Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall)
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
Racism prevention involvement ... 255
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Racism prevention involvement ... 255
Auditor General
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Calgary Health Region
Holy Cross Centre monitoring ... 366-67
Chief Electoral Officer
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Committee of Supply
Calendar of discussions, spring 2007 (SP313/07: Tabled) ... 733
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Bursaries, member's statement re ... 1384
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Children's Services
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Education
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Environment
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Finance
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Relations
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Ethics Commissioner
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Executive Council
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Give the Gift of Life (Card and pin)
Holy Cross Long Term Care
Health and safety issues in ... 366-67
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Member's statement re ... 255
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Lobbyists Act (Bill 1)
Committee: Amendment A1(Part A), subamendment A1 (SP833/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Committee: Amendment A1(Part B), subamendment B1 (SP835/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Committee: Amendment A1(Part B) (SP836/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Committee: Amendment A1(Part C), subamendment C1 (SP837/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Committee: Amendment A1(Part C) (SP838/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Committee: Amendment A1(Part D) (SP839/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Committee: Amendment A1(Part E) (SP840/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Committee: Amendment A1(Part F) (SP841/07: Tabled) ... 2022
Members' Statements (2007)
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association bursaries ... 1384 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ... 255 National Social Work Week ... 186 Private John George Pattison, Vimy Ridge Victoria Cross holder ... 466 Shamsher Singh Sandhu ... 1684
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 2) (Bill 57)
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
National Social Work Week
Member's statement re ... 186
Office of the Premier
Congratulations to new Premier ... 10
Ombudsman
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Oral Question Period (2007)
Holy Cross Care Centre ... 366-67 Rent regulations ... 159
Organ and tissue donation
Pattison, Private John George (50th Battalion, Alberta regiment, CEF)
Vimy Ridge Victoria Cross holder, member's statement re ... 466
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 241, 2200 Allegations against members ... 2204 Referring to a member by name ... 1298
Race discrimination - Prevention
Member's statement re ... 255
Residential Tenancies Act
Damage deposit requirements under ... 159
Sandhu, Mr. Shamsher Singh
Member's statement re ... 1684 Translations into Punjabi of national anthem and Alberta centennial song (SP615/07: Tabled) ... 1693
Service Alberta
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Speaker - Rulings
Referring to a member by name ... 2262
Treasury Board
Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646
Vimy Ridge Victoria Cross
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster)
Alberta - Economic policy
Downturn in, planning for ... 1536 General remarks ... 1536, 1786
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Aids to Daily Living
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Drug treatment programs, funding for ... 2150 Funding for ... 2149, 2150
Alberta Federation of Labour
Temporary foreign workers, report on ... 2284
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Health card of, improvement for use as proof of identity ... 1368 Health card of, security aspects ... 1368
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Surplus revenue deposit into ... 1786, 2109, 2147, 2162 Timberland asset class investment loss ... 671
Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
Food services upgrade ... 2150
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Government investments, management of ... 2162
Alberta Registries
Budget for ... 1368 Input of car insurance data into database of ... 569
Alberta Regulations
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1760 MLA task force to review, elimination of ... 1760 Review of ... 906, 1760
Alberta Residential Tenancies Advisory Committee
Report to, re rent control experience in Ontario (SP642/07: Tabled) ... 1767
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Disaster emergency assistance ... 2109, 2147 General remarks ... 1536
Alberta Teachers' Association
Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1185
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums ... 369, 727, 2106-07 Conversion to condominiums: Legislation re notification time re (Bill 34) ... 727, 771
Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43)
First Reading ... 1658 Second Reading ... 1698 Third Reading ... 1768
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25)
First Reading ... 187 Second Reading ... 237 Committee ... 270 Third Reading ... 302-03
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 20)
First Reading ... 131 Second Reading ... 232 Committee ... 266, 268 Third Reading ... 299, 302
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. 2) (Bill 56)
First Reading ... 2209 Second reading ... 2257 Committee ... 2308
Auditor General
Capital maintenance planning comments ... 904, 1859 Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681 Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... 577 Resource royalty system comments ... 1786 Timberland investment loss, mention of ... 671
