Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Peace)
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta Centennial World Cup Cross Country competition, Canmore (December 2005)
Alberta College of Art and Design
Alberta creative development initiative (Federal/provincial)
News release re (SP449/07: Tabled) ... 1130 Timeline for applications to ... 1471
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Employment of underage musicians in licensed premises, approval of ... 1469
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
Disabled remand centre inmates facilities complaints ... 263 French language use at Suncor worksite, investigation of ... 15 Funding for ... 1422, 1466 Staffing ... 1472
Alberta Music Festival Association
Alberta Outfitters Association
Involvement with tourism development projects ... 1424
Alberta Recreation Corridors Coordinating Committee (2006)
Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation
Alpha Gamma Delta (Sorority)
CIP grant given to ... 401 CIP grant given to, issue paper re (SP181/07: Tabled) ... 409
Arts
Provincial support for ... 672
Arts festival, Provincial
Auditor General
Community facility enhancement program grants comments ... 571 Community initiatives program guidelines, consultation re ... 1082
Autism spectrum disorder
Funding for services re ... 728 Multidisciplinary evaluation teams re ... 728
Banff Centre for Continuing Education
Book publishing
Provincial support for ... 1725
Bow River weir project - Calgary
Calgary Olympic Development Association
Capital renewal project funding ... 1422, 1466
Campgrounds, Provincial
Fees in ... 194 Increase in numbers of ... 1424
Canada Council for the Arts
Co-sponsor of Alberta creative development initiative ... 1471
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Funding for, economic impact of ... 1423, 1465
Citadel Theatre, Edmonton
Provincial funding for ... 1471
Coal-bed methane extraction - Rumsey ecological area
General remarks ... 46, 92
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Community facility enhancement program
General remarks ... 1927 Grant applications, rejected, 1998-2005 (Q22/06: Response tabled as SP142/07) ... 299 Grant applications awarded without matching funds, 1998-2005 (Q23/06: Response tabled as SP143/07) ... 299 Grant applications process ... 571 Grant maximums ... 1426
Community initiatives program
General remarks ... 1927 Grants awarded without matching funds ... 365, 401, 434-36, 438, 696, 806, 1082, 1134-35 Grants awarded without matching funds, 1998-2005 (Q20/06: Response tabled as SP140/07) ... 299 Grants awarded without matching funds, information re (SP180-181/07: Tabled) ... 409 Grants awarded without matching funds, review of ... 435, 438 Grants rejected, 1998-2005 (Q21/06: Response tabled as SP141/07) ... 299 Guidelines ... 1082 Guidelines, consultation with Auditor General re ... 1082 Guidelines, copy tabled (SP450/07) ... 1130 Political influence in granting process re ... 365, 401
Community spirit program for charitable giving
MLA committee to establish ... 769, 1422 Workbook for (SP623/07: Tabled) ... 1694
Culture - Finance
General remarks ... 1422 Impact on communities ... 1465
Dept. of arts, culture, and heritage (Proposed)
Dept. of Community Development
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP19/07: Tabled) ... 26
Dept. of Finance
Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP grants ... 365
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP grants ... 365
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP grants ... 365
Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP812/07: Tabled) ... 2002 "Culture" as last element in the dept.'s name ... 1470 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1422-26, 1465-72 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP636/07: Tabled) ... 1729
Dinosaur tracks interpretive centre, Grande Prairie
Dinosaur trail
Development of, throughout Alberta ... 1424
Donating to charitable organizations
Economic development and the environment
General remarks ... 43, 46, 92
Education - Curricula
Fine arts programs ... 1468
Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27)
First Reading ... 467 Second Reading ... 552, 552 Committee ... 654 Third Reading ... 664
Employment standards
Oil sands industries ... 15
Energy industry
Activity in protected areas ... 43, 46, 92, 228
EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts
Provincial funding for ... 1471
Film development grant program
Fish and wildlife officers
Increase in numbers of, in provincial parks ... 1422, 1425, 1466
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Fort George and Buckingham House (Historic site)
Exhibit improvement funding ... 1422, 1466
Francis Winspear Centre for Music
Provincial funding for ... 1471
