Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning)
Aboriginal Consulting Services Association of Alberta
Family violence program pamphlet (SP946/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
Industrial Heartland projects ... 2175
Aga Khan Development Network
Member's statement re ... 1238
Alberta - Economic policy
Impact on other provinces ... 1241
Alberta Building Trades Council
Press release re union labour for CNRL Horizon project (SP525/07: Tabled) ... 1386
Alberta Connects (Government information initiative)
Alberta Council of Women's Shelters
Programs from fundraisers for (SP718-719/07: Tabled) ... 1852
Alberta Diabetes Institute
Official opening, program from (SP762/07: Tabled) ... 1965
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill 22)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001)
Alberta Regulations
Reduction of, legislation re (Bill 213) ... 1623 Reduction of, petition presented re ... 1888 Review of ... 1760
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 2360 Committee ... 2419
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
Article re (SP431/07: Tabled) ... 1074
Apartment fire, Fort McMurray
Impact of, emergency debate re ... 648
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal people ... 673, 1209 General remarks ... 1208
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. 2) (Bill 56)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits increase for ... 1205
Auditor General
Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1205
Bees - Import - United States
Bitumen
Upgrading in southern Alberta ... 1638
Board Governance Review Task Force
Brain Injury Awareness Week
Canada - Economic conditions
Impact of Alberta economic growth on ... 1241
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Pamphlet on affordable housing (SP977/07: Tabled) ... 2249
Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing
Pamphlet from (SP609/07: Tabled) ... 1659
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Documents in support of Bill 213, Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (SP672, 846/07: Tabled) ... 1782, 2035 Letter re proposed child care regulations (SP948/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Canadian Multiculturalism Day
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon project, union labour for, press release re (SP525/07: Tabled) ... 1386
Canadian Women's Open (Golf tournament, Edmonton, 2007)
Souvenir program from (SP976/07: Tabled) ... 2249
Canola industry
Report on policy issues re (SP778/07: Tabled) ... 2001
Capital Health
Restaurant health inspection reports, posting of on Internet ... 1228
Catholic Social Services
Annual report, 2006 (SP595/07: Tabled) ... 1624
Children - Physical fitness
Federal tax credits for ... 1228
Citizenship documentation
For military children born overseas, letter re (SP335/07: Tabled) ... 772
City Farm Edmonton
General remarks ... 1211 Program from launch of (SP628/07: Tabled) ... 1694
Committee on Natural Resources, Standing (House of Commons)
Report on oil sands development (SP1006/07: Tabled) ... 2292
Committees, Policy field (all-party)
Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock ) ... 617
Community health centres - Fort McMurray
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
Second Reading ... 1043 Committee ... 2274
Constitution Act, 2007
House of Commons seating formula change, ministerial statement re ... 1991
Construction Owners Association of Alberta
Workplace Respect Hand Book (SP464/07: Tabled) ... 1182
Construction Sector Council
Graph of oil sands investment levels (SP470/07: Tabled) ... 1247
Construction trades
Employment levels: Impact of Industrial Heartland projects on ... 2175 Employment of foreign workers ... 2323
Container terminal - Edmonton
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1205
Continuing/extended care facilities - Employees
Aboriginal staffing ... 1205
CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Act (Bill Pr. 1)
Daycare centres
Five-point plan re ... 1205
Dept. of Children's Services
Dept. of Education
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1204-05, 1208-09, 1211 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2165
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1227-28, 1638-39
Dept. of Environment
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1227-28, 1638-39
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1227-28
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1638-39
Dept. of Natural Resources (Federal)
Website article about geothermal energy (SP385/07: Tabled) ... 879
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2165
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1638-39
Disabled
Edmonton mayor's awards for services to, program (SP534/07: Tabled) ... 1440
Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30)
Domestic violence
Booklet re (SP925/07: Tabled) ... 2145
Domestic violence - Prevention
Government programs re ... 1205
East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55)
Economic growth - Edmonton area
Edmonton Advisory Board on Services for Persons with Disabilities
Mayor's awards presentation, program from (SP534/07: Tabled) ... 1440
Edmonton Community Action Committee on Elder Abuse
Pamphlets from (SP866/07: Tabled) ... 2063
Edmonton Garrison Military Family Resource Centre
Benefit for, program (SP361/07: Tabled) ... 842
Edmonton-Manning (Constituency)
Awards dinner program (SP881/07: Tabled) ... 2100
Edmonton Remand Centre
New facility for, petitions presented re location of ... 265
Edmonton's Food Bank
Annual report, 2006 (SP507/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Plant a Row Grow a Row pamphlet (SP508/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Elder abuse
Pamphlets re (SP866/07: Tabled) ... 2063
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray (not proceeded with) ... 648
Emergency planning
Fort McMurray apartment fire, emergency debate re ... 648
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 673
Energy industry
Aboriginal opportunities in ... 673
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
General remarks ... 803, 2291 Member's statement re ... 798
Energy Solutions Alberta (Website)
Geothermal energy in home construction article (SP524/07: Tabled) ... 1386
Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39)
Equine industry
General remarks ... 1608 Training programs for ... 1211
Executive Council
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1608
Family Violence Prevention Month
Proclamation of, program from (SP706/07: Tabled) ... 1818
Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 29)
Foreign workers, Temporary
Death of, on the job ... 2322 Letter re (SP227/07: Tabled) ... 536 For steel manufacturing facility, Tofield ... 1051-52 Treatment/safety of ... 2322-23 Treatment/safety of, news article re (SP1041/07: Tabled) ... 2329
Foreign workers, Temporary - Taxation
Gambling Research Conference 2007 (Banff)
Documents from (SP258/07: Tabled) ... 598
Gas, Natural
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 798, 803
Gas pipelines - Mackenzie Valley to Alberta
Geothermal power
General remarks ... 1638-39 Publications re (SP384-385, 524, 845/07: Tabled) ... 879, 1386, 2035 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 803, 2291 Use as power source in oil sands production, articles re (SP350-353/07: Tabled) ... 800 Use as power source in oil sands production, member's statement re ... 798
Gilliece, Father Bernie
75th birthday party, program from (SP565/07: Tabled) ... 1534
Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption
Webpage re (SP455/07: Tabled) ... 1130
Government communications
Performance measures re ... 1608
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 38)
Health employer innovation fund (Proposed)
Health Link Alberta
Provision of restaurant health inspection reports via ... 1228
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41)
High school education - Curricula
High school graduates
Numbers of: Transition to postsecondary education ... 1211
Hip and knee surgery
Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 1228, 2028
Home care program
Funding increase for ... 1228 Staffing shortages for ... 1228 Staffing shortages for, letter re (SP432/07: Tabled) ... 1074
Homeless - Housing
Letter re (SP91/07: Tabled) ... 231
House of Commons (Canada)
Additional members for Alberta, ministerial statement re ... 1991
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 2322-23
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Construction aspects ... 2175 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 2175 Environmental impact of ... 2175 Impact on water supplies ... 2175 Regional impact of ... 125
Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health
Reports and strategic plan of (SP169-172/07: Tabled) ... 362
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... 125
International Day of Disabled Persons
Program from (SP1042/07: Tabled) ... 2330
International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job
Independent member's statement re (SP322/07: Tabled) ... 733 Ministerial statement re: Response to, by Alliance member and independent member denied ... 733
International trade - China
International Union of Operating Engineers
Long-service awards program (SP937/07: Tabled) ... 2181
International WorldSkills Competition, Japan
News article re (SP1070/07: Tabled) ... 2390
Internet (Computer network)
Posting of restaurant inspection reports on ... 1228
John D. Bracco junior high school
Storybook Love (play), program from (SP485/07: Tabled) ... 1272
KNM Corporation
Steel plant, Tofield: Foreign workers at ... 1051-52
Lang, Mr. Laurie
Member's statement re ... 1992
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Orders re: Amendment to, and more (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 616-17
McIntyre Collegium
Paper on nuclear power plants for Alberta ... 2291