Automobile drivers' licences
Adaptation for use as passport substitute ... 2108
Automobile drivers' licences - Security aspects
Fake licence problem ... 1368
Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission
Donation requests to, from other PC leadership contenders ... 1615 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1535, 1542-43, 1615
Boardwalk Rental Communities
Border crossings - Canada/United States
Security issues re ... 2108
Bridges treatment program (Youth mental care)
Brokers of foreign worker importation
Monitoring of ... 20 Prosecutions re ... 2284
Budget
Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non-disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 647
Calgary Health Region
Capital maintenance project funding ... 2150 Funding for ... 725
Canada awards of excellence
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Report on gasoline pricing ... 1245
Capital Health
Capital maintenance project funding ... 2150
Capital projects, Municipal - Calgary
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Definition of ... 1657 Staffing issues ... 1657
Chief Electoral Officer
Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681
Children's services agencies (Non-profit)
Staffing problems, funding re ... 2109
Committee of Supply
Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2007-08 considered for two days (Motion 11: Snelgrove) ... 95 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2007-08 referred to (Motion 10: Snelgrove) ... 95 Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2007-08 referred to (Motion 16: Snelgrove) ... 681 Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Snelgrove) ... 27 Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) considered for one day (Motion 6: Snelgrove) ... 27 Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) referred to (Motion 5: Snelgrove) ... 27 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 considered for one day (Motion 33: Snelgrove) ... 2109 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 referred to (Motion 32: Snelgrove) ... 2109
Community facility enhancement program
Grant applications process ... 805
Community initiatives program
Grants awarded without matching funds ... 805
Community spirit program for charitable giving
Competition Bureau (Federal)
Gasoline price increases investigations ... 1245
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
Rent control article ... 1133 Rent control article (SP441/07: Tabled) ... 1080
Consumer advocate (Proposed)
Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202)
Second Reading ... 204-05 General remarks ... 2157
Consumer protection
Re gasoline price increases ... 1245 General remarks ... 1363
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Role of ... 902 Transfer to Treasury Board ... 1364, 1366
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Supplementary estimates 2006-08: Debated ... 2164
Dept. of Education
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Reconciliation of adjusted gross amounts ... 102
Dept. of Finance
Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1615 Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 647 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2160, 2162
Dept. of Government Services
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP27/07: Tabled) ... 26
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2149-50
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... 1075 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2155
Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP36/07: Tabled) ... 26
Disabled - Employment
Provincial assistance re ... 928-29
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Calgary funding levels ... 725 General remarks ... 1536
Education - Finance - Calgary
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Leadership campaign contributions provisions (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1303
Energy conservation
Gasoline consumption reduction method re ... 1245
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2007-08 considered for two days (Motion 11: Snelgrove) ... 95 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2007-08 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 10: Snelgrove) ... 95 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2007-08 transmitted to Assembly (SP63/07: Tabled) ... 95 Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2007-08 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 16: Snelgrove) ... 681 Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2007-08 transmitted to Assembly (SP284-285/07: Tabled) ... 681 Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) considered for one day (Motion 6: Snelgrove) ... 27 Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 5: Snelgrove) ... 27 Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) transmitted to Assembly (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 considered for one day (Motion 33: Snelgrove) ... 2109 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 32: Snelgrove) ... 2109 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 transmitted to Assembly (SP907/07: Tabled) ... 2108-09
Ethics Commissioner
Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681 Report on allegations involving the Premier, and Ministers of Finance, and Health and Wellness ... 1136
Executive Council
Strategic communications office ... 2155-56 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2155-56
Fair Trading Act
Application to foreign worker importation brokers ... 20
Fairview Health Complex
Roof repair funding ... 2150
Fines (Traffic violations)
Service charges for payment of ... 438-39
Fishing, Sport
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2346
Foreign workers, Temporary
Treatment of: Armando Garcia case ... 124 Treatment/safety of ... 20, 124, 1964, 2284
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 602, 902 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... 2109
