MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar)
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural land
Impact of industry on ... 1643
Agricultural Societies Act
Section 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140
Agricultural value-added production
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour laws ... 130
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
CAIS program administration ... 98 Employee computer security awareness in ... 1266
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36)
Alberta Electric System Operator
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Approval process change ... 1632 Approval process for transmission lines, based on public convenience/need ... 1889 Board members' resignation from ... 2137 Coal-bed methane production comments ... 1623 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re ... 813, 814, 816, 817, 1785, 1850, 1856, 1889 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Letter re resumption of (SP252/07: Tabled) ... 598 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Petitions for public inquiry re use of private investigators at ... 1852, 1922, 1956, 2034, 2136, 2209 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Security measures re, letter re (SP698/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at ... 2104, 2137-38, 2208 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at, letters re (SP699, 722, 768/07: Tabled) ... 1818, 1852, 1965 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, informing landowners re ... 1643 Electricity transmission lines, cost sharing recommendation re ... 812, 816 Electricity transmission lines, regulating of ... 544, 605 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings at ... 475, 1643 Report ... 1586 Separation into two boards: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 2027-28, 2066 Supply/demand outlook report ... 1631-32 Transfer of authority of, to Independent System Operator ... 544, 605, 813, 814, 816, 817 Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Cost to prepare Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo for (Q15/07: Response tabled as SP684/07) ... 1660 Workload ... 816
Alberta farm fuel benefit program
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office: New representative for ... 2140 Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... 810-11, 2140
Alberta Grain Commission
Annual report of ... 1266 Role of ... 1266
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
General remarks ... 171 Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 590-91
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Head office location in Edmonton, letter re (SP253/07: Tabled) ... 598
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill 22)
Second Reading ... 429-30 Committee ... 629-30 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP264/07: Tabled) ... 630 General remarks ... 171 Letter re (SP253/07: Tabled) ... 598
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 35)
Alberta royalty tax credit
CO 2 projects, letter re (SP721/07: Tabled) ... 1852 Elimination of ... 810, 2164
Alberta utilities commission
Advertisment for chair of (SP749/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Advertisment for senior officials of (SP750/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Creation from former Alberta Energy and Utilities Board: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 2027-28, 2066 Hearing/appeal processes ... 1850, 1856-57, 1888-89
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 2006-08, 2075-79, 2357-58, 2360 Committee ... 2361, 2363-65, 2394-96, 2411-12 Third reading ... 2423-27 Third reading: Amendment, recommittal to Committee, motion for (MacDonald) ... 2423 Alberta Wilderness Association letter re (SP1035/07: Tabled) ... 2329 Amending of ... 1925 Amendments to (SP999/07: Tabled) ... 2292 Calgary city council letter re (SP861/07: Tabled) ... 2036 Draft regulations release, request for (SP998/07: Tabled) ... 2292 Flyers re (SP734, 932/07: Tabled) ... 1896, 2181 General remarks ... 1785, 1888-89, 1925-26, 1930 Impact on property rights of landowners ... 1856, 1925-26 Letters re (SP1064-65/07: Tabled) ... 2389 Member's statement re ... 1850, 2208 Official Opposition press release re (SP678/07: Tabled) ... 1782 Sale of water provisions under ... 1959 Website exerpt re (SP770/07: Tabled) ... 1966
Alberta Wilderness Association
Letter re opposition to Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act (SP1035/07: Tabled) ... 2329
Alberta's Dramatic Crude Oil Growth in an Environment of Conventional Crude Oil Decline (Government document)
Copy tabled (SP362/07) ... 842
AltaLink Management Ltd.
Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary ... 813 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Letter re resumption of hearings re (SP252/07: Tabled) ... 598 Official of, conflict of interest re provincial electricity transmission policy ... 816-17
Animal Health Act (Bill 32)
Apprenticeship training - Finance
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. 2) (Bill 56)
Athabasca River - Water levels
Joint federal/provincial report on (SP59/07: Tabled) ... 86
Auditor General
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation employees' computer security awareness comments ... 1266 Annual report, 2006-07: Royalty audit group staffing/processes ... 1785 Dept. of Agriculture computer use policy, report on ... 190 Dept. of Education recommendations ... 1259-60 Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1262-63, 1264-65, 1266 Memo to, re Public Accounts' authority to call witnesses (SP291/07: Tabled) ... 697 Reforestation programs' performance measures, comments re ... 1628 Resource royalty holiday programs ... 810, 1622 Resource royalty system comments ... 817, 819, 2164 Royalty tax credit elimination recommendation ... 810
Auditor General Act
Exclusion of Market Surveillance Administrator from ... 1889
Bissell Centre, Edmonton
Eviction of homeless from public land adjacent to ... 1279
Brokers of foreign worker importation
By-elections - Drumheller-Stettler constituency
PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... 1654 PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation, news article re (SP599/07: Tabled) ... 1658
Calgary
Concerns re Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Bill 46 (SP861/07: Tabled) ... 2036
Calgary Health Region
Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter re and response to (SP239/07: Tabled) ... 564
Calgary Herald (Newspaper)
Natural resources revenues article (SP209/07: Tabled) ... 502, 575 PC candidate for Drumheller-Stettler by-election's comments re electricity deregulation, article re (SP599/07: Tabled) ... 1658
Calgary-Mackay (Constituency)
Member for, as Alberta representantive in Washington ... 2140
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Sponsorship of net zero energy house, Edmonton ... 2025
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Federal contribution to ... 98 Overpayments from ... 98 Payments made to Minister of Municpal Affairs and Housing from ... 98 Reference margins adjustment in ... 98
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Royalty system comments ... 640, 1180
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta position on ... 190, 1267 Alberta position on, role of Alberta Grain Commission in ... 1266
Cancer in construction workers
Workers' Compensation Board coverage of ... 1177
Canmore Golf and Curling Club
Extension of lease of ... 1628
Capital Health
Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter requesting (SP239/07: Tabled) ... 564 Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter requesting, resonse to (SP279/07: Tabled) ... 678
Carbon dioxide emissions
CO 2 Monitoring and Storage Project, Weyburn, report (SP116/07: Tabled) ... 266
Carbon dioxide projects
Royalty credit program re, letter re (SP721/07: Tabled) ... 1852
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Cargill, Incorporated
Involvement in biofuel industry ... 819
Cavanagh, Councillor Terry
Member's statement re ... 1478
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Coal-bed methane - Royalties
Coal-bed methane extraction
Animal/human health issues re ... 1220 Groundwater pollution issues ... 1220-21
Coal-bed methane extraction - Environmental aspects
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Authority to call witnesses, memo to Auditor General re (SP291/07: Tabled) ... 697 Capital and Calgary health region to meet with, letter re and Calgary response to (SP239/07: Tabled) ... 564 Capital Health to meet with, letter re (SP279/07: Tabled) ... 678 Deputy Ministers to meet with, letter re (SP460/07: Tabled) ... 1182 East Central Health to meet with, letter re (SP536/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Minister of Education nonappearance at, agenda item re (SP336/07: Tabled) ... 772 Mount Royal College to meet with, letter requesting (SP561/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Northern Lights health region to meet with, letter re (SP537/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Report presented (SP70/07: Tabled) ... 156 University of Calgary to meet with, letter requesting (SP562/07: Tabled) ... 1534
Compton Petroleum Corporation
Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 1643
Computers, Government - Security aspects
Conflict of interest
Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission projects ... 816-17
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
Constitution Act, 1982
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, applicability to temporary foreign workers' visas ... 1176
Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202)
CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Act (Bill Pr. 1)
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Supplementary estimates 2006-08: Debated ... 2163
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Balzac racing complex, documents re (SP500-501/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement with ... 1332 Computer use policy ... 190 Email posted on SaveMy CWB website (SP85/07: Tabled), letter requesting minister's apology re (SP89/07: Tabled) ... 231 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1262-67 Minister's participation in farm fuel distribution allowance program ... 1263 Program support funding ... 1266-67 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 98
Dept. of Education
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1259-60 Budget process, relation to school boards' processes ... 1259-60 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 170-72 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1256-57, 1259-60 Minister's nonappearance at Public Accounts committee meeting, agenda item re (SP336/07: Tabled) ... 772 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2163
Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1176-77 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2163
Dept. of Energy
Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in ... 2139-40 Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand in the Canadian Heavy Oil Industry (CHOPS report) ... 1643 Contract with consultant re AEUB division ... 2027-28, 2066 Electricity branch director's (Kellan Fluckiger) payments from Mana Energy (SP859-860/07: Tabled) ... 2036 Former ministers' comments on royalty revenue appropriateness ... 2140 Former ministers' comments on royalty revenue appropriateness, speech re (SP921/07: Tabled) ... 2145 Heavy oil production in Alberta, 2002 report on ... 1133 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1220-21, 1628-29, 1631-32, 1643-44 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 810-19 Minister's resignation ... 2137-38 Production Audit Group, staffing level ... 1785 Royalty rate increase comments ... 1785, 2164 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2163-64
Dept. of Finance
Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2162-63
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1220-21
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Documents from, re Balzac racing complex (SP498-499/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Former minister's involvement with Balzac racing complex ... 1332 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 99
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1628-29, 1631-32, 1643-44 Minister's payments received under CAIS program ... 98
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee (Blue books)
Public release of, letter re (SP188/07: Tabled) ... 409
Direct Energy Business Services
Brochure mailed to customers, postage costs re ... 815, 816
Drinking water
Quality of: Member's statement re ... 500
Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency)
By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... 1654 By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation: News article re (SP599/07: Tabled) ... 1658
Early childhood education
Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1260 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten), funding for ... 1385
East Central Health
Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter re (SP536/07: Tabled) ... 1440
Edmonton Police Service
Eviction of homeless from public land adjacent to Bissell Centre ... 1279
Edmonton Public School Board
Funding, letter re (SP590/07: Tabled) ... 1623 Kindergarten programs ... 171 School closure decisions ... 1256
Education - Finance
General remarks ... 170-72, 1260 User fees: Petition presented to eliminate ... 2061
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Leadership campaign contributions provisions (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1300-01
Electric power, Coal-produced - Taxation
Electric power - Prices
General remarks ... 230, 670, 812, 814, 817, 1586 Impact of new electricity transmission regulation on ... 544 Increases in, to farmers ... 1266, 1765 Increases in, to farmers, news release re (SP90/07: Tabled) ... 231 PC candidate's statement re, in Drumheller by-election campaign ... 1654 Regulated option re, letter re (SP904/07: Tabled) ... 2108
Electric power lines - Construction
Compensation to landowners re ... 816 Costs of ... 812, 816, 1888 Provincial involvement in, press release requesting former Premier's testimony re (SP55/07: Tabled) ... 51
Electric power lines - Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV)
Construction of, hearings re ... 813, 814, 816, 817, 1643 Construction of, hearings re, resumption of: Letter re (SP252/07: Tabled) ... 598 Construction of, impact on affected landowners ... 813, 814, 1643 Construction of, public inquiry into: Petitions presented re ... 1852, 1922, 1956, 2034, 2136 Costs of, letter re (SP84/07: Tabled) ... 188 General remarks ... 812-13
Electric power lines - Regulations
April 11, 2007 regulation (OC173/2007) ... 605, 813, 814, 816, 817 April 11, 2007 regulation (OC173/2007), role of Kellan Fluckiger in ... 544, 816-17
Electric utilities - Regulations
Deregulation ... 812, 814, 815, 816-17, 1266, 1586, 1654, 2384 Deregulation: Cessation of ... 230 Deregulation: Letter to now Premier re (SP67/07: Tabled) ... 131 Deregulation: Member's statement re ... 670 Deregulation: PC candidate for Drumheller-Stettler by-election comments re ... 1654 Deregulation: PC candidate for Drumheller-Stettler by-election comments re, news article re (SP599/07: Tabled) ... 1658 Deregulation: Premier's pledge to review ... 670 Deregulation: RKS Research and Consulting report on (SP677/07: Tabled) ... 1782
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) ... 1797-98
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 130
Energy industry
Major projects by, regional hearings for ... 1632
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
General remarks ... 1631-32 Provincial support for (Motion 502: Lukaszuk) ... 214-15
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Reconstitution of: Advertisment for chair of (SP749/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Reconstitution of: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 2027-28, 2066
Energy strategy
Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... 860-61
Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39)
English as a Second Language
Enmax Corporation
Power plant construction, Calgary area ... 813
Ethane
Extraction of, from throughput of pipelines ... 811
Farm debt
Member's statement re ... 399
Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance
Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's comments on ... 1262-63, 1264-65, 1266 Minister of Agriculture's participation in ... 1263
Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 29)
Farmers' Advocate
Reduced funding for ... 1266
Feeder Associations Guarantee Act
Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140
Foreign workers, Temporary
Agricultural jobs for ... 130 General remarks ... 1176-77, 2163 For steel manufacturing facility, Tofield ... 879, 1054 Treatment of: Armando Garcia case ... 130, 131 Treatment/safety of ... 130, 1387-88 Work visas for, applicability of Charter of Rights to ... 1176 Work visas for, denied ... 1388
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1632
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (Constituency)
Member for, cost of preparing for EUB hearings into Voyageur project (Q15/07: Response tabled as SP684) ... 1660
Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210)
Gas well drilling industry
In vicinity of urban areas ... 1643
Golf courses
Provincial grants to ... 99, 171, 1260 Provincial grants to: Letters re (SP60, 590/07: Tabled) ... 86, 1623 Provincial grants to: Member's statement re ... 1385 Provincial grants to: Spreadsheet re (SP519/07: Tabled) ... 1385
Government Fees and Charges Review Act
Letter from Minister of Finance re (SP402/07: Tabled) ... 925
Government spending policy
Grains and oilseed farming
Federal funding support for ... 98
Groundwater - Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 1220-21
Growth Strategy Secretariat (Agriculture)
Funding increase for ... 1267
Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10)
Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act
Violation of section 3, re email posted on Save My CWB website ... 405
Hydro and Electric Energy Act
Amendment by Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1889
Hydrocarbon Upgrading Task Force
Immigration
Alberta-made policy re ... 1176, 1177 Funding for progams re ... 2163
Income tax, Provincial
Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 590-91
Independent System Operator (Electricity industry)
Transfer of authority to, from Energy and Utilities Board ... 544, 605, 813, 814, 816, 817
Industrial development
Impact on agricultural land ... 1643
Insurance, Health (Private)
Abandonment of government plans to increase: Petition presented re ... 2099
Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 2007-08
Investment of public funds
KNM Corporation
Steel plant, Tofield: Foreign workers at ... 1054
Labour laws and legislation
Coverage of agricultural workers ... 130 Letters re (SP874, 903, 905, 920, 922, 931, 953, 1000, 1036, 1066/07: Tabled) ... 2063, 2108, 2145, 2180, 2210, 2292, 2329, 2390
Lake - North-central Alberta
Naming of, after former premier Ralph Klein ... 1628
Land agents
Choice of, by landowners ... 475, 1643
Land agents - Licensing
General remarks ... 475 Provincial Court decision re (Raymond Strom case) ... 475
Land Agents Licensing Act
Industry vs. landowner imbalance ... 475, 1643
Land-use framework
Emergency zone creation (dangerous developments in vicinity of built up areas) ... 1643 General remarks ... 1632, 1643
Lavesta Area Group (Landowners)
Presentation to hearings re electric power line between Edmonton and Calgary ... 2027
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Hancock) ... 2300-01, 2304
Livestock
Impact of coal-bed methane extraction process on ... 1220
Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47)
Loan guarantees, Government
Continuation of statutory enactments re (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140
Mana Energy Group Limited
Contract with government re AEUB division ... 2027-28 Payments to Kellan Fluckiger, Dept. of Energy (SP859-860/07: Tabled) ... 2036
Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry)
Not subject to Auditor General Act ... 1889
MEG Energy Corporation
Steam line rupture, letter re (SP591,600/07: Tabled) ... 1623, 1658-59
Members' Statements (2007)
Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1850, 2208 Councillor Terry Cavanagh ... 1478 Electricity deregulation ... 670 Farm debt ... 399 Grants to golf courses ... 1385 North Saskatchewan River water quality ... 500 Riverdale net zero energy house ... 2025-26 Royalty program ... 1180-81 Royalty revenues ... 1622-23
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Ministers (Provincial government)
Mount Royal College
Letter to, requesting appearance before Public Accounts committee (SP561/07: Tabled) ... 1534
Municipal District of Rocky View
Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex, document re (SP500/07: Tabled) ... 1330
National Centre for Upgrading Technology
An Integrated Energy Solution presentation (SP985/07: Tabled) ... 2257
Natural gas rebates
Conversion to green fund for energy efficiency ... 98-99 Transfer of unused portion to public transit funding ... 98-99 Transfer of unused portion to regional water systems funding ... 99
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of ... 640, 671, 694, 730, 1785, 1889, 2139-40 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1797-98 Collection of appropriate amount of: Energy dept.'s comments re ... 1785 Member's statement re ... 1622-23 News article re (SP209/07: Tabled) ... 502, 575
Natural resources revenue - Texas
Net zero energy house, Riverdale, Edmonton
Nexen Canada Inc.