Medical care
Letter re (SP268/07: Tabled) ... 645
Medical clinics
Wait times in, penalties for ... 2029
Members of Parliament
Additional Alberta members, ministerial statement re ... 1991
Members' Statements (2007)
Aga Khan Development Network ... 1238 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 442-43 Geothermal power ... 798 Laurie Lang ... 1992 Mulitculturalism ... 1756 Nuclear power ... 2291 Parliamentary democracy ... 155-56
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Mental health research
Information package re (SP630/07: Tabled) ... 1729
Ministerial Statements (2007)
House of Commons seating formula ... 1991
Multiculturalsim
Member's statement re ... 1756
North Edmonton Seniors Association
Open house program (SP945/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Northeast Edmonton Area Study
Recommendations (SP936/07: Tabled) ... 2181
Northeast Zone Sports Council
Awards banquet program (SP867/07: Tabled) ... 2063
Northern Alberta Brain Injury Society
Dinner/fundraiser, program from (SP761/07: Tabled) ... 1965 Kick-off breakfast program (SP564/07: Tabled) ... 1534
Northern Lights Health Region
Community clinics, Fort McMurray ... 1228 Funding for ... 1228 Northern allowance for health staff ... 1228
Northgate Choralaires
Spring concert program (SP360/07: Tabled) ... 842
Norwest, Mr. Henry Louis (Veteran)
Website article re (SP739/07: Tabled) ... 1897
Nuclear power
Member's statement re ... 2291 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 798, 1638 Use as power source in oil sands production, reports on (SP1005-1006/07: Tabled) ... 2292
Office of the Premier
Congratulations to new Premier ... 10
Oil sands development
Investment level in (SP470/07: Tabled) ... 1247 Use of natural gas supplies ... 798, 803
Oral Question Period (2007)
Aboriginal training and employment ... 673 Capital investment in Alberta ... 1241 Electronic driver reporting and enforcement ... 1890-91 Health care accessibility ... 2028-29 Honeybee die-off ... 1443 Hydroelectric power ... 803 Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... 2175 Industrial projects in Alberta's heartland area ... 125 Regulatory reform ... 1760 Steel fabrication plant in Tofield ... 1051-52 Support for seniors ... 1616-17 Tax deductions ... 259 Temporary foreign workers ... 2322-23 Trade route to Prince Rupert ... 403 Vocational education ... 538-39
Parliamentary democracy
Member's statement re ... 155-56
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
New Edmonton Remand Centre location ... 265 Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 213), passage of ... 1888, 2034 Rent increase control ... 361, 502, 724, 762, 800 Trial in adult court of accused killer of Joshua John Hunt (not in order to be presented) ... 122
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Trial in adult court of accused killer of Joshua John Hunt ... 22 Trial in adult court of accused killer of Joshua John Hunt (SP5, 62, 83, 92, 114, 139, 155, 173, 187, 218, 228, 242/07) ... 25, 86, 188, 231, 266, 298, 332, 362, 409, 502, 536, 564 Trial in adult court of accused killer of Joshua John Hunt (SP282, 707/07) ... 679, 1818
Point of Order
Division bell interval ... 2414 Imputing motives ... 1449
Port of Prince Rupert
Container terminal at, Alberta involvement in ... 403
Poverty
International assistance program re ... 1238
Preventive medical services
Public Affairs Bureau
Public opinion surveying ... 1608
Rail service - Edmonton to Prince Rupert
Reading recovery program
Letter re (SP463/07: Tabled) ... 1182 Reinstatement of ... 1209
Regional health authorities
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 213)
Rent increases
Impact on AISH recipients ... 1205 Impact on seniors ... 1617
Rental Market Report (CMHC)
Alberta statistics (SP417/07: Tabled) ... 1049
Restaurants - Inspections
Posting of reports on, on Internet ... 1228
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
School dropouts
Aboriginal students ... 673
Schools - Construction
Public/private projects re ... 2165
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Senate
Abolishment of ... 1991 Reform of ... 1991
Senior citizens
Government programs ... 1616-17 Involvement with children ... 1616
Senior citizens - Housing
Sweat-equity credit system re ... 1617
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Service sector
Training programs for ... 1211
Shadow population (Non-ratepayers) - Northern Alberta
Funding for health services for ... 1228
Sheriffs
Replacement of commissionaires ... 2165
Small business
Venture capital for, labour-sponsored, tax break re ... 259
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Social housing
CMHC pamphlet re (SP977/07: Tabled) ... 2249 Unity Centre letters re (SP113, 185, 194, 201-202, 217/07: Tabled) ... 266, 409, 444, 468, 502
Sports
Awards banquet re, program from (SP867/07: Tabled) ... 2063
Spousal abusers
Community programs for ... 1205
Standing Orders
Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 616-17
Steel fabrication plant, Tofield
Foreign workers employment at ... 1051-52
Storybook Love (Play)
Program from school production of (SP485/07: Tabled) ... 1272
Student testing
Achievement tests: International standing of Alberta students, news article re (SP1069/07: Tabled) ... 2390
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2164-65
Tax incentives
For labour-sponsored venture capital funds ... 259 For personal wellness activities ... 1228 For renters ... 1617 For trades people's tools ... 259 For volunteer coaches ... 259
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53)
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Tools
Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) ... 259
Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9)
Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Authorization Act (Bill 33)
Trades schools - Construction
Transportation - Northeast Edmonton
Troy, Father Michael
90th birthday/60th anniversary of ordination, program from dinner for (SP777/07: Tabled) ... 2001
Truck drivers
Driving records of, electronic ... 1890-91 Driving records of, electronic: Documentation re (SP740-741/07: Tabled) ... 1897
Ukrainian Shumka Dancers
Red Boots, Ballet and Bubbly gala, program from (SP746/07: Tabled) ... 1922
Unity Centre of North East Edmonton
Letter re homeless housing needs (SP91: Tabled) ... 231 Letters re affordable housing needs (SP113, 185, 194, 201-202, 217/07: Tabled) ... 266, 409, 444, 468, 502 Rent control, petition presented re ... 724, 800
Victims of crime
Assistance programs pamphlet (SP924/07: Tabled) ... 2145
Victims of Violence (Citizens' rights group)
Notice of meeting of (SP323/07: Tabled) ... 733
Vimy (Play)
Citadel program re (SP745/07: Tabled) ... 1922
Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917)
Member's statements re ... 442-43
Volunteer sport coaches
Tax incentives for ... 259
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Water power
Slave River rapids, harnessing of ... 798, 803 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 803 Use as power source in oil sands production, member's statement re ... 798
Water supply
Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 2175
WellDunn Consulting Ltd.
Geothermal power for the oil sands industry, letter re (SP350/07: Tabled) ... 800
Wellness accounts
Extension to general public ... 1228
Western GeoPower Corp.
Meager geothermal project, description (SP384/07: Tabled) ... 879
Women - Employment
Impact of daycare availability on ... 1205
Women's shelters
Booklet re (SP925/07: Tabled) ... 2145
World Partnership Walk, Edmonton (May 2007)
Yellow Ribbon Gala Benefit and Silent Auction
Program from (SP361/07: Tabled) ... 842
Young offenders
Federal action on, letter re (SP486/07: Tabled) ... 1272
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre)
211 (Telephone help line)
Affordable housing calls ... 802
911 emergency response telephone system
Provincial system for ... 1149
Agricultural Societies Act
Section 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Member's statement re ... 2282
Air quality - Industrial Heartland area
Air quality - Standards
Letter re (SP675/07: Tabled) ... 1782
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues
General remarks ... 11 Midwifery services coverage under health care plan recommendation ... 794, 833
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Former executive director's fraud charges ... 2148 Funding for ... 2148, 2166
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Capital Region Alliance
Alberta creative development initiative (Federal/provincial)
Timeline for applications to ... 1471
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
One grant per organization policy ... 1471
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Midwifery coverage ... 2166 Midwifery coverage, letter re (SP872/07: Tabled) ... 2063 Midwifery coverage, member's statement re ... 833
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Auditor General's comments re ... 729 Elimination of / review of ... 729 Pembina Village seniors facility, Evansburg, report on ... 729, 770
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Tobacco company investments ... 406
Alberta Medical Association
Amended agreement re fees ... 96, 110 Amended agreement re fees: Clinical stabilization initiative in ... 776
Alberta Mental Health Board
Funding ... 788 Mental health strategy ... 789
Alberta seniors benefit program
Dental benefits ... 1155 Letter re (SP871/07: Tabled) ... 2063
Alberta Social Housing Corporation
Funding for upgrading projects in Shaganappi Village, Calgary ... 2166
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 2073, 2075 Second reading: Hoist amendment ... 2355 Committee: Time allocation on (Motion 38: Hancock) ... 2393 Closure of debate on, letter re (SP996/07: Tabled) ... 2292 General remarks ... 2165
All Party* Agreement (re Assembly sitting times, etc.)