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP518/07: Tabled) ... 1331 Requests under ... 1363 Requests under, answered within 30 days, 2001-06 (Q12/07: Response tabled as SP541/07) ... 1440
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006)
Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210)
Gangmasters Licensing Authority (United Kingdom)
Monitoring of foreign workers brokers ... 1964
Gasoline consumption
Use of prices to control ... 1245
General Revenue Fund
Details of grants, supplies and services, 2005-06 (SP44/07: Tabled) ... 26
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Solicitation of political funds from ... 1535
Government chartered aircraft
Policy on usage of ... 1366
Government departments
Shared services among ... 1363-64 Shared services among, budget for ... 1368
Government programs
Co-ordination of ... 906 Managing expectations re ... 1369 Performance measures for ... 906 Review of ... 901, 904
Government spending policy
Guaranteed income program
Health Benefits Review Committee
Health care facilities - Maintenance and repair
Health workforce planning
Workplace injury prevention component, funding for ... 2150
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Hospital-acquired infections - Prevention
Hospitals
Patient lift devices in, funding for ... 2150
Hospitals - Emergency services - Calgary
Medication rooms upgrading, funding for ... 2150
Hunting
Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2346
Identification, Personal
Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 1368
Income Support program
Co-ordination of, with other low-income programs ... 1369
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681
Insurance, Automobile
Verification of, by police agencies ... 569
Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 2007-08
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... 2138
Irrigation Districts Act
Plebiscite provisions ... 1536
Land titles - Registration
Staff training re ... 542 Volume of ... 1366 Wait times re ... 542-43
Landlord and Tenant Advisory Board
Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed)
Landlords
Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases ... 1075
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Hancock) ... 2306
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Transmittal of 2006-07 supplementary estimates (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26 Transmittal of 2007-08 interim supply estimates (SP63/07: Tabled) ... 95 Transmittal of 2007-08 main and Legislative Offices estimates (SP284-285/07: Tabled) ... 681 Transmittal of 2007-08 supplementary estimates (SP907/07: Tabled) ... 2108-09
Light rail transit - Calgary
Provincial funding ... 725
Lobbyists - Registration
Financial statements consolidated with government statements ... 1366
Low-income families
Co-ordination of programs for ... 1369
Major community facilities program
Medical care - Finance - Calgary
Ministerial Statements (2007)
Premier's awards of excellence ... 2280
Municipal District of Rocky View
Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1536
Municipal finance - Calgary
Provincial funding for ... 725
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1786, 1856 Decrease in ... 1786 Saving of 30% of, Liberal opposition plan re ... 2162 Utilization of ... 19
Northern Gateway school division
Whitecourt high school upgrading ... 902
Office of the Premier
General remarks ... 172 Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1535, 1542-43, 1615 Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 1136
Official Opposition
Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for: Point of order re ... 1695
Oil sands development
General remarks ... 602 Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 602, 902 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 901-02, 906 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 602, 901, 902, 906, 2138
Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat
Ombudsman
Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing ... 369, 725-26, 726-27, 801-03, 1241, 1245, 1276, 1656, 1787 Affordable housing solutions ... 1080 Assistance for student housing ... 1055 Calgary municipal funding ... 725 Community initiatives program ... 805 Condominium conversions ... 2106-07 Contribution to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1535 Contributions to leadership campaign ... 1615 Contributions to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1542-43 Deferred infrastructure maintenance ... 1859 Deferred school infrastructure maintenance ... 1994 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... 1136 Economic strategy ... 1536 Employment for persons with disabilities ... 928-29 Foreign workers ... 20 Gasoline prices ... 1245 High-security drivers' licences ... 2108 Homeless and eviction prevention fund ... 930 Incentives for property developers ... 1188 Land titles wait times ... 542-43 Nonrenewable resource revenues ... 19 Not-for-profit sector ... 1657 Oil sands development ... 602 Private/public partnerships ... 2380-81 Private registry service fees ... 438-39 Provincial fiscal policies ... 1786 Quality of life in Alberta ... 1958-59 Regional municipal planning ... 2138 Registries database access ... 569 Regulatory reform ... 1760 Rent regulations ... 159 Rental increases ... 875 Rental starts ... 927 Royalty framework advertising ... 1855-56 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1185 Temporary foreign workers ... 1964, 2284 Temporary rent regulation ... 690, 840, 876, 1075, 1133 Timberland investment loss ... 671 Western irrigation district ... 1536, 1616
Organized crime
Private registry office infiltration ... 1367-68
Payday loan companies
Provincial regulation of ... 1366
Peace Country Health
Capital maintenance project funding ... 2150
Personnel Administration Office
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Central Region Community Board
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211)
Plebiscites, Provincial
Western Irrigation District plebiscite to transfer water licence to racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1536