Royalty payout status ... 1181
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Alberta winter electric power supply ... 2384
North Battleford water supply contamination situation
Northern Lights Health Region
Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter re (SP537/07: Tabled) ... 1440
Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund
Office of the Premier
Former premier (Ralph Klein), naming of lake after ... 1628 Premier's leadership campaign pledge to review electricity deregulation ... 670
Official Opposition
Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, press release re (SP678/07: Tabled) ... 1782 Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, proposed amendments (SP952, 987/07: Tabled) ... 2210, 2257
Oil sands development
Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 1632 Royalties paid re ... 671, 811, 812, 1623 Royalties paid re, value of reduction of, 1997-2006 (Q3/07: Defeated) ... 573-75 Single-window oversight and regulation of ... 1632 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1632 Value-added opportunities ... 1133-34 Water issues re ... 86
Olds College
Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1332
Oral Question Period (2007)
Alberta Utilities Commission act ... 1856-57, 1888-89 Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1856-57, 1888-89, 1925-26, 1959 Computer use policy in agriculture department ... 190 Crown land adjacent to Bissell Centre ... 1279 Department of Energy consultant ... 2027-28, 2066 E-mail from a government computer ... 405, 441 Electrical power system ... 230 Electricity deregulation ... 1654 Electricity exports ... 2251-52 Electricity generation and demand ... 1586 Electricity transmission ... 2384 Electricity transmission regulation ... 544, 605 Energy and Utilities Board ... 2104 Farm fuel rebate program ... 1764-65 Heavy oil upgrading capacity ... 1133-34 Internal royalty review ... 509 Licensing of land agents ... 475 Oil sands royalty structure ... 2139-40 Racing entertainment centre project ... 1332 Royalty rates ... 1444 Royalty revenues ... 640, 671, 694, 730, 1785, 1889 Steel fabrication plant in Tofield ... 1054 Temporary foreign workers ... 130, 1387-88 Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2137-38
Paulgaard (C.G.) Farms Ltd.
Government payment to (SP68/07: Tabled) ... 131
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Private health insurance abandonment ... 2099 Public inquiry into AEUB's use of private investigators at hearing by ... 1852, 1922, 1956, 2034, 2136, 2209 School fees elimination ... 2061
Petroleum Economics Limited
Comparative royalty regimes report ... 814-15 Comparative royalty regimes report (SP337/07: Tabled) ... 772
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211)
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 241, 2301 Clarification ... 809 Imputing motives ... 991 Insulting language ... 2079
Political parties
Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1300-01
Private schools - Finance
Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 7)
Second Reading ... 460 Committee ... 1845
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Assessment service for ... 1176
Property rights
Impact of Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, on ... 1856, 1925-26
Property tax
Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 590-91
Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28)
Public contracts for consultants
Public lands
Sale of ... 1628 Sale of, for a dollar, for homeless housing ... 1279
Public lands - Edmonton
Adjacent to Bissell Centre, eviction of homeless from ... 1279
Public lands - Elinor Lake area
Public transit - Finance
Use of unused natural gas rebates funding for ... 98-99
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Project evaluation report (SP502/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 577, 1332
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24)
Reforestation
Performance measures for, Auditor General's comments re ... 1628
Rent increases
Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions presented re ... 2172
RKS Research and Consulting
Report on successful deregulated energy markets (SP677/07: Tabled) ... 1782
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Foreign worker screening ... 1388
Royalty Review 2006: A List of Consultant Studies and Software
Copy tabled ... 730 Copy tabled (SP250/07): Response from Minister of Energy re (SP413/07: Tabled) ... 1048 Wood Mackenzie report listed in, censored sections ... 694
Royalty Review Panel
Consideration of draft 2004 government report on oil sands royalty structure ... 1889 General remarks ... 817 Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of appropriate level of resource revenue ... 2139-40
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 817, 819, 1622 Comparison of Alberta vs foreign countries royalty levels, report (SP337/07: Tabled) ... 772 Draft government report of October 2004 re ... 1889 Draft government report of October 2004 re, tabling of ... 1889 Draft government report of October 2004 re, tabling of (SP733/07: Tabled) ... 1896 Exemptions re (royalty holidays) ... 810-11 Former Energy minister's speech re ... 2140 Former Energy minister's speech re (SP921/07: Tabled) ... 2145 General remarks ... 817, 1444, 2139-40 Member's statement re ... 1180-81, 1622-23 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 2163-64 Review of ... 509, 810, 817 Review of, 2006, documentation re (M1/07: Defeated) ... 575-76
Rural community and leadership development
Rural electrification associations
Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140
Rural Electrification Loan Act
Sections 3 and 36 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140
Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act
Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140
Rural gas co-ops
Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140
Rural Utilities Act
Sections 32 and 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140
Save My CWB (Website)
Email posted on ... 190, 405, 441, 1266 Email posted on (SP85/07: Tabled) ... 188 Email posted on, senders apology for ... 441 Email posted on (SP85/07: Tabled), deputy minister's apology re (SP200/07: Tabled) ... 468 Email posted on (SP85/07: Tabled), letter requesting minister's apology re (SP89/07: Tabled) ... 231
School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208)
School boards
Budget process ... 1259-60 Deficit financing ... 1260 Financial statements, interim ... 1260
School nutrition programs
Schoolchildren with anaphylaxis
Schools - Construction
Public/private projects re: Supporting documentation re (M2/07: Defeated) ... 577
Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21)
Service Alberta
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 98-99
Sewage disposal plants - Balzac area
Funding for racing entertainment centre project, documents re (SP501/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Sewage disposal plants - Fort McMurray
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 2163
Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc.
Sponsorship of Edmonton net zero energy house ... 2025
Steel fabrication plant, Tofield
Foreign workers employment at ... 1054 Plans for (SP376/07: Tabled) ... 879
Steel industry - Alberta
Impact of foreign companies on ... 1054
Suncor Inc.
Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 811, 812, 1444 Voyageur project hearings by EUB, cost of preparing Member for Fort McMurray for (Q15/07: Response tabled as SP684/07) ... 1660
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 98-99 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2162-64
Surplus, Budgetary
Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 590-91
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Royalty payout status ... 1180-81 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 811, 812, 1444
Tax incentives
Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 590-91
Teachers - Fort McMurray
Northern allowance payments to ... 2163
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP341/07: Tabled) ... 800
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53)
Technology commercialization
Agricultural applications, funding for ... 1267
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Terrorist attacks - Prevention
Foreign worker screening re ... 1388
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37)
Tonbridge Power Inc.
Documents re Alberta/Montana electricity tie line ... 2252 Documents re Alberta/Montana electricity tie line, copy tabled (SP986/07) ... 2257
Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9)
Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Authorization Act (Bill 33)
Second Reading ... 830 Third Reading ... 1712 General remarks ... 1220-21
Treasury Board
Directives/minutes, availability of ... 2162-63
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Involvement in biofuel industry ... 819
United States House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
Alberta submission to (SP362/07: Tabled) ... 842
University of Alberta
Power plant upgrade, funding for ... 2163
University of Calgary
Letter to, requesting appearance before Public Accounts committee (SP562/07: Tabled) ... 1534
Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8)
Walkerton water supply contamination situation
Water licences
Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1332
Water quality - North Saskatchewan River
Member's statement re ... 500
Water supply
Use by energy industry ... 86
Water treatment plants - Fort McMurray
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Red Deer River
Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1332 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac: Documentation re (SP498-502/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Wood Mackenzie
Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 640, 694 Study of Alberta royalty regime: Copy tabled (SP290/07) ... 697
Workers' Compensation Board
Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 130
Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill)
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview)
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour laws ... 1550
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Report ... 142, 227-28, 296, 439, 541, 604, 641-42, 877, 897, 930, 1244, 1553, 1554, 1888 Report: Government response to, letter re (SP317/07: Tabled) ... 724-25 Report: Letter re (SP882/07: Tabled) ... 2100 Report: Referral to Managing Growth Pressures policy field committee ... 698, 730 Report: Rent control recommendation ... 641-42 Report: Rent control recommendation, letter re (SP843/07: Tabled) ... 2035
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Letter from landowner re (SP844/07: Tabled) ... 2035
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Employment of children in licensed premises, approval of, email re (SP79/07: Tabled) ... 188 Inspection of liquor violations at Palace Casino ... 1484
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Jaw injuries coverage, letter re (SP857/07: Tabled) ... 2036
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Elimination of, letter re (SP215/07: Tabled) ... 502 Elimination of, petition presented re ... 1130
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 591-92
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta Mental Health Board
Mental health services, value of, 2002-07 (Q5/07: Response tabled as SP260/07) ... 573 Psychiatrists, number of, 2002-07 (Q6/07: Response tabled as SP261/07) ... 573
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 35)
Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC proposal)
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta Teachers' Association
Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1359-60
Alberta Treasury Branches Act
Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 373
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Consultation with, re Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... 360
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
Phone information line (rent increase inquiries) ... 876-77
All Party* Agreement (re Assembly sitting times, etc.)
Implementation of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... 615
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) funding model for, public-sector comparator re ... 1446
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums ... 1637, 1962, 2106, 2216 Conversion to condominiums: Letter re (SP358/07: Tabled) ... 842 Conversion to condominiums: Letters re (SP256, 454/07: Tabled) ... 598, 1130 Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 604, 1888
Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation)
Wait times for, letter re (SP883/07: Tabled) ... 2100
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
Second Reading ... 237 Third Reading ... 302
Auditor General
Contaminated sites cleanup costs comments ... 1121 Reports of, referred to Public Accounts committee (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76-77 Resource royalty system comments ... 1787-88
Bitumen - Export
Letter re (SP583/07: Tabled) ... 1591
Boardwalk Rental Communities
Budget
Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non-disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 646
Calgary Courts Centre
Public/private funding of (P3) ... 1548
Capital projects
Deficit re ... 1546, 1548 Funding for ... 1547 Public/private partnerships re ... 2288 Public/private partnerships re, public sector comparators for ... 1548-49
Capital projects, Municipal
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Deferred projects costs ... 1548
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Children - Employment
General remarks ... 1550 In licensed premises, email re (SP79/07: Tabled) ... 188
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Second Reading ... 377-78 Third Reading ... 618
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 723, 1552, 1555 First-contract certification legislation, member's statement re ... 669-70, 1992, 2389
Collective bargaining - Teachers
Commission on Legislative Democracy (New Brunswick)
Committee of Supply
Standing Order changes re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 615
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Evening sitting on June 4 in (Motion 25: Hancock) ... 1450
Committee on Government Services, Standing
Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to ... 1601 Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1340 Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007, to ... 1601 Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007, to (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1395-96
Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing
Referral of Affordable Housing Task Force report to ... 698, 730
Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing
Beverage container recycling system referral to ... 1121
Committees, Policy field (all-party)
Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock ) ... 615 General remarks ... 698, 1395, 1601
Committees, Select standing
Substitute members on (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76-77
Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Special
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
Second Reading: Referral to Government Services standing committee (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1395-96 Referral to Government Services standing committee ... 1601
Constituency weeks (Parliamentary calendar)
Establishment of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... 77
Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202)
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Democratic Renewal Secretariat (Ontario)
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1348-49
Dept. of Education
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1354-57, 1359-60 Return of school capital funding to ... 1547
Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1550-55
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1637 Royalty rate increase comments ... 1787-88
Dept. of Environment
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1637 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1121 Water Management Framework ... for the Lower Athabasca River (joint report on) (SP59/07: Tabled) ... 86
Dept. of Finance
Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 646
Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans (Federal)
Water Management Framework ... for the Lower Athabasca River (joint report on) (SP59/07: Tabled) ... 86
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 882, 884-85
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1546-49
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 142 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1637 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 897-98 Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... 882
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1637
Domtar Inc.
