions during (SP613-615/06: Tabled) ... 1649 Revenue ... 1478 Role of ... 1477 Staffing for ... 1478 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 133-34, 136-37
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 311 Minister's trip to World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C. ... 931
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 304-05
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Domestic violence-Legal aspects
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 487 Third reading ... 596 Third reading hoist amendment ... 596
Eastwood Public Health Centre
Replacement of, funding for ... 589
Edmonton Public School Board
Edmonton Sun (Newspaper)
Opinion poll result re rebate cheques from surpluses ... 136
Edson Health Care Centre
Upgrades to, funding for ... 589
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Elections, Provincial
2004 election: Delay of release of FOIP information re government aircraft logs until after ... 886
Electric power-Prices
Impact on school boards ... 1191
Endowment funds, Public
Expansion of ... 591 General remarks ... 608
Energy industry
Technological innovations in ... 1488 Value-adding/upgrading in ... 1488
Energy industry-Taxation (Federal)
Benefits to country from ... 841
English as a Second Language
Environmental protection
Initiatives re: Funding for ... 590
Equalization payments
Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 1488 General remarks ... 841, 1064
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2006-07 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 15: McClellan) ... 588 Estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2006-07 transmitted to Assembly (SP224-225/06: Tabled) ... 588 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2006-07 considered for two days (Motion 9: McClellan) ... 250 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2006-07 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 8: McClellan) ... 249-50 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2006-07 transmitted to Assembly (SP83/06: Tabled) ... 249 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 (No. 2) considered for two days (Motion 5: McClellan) ... 90 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 (No. 2) referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 4: McClellan) ... 90 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 (No. 2) transmitted to Assembly (SP44/06: Tabled) ... 90 Supplementary estimates, 2006-07 considered for two days (Motion 25: McClellan) ... 1696 Supplementary estimates, 2006-07 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 24: McClellan) ... 1696 Supplementary estimates, 2006-07 transmitted to Assembly (SP663/06: Tabled) ... 1696
Ethics Commissioner
Main estimates 2006-07: Tabled (SP224/06) ... 588
Executive Council
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 757
Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance
Federal/provincial fiscal relations
Fiscal imbalance discussions ... 841 General remarks ... 841-42, 1064
Film industry
Impact of loss of actors on, due to third way health reforms ... 469
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Heritage fund revenue transfer to general revenue provisions ... 1480
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
First reading ... 616 Second reading ... 924 Third reading ... 1533
Foothills Medical Centre
Expansion of, funding for ... 589
Foreign workers, Temporary
Horizon oil sands project ... 886
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 496
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Costs of requests under ... 357 Request for fee-for-service contract information under ... 680 Requests under, re government aircraft flight log information: Document tampering allegations re ... 886
Friends of Medicare
Public opinion poll on third way health care proposals ... 887-88
Fuel tax
Legislation re (Bill 35) ... 967
Fuel Tax Act (Bill 35)
First reading ... 967 Second reading ... 1108 Third reading ... 1625
Gas, Natural-Royalties
Reduction programs for ... 292
Gasoline-Taxation
Provincial revenue from, transferred to Calgary ... 613
Government accountability
Government aircraft
FOIP request for flight logs prior to 2004 general election: Document tampering re ... 886 Public accessibility to flight logs for: Political interference in ... 886
Government of Alberta
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP653/06: Tabled) ... 1693
Government spending policy
Grains and oilseed farming
Disaster declaration re (2006) ... 1717 Provincial support for ... 1717
Grant MacEwan Community College
Robbins health learning centre: Funding for ... 589
Groundwater
Baseline testing of: Funding for ... 590
Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University of Alberta)
Heavy oil (synthetic crude)-Royalties
Impact of oil sands costs increase on ... 1715
High Prairie Health Complex
Upgrades to, funding for ... 589
High school completion
Round-tables on ... 590 Symposium on ... 590
Highway 63-Fort McMurray south
Hip and knee surgery
Waiting lists for, reduction of: Funding for ... 589
Homeless-Housing
Funding for, seven city delegation request for ... 1806
Hospitals-Calgary
New south Calgary hospital: Funding for ... 589
Hospitals-Fort Saskatchewan
Hospitals-Strathcona County
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
Rod Love as paid lobbyist for ... 892
Income tax, Provincial
Flat tax ... 591, 1484 General remarks ... 591, 609, 1477 Personal exemption level ... 609, 612, 1481, 1484 Revenue from ... 1478 Spousal/dependents tax credit increase ... 591, 1477 Spousal/dependents tax credit increase: Legislation re (Bill 33) ... 798
Income trusts
Impact on provincial revenues: Memos re (M26/06: Defeated) ... 969 Review of ... 1481
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Comments re openness of government ... 357 Investigation of document tampering re FOIP request for government aircraft flight log information ... 886 Main estimates 2006-07: Tabled (SP224/06) ... 588
Insurance, Automobile
Reform of: Consultant's advice to government re ... 930 Reform of: Review of ... 610, 1487
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Insurance, Health (Private)
Artists, impact on ... 469 General remarks ... 887, 935
Insurance, Occupational
For farm workers ... 1672
Insurance brokers, Special-Taxation
Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2006-07
Amount of detail in ... 311
Investment of public funds
Investments, Personal
Consumer protection legislation re (Bill 24) ... 616
Justice system
Access to, funding for ... 590
Kelley Charlebois Consulting Ltd.