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 1695 Allegations against members ... 1248-49
Political parties
Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to ... 1136 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1303 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to: All-party committee to review ... 1136
Postsecondary educational institutions
Financial statements consolidated with government statements ... 1366
Premier's Awards of Excellence
Ministerial statement re ... 2280
Privilege
Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... 647
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1535, 1615
Provincial/municipal relations
Public Affairs Bureau
Canvass of public opinion re rent control ... 876
Public contracts for consultants
Public lands
Sale of, for a dollar, for affordable housing ... 726
Public service - Alberta
Disabled employees ... 928-29, 1369 Future planning for ... 1363, 1364 General remarks ... 1363 Male/female ratio in senior management ... 1369 Ministerial statement re ... 2280 Northern allowance for Grande Prairie employees ... 1368 Performance measures re ... 1368 Student work experience programs by ... 1368
Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie
Emergency department upgrade, funding for ... 2150
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 1536, 1616
Radio communications system (first responder system)
Regional health authorities
Financial statements consolidated with government statements ... 1366
Registry offices, Private
Registry offices, Private - Security aspects
Regulatory Review Secretariat
Rent control
General remarks ... 725, 801-02, 840, 875, 876, 930, 1075, 1080, 1133, 1188, 1241, 1245, 1656, 1787 Public opinion poll re ... 876
Rent control - Ontario
Report on, to Alberta Residential Tenancies Advisory Committee (SP642/07: Tabled) ... 1767
Rent increases
Assistance programs re ... 930, 1656 General remarks ... 725, 726-27, 803, 875, 876, 927, 1080, 1241, 1656 Impact on AISH recipients ... 875 Impact on student housing ... 1055 Limited to one a year ... 690, 801, 875 Limited to one a year: Legislation re (Bill 34) ... 771
Residential Tenancies Act
Damage deposit requirements under ... 159
Ring roads - Calgary
Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) project ... 901
Risk management procedures
Road construction
Map of planned projects ... 904
Royalty Review Panel
General remarks ... 1856 Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1786
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1786, 1856 New Royalty Framework (2007): Advertising costs re ... 1855-56 Review of ... 1856
Sacred Heart Community Health Centre, McLennan
Roof repair funding ... 2150
School boards
Financial statements consolidated with government statements ... 1366 Funding ... 1994
Schools - Construction
Funding for ... 1536 Grouping of, for cost efficiencies ... 904 Public/private projects re, cost increases re ... 2380-81 Public/private projects re: Supporting documentation re (M2/07: Defeated) ... 576-57
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Funding for ... 1994 Funding for, public/private projects ... 902
Schools - Maintenance and repair - Calgary
Service Alberta
Air and vehicle services budget increase ... 1366 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP809/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Budget ... 1363 Enterprise services budget ... 1368 Gasoline price increases, investigation of ... 1245 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1363-69 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP596/07: Tabled) ... 1624 Role of ... 1363 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2157-58 Traffic fines payment, fees charged for ... 438-39
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Tax incentives
For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1188
Teachers - Fort McMurray
Northern allowance payments to ... 2147
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 1185 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as amended: Flaherty) ... 356-57
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53)
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
First Reading ... 771 Second Reading ... 829, 932, 940, 942, 946, 948-49, 967 Committee ... 968-69, 1011, 1015-17, 1019, 1027-28, 1028, 1030, 1036-37, 1040 Third Reading ... 1057 General remarks ... 840, 875, 930, 2106-07 Royal Assent schedule re ... 1276
Tobacco - Taxation
Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 834
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37)
First Reading ... 834 Second reading ... 1838
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Impact on Alberta regulations ... 1760
Treasury Board
Alternative capital financing office ... 901, 902, 1364 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP813/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Directives/minutes, availability of ... 2164 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 133-34 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 901-06 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP497, 596/07: Tabled) ... 1330, 1624 Role of ... 901 Spending management and planning office ... 902 Staffing ... 1364 Strategic capital planning office ... 901, 902, 1364 Transfer of Corporate Internal Audit Services to ... 1364
Treasury Board Secretariat
University of Alberta
Power plant upgrade, funding for ... 2164
Utilities Consumer Advocate
W. W. Cross Cancer Institute
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water licences
Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1536, 1616
Water treatment plants
For Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1616
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Red Deer River
Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1616
Western Irrigation District
Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1616 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex: Plebiscite re ... 1536
Whitecourt high school
Upgrading, P3 process for ... 902
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.)