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
CIP program information request under ... 365
Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210)
Glenbow Ranch provincial park
Development of ... 1620-21 Harvie family contribution to ... 1621
Government appointments
PC party supporters' appointments ... 1189
Government of Alberta
Website, posting of major community facilities grant recipients on ... 1927
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Historic site)
Theatre presentation funding ... 1422, 1466
High Island natural area
Webcam installation in, impact of ... 510
Historic Dunvegan (Historic site)
Exhibit improvement funding ... 1422, 1466
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 1469
Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act
Violation of section 3, re email posted on Save My CWB website ... 405
Inmates of remand centres, Disabled
Jasper National Park
100th anniversary ... 1424
Juno awards - Calgary (2008)
Provincial funding for ... 1468
Labour laws and legislation
Land-use framework
General remarks ... 43, 91
Licensed premises
Employment of underage musicians in ... 1469
Lottery Fund
Bow River weir project funding ... 1619 Funds allocation ... 1422, 1466, 1467 Website information re ... 1472
Major community facilities program
Calgary Bow River weir project funding ... 1619 Cultural facilities funding ... 1471 Eligibility of exhibitions/fairs under ... 806 Funding for ... 1422, 1423, 1466 General remarks ... 695-96, 1423, 1426, 1927 Oversubscription of ... 1426 Posting of recipients of, on government website ... 1927
Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc.
Former MLA's government contract ... 1189
Music festivals
Provincial support to ... 260
Natural areas
Industrial development in ... 43, 46, 92
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Rental rate reductions ... 1468
Office of the Premier
Premier's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP grants ... 365
Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
Alberta potential ambassador/co-ordinator to (Mark Norris) ... 1189
Oral Question Period (2007)
Arts funding ... 769, 1725, 2383-84 Autism spectrum disorder ... 728 Calgary Bow River weir project ... 1619 Community facility enhancement program ... 571 Community grant programs ... 1927 Community initiatives program ... 365, 401, 434-35, 438, 806, 1082, 1134-35 Community initiatives program grant ... 435-36 Disabled inmates at remand centres ... 263 E-mail from a government computer ... 405 Employment standards ... 15 Glenbow Ranch provincial park ... 1620-21 High Island natural area webcams ... 510 Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 Major community facilities program ... 695-96 Oil and gas activity in Rumsey natural area ... 46, 92 Provincial Olympic co-ordinator ... 1189 Provincial park user fees ... 91-92 Provincial parks and protected areas ... 228 Royal Alberta Museum renovations ... 672 Support for exhibitions and fairs ... 806 Support for music festivals ... 260 Tourism industry ... 1056-57 User fees in provincial parks ... 194
Other initiatives program (Lottery funds)
Calgary Bow River weir project funding ... 1619 Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society grant request from ... 435
Parks, Provincial
75th anniversary of ... 1422, 1424, 1466 Campground spaces in, P3 opportunities re ... 1425 Conservation of ... 228 Funding for: Economic impact of ... 1423, 1465 Funding for: Nominal sum disposals projects ... 1468 General remarks ... 1425 Maintenance upgrades for ... 1422, 1466, 1469 New park designations ... 1469 Policy review of ... 91, 92, 1422 Staffing increase for ... 1425 User fees in ... 91, 194
Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary
Political influence
CIP granting process ... 365, 401
Protected areas
General remarks ... 1425 Industrial development in ... 228
Recreation areas
General remarks ... 1425 Policy review of ... 1422
Recreational trails
Funding for development of ... 1424
Remand centres
Facilities for disabled inmates in ... 263
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Gallery renovation funding ... 1422, 1466
Rumsey natural area
Industrial activity in ... 43, 46, 92
Slot machines in racing entertainment centres
Revenue from: Transferred to horse racing industry ... 1469
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Rental rate reductions ... 1468
Special places
Energy industry activity in ... 46, 92 General remarks ... 1425
Sports
Provincial support for ... 1422, 1423, 1426 Provincial support for, economic impact of ... 1423, 1465
Sports facilities - Finance
Stephansson House (Historic site)
Exhibit improvement funding ... 1422, 1466
Strategic Tourism Marketing Council
Strategic tourism marketing plan
Suncor Inc.