Contracts with Dept. of Health and Wellness ... 788, 1451
Kerosene-Taxation
Non-collection of ... 1481
KPMG consulting
Alberta Securities Commission employees' e-mails, forensic audit of: Report (M12/06: Defeated) ... 508
Labour laws and legislation
Exemption of farm workers from ... 1764-65
Lakeland College
Expansion of, funding for ... 589
Legislative Assembly Office
Main estimates, 2006-07: Tabled (SP224/06) ... 588
Lethbridge Regional Hospital
Upgrades to, funding for ... 589
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Transmittal of 2005-06 supplementary estimates (No. 2) (SP44/06: Tabled) ... 90 Transmittal of 2006-07 interim estimates (SP83/06: Tabled) ... 249 Transmittal of 2006-07 main and Legislative Assembly estimates (SP224-225/06: Tabled) ... 588 Transmittal of 2006-07 supplementary estimates (SP663/06: Tabled) ... 1696
Loan guarantees, Government
Canadian Western Bank ... 1481
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation ... 1478 Race track gaming revenues to ... 1485
Magnetic resonance imaging
Waiting lists for, reduction of, funding for ... 589
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 931, 935 Restructuring (third way option): Opinion poll by Friends of Medicare on ... 887-88 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re ... 931 Restructuring (third way option): Withdrawal of ... 888
Medical care, Cost of
General remarks ... 888 Impact of Canadian dollar value on ... 1484
Medical equipment-Costs
Impact of Canadian dollar value on ... 1484
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 887
Medical records, Electronic
Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP654/06: Tabled) ... 1693
Minister Responsible for Capital Planning
Creation of position of ... 762 Creation of position of, selection criteria re ... 763
Ministers (Provincial government)
New cabinet position created (Minister Responsible for Capital Planning) ... 762 New cabinet position created (Minister Responsible for Capital Planning): Selection criteria re ... 763
Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability
Education property tax discussions ... 837, 1484
Miscellaneous (Provincial Treasurer) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 37)
First reading ... 968 Second reading ... 1179 Committee ... 1445 Third reading ... 1626
MLA Committee on Strengthening Alberta's Role in Confederation
Report: Alberta share of unfunded Canada Pension Plan ... 1240
Municipal sponsorship program
National energy program (Federal)
Natural resources revenue
Allocation to provincial budget ... 1488 Allocation to provincial budget, limit on (Bill 24) ... 616 Decline in ... 292, 1138-39, 1190-91 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 1488 Forecasting of ... 538, 1720-21 General remarks ... 133, 589, 608, 1488 Ownership of ... 841-42 Transfer of percentage into Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 608
New Brigden school
Fundraising projects: Statement re ... 452-53
New Democrat Opposition
Website page re third way health care proposals ... 887-88
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Apprenticeship training centre, funding for ... 589
Office of the Premier
Premier's retirement: Impact on government policy reform ... 636 Tributes to the Premier ... 1666-67
Official Opposition
Surplus investment policy ... 608, 1689
Oil-Prices
Forecasting of ... 1488 General remarks ... 133, 588
Oil-Royalties
Reduction programs for ... 292
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1488
Oil sands development
General remarks ... 1488 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1715
Ombudsman
Main estimates 2006-07: Tabled (SP224/06) ... 588
Oral Question Period (2006)
Affordable housing ... 1806 Agricultural assistance ... 1717 Aon Consulting Inc. ... 935 Arts funding ... 1592-93 Attendance at World Health Care Congress ... 931 Automobile insurance ... 446, 610 Automobile Insurance Rate Board expenditures ... 1451 Budget surplus ... 39-40 Budgetary practices ... 1689 Cabinet appointments ... 762, 763 Calgary funding needs ... 354 Canada Pension Plan ... 1240 Child care system ... 81 Consultant contracts ... 199 Continuing care assistance ... 612 Continuing care standards ... 1239 Corporate taxes ... 609, 612-13 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... 1764 Donations to political parties ... 1343 Education funding ... 1685 Education issues ... 1063 Endowment funds ... 608 Energy forecasting ... 1720-21 Farm safety ... 1672 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... 1764-65 Federal/provincial fiscal relations ... 1064 Fee-for-service contracts ... 680 Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 496 Fuel pricing ... 1851 Government accountability ... 835-36 Government contracting policies ... 1451, 1586 Government liabilities ... 1401, 1458 Government spending ... 447 Health care reform ... 887-88 Health care spending ... 328 Highway maintenance contracts ... 1457 Income support class action settlement ... 327 Investigation of FOIP documents ... 886 Labour issues ... 1139 Managed growth in the oil sands ... 1715 Municipal sustainability ... 613 Ownership of resource revenues ... 841-42 Private health insurance for artists ... 469 Progressive Conservative leadership ... 636 Provincial infrastructure deficit ... 128 Racing entertainment centre project ... 1849 Resource revenues ... 1138-39, 1190-91 Rod Love Consulting Inc. ... 788, 836, 892, 930-31 Royalty rates ... 1401 Royalty revenues ... 292 School board finances ... 1191-92 School infrastructure in Calgary ... 464 School property taxes ... 837 Space in remand centres ... 936 Temporary foreign workers ... 886 Tobacco reduction strategy ... 1674 Tools for skilled tradespeople ... 1317 Treasury Board meeting attendance records ... 357 Unbudgeted spending ... 636-37 Unbudgeted surpluses ... 538, 608 Water quality monitoring ... 1546
Organized crime-Prevention
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital)
Expansion of: Funding for ... 589
Point of Order
Parliamentary language ... 134
Political parties
Corporate donations to: Federal policy re ... 1343
Political parties-Alberta
Corporate donations to, restrictions on ... 1343
Portable/modular classrooms
Postsecondary educational institutions
Capital projects for new spaces at ... 589, 590
Privatization
Effectiveness of ... 1457
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign contributions ... 1343, 1764 Leadership campaign issues ... 636
Property, Personal
Abandoned property, claims system for (Bill 41) ... 1351
Property tax-Education levy
Reduction of ... 591, 837 Seniors' tax relief re ... 591 Transfer of collection of, to municipalities ... 1484
Prostate cancer-Treatment
Waiting lists for: Reduction of, funding for ... 589
Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension Plan
Annual reports, 2003/04 - 2004/05 (SP616-617/06: Tabled) ... 1649
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public Affairs Bureau (British Columbia)
Public assistance
Class action settlement re payments under ... 327
Public contracts for consultants
Awarding of, to former ministerial aides ... 680, 788, 836, 892, 930-31, 1586 Dept. of Finance policy re (SP366/06: Tabled) ... 896 Documentation to support expenses re ... 199 Documentation to support expenses re (SP91/06: Tabled) ... 295
Public lands
Leasing of: To energy companies ... 1485
Racing entertainment complex-Balzac
Water supply for, withdrawn from Red Deer River ... 1849
Rebate cheques from budget surplus (opinion poll result)
Red Deer College
Trades facilities expansion, funding for ... 589
Regional health authorities
Continuing care standards: Funding for ... 1239 Contracting procedures ... 1451 Funding ... 589
Remand centres-Construction
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Cheques misdirected to Ontario ... 1481 Costs to administer (Q15/06: Defeated) ... 969 General remarks ... 304
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2006 proposal)
Revenue
General remarks ... 1484 Increase in ... 1478
Road construction
Secondary road program: Funding for ... 589
Road construction-Finance
Roads-Maintenance and repair
Privatization of ... 1457
Rockyview General Hospital
Upgrades to: Funding for ... 589