Afghanistan
Canadian forces' service in, statement re ... 1
Alberta Legislature Grounds: Self-guided Tour (Brochure)
Copy tabled (SP156/07) ... 332
Alberta Trappers Association
Donation of beaver pelt mace rest cover to Assembly, Speaker's statement re ... 1953
Ambassador of France to Canada
Letter to Alberta on occasion of 90th anniversary of Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 433
Apartment fire, Fort McMurray
Impact of, emergency debate re ... 648-49
Auditor General
MLA promotional items budget, recommendation to review, Members Services order 1/07 re (SP680/07: Tabled) ... 1790 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), point of order re ... 1968-69
Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission
Donation to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency motion re ... 1660
Budget
Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non-disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 647, 679-80
Calgary-Buffalo (Constituency)
Ethics Commissioner's report on allegations involving (SP13/07: Tabled) ... 26
Calgary-Elbow (Constituency)
New member for, presented to Assembly ... 1779
Calgary-Mackay (Constituency)
Member for, resignation from Assembly ... 2281
Calgary-Montrose (Constituency)
Ethics Commissioner's report on allegations involving (SP12/07: Tabled) ... 25-26
Calgary-Varsity (Constituency)
Birthday congratulations to ... 2176
Canadian armed forces
Service in Afghanistan, statement re ... 1
Caucus funding
Discepancies in ... 15 For research work ... 617
The Centennial Series: Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Historical reference books)
Copy tabled (SP527/07) ... 1386 Launch ceremony for ... 1383 Speaker's statement re ... 1383
Cheffins, Mr. Craig
New member for Calgary-Elbow, presented to Assembly ... 1779
Chief Electoral Officer
Annual report, 2005 (SP117/07: Tabled) ... 266
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Second Reading: Amendment to refer Bill to Community Services standing committee ... 1396
Committee of Supply
Evening sittings of, May 8 and 9 (Motion 19 as amended: Hancock) ... 880 Opposition officials on floor of House during, request for information re ... 843
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Ethics Commissioner' annual report, 2006-07, referred to ... 1790
Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing
Beaver waste management commission's donation to Premier's leadership campaign referral to, emergency motion re ... 1660
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Caucus funding decisions ... 15, 617 Caucus radio ads funding from caucus budgets, consideration of ... 1695 Meeting of, April 4, 2007: Letter re (SP158/07: Tabled) ... 332-33 Members' indemnities increase decision, letter and factsheet re (SP157/07: Tabled) ... 332 Members' Services order no. 1/07 (constituency services amendment order no. 19) (SP680/07: Tabled) ... 1790 Members' Services order no. 6/07 (transportation amendment order no. 9) (SP880/07: Tabled) ... 2071 Members' Services order no.1/06 (members' allowances amendment order no. 13) (SP8/07: Tabled) ... 25 Members' Services order nos. 2-3/07 (constituency services amendment orders no. 20-21) (SP876-877/07: Tabled) ... 2071 Members' Services order nos. 4-5/07 (members' allowances amendment orders no. 14-15) (SP878-879/07: Tabled) ... 2071 Members' Services order nos.2 & 3/06 (constituency services amendment orders no. 17-18) (SP9-10/07: Tabled) ... 25
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Review of Standing Orders changes ... 617
Committees, Policy field (all-party)
Caucus funding for research re ... 617
Committees, Select standing
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Annual meeting, Winnipeg, summer 2008 ... 617
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Alberta branch
Annual report, 2006 (In Legislative Assembly Office, Annual report, 2006) ... 1768
Community initiatives program
Grants awarded without matching funds, point of order re ... 370-71
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement with: Point of order re ... 1281
Dept. of Energy
Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Point of Order re ... 1968-69 Minister's misleading statements, point of privilege re ... 1793
Dept. of Finance
Minister of, Ethics Commissioner's report into allegations re (SP421/07: Tabled) ... 1073-74 Minister's PC leadership campaign, donations from Royalty Review Panel members re ... 14 Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 647, 679-80
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister of, Ethics Commissioner's report into allegations re (SP421/07: Tabled) ... 1073-74
Dixon, Mr. Arthur (Former MLA)
Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency)
New member for, presented to Assembly ... 1779
Edmonton-Ellerslie (Constituency)
Naming of member for ... 371
Elections, Provincial - Manitoba
Elections, Provincial - Prince Edward Island