Edmonton plant site cleanup ... 1121
Early childhood education
Full-day programs ... 1355
East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55)
Edmonton General Hospital
Seniors physical therapy outpatient programs, letter re (SP947/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Edmonton Public School Board
City centre education project ... 1356-57, 1359 School closure decisions ... 1359 Surplus ... 1354
Education
Best practices development re ... 1359
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) ... 1806-07
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42
Referral of Affordable Housing Task Force report to policy field committee ... 698
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 1550 Compassionate leave ... 1552 Compassionate leave, letters re (SP235/07: Tabled) ... 544-55
Employment Standards Code
Review of (2005), release of ... 1550, 1552
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 1552
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 205)
Executive Council
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1601-04
Family physicians - Supply
Farmers
Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 330, 360
Foreign workers, Temporary
General remarks ... 1348 Letter re (SP136/07: Tabled) ... 298 Replacement of trade union members ... 1552-53
Gardasil (Vaccine)
Government funding of, letters re (SP58/07: Tabled) ... 86
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 38)
Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 48)
Second reading ... 2372 Third reading ... 2507
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41)
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No.2) (Bill 50)
Second reading ... 2226 Third reading ... 2480
Health sciences personnel - Education
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
Health workforce planning
Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214)
Holy Cross Manor Incorporated
Voting shareholders of (SP64/07: Tabled) ... 131
Homeless
General remarks ... 142 Letter re (SP882/07: Tabled) ... 2100
Homeless - Housing
Emergency winter shelters ... 897, 2068-69 Funding for ... 2069 General remarks ... 1824 Transitional housing ... 897
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10)
Hospitals - Standards
Patient safety issues re ... 570
Hospitals - Sterilization procedures
Role in blood-borne disease prevention ... 570
Housing authorities, Nonprofit
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2053
Housing secretariat (ND proposal)
Immigrants
Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 69
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 12)
Income tax, Provincial
Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 591-92
Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 2007-08
Estimates debated ... 142
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job
Labour laws and legislation
General remarks ... 723 Letters re (SP916/07: Tabled) ... 2137 Member's statement re ... 669-70, 1992 Reform of, member's statement re ... 2389 Review of ... 1552
Labour Relations Board
Decision re Allen Scott during Shaw Conference Centre strike ... 1616
Labour supply
Shortages, employment of children to solve, email re (SP79/07: Tabled) ... 188
Labour unions
Member's statement re ... 723
Land-use framework
General remarks ... 1637 Municipal co-operation re ... 1637
Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed)
Landlords, Small-scale
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2053
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sitting for Committee of the Whole, June 4 (Motion 25: Hancock) ... 1450 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Hancock) ... 2296 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business, amendments to Standing Orders re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76-77 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Orders re: Amendment to, and more (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 615
Legislature Building
Afforable housing protest at, speech given (SP410/07: Tabled) ... 1048
Licensed practical nurses
Sick leave taken by, 2002-06 (Q8/07: Response tabled as SP263/07) ... 573
Licensed premises
Employment of children in, email re (SP79/07: Tabled) ... 188
Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47)
Lobbyists Act (Bill 1)
Second Reading ... 304-05 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services committee (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1340 Committee ... 2118-19, 2222, 2224 Third reading ... 2466-67 Third reading: Amendment A1R (recommittal to Committee) ... 2467 Referral to Government Services standing committee ... 1601
May Day
Member's statement re ... 723
Medical profession - Supply
Members' Statements (2007)
Affordable housing ... 1888 First contract arbitration ... 669-70 Labour law reform ... 2389 Labour relations ... 1992 May Day ... 723 Trade, Investment, Labour, and Mobility Agreement ... 360-61
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Third reading ... 2499 General remarks ... 884
Mental health services
Contracted by RHAs and Mental Health Board, 2002-07: Value of (Q5/07: Response tabled as SP260/07) ... 573 Impact of staff shortages on ... 884
Midwest Property Management Ltd.
Letter to residents re cost of heat payments (SP593/07: Tabled) ... 1623
Ministerial Statements (2007)
Premier's awards of excellence ... 2281
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26)
Municipalities
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 330, 360
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1787-88 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1806-07
Nurses
Sick leave taken by, 2002-06 (Q7/07: Response tabled as SP262/07) ... 573 Workplace wellness of ... 882, 884
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1546 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 1637
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing ... 439, 541-42, 604, 641-42, 730, 768, 1244-45, 1655-56, 1687, 1961-62, 2216 Affordable housing solutions ... 1080 Affordable Housing Task Force report ... 227-28, 296 Calgary ring road ... 1446 Condominium conversions ... 2106 Emergency housing ... 2068-69 Health workforce strategy ... 128 Homeless and eviction fund ... 876-77 Homeless and eviction prevention fund ... 930 Municipal funding ... 2325-26 Palace Casino labour dispute ... 1484 Police officer supply ... 1858 Public/private partnerships ... 2288 Public/private partnerships for school construction ... 1588 Rent regulation ... 1824 Royalty revenues ... 1787-88 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 570 Teachers' unfunded pension plan task force ... 1616 Temporary rent regulation ... 839-40 Trade, investment, and labour mobility ... 330
Palace Casino
Liquor violations at ... 1484 Liquor violations at, photograph of (SP553/07: Tabled) ... 1487
Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Health care premiums elimination ... 1130 Rent increase control ... 1658, 1728-29 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1956
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Rent control (SP289/07) ... 697
Point of Order
Committee proceedings ... 891-92 Order of business ... 882 Projected government business ... 409-10 Tabling a government report ... 1827
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 1858
Political parties
Donations to ... 2288, 2389 Leadership campaigns, legislation re ... 1601
Postsecondary educational institutions
Turning away of students ... 1348
Premier's Awards of Excellence
Ministerial statement re ... 2281
Privilege
Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... 646
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Candidates for executive committee elections, list of (SP65/07: Tabled) ... 131
Property tax
Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 591-92
Property tax - Education levy
Nonprofit organizations/campus residences exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2053
Proportional representation
Consideration of, in other provinces ... 1601, 1603 General remarks ... 1601, 1603
Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15)
Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28)
Psychiatrists
Contracted by RHAs and Mental Health Board, 2002-07: Value of (Q6/07: Response tabled as SP261/07) ... 573
Public service - Alberta
Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Cao) ... 69 Ministerial statement re ... 2281
Queen Elizabeth II Highway - Edmonton to Calgary
Rail service, High-speed - Edmonton-Calgary
Motion 507: Taft ... 1103
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24)
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Usage of system for, referral to Resources and Environment policy field committee ... 1121
Regional health authorities
Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 330, 360 Mental health services, value of 2002-07 (Q5/07: Response tabled as SP260/07) ... 573 Psychiatrists, number of, 2002-07 (Q6/07: Response tabled as SP261/07) ... 573
Rent control
Consideration of, by Managing Growth Pressures policy field committee ... 698 General remarks ... 439, 542, 604, 641-42, 768, 839-40, 877, 897, 930, 1080, 1244-45, 1247, 1553, 1554, 1655-56, 1687, 1824, 1888, 1962, 2216 Letters re (SP191, 255, 607, 843, 1007/07: Tabled) ... 444, 598, 1659, 2035, 2292 Letters re (SP632/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Petition tabled re (SP289/07) ... 697 Petitions presented re ... 1658, 1728-29
Rent increases
Assistance programs re ... 930, 1687 General remarks ... 142, 439, 541, 839-40, 1080, 1554, 1655-56, 1687, 1888 Impact on AISH recipients ... 142 Letter re (SP632/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Letters re (SP255, 359, 430, 469, 631/07: Tabled) ... 598, 842, 1074, 1247, 1729
Rental housing
General remarks ... 1637 Impact of rent controls on building of ... 768 Increase in supply ... 1656, 1687, 2216
Rents
Letter re (SP453/07: Tabled) ... 1130
Ring roads - Calgary
Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) project, public-sector comparator re ... 1446
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Patient's contraction of superbug in, letter re (SP149/07: Tabled) ... 324
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville
Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re ... 570 Bacterial infection situation in, testing re ... 570
School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208)
School boards
Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 330, 360
Schools - Closure - Ontario
Schools - Construction
Funding for ... 1547 General remarks ... 1355 Public/private projects re ... 1548, 1588
Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21)
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Second Reading ... 336 Committee ... 700
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Second Reading ... 1748-49 Petitions presented re ... 1956
Social housing
Definition of ... 1244-45 Funding for ... 897, 898, 1961-62 General remarks ... 541-42, 730, 768, 897, 1554, 1637, 2216 Legislature protest re, speech given at (SP410/07: Tabled) ... 1048 Member's statement re ... 1888 Rent supplement program ... 541, 897, 930
Standing Orders
Amendment to (sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business) (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76-77 Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 615 Amendments to ... 1601
Strathcona (County)
New urban development ... 1637
Strikes and lockouts - A-Channel employees
Strikes and lockouts - Calgary Herald employees
Strikes and lockouts - Construction workers
Strikes and lockouts - Lakeside Packers employees
Strikes and lockouts - Palace Casino employees
Strikes and lockouts-Shaw Conference Centre employees
Student housing
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2053
Surgery wait times
Letter re (SP765/07: Tabled) ... 1965
Surplus, Budgetary
Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 591-92
Tax incentives
Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 591-92
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 1359-60 Unfunded liability: Task force to review, Allan Scott's membership on ... 1616
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53)
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9)
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Alberta legislation re ... 330 British Columbia legislation re (Bill 17, 2007) (SP148/07: Tabled) ... 324 Funding/consultation with MUSH sector re ... 330, 360 Impact on municipalities ... 360 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... 330 Public consultation re, prior to implementation: Member's statement re ... 360-61 Public release of information re ... 330
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49)
Treasury Branches
Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 373
Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Edmonton
Voting in provincial elections
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Letter re (SP972/07: Tabled) ... 2248
Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills)
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Borrowing of seniors' housing authorities from ... 1184
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Alberta farm fuel benefit program
Auditor General
Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1392
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency)
10th anniversary of member for's position as Speaker ... 534
Beef - Export - United States
Restrictions on, due to E coli in hamburger ... 1821
On Behalf of the Crown (Historical reference work re Lieutenant Governors in Alberta)
Member's statement re ... 1384
Bell Canada
Funding for Olds College e-learning centre, member's statement re ... 49
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
E coli in exported beef situation ... 1821
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
The Centennial Series: Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Historical reference books)
A Century of Democracy (Historical reference work re MLAs in Alberta)
Member's statement re ... 1384
Committee on Community Services, Standing
Report on Bill 31, Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007, presented (SP690/07: Tabled) ... 1817 Report on Bill 41, Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, presented and concurred in (SP691/07: Tabled) ... 1817
Community health centres - Torrington
Crest Leadership Centre Act (Bill Pr. 2)
Cribbage championships
Cremona team, Alberta-Northwest Territories provincial champions, member's statement re ... 221-22
Crop insurance program
Seeding failure, coverage of input costs re ... 1656
Curling championships
Canadian university women's champions, member's statement re ... 398-99
David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Torrington community wellness centre participation ... 1851
Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance
Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's comments on ... 1392
Hamburger meat - Safety aspects
E coli in exported beef situation ... 1821
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41)
Report from Community Services committee, presented and concurred in (SP691/07: Tabled) ... 1817
A Higher Duty (Historical reference work re Speakers in Alberta)
Member's statement re ... 1384
Housing authorities, Seniors'
Kowalski, Hon. Ken (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly)
Tribute to, on 10th anniversary as Speaker, member's statement re ... 534
Lifesaving Society
Member's statement re ... 21
The Mantle of Leadership (Historical reference work re Premiers in Alberta)
Member's statement re ... 1384
Members' Statements (2007)
Barrie and Richard Vickery ... 2060 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 466 Bell Canada partnership with Olds College ... 49 Canadian university women's curling champions ... 398-99 The Centennial Series (Historical reference books) ... 1383-84 Cremona cribbage champions ... 221-22 Lifesaving Society ... 21 Surface rights compensation ... 1719 Torrington community wellness centre ... 1850-51 Tribute to the Hon. Ken Kowalski, 10th anniversary as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ... 534
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Committee ... 2310-12 Committee: Amendment A1(parts A-L) (SP1032/07: Tabled) ... 2310, 2314, 2315 Committee: Amendment A1 subamendments (parts A,C,G-K) (SP1033/07: Tabled) ... 2314, 2315 Report from Community Services standing committee, presented (SP690/07: Tabled) ... 1817
Municipal sustainability initiative
Office of the Premier
Congratulations to new Premier ... 10
Olds College
E-learning centre, Bell Canada funding for, member's statement re ... 49
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing for rural Alberta ... 1926 Beef safety ... 1821 Crop insurance for seeding ... 1656 Farm fuel rebate program ... 1392 Liquid strychnine ... 930-31 Maintenance of secondary highways ... 408 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs legislation ... 2326-27 Seniors' housing authorities ... 1184 Surface rights compensation ... 262-63
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, 2005)
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Social housing - Rural areas
Speaker
10th anniversary as Speaker, member's statement re ... 534 28th electoral anniversary of ... 2134
Substance abuse - Treatment - Youth
Detox/residential services re ... 2326-27
Surface rights - Fees
Adjustment to ... 262-63 Committee to review ... 263 Review of, member's statement re ... 1719
Vickery, Barrie and Richard
Member's statement re ... 2060
Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917)
Member's statements re ... 466
Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8)
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood)
Aboriginal women
Spokeswoman for, Muriel Stanley Venne ... 2135-36
Alberta - Economic policy
Downturn in, planning for ... 1536 General remarks ... 1388 Slowing down of ... 1388
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
General remarks ... 895 Report ... 436, 504, 538, 600-01, 870, 895, 1388, 1723, 2028 Report: Rent control recommendation ... 690, 870 Report: Rent control recommendation, letter re (SP843/07: Tabled) ... 2035
Alberta Cancer Board
Coverage of Avastin drug treatment, letters re (SP178/07: Tabled) ... 400
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Bitumen export limits ... 1115 Board members' resignation from ... 2138-39 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re ... 672 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Public inquiry re use of private investigators at ... 2138-39 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at ... 2138-39 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at, Perras report on ... 2138 Letter from landowner re (SP844/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Separation into two boards ... 1117
Alberta Federation of Labour
Employment of children in licensed premises, reaction to ... 190
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Employment of children in licensed premises, approval of ... 190
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill 22)
Alberta Liberal Party
Bob Maskell's seeking of nomination for election as Liberal candidate, news article re (SP234/07: Tabled) ... 544 Donation request from Beaver waste management commission ... 1723 Donations to ... 2171 Donations to, from oil companies ... 1816-17, 1890
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums ... 727, 2028 Conversion to condominiums: Letter re (SP358/07: Tabled) ... 842 Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 538
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Third Reading ... 1769-71 Third Reading: Amendment A1 ... 1769
Athabasca River - Water levels
Auditor General
Annual reports, frequency of ... 2284 Budget for ... 2284 Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 2171 Environmental liability for energy exploration (clean-up costs) remarks ... 1113 Relations with government ... 2284 Resource royalty system comments ... 1784, 1854