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Advice to province at Council of the Federation meeting in Montreal ... 892 Auto insurance reforms, advice to provincial government re ... 930 Contract with Calgary Health Region ... 1451 Dept. of Finance contracts ... 680, 788, 836, 892, 930-31, 1451 Government contracts with ... 1586 Government contracts with: Minister of Finance's letter re (SP440/06: Tabled) ... 1120 Tobacco companies, advice re provincial investment in ... 892
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Renovations, funding for ... 589
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta Securities Commission case ... 1487 Provincial funding for ... 590
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 292 General remarks ... 292, 1485 Impact of oil sands costs increase on ... 1715 Review of ... 1488 Windfall royalties scheme ... 1401
Rural economic development
Government strategy re: Funding for ... 590
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Schools-Maintenance and repair-Calgary
Securities-Law and legislation
National harmonization of ... 1487-88 Secondary market investors' protection (Bill 24) ... 616
Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 25)
Senior citizens
Migration to Alberta ... 1481
Sewage disposal plants-Finance
Sewage disposal plants-Fort McMurray
Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 496
Shanghai Construction Group
Provision of temporary foreign workers for Horizon oil sands project ... 886
Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary
Small business
General remarks ... 1488-89 Venture capital for ... 591
Social sciences-Research
Endowment funding for ... 608
Standard and Poor's Corporation
Comment on Alberta's fiscal strategy ... 1720-21 Comment on Alberta's fiscal strategy (SP666/06: Tabled) ... 1724
Strathmore-Brooks (Constituency)
Member for, cited as sitting on Treasury Board and standing policy committee ... 636
Supportive living facilities
Seniors' lodges: Funding for ... 589
Supportive living facilities-Rural areas
Affordable supportive living program re ... 589
Surplus, Budgetary
Education funding with ... 1191 General remarks ... 39-40, 136, 304-05, 538, 588-89, 608, 637, 1477, 1481, 1720-21 Heritage Savings funding with ... 39-40, 1240, 1477 Legislation re distribution of ... 1484 Liberal opposition policy re ... 608, 1689 Medical research funding with ... 1477 Planning for ... 1689 Postsecondary education funding with ... 1477 Resource rebate cheques funding with ... 136 Teachers' pension fund unfunded liability funding with ... 1063
Tax incentives
Employment tax credit ... 1477 Employment tax credit, indexing of ... 591, 1317 Spousal/dependents tax credit increase ... 591 Spousal/dependents tax credit increase: Legislation re (Bill 33) ... 798 Tar sands developments ... 886 Tools (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1139, 1317 Travel costs for work purposes ... 1317
Tax revenue, Provincial
General remarks ... 1478 Impact of income trusts on (M26/06: Defeated) ... 969
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 128, 1240, 1689 Unfunded liability: Use of surplus to fund ... 1063
Technology commercialization
Tobacco companies
Cancer Legacy Fund investments ... 1674 Heritage Fund investments ... 1480, 1674 Heritage Fund investments, 2004-05 (Q14/06: Response tabled as SP612/06) ... 1152, 1648 Provincial investment in, consultant's advice re (Rod Love) ... 892
Tools
Federal income tax deduction for ... 1317 Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1139, 1317
Treasury Board
Meeting attendance records, publication of ... 357 Nongovernment members sitting on ... 636
Treasury Branches
Annual report, 2006 (SP659/06: Tabled) ... 1693 Future of ... 1487
Tuition fees
Increase in, for 2006-07 school year, covered by provincial government ... 590
Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act (Bill 41)
First reading ... 1351 Second reading ... 1490
Uniform Law Conference of Canada
Unclaimed/abandoned personal property recommendation ... 1351
University of Lethbridge
Water and Environmental Science building, funding for ... 589
Viking Health Centre
Upgrades to, funding for ... 589
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
General remarks ... 1546 Initiatives re: Funding for ... 590
Water treatment plants-Finance
Water treatment plants-Fort McMurray
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers-Red Deer River
Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1849
Whistle-blower protection
Workplace safety
Exemption of farm workers from legislation re ... 1764-65
World Health Care Congress, Washington, D.C. (April 2006)
Attendance of Minister of Health at ... 931
McFarland, Hon. Barry (PC, Little Bow; from April 5, 2006 Minister responsible for Capital Planning)
Agriculture
Government assistance programs ... 196-97
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Southeast portion: Noise/safety issues ... 1320-21
Be Smart, Be Safe (Injury prevention program)
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Capital projects-Rural areas
Curling championships
Team Scheidegger junior champions: Statement re ... 644
Dept. of Education
Return of school capital funding to: Impact on new Capital Planning portfolio ... 842
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Return of capital funding to: Impact on new Capital Planning portfolio ... 842
Farm income insurance program (Proposed)
Grains and oilseed farming
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
100th anniversary: Statement re ... 471
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 125-26
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 125-26
Medical profession-Fees
Opted-out physicians ... 125-26
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Dinner held for former and current members, on occasion of Assembly's 100th anniversary ... 471
Members' Statements (2006)
Be Smart, Be Safe program ... 129 Legislative Assembly centennial celebration ... 471 Team Scheidegger junior curling champions ... 644
Minister Responsible for Capital Planning
Creation of position of ... 842
Ministers (Provincial government)
New cabinet position created (Minister Responsible for Capital Planning) ... 842
Official Opposition
Surplus investment policy ... 1546
Oral Question Period (2006)
Agricultural assistance ... 196-197 Assistance for grains and oilseeds sector ... 451-52, 540 Capital planning portfolio ... 842 Capital planning process ... 888-89 Opted-out physicians ... 125-26 Southwest Edmonton ring road ... 1320-21 Water quality monitoring ... 1546
Radiation therapy services-Lethbridge
Petition tabled re (SP311/06) ... 734, 735
Speaker
Congratulations/thanks to ... 471
Surplus, Budgetary
Capital project funding with ... 1546
Transportation-Rural areas
Water treatment plants
Funding for ... 1546 Funding for: Through surplus funds ... 1546
Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West)
Alberta Electric System Operator
Electric power lines, 10-year plan re ... 199, 449 Electric power lines approvals ... 1519 Review of governance of ... 1455 Wind power production, cap on ... 1456
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Award for innovative management to, news release re (SP730/06: Tabled) ... 1856 Coal-bed methane well drilling requirements ... 43, 78, 88-89, 125, 286-87, 794, 838 Electric power bills, tariff billing code re ... 1517 Electric power industry agencies, relation to ... 1455 Electricity transmission line, Alberta/Montana, approvals ... 1670-71 Electricity transmission line, Calgary area, approval of ... 199 Electricity transmission line approvals ... 1519 Electricity transmission line hearings, Genessee to Langdon line through Eastern Slopes ... 889-90, 935 Electricity transmission lines 10-year plan ... 449 Funding for ... 715 Gas well drilling applications, 2001-2006, rejected (Q19/06: Response tabled as SP633/06) ... 1559-60, 1649 General remarks ... 708, 715 Heavy oil upgraders approval ... 492 Input into Fluckiger electricity deregulation policy paper ... 40 Keephills 3 power plant clearance ... 448 Royalties calculation accuracy, directive re ... 767
Alberta royalty tax credit
Alberta's Integrated Energy Vision (Strategy document)
Copy tabled (SP713/06) ... 1809 General remarks ... 1802
Alliance pipeline
Recovery of ethane from throughput of ... 719-20
AltaLink Management Ltd.