Dismissal of employee over language issues ... 15
Symbols of distinction, Cultural
Legislation re (Bill 27) ... 467
Tax incentives
For charitable donations ... 769 Film/TV production companies ... 2383
Western Canada Games
Provincial funding for ... 1423
Western Canada Summer Games, Strathcona County (August 2007)
Provincial funding for ... 1423
Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society
CIP grant funding for ... 434-36 CIP grant funding for, correspondence re (SP180/07: Tabled) ... 409 Other initiatives program funding for ... 435-36
Western Irrigation District
Water from Calgary Bow River weir ... 1619
World half marathon
Provincial funding for ... 1423
World Masters [summer] Games, Edmonton (July 2005)
Graydon, Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti)
Airports - Grande Prairie
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Former chairman, retirement of, member's statement re ... 288-89
Alberta Medical Association
Amended agreement re fees ... 640-41 Amended agreement re fees: Clinical stabilization initiative in ... 640
Alberta Order of Excellence
Inductees into, member's statement re ... 596
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
CN Rail
Grain transportation capacity in northern Alberta ... 1133
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1405-06
Drink prices in licensed premises
Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) ... 2198-99
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 205)
Highway 43 - Grande Prairie area
Highway 43 - Grande Prairie to B.C. border
Highway 43 - Mayerthorpe to Sangudo
Hospitals - Beaverlodge
General remarks ... 1406 Petition presented re ... 400 Petition tabled re (SP189/07) ... 409
McCrank, Mr. Neil (QC)
Member's statement re ... 288-89
Medical profession - Fees
Amended agreement re ... 640-41 Amended agreement re: Clinical stabilization initiative in ... 640
Medical profession - Supply
Members' Statements (2007)
Alberta Order of Excellence inductees ... 596 Jeff Toews ... 1047 Mr. Neil McCrank, QC ... 288-89
North-south trade corridor
Oral Question Period (2007)
Health care funding ... 640-41 North-south trade corridor ... 505-06 Rail transport of grain ... 1133
Peace Air
Cessation of business ... 1406
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
New hospital for Beaverlodge ... 400
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007)
New hospital for Beaverlodge (SP189/07) ... 409
Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie
Rail service - Northern Alberta
Grain hauling capacity ... 1133
Road construction
Resource road program, funding for ... 1406
Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11)
Toews, Mr. Jeff
Death in Mexico, member's statement re ... 1047
Griffiths, Doug (PC, Battle River-Wainwright)
Alberta Medical Association
Amended agreement re fees ... 635
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Battle River - Water levels
Bills, Government
Bill 204, six month hoist amendment at second reading ... 582
CN Rail
Grain transportation capacity in northern Alberta ... 1278
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 2255
Committee on Government Services, Standing
Referral of Bill 213, Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act, to ... 2038
Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202)
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1402-04
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 912-13 Performance measures ... 913
Drink prices in licensed premises
Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) ... 2203-04
Economic growth
Impact on water supplies ... 2139 Planning for ... 905
Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27)
Second Reading: Six month hoist ... 582
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)
Energy strategy
Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... 859-60
Family courts
Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1916-17
Government programs
Managing expectations re ... 905 Performance measures for ... 905
Government spending policy
Grass fire - Castor area
Member's statement re ... 2098
Groundwater
Inventory/mapping of ... 2255
Groundwater - Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 2255
Highway 13 - Camrose area east
Upgrading of (rut and fill) ... 877
Immigrant doctors
Residency program for ... 635
Medical profession - Education
Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 635
Medical profession - Rural areas
Medical profession - Supply
Member's statement re ... 635
Members' Statements (2007)
Castor area grass fire ... 2098 Newborn metabolic screening program ... 596 Physician supply ... 635 Television production in Hardisty ... 869
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for: Reporting/ accounting requirements re ... 912-13
Municipal sustainability initiative
Newborn metabolic screening program
Member's statement re ... 596
Northern Lights Health Region
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 905 Workforce issues ... 905
Oral Question Period (2007)
Groundwater stewardship ... 2255 Highway 13 ... 877 Nonresident hunting regulations ... 1445-46 Postsecondary opportunities ... 162-63 Teacher recruitment and retention ... 2031 Trade corridors to Prince Rupert ... 1278 Water management ... 2139