Avastin (Drug)
Financial assistance re cost of, letters re (SP178, 192, 196, 206/07: Tabled) ... 400, 444, 468, 502
Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission
Donation to Alberta Liberal party ... 1723 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1723
Bills, Government
Bill 3, reasoned amendment at third reading ... 559 Bill 43, amendment at third reading ... 1769
Bitumen pipelines
Alberta Clipper pipeline ... 42, 1584 General remarks ... 1584
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust
Annual report, 2006 (SP373/07: Tabled) ... 878
Boardwalk Rental Communities
Brokers of foreign worker importation
Brown, Mr. Bert
Appointment to the senate, ministerial statement re ... 634
Budget
Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non-disclosure on ... 638 Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non-disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 646 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... 1536-37
By-elections
New school construction announcement before ... 1759
Calgary Health Region
Holy Cross Centre contract termination ... 470-71
Calgary Homeless Foundation
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Olymel pork plant, Red Deer, situation ... 2065
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon project, collective labour agreement at, impact of Supreme Court decision on ... 1652
Capital cost allowance program (Federal)
For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... 1076
Capital Health
Emergency wait times/ambulance wait times in ... 566 Emergency wait times/ambulance wait times in: Report on (SP257/07: Tabled) ... 598 Full-capacity protocol (emergency rooms) ... 566
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Christian Labour Association of Canada
Labour agreement with Canadian Natural Resources Limited ... 1652
Class size (Grade school)
Climate change
Alberta plan for ... 125 Alberta plan for, impact of federal climate change reduction plan on ... 1122-23 Federal plan to reduce ... 1122-23
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Second Reading ... 312-13 Committee ... 452, 515, 517 Third Reading ... 557, 558-59 Third reading: Reasoned amendment ... 559 General remarks ... 1122-23 Impact of federal climate change reduction plan on ... 1122-23
Coal-bed methane extraction
Clean-up costs re ... 1113
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation, petition presented re ... 724 Supreme Court decision re ... 1652
Collective bargaining - Teachers
Impact of education funding on ... 1536-37 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five-year agreement on ... 2025
Committee of Supply
Evening sittings of, May 8 and 9 (Motion 19 as amended: Hancock) ... 880-81
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Auditor General's reporting to ... 2284
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Minister of Education nonappearance at ... 764
Community schools
Petitions presented re ... 502
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
Rent control article ... 1133
Conflict of interest
Minister of Finance's soliciting of campaign donations while preparing the budget ... 638 Royalty Review Panel members ... 158
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
Constitution Act, 1982
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, collective bargaining rights included under ... 1652
Constitution Act, 2007
House of Commons seating formula change, ministerial statement re ... 1990-91
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 2171 General remarks ... 470-71
Corporations - Taxation
General remarks ... 1958 Reduction of ... 2103
Dept. of Agriculture (United States)
Delisting of Olymel pork processing plant, Red Deer ... 2065
Dept. of Education
Minister's nonappearance at Public Accounts committee meeting ... 764
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1113-15, 1117 Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at EUB hearing ... 2138-39 Minister's resignation ... 1784
Dept. of Environment
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1122-25
Dept. of Finance
Minister's comments to Royalty Review Panel ... 2251 Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation solicitation ... 638 Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 646
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 886-89
Dept. of housing (Proposed)
Implementation of rent regulation ... 870
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 893-96
District energy (urban waste heat utilization)
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on Alberta budget ... 1536-37
Drugs, Prescription - Costs
General remarks ... 887 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 888
East Central Health
Audit of St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, sterilization procedures ... 255, 258 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, public inquiry re ... 255, 259, 292-93
Economic growth
General remarks ... 1958 Impact on the environment ... 290 Impact on water supplies ... 1123, 1124
Edmonton Apartment Association
Memo re rent increases ... 726 Memo re rent increases (SP314/07: Tabled) ... 724
Edmonton Public School Board
School closure policy, petitions presented re ... 502
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Leadership campaign contributions provisions (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1296-97, 1303
Electric power, Coal-produced - Environmental aspects
Electric power lines - Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV)
Construction of, hearings re ... 672
Electric utilities - Regulations
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Emission control credits
Federal credits, reinvestment in Alberta ... 1123
Employment standards
Oil sands industries ... 14-15
Encana Corporation
Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1533 Earnings for first quarter, 2007 ... 1442
Energy industry
Value-adding/upgrading in ... 1113
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Clean-up costs re ... 1113
Energy strategy
Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... 858-59, 864-65 Alberta-made strategy, member's statement re ... 22
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Department designated by ND opposition, minister's nonappearance at meeting for ... 765
Ethane
Extraction of, from throughput of pipelines ... 1114, 1115
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Bitumen pipeline, Alberta to Houston ... 1584
Federal/provincial fiscal relations
Food banks
Impact of rent increases on usage of ... 1388
Foreign workers, Temporary
Death of, on the job ... 687 Replacement of trade union members ... 14, 22 Replacement of trade union members, letter re (SP193/07: Tabled) ... 444 Treatment/safety of ... 1333
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on: Member's statement re ... 22
Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201)
Gas, Natural
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1113, 1115 Volatiles in, as feedstock for petrochemical industry ... 1114, 1115
Gas pipelines - Mackenzie Valley to Alberta
Greenhouse gas emissions
Control of, through moratorium on oil sands development, member's statement re ... 290 Federal plan to reduce ... 1122-23 Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 1122-23 Intensity targets for industry re ... 1122-23
Health care facilities - Inspection
Petitions presented re ... 1073
Health Quality Council
Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, investigation of ... 292, 293, 324
Health sciences personnel
Impact of funding cuts on ... 364 Scope of practice ... 887
Holy Cross Long Term Care
Health and safety issues in ... 88-89, 470-71 Termination of contract for, by Calgary Health Region ... 470-71
Holy Cross Manor Incorporated
Political connections of shareholder of ... 88-89 Voting shareholders of (SP64/07: Tabled) ... 131
Homeless - Housing
General remarks ... 436 Youth shelters ... 2103
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Hospitals
Sterilization equipment for ... 364
Hospitals - Claresholm
Sterilization equipment for ... 364
Hospitals - Emergency services
Capacity of ... 566-67 General remarks ... 886-87 Paramedics wait times in ... 566-67 Paramedics wait times in, report on (SP257/07: Tabled) ... 598 Red alerts re ... 566-67 Waiting times in ... 364, 566
Hospitals - Emergency services - Edmonton
Paramedic wait times in ... 566 Paramedic wait times in, report on (SP257/07: Tabled) ... 598
Hospitals - Standards
Patient safety issues re ... 255, 292, 324, 326 Patient safety issues re, member's statement re ... 324 Patient safety issues re, monitoring of ... 326 Patient safety issues re, petition for public inquiry into ... 326 Patient safety issues re, petitions presented re ... 1073
House of Commons (Canada)
Additional members for Alberta, ministerial statement re ... 1990-91
Idaho State Legislature
Motion re withdrawal from security and prosperity partnership (SSP) agreement, passed (SP526/07: Tabled) ... 1386
Income tax, Provincial
Percentage of revenue from, transfer to municipalities ... 894
International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job
Ministerial statement re ... 687
Ipsos-Reid
Rent control poll ... 1132
Keystone bitumen pipeline
General remarks ... 1113 National Energy Board hearings re ... 1480-81
Labour laws and legislation
Labour Relations Code
Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major projects) ... 1652
Labour supply
Shortages, employment of children to solve ... 190
Labour unions
Assistance to foreign workers ... 1333
Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed)
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings for Committee of Supply, May 8 and 9 (Motion 19 as amended: Hancock) ... 880-81
Lloyd Women's Clinic
Infection concerns in ... 326
Low-income families
Level of support for ... 1958
Mardiros, Mrs. Betty
Member's statement re ... 536
Maskell, Mr. Bob (Former MLA)
News areticle re his seeking the nomination for election as a Liberal candidate (SP234/07: Tabled) ... 544
Medical care
General remarks ... 886, 889 Innovations in ... 886 Restructuring (third way option) ... 886
Medical care - Finance
Implications of underfunding ... 324, 326, 364
Medical profession
Practicing in public/private health systems ... 886
Members of Parliament
Additional Alberta members, ministerial statement re ... 1990-91
Members' Statements (2007)
Betty Mardiros ... 536 Community policing ... 1048 Growth pressures in Fort McMurray ... 22 Muriel Stanley Venne ... 2135-36 Patient safety in hospitals ... 324 Political party donations ... 2171-72 Royalty revenues ... 1816-17 Royalty review ... 1533 Temporary moratorium on oil sands development ... 290 Temporary rent regulation ... 870
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria)
Vegreville hospital case ... 255 Vegreville hospital case, deaths from, letter re (SP147/07: Tabled) ... 324
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 2322
Métis Nation of Alberta Association
Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... 2322
Ministerial Statements (2007)
Appointment of Alberta senator ... 634 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 434 House of Commons seating formula ... 1990-91 International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job ... 687 St. Joseph's General Hospital ... 255 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2025
Mission apartment building, Calgary
Rent increases in ... 1274
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for ... 894
Municipal planning commissions
National Energy Board (Federal)
Keystone bitumen pipeline hearings ... 1480-81
National energy program
Comparison with Royalty Review Panel ... 1821
Natural resources revenue
Allocation of percentage of, to municipalities ... 894 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1784, 1820-21, 1854, 1890, 1958, 2174-75 Collection of appropriate amount of: Auditor General's comments re ... 1784 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1793, 1795-96 Collection of appropriate amount of: Member's statement re ... 1816-17 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... 1537
New Democrat Opposition
Designation of department for estimates debate, minister's nonappearance at ... 765
Northeast Community Health Centre, Edmonton
Nuclear power
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1115
Office of the Premier
Congratulations to new Premier ... 9-10 Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1723 Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 1533 Teachers' unfunded pension liability, Premier's statement re ... 2025
Oil - Export - United States
Increase in value of due to rise in Canadian dollar ... 1537
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1124-25
Oil sands development
Investment in ... 1442 Labour supply problems in ... 14, 22 Royalties paid re ... 1076, 1854 Timing/scope of new projects, moratorium on ... 22, 1139 Timing/scope of new projects, moratorium on, member's statement re ... 290 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 1123 Use of natural gas supplies ... 1113, 1115 Water issues re ... 1123, 1124
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Clean-up costs re ... 1113
Olymel
Red Deer pork processing plant ... 2065
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing ... 504, 600-01, 726-27, 802-03, 1184, 1240-41, 1274, 2028 Alberta Clipper pipeline proposal ... 42 Auditor General ... 2284 Bitumen exports ... 1584 Climate change ... 125 Condominium conversions ... 538 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... 638 Donations to leadership campaigns ... 402-03 Election finances ... 1723 Electricity line between Edmonton and Calgary ... 672 Emergency hospital services ... 566-67 Employment of children ... 190, 224-25 Employment standards ... 14-15 Federal/provincial fiscal relations ... 1076 Government policy ... 1388 Health care funding ... 364 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 88-89, 470-71 Homeless children ... 2103 Homelessness ... 436 Keystone pipeline project ... 1480-81 Medical safety standards ... 326 Métis hunting rights ... 2322 Ministerial accountability ... 1784 Ministerial appearances before committees ... 764-65 New royalty framework ... 1820-21, 1854, 1890 New Royalty Framework ... 1820-21, 1854, 1890, 1924, 2174-75, 2212-13, 2250-51, 2382 Olymel pork processing plant ... 2065 Provincial labour legislation ... 1652 Public/private partnerships for school construction ... 1759-60 Quality of life in Alberta ... 1958 Rental starts ... 926-27 Royalty review ... 158, 1442 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 258-59, 292-93 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 258-59, 292-93 Strength of Canadian dollar ... 1536-37 Taser use by law enforcement personnel ... 1994-95 Temporary foreign workers ... 1333 Temporary rent regulation ... 690-91, 836, 872-73, 1051, 1132-33 Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2138-39
Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development
Royalty review, criteria for transparency of ... 158
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
First contract legislation ... 724 Health facilities inspections and patient safety issues ... 1073 Public inquiry into patient safety in hospitals, petition initiated re ... 326 School closure policy, provincial ... 502 School closure policy of Edmonton Public School Board ... 502
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Bill 46 (SP763/07) ... 1965
Petrochemical industry
Natural gas volatiles as feedstock for ... 1114, 1115 Preservation of ... 1480-81
Pharmaceutical Management Agency (New Zealand)
Pharmaceutical savings agency (Proposal)
Point of Order
Committee proceedings ... 891 Imputing motives ... 1139 Insulting language ... 2079 Referring to newspaper articles ... 511
Police
Neighbourhood patrols, member's statement re ... 1048 Taser usage, guidelines for ... 1995
Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16)
Political parties
Donations to ... 1533, 1816-17, 1890, 1924 Donations to: Legislation re ... 1723 Donations to: Member's statement re ... 2171 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1296-97, 1303
Pork - Export - United States
Prevention of, from Olymel pork plant in Red Deer ... 2065
Preventive medical services
Privilege
Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... 646
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Assessment service for ... 889
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Candidates for executive committee elections, list of (SP65/07: Tabled) ... 131 Donations to ... 2171 Donations to, from oil companies ... 1816-17, 1890 Leadership campaign contributions, disclosure of ... 402-03, 638 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1723
Property tax - Education levy
Transfer to municipalities ... 894
Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15)
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Quality of life
General remarks ... 1958 Impact of energy industry expansion on, member's statement re ... 22
Referendum, Federal
Abolition of Senate ... 1991
Rent control
General remarks ... 600-01, 690-91, 836, 872-73, 896, 927, 1051, 1132-33, 1184, 1241, 1274, 1388, 2028, 2171 Letter from Doreen Fiddler re (SP354/07: Tabled) ... 829 Letters re (SP632/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Member's statement re ... 870 Poll results re ... 1132
Rent increases
Assistance programs re ... 1184 Doreen Fiddler case ... 802-03 General remarks ... 504, 690, 726-27, 730, 802-03, 836, 872-73, 927, 1051, 1184, 1240-41, 1274, 1388 Letter re (SP632/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Letters re (SP193, 657-658/07: Tabled) ... 444, 1768 Limited to one a year ... 690
Restaurants
Employment of children in ... 224-25
Royalty Review Panel
Conflict of interest of panel members ... 158 General remarks ... 1113, 1442, 1533, 1537 Minister of Finance's comments to ... 2251 Our Fair Share (report) ... 1816, 1820-21 Our Fair Share (report): Chart comparing Alberta and other countries royalty share (SP723/07: Tabled) ... 852
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Changes to ... 22 Exemptions re (royalty holidays) ... 1854 General remarks ... 1076, 1113, 1537, 1958, 2171 Member's statement re ... 1533 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1820-21, 1854, 1890, 1924, 2174-75, 2250-51, 2382 New Royalty Framework (2007): Changes to ... 2212-13 New Royalty Framework (2007): Member's statement re ... 1816-17 Review of ... 158, 1442, 1480, 2251 Review of: Public meetings re ... 158
Royalty structure (Energy resources) - Alaska
Royalty structure (Energy resources) - Newfoundland
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville
Bacterial infection situation in ... 324, 326, 364 Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from, letter re (SP147/07: Tabled) ... 324 Bacterial infection situation in, ministerial statement re ... 255 Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re ... 255, 259, 292-93, 324 Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re: Letter requesting (SP135/07: Tabled) ... 298 Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re, petition re ... 326 Board of management appointed for ... 255 Sterilization procedures ... 255, 258, 326
Schools - Closure
Edmonton Public School Board policy re, petition presented re ... 502 General remarks ... 2025 Petition presented re ... 502
Schools - Construction
Public/private projects re ... 1759-60 Public/private projects re: Public sector comparator for ... 1760
Senate
Abolishment of ... 634 Abolishment of, federal referendum re ... 1991
Senators
Appointment of Alberta nominee for, Bert Brown, ministerial statement re ... 634
Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton
Awards dinner program (SP774/07: Tabled) ... 2001
South Saskatchewan River basin
Strathcona (County)
New urban development ... 894
Substance abuse - Prevention
Suncor Inc.