Assigning of electric power transmission projects to ... 1519 Member of, conflict of interest re provincial electricity transmission policy ... 712 Public consultations re electric power line siting ... 199
Carbon dioxide
Injection underground for storage purposes, studies re (M5/06: Response tabled as SP408/06) ... 504
Carbon dioxide emissions
Reduction in, funded by royalty rate increase ... 1143
Climate change
General remarks ... 1143 Kyoto protocol on ... 1143
Co-energy electrical production
Coal-bed methane-Royalties
Coal-bed methane extraction
General remarks ... 716 Groundwater pollution issues ... 43, 78, 125, 198, 286-87, 288, 716, 838-39, 1110-11 Groundwater pollution issues: Emergency debate request re (not proceeded with) ... 88-89 Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee on ... 43, 125, 839, 1111, 1520 Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee on: Report ... 716
Coal energy, Clean
General remarks ... 45, 707, 1802 Initiatives re, funding for ... 1802
Committee on Transmission (Electric power lines)
Conflict of interest
Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission projects ... 712, 1519
Corporations-Taxation (Federal)
Energy companies, tax changes re ... 711
Dept. of Community Development
Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1703
Dept. of Energy
Contract with Rod Love Consulting ... 836, 930-31 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 707-08, 710-12, 714-16, 718-20 Main estimates 2006-07: Response to questions during (SP484/06: Tabled) ... 1351
Drinking water
Coal bed methane wells' impact on ... 43, 78, 125, 198, 286-87 Coal bed methane wells' impact on: Emergency debate request re (not proceeded with) ... 88-89
Eastern Slopes-Environmental aspects
Impact of electric power line on ... 889-90
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric power, Coal-produced-Environmental aspects
Electric power-Prices
General remarks ... 712 Impact of power exports on ... 451
Electric power-Retail sales
Billing systems re (estimated vs actual meter readings) ... 1517-18
Electric power lines
Burying of ... 199 Corridors for ... 719 General remarks ... 712 Surface rights compensation rates re ... 719 Tie line with British Columbia ... 402, 712 Tie line with Montana ... 402-03, 451, 712, 1547, 1670-71
Electric power lines-Calgary area
Electric power lines-Construction
Awarding of contracts re ... 1519 Costs of, impact on electricity bills ... 935 General remarks ... 449
Electric power lines-Eastern Slopes area (Genessee-Langdon)
Re-opening of EUB hearings re ... 889-90, 935 Use for power export purposes ... 1547
Electric power lines-Edmonton-Calgary
Electric power lines-Southwestern Alberta
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 449, 712, 715-16, 1688 Deregulation: Fluckiger policy paper re ... 40 Review of roles and mandates of bodies concerned with ... 1455
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Coal-bed methane (not proceeded with) ... 88-89
Energy industry
General remarks ... 707 Investment in ... 707 Regulating of growth in ... 714-15 Technological innovations in ... 718-19, 1802 Value-adding/upgrading in ... 719
Energy industry-Environmental impact
Research into, energy innovation fund for ... 1802
Energy industry-Taxation (Federal)
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
General remarks ... 715-16, 1143, 1802 Initiatives re: Energy innovation fund for ... 1802 Research into ... 1143
Energy strategy, Integrated (Renewable/ nonrenewable resource development)
Environmental impact assessments
Heavy oil upgraders ... 492
EPCOR Group of Companies
Joint Genesee 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities ... 448 Joint Keephills 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities ... 448-49
Ethics Commissioner
Review of Kellan Fluckiger's relation to transmission project approvals ... 712, 1519
Foreign workers, Temporary
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Request for third-party information under ... 504
Gas, Natural
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1801
Gas, Natural-Prices
Alberta reference price ... 711 General remarks ... 707, 708, 711, 712 Henry Hub price ... 711
Gas, Natural-Royalties
Reduction programs for ... 292
Gas pipelines-Alaska/Northwest Territories thru Alberta
Occupational training re ... 765 Stripping of natural gas liquids from throughput of ... 765
Gas pipelines-Mackenzie Valley to Alberta
Gas recovery methods
Research into ... 715 Research into, funding for ... 1802
Gas well drilling industry
Applications to EUB to drill, 2001-2006, rejected (Q19/06: Response tabled as SP633/06) ... 1559-60, 1649
Gasoline-Prices
General remarks ... 1851 Variations in ... 1398
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 43, 78, 125, 198, 286-87, 288, 716, 838-39, 1110-11 Coal bed methane drilling impact on: Emergency debate request re (not proceeded with) ... 88-89 Horseshoe Canyon area ... 287, 1110 Mannville formation ... 1520 Mitigation of, by extending no-drilling zone around aquifers ... 288
Heavy oil (synthetic crude)-Royalties
General remarks ... 711, 715, 767, 1801 Verification of, Auditor General's comments re ... 767
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) upgraders-Environmental aspects
Historic sites
Reclamation of environmental damage at, funding for ... 1703
Horseshoe Canyon
Industrial development in, impact on groundwater supplies ... 287, 1110
Hydro and Electric Energy Act
Power transmission line construction permits under ... 1670-71
Independent System Operator (Electricity industry)
Review of governance of ... 1455
Industrial development (Value-added industries)-Sturgeon/Strathcona counties
Impact on environment ... 492
Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Award to Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, news release re (SP730/06: Tabled) ... 1856
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 961
Livestock
Impact of coal-bed methane pollution of groundwater on ... 78
Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry)
Review of governance of ... 1455
Methane in water
Explosive qualities, safety issues re ... 78
Microgeneration of electricity
National Energy Board (Federal)
Alberta/Montana electricity tie line construction hearings ... 451, 1670-71
Natural areas
Industrial development in ... 537
Natural gas by-products-Royalties
Natural resources revenue
Net metering (Electricity)
Oil-Royalties
Reduction programs for ... 292
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering: Provincial funding for ... 1143 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Studies re (M6/06: Response tabled as SP710/06) ... 505, 1772 Research into ... 715 Research into, funding for ... 1802
Oil sands development
General remarks ... 707, 711, 715 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 961 Use of natural gas supplies ... 1801
Oil well drilling industry-Special areas
Oral Question Period (2006)
Alberta/Montana electricity transmission line ... 402-03, 451, 1547, 1670-71 CO 2 capture and sequestration ... 1143 Coal-bed methane drilling ... 43, 78, 125, 198, 286-87, 1110-11, 1520 Coal-bed methane drilling in Horseshoe Canyon ... 794 Coal-fired power production ... 45 Electricity billing ... 1517-18 Electricity deregulation ... 40 Electricity generation ... 1688 Electricity generation from gas over bitumen ... 1801 Electricity regulation ... 1455 Electricity transmission line ... 199 Energy and Utilities Board ... 288 Energy innovation fund ... 1802 Ethics in government ... 1519 EUB hearings on electricity transmission line ... 889-90, 935 Fuel pricing ... 1851 Gasoline prices ... 1398 Groundwater and coal-bed methane drilling ... 838-39 Industrial development in natural areas ... 537 Keephills electricity generation plant ... 448-49 Major projects in the industrial heartland ... 492 Rod Love Consulting Inc. ... 836, 930-31 Royalty programs ... 1687 Royalty rates ... 767, 1402 Royalty revenues ... 240-41, 292, 329 Royalty tax credit program ... 729 Temporary foreign workers ... 961 Trans-Alaska pipeline ... 765 Wind power generation ... 1456
Parks, Provincial
Industrial development in: Reclamation funding re ... 1703
Petrochemical industry
Feedstock for ... 719 Use of Alaska pipeline gas liquids as feedstock ... 765
Public lands
Sale of: To energy companies ... 241
Public service-Alberta
Code of conduct and ethics for (Kellan Fluckiger case) ... 1519
Reclamation of land
Historic sites/provincial parks ... 1703
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Dept. of Energy contracts ... 836, 930-31 Royalty rates, advice to provincial government re ... 930-31
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 292, 329, 715, 729, 767 Changes to ... 1687 Consultant's advice to government re ... 930-31 Federal tax changes re ... 711 General remarks ... 240-41, 292, 329, 707-08, 710-11, 729, 767 Increase in ... 714 Increase in, to fund carbon dioxide reduction projects ... 1143 Review of ... 719, 1687 Review of: Consultations re (Q17/06: Defeated) ... 1366 Review of: Payments made re (Q5/06: Defeated) ... 501 Review of: Publication of ... 719 Review of: Studies re (Q18/06: Defeated) ... 1556 Studies re ... 708 Windfall royalties scheme ... 1402
Rumsey natural area
Industrial activity in ... 537
Shell Canada Limited
Use of carbon dioxide to enhance oil recovery, request for provincial funding for ... 1143
Special places
Oil well drilling in ... 537
Sulphur dioxide emissions
Surface rights-Fees
Rate adjustment re ... 719
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Joint Keephills 3 power plant with EPCOR ... 448-49
Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site)
Leaks from: Reclamation funding re ... 1703
United Power Transmission Area Group
Discussions with AltaLink re power line siting ... 199
Van Meurs & Associates Ltd.
Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 708, 711
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water quality-Sheep River
Turner Valley gas plant area: Reclamation funding to improve ... 1703
Water resources development-South Saskatchewan River basin
Management plan for: Copy tabled (SP720/06) ... 1810
Wood Mackenzie
Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 708, 711
Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora)
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Appropriation Act, 2006 (Bill 42)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Building World Peace: The Role of Religions and Human Rights conference, Edmonton (October 2006)
Bullying-Prevention
Provincial initiatives re ... 1326
Calgary Remand Centre
Drug dealer (Nicholas Chan) release from ... 892-93 Drug dealer (Nicholas Chan) release from: Judicial decision re (SP372/06: Tabled) ... 896 Extension to ... 936 Overcrowding in ... 1327
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
Child abuse-Prevention
Provincial initiatives re ... 1326
Committee on Justice and Government Services, Standing Policy
Reduction in funding for (Amendment to main estimates) (SP470/06: Tabled) ... 1273
Constitution Act, 1982
Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Trial within reasonable time provision ... 331
Continuing Care Standards Act (Bill 205)
Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
Position on legal aid system ... 1273
Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse-Prevention
Provincial initiatives re ... 1326
Daycare centres
National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP104 & 160/06: Tabled) ... 336, 473
Daylight Saving Time Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 4)
Committee ... 563 Third reading ... 574
Dependent adults-Protection
Dependent Adults Act
Revision of, re monitoring of abuse of ... 1266
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Main estimates 2006-07: Amendment (SP470/06: Tabled) ... 1273 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1265-67, 1272-73 Role in traffic safety programs ... 1265
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Business plan ... 1326 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1326-27
Designation of Child Access Exchange Centres Act (Bill 206)
Domestic violence
Provincial initiatives re ... 1326
Drug abuse-Treatment-Prisoners
Edmonton Centre for Equal Justice
Edmonton Remand Centre
Death of inmate in (Jody Umpherville) ... 539-40, 1327 Food services in ... 1327 Medical services for inmates in ... 539-40, 1327 New facility for ... 936 Overcrowding in ... 540, 936, 1327 Physician services for inmates in ... 540
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Excellence in Teaching Awards
2006 awards winners: Statement re ... 1403-04
Fatality inquiries
Jody Umpherville's death in Edmonton Remand Centre ... 539-40, 1327 Kyle Young's death in Edmonton courthouse, report on ... 1267 Reports from, follow up of recommendations in ... 1267
Fraser Institute
Alberta police force report ... 1143
Gang-related crime, Aboriginal
Government attorneys
Increase in numbers of ... 331, 1267
Health Information Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 31)
Highway 63
Traffic safety enforcement on, by sheriffs ... 366, 1327
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Act (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 1052 Third reading ... 1624
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Income Support program
Benefit increase: Petitions presented re ... 797
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Impact on health, studies re (M22/06: Defeated) ... 649
Integrated Response to Organized Crime
Surveillance team for, funding ... 1326
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
John Howard Society
Halfway house proposal, downtown Calgary ... 1763
John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights
Judges
Increase in numbers of ... 331, 1267
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 5)
Law Society of Alberta
Complaints procedure ... 1645
A Learning Alberta review
Costs of (Q24/06: Accepted) ... 1563
Legal Aid Society of Alberta
Staff counsel pilot project in Edmonton ... 1273
Legal profession-United Kingdom
Clementi report on ... 1645 Clementi report on: Copy tabled (SP607/06: Tabled) ... 1648
Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 6)
Committee ... 567 Third reading ... 575
Mediation (Legal process)
Mediation (Legal process)-Rural areas
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP125-126, 210-212/06: Tabled) ... 365, 546 Restructuring (third way option): Petition tabled re (SP587/06) ... 1551 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 896, 1350
Members' Statements (2006)
Excellence in teaching awards ... 1403-04 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ... 544 Role of religion in building world peace ... 1853-54
Mental Health Act
Prevention/monitoring of abuse provisions in ... 1266
Mental health services-Prisoners
Ministerial Statements (2006)
First anniversary of Mayerthorpe tragedy ... 163-64
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 7)
Multi-Corp Inc.