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2061
Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16)
Port of Prince Rupert
Alberta initiatives re ... 1278
Quality of life
Performance measures re ... 905
Rail service - Edmonton to Prince Rupert
Rail service - Northern Alberta
Grain hauling capacity ... 1278
Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 213)
Second reading ... 2038-39 Second reading: Amendment (referral to Government Services committee) ... 2038
Rural family medicine network
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Petitions presented re ... 2061
Social housing - Rural areas
South Saskatchewan River basin
Teachers
Recruitment and retention of ... 2031 Recruitment and retention of, role of unfunded pension liability five-year agreement in ... 2031
Television production - Hardisty
Member's statement re ... 869
Trade corridor - Eastern Alberta
Treasury Board
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 905
Unified Family Court Task Force
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water resources development
Water storage - Battle River watershed
Water supply
Impact of economic growth on ... 2139
Watershed planning and advisory councils
The Week the Women Left (Documentary)
Filming in Hardisty, member's statement re ... 869
Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood)
Agri-environmental strategy
Agricultural Operation Practices Act
Confined feeding operations provisions ... 603
Agricultural Societies Act
Section 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41 Section 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld): Answers to questions during debate (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Agricultural value-added production
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour laws ... 130
Agriculture competitiveness initiative
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP695/07: Tabled) ... 1818 CAIS program administration ... 767 CAIS program changes ... 2107 General remarks ... 1266
Agriculture growth strategy
Agriculture workforce strategy
Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council
Annual reports, 2003-07 (SP425-428/07: Tabled) ... 1074
Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies
Review of provincial funding formula for smaller societies ... 806
Alberta Beekeepers Association
Role re bee die-off situation ... 1443
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Sour gas wells, approval of ... 1929
Alberta farm fuel benefit program
Auditor General's remarks re ... 1765 General remarks ... 1392, 1765 Internal audit of ... 1392
Alberta farm recovery program
Animal diseases
Emergency response to (Bill 32) ... 670
Animal Health Act (Bill 32)
First Reading ... 670 Second Reading ... 755-56 Committee ... 1520-21, 1524-25 Third Reading ... 1710 Responses to questions during debate on (SP423-424/07: Tabled) ... 1074
Animal health investigation committee (Dept. of Agriculture and Food)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
Second Reading ... 240-41 Response to questions during second reading of (SP177/07: Tabled) ... 400
Auditor General
Agricultural aid delivery problems, comments re ... 2179 Dept. of Agriculture computer use policy, report on ... 190 Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1263-64, 1265, 1392, 1765, 1892
Auditor General (Federal)
Agriculture income stabilization program, report on ... 767
Barley - Marketing
Federal plebiscite re ... 472, 1267 Federal plebiscite re, provincial advertisements re ... 129 General remarks ... 472
Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd.
Sour gas leak, Stettler area ... 1929
Beef - Export
Federal regulations re ... 1617
Beef - Export - United States
Restrictions on, due to E coli in hamburger ... 1821
Bees - Import - United States
Bison - Export - United States
Opening of border to over 30 months animals ... 2033-34
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Bovine tuberculosis
General remarks ... 1927 Impact on beef industry ... 1927
By-elections - Drumheller-Stettler constituency
PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... 1654
Canada-Alberta Farm Water Program
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Administration of Alberta farm recovery program through ... 1786, 1927, 2107 Administrative improvement of ... 767 Bovine tuberculosis cases, assistance re ... 1927 Changes to ... 2107 Conflict of interest in administration of ... 767 Federal Auditor General's report on ... 767 Federal contribution to ... 42-43, 100 General remarks ... 99-100, 1417, 2107 Honeybee coverage ... 1443 Low seeded acres benefit ... 1656 Overpayments from ... 100, 767 Producer savings account component ... 42, 100 Reference margins adjustment in ... 100, 102, 437 Seed potato growers' compensation re potato cyst nematode infestation ... 2000
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
Cattle age verification system ... 2034 Food chain traceability system ... 1421