Dismissal of employee over language issues ... 15 Earnings for first quarter, 2007 ... 1442
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facilities ... 88-89
Supreme Court of Canada
Collective bargaining rights decision ... 1652 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 2322
Tabling returns and reports (Parliamentary procedure)
Notes/newspaper articles quoted during OQP ... 1898
Tasers (Electroshock weapons)
Use by law enforcement personnel ... 1994-95 Use by law enforcement personnel, review of ... 1995
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of, Premier's statement re ... 2025
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Second Reading ... 932-34, 953, 961-63, 962-63 Committee ... 971-73, 991-92, 1004-05, 1012-13, 1025-27, 1029-30, 1037 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP404/07: Tabled) ... 997 Committee: Amendment A6 (SP409/07: Tabled) ... 1029 General remarks ... 1388 Timing for discussion at second, committee, and third readings ... 881
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49)
Vancouver International Airport
Taser incident in ... 1994
Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917)
Ministerial statement re ... 434
Walkerton water supply contamination situation
Water rights, Interprovincial
Alberta-Saskatchewan river flows ... 1123
Water supply
General remarks ... 1123 Impact of economic growth on ... 1123, 1124 Use by energy industry ... 1123, 1124
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Bow River
Impact on growth in the Calgary area ... 1124
Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods)
Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues
Alberta Association of Services for Children and Families
Staff recruitment and retention report ... 822 Staff recruitment and retention survey (SP73/07: Tabled) ... 156
Alberta Council of Women's Shelters
Statistics report ... 46, 823 Women's shelters comments ... 2141, 2142
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta Response Model (Child welfare)
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 2095 Committee ... 2409
Animal Health Act (Bill 32)
Animals, Treatment of
Penalties for, letter re (SP82/07: Tabled) ... 188
Apprenticeship training
Increase in spaces for, letter re (SP137/07: Tabled) ... 298
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
General remarks ... 2171 Rent costs assistance for recipients of, letter re (SP852/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Rent costs assistance for recipients of, letter re (SP1067/07: Tabled) ... 2390
Auditor General
Aboriginal child welfare programs comments ... 2068
Autism spectrum disorder
Adult services re ... 1193 Advocate/ombudsman re ... 1193 Funding for services re ... 728, 1193 Funding for services re, letter re (SP411/07: Tabled) ... 1048 Member's statement re ... 723 Multidisciplinary evaluation teams re ... 727-28, 823, 1078-79, 1193 Multidisciplinary evaluation teams re, conflict of interest concerns re ... 823 Relationship development interventions treatment re ... 1078
Banff Child Care Centre
Renovations, provincial grant for ... 2324
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Child and Youth Advocate
Annual report ... 828 Budget ... 823 Transfer to legislature officer status ... 163
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
Federal child care funding, non-reporting provinces re ... 1138
Child care after/before school
Child care after/before school - Employees
Child care after/before school - Rural areas
Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4)
Second Reading ... 166-68 Committee ... 280-81 Funding for implementation of ... 821 General remarks ... 1483 Regulations under ... 2324 Regulations under: Letters re (SP780, 869, 889-890, 948-950, 980-982/07: Tabled) ... 2001, 2063, 2100-01, 2210, 2257 Regulations under: Letters re (SP896/07: Tabled) ... 2101
Child intervention services
Child welfare
Aboriginal children ... 822, 2068 General remarks ... 2064
Child welfare recipients
Death of, in foster care ... 2283 Death of, in foster care, member's statement re ... 1781
Child welfare workers
Caseloads ... 822, 826 Casework practice model, champion sites pilot project re ... 822, 825, 826, 2064 Compassion fatigue in ... 1764 Increase in numbers of ... 2064
Child welfare workers - Safety aspects
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act
Role in contributing to repeated child abuse incidents ... 823
Children - Protective services
All-party committee to review ... 163 General remarks ... 2068
Children and poverty
Aboriginal children ... 2068
Children's services agencies (Non-profit)
Co-ordination of ... 825 Government contracts with ... 825 Staff safety issues ... 826 Staffing problems ... 176 Staffing problems, survey of (SP73/07: Tabled) ... 156
Class size (Grade school)
Reduction of, funding for ... 1253
Climate change
Letter re (SP138/07: Tabled) ... 298
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 2329
Collective bargaining - Teachers
Impact of education funding on ... 1252
Community initiatives program
Banff Child Care Centre renovations grant ... 2324
Conflict of interest
Multidisciplinary team members evaluating autism ... 823
A Crisis of Human Capital (Report)
Copy tabled (SP241/07) ... 564
Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse - Prevention
Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse - Treatment
CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Act (Bill Pr. 1)
Daycare centres
General remarks ... 821 Letters re (SP104, 168, 270-271, 551, 854/07: Tabled) ... 265, 362, 645, 1487, 2035 Member's statement re ... 2319 Municipal involvement in ... 226, 767 National plan principles re (revised Conservative government plan) ... 226, 821 Spaces for, legislation re (Bill 207) ... 290 Subsidies re: Letter re (SP754/07: Tabled) ... 1930
Daycare centres - Employees
Incentives for ... 1200 Member's statement re ... 1329 Salaries of ... 176 Salaries of, letters re (SP197-198, 213, 232, 461/07: Tabled) ... 468, 502, 544, 1182 Shortage of ... 226, 821 Training of, bursaries re ... 821
Daycare centres - Finance
Daycare centres - Licensing
Regulations re ... 2324 Regulations re: Letters re (SP727, 767, 780, 854, 869, 889-890, 948-950, 980-982, 1039/07: Tabled) ... 1860, 1965, 2001, 2035, 2063, 2100-01, 2210, 2257, 2329 Regulations re: Letters re (SP896/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Regulations re: Petition tabled re (SP868/07) ... 2063
Daycare centres - Rural areas
Daycare centres - Standards
Cost increase due to ... 1483-84 Letter re (SP897/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Letters re (SP753, 854/07: Tabled) ... 1930, 2035 Review of ... 1483-84
Dept. of Children's Services
Deputy minister's office budget ... 828 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 176-77 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1193, 1195-96, 1199-1202 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 820-26, 828 Minister's office budget ... 828 Occupational health and safety code in ... 1722, 1763-64 Staff, hiring of new ... 825 Staff change fatigue ... 824-25 Staff turnover ... 825
Dept. of Education
Budget process, relation to school boards' processes ... 1253 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1193, 1195-96, 1199-1202 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1252-53
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Disabled - Housing
Availability/affordability of ... 1620, 2171 Availability/affordability of, letter re (SP852/07: Tabled) ... 2035
Disabled children
Government programs for ... 825, 1078-79 Government programs for, funding for ... 1193 Government programs for, letters re (SP321, 401, 433/07: Tabled) ... 732-33, 925, 1074
Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30)
Domestic violence - Prevention
Government programs re ... 1196 Government programs re: Funding for ... 822-23
Drug abuse resistance education program
Early childhood education
Funding: Letter re (SP853/07: Tabled) ... 2035 General remarks ... 1199 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1199
Early childhood education - Staffing
Training for, email and letter to the editor re (SP412/07: Tabled) ... 1048
Education - Finance
General remarks ... 1252 Letters re (SP328, 705, 779/07: Tabled) ... 771, 1818, 2001 Program unit funding: Extension to grade 3 ... 1195
Elders (Aboriginal society)
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)
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 205)
Family and Community Support Services Association
Family and community support services program
Family courts
Implementation of (Motion 511 amendment) ... 1913-14
Famous Five statue, Ottawa
Model of, for Legislature rotunda, member's statement re ... 2060
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Services to children with ... 1196
Foreign workers, Temporary
Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... 1508
Foster children
Death of, member's statement re ... 1781 Deaths of ... 2283 Housing of, in hotels ... 297, 1539, 2064
Foster children - Finance
Foster parents
Campaign to attract, costs of (M6/07: Defeated) ... 1083-84 Member's statement re ... 155 Shortage of ... 366, 1539
Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210)
Gasoline - Prices
Increases in, letter re (SP552/07: Tabled) ... 1487
Health care facilities - Construction
Funding plans for, 2004-07 (M3/07: Defeated) ... 578
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41)
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5)
High school education - Finance
Credit enrollment unit funding ... 1253
Homeless
Letter re (SP895/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Letters re (SP704, 726, 736, 781, 870, 983/07: Tabled) ... 1818, 1860, 1896, 2001, 2063, 2257
Immigration
Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... 1508
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 12)
Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 2007-08
Intermunicipal relations
Letter re (SP375/07: Tabled) ... 879
International Women's Day
Labour laws and legislation
Letters re (SP1010, 1040, 1068/07: Tabled) ... 2292, 2329, 2390
Members' Statements (2007)
Affordable housing ... 2171 Alberta's social infrastructure ... 1270-71 Autism spectrum disorder ... 723 Child care ... 2319 Child care professsionals ... 1329 Children in care ... 1781 Family and Community Support Services Association ... 1532-33 Famous Five maquette ... 2060 Foster parents ... 155 Funding for nonprofit human services agencies ... 1955 Mental health ... 501 Millwoods Cultural and Recreational Facility Association ... 290 Mini World Cup of Soccer ... 596-97 Parents Empowering Parents ... 1047 Respect for seniors ... 1650 School closures ... 360 Service dogs ... 187 Social workers ... 1720 Sustainability of social programs ... 563 Temporary rent regulation ... 869-70
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Mental health services - Children
Mentally disabled
Funding for programs for: Letter re (SP782/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Member's statement re ... 501 Supports for, letter re (SP434/07: Tabled) ... 1074
Mentally disabled children
Funding for programs for ... 823 Programs for ... 825
Mill Woods Cultural and Recreational Facility Association
Member's statement re ... 290
Ministers (Provincial government)
Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability
Regional governance discussions, letter re (SP375/07: Tabled) ... 879
Natural resources revenue
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Apprenticeship program crowding, letter re (SP137/07: Tabled) ... 298
Nutrition guidelines for children and youth
Letter re (SP724/07: Tabled) ... 1860
Oral Question Period (2007)
Aboriginal children's services ... 2068 Affordable accessible housing ... 1620 Affordable transportation for seniors ... 1651-52 Autism spectrum disorder ... 727-28 Child and Youth Advocate ... 163 Child care ... 2323-24 Child care funding ... 226 Child care review ... 1483-84 Children in care ... 2283 Children's services ... 2064 Contracted human services agencies ... 1960 Crystal methamphetamine ... 472-73 Family violence ... 46 Federal child care funding ... 1138 Foster care ... 297 Foster care delivery ... 366 Foster care system ... 1539 Out of school care ... 1334 Rent supplement programs ... 927-28 Safety of human service workers ... 1763-64 Safety of human services workers ... 1722 Staffing of human service agencies ... 1821-22 Staffing of human services agencies ... 1821-22 Support for child care ... 766-67 Support for familities with autistic children ... 1078-79 Women's issues ... 16-17 Women's shelters ... 567-68, 2141-42 Youth addictions treatment programs ... 1052-53
Parents Empowering Parents
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Daycare regulations changes (SP868/07) ... 2063
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211)
Police
Domestic violence cases ... 46
Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16)
Property tax - Education levy
General remarks ... 1252 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 716
Prostitutes, Juvenile
General remarks ... 1196 Recidivism rate after apprehension of (Q16/07: Response tabed as SP666/07) ... 1660 Services to ... 823
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, 2005)
Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act
Application in rural areas ... 824 Children apprehended under: Rate of recidivism of (Q16/07: Response tabled as SP666/07) ... 1660 Children apprehended under: Services to ... 823
Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15)
Public assistance
Funding for, member's statement re ... 563 Member's statement re ... 1270-71, 2171
Queen Elizabeth II Highway - Edmonton to Calgary
Maintenance on, letter re (SP214/07: Tabled) ... 502
Regional health authorities
Seniors' transportation initiatives ... 1652
Rent control
Letter from Doreen Fiddler re (SP354/07: Tabled) ... 829 Letter re (SP233/07: Tabled) ... 544 Member's statement re ... 869-70
Royalty Review Panel
Our Fair Share (report): Letters re (SP676, 725/07: Tabled) ... 1782, 1860
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208)
School boards
Budget process ... 1253 Funding ... 1252 General remarks ... 1252
School dropouts
Relation to school board funding ... 1253
School nutrition programs
Schools - Closure
Member's statement re ... 360
Seismic activity - Marie Lake area
Impact on water quality, letter re (SP400/07: Tabled) ... 925
Senior citizens
Member's statement re ... 1650
Senior citizens - Transportation
Service dogs
Member's statement re ... 187
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Smoking - Prevention
Province-wide smoking ban re: Letter re (SP563/07: Tabled) ... 1534
Soccer championships
Mini World Cup winners, member's statement re ... 596-97
Social housing
For domestic violence victims ... 46, 568 General remarks ... 826 Letter re (SP703/07: Tabled) ... 1818
Social services - Finance
Social services - Staffing
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Case-by-case provincial contracting system re ... 1960 Employees of, salaries for ... 1821, 1955, 1960 Funding for ... 1533, 1821-22, 1960 Funding for: Member's statement re ... 1955
Social workers
Caseloads ... 823 Compassion fatigue in ... 1764 Hiring of new workers ... 825 Member's statement re ... 1720
Social workers - Safety aspects
Special needs aides in high schools
Substance abuse - Prevention - Youth
Substance abuse - Treatment - Youth
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability: Letters re (SP328, 653/07: Tabled) ... 771, 1767
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Authorization Act (Bill 33)
Unified Family Court Task Force
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Wages - Social workers
Letter re (SP755/07: Tabled) ... 1930
Water quality - Marie Lake
Impact of energy development on, letter re (SP400/07: Tabled) ... 925
Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society
General remarks ... 187 Letter from (SP103/07: Tabled) ... 265
Who Cares? campaign (Non-profit social services agencies)
Women's issues
General remarks ... 16-17
Women's shelters - Finance
McFarland, Barry (PC, Little Bow)
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Automobile drivers' licences - Security aspects
Photographs on, Hutterites exemption from ... 1689-90
Bergen, Mr. Henry
Member's statement re ... 634
Court of Appeal
Drivers' licence photos exemption decision ... 1689-90
Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27)
Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214)
Hutterites
Drivers' licence photo exemption for ... 1689-90
Immigrant doctors
Accreditation process for ... 2384-85 Hospital experience for, while qualifying ... 1338 Residency program for ... 1338
Members' Statements (2007)
Henry Bergen ... 634 Vauxhall Academy of Baseball ... 121
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
National Soil Conservation Week
Nuclear power plants - Security aspects
Oral Question Period (2007)
Disputes about seismic activity ... 505 Driver's licence photos ... 1689-90 Foreign qualifications ... 2384-85 Foreign-trained physicians ... 1338 Highway maintenance ... 230 Nuclear power ... 840
Order of Canada
Awarded to Mr. Henry Bergen ... 634
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Potholes and lane marking repairs ... 230
Seismic activity
Compensation to landowners re, resolution of disputes over ... 505
Surface Rights Board
Seismic activity compensation claims, resolution of disputes re ... 505
Vauxhall Academy of Baseball
Member's statement re ... 121
Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West)
Aboriginal children - Education
Aboriginal youth suicide
Prevention strategy ... 1192
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Aids to Daily Living
Benefits for youth transitioning from children's services ... 1194 Disabled seniors assistance ... 2386 Funding for ... 1152-53 General remarks ... 1572 Home care component ... 1081
Alberta Blue Cross Plan
Seniors' dental benefits ... 1156 Seniors' drug benefits ... 1152
Alberta Brain Injury Network
Alberta Council on Aging
Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 2215 Joint report on seniors' centres funding (SP954 & 959/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Alberta seniors benefit program
Benefits increase, funding for, underspending of ... 1557 Dental benefits ... 1152, 1156, 1158, 1537, 1572, 2250 Edmonton's rebate of property tax to seniors through ... 1540 General remarks ... 1152, 1537, 1556, 1560, 1572, 1652, 2250, 2386 Housing benefits ... 841, 1653 Optical benefits ... 1152, 1537, 1572
Animal Health Act (Bill 32)
Architecture and the disabled
Assessment
Market value as basis for, impact on seniors ... 2386
Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 573, 697 Benefits, indexing of ... 1156-57, 1997 Benefits for youth transitioning from children's services ... 1194 Benefits increase for ... 1152, 1192, 1559, 1572, 1893, 1997, 2029-30 Benefits increase for: Funding of, from uncollected resource revenue ... 1893 Budget for, non-spending of ... 2387 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 642, 1157, 1560, 1997, 2030, 2070 Employment for recipients of ... 1192, 1559, 1572, 2030, 2070, 2387 Funding for ... 765-66, 1558, 1572 Funding for, lapse of ... 1557-58 General remarks ... 2070 Health benefits ... 1152, 1559, 1572, 2030, 2070 Health benefits, separation from income support benefits ... 1559 Medical examination form questions ... 2387 Rent costs assistance for recipients of ... 926, 2029-30, 2070
Auditor General
Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 54
Child and family services authorities
Youth transition services ... 1192
Child intervention services
Christenson Developments Ltd.