Involvement of Judge Gail Vickery in ... 1064
National Mental Health Week
Oral Question Period (2006)
Appointment of Chief Judge ... 1064-65 Education funding ... 1589 Highway traffic enforcement by sheriffs ... 1142-43 Medical personnel in Edmonton Remand Centre ... 539-40 Policing services ... 467-68 Recognition of time served in remand ... 892-93 Regulation of the legal profession ... 1645 Siting of Calgary halfway house ... 1763 Space in remand centres ... 936 Specialized drug court ... 768 Trial within a reasonable time ... 331
Parental Consent to Medical Treatment for Minors Act (Bill 204)
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 272-73 Committee ... 670-72 Amendment (SP271/06: Tabled) ... 671
Peace officers
Highway traffic safety duties ... 1326 Increase in numbers of ... 1326
Pedophiles
Housing of, while on parole ... 1763
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Alberta Works income support benefits increase ... 797 Rent controls ... 1723 Third way health reform abandonment ... 896, 1350
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Third way health care reforms (SP587/06: Tabled) ... 1551
Photo radar (Traffic safety)
Use on provincial highways ... 1326-27
Point of Order
Parliamentary language ... 254
Police-Finance-Crowsnest Pass
Police and peace officer college
Siting of ... 159 Siting of/studies, reports re (Q30/06: Adjourned) ... 1739-40
Powers of Attorney Act
Prevention/monitoring of abuse provisions in ... 1266
Prisoner halfway houses-Calgary downtown area
Protection Against Family Violence Act
Prevention/monitoring of abuse provisions in ... 1266
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 3)
Protection for Persons in Care Act
Prevention/monitoring of abuse provisions in ... 1266
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Provincial Court of Alberta
Chief Judge: Appointment process ... 1064-65 Chief Judge: Appointment process, all-party inquiry re ... 1065
Public defenders (U.S. legal aid system)
Applicability to Canadian justice system ... 1273
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Public Trustee
Justice dept. involvement re ... 1266
Punishment (Criminal offences)
As deterrent to committing a crime ... 1266, 1327
Remand centres-Construction
Rent control
Petition presented re ... 1723
Retribution, Societal
As reason for incarceration of criminals ... 1272-73
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Ministerial Statement re fallen officers in ... 163-64 New officers for ... 1326 Provincial funding for salary increase to ... 159 Sheriffs in traffic safety enforcement: Pilot project re ... 468, 1142-43, 1327 Sheriffs in traffic safety enforcement: Pilot project re, studies re (Q2/06: Response tabled as SP399/06) ... 366
Royal Canadian Mounted Police-Fort McMurray
Salary adjustment for cost of living in ... 159
School councils
Fund-raising activities ... 1589
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Alternate sentences ... 1266, 1273 Length of, for serious criminal offences ... 892-93, 1265 Reduction of, by time served in a remand centre ... 892-93, 936, 1265
Sheriffs
Traffic safety enforcement function: Pilot project ... 468, 1142-43, 1327 Traffic safety enforcement function: Studies re (Q2/06: Response tabled as SP399/06) ... 366
Speaker-Rulings
Parliamentary language ... 254 Referring to a member by name ... 254
Strikes and lockouts-Lakeside Packers employees
Policing costs re ... 159
Student financial aid
Loan and loan relief payments, 2000-05 (Q25/06: Accepted) ... 1563
Surplus, Budgetary
Police funding with ... 467-68
Traffic regulations
Enforcement of, by sheriffs: Studies re (Q2/06: Accepted) ... 366
Traffic safety
Funding for ... 1265, 1326 General remarks ... 1327 Highway pilot project (sheriffs in traffic enforcement) ... 468, 1142-43 McDermid report on ... 1265, 1326-27 Single department responsibility for ... 1265 Technological devices to promote ... 1326-27
Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Vehicles Arising From Drug Offences) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 207)
Trials
Wait times for ... 331, 1267 Wait times for: Timelines re ... 331
Trustee Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 8)
Violent crime
Detterence of ... 1265-66 Prime Minister's comments re ... 893
Young, Kyle James (Prisoner)
Death in Edmonton courthouse: Fatality inquiry report on ... 1267
Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford)
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Tobacco company investments, prohibition against ... 1480
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 34)
Alberta Government Offices
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Capping of ... 134 Ethical investments by ... 1480 Ethical investments by, copy of policy re (M13/06: Defeated) ... 508 History of ... 134 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 134-36 Tobacco company investments ... 1480 Tobacco company investments, 2004-05 (Q14/06: Response tabled as SP612/06) ... 1152 Transfer of funds from, to General Revenue ... 1480
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act
Transfer of investment income to General Revenue, provision for ... 134
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 33)
Alberta Securities Commission
Caution to investors re income trusts ... 1480 Human resource issues in: BearingPoint Canada report on (M19/06: Defeated) ... 511 KPMG hired for forensic audit of employee e-mails: Report (M12/06: Defeated) ... 508, 547
Alberta Society for Pension Reform
Alcoholism
Impact on workplace performance, studies re (Q28/06: Defeated) ... 1564, 1731
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Letter re (SP589/06: Tabled) ... 1551
Auditor General
Consultants' contracts requirements, comments re ... 891
Automobile Insurance Rate Board
Executive director's departure ... 610 General remarks ... 610 Hosting expenditures ... 1451-52
BearingPoint Canada
Securities Commission employee complaints, report on (M19/06: Defeated) ... 511
British Columbia Securities Commission
Caution to investors re income trusts ... 1480
Budget
2005-06 third-quarter fiscal update and activity report ... 135
Canada Health Act
General remarks ... 336, 473 Premier's comments re, letter re (SP9/06: Tabled) ... 20
Canada Revenue Agency
Administration of Alberta resource rebate cheques (2005) program ... 1479
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
35th anniversary: Statement re ... 893-94 Surplus spending planning comments ... 135
Canadian Mental Health Association
Fundraiser, program from (SP588/06: Tabled) ... 1551
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Surplus spending planning comments ... 135
Canadian Western Bank
Government loan guarantee for ... 1478-79
Civil service pensions
Reform of: Statement re ... 1677
Committee of Supply
Interim estimates, 2006-07 referred to (Motion 8: McClellan) ... 249
Community facility enhancement program
Grant cheques from, presentation by local MLAs: Photos re (SP644/06: Tabled) ... 1679
Constituency offices
Use for partisan political purposes ... 1673
Council of the Federation
Meeting in Montreal, 2006: Fiscal imbalance discussions, advice to province from Rod Love re ... 892
Daycare centres
National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP114, 128,145, 153, 164, 197, 219, 243/06: Tabled) ... 336, 365, 409-10, 454, 474, 500, 587, 617
Dept. of Economic Development
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1431-32
Dept. of Energy
Contract with Rod Love Consulting ... 836, 930
Dept. of Finance
Contract policy revision ... 680 Contracts with Rod Love Counsulting ... 680, 788, 836, 891-92, 930-31 Hosting policy ... 1480 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1478-80 Supplementary estimates 2005-06 (No. 2): Debated ... 134-36
Dept. of Gaming
Consulting contract with Rod Love Consulting (SP342/06: Tabled) ... 799
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1222-23
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Contract with Rod Love Consulting ... 836
Disabled-Housing
Letter re (SP729/06: Tabled) ... 1856
Disabled children-Education
Workshop on special education, reports on (SP624-625/06: Tabled) ... 1649
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Drug use in the workplace
Impact on workplace performance, studies re (Q28/06: Defeated) ... 1564, 1731
Edmonton Airports Authority
Annual report, 2005 (SP512/06: Tabled) ... 1353
Edmonton Catholic School District
Celebration of the Arts gala: Program from (SP477/06: Tabled) ... 1323-24
Edmonton Community Foundation Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill Pr.3)
Education-Curricula
Math curricula (compound interest topic) ... 404
Elections, Provincial
Fixed dates for (Motion 508: Morton, amended) ... 1168, 1174
Elections Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Amendment re related corporations' tax credit ... 1479
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2006-07 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 8: McClellan) ... 249
Ethical Guidelines for the Government Pension Fund - Global (Norwegian government website article)
Copy tabled (SP213/06) ... 547
Fire and rescue services
Minimum standards for (Motion 504: Abbott) ... 522-23
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Heritage fund revenue transfer to general revenue provisions ... 1480 Nonrenewable resource revenue utilization provisions ... 1479
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Request for fee-for-service contract information under ... 680 Rod Love Consulting contract with Gaming dept. (SP342/06: Tabled) ... 799
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Gambling, Compulsive
Impact on workplace performance, studies re (Q26/06: Defeated) ... 1563-64
Government programs
MLA presentation of cheques re: News articles re (SP419/06: Tabled) ... 1018 MLA presentation of cheques re: Photographs re (SP644/06: Tabled) ... 1679
Health Information Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 31)
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
Rod Love as paid lobbyist for ... 892
Income Support program
Benefit increase: Petition tabled re (SP727/06) ... 1855
Income trusts
Impact on provincial revenues ... 1480 Review of ... 1480
Insurance, Automobile
Reform of: Consultant's advice to government re ... 930 Reform of: Review of ... 610
Insurance, Health (Private)
General remarks ... 135 Letter re (SP112/06: Tabled) ... 336
Insurance Act
Amendment re insurance companies' nonpayment of insurance tax ... 1479
Insurance brokers, Special-Taxation
General remarks ... 1479-80 Letter re improper filings re (SP590/06: Tabled) ... 1551
Insurance companies-Taxation
Interim supply-Saskatchewan
Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2006-07
International trade-Middle East
Kelley Charlebois Consulting Ltd.