Implementation of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... 75, 76
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
Card re showing of Canadian films (SP1037/07: Tabled) ... 2329
Ambulance service
Designation as essential service ... 160 General remarks ... 2067 Responsibility for, decision re ... 506 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions, cancellation of ... 160, 793, 2067
Ambulance service - Finance
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums: Letter re (SP327/07: Tabled) ... 771
Apartment fire, Fort McMurray
Impact of, emergency debate re ... 647-48
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. 2) (Bill 56)
Arsenic in food chain - Fort Chipewyan
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits, indexing of ... 1155 Benefits increase for ... 1155 Funding for ... 2149 Funding for, lapse of ... 2149 Rent costs assistance for recipients of ... 2149, 2166
Auditor General
Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 52, 1622 Drugs administered to long-term care residents, comments re ... 572 Health Facilities Review Committee's enforcement of standards, comments re ... 729 Reports of, referred to Public Accounts committee (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 75-76 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), point of order re ... 1967
Avastin (Drug)
Coverage under health plan ... 793, 794
Battered women - Housing
Second-stage housing ... 802
Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission
Donation to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency motion re ... 1659-60 Independent inspection of, re leadership campaign donations ... 1660
Brown, Mr. Bert
Appointment to the senate, ministerial statement re ... 634
Building leadership for action in schools today (BLAST)
Member's statement re ... 323
Calgary Health Region
Emergency wait times/ambulance wait times in ... 2067 Holy Cross Centre monitoring ... 52 Staff sick leave level ... 676
Cancer incidence - Fort Chipewyan
Capital Health
Full-capacity protocol (emergency rooms) ... 2067
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
Centennial interpretive centres
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Definition of ... 1657 Funding for ... 1150 Lottery funds for ... 1614 Member's statement re ... 1614, 1683 Staffing issues ... 1656-57
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Second Reading: Amendment to refer Bill to Community Services standing committee ... 1339
Citadel Theatre, Edmonton
CKUA Radio
80th anniversary, member's statement re ... 2098
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
CN Rail
Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, report on ... 1149
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 2063, 2101
Collective bargaining - Flagstaff ambulance operators
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Independence of, letter re impact of Bill 41 on (SP929/07: Tabled) ... 2180
Committee of Supply
Cross-ministry discussion rules ... 1191 Evening sitting of, June 5 (Motion 26: Hancock) ... 1472 Standing Order changes re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 614-15
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Evening sitting on June 4 in (Motion 25: Hancock) ... 1450
Committee on Community Services, Standing
Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... 680 Referral of Bill 31, Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007, to (Motion 24: Hancock ) ... 1473
Committee on Government Services, Standing
Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... 680 Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339-40
Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing
Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... 680 Beaver waste management commission's donation to Premier's leadership campaign referral to, emergency motion re ... 1659-60
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Standing Orders change re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76 Standing Orders change re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 613, 614
Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing
Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... 680
Committees, Policy field (all-party)
Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock ) ... 680 Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock ) ... 614 General remarks ... 76
Committees, Select standing
Substitute members on (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 75-76
Community initiatives program
Grants awarded without matching funds, point of order re ... 370
Community mental health services
Conflicts of Interest Review Panel of 1996 (Tupper report)
Constituency weeks (Parliamentary calendar)
Establishment of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... 76, 614
Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202)
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 52 General remarks ... 572 Multicultural provisions in ... 789
Continuing/extended care facilities - Edmonton
Continuing/extended care facilities - Standards
Continuing/extended care facilities residents
Bill of rights for ... 572 Drugs administered to ... 572
Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52)
CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Act (Bill Pr. 1)
Daycare centres
General remarks ... 12 At Legislature Building ... 1613
Daycare centres - Employees
Daycare centres - Grande Prairie
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 111
Dept. of Education
Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2166
Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry
Health workforce planning, funding for ... 775
Dept. of Energy
Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in (SP752/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Point of Order re ... 1967-68 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1215-16, 1224 Minister's misleading statements, point of privilege re ... 1791-92 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2165-66
Dept. of Environment
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1215-16, 1224 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2165
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1215-16, 1224 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 774-77, 779-81, 784-86, 788-90, 793-94 Minister's override of self-regulating professions, letter re (SP929/07: Tabled) ... 2180 Monitoring and enforcement branch, restoration of ... 790 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 96, 110-11 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2147-48, 2166
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Funds transferred to other departments ... 2148
Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Relations
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1462-63
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1146-47, 1149-50 Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... 874 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2166
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1155-56 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2148-49
Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1470-71 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2166-67
Disabled
Caregivers for, respite care for, letter re (SP87/07: Tabled) ... 231 Transfer from hospital care to community-based supports ... 1156
Disabled - Housing
Availability/affordability of ... 1277
Disaster relief
Flooding in central and southern Alberta ... 2166
Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30)
Disputes Inquiry Board
Flagstaff county ambulance operators dispute ... 160
Drink prices in licensed premises
Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) ... 2204
Drugs, Prescription
New drug approval process, national harmonization of ... 793 Provincial pharmacare program ... 793
Drugs, Prescription - Costs
Assistance re rising costs ... 2166 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 793
East Central Health
Audit of St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, sterilization procedures ... 258 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, ministerial statement re ... 254 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, spread of through staff rotations ... 291
Economic growth
General remarks ... 873 Letter re (SP560/07: Tabled) ... 1534
Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation
Provincial funding for ... 1470
Edmonton General Hospital
Culturally specific long-term care units ... 789
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Provincial funding for ... 1470
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Leadership campaign contributions provisions (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1301-02
Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Holy Cross Long Term Care Centre conditions (not proceeded with) ... 51-52 Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray (not proceeded with) ... 647-48 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1799-1800
Emergency Management Alberta
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42
Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's leadership campaign, referral to Managing Growth Pressures committee ... 1659-60
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
Review of Industrial Heartland developments under ... 1224
Environmental Protection Commission
Report on Lake Wabamun train derailment ... 1149
EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts
Provincial funding for ... 1470
Epidemic response services
Family physicians
Incentives to ... 777 Signing bonus for ... 1691
Feeder Associations Guarantee Act
Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
Films, Canadian
Increased exposure for, letter re (SP1037/07: Tabled) ... 2329
Financial Management and Administrative Services (LAO)
Liberal caucus radio ads re environmental laws: Memo approving expenditures re (SP616/07: Tabled) ... 1693, 1694
Fines (TILMA trade agreement violations)
Legislation re (Bill 38) ... 1463
Floods - Central/southern Alberta
Disaster relief re ... 2166
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1215, 1216
Francis Winspear Centre for Music
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Lottery funding for horse racing industry request under, document re (SP654/07: Tabled) ... 1767-68
Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201)
Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210)
Good Samaritan Pembina Village, Evansburg
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Solicitation of political funds from ... 1660
Government programs
Health impact assessments of, legislation re (Bill 214) ... 1767
Grant MacEwan Community College
Nursing degree program, funding for ... 111 Robbins health learning centre ... 111
Groundwater - Industrial Heartland area
Inventory/mapping of ... 1224
Health care facilities - Construction
Funding plans for, 2004-07 (M3/07: Defeated) ... 578