Aging in place housing ... 1575
Committee of Supply
Cross-ministry discussion rules ... 1191
Community mental health services
Community spirit program for charitable giving
Seniors' centres matching donations ... 2215
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 54 Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 1587, 1691, 1763 General remarks ... 1154-55
Continuing/extended care facilities - Standards
Continuing/extended care facilities residents
Bill of rights for ... 1587 Health requirements of ... 1155
Demographic planning commission (Proposed)
Dept. of Children's Services
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP37/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP808/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Budget ... 1192 Budget, underspending in ... 1557-58 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1191-92, 1194-95, 1199, 1207 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1152-58, 1555-61, 1571-76 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP532, 665/07: Tabled) ... 1386, 1768
Disabled
Funding for programs for ... 765-66 Government policies for ... 1152-53 Programs for ... 1572 Quality of life issues re ... 1573
Disabled - Housing
Government programs for ... 1575 Residential access modification program for ... 1572 Short-term vs long-term housing ... 1575
Disabled children - Education - Finance
Disabled seniors
Government programs for ... 2386 Home modification programs for ... 2386
Domestic violence - Prevention
Government programs re ... 1192
Drugs, Prescription - Costs
Impact on seniors ... 1561
Economic growth
Impact on seniors ... 1574
Edmonton
Rebate of portion of seniors' property taxes ... 1540
Edmonton Seniors Safe House
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Holy Cross Long Term Care Centre conditions (not proceeded with) ... 54
Family and community support services program
Seniors' centres funding ... 2215
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Services to adults with ... 1727-28 Services to children with ... 1192
Good Samaritan Society
Recreation program funding cuts ... 191
Holy Cross Long Term Care
Health and safety issues in: Request for emergency debate re ... 54
Holy Cross Manor Incorporated
Assisted living unit rents ... 842
International Day of Disabled Persons
Kerby Rotary House, Calgary
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Fee increase, lawsuit re ... 1561 Funding for ... 1154 Funding for, underspending of ... 1557, 1558 General remarks ... 1153, 1154-55, 1575 Short term vs long term patients in ... 1575 Transfer of responsibility for to Seniors dept. ... 1154
Mental health facilities - Employees
Mental health services
General remarks ... 1158, 1560 Performance measures re ... 1576
Mortgages, Reverse
Awareness programs for seniors re ... 1207
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing for AISH recipients ... 2029-30 Affordable housing for seniors ... 1653 Affordable transportation for seniors ... 1651-52 Associaltion for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured ... 678 Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 642, 1997 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 642, 1997, 2070, 2387 Calgary concerns ... 1585 Designated assisted living facilities ... 1691 Fetal alcohol syndrome disorder ... 1727-28 Funding for persons with developmental disabilities ... 44 Long-term and continuing care ... 1587 Long-term care facilities ... 1763 Long-term care funding ... 1081 PDD funding ... 191 Property tax increases ... 1540 Protection for persons in care ... 1587 Rent supplement programs ... 926, 1056 Royalty revenues ... 1893 Seniors' benefits ... 2386 Seniors' property taxes ... 160 Staffing of human services agencies ... 1788 Support for seniors ... 1537-38, 1541-42, 2250 Support for seniors' centres ... 2215 Support for the developmentally disabled ... 765-66 Supports for disabled persons ... 2324-25 Temporary rent regulation ... 841-42
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007)
School construction in Calgary-North West constituency (SP614/07) ... 1693
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Property tax
Capping of, for seniors ... 2386
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re ... 160, 841, 1152, 1537, 1540, 1574 Seniors' tax relief re, deferral program for ... 1574 Seniors' tax relief re, Edmonton rebate program re ... 1574
Quality of life
Performance measures re ... 1997
Regional health authorities
Seniors' transportation initiatives ... 1652
School boards
Funding for disabled students ... 1192
Schools - Construction - Calgary-North West constituency
Petition tabled re (SP614/07) ... 1693
Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21)
Senior citizens - Housing
Senior citizens - Transportation
Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta
General remarks ... 1538, 1652 Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 2215 Joint report on seniors' centres funding (SP954 & 959/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Seniors' centres
Financial support to ... 2215
Social housing
Rent supplement program ... 842
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 1788 Funding for ... 1788
Social services recipients - Protection
Student Health Initiative
Supportive living facilities
Aging in place facilities ... 1575 Aging in place program, performance measure re ... 1561 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing care facilities to ... 1587, 1691, 1763 Funding for, underspending of ... 1557 General remarks ... 1153 Numbers of, 2001-07 (Q10/07: Response tabled as SP420/07) ... 1049 Seniors' lodges: Residents in, disposable income for ... 2250
Wages - Mental health facility employees
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Youth in transition from the child care system
Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora)
Aboriginal peoples - Housing
Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 1143
Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13)
Affordable housing trust (Federal)
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Federation of Labour
Temporary foreign workers, report on ... 2283-84
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Alberta home ownership assistance program
Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC proposal)
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
General remarks ... 1169 Regional offices for rent increase inquiries ... 1448
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums ... 926, 1390
Apprenticeship training
As alternative to temporary foreign workers importation ... 408
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
Auditor General
Energy resources stewardship comments ... 1781
Brokers of foreign worker importation
Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program
Canada-Alberta Co-operation on Immigration
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at ... 691, 1080 Horizon project, safety issues at ... 1079-80 Horizon project, safety requirements: Meeting notes re (SP293/07: Tabled) ... 697
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Second Reading ... 1087-88 Second Reading: Amendment to refer Bill to Community Services standing committee ... 1088
Children - Employment
General remarks ... 195-96 In licensed premises ... 195-96 In restaurants ... 195
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 1824 Supreme Court decision re ... 1823-24
Committee on Community Services, Standing
Referral of Bill 207, Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act, to ... 1088
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
Constitution Act, 1982
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, collective bargaining rights included under ... 1823-24 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, member's statement re anniversary of ... 597
Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52)
County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54)
Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry
Homeless and eviction fund management ... 1143 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1168-75
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1142-43
Easter Seals McQueen Residence
Staffing decrease, letter re (SP330/07: Tabled) ... 771
Economic growth
General remarks ... 364, 1169 Planning for, legislation to enable (Bill 211) ... 1238
Edmonton Public School Board
School closure decisions ... 298 School closure policy, petitions presented re ... 265, 298
Edmonton Social Planning Council
Report on social assistance levels ... 764
Education - Curricula
Career and technology courses: Letter re (SP988/07: Tabled) ... 2257
Election Act
Voting age under, lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1678-79
Electric power lines
Manual reclosing of circuit breakers on ... 1174 Manual reclosing of circuit breakers on, letter re (SP538/07: Tabled) ... 1440
Electric power lines - Safety aspects
Employment benefits
Prorating of, for part-time employment ... 2174
Employment standards
Compassionate leave ... 1173 Foreign workers, application to ... 408, 1243 Inspectors for ... 1172 Review of ... 2174
Employment Standards Code
Energy resources
Stewardship of, member's statement re ... 1781
Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39)
Enmax Corporation
Letter to, re manual reclosing of high voltage circuit breakers (SP538/07: Tabled) ... 1440
Family courts
Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1916 Implementation of (Motion 511 amendment) ... 1914-15
Foreign workers, Temporary
Death of, on the job ... 687, 691, 1080 General remarks ... 1174 Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... 1505-06 Replacement of trade union members ... 692, 1243 Treatment of: Armando Garcia case ... 124 Treatment of: Armando Garcia case, employment contract of (SP69/07: Tabled) ... 131 Treatment/safety of ... 124, 408, 1079-80, 1243, 1337-38, 1963-64, 2283-84 Workplace safety issues re ... 691-92
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Amendments to ... 1365 Employment Standards Code review request under ... 1690
Gangmasters Licensing Authority (United Kingdom)
Monitoring of foreign workers brokers ... 1964
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41)
High Park elementary school, Edmonton
Closure ... 260, 298 Closure, letter re (SP105/07: Tabled) ... 265 Closure, member's statement re ... 255-56
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Hours of labour
Working alone regulation ... 1173
Human rights
Member's statement re ... 597
Immigrants
Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 67-68
Immigration
Alberta-made policy re ... 1080 As alternative to temporary foreign workers ... 408 Provincial nominee program ... 363-64, 1174-75, 2284 Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... 1505-06
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 12)
Income Support program
Benefit increase ... 764, 1169 Emergency housing support ... 1169
International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job
Ministerial statement re ... 687
Labour laws and legislation
Letters re (SP892/07: Tabled) ... 2101
Labour supply
Shortages ... 363-64, 1169 Shortages, employment of children to solve ... 195-96
Landlords
Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases ... 926
Members' Statements (2007)
Anniversary of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... 597 High Park elementary school ... 255-56 Royal Society of Canada fellowships ... 2134-35 Stewardship of energy resources ... 1781
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Ministerial Statements (2007)
International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job ... 687
Municipal sustainability initiative
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing ... 507, 764, 1390, 1617-18, 2140-41 Employment of children ... 195-96 Employment standards review ... 1690 Labour relations code ... 1823-24 Labour Relations Code ... 1823-24 Low-income support programs ... 2174 Provincial labour supply ... 363-64 Rent supplement programs ... 926 Renter assistance programs ... 1448 Safety of temporary foreign workers ... 691-92, 1079-80 School closures ... 260, 298 Support for low-income Albertans ... 835-36 Support for the homeless ... 2249-50 Temporary foreign workers ... 124, 408, 1243, 1337-38, 1963-64, 2283-84 Workplace health and safety ... 603-04
Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... 1684 School closure policy of Edmonton Public School Board ... 265, 298 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2062
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Rent increase assistance for low-income/disabled (SP634/07) ... 1729
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211)
First Reading ... 1238 Second Reading ... 1665
Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16)
Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 7)
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Assessment service for ... 364, 1175
Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28)
Public Interest Alberta
Cost of living survey, report on ... 1170
Public service - Alberta
Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Cao) ... 67-68 Northern allowance for Grande Prairie employees ... 1367 Performance measures re ... 1367 Training opportunities for ... 1367
Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 213)
Rent increases
Assistance programs re ... 926, 1448 Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petition tabled re (SP634/07) ... 1729 Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions presented re ... 1684 General remarks ... 835-36, 926, 1169 Impact on AISH recipients ... 926 Letters re (SP926-927/07: Tabled) ... 2145
Restaurants
Employment of children in ... 195
Royal Society of Canada
Induction of new fellows, member's statement re ... 2134-35
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
Schools - Closure
Appeal process re ... 298 Edmonton Public School Board policy re, petition presented re ... 265, 298 General remarks ... 260, 298 Member's statement re ... 255-56
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Petitions presented re ... 2062
Social housing - Red Deer
Supreme Court of Canada
Collective bargaining rights decision ... 1823-24
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Second Reading ... 963-64 Committee ... 969-70, 1017-18 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP403/07: Tabled ) ... 970 Committee: Amendment A3 (SP405/07: Tabled) ... 1017
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Impact on labour groups ... 1243 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... 1243
Traffic safety
McDermid report on ... 1173
Unified Family Court Task Force
Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8)
Voting age (Provincial elections)
Lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1678-79
Women in the trades
Ontario program for ... 1171
Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford)
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Report ... 875, 1275 Report: Copies available of, email re (SP377/07: Tabled) ... 879
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36)
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Health card of, security aspects ... 1367
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Decrease in value of ... 2180 Ethical investments by ... 1373, 1374 General remarks ... 1370 Inflation proofing of ... 1372, 2161 Resource revenue deposit into ... 2102-03, 2180 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 1370, 1372, 1786, 2161 Timberland asset class investment loss ... 605-06, 639, 671, 1389 Tobacco company investments ... 1372, 1442 Tobacco company investments: Legislation eliminating (Bill 222) ... 1896 Tobacco company investments: Value of (Q4/07: Response tabled as SP311/07) ... 573 Transfer of funds from, to General Revenue ... 1370, 2161-62
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (Tobacco Investment Elimination) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 222)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Government investments, management of ... 1372, 1374
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill 22)
Alberta Liberal Party
Heritage trust fund policy ... 2102
Alberta Order of Excellence
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 35)
Alberta Securities Commission
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1370
Alberta Society for Pension Reform
Legal action against government ... 1375
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta Teachers' Association
New teacher induction ceremony, program from (SP751/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1185
Alberta Treasury Branches Act
Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 372-73
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Third reading: Time allocation on (Motion 39: Hancock) ... 2422 Letter re (SP1083/07: Tabled) ... 2390-91
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25)
Second Reading ... 237-38 Third Reading ... 303
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. 2) (Bill 56)
Arts
Celebration of, by Catholic school students, program from (SP345/07: Tabled) ... 800
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits increase for: Letter re (SP900/07: Tabled) ... 2108
Auditor General
Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1891-92 Public contracts' awarding process ... 1963 Resource royalty system comments ... 1786 Review of Treasury Branch investment policy ... 2215 Securities Commission recommendations ... 1370 Timberland investment loss, mention of ... 639, 671, 1389
Aurora Underwriting Services Inc.
