Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview)
Aboriginal peoples-Health care
Aboriginal peoples-Right to vote
Access to the Future Fund
Agricultural value-added production
Agriculture
Government assistance programs ... 724
Alberta-Social conditions
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Suncor expansion hearings: Wood Buffalo regional municipality intervention in ... 1715, 1726, 1727
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office: Expenses ... 1316
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Essential services, determination of ... 958-59 Insured services, delisting of ... 122, 958-59
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
General remarks ... 1139 Reduction in value of ... 1190 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 39-40, 536
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
Ambulance service
Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions ... 868
Ambulance service-Finance
Aon Consulting Inc.
Health Benefit Design Options Report ... 1138-39 Health Benefit Design Options Report: Financial projections based on ... 1138-39, 1190 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 122, 239-40, 958
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Arenas
Provincial involvement in ... 867
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Class action settlement re payments under ... 326-27
Auditor General
Relation to Corporate Internal Audit Services ... 752-53
Automobile drivers' licences-Security aspects
Fake licence problem ... 8 General remarks ... 8
Budget
All-party committee to review ... 1515 Public input into ... 1515
Budget debate
Motion 16: McClellan ... 619-21
Calgary Board of Education
Marlborough school roof repair situation ... 463
Calgary Health Region
Chief executive officer of ... 1800-01 Contract with Kelley Charlebois ... 1801 Contract with Rod Love Consulting ... 1395, 1451, 1801
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Cancer incidence-Fort Chipewyan
Capital Health
Peace Country Health patients transferred to ... 1683
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Fort McMurray projects ... 866
Children and poverty
Health impact of lack of food, studies re ... 400
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
Coal-bed methane extraction
Commissioner on continuing care (Proposed)
Committee on Agriculture and Municipal Affairs, Standing Policy
Nongovernment members sitting on ... 636
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Mandate change for ... 1515 Questions/answers during, preparation of by Public Affairs Burean ... 751
Conflict of interest
Gary C. Campbell's membership on Corporate Internal Audit Services ... 752 General remarks ... 1394 Medical doctors in both public and private systems ... 724 MLA postemployment opportunities ... 1008 Premier's postemployment opportunities ... 959, 1008, 1394
Conflict of interest (Federal)
MP postemployment restrictions ... 1008
Conflict of Interest Act
Extension to senior public officials ... 1395
Conflicts of Interest Act
MLA postemployment provisions ... 1008
Continuing/extended care facilities-Finance
General remarks ... 39 Use of surplus funds for ... 536
Continuing/extended care facilities-Standards
Funding to improve ... 39 General remarks ... 39
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as public member of ... 752-53 Relation to Auditor General ... 752-53 Relation to Restructuring and Government Efficiency dept. ... 753 Role of ... 752
Dept. of Finance
Contract policy revision ... 1451
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 865-69
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Relation to Corporate Internal Audit Services ... 753
Deputy Ministers (Provincial government)
Dinning, Mr. Jim (PC Party leadership candidate)
Contact with Rod Love ... 1394
Drinking water
Coal bed methane wells' impact on ... 78
Edmonton Public School Board
Election (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 210)
Elections, Provincial
Fixed dates for ... 443, 445 Fixed dates for: Legislation re (Bill 210) ... 335
Electric power-Supply- Leduc/Nisku area
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 192, 1189-90 Deregulation: Enmax CEO's comments re ... 240
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Wood Buffalo region infrastructure planning (not proceeded with) ... 1726-27
Emergency planning
General remarks ... 869 Relation to hospital bed capacity ... 1683
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Enmax Corporation
CEO Gary Holden's comments re electricity deregulation ... 240 CEO Gary Holden's comments re electricity deregulation: Article re (SP70/06: Tabled) ... 248
Environmental research
Endowment fund for (proposed) ... 607
Ethics Commissioner
Premier's consultation with, re offers to sit on boards after retirement ... 959
Ethics Commissioner (Federal)
MP postemployment restrictions, disclosure to ... 1088
Executive Council
Budget ... 751, 753 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 751-53
Fiberex Glass Corporation
Electric power supply problems ... 1189-90
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 24)
Food banks
Proliferation of ... 1670
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 865-66, 1715 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Emergency debate request re ... 1726-27 Provincial loan to ... 866
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Requests under, re government aircraft flight log information ... 578
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Committee (2002), Select Special
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Gas, Natural-Royalties
Decline of, risk assessment of ... 753
Government aircraft
Conservative party leadership contenders' flights on: Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 578
Government departments
Reduction in number of ... 751
Government policy
Reform of: Impact of Premier's retirement on ... 7-8
Government programs
Communications methods ... 751-52 Sustainability of ... 1669
Government spending policy
Groundwater
Baseline testing of ... 1110
Groundwater-Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 78, 1110-11
Health issues-Fort Chipewyan
Investigations re ... 1341
Health sciences personnel-Education
Rejection of applicants for ... 1684
Health sciences personnel-Supply
Heavy oil (synthetic crude)-Royalties
Impact of oil sands costs increase on ... 1715
Highway 63-Fort McMurray south
Homeless-Housing-Fort McMurray
Homeless-Housing-Red Deer
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 39
Hospitals-Emergency services
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Comments re confidentiality of ministerial briefing books ... 1514-15
Insurance, Health (Private)
Coverage of services removed from health care plan ... 958-59 General remarks ... 122, 239-40 Letter re (SP58/06: Tabled) ... 202
Kelley Charlebois Consulting Ltd.