Contracts with Dept. of Health and Wellness ... 788, 891
Kerosene-Taxation
Non-collection of ... 1479
KPMG consulting
Alberta Securities Commission employees' e-mails, forensic audit of: Report (M12/06: Defeated) ... 508, 547
Libraries Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 17)
Loan guarantees, Government
Lottery Fund
Grant cheques from, presentation by local MLAs: Point of Order re ... 1553-54
Lougheed, Mr. E. Peter (Former Premier, 1971-85)
Comments on Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 135
Magic Moments Children's Benefit
Program from (SP265/06: Tabled) ... 646
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP9, 72-73, 113, 127, 161-163, 195-196, 266-268, 416-418/06: Tabled) ... 20, 248, 336, 365, 473, 500, 646, 1018 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP74/06: Tabled) ... 248 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 546, 587, 939, 1648
Medical care-Finance
Letter re (SP726/06: Tabled) ... 1855
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 799 Practicing in public/private health systems: Letter re (SP63/06: Tabled) ... 202
Medical profession-Supply
Letter re (SP63/06: Tabled) ... 202
Members' apologies to the House
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Presentation of cheques re government programs: News articles re (SP419/06: Tabled) ... 1018 Presentation of cheques re government programs: Photographs re (SP644/06: Tabled) ... 1679 Presentation of cheques re government programs: Point of Order re ... 1553-54
Members' Statements (2006)
Alberta Society for Pension Reform ... 1677 Canadian Federation of Independent Business ... 893-94
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for: Letters re (SP269, 651/06: Tabled) ... 646, 1693
Miscellaneous (Provincial Treasurer) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 37)
Natural resources revenue
Nonrenewable resource revenue savings plan (Proposed)
North American free trade agreement
Application to private health insurance/medical care: Letter re (SP341/06: Tabled) ... 799
Nurses-Supply
Letter re (SP63/06: Tabled) ... 202
Office of the Premier
Premier's retirement: Impact on government policy reform ... 248
Official Opposition
Surplus investment policy ... 135, 1689
Oral Question Period (2006)
Automobile insurance ... 610 Automobile Insurance Rate Board expenditures ... 1451-52 Budgetary practices ... 1689 Constituency association offices ... 1673 Consultant contracts ... 199 Fee-for-service contracts ... 680 Government liabilities ... 1401, 1458 Rod Love Consulting Inc. ... 788, 836, 891-92, 930-31 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 169-70, 403-04
Payday loan companies
Interest charges ... 1480 Provincial regulation of ... 1480
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Alberta Works income support benefit increase (SP727/06) ... 1855
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 230-31, 1553-54 Decorum (Premier's document throwing incident) ... 122, 133 Interrupting Members' Statements ... 1248 Parliamentary language ... 134 Relevance ... 1170 Third reading debate ... 1872
Police, Provincial
Establishment of ... 1143
Port of Prince Rupert
Alberta access to, joint initiatives re (Q27/06: Accepted) ... 1564
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
Committee ... 1632-33 Third reading amendment to read six months hence (hoist amendment) ... 1663
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Provincial Parks Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 23)
Public contracts for consultants
Rail service, Electric high-speed-Edmonton-Calgary
Motion 501: Backs ... 66-68
Rent
Increases in: Letter re (SP718/06: Tabled) ... 1810
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Cheques misdirected to Ontario ... 1479 Costs to administer (Q15/06: Defeated) ... 969 General remarks ... 1479
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Advice to province at Council of the Federation meeting in Montreal ... 892 Auto insurance reforms, advice to provincial government re ... 930 Dept. of Energy contracts ... 836, 930 Dept. of Finance contracts ... 680, 788, 836, 891-92, 930-31 Dept. of Gaming contract, document re (SP342/06: Tabled) ... 799 Dept. of Municipal Affairs contracts ... 836 Government contracts with: Documents re (SP274/06: Tabled) ... 689 Royalty rates, advice to provincial government re ... 930 Tobacco companies, advice re provincial investment in ... 892
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Consultant's advice to government re ... 930 Review of: Consultations re (Q17/06: Defeated) ... 1368, 1555
Salvation Army
Annual luncheon, Edmonton, program from (SP549/06: Tabled) ... 1461
Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 25)
Securities Transfer Act (Bill 36)
Sports
Provincial support for: Funding measures, 2001-05 (Q16/06: Response tabled as SP629/06) ... 1361, 1365
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 134-35 Heritage Savings funding with ... 135 Liberal opposition policy re ... 135, 1689 Planning for ... 1689 Resource rebate cheques funding with ... 1479
Tax incentives
Transfer of tuition credit to parents, letter re legislation change to allow (SP719/06: Tabled) ... 1810
Taxation
General remarks ... 1479 Nonpayment of taxes ... 1479
Tobacco companies
Cancer Legacy Fund investments ... 1480 Heritage Fund investments ... 1480 Heritage Fund investments, 2004-05 (Q14/06: Response tabled as SP612/06) ... 1152 Provincial investment in, consultant's advice re (Rod Love) ... 892
Trade missions-Middle East
Trustee Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 8)
Tuition tax credit
Transfer to parents, letter re legislation change to allow (SP719/06: Tabled) ... 1810
Vegetable Sales (Alberta) Act Repeal Act (Bill 27)
Wages-Mental health facility employees
Level of: Letter re (SP728/06: Tabled) ... 1855-56
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 18)
Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
Alberta emergency service medals
Presentation to Bow Island and District personnel ... 844
Beef-Marketing
Improvement of, by standardized federal/provincial health and slaughter prototcols (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1743
Bow Island and District emergency services
Emergency service medals for: Statement re ... 844
British armed forces
Training at CFB Suffield, renewal of agreement re ... 1722
Canadian Forces Base, Suffield
Renewal of British armed forces training at, statement re agreement for ... 1722
Cattle
Health and slaughter protocols re, interprovincial standardization of (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1743
Chronic wasting disease-Control
By recreational hunting ... 1142
Coal mines and mining
Reclamation programs for: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 798
Contaminated sites
Cleanup of: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 798
Continuing Care Standards Act (Bill 205)
Deer-Alberta/Saskatchewan border area
Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 1142
Designation of Child Access Exchange Centres Act (Bill 206)
Elections, Provincial
Fixed dates for (Motion 508: Morton, amended) ... 1172-73