Cancellation of licence of, in B.C. ... 2388
Automobile drivers' licences - Security aspects
Fake licence problem ... 1367
Automobile Insurance Rate Board
Chair's comments re patronage appointments to government boards ... 2388 Hearings into premium levels ... 1371
Budget
Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... 1370
Calgary Health Region
Contracting practices for consultants' services ... 1962-63
Calgary Herald (Newspaper)
Offical Opposition spending plans article (SP349/07: Tabled) ... 800
Canada Health Transfer (Federal government)
Increase in, for Alberta ... 162
Canada Social Transfer (Federal government)
Increase in, for Alberta ... 162
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Dinner and awards ceremony, program from (SP474/07: Tabled) ... 1247
Canadian Mental Health Association
Sponsor of Celebrate Mental Health Awards ... 842
Canadian Payday Loan Association
Request for regulations re payday loan companies ... 1365
Canadian Western Bank
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376
Capital cost allowance program (Federal)
For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... 264
Capital projects
Alternative funding methods for ... 1364-65 Cost increases, funding for ... 1370 Public/private partnerships re ... 1365, 1370, 1372
Car rental companies
Liability re renters having stolen identity ... 1373, 1374
Celebrate Mental Health Awards, 2007
Progam from (SP365/07: Tabled) ... 842
Charlebois Consulting Ltd.
Contracts with Calgary Health Region ... 1962-63
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Civil service pensions
Legal action against government re ... 1375 Unfunded liability reduction: Projected costs of (Q1/07: Response tabled as SP310/07) ... 572
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Collective bargaining - Correctional officers
Letter re (SP902/07: Tabled) ... 2108
Collective bargaining - Teachers
Impact of education funding on ... 1685-86
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Timberland investment loss, non-discussion of ... 639
Committees, Policy field (all-party)
Compassionate Friends of Edmonton Society
Member's statement re ... 1438
Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202)
Consumer protection
General remarks ... 1365 Re insurance contracts ... 1373
Continuing/extended care facilities - Finance
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Reports from, inaccessibility of ... 1364, 1365 Transfer to Treasury Board ... 1364
Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52)
Credit unions
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376
Dept. of Education
Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 141-42
Dept. of Energy
Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Premier's knowledge of, news report re (SP783/07: Tabled) ... 1923
Dept. of Finance
Annual report, mention of timberland investment loss in ... 639, 671 Expense and equipment/inventory purchases, decrease in ... 1370 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 133 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1370-76 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2160-62
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 141
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Minister's campaign pledge re saving of 30% of natural resources revenue (SP7/07: Tabled) ... 25
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on Alberta budget ... 1370
East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55)
Edmonton
Salute to Excellence, program from (SP656/07: Tabled) ... 1768
Edmonton Airports Authority
Annual report, 2006 (SP346/07: Tabled) ... 800
Edmonton Catholic School District
Budget shortfall, impact on students, staff and parents: Report (SP621/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Budget shortfall, news release re (SP620/07: Tabled) ... 1693 Teacher awards (SP619/07: Tabled) ... 1693 Three Year Strategic Education Plan 2007-2010 (SP622/07: Tabled) ... 1694
Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
Annual report, 2006 (SP109/07: Tabled) ... 265
Edmonton-Rutherford (Constituency)
Excellence in Teaching awards to teachers in, member's statement re ... 1129
Equalization payments
Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 47-48, 162
Excellence in Teaching Awards
Edmonton-Rutherford constituency winners, member's statement re ... 1129 Program from ceremony re (SP329/07: Tabled) ... 771
Executive Council
Cash held as assets by ... 1597 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1597-98, 1604
Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance
Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's comments on ... 1891-92
Fedoration, Ms Sarah (Teacher)
Member's statement re ... 1129
Financial institutions
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 Incentives for ... 1376
Fines (Traffic violations)
Service charges for payment of ... 438-39
Firefighters/fire departments
Legal actions against, by insurance companies ... 1373
Fishing, Sport
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2347-48
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Requests under, answered within 30 days, 2001-06 (Q12/07: Response tabled as SP541/07) ... 1082
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006)
Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201)
Second Reading ... 58-59 General remarks ... 132
Glass Houses: A Critical Analysis of Democracy in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (University paper)
Copy tabled (SP655/07) ... 1768
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Political appointments to ... 2388
Government aircraft
Manifests for, posted on government website ... 1365 Number of ... 1365
Government chartered aircraft
Policy on usage of ... 1365
Government departments
Shared services among, budget for ... 1367
Government of Alberta
Website, posting of government aircraft manifests on ... 1365 Website, posting of ministerial expenses on ... 1282
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 38)
Second reading ... 1880 Third reading ... 2516 Documents tabled re (SP1125-1126/07) ... 2516
Government programs
Managing expectations re ... 1369
Government spending policy
Grande Prairie Regional College
Northern allowance for employees of ... 2157
Guaranteed income program
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No.2) (Bill 50)
High Park elementary school, Edmonton
Closure, letter re (SP108/07: Tabled) ... 265
Homeless - Housing
Letter re (SP899/07: Tabled) ... 2108
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10)
Hunting
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2347-48
Identification, Personal
Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 1367 Theft of, involvement of perpetrators of in accident claims against car rental companies, liability issues re ... 1373, 1374
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 12)
Income Support program
Co-ordination of, with other low-income programs ... 1369
Income trusts
Impact on provincial revenues ... 1373
Independent Insurance Brokers of Alberta
Financial links with insurance companies, policy re disclosure of ... 1373
Insurance brokers, Special - Taxation
Insurance companies
Financial links with insurance brokers, disclosure of ... 1373 Legal actions against firefighters/fire departments ... 1373 Regulation of ... 2388
Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 2007-08
Jim Shewchuk award ceremony
Program from (SP249/07: Tabled) ... 564
Keyano College
Fort McMurray staff northern allowance ... 2157
Labour laws and legislation
Letters re (SP1125-1126/07: Tabled) ... 2516
Lakeland College
Sign language program, letter re funding for (SP459/07: Tabled) ... 1181-82
Land titles - Registration
Budget for ... 1367 Performance measures re ... 1367 Security concerns re ... 1365 Volume of ... 1366
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Hancock) ... 2302-03, 2304, 2307 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 133
Light rail transit - Edmonton
Provincial funding ... 133
Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17)
Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47)
Loan guarantees, Government
Amount of defaults re ... 1375
Loans, Government
Amount of defaults re ... 1375
Low-income families
Co-ordination of programs for ... 1369
Members' Statements (2007)
Compassionate Friends of Edmonton Society ... 1438 Excellence in Teaching awards for Edmonton-Rutherford teachers ... 1129
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Ministers (Provincial government)
Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 229, 1365 Expenses of, Dec. 15, 2006- Mar. 1, 2007 (M4/07: Accepted) ... 1281-82 Expenses of, posting on government website ... 1282
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund
Claims against, by car renters with stolen identity, liability issues re ... 1373, 1374
Natural resources revenue
Allocation of 30% to Heritage Fund, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 132 Allocation to Heritage Fund ... 2102-03, 2180 Allocation to infrastructure, postsecondary education, and the arts, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 132 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1786, 1856, 1891 Decrease in ... 1786 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 47-48, 162 Saving of 30% of, campaign pledge of Minister of Sustainable Resource Development ... 2103 Saving of 30% of, campaign pledge of Minister of Sustainable Resource Development (SP7/07: Tabled) ... 25 Saving of 30% of, Liberal opposition plan re ... 2161-62 Utilization of ... 19, 1375, 1376
Official Opposition
Funding Alberta's Future (pamphlet and background information re) (SP347-349/07: Tabled) ... 800
Official Opposition Leader
Comments re royalty change ... 1856
Oil sands development
Impact of phase out of accelerated capital cost allowance on ... 264
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing ... 1275-76 Capital cost allowance program ... 264 Farm fuel rebate program ... 1891-92 Federal equalization formula ... 162 Federal equalization payments ... 47-48 Government employment contracts ... 1962-63 Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 2102-03, 2180 Heritage Savings Trust Fund timberland investment ... 1389 Insurance industry regulation ... 2388 Investments in tobacco companies ... 1442 New Royalty Framework ... 2256 Nonrenewable resource revenues ... 19 Openness and transparency in government ... 229 Private registry service fees ... 438-39 Provincial fiscal policies ... 1786 Rental increases ... 875 Royalty framework advertising ... 1855-56 Teachers' salary negotiations ... 1685-86 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1185 Timberland investment loss ... 605-06, 639, 671 Treasury Branches investments ... 2214-15
Organized crime
Private registry office infiltration ... 1366-67
Parks, Provincial
Letter re (SP901/07: Tabled) ... 2108
Parliamentary Counsel
Reference to during Question Period ... 1276
Patronage
Apointments to government agencies, boards and commissions ... 2388
Payday loan companies
Provincial regulation of ... 1365
Personnel Administration Office
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... 1766
Photo radar (Traffic safety)
Demerit points for infractions caught by ... 1371 General remarks ... 1371
Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16)
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 718-19
Public Affairs Bureau
Review of, 2005, report on ... 1604
Public contracts for consultants
Public service - Alberta
Male/female ratio in senior management ... 1369
Public Service Management Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 141
Rail service, High-speed - Edmonton-Calgary
General remarks ... 141 Motion 507: Taft ... 1104-05
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24)
Registry offices, Private
Registry offices, Private - Security aspects
Rent increases
Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions presented re ... 1766 General remarks ... 875 Impact on AISH recipients ... 875
Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005)
Costs to administer (Q14/07: Response tabled as SP466/07) ... 1082 Costs to recover cheques sent to non-qualified recipients (Q13/07: Response tabled as SP465/07) ... 1082
Revenue
Dedicated revenue, decrease in ... 1374-75
Risk management fund
Coverage of legal liability re civil service pensions law suit ... 1375
Roads - Edmonton
23rd Avenue/Calgary Trail intersection: Upgrading ... 133
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Government contracts with ... 1962-63
Royalty Review Panel
Consideration of impact of capital cost allowance phase out on oil sand companies ... 264 Our Fair Share (report) ... 2256 Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1786
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1786, 2256 New Royalty Framework (2007): Advertising costs re ... 1855-56 Review of: Opposition leader's comments re ... 1856
Scholarships
Registered apprenticeship program scholarships, program from annual celebration re (SP679/07: Tabled) ... 1790
Securities - Law and legislation
National harmonization of (passport system) ... 1371 Single national regulator for ... 1371
Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21)
Service Alberta
Air and vehicle services budget increase ... 1365 Enterprise services budget ... 1367 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 133 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1364-67, 1369 Traffic fines payment, fees charged for ... 438-39
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Smoking - Prevention
General remarks ... 1442 Province-wide smoking ban re ... 1442
Social housing
Letter re (SP248/07: Tabled) ... 564
Suncor Inc.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 2256
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 1376, 1786, 2102, 2160, 2161 Heritage Fund investment ... 1370, 1372 Management policy for (allocation strategy) ... 132 Official Opposition plan for ... 2161
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 2256
Tax incentives
For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1376 For renters ... 1376
Teachers
New teacher induction ceremony, program from (SP751/07: Tabled) ... 1930
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 141-42, 1686 Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 1185 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as amended: Flaherty) ... 352-54, 1185
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53)
Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11)
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Time allocation (Parliamentary practice)
Bill 46 (3r), Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Motion 39: Hancock) ... 2422
Tobacco companies
Heritage Fund investment in ... 1372, 1442 Heritage Fund investment in: Legislation eliminating (Bill 222) ... 1896 Heritage Fund investment in: Value of (Q4/07: Response tabled as SP311/07) ... 573
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37)
Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9)
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Impact on Alberta financial institutions ... 1376
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49)
Committee ... 2431-32 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP1111/07: Tabled) ... 2432
Treasury Board
Alternative capital financing office ... 1364 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 132-33 Staffing ... 1364 Strategic capital planning office ... 1364 Transfer of Corporate Internal Audit Services to ... 1364
Treasury Branches
Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 372-73 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 2214-15 Investment policy ... 2214-15 Investment policy, review of by Auditor General ... 2214-15
Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act (Bill 23)
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8)
Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
Aboriginal peoples - Housing
Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 2099
Agriculture
Government assistance programs ... 42
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Beef Producers
Concerns re food traceability system ... 1420
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Electricity transmission lines, regulating of ... 571 Public advocacy role ... 571 Separation into two boards ... 570-71
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 589-90
Animal diseases
Emergency response to (Bill 32) ... 670
Animal Health Act (Bill 32)
First Reading ... 670 Committee ... 1522-23 Amendment of, by Bill 47 ... 2000
Barley - Marketing
Federal plebiscite re, provincial advertisements re ... 129
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Federal contribution to ... 42 Producer savings account component ... 42
Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
Funding for, member's statement re ... 1780-81
Canadian Forces Base, Suffield
Member's statement re ... 1477
Canadian Wheat Board
Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by, provincial advertisements re ... 129
Cattle - Export - United States
Opening of border to under 30 months animals ... 1420
Community initiatives program
Grants awarded without matching funds ... 1081-82
Crop insurance program
Spring price endorsement option ... 1420
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
Trapping ban in vicinity of, petition presented re ... 1684
Deer - Populations
General remarks ... 1589 Impact on crops ... 2388
Deer hunting
Expansion of season for ... 1589 Role in wildlife management ... 2388 Sunday hunting ... 1589-90
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... 114
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1420 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... 114
Dept. of Finance
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... 114
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... 114
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... 114
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... 114
Elk hunting
Role in wildlife management ... 2388
Elk hunting - Suffield Block
Fishing, Sport
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2344, 2351
Food chain traceability programs
Forest firefighters
Loan to other provinces ... 1541
Forest fires - Fort McMurray area
Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201)
Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210)
Hockey championships
Medicine Hat Tigers Memorial Cup final, member's statement re ... 1271 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL champions, member's statement re ... 1128
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10)
First Reading ... 50 Second Reading ... 420-21, 422 Committee ... 497 Third Reading ... 1778
Housing authorities, Nonprofit
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2055-56
Hunting
Role in wildlife management ... 2388 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2344, 2351
Income tax, Provincial
Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 589-90
Kraft Hockeyville 2007
Warner girls hockey school finalist in, member's statement re ... 85
Landlords, Small-scale
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2055-56
Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47)
Livestock diseases
Emergency response to (Bill 32) ... 670
Livestock Diseases Act
Replacement by Animal Health Act (Bill 32) ... 670
Livestock Identification and Commerce Act
Amendment of, by Bill 47 ... 2000
Livestock markets - Inspection
Legislation re (Bill 47) ... 2000
Livestock sales
Security interest disclosure for, legislation re (Bill 47) ... 2000
Members' Statements (2007)
Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems ... 1780-81 CFB Suffield ... 1477 Medicine Hat Tigers ... 1128, 1271 National Housing Day ... 2099 National Soil Conservation Week ... 562 Warner girls hockey school ... 85
Mosquito control programs
Municipal sustainability initiative
National Housing Day
Member's statement re ... 2099
National Soil Conservation Week
Member's statement re ... 562
Oral Question Period (2007)
Agricultural assistance ... 42 Barley marketing ... 129 Community initiatives program ... 1081-82 Deer and elk hunting ... 2388 Deer overpopulation ... 1589-90 Energy and Utilities Board ... 570-71 Forest fires ... 1541 Mosquito larviciding program ... 438
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1956 Trapping ban in vicinity of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park ... 1684
Plebiscites, Federal
Barley marketing choice, provincial advertisements re ... 129
Property tax
Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 589-90
Property tax - Education levy
Nonprofit organizations/campus residences exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2055-56
Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 213)
Rural Alberta's Development Fund
Unmanned Vehicle Systems centre funding ... 1780-81
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Petitions presented re ... 1956
Social housing
Funding for ... 2099 Member's statement re ... 2099 Rent supplement program ... 2099
Student housing
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2055-56
Surplus, Budgetary
Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 589-90
Tax incentives
Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 589-90
Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Authorization Act (Bill 33)
Trapping - Cypress Hills area
Petition presented re ... 1684
Warner Hockey School for Girls
Member's statement re ... 85
West Nile virus
Control methods for, funding of ... 438
Wildlife management
Role of hunting in ... 2388
World Organisation for Animal Health
BSE risk status for Canadian beef ... 1420
Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview)
AAA Cattle Company Ltd.