Contracts with Calgary Health Region ... 1801 Contracts with Dept. of Health and Wellness ... 1394, 1451
Land-use framework
Co-ordination with watershed planning ... 869 General remarks ... 537, 866, 868-69 Liberal opposition paper on ... 537
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
100th anniversary: Ceremony in Chamber ... 443
Livestock
Impact of coal-bed methane pollution of groundwater on ... 78
Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 28)
Low-income families
Level of support for ... 1684
Marlborough elementary school
Medical care
Restructuring ... 192 Restructuring (third way option) ... 77-78, 121-22, 164-65, 192, 240, 958 Restructuring (third way option): Costs to patients of ... 193 Restructuring (third way option): Impact of Premier's retirement on ... 7-8 Restructuring (third way option): Impact on low-income people ... 400 Restructuring (third way option): Letter re (SP58/06: Tabled) ... 202 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP74/06: Tabled) ... 248 Restructuring (third way option): Opinion survey by Mararget Kool on ... 445 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re ... 122, 164-65, 285-86 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party televised debate re ... 286 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, all-party televised debate re, letter to Premier re (SP88/06: Tabled) ... 295 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, Bonnyville/St. Paul meetings re ... 490 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, report on ... 165 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation re, town hall meeting ... 286, 490 Restructuring (third way option): Withdrawal of ... 762
Medical care-Fort McMurray
Medical care-Grande Prairie
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 77, 724-25 Practicing in public/private health systems: Letter re (SP58/06: Tabled) ... 202 Prescribing/surgical recommendations: Impact of third way proposals on ... 165, 724-25
Medical profession-Education
Rejection of applicants for ... 1684
Medical profession-Rural areas
Impact of third-way health care proposals on recruitment/retention of ... 489-90
Medical profession-Supply
Impact of third way health care reforms on ... 445, 724-25
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Postemployment opportunities, cooling-off period re ... 1008
Mental health services-Children-Grande Prairie
Methane in water
Explosive qualities, safety issues re ... 78
Minister Responsible for Capital Planning
Creation of position of ... 762
Ministers (Provincial government)
Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 1514-15, 1540, 1669 Car allowance ... 1341-42 Cooling-off period for, extension of ... 1395 New cabinet position created (Minister Responsible for Capital Planning) ... 762 Number of ... 751 Resignation of, due to pursuit of Conservative party leadership ... 578
Municipal finance
Budget cycle for provincial funding re ... 868
National Council of Welfare
Provincial welfare levels comparison, report on ... 1684
National Day of Mourning (Injured workers)
Natural areas
Industrial development in ... 537
Natural resources revenue
Decline in ... 1138-39, 1190-91 General remarks ... 608, 1669 Government dependence on, risk assessment of ... 753 Impact of oil sands projects growth on ... 1726-27
Northern Lights Health Region
Nurses-Education
Rejection of applicants for ... 1684
Office of the Premier
Budget ... 753 Premier's advice to successors ... 1669-70 Premier's pre-retirement travel ... 1061 Premier's retirement: Impact on government policy reform ... 7-8, 636 Premier's retirement: Offers of employment after ... 959, 1008, 1394 Tributes to the Premier ... 1667-68
Official Opposition
Land-use management proposals ... 537 Surplus investment policy ... 608
Oil-Royalties
Decline of, risk assessment of ... 753
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1714-15 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Emergency debate request re planning for ... 1726-27
Oil sands development-Environmental aspects
Oil sands development-Fort Chipewyan area
Oil well drilling industry-Special areas
Oral Question Period (2006)