Health care facilities - Maintenance and repair
Health Disciplines Board
Recommendation re midwifery coverage under health plan ... 794
Health employer innovation fund (Proposed)
Health employer innovation fund (Saskatchewan)
Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 48)
Health impact assessments of government programs
Legislation re (Bill 214) ... 1767
Health impact assessments of industrial development
Health Information Act
Access to health records provisions ... 788
Health Information Act Review Committee, Select Special
Reconstitution of ... 785
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41)
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No.2) (Bill 50)
Second reading ... 2225 Committee ... 2430 Third reading ... 2480
Health Quality Council
Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, investigation of ... 257, 258
Health sciences personnel
Recruitment ... 776, 785 Recruitment from overseas ... 776 Retention/replacement of older workers ... 784, 785 Retention strategies for ... 780-81, 785 Workplace wellness of ... 676
Health sciences personnel - Education
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
Health workforce planning
Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214)
Hepatitis
Provincial strategy re ... 440
Hepatitis B and C
Hospital-acquired, legal liability re ... 1485, 2255
High school education - Curricula
Health care career awareness ... 784
HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)
Hospital-acquired, legal liability re ... 1485 Member's statement re ... 2282 Provincial strategy re ... 440, 2327
Holy Cross Long Term Care
Health and safety issues in: Request for emergency debate re ... 51-52 Premier's comments re, letter re (SP153/07: Tabled) ... 325
Home care program - Edmonton
Caregivers for disabled adults, letter re (SP152/07: Tabled) ... 325
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10)
Horse racing
Lottery funding for, document re (SP654/07: Tabled) ... 1767-68
Hospital-acquired infections
Hospital-acquired infections - Prevention
Hospital beds
Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 1789
Hospitals - Calgary
New south Calgary hospital ... 18, 1789
Hospitals - Emergency services
Paramedics wait times in ... 2067 Red alerts re ... 2067 Waiting times in, letter re (SP702/07: Tabled) ... 1818
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
Hospitals - Sterilization procedures
Letters re (SP230-231/07: Tabled) ... 544 Role in blood-borne disease prevention ... 440, 2255
Housing authorities, Nonprofit
Provincial funding for ... 1150
Immigrant doctors
Co-ordinator for ... 779 General remarks ... 776, 779, 780 Residency program for ... 779, 780
Immunization
For humanpapilloma virus ... 793, 794
Income Support program
Emergency housing support ... 1246
Industrial development - Health aspects
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Cumulative impact assessment of ... 1224 Environmental impact of ... 1224 General remarks ... 1146 Impact on water supplies ... 1146, 1224 Waste treatment ... 1224
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
International Women's Day
Ministerial statement re ... 11-12
Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18)
Labour laws and legislation
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1462 Letters re (SP873, 898, 915, 930, 971, 997, 1038, 1063/07: Tabled) ... 2063, 2101, 2137, 2180, 2248, 2292, 2329, 2389
Landlords
Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases ... 874
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sitting for Committee of Supply, June 5 (Motion 26: Hancock) ... 1472 Evening sitting for Committee of the Whole, June 4 (Motion 25: Hancock) ... 1450 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Hancock) ... 2294-96 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Hancock), time allocation motion re (Motion 36) ... 2299 Sitting calendar, conducive to family life ... 613 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business, amendments to Standing Orders re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 75-76 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Orders re: Amendment to, and more (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 613-15
Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17)
Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47)
Loan guarantees, Government
Continuation of statutory enactments re (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
Lobbyists Act (Bill 1)
Second Reading ... 307-09 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services committee (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339-40 Committee ... 1987, 2009-10, 2018-19, 2022, 2119, 2121-25, 2219-22 Committee: Amendment A1(Part A), subamendment A1 (SP833/07: Tabled) ... 2010 Committee: Amendment A1(Part C), subamendment C1 (SP837/07: Tabled) ... 2019 Committee: Amendment A3 (SP960/07: Tabled) ... 2219 Committee: Amendment A4 (SP961/07: Tabled) ... 2221
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 1790
Long-Term Care Review Advisory Committee (1999)
Low-income seniors
Special-needs assistance, exclusion of dental benefits from ... 1155
MacAdams, Roberta (Second woman MLA in Alberta)
Ministerial statement re ... 1612-13
Major community facilities program
Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc.
Former MLA's government contract, point of order re questions re ... 545
McKinney, Louise (Former MLA)
First female MLA in Alberta and British Empire ... 1613
Meals on Wheels, Edmonton
Member's statement re ... 1180
Medical care
Letters re (SP229, 277, 702/07: Tabled) ... 544, 678, 1818
Medical care, Primary
General remarks ... 96, 776 Inclusion of midwifery services under ... 833
Medical care - Fort McMurray
Impact of apartment fire on, emergency debate re ... 647
Medical care - Grande Prairie
Medical care - Northern Alberta
Medical profession - Education
Incentives for students from a rural background ... 777 Instructors for ... 1692
Medical profession - Fees
Amended agreement re ... 96, 110 Amended agreement re: Clinical stabilization initiative in ... 96, 111, 776 Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 1790
Medical profession - Fort McMurray
Relief of, by stand in doctor for a day program ... 96, 110
Medical profession - Grande Prairie
Medical profession - Rural areas
Medical profession - Supply
Medical records, Electronic
Accuracy of ... 788 General remarks ... 785 Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program, funding for ... 96
Medical records, Electronic - Security aspects
Access given to third parties, letter re (SP617/07: Tabled) ... 1693 General remarks ... 785, 788
Medical residents
Training in rural areas ... 1692
Members' apologies to the House
Members of the Legislative Assembly
First female MLAs elected, 90th anniversary of, ministerial statement re ... 1612-13
Members' Statements (2007)
Building leadership for action in schools today ... 323 CKUA radio network anniversary ... 2098 Edmonton Meals on Wheels ... 1180 HIV/AIDS awareness ... 2282 Midwifery services ... 833 Volunteer organizations ... 1614, 1683 Volunteerism ... 562-63
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Questions re Energy dept.'s annual reports accuracy ... 1969
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Second Reading ... 747-50 Second Reading: Referral to Community Services committee (Motion 24: Hancock) ... 1473 Committee ... 2442-44 Third reading ... 2498-99 Letter re (SP278/07: Tabled) ... 678
Mental health innovation fund
Mental health services - Children
Mental health services - Finance
Mental health services - Grande Prairie
Mentally disabled
Community treatment orders for ... 785 Community treatment orders for, legislation re (Bill 31), referred to Community Services committee (Motion 24: Hancock) ... 1473 Involuntary admission of, letter re (SP278/07: Tabled) ... 678
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria)
Vegreville hospital case, spread of ... 291 Vegreville hospital case, testing re ... 257, 258
Midwives and midwifery
Inclusion under health care plan ... 794, 2166 Inclusion under health care plan, letter re (SP872/07: Tabled) ... 2063 Inclusion under health care plan, member's statement re ... 833
Ministerial Statements (2007)
90th anniversary of the election of the first female MLAs ... 1612-13 Appointment of Alberta senator ... 634 St. Joseph's General Hospital ... 254
Motions for Returns (Parliamentary procedure)
Amendment to procedure re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 614
Mount Royal College
Nursing degree program ... 111
Municipal Government Act
Amendment to provide for regional planning ... 1146
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 1462
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1789-90 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1799-1800
Nellie McClung program (Oliver school, Edmonton)
BLAST team, Member's statement re ... 323
Neuropathic pain
Coverage of drug treatment for ... 793, 794
North American free trade agreement
Disadvantages of ... 1462
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Northern Lights Health Region
General remarks ... 1216 Staff shortages ... 1216
Nurses
Workplace wellness of ... 676, 781
Nurses - Grande Prairie
Employment of, impact of lack of daycare on ... 111
Office of the Premier
Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency motion re ... 1659-60 Premier's comments re Holy Cross hospital, letter re (SP153/07: Tabled) ... 325
Official Opposition
Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for: Accounting memo re (SP616/07: Tabled) ... 1693, 1694 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for: News release re (SP601/07: Tabled) ... 1659 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for: Point of order re ... 1694-95 Royalty structure policy, media releases/speech re (SP791-793/07: Tabled) ... 2002
Oil sands development
Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 1215, 1216 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1215 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 1146, 1216
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Cumulative effects assessment of ... 1215-16 General remarks ... 2166 Studies re ... 1215-16
Oil sands development - Health aspects
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable accessible housing ... 1277 Affordable housing ... 802, 1246 Ambulance operators' labour dispute ... 160 Ambulance services ... 2067 Blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases ... 440, 2327 Continuing care standards ... 729, 1622 Good Samaritan Pembina Village ... 770 Ground ambulance services ... 506 Health care aides ... 1995-96 Health care funding ... 1789-90 Health system pressures in Grande Prairie ... 367 Health workforce strategy ... 93-94 Health workforce wellness ... 676 Hospital-aquired infections ... 1485 Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 18 Infection prevention and control in hospitals ... 2255 Long-term care ... 572 Not-for-profit sector ... 1656-57 Physician supply ... 1691-92 Regional health authority budgets ... 2144 Renter assistance programs ... 1447 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257-58, 291-92 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257-58, 291-92 Temporary rent regulation ... 873-74, 929-30 Tobacco reduction ... 406-07 Toxin screening ... 642-43 Water quality in Fort Chipewyan ... 1929-30
Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure)
Amended start time for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76 Changes to ... 614
Other initiatives program (Lottery funds)
Calgary theatre funding ... 1471
Palliser Health Region
Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re, report on ... 793
Pan-Canadian privacy and confidentiality framework (Medical records)
Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 14)
Peace Country Health
Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re, report on ... 506, 793 Funding ... 367 Mental health services funding ... 367
Personal care attendants
Injured on the job, workers' compensation for ... 1996
Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Remuneration for employees working with the disabled ... 1817, 1852, 1922, 1956, 2034, 2062, 2099, 2136 Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... 1766 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1956, 2034
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 545, 1694-95 Allegations against members ... 2204 Division bell interval ... 2414 Factual accuracy ... 2002-03, 2073, 2180-81 False allegations ... 1488, 2295 Imputing motives ... 1449, 1463 Interrupting a member ... 1696 Ministerial responsibilities ... 2146 Parliamentary language ... 1931, 1967 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 94 Reflections on members ... 370 Relevance ... 2354 Separating amendments ... 2415-16
Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16)
Political parties
Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1301-02
Professional Association of Residents of Alberta
Signing bonus for family physicians suggestion ... 1691
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Assessment service for ... 779, 780
Prostitution
Transition programs away from, funded from proceeds from convictions under Bill 203, 2003: Letter re (SP80/07: Tabled) ... 188
Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28)
Public contracts
Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Point of order re questions re ... 545
Public Health Act
Adverse impact of industrial development on water supplies, provision re ... 1224
Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie
Conversion to community health centre ... 367
Questions, Written
Amendment to procedure re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 614
Regional health authorities
Ambulance services ... 2067 Funding ... 2144 Mental health services ... 786, 788, 789 Monitoring of, by provincial government ... 790 Review of ... 789
Rent increases
Assistance programs re ... 1246, 1447 Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions presented re ... 1766 General remarks ... 873-74, 929-30, 1447 Impact on AISH recipients ... 930, 2149, 2166 Impact on disabled ... 1277 Impact on seniors ... 929-30, 1156 Letters re (SP326-327, 482, 633, 674, 720/07: Tabled) ... 771, 1272, 1729, 1782, 1852 Limited to one a year ... 874 Limited to one a year: Legislation re, letter re (SP324/07: Tabled) ... 733
Rental housing
Increase in supply ... 2166
Respite programs (Disabled persons' families)
Royalty Review Panel
Our Fair Share (report): Letter re (SP700/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Presentation to, by Official Opposition energy critic (SP789/07: Tabled) ... 2001-02 Presentation to, by Official Opposition energy critic, website confirmation of (SP790/07: Tabled) ... 2002
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 2165 Official Opposition policy re, media releases/speech re (SP791-793/07: Tabled) ... 2002
Rural electrification associations
Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
Rural Electrification Loan Act
Sections 3 and 36 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act
Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
Rural gas co-ops
Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
Rural Utilities Act
Sections 32 and 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville
Bacterial infection situation in ... 790, 2255 Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from ... 291 Bacterial infection situation in, lawsuits re ... 257, 1485, 2255 Bacterial infection situation in, ministerial statement re ... 254 Bacterial infection situation in, public information session re ... 292 Bacterial infection situation in, spread of ... 291 Bacterial infection situation in, testing re ... 257, 258 Emergency room patient safety at ... 258 Sterilization procedures ... 257, 258, 790
Senators
Appointment of Alberta nominee for, Bert Brown, ministerial statement re ... 634
Senior citizens
Transfer from hospital care to community-based supports ... 1156
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Sexually transmitted diseases
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Second Reading ... 1747-48 Committee ... 1862-65 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP728/07: Tabled) ... 1863 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP729/07: Tabled) ... 1864 Third reading ... 1970, 1975 Petitions presented re ... 1956, 2034
Smoking - Prevention
General remarks ... 406 Province-wide smoking ban re ... 406-07, 794
Social housing
Funding for ... 2166 General remarks ... 802 Letter re (SP483/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Rent supplement program ... 1150 Rent supplement program in Fort McMurray ... 1150 Unhealthy conditions in ... 1246
Social housing - Fort McMurray
Impact of apartment fire on, emergency debate re ... 647
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 2148 Funding for ... 562-63
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Spills (Pollution) - Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment: Report on ... 1149
Standing Orders
Amendment to (sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business) (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 75-76 Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 613-15
Strategy West Inc.
Oil sands growth assessment ... 1215
Supportive living facilities - Rural areas
Supportive living facilities - Staffing
Surplus, Budgetary
Canmore Nordic Centre funding with ... 2167 Hospital funding with ... 18
Tabling returns and reports (Parliamentary procedure)
Notes/newspaper articles quoted during OQP ... 1897
Teachers - Fort McMurray
Northern allowance payments to ... 2166
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP166/07: Tabled) ... 362 Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP468/07: Tabled) ... 1246
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Theatres - Calgary
Provincial funding for ... 1471
Theatres - Edmonton
Provincial funding for ... 1470
Theatres - Finance
One provincial grant per organization policy ... 1471
Time allocation (Parliamentary practice)
Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, letter re (SP996/07: Tabled) ... 2292 Government motion 35, evening sittings for Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 36: Hancock) ... 2299
Tobacco companies
Heritage Fund investment in ... 406
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37)
Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9)
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Discussion in Alberta legislature ... 1462-63, 1488 Fines for noncompliance with ... 1463 General remarks ... 1462-63 Impact on business sector ... 1462 Impact on labour groups ... 1462 Impact on municipalities ... 1462 Training standards recognition under ... 1462
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49)
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206, 2003)
Letter re (SP80/07: Tabled) ... 188
Treasury Board
Meeting minutes, November 14, 2007 (SP1062/07: Tabled) ... 2389
VoicePrint
Brochure of services by (SP539/07: Tabled) ... 1440
Volunteers
Member's statement re ... 562-63
Wages - Disabled facility employees
Wages - Nurses
Funding for ... 2144-45 Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 1790
Wages - Personal care attendants
Wages - Social workers
Letter re (SP701/07: Tabled) ... 1818
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Water quality - Fort Chipewyan
Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on ... 1929-30
Water supply
Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1146, 1224
Women in politics
Encouragement to ... 75, 613
Workers' compensation
For personal care attendants ... 1996
Workers' Compensation Board
Caregivers for the disabled coverage under, letter re (SP87/07: Tabled) ... 231
Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore)
Aboriginal peoples - Health care
Aboriginal peoples - Housing
Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 839
Agricultural land
Protection for, under land-use framework ... 1630
Air quality
Consideration of, under land-use framework ... 1634
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Report: Off-reserve housing recommendation ... 839
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
TILMA agreement, discussions with province re ... 1460
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta Blue Cross Plan
Drug benefits, petitions presented to add Elaprase coverage ... 361, 400
Alberta Food Bank Network Association
Annual report, 2006 (SP514/07: Tabled) ... 1331
Alberta Forest Products Association
Forestry revenues report ... 262
Alberta Government Offices
Performance measures re ... 1458-59 Potential locations for (BRIC countries) ... 1458 Seoul, Korea office ... 1458-59
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Pine beetle control funding from ... 601
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Consultation with, re Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... 1460
Animal Health Act (Bill 32)
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal people ... 1461
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 573
Auditor General
Natural Resources Conservation Board's ability to manage confined feeding operations ... 2217 Payments made to individuals/corporations, review of ... 537 Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... 577 Reforestation programs' performance measures, comments re ... 1457
Camping, Random - Public lands
Fort McMurray area ... 1454 General remarks ... 1454
Canadian Forest Service
Advantages of forest fires ... 677
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at ... 1445
Canmore (Town)
Involvement in sale of land in Wind Valley wildlife corridor area ... 1280
Canmore Golf and Curling Club
Capital region integrated growth management plan
Caribou - Little Smoky watershed
Impact of industrial development on ... 1457
Chronic wasting disease - Prevention