Feedlot, Didsbury area, waste discharge from ... 1655
Agricultural Operation Practices Act
Confined feeding operations provisions ... 603
Agricultural value-added production
Fibre road map study re ... 476
Air tankers (Water bombers)
Upgrading of ... 1451 Upgrading of bases for (Fort McMurray and Springbank bases) ... 1451
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Surface rights review task force report ... 263
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Alberta biodiversity monitoring project
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April 2006
Pine beetle control discussions ... 601
Alberta Forest Products Association
Forest industry sustainability discussions with province ... 1822 Forestry revenues report ... 262 General remarks ... 1410
Alberta forestry sustainability committee
Establishment of ... 1822
Alberta Research Council
Bioeconomic-supporting research projects ... 1621
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta Wilderness Association
Prairie grasslands exchange concerns ... 1963
Auditor General
Forest fire fighting funding method, comments re ... 1408, 1454 Natural Resources Conservation Board's ability to manage confined feeding operations ... 2217 Reforestation programs' performance measures, comments re ... 1410, 1629
Bears
Human contact issues ... 1189 Human contact issues, Isabelle Dube case ... 1189
Biofuels industry
Funding for ... 1621 Symposium on, Edmonton ... 295 Use of wood debris from logging for ... 295, 770
Brown, Mr. Bert
Appointment to the senate, ministerial statement re ... 634
Calgary Regional Partnership
Camping, Random - Public lands
Fort McMurray area ... 1456 General remarks ... 1454
Canadian Forest Service
Advantages of forest fires ... 677 Alberta consultation with, re pine beetle control ... 601, 770
Canmore (Town)
Involvement in sale of land in Wind Valley wildlife corridor area ... 1280
Canmore Golf and Curling Club
Extension of lease of ... 1629
Caribou
Impact of pine beetle infection on ... 1896
Chronic wasting disease
General remarks ... 1276 Human risk re ... 477
Chronic wasting disease - Control
Chronic wasting disease - Prevention
By eliminating game farms ... 2154 Funding for ... 2153
Climate change
Impact on wildlife habitat ... 931-32 Mitigation of, by forest companies ... 1246
Compton Petroleum Corporation
Seismic activity in Willow Creek area ... 192
Conflict of interest
Minister of Sustainable Resource Development's acceptance of political donations from forestry company ... 2216
Conservation offset (Public lands)
Deer - Alberta/Saskatchewan border area
Deer - Populations
General remarks ... 1589 Impact on crops ... 2388
Deer - Populations - Northern Alberta
Deer hunting
Expansion of season for ... 1589, 2154 Extension of season for ... 1276 Role in wildlife management ... 2388 Sunday hunting ... 1590
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP39/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP811/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Budget ... 1407, 1451 Emergency funds ... 1407 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1624-25, 1627, 1629, 1631, 1635, 1641-43 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1451-57 Minister's leadership campaign donation from Spray Lake Sawmills ... 2216 Staffing ... 1456 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2153-54
Economic development and the environment
Elbow River watershed
Impact of logging in Kananaskis Country on ... 2142
Elk hunting
Role in wildlife management ... 2388
Elk hunting - Suffield Block
Emission control credits
Forestry practices ... 1642
Endangered plant species
Identification of ... 932
Endangered Species Conservation Committee
Endangered wildlife species
General remarks ... 1627 Identification of ... 932
Energy industry
Activity in protected areas ... 43 General remarks ... 1625
Energy industry - Eastern Slopes area
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Energy industry - Marie Lake area
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Use of forest products for ... 1246
Environmental impact assessments
Biodiversity monitoring project assistance with ... 1390 Energy industry development in Marie Lake area ... 1583 Oil sands projects ... 1452, 1456
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Fund
Equalization payments
Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 48, 162
Farmers' Advocate
Seismic activity compensation claims, resolution of disputes re ... 505
Feedlots
Waste discharge from ... 1655
FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention)
General remarks ... 1541 Indication of advantages of forest fires ... 677
Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations)
Fish and wildlife officers
Enforcement of off-road vehicle use on public lands ... 1454
Fish conservation
Impact of Métis hunting/fishing rights on ... 366
Fish management - Pigeon Lake
Fish populations - Bow River
Fish stocking - Bow River
Fisheries, Commercial
Reduction in, compensation program re ... 1456
Fishing, Sport
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2348-49
Fishing derbies
Impact on fish populations ... 1456
Floods - Pine beetle affected areas
Footner Forest Products Ltd.
High Level mill closure ... 2324
Forest fires - Crowsnest Pass area
Lost Creek fire, 2004 ... 677
Forest fires - Eastern Slopes
Forest fires - Fort McMurray area
Forest fires - Kananaskis Country
Pine bark beetle control method ... 677-78
Forest fires - Prevention
Contribution to forest vulnerability ... 262
Forest land use zones (Recreational access plans)
Forest management agreements
Hydrological assessment of watersheds requirement ... 264, 2142, 2143 Revision of cutting sequence under, re pine beetle eradication ... 16 West Fraser agreement, Hinton area ... 1391-92 Wood debris from timber harvesting, disposal requirement under ... 295, 1391-92
Forest management agreements - Southwest Alberta
Co-ordination with provincial land-use framework ... 127-28 General remarks ... 127-28
Forest operations monitoring program (FOMP)
Reforestation monitoring ... 1410
Forest products - Export
Impact of Canadian dollar on ... 1822
Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta
Pine beetle management activiities, provincial funding for ... 1451
Forestry competitiveness paper
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Zoo standards compliance information request under ... 2000
General Revenue Fund
Grants to Edmond Lefebvre (Q29/06: Response tabled as SP298/07) ... 697 Grants to Jean Henry Paul (Q28/06: Response tabled as SP297/07) ... 697 Grants to Miles Maskalyk (Q27/06: Response tabled as SP296/07) ... 697
Grizzly bears - Populations
Grizzly bears - Protection
Healthy forest initiative (Proposed)
Hunting
As control method for chronic wasting disease in deer ... 476-77 Role in wildlife management ... 2388 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2348-49
Hunting - Regulations
For nonresidents ... 1482
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Industrial development - Eastern Slopes area
Integrated land management on public lands (ILM)
Kananaskis Country
Logging practices in ... 332
Land-use framework
Biodiversity monitoring project assistance with ... 1390 Co-ordination with southwest Alberta forest management plan ... 127-28 General remarks ... 43, 194, 568, 675-76, 927, 1134, 1280, 1408-09, 1451, 1455, 1625, 1627, 1631, 1635, 1641, 1962, 1963, 2213-14 Inclusion of energy industry in discussion re ... 1627 Public consultations re ... 732, 1333-34, 1451-52, 1454, 1455, 1635, 1962
Lefebvre, Paul
Details re government grant to (Q29/06: Response tabled as SP298/07) ... 697
Livestock industry, Intensive
Regulations changes re ... 1136
Livestock industry, Intensive - Environmental aspects
Calmar/Devon dairy farm location ... 603 General remarks ... 1136, 1655, 2217
Logging, Clear-cut - Kananaskis Country
Logging, Clear-cut - Southwest Alberta
Logging - Crowsnest Pass (Mt. Tecumseh area)
Maskalyk, Miles
Details re government grant to (Q27/06: Response tabled as SP296/07) ... 697
Métis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 366
Mineral rights - Marie Lake area
Ministerial Statements (2007)
Appointment of Alberta senator ... 634
Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26
Seismic activity in ... 192
Natural areas
Industrial development in ... 43
Natural resource information system
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1136, 1655 Confined feeding operations regulation, Auditor General's comments re ... 2217 Cuff report on ... 1136 Dairy farm application, Calmar/Devon area ... 603
Natural resources revenue
Exclusion from equalization payments ... 48, 162
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1452 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 1635 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 1456
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oldman River basin committee
Oral Question Period (2007)
Bear encounters ... 1189 Biodiversity monitoring project ... 1389-90 Biodiversity opportunities ... 1621 Bow River fishery ... 2253 C5 forestry management plan ... 127-28 Calgary concerns ... 1585 Chronic wasting disease control ... 476-77 Confined feeding operations ... 1136, 1655, 2217 Deer and elk hunting ... 2388 Deer overpopulation ... 1276, 1589-90 Disputes about seismic activity ... 505 Endangered species ... 931-32 Federal equalization formula ... 162 Federal equalization payments ... 48 Fibre road map study ... 476 Fishery management at Pigeon Lake ... 765 Forest fires ... 1541 Forest industry sustainability ... 1245-46, 1822, 1826 Forest products industry sustainability ... 2324 Forest protection in Kananaskis Country ... 332 Forest sustainability ... 927 Grizzly bear management ... 1688, 1894 Industrial development in the eastern slopes ... 675-76 Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 Land-use development framework ... 568, 2213-14 Land-use framework consultation ... 732, 1333-34 Large agricultural operations near waterways ... 603 Logging in Kananaskis Country ... 1134, 2142 Logging in watersheds ... 2143-44, 2215-16 Métis hunting rights ... 366 Mountain pine beetle ... 16 Mountain pine beetle control ... 601-02, 677-78, 770, 1725-26, 1896 Mountain pine beetle effect on timber harvesting ... 262 Mountain pine beetle effect on watershed ... 264 Nonresident hunting regulations ... 1445-46, 1482 Off-highway vehicle restrictions ... 1962 Off-highway vehicle use ... 1688-89 Oil and gas activity in the eastern slopes ... 192 Prairie grasslands land exchange ... 1963 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 1187, 1583, 1585 Resource development under lake beds ... 570 Softwood lumber trade agreement ... 541 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 407 Spring grizzly bear hunt ... 1137 Surface rights compensation ... 263 User fees in provincial parks ... 194 West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ... 1391-92 Wind Valley wildlife corridor ... 1280 Winterkill of fish stock ... 540 Wood debris from timber harvesting ... 295 Zoo standards ... 2000
Parks, National
Forest management/pine beetle control in ... 1725-26
Parks Canada
Alberta consultation with, re pine beetle control ... 601, 677-78 Forest management policy ... 1726
Paul, Jean Henry
Details re government grant to (Q28/06: Response tabled as SP297/07) ... 697
Pine beetles
General remarks ... 1585, 2142, 2143 Impact on flooding in affected areas ... 264 Impact on forestry sustainability ... 1245-46, 1822, 1826 Studies on the effects of (M5/07: Defeated) ... 1083
Pine beetles - Control
Cold weather impact on ... 1453-54 Consultation with other governments re ... 601 Documents and studies re (SP448/07: Tabled) ... 1130 Emergency funding for ... 601, 1407, 1408, 1451 Federal funding for ... 1453 By forest burns ... 2154 Funding for ... 1826, 2153-54 General remarks ... 16, 262, 264, 601-02, 677-78, 770, 927, 1451, 1453, 1642, 1725-26, 1895-96 Summit on ... 16
Pine beetles - Control - Grande Prairie area
Pine beetles - Control - Kananaskis Country
Pine beetles - Control - Waterton National Park
Pine beetles - Control - Willmore Wilderness Park
Political parties
Leadership campaigns, contributions to ... 2216
Prairie grasslands - Preservation
Prairie grasslands - Southern Alberta
Hays area parcel, conversion to potato production ... 1963
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Conference on forest industry sustainability, May 2007 ... 1245-46
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign contributions, disclosure of ... 2216
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 716
Protected areas
Industrial development in ... 675-76 For wildlife protection ... 927
Public lands
Dispositions of ... 1452 Industrial activity on ... 1408-09, 1452, 1456, 1625, 1641, 2213-14 Sale of ... 1629 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1409, 1410, 1454, 1625, 1627, 1688-89
Public lands - Elinor Lake area
Public lands - Indian Graves area
Public lands - Yellowhead corridor
Tourism and recreation developments on ... 1409
Reforestation
General remarks ... 927, 1134 Performance measures for, Auditor General's comments re ... 1410, 1629
Reforestation - Southwest Alberta
Rumsey natural area
Industrial activity in ... 43
Rural economic development
Addition of hunting tourism to ... 1446
Securing tomorrow's prosperity (Alberta economic strategy)
Seismic activity
Compensation to landowners re, resolution of disputes over ... 505
Seismic activity - Lake Wabamun
Refusal of application for ... 1585
Seismic activity - Marie Lake area
Senators
Appointment of Alberta nominee for, Bert Brown, ministerial statement re ... 634
Softwoods - Export - United States
Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 262, 407, 541, 1246, 1642 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Export restrictions in (tax/quota system) ... 1822, 1826
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2153-54
Surface rights - Fees
Adjustment to ... 263 Committee to review ... 263
Surface Rights Board
General remarks ... 263 Seismic activity compensation claims, resolution of disputes re ... 505
Timber
Value-added processing re ... 1410, 2324 Value-added processing re, fibre road map study of ... 476
Timber killed by pine beetles
Time-share company, Canmore
Purchase of land in Wind Valley wildlife corridor ... 1280
Tourism - Yellowhead corridor
Walleye fishing - Pigeon Lake
Water quality - Eastern Slopes area
Impact of energy industry on ... 192
Water quality - Kananaskis Country
Impact of logging on ... 1134
Water quality - Marie Lake
Water supply - Calgary
Impact of logging in Kananaskis Country on ... 2142, 2143
Watershed conservation - Kananaskis Country
Impact of logging on ... 1134
Watersheds - Pine beetle infected areas
Hydrological assessment of ... 264
Waterton National Park
Pine beetle control methods in ... 1725-26
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Forest management area practices ... 1391-92
Weyerhaeuser Company
Drayton Valley mill closure ... 2324
Whitefish fishing - Pigeon Lake
Wildlife conservation
General remarks ... 927 Impact of Métis hunting/fishing rights on ... 366
Wildlife corridors - Wind Valley (Canmore area)
Time-share development on ... 1280
Wildlife habitat
Impact of climate change on ... 931-32
Wildlife habitat - Kananaskis Country
Impact of logging on ... 1134
Wildlife management
Role of hunting in ... 2388
Willmore Wilderness Park
Pine beetle infection in ... 1896
Wood debris from timber harvesting
World Health Organization
Meat infected by chronic wasting disease, advice re ... 477
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