Agricultural assistance ... 724 Alberta office in Washington ... 1316 Aon Consulting Inc. ... 239-40 Biofuels industry ... 1316-17 Budget process ... 1515 Budget surplus ... 39-40 Cabinet appointments ... 762 Calgary health region CEO ... 1800-01 Coal-bed methane drilling ... 78, 1110-11 Confidentiality of ministerial briefing notes ... 1514-15 Cost of health care reform ... 193 Education funding ... 1670 Endowment funds ... 607-08 Freedom of information legislation ... 1540 Future plans of the Premier ... 959 Government contracting policies ... 1451 Government policy reforms ... 7-8 Health care privatization ... 77-78, 121-22, 165 Health care reform ... 192, 240, 761-62, 958-59 Health care reform consultation ... 164-65, 490 Health care reform public consultation ... 285-86 Health care services ... 1683-84 Health issues in Fort Chipewyan ... 1341 Health services for rural Albertans ... 489-90 Health services in Grande Prairie ... 1799-1800 Income support class action settlement ... 326-27 Industrial development in natural areas ... 537 Infrastructure needs in Fort McMurray ... 1715 Lobbyist registry ... 1394-95 Long-term care ... 39 Low-income Albertans ... 1684 Managed growth in the oil sands ... 1714-15 Nutrition programs in schools ... 1060-61 Parliamentary reform ... 445 Postemployment opportunities for the Premier ... 1008 Premier Klein's advice for his successor ... 1669-70 Premier's travel ... 1061 Private health care insurance ... 122 Private health care services ... 724-25 Progressive Conservative leadership ... 636 Progressive Conservative leadership campaign ... 578 Public opinion survey on health care ... 445-46 Racing entertainment centre project ... 1846 Registry system security ... 8 Reliability of electricity supply ... 1189-90 Resource revenues ... 1138-39, 1190-91 Rod Love Consulting Inc. ... 1394 Sale of Progressive Conservative party memberships ... 1138 School infrastructure in Calgary ... 463-64 School nutrition programs ... 1341-42 Social determinants of health ... 399-400 Unbudgeted spending ... 636-37 Unbudgeted surpluses ... 536, 608 Water for Life strategy ... 679 Workplace health and safety ... 1008-09
Parkland Institute
Fiscal Surplus, Democratic Deficit (report) ... 1515
Peace Country Health
Dr. Piepgrass' comments on physician recruitment and the third-way proposals ... 490 Emergency preparedness ... 1683 Staff shortages ... 761-72, 1683-84, 1799-1800
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Tuition fee rollback ... 473
Petroleum tank sites remediation program
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
Second reading amendment to not read a second time (reasoned amendment) ... 1578-79 Second reading ... 1578-79
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Chair of (Member for Strathcona) selling PC party memberships at MS fund-raising event ... 1138
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign issues ... 578, 636, 1394 Sale of memberships in, at MS fund-raising event ... 1138 Sale of memberships in, at MS fund-raising event: Copy of (SP451/06: Tabled) ... 1148 Vice-president (finance, Gary C. Campbell) of, as public member of Corporate Internal Audit Services ... 752-53
Property tax-Education levy
Transfer of collection of, to municipalities ... 867
Public Affairs Bureau
Communications methods ... 751-52 Role of ... 751-52 Strategic priorities, changes to ... 751
Public assistance
Class action settlement re payments under ... 326-27 Level of ... 1684 Reform of ... 1684
Public service-Alberta
Senior officials' cooling-off period, following resignation ... 1395
Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie
Racing entertainment complex-Balzac
Water supply for, withdrawn from Red Deer River ... 1846
Recreation
Provincial initiatives re ... 866
Regional health authorities
Ambulance services ... 868 Contracting procedures ... 1451 Staff shortages ... 1683-84
Registry offices, Private-Security aspects
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2006 proposal)
Risk-based auditing
Government over-spending assessment ... 753
River Valley Alliance, Edmonton
Park system proposal ... 866, 869
River valley parkland, Edmonton
Provincial initiatives re ... 866, 869
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Contact with Jim Dinning (PC Party leadership candidate) ... 1394 Contract with Calgary Health Region ... 1395, 1451, 1801 Dept. of Finance contracts ... 1451 Government contracts with ... 1394
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Impact of oil sands costs increase on ... 1715
Rumsey natural area
Industrial activity in ... 537
Rural economic development
School boards
Nutritional programs in schools ... 1341-42
Schools-Calgary
Toxic mould testing in ... 463-64
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Schools-Maintenance and repair-Calgary
Securities Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 25)
Sewage disposal plants, Regional
Social sciences-Research
Endowment funding for ... 607-08
Special places
Oil well drilling in ... 537
Spills (Pollution)-Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment ... 869
Strathcona (Constituency)
Member for, selling PC party memberships at MS fund-raising event ... 1138
Strathmore-Brooks (Constituency)
Member for, cited as sitting on Treasury Board and standing policy committee ... 636
Suncor Inc.