By eliminating game farms ... 2153, 2154 Funding for ... 2154
Climate change
Relation to land-use strategy ... 1634
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Continuing/extended care facilities
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as public member of ... 1486
Corporations - Registration
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1459
Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52)
Deer - Alberta/Saskatchewan border area
Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 2153
Dept. of Education
Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 140
Dept. of Environment
Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 140 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1625-27, 1629-30, 1633-34
Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Relations
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1625-27, 1629-30, 1633-34 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2167
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 140
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1625-27, 1629-30, 1633-34 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1452-57 Staff working alone, safety issues ... 1455 Staffing ... 1454-55 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2152-53
Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture
Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2167-68
Diabetes - Treatment
Aboriginal programs re ... 1464
Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30)
Discovery Wildlife Park
Review of (SP848/07: Tabled) ... 2035
Drilling industry - Métis settlement areas
Directional drilling under, from outside the settlement lands ... 1461
Economic development and the environment
Edmonton-Castle Downs (Constituency)
Member for's meeting with Maskell & Associates, bill for ... 504, 538
Edmonton Garrison Military Family Resource Centre
Benefit for, program (SP894/07: Tabled) ... 2101
Elaprase (Drug)
Addition to drug benefit list, petitions presented re ... 361, 400, 444
Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204)
Endangered wildlife species
Energy industry
Impact on wildlife ... 1457 Use of water supplies ... 1634
Energy industry - Crown lands
Aboriginal issues re ... 1461 General remarks ... 1453
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Energy industry - Marie Lake area
Environmental impact assessments
Cumulative assessments ... 1455 Energy industry development in Marie Lake area ... 1187, 1583 Energy industry development in Marie Lake area, petition presented re ... 1583, 1590, 1684
Environmental protection
Funding for ... 140 General remarks ... 1634 Provision for, under land-use framework ... 1634
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 205)
Family courts
Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1915
FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention)
Indication of advantages of forest fires ... 677
Fisheries, Commercial
Reduction in, compensation program re ... 1455
Fishing, Sport
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2344-45
Fishing derbies
Impact on fish populations ... 1455
Foreign workers, Temporary
Forest firefighters
Loan to other provinces ... 1454
Forest fires
Advantages/disadvantages of ... 602, 677 As pine bark beetle control measure ... 601, 677, 1457
Forest fires - Kananaskis Country
Pine bark beetle control method ... 677
Forest industries
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 262, 1826
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Zoo standards compliance information request under ... 2000
Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201)
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 38)
Grizzly bears - Populations
Grizzly bears - Protection
Healthy forest initiative (Proposed)
High Park elementary school, Edmonton
Closure, letter re (SP115/07: Tabled) ... 266
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Hours of labour
Working alone regulation, forestry staff ... 1455
Hunter's syndrome (Disease)
Drug for, coverage under health care plan, petitions presented re ... 361, 400, 444
Hunting
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2344-45
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Cumulative impact assessment of ... 1634 Impact on water supplies ... 1630 Regional impact of ... 1077, 2138
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Ruling on release of information re contracts for consultants ... 1926
Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 2007-08
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
General remarks ... 1077, 1721-22 Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... 1077, 2138
Keystone wildlife preserve
Establishment of, petitions presented re ... 2035, 2062
Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd.
Review of (SP849/07: Tabled) ... 2035
Labour laws and legislation
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1464
Land-use framework
Air quality considerations under ... 1634 Climate change considerations under ... 1634 Environmental considerations under ... 1634 General remarks ... 1280, 1452-53, 1454, 1457, 1626, 1633-34 Inclusion of energy industry in discussion re ... 1626 Municipal co-operation re ... 1629, 1630 Setbacks from rivers (logging purposes) inclusion in ... 1630, 1633, 1634
Land-use planning - Edmonton area
Landlords
Website listing re ... 1722
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Hancock) ... 2307
Livestock industry, Intensive - Environmental aspects
Logging
Maintenance of setbacks from rivers, etc. during ... 1630, 1633, 1634 As pine bark beetle control measure ... 262, 602, 1457, 2154
Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc.
Former MLA's government contract ... 504, 537-38, 1486 Meeting with Member for Edmonton-Castle Downs, bill for ... 504, 538
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for ... 504, 1486
Members' Statements (2007)
Remembrance Day 2007 ... 1887
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Parliamentary language ... 2307
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 1457
Métis settlements
Funding for ... 1464, 1465 Funding for: Cessation of, in 2007 ... 1464
Mineral rights - Marie Lake area
Mineral rights - Métis settlement areas
Interference with, through directional drilling ... 1461
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for: To enable compliance with interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45
Municipal Government Act
Land-use and water objectives under ... 1630
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 329, 1459, 1460
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1457, 1633-34 Confined feeding operations regulation, Auditor General's comments re ... 2217
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell novel)
Copy tabled (SP784/07) ... 2001
Northeast Capital Industrial Association
Position on mandatory regional planning ... 1077
Nova Chemicals Corporation
Off-highway vehicles
Damage done by ... 1453 Designated areas for ... 1453, 1626 Helmet use on, mandatory for children ... 2070-71 Monitoring of use of ... 1453
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 1077, 1455, 2138
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Cumulative effects assessment of ... 1455
Ombudsman (Métis settlements)
Oral Question Period (2007)
All-terrain vehicle safety ... 2070-71 Capital region municipal planning ... 1077, 1721-22 Confined feeding operations ... 2217 Forest industry sustainability ... 1826 Government contract with former MLA ... 504, 1486 Government contracting policies ... 537-38 Government employment contracts ... 1926 Grizzly bear management ... 1688, 1894 Mountain pine beetle control ... 601-02, 677 Mountain pine beetle effect on timber harvesting ... 262 Off-reserve housing ... 839 Regional municipal planning ... 2138 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 1187, 1583-84 Spring grizzly bear hunt ... 1137 Temporary foreign workers ... 1444-45 Trade, investment, and labour mobility ... 45, 127, 329 Wind Valley wildlife corridor ... 1280 Zoo standards ... 2000
Parks Canada
Alberta consultation with, re pine beetle control ... 601, 677
Patronage
Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for ... 537-38
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Elaprase drug addition to drug benefit list ... 361, 400, 444 Keystone wildlife preserve, establishment of ... 2035, 2062 Marie Lake seismic testing, environmental impact assessment of ... 1583, 1590, 1684 Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... 1533-34, 1684 Social housing costs ... 636
Pine beetles
Impact on forestry sustainability ... 1826 Studies on the effects of (M5/07: Defeated) ... 1082-83
Pine beetles - Control
Cold weather impact on ... 1452 Consultation with other governments re ... 601 Emergency funding for ... 601 Federal funding for ... 1452 By forest burns ... 2154 Funding for ... 1452, 2153, 2154 General remarks ... 262, 601-02, 677, 1457
Pine beetles - Control - Grande Prairie area
Pine beetles - Control - Kananaskis Country
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211)
Postsecondary educational institutions
Provincial funding for, to enable compliance with interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 715-16
Public contracts
Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 504, 537-38
Public contracts for consultants
Release of details re ... 1926
Rail service, High-speed - Edmonton-Calgary
Motion 507: Taft ... 1106
Reforestation
Performance measures for, Auditor General's comments re ... 1457
Regional health authorities
Funding, to enable compliance with interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 45
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Aboriginal students ... 1461
Remembrance Day 2007
Member's statement re ... 1887
Rent control
General remarks ... 2167 Petitions presented re ... 636
Rent increases
Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions presented re ... 1533-34, 1684 General remarks ... 1722
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Government contracts with, release of details re, Information and Privacy Commissioner's ruling re ... 1926
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 215)
School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208)
School boards
Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 45 Provincial funding for, to enable compliance with interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45
Schools - Construction
Public/private projects re ... 140 Public/private projects re: Supporting documentation re (M2/07: Defeated) ... 577
Seismic activity - Marie Lake area
Environmental impact assessment of, petition presented re ... 1583, 1590, 1684 Impact on water quality ... 1187, 1627 Impact on water quality, public consultation re ... 1583-84
Smith, Mr. Murray
Government contracts with, release of details re, Information and Privacy Commissioner's ruling re ... 1926
Social housing
Funding for ... 2167 Petitions presented re ... 636 Rent supplement program ... 2167