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Ban on seed potato exports to U.S. ... 2000 Bovine tuberculosis case, investigation of ... 1927 E coli in exported beef situation ... 1821 Feed ban enhancement (specified risk materials removal) ... 1617 Olymel pork plant, Red Deer, situation ... 1959, 2065 Risk assessment re importing honeybees from the U.S. ... 1443
Canadian Transportation Agency (Federal)
Rail transport of grain in northern Alberta ... 1133
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta position on ... 190 Alberta position on, role of Alberta Grain Commission in ... 1267 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by ... 472 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by, eligible voters for (Q11/07: Response tabled as SP388/07) ... 879 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by, provincial advertisements re ... 129
Canola - Export - China
Impact of Chinese tariffs on ... 2144
Cattle
Age verification system re ... 2034
Cattle - Export - United States
Opening of border to over 30 months animals ... 2033-34 Opening of border to under 30 months animals ... 93, 1419
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Choice Matters; Marketing Choice for Alberta Producers
Advertising costs re (Q35/06:Response tabled as SP50/07) ... 51
CN Rail
Grain transportation capacity in northern Alberta ... 1133
Colony collapse disorder (Honey bees)
Computers, Government - Security aspects
Conflict of interest
Agriculture income stabilization program administration ... 767
Cow-calf producers
Provincial assistance to ... 2254
Crop insurance program
Seeding failure, coverage of input costs re ... 1656 Spring price endorsement option ... 1417 Unseeded acreage benefit under ... 1656
Dept. of Agriculture (United States)
Ban on import of potato cyst nematode infested seed potatoes ... 1999-2000 Delisting of Olymel pork processing plant, Red Deer ... 1959, 2065
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP17/07: Tabled) ... 26
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP795/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement with ... 1332 Budget ... 1262 Competitiveness initiative steering group ... 1418 Computer use policy ... 190 Email posted on SaveMy CWB website (SP85/07: Tabled), minister's response to (SP100/07: Tabled) ... 265 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1261-67, 1417-21 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP496, 589/07: Tabled) ... 1330, 1623 Minister's participation in farm fuel distribution allowance program ... 1264 Regional offices of, closure ... 2179 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 99-100, 101-02
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Former minister's involvement with Balzac racing complex ... 1332
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on agricultural sales ... 1786
Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency)
By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... 1654
Edible oil tariffs - China
Impact on Alberta canola imports ... 2144
Electric power - Prices
Increases in, to farmers ... 1765 PC candidate's statement re, in Drumheller by-election campaign ... 1654
Electric utilities - Regulations
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 130
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Clean-up costs re ... 2179
Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance
Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's comments on ... 1263-64, 1265, 1392, 1765, 1892 Minister of Agriculture's participation in ... 1264
Farmers' Advocate
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP429/07: Tabled) ... 1074 General remarks ... 1929, 2179
Feed
Enhanced ban on, federal/provincial funding re ... 93, 1262, 1421, 1617
Feeder Associations Guarantee Act
Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41 Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld): Responses to questions during debate (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Feedlots
CAIS reference margin initiative, eligibility for ... 437
Field Crop Development Centre, Lacombe
Barley research programs ... 729-30
Food chain traceability programs
Food safety
E coli in beef ... 1821 General remarks ... 2065
Foreign workers, Temporary
Agricultural jobs for ... 130 Treatment/safety of ... 130
Gas well drilling industry - Safety aspects
Great Northern Grain Terminals Ltd.
Complaint to Canadian Transportation Agency re rail service for grain hauling ... 1133
Hamburger meat - Safety aspects
E coli in exported beef situation ... 1821
Honey - Food safety aspects
Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10)
Institute for agriculture, forestry and the environment (Proposed)
Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences Alberta
Irrigation Districts Act
Plebiscite provisions ... 1536
KPMG consulting
Canadian Wheat Board plebiscite on barley marketing, assembling of eligible voters for (Q11/07: Response tabled as SP388/07) ... 879
Labour laws and legislation
Coverage of agricultural workers ... 130
Land-use framework
Impact on agriculture ... 1420
Livestock
Impact of sour gas emissions on ... 1929
Livestock diseases
Emergency response to (Bill 32) ... 670
Livestock Diseases Act
Replacement by Animal Health Act (Bill 32) ... 670
Livestock Identification Services Ltd.