Expansion plans, EUB hearings re, municipality's and MLA's intervention in ... 1715, 1726, 1727
Surgical services
Advertising of, on television ... 240
Surplus, Budgetary
Continuing care facilities funding with ... 536 General remarks ... 39-40, 536, 608 Heritage Savings funding with ... 39-40, 536 Liberal opposition policy re ... 608 School construction with ... 636 School meal program funding with ... 536
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 1670
Travel at public expense
Premier's pre-retirement travel ... 1061
Treasury Board
Nongovernment members sitting on ... 636
Tuition fees
Rollback of: Petitions presented re ... 473
Urban growth
Environmental issues re ... 869 General remarks ... 866
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Reduction of: Impact of private health care on ... 445
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Initiatives re: Funding for ... 679
Water supply
General remarks ... 866 Shortages: Schindler report on ... 679
Water treatment plants, Regional
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers-Red Deer River
Public consultations re ... 1846 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1846
Watershed conservation
Impact of urban growth on ... 869
Wood Buffalo regional municipality
Impact of oil sands expansion on: Emergency debate request re ... 1726-27
World Health Organization
Private health insurance study ... 239-40
Tarchuk, Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane)
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Chief Electoral Officer
Enumeration and general election of 2004, report on (SP567/06: Tabled) ... 1550 Senate nominee election of 2004, report on (SP568/06: Tabled) ... 1550
Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Special
Report recommending Mr. Lorne R. Gibson presented (SP559/06: Tabled) ... 1524
Elections, Provincial
2004 election: Chief Electoral Officer report on election and enumeration (SP567/06: Tabled) ... 1550
Ghost-Waiparous recreation area
Access management plan for ... 1117 Off-highway vehicle access to ... 1117
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Members' Statements (2006)
1988 Calgary Winter Olympics ... 1676-77 Alberta Olympians ... 46 Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park ... 1723 Torino Paralympic Winter Games ... 544
Off-highway vehicles
Access to Ghost-Waiporous recreation area ... 1117
Office of the Premier
Tributes to the Premier ... 1676-77
Olympic Winter Games, Calgary (1988)
Premier's role in: Statement re ... 1676-77
Olympic Winter Games, Torino (2006)
Alberta athletes at, statement re ... 46
Oral Question Period (2006)
Alberta at the Smithsonian ... 406-07 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area ... 1117
Paralympic Winter Games, Torino (2006)
Alberta athletes at: Statement re ... 544
Senators
Alberta nominees for: Report on election of (SP568/06: Tabled) ... 1550
Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie)
Access to the Future Fund
Funding for ... 901 Surplus funding for ... 901
Acclaim Energy Inc.