Softwoods - Export - United States
Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Export restrictions in (tax/quota system) ... 1457
Spray Lake Sawmills
Logging practices ... 1634
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Time-share company, Canmore
Purchase of land in Wind Valley wildlife corridor ... 1280
Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Authorization Act (Bill 33)
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Alberta withdrawal from ... 1460 Discussion in Alberta legislature ... 45, 127, 329, 1459, 1464 Funding/consultation with MUSH sector re ... 45 General remarks ... 127, 1459, 1460 Impact on Alberta regulations ... 329 Impact on business sector ... 1459 Impact on labour groups ... 1464 Impact on municipalities ... 329, 1459, 1460 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... 1460 Public release of information re ... 329, 1459 Training standards recognition under ... 127, 1464
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49)
Unified Family Court Task Force
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Impact on Municipal Government Act ... 1630
Water licences
Requirement under, to return water to source ... 1634
Water pollution
Prevention of, during logging, by setback requirments ... 1630, 1633-34
Water quality - Marie Lake
Water resources development
Protection for, under land-use framework ... 1630
Water supply
Use by energy industry ... 1634 Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1630
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Red Deer River
Wildlife corridors - Wind Valley (Canmore area)
Time-share development on ... 1280
Workplace safety
Additional employees re ... 1445
World Society for the Protection of Animals
Reviews of Alberta zoos (SP848-849/07: Tabled) ... 2035
Youth apprenticeship program
Aboriginal students ... 1461
Zoning, Municipal
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 329
Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo)
Aboriginal consultation strategy
Aboriginal economic development
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
Aboriginal peoples - Health care
Aboriginal peoples - Housing
Aboriginal peoples - Self-government
Aboriginal/provincial relations
Advisory Council on Alberta-Ukraine Relations
Agricultural subsidies
Reduction of, through World Trade Organization agreement ... 2034
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Report: Off-reserve housing recommendation ... 839
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
TILMA agreement, discussions with province re ... 441, 1460, 1461
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Position on TILMA agreement ... 365, 1244
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, May 2007
Alberta Centennial 2005: Aboriginal Centennial Initiative
Final report (SP548/07: Tabled) ... 1487
Alberta Diabetes Institute
Provincial funding for ... 1964
Alberta Government Offices
Beijing office ... 1428 General remarks ... 1426-27, 1458 Ottawa office, creation of ... 1427 Performance measures re ... 1459-60 Potential locations for (BRIC countries) ... 1428, 1458 Review of ... 1427, 1428, 1429, 1458 Role of ... 1428 Seoul, Korea office ... 1460 Washington, D.C. office ... 1459 Washington, D.C. office: New head of ... 2252 Washington, D.C. office: New representative for ... 2140 Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... 2252
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill 22)
Alberta Regulations
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 841
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Consultation with, re Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... 441, 1460, 1461
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Alexis First Nation
Affordable housing projects ... 1448
Alexis First Nation Reserve
Road maintenance on ... 196
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Bile duct cancer incidence - Fort Chipewyan
Calgary-Mackay (Constituency)
Member for, as Alberta representantive in Washington ... 2140, 2252
Canada - Economic conditions
Impact of Alberta economic growth on ... 1789
Cancer incidence - Fort Chipewyan
Canola - Export - China
Impact of Chinese tariffs on ... 2144
Cattle - Export - United States
Opening of border to over 30 months animals ... 2034
Constitution Act, 2007
House of Commons seating formula change, ministerial statement re ... 675
Consular corps - Alberta
Alberta relations with ... 1657
Consulate, Italian
Closure of ... 2217 Closure of: Minister's letter re (SP958/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as public member of ... 1486-87
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP15/07: Tabled) ... 26
Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Relations
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP806/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1426-30, 1458-65 Staffing ... 1427
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP33/07: Tabled) ... 26
Edible oil tariffs - China
Impact on Alberta canola imports ... 2144
Education, Postsecondary
Aboriginal students ... 1895
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1798-99
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 673
Enbridge Inc.
Gateway pipeline to west coast, aboriginal opportunities re ... 2178
Energy industry
Aboriginal opportunities in ... 673
Energy industry - Crown lands
Aboriginal issues re ... 1462
Equalization payments
Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 43 Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from, letter from Prime Minister re (SP51/07: Tabled) ... 51
Falun Gong-China
Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Response tabled as SP236/07) ... 545
Federal/provincial relations
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Fines (TILMA trade agreement violations)
Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations)
Foreign workers, Temporary
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 38)
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Investigations re ... 2179
Human rights-China
Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Response tabled as SP236/07) ... 545
IBM Corporation
Aboriginal business opportunities ... 2178
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Ruling on release of information re contracts for consultants ... 1926
Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 2007-08
Estimates debated ... 173
International trade
Alberta marketing strategy re (AIMS) ... 1458 General remarks ... 1426-27, 1458 Promotion of, by Alberta foreign offices ... 1428
International trade - China
International trade - Netherlands
International trade - United States
Interprovincial relations
Labour laws and legislation
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1463
Logging industry
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1427
Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc.
Former MLA's government contract ... 469, 1486-87 Former MLA's government contract: Release of details re ... 1926
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for ... 469, 1486-87 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for, release of details re ... 1926
Members' Statements (2007)
The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 443
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: MLA 2006 task force on ... 365 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 365-66
Métis Nation of Alberta Association
Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... 365-66
Métis Settlements Appeal Tribunal
Annual reports, 2005 and 2006 (SP338-339/07: Tabled) ... 772
Métis Settlements General Council
Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... 365-66
Municipalities
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 441, 841, 1460, 1461
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1798-99 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 43 Exclusion from equalization payments, letter from Prime Minister re (SP51/07: Tabled) ... 51
Netherlands
Prime Minister of, visit to Alberta ... 1657, 1761
North American free trade agreement
Oil sands development
Impact on Alberta and Canadian economies ... 1789 Royal Dutch Shell investment in ... 1761
Oil sands development - Health aspects
Olds College
Chinese projects, facilitation of by Alberta foreign offices ... 1428
Oral Question Period (2007)
Aboriginal economic development ... 2178 Aboriginal housing program ... 1448 Aboriginal training and employment ... 673 Alberta/B.C. joint cabinet meeting ... 1241-42 Alberta Diabetes Institute ... 1964 Alberta office in Washington ... 2252 Apprenticeship training ... 1895 Edible oil tariffs ... 2144 Federal equalization payments ... 43 Federal/provincial relations ... 674 Government contract with former MLA ... 1486-87 Government contracting policies ... 469 Government employment contracts ... 1926 Health issues in Fort Chipewyan ... 2179 International trade ... 1657-58 Internet gaming ... 437 Italian consulate ... 2217 Judicial system ... 675 Métis hunting rights ... 365-66 Off-reserve housing ... 839 Oil sands development ... 1789 Oil sands royalty structure ... 2140 Opening of U.S. border to live cattle ... 2034 Road maintenance on Alexis reserve ... 196 Softwood lumber trade agreement ... 541 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 407 Temporary foreign workers ... 1244 Trade, investment, and labour mobility ... 127 Trade, investment, and labour mobility agreement ... 364-65, 441, 841, 1486 Trade with the Netherlands ... 1761 Vocational education ... 539 Water quality in Fort Chipewyan ... 2286-87
Patronage
Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for ... 469 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for, release of details re ... 1926
Poon McKenzie Architects
Chinese projects, facilitation of by Alberta foreign offices ... 1428
Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper)
Public contracts
Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 469 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell, release of details re ... 1926
Public contracts for consultants
Release of details re ... 1926
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.)
Court challenges re Canadian beef imports ... 2034
Regional health authorities
Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 1460
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Government contracts with, release of details re, Information and Privacy Commissioner's ruling re ... 1926
Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy
Report ... to the Ministry of Environment, Province of Alberta ... 1139
Royal Dutch Shell plc
Investment in Alberta oil sands ... 1761
School boards
Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 1460
School dropouts
Aboriginal students ... 673
Senators
Appointment of Alberta nominee for, Bert Brown ... 674
Smith, Mr. Murray
Government contracts with, release of details re, Information and Privacy Commissioner's ruling re ... 1926
Snamprogetti Ltd.