Chief Operating Officer's report, 2006-07 (SP696/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Manager's report, 2005-06 (SP49/07: Tabled) ... 51
Livestock industry, Intensive
Regulations changes re ... 1135
Livestock industry, Intensive - Environmental aspects
Calmar/Devon dairy farm location ... 603 General remarks ... 1655
Loan guarantees, Government
Continuation of statutory enactments re (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41
Meat packing industry
CAIS reference margin initiative, eligibility for ... 437 General remarks ... 1419
Municipal District of Rocky View
Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 223, 1536
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1135
Olds College
Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1332
Oral Question Period (2007)
Agricultural assistance ... 42-43, 2179 Agricultural income stabilization program ... 437, 767, 2107 Agriculture competitiveness initiative ... 1334-35 Alberta farm recovery plan ... 1786 Barley marketing ... 129, 472 Barley research ... 729-30 Bee colony collapse disorder ... 808 Beef export regulations ... 1617 Beef safety ... 1821 Bovine tuberculosis ... 1927 Computer use policy in agriculture department ... 190 Confined feeding operations ... 1135, 1655 Crop insurance for seeding ... 1656 E-mail from a government computer ... 441 Edible oil tariffs ... 2144 Electricity deregulation ... 1654 Enhanced feed ban for cattle ... 93 Farm fuel rebate program ... 1392, 1765, 1892 Honeybee die-off ... 1443 Large agricultural operations near waterways ... 603 Liquid strychnine ... 930-31 Municipal waste-water infrastructure assistance ... 223 Olymel pork processing plant ... 1959-60, 2065 Opening of U.S. border to live cattle ... 2033-34 Potato cyst nematode ... 1999-2000 Racing entertainment centre project ... 1332-33 Rail transport of grain ... 1133 Sour gas well safety ... 1929 Support for cow-calf producers ... 2254 Support for exhibitions and fairs ... 806 Support for seniors ... 1616-17 Temporary foreign workers ... 130 Western irrigation district ... 1536, 1615
Pest control in the honey industry
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal)
Strychnine as pest control, study re ... 930-31
Phostoxin (Pest control product)
Plebiscites, Federal
Barley marketing choice ... 472 Barley marketing choice, provincial advertisements re ... 129
Plebiscites, Provincial
Western Irrigation District plebiscite to transfer water licence to racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1536
Pork - Export - United States
Prevention of, from Olymel pork plant in Red Deer ... 1959-60, 2065
Pork industry
Provincial assistance to ... 1960
Poultry industry
Impact of supply management on ... 1419
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Rail service - Northern Alberta
Grain hauling capacity ... 1133
Reclamation of land
Energy industry activity ... 2179
Rent increases
Impact on seniors ... 1617
Rural economic development
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 Sections 3 and 36 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld): Responses to questions during debate (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act
Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140-41 Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld): Responses to questions during debate (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330
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 Sections 32 and 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld): Responses to questions during debate (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Save My CWB (Website)
Email posted on ... 190, 441 Email posted on, senders apology for ... 441 Email posted on (SP85/07: Tabled), minister's response to (SP100/07: Tabled) ... 265
Seed potatoes
Infestation by potato cyst nematode ... 1999-2000
Senior citizens
Government programs ... 1616-17 Involvement with children ... 1616
Senior citizens - Housing
Sweat-equity credit system re ... 1617
Sewage disposal plants - Balzac area
Funding for racing entertainment centre project ... 223
Soybeans - Import - China
Tariffs on, impact on import of Alberta canola ... 2144
Specified risk material (Cattle parts)
Disposal of ... 1617 Federal regulations re ... 1617 Research into, federal/provincial funding for ... 93
Supply management in agriculture
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Triticale (Grain) - Research
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Role of irrigation districts in ... 1419
Water licences
Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1332-33 Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1536, 1615
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Red Deer River
Western Irrigation District
Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1536, 1615 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex: Plebiscite re ... 1536
Workers' Compensation Board
Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 130
World Organisation for Animal Health
BSE risk status for Canadian beef ... 1421
World Trade Organization
Agriculture agreements, provincial transition assistance programs for (proposed) ... 1262, 1417 Negotiations of ... 1419
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