Acheson gas well failure, Edmonton: Provincial costs re (Q4/06: Response tabled as SP407/06) ... 501
Alberta College of Art and Design
Downtown facility ... 1756
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Ethical investments by, copy of policy re (M13/06: Defeated) ... 508
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
Alberta Securities Commission
Human resource issues in: BearingPoint Canada report on (M19/06: Defeated) ... 511 Influencing regulatory activity case ... 835 KPMG hired for forensic audit of employee e-mails: Report (M12/06: Defeated) ... 508
Alberta Surface Rights Federation
Consultation with, re Olds College courses ... 355
Apprenticeship training
General remarks ... 1541 SAIT programs for ... 1756
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (Bill 19)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Correspondence with, re Campus Alberta Quality Council (M15/06: Defeated) ... 509
Auditor General
Role of: Strengthening of, all-party committee to recommend ... 835
BearingPoint Canada
Securities Commission employee complaints, report on (M19/06: Defeated) ... 511
Beef-Marketing
Improvement of, by standardized federal/provincial health and slaughter prototcols (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1744-45
Bills, Government
Bill 40, second reading reasoned amendment ... 1577 Bill 40, six month hoist amendment at third reading ... 1661
Bow Valley College
Partnership in Campus Calgary Digital Library project ... 1756
Budget
General remarks ... 302, 313 Timing of presentation of ... 320
Calgary (City)
Provincial funding for ... 354-55 Provincial funding for, consultations with mayor re ... 354-55
Calgary Health Region
Hospital bed capacity ... 639, 1756 New hospital facilities construction ... 1756
Campus Alberta Quality Council
Studies re (M15/06: Defeated) ... 509
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Contaminated sites cleanup, position on ... 929-30
Cattle
Health and slaughter protocols re, interprovincial standardization of (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1744-45
Contaminated sites
Cleanup of: Responsibility for ... 929-30
Continuing/extended care facilities
Conditions in: Letters re (SP430/06: Tabled) ... 1070
Daycare centres
Alberta plan for: Letter re (SP492/06: Tabled) ... 1352 National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP155, 192, 209/06: Tabled) ... 455, 500, 546
Daylight Saving Time Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 4)
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Advanced Education
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 900-02 Operating expenses ... 302 Return of capital funding to ... 748 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1755-56
Dept. of Community Development
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 313
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Interim estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 302 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 748 Operating expenses ... 302
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Assessment services branch budget ... 873-74, 1114-15 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 873-74
Education, Postsecondary
Access to, affordability of ... 900 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 44, 464, 493-94, 900 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 900-01 General remarks ... 900 Policy re ... 44
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Elections, Provincial
2004 election: Delay of release of FOIP information re government aircraft logs until after ... 886
Elementary education
Motivation of students during ... 900
Encana Corporation
Donation to Olds College for land sciences program ... 355
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Ethical Guidelines for the Government Pension Fund - Global (Norwegian government website article)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Requests under, re government aircraft flight log information: Document tampering allegations re ... 886
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Gasoline-Prices
Impact on small business ... 1639
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 departments
Creation of new department for sports and recreation ... 1079 Reduction in number of ... 1079
Health sciences personnel-Supply
High school graduates
Numbers of: Transition to postsecondary education ... 901
Hole, Hon. Lois E., CM, AOE (Former Lieutenant Governor)
Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Education Fund
Income Support program
Benefit increase: Petitions presented re ... 546, 733
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Investigation of document tampering re FOIP request for government aircraft flight log information ... 886
Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2006-07
KPMG consulting
Alberta Securities Commission employees' e-mails, forensic audit of: Report (M12/06: Defeated) ... 508
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 1541
Land Agents Licensing Act
Control of input into contents of ... 355
A Learning Alberta review
Costs of (Q24/06: Accepted) ... 1563 General remarks ... 900 Transforming the Advanced Learning System Subcommittee: Report of ... 1194
Lethbridge Community College
Police training programs ... 1740
Lois Hole Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship
Meat-Inspection
Federal/provincial standardization of (Motion 512: Groeneveld) ... 1744-45