Hydrotreatment plants, Fort McMurray ... 2217
Softwoods - Export - United States
Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 407, 541, 1427 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Export restrictions in (tax/quota system) ... 407, 1427
Soybeans - Import - China
Tariffs on, impact on import of Alberta canola ... 2144
Student exchanges
Provincial funding for ... 1430
Supreme Court of Canada
Aboriginal land claim consultations ruling ... 1462 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 365-66
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Aboriginal employees of ... 673
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Tourism
General remarks ... 1657-58 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1427
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Alberta legislation re ... 364-65 Discussion at joint Alberta/B.C. cabinet meeting ... 1242, 1427, 1459, 1460 Discussion in Alberta legislature ... 1459, 1461, 1463, 1465, 1486 Fines for noncompliance with ... 1459, 1463 Funding/consultation with MUSH sector re ... 1460 General remarks ... 127, 365, 841, 1427, 1461, 1463-64, 1486 Impact on Alberta regulations ... 841 Impact on business sector ... 841 Impact on labour groups ... 1244, 1463, 1465 Impact on logging industry ... 1427 Impact on municipalities ... 441, 841, 1460, 1461, 1486 Impact on tourism industry ... 1427 News release re (SP355/07: Tabled) ... 842 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... 364-65, 441, 1244, 1460, 1461, 1465 Training standards recognition under ... 127, 1463
Traditional land-use studies (First Nations lands)
Trucks - Inspection - Alberta/B.C. border
Joint inspection station ... 1464
Twinning of cities, provinces, etc.
Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917)
Member's statements re ... 443
Water quality - Fort Chipewyan
Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on ... 2286-87
Whitecourt, Town of
Twinning with Kamiyubetsu, Japan ... 1430
World Trade Organization
Agricultural subsidies reduction through ... 2034, 2144 Alberta/China agricultural trade issues, resolution of ... 2144
Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill)
Actions (Law)
Limitation period re (Alberta vs other jurisdictions) ... 122 Limitation period re (recovery of land possession) ... 122
Agricultural value-added production
Fibre road map study re ... 475-76
Alberta Aids to Daily Living
Disabled seniors assistance ... 2386
Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
Funding model for ... 917
Alberta Hospital, Ponoka
Funding model for ... 917
Alberta Lake Management Society
Alberta Motor Association Foundation for Traffic Safety
Report on traffic collisions, injuries, and fatalities ... 1279
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta Water Quality Awareness Day
Member's statement re ... 1533
Alberta Wilderness Association
Prairie grasslands exchange concerns ... 1963
Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 19)
Assessment
Market value as basis for, impact on seniors ... 2386
Auditor General
Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), point of order re ... 1967-68
Automobile drivers' licences
Adaptation for use as passport substitute ... 2107-08
Boards of directors
Appeals from, modified court procedure re (Bill 19) ... 131
Border crossings - Canada/United States
Calgary Health Region
Cancer treatment services ... 917 Funding for ... 296-97, 916-17 Long-term care services ... 917 Mental health services, funding for ... 297, 917 Operating room (surgery) capacity ... 917
Cancer - Treatment - Calgary
Capital Health
Funding for ... 296-97, 917 Mental health services funding ... 917
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Funding for research re ... 1397-98 General remarks ... 2140
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Child care after/before school
Provincial assistance re ... 1576
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Committee on Government Services, Standing
Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007, to (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1396
Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Special
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
First Reading ... 645 Second Reading ... 795-96 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services standing committee (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1396 Committee ... 2239-40, 2270-71 Third reading ... 2471
Court of Appeal
Process re appeals from boards/tribunals, modification of (Bill 19) ... 131
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
D-Day anniversary
Member's statement re ... 1590
David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Mental health services funding ... 917
Daycare centres - Employees
Dept. of Children's Services
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1576
Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1569, 1571
Dept. of Energy
Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Point of Order re ... 1968-69 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1397-98, 1400
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 916-17
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 909
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1573-74
Deputy Ministers
Post-employment cooling off period, legislation re (Bill 2) ... 645
Disabled seniors
Government programs for ... 2386
Drink prices in licensed premises
Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) ... 2201-02
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Calgary vs Edmonton funding levels ... 405
Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1810-11
Endangered wildlife species
Impact of energy industry on ... 1400
Energy industry
Impact on wildlife ... 1400
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 205)
Fish conservation
Impact of Métis hunting/fishing rights on ... 366
Fishing, Sport
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2345
Foothills Medical Centre
Cancer treatment services ... 917 Operating room capacity increase ... 917
Gas, Natural
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1398
Glenbow Ranch provincial park
Government departments
Movement to rural areas ... 1571
Greenhouse gas emissions
General remarks ... 1398 Reduction of ... 2140
Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 48)
Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A-H,K-M) (SP1123/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts I-J) (SP1124/07: Tabled) ... 2465
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41)
Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A,D,F,G) (SP1120/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts B,E) (SP1121/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Committee: Amendment A1 (part C) (SP1122/07: Tabled) ... 2465
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10)
Hunting
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2345
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 1569
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 12)
First Reading ... 50 Second Reading ... 422-23 Committee ... 494
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Carbon dioxide pipeline from ... 2140 Carbon dioxide supply source ... 2140
Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18)
Land possession
Limitation period for recovery of (Bill 17) ... 122
Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17)
First Reading ... 122 Second Reading ... 526 Committee ... 1750 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP640/07: Tabled) ... 1750, 1751 Third Reading ... 1776
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Calgary
Medical care - Finance - Calgary
Medical profession - Education
U of C programs for, funding for ... 297
Medical profession - Supply
Members' Statements (2007)
Alberta Water Quality Awareness Day ... 1533 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 442 D-Day anniversary ... 1590 Remembrance Day 2007 ... 1886-87 St. George's Day ... 761 Society of St. Vincent de Paul ... 2379
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Committee: Amendment A1 subamendments (parts A,G-K) (SP1115/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Committee: Amendment A1 subamendment (part C) (SP1116/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A-B,D-K) (SP1117/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Committee: Amendment A1 (part C) (SP1118/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Committee: Amendment A1 (part L) (SP1119/07: Tabled) ... 2465
Mental health facilities - Employees
Mental health services - Calgary
Mental health services - Finance
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 365-66
Métis Nation of Alberta Association
Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... 365-66
Métis Settlements General Council
Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... 365-66
Ministers (Provincial government)
Post-employment cooling off period, legislation re (Bill 2) ... 645
Municipal development permits
Municipal sustainability initiative
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1810-11
Nuclear power
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1398
Nuclear power plants - Waste disposal
Oil sands development - Waste disposal
Tailings ponds, reclamation of ... 1398
Oral Question Period (2007)
Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration ... 2140 Drug abuse treatment and prevention ... 2067-68 Fibre road map study ... 475-76 Funding for the Calgary health region ... 296-97 Glenbow Ranch provincial park ... 1620-21 High-security drivers' licences ... 2107-08 Métis hunting rights ... 365-66 Postsecondary education funding in Calgary ... 405 Prairie grasslands land exchange ... 1963 Seniors' benefits ... 2386 Speed limit enforcement ... 1279
Persons with developmental disabilities community boards
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Board
Prairie grasslands - Preservation
Prairie grasslands - Southern Alberta
Hays area parcel, conversion to potato production ... 1963
Property tax
Capping of, for seniors ... 2386
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re ... 1574 Seniors' tax relief re, deferral program for ... 1574
Protection for People in Care Act
Rail service, High-speed - Edmonton-Calgary
Motion 507: Taft ... 1106
Reclamation of land
Abandoned well sites ... 1400 Oil sands area ... 1398
Rural economic development
Government strategy re ... 1569, 1571 Performance measures re ... 1571
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
Committee: Amendment A1 (SP862 & 942/07: Tabled) ... 2186
St. George's Day
Member's statement re ... 761
Senior citizens
Government programs ... 2386
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Social services recipients - Protection
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Member's statement re ... 2379
Substance abuse - Prevention
Substance abuse - Treatment
Supreme Court of Canada
Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 365-66
Surgery waiting lists - Calgary
Timber
Value-added processing re, fibre road map study of ... 475-76
Timber killed by pine beetles
University of Calgary
Funding level ... 405 Physician training programs, funding for ... 297
Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917)
Member's statements re ... 442
Water quality
Member's statement re ... 1533
Wildlife conservation
Impact of Métis hunting/fishing rights on ... 366
Wildlife habitat
Impact of energy development on ... 1400
World Water Monitoring Day
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