Electric power-Supply
Improvement of delivery of (Motion 510: Rogers) ... 1371
Electric power plants-Emissions
Tradable permits re: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 798
Environmental information
Access to: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 798
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Foreign workers, Temporary
Assessment of credentials of ... 961 General remarks ... 960-61
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Request for environmental information under ... 798
Grandparents' rights
Motion 505 (as amended): Webber ... 666-67
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 14)
First reading ... 19 Second reading ... 267, 598 Committee ... 1280-85 Third reading ... 1621-22 Amendment (SP471/06: Tabled) ... 1280
Health sciences personnel
Legislation re (Bill 14) ... 19
Highway 41
Promotion of, as alternate north-south corridor (Motion 506: Mitzel) ... 817-18, 824
Human Tissue Gift (Notification Procedure) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 201)
Hunting
As control method for chronic wasting disease in deer ... 1142
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 960-61
Lethbridge
Centennial of: Statement re ... 1246
Meat-Inspection
Federal/provincial standardization of (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1743
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 84
Medical care, Primary
Networks re (team-based care) ... 84
Medical profession-Education
Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 681
Medical profession-Rural areas
Impact of third-way health care proposals on recruitment/retention of ... 681
Medical records, Electronic
Medical specialists-Rural areas
Medicine Hat
Centennial of: Statement re ... 1246
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Anaesthetists shortage ... 681
Members' Statements (2006)
Baseball Canada Cup ... 1769 Bow Island and District emergency services ... 844 CFB Suffield ... 1722 Medicine Hat and Lethbridge centennials ... 1246
Nitrogen oxide emissions
Tradable permits re: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 798
North/south trade corridor
Promotion of highway 41 as alternative to (Motion 506: Mitzel) ... 817-18, 824
Oil sands development
Reclamation programs for: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 798 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 961
Oral Question Period (2006)
Chronic wasting disease control ... 1142 Flexibility in physicians' scope of practice ... 84 Physician supply in rural Alberta ... 681 Temporary foreign workers ... 960-61 Water supply in southern Alberta ... 1804
Palliser Health Region
Specialist shortage ... 681
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Teenage smoking curtailment ... 896
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Smoking, Teen
Curtailment of: Petitions presented re ... 896
Sulphur dioxide emissions
Tradable permits re: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 798
Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Vehicles Arising From Drug Offences) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 207)
Water resources development-South Saskatchewan River basin
Management plan for ... 1804
Water supply
Preparation of inventory of (Motion 511: Swann) ... 1568-69
Water supply-Southern Alberta
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers -South Saskatchewan River basin
Licences for, elimination of ... 1804
Morton, Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview)
Agricultural workers
Exemption from labour legislation ... 1764-65
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Electricity transmission line hearings, Genessee to Langdon line through Eastern Slopes ... 889-90
Alberta royalty tax credit
Auditor General's comments re ... 729 General remarks ... 728-29 Review of ... 729
Auditor General
Energy royalties, tax credits for, report on ... 729
Bills, Private members' public
Bill 208, memos re early Committee reading of ... 1148
Bow Habitat Station (Aquatic ecopark)
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Chandler, Mr. Kevin
Death in farm accident ... 1764
Civil Marriage Act (Federal Bill C-38)
Document re wording similarities with Alberta Bill 208 (SP447/06: Tabled) ... 1148
Council of the Federation
Meeting in Montreal, 2006: Fiscal imbalance discussions ... 841
Eastern Slopes-Environmental aspects
Impact of electric power line on ... 889-90
Education-Curricula
Exemptions from, due to moral/religious beliefs (Bill 208) ... 771
Elections, Provincial
Fixed dates for (Motion 508: Morton, amended) ... 1167-68, 1174
Electric power lines-Eastern Slopes area (Genessee-Langdon)
Re-opening of EUB hearings re ... 889-90
Farm safety
Provincial initiatives re ... 1764-65
Federal/provincial fiscal relations
Firearms Act (Federal Bill C-68)
Alberta gun registry prosecutions under ... 332
FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention)-Bragg Creek area
Forest management agreements
Spray Lake Sawmills plan ... 1852
Government attorneys
Prosecution of gun registration offences ... 332
Grandparents' rights
Motion 505 (as amended): Webber ... 669
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for, elimination of ... 332
Kananaskis Country
Spray Lake Sawmills logging in ... 1852
Labour laws and legislation
Exemption of farm workers from ... 1764-65
Marriage commissioners
Exemption from performing same-sex marriage (Bill 208) ... 771
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option): Statement re ... 200
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 200
Medical profession-Supply
Impact of third way health care reforms on ... 200
Members' Statements (2006)
Bow Habitat Station aquatic ecopark ... 1646-47 Canadian Federation of Independent Business ... 1522 Health care reform ... 200 Supreme Court nomination process ... 15
Natural resources revenue
Natural Resources Transfer Agreement
Oral Question Period (2006)
EUB hearings on electricity transmission line ... 889-90 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... 1764-65 Gun registration ... 332 Ownership of resource revenues ... 841 Royalty tax credit program ... 728-29 Spray Lake Sawmills ... 1852
Pearce Estate Park Interpretive Wetland
Police and peace officer college
Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper)
Congratulations to ... 15
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
First reading ... 771 Second reading ... 1154-55, 1166 Document re wording similarities with federal Bill C-38 (SP447/06: Tabled) ... 1148
Religious leaders
Exemption from performing same-sex marriage (Bill 208) ... 771
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 729 General remarks ... 729
Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery
Same-sex marriage
Exemption from instruction re (Bill 208) ... 771 Exemption of clergy/marriage commissioners from performing (Bill 208) ... 771
Spray Lake Sawmills
Forest management plan ... 1852
Supreme Court of Canada
Judge nomination process for ... 15
Water quality-Kananaskis Country
Workplace safety
Exemption of farm workers from legislation re ... 1764-65
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