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option) ... 639 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP570-573/06: Tabled) ... 1550 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 1648
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems: Impact of resident tuition fees on ... 494
Medical profession-Education
Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 1756 Undergraduate programs, expansion of: Additional spaces created 2006-2010 (Q6/06: Response tabled as SP707/06) ... 501-02
Medical profession-Supply
Medical residents
Student loan debt load ... 493-94
Members' Statements (2006)
Affordable housing ... 1349
Ministerial Statements (2006)
Lois Hole humanities and social sciences scholarship ... 121
Ministers (Provincial government)
Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 1638-39 New cabinet position creation (responsible for sports and recreation) ... 1079 Number of ... 1079
Mount Royal College
Request for university status ... 788, 900
Municipal Government Board
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Joint apprenticeship training centre with Northern Lakes College ... 1756
Northern Lakes College
Joint apprenticeship facility with NAIT ... 1756
Nurses-Education
New program spaces for ... 1756 New program spaces for (Q7/06: Response tabled as SP708/06) ... 502
Olds College
Community learning campus, funding for ... 1756 Corporate donation to, influence on course content of ... 355
Oral Question Period (2006)
Affordability of postsecondary education ... 464, 682 Affordable housing ... 1762-63 Apprenticeship training ... 1541 Calgary funding needs ... 354-55 Cleanup of contaminated sites ... 929-30 Confidentiality of ministerial briefing notes ... 1638-39 Corporate donation to Olds College ... 355 Gasoline taxes ... 1639 Government accountability ... 835-36 Government contracting policies ... 1586 Health care funding ... 195 Hospital bed capacity in Calgary ... 639 Investigation of FOIP documents ... 886 Medical residents' debt load ... 493-94 Municipal sustainability ... 1114-15 Planning for growth pressures ... 1762 Postsecondary education policy ... 44 Tuition fee policy ... 1194, 1395 Tuition fees for postsecondary education ... 788
Peace Officer Act (Bill 16)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Alberta Works income support benefits increase ... 546, 733 Third way health reform abandonment ... 1648 Tuition fee rollback ... 473, 733
Point of Order
Parliamentary language ... 1382
Police and peace officer college
Siting of/studies, reports re (Q30/06: Adjourned) ... 1739-40
Post-Secondary Education: At the Crossroads (Conference)
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9, 2005)
Amendment to, re tuition fees ... 44
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 40)
Second reading amendment to not read a second time (reasoned amendment) ... 1577-78 Second reading amendment to read six months hence (hoist amendment) ... 1583-84 Second reading ... 1576-78, 1583-84 Committee ... 1630-31 Third reading ... 1661 Third reading amendment to read six months hence (hoist amendment) ... 1661 General remarks ... 1194, 1395
Postsecondary educational institutions
Capital projects for new spaces at ... 302, 748 Capital projects for new spaces at: Additional funding for ... 1755-56 Entrance requirements ... 901 Operational funding for ... 901
Postsecondary educational institutions-Calgary
Increase in spaces at ... 900
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Sale of memberships in, at MS fund-raising event: Copy of (SP451/06: Tabled) ... 1148
Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 208)
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public contracts for consultants
Awarding of, to former ministerial aides ... 1586
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Costs to administer (Q15/06: Defeated) ... 969
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Government contracts with ... 1586 Police training college, involvement in siting of ... 1740
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Contaminated sites cleanup using royalty monies ... 929-30 Review of: Payments made re (Q5/06: Defeated) ... 501
Small business
Impact of gasoline prices on ... 1639
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Apprenticeship centre costs ... 1756
Sports
Creation of new department for ... 1079 Provincial support for ... 1078
Student financial aid
General remarks ... 900 Loan and loan relief payments, 2000-05 (Q25/06: Accepted) ... 1563 Loan relief program debt level change, analyses re (M14/06: Response tabled as SP709/06) ... 508-09 Loan repayment schemes ... 682 Medical residents ... 493-94 Rental costs impact on ... 1763
Student housing
Off-campus housing ... 1763
Surplus, Budgetary
Access to the Future Fund top-up with ... 901 Liberal opposition policy re ... 901
Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Vehicles Arising From Drug Offences) Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 207)
Tuition fees
For medical residents ... 493-94 Policy re ... 44, 464, 682, 788, 900, 1194, 1395 Policy re: Legislation re (Bill 40) ... 1194, 1395 Rollback of ... 464, 901, 1194 Rollback of: Petitions presented re ... 473, 733
University of Alberta
Provincial funding for ... 1756
University of Calgary
Provincial funding for ... 1756
University teachers
Aging teachers, replacement of ... 901
Veterinary medical school (University of Calgary)
Water supply
Preparation of inventory of (Motion 511: Swann) ... 1570
Western Canada high school, Calgary
Upgrading of: Letter re (SP606/06: Tabled) ... 1648
Whistle-blower protection
Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark)
Aboriginal issues
First ministers' accord re, Kelowna, November 2005 ... 1466 Funding for ... 1464
Aboriginal land claims
Law suits against province re ... 1702
Aboriginal peoples-Health care
Impact of third way health care reforms on ... 361
Aboriginal peoples-Urban areas-Edmonton
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Gaming Research Institute
Alberta Junior Hockey League
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2006 (No. 2) (Bill 44)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act (Bill 21)
Canada Health Act
Alberta's third way compliance with ... 1350
Casinos
Expansion in number of ... 1038 Voluntary self-exclusion program from ... 579, 1047
Community facility enhancement program
General remarks ... 1037 Grant applications, rejected, 1998-2005 (Q22/06: Accepted) ... 1562 Grant applications awarded without matching funds, 1998-2005 (Q23/06: Accepted) ... 1562 Maximum grants under ... 1037
Community initiatives program
General remarks ... 1037 Grant to Alpha Gamma Delta sorority from ... 491, 538-39 Grants awarded without matching funds, 1998-2005 (Q20/06: Accepted) ... 1551 Grants rejected, 1998-2005 (Q21/06: Accepted) ... 1561 Maximum grants under ... 1037
Continuing Care Standards Act (Bill 205)
Continuing/extended care facilities
Conditions in: Letters re (SP431/06: Tabled) ... 1070
Daycare centres
National plan principles re (Liberal government plan), retention of: Letters re (SP93, 108, 135/06: Tabled) ... 295, 336, 365
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Budget ... 1464 Budget: Aboriginal affairs programs ... 1464 Budget: Amount of detail in ... 1464, 1465-66 Business plan ... 1466 Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1464-66 Supplementary estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1702
Dept. of Gaming
Main estimates 2006-07: Debated ... 1036-38, 1047 "Other initiatives" program ... 1036-37, 1038 "Other initiatives" program: Auditor General's comments re ... 1036-37, 1398-99 "Other initiatives" program: Public information re ... 1037
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Letters re (SP176/06: Tabled) ... 474
Drug-endangered Children Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 190 Third reading ... 595 Third reading hoist amendment ... 595
Edmonton Urban Aboriginal Dialogue
Statement re ... 333-34 Your City, Your Voice report ... 333-34 Your City, Your Voice report (SP65/06: Tabled) ... 202
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29)
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
First Nations Consultation Policy on Land Management and Resource Development
First Nations' reaction to ... 1464, 1466
Flag, Canadian
Lowering of, for fallen troops: Letter re (SP432/06: Tabled) ... 1070
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20)
Gambling, Compulsive
Self-exclusion program (from casinos) to combat, waiting period re ... 579
Gambling-Aboriginal reserves
Licensed premises-Regulations
Enforcement of: Petition presented re ... 1679
Lottery Fund
Funds in Gaming dept.'s "other initiatives" program ... 1398-99 Grant cheques from, presentation by local MLAs: Point of Order re ... 1552
Medical care
Restructuring (third way option): First Nations consultation re ... 361 Restructuring (third way option): Petitions presented re ... 1350
Medical profession-Rural areas
Impact of third-way health care proposals on recruitment/retention of ... 361
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Presentation of cheques re government programs: Point of Order re ... 1552
Members' Statements (2006)
Edmonton Urban Aboriginal Initiative ... 333-34
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Hinton area court decision re ... 681-82 Hinton area court decision re: Copy tabled (SP289/06) ... 690 Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 681-82, 1194-95 Provincial agreement re, 2004: MLA 2006 task force report on ... 1194-95
Métis settlements
Funding for: Cessation of, in 2007 ... 1466 Self-generated revenue target ... 1466
Natural Resources Transfer Agreement
Aboriginal law suits re ... 1702
Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre
Oral Question Period (2006)
Department of Gaming grant program ... 1398-99 First Nations input on health care reform ... 361 Gambling self-exclusion program ... 579 Lottery grant to Alpha Gamma Delta fraternity ... 491, 538-39 Métis hunting rights ... 681-82, 1194-95 Racing entertainment centre project ... 1848-49 Strategies for responsible gaming ... 82
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2006)
Licensed premises regulations enforcement ... 1679 Third way health reform abandonment ... 1350
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 1552
Racing entertainment complex-Balzac
Water supply for, withdrawn from Red Deer River ... 1848-49
Supreme Court of Canada
Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 681
Traditional land-use studies (First Nations lands)
Treaty 7 and 8 First Nations
Land claim law suits against province ... 1702
Video gambling machines
Responsible gaming features ... 82
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers-Red Deer River
Public consultations re ... 1848-49 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1848-49
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