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Holy Cross Long Term Care Centre conditions (not proceeded with) ... 54 Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray (not proceeded with) ... 648-49 Parkland teachers' labour dispute (not proceeded with) ... 165-66 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1794-95
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42
Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's leadership campaign, referral to Managing Growth Pressures committee ... 1660
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Fund) 2007-08 transmitted to Assembly (SP63/07: Tabled) ... 95 Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2007-08 transmitted to Assembly (SP284-285/07: Tabled) ... 681 Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) transmitted to Assembly (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26
Ethics Commissioner
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP11/07: Tabled) ... 25 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP682/07: Tabled) ... 1790 Members' leadership campaign contributions, review of ... 14 Report on allegations involving the Member for Calgary-Buffalo (SP13/07: Tabled) ... 26 Report on allegations involving the Member for Calgary-Montrose (SP12/07: Tabled) ... 25-26 Report on allegations involving the Premier, and Ministers of Finance, and Health and Wellness (SP421/07: Tabled) ... 1073-74, 1136
Financial Management and Administrative Services (LAO)
Liberal caucus radio ads re environmental laws: Memo approving expenditures re (SP616/07: Tabled) ... 1695
French language
Use in Legislative Assembly ... 27
Give Your Other Vote to the Sister: A Woman's Journey into the Great War (Biography)
Hayden, Mr. Jack
New member for Drumheller-Stettler, presented to Assembly ... 1779
Holy Cross Long Term Care
Health and safety issues in: Request for emergency debate re ... 54
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP259/07: Tabled) ... 598
Internet (Computer network)
Assembly proceedings streamed on ... 477
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
100th anniversary ... 1 Evening sittings for Committee of Supply, May 8 and 9 (Motion 19 as amended: Hancock) ... 880 Proceedings of, streamed on Internet ... 477 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business, amendments to Standing Orders re: Speaker's statement re ... 86 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Orders re: Amendment to, and more: Speakers statement re ... 617-18 Third session, spring 2007, statistics ... 1765-66
Legislative Assembly Office
Annual report, 2006 (Includes CPA Alberta branch annual report) (SP663/07: Tabled) ... 1768
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Transmittal of 2006-07 supplementary estimates (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26 Transmittal of 2007-08 interim supply estimates (SP63/07: Tabled) ... 95 Transmittal of 2007-08 main and Legislative Offices estimates (SP284-285/07: Tabled) ... 681
MacAdams, Roberta (Second woman MLA in Alberta)
Speaker's statement re ... 1579
Mace rest cover of beaver pelt
Donation to Assembly, Speaker's statement re ... 1953
Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc.
Former MLA's government contract, point of order re questions re ... 546
McKinney, Louise (Former MLA)
First female MLA in Alberta and British Empire ... 1579
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Anniversary congratulations to ... 808 Birthday congratulations to ... 48, 221, 2176 Electoral anniversary of several members ... 48, 84, 221, 1754, 2133-34 Leadership campaign contributions, review of by Ethics Commissioner ... 14 MLA promotional items budget, Members Services order 1/07 re (SP680/07: Tabled) ... 1790 New member for Calgary-Elbow, presented to Assembly ... 1779 New member for Drumheller-Stettler, presented to Assembly ... 1779 Salary increase for, letter and factsheet re (SP157/07: Tabled) ... 333 Tribute to former members ... 7
Members' Statements (2007)
Calendar of special events ... 563-64
Members' Statements (Parliamentary procedure)
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Question re CIP grant payments ... 371, 397
Naming of a member (Parliamentary procedure)
Member for Edmonton-Ellerslie (re CIP grant payments question) ... 371, 397
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1794-95
Office of the Premier
Congratulations to new Premier ... 1 Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency motion re ... 1660 Ethics Commissioner's report into allegations re (SP421/07: Tabled) ... 1073-74 Premier's leadership campaign donors, point of order on comments re ... 2392
Official Opposition
Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for: Accounting memo re (SP616/07: Tabled) ... 1695 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for: Point of order re ... 1695-96
Ombudsman
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP14 & 681/07: Tabled) ... 26, 1790 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP14/07: Tabled) ... 26
Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure)
Amended start time for ... 86 Statement re time limit on questions/answers in ... 122-23
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Biographies re (SP56 & 710/07: Tabled) ... 51, 1818 Letter to Speaker on their retirement ... 1757 Presentation of gifts to, on last day of session ... 2516
Paproski, Dr. Kenneth (Former MLA)
Parliamentary Counsel
Reference to during Question Period ... 1280
Poems
Remembrance Day poem read by student ... 1885
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 546, 1139, 1248, 1695-96, 2392, 2486 Allegations against members ... 1249, 1299 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1698 Factual accuracy ... 1139-40, 1395, 1396, 2003-04, 2074, 2147, 2181 False allegations ... 1488, 2295 Imputing motives ... 1139, 1281, 1449, 1830 Interrupting a member ... 1697 Members' Statements ... 1932 Ministerial responsibilities ... 2146 Parliamentary language ... 1931-32, 1968-69 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 94-95 Projected government business ... 410 Question and comment period ... 2074 Referring to newspaper articles ... 511 Reflections on members ... 370-71 Relevance ... 2511 Tabling a government report ... 1827
Political parties
Donations to: Point of Order on comments re ... 2392
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign contributions to Premier, from Royalty Review Panel members ... 41
Progressive Conservative caucus
Purchase of radio ads with caucus funds ... 1696
Public contracts
Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Point of order re questions re ... 546
Questions, Written
Amendment to procedure re ... 86
Remembrance Day 2007
Student's poem re ... 1885
Royalty Review Panel
Minister of Finance responsible for, panelists' donations to leadership campaign of ... 14
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
Memo re early committee reading of (SP756/07: Tabled) ... 1930
Schmidt, Mr. Dallas Wilbur (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 2169
School at the Legislature (Educational program)
Report card, 2005-06 (SP219/07: Tabled) ... 502
Soetaert, Mr. Arthur (Former MLA)
Speaker - Rulings
Criticizing a committee ... 2285 Decision of the Ethics Commissioner ... 1136 Decisions of Members' Services Committee ... 15 Decisions of the Assembly ... 1396 Decorum ... 1796 Hypothetical questions ... 1925, 1959 Interjections by a member ... 1726 Legal decisions ... 1337 Matters referred to Ethics Commissioner ... 14 Oral Question Period rules ... 19, 402, 1280, 1889 Parliamentary language ... 1957 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 88 Questions about legislation ... 470 Reference to a deity ... 806 Referral of Bills to a policy field committee ... 1340 Referring to the absence of a member ... 769 Relevance ... 2296-97 Tabling cited documents ... 510-11, 932, 1859-60, 2391 Tabling Committee of Supply responses ... 1394 Tabling documents ... 879-80 Use of laptop in the Chamber ... 2218
Speaker - Statements
2007 session statistics ... 2516-17 All-night sitting ... 2486-87 Amendments to Standing Orders ... 86, 617-18 Anniversary congratulations to members ... 808 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 432-33 Birthday congratulations to members ... 48, 221, 2176 Calendar of special events ... 563-64, 772, 1543 Canadian forces' service in Afghanistan ... 1 The Centennial Series book launch ... 1330 The Centennial Series books (four volumes) ... 1383 Commonwealth Day 2007 message ... 48 Electoral anniversary of several members ... 48, 84, 221, 1754, 2133-34 Gary Mar, MLA for Calgary-Mackay, resignation of ... 2281 Gavel-to-gavel streaming of Assembly proceedings ... 477 Gift of mace rest to the Legislative Assembly ... 1953 Length of Progressive Conservative government in Alberta ... 1758 Manitoba election results ... 1301 New Premier, welcome to ... 1 Opposition officials on the floor of the House during estimates, request for information re ... 843 Oral Question Period ... 122-23 Prince Edward Island election results ... 1299, 1301 Private members' business from Nov.5/07, completion of debate re on Nov.8/07 ... 1898 Provincial elections in other provinces ... 808 Remembrance Day poem, student's reading of ... 1885 Roberta MacAdams ... 1579 Spring session statistics ... 1765-66 Tablings ... 1897-98
Speech from the Throne
Copy tabled (SP1/07) ... 5
Standing Orders
Amendment to (sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of business) (Motion 12: Hancock): Speaker's statement re ... 86 Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Hancock): Speaker's statement re ... 617-18
Strikes and lockouts - Teachers
Parkland school division labour dispute: Request for emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 165-66
Strong, Mr. Bryan (Former MLA)
Tabling returns and reports (Parliamentary procedure)
Notes/newspaper articles quoted during OQP ... 1897-98
Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917)
Speaker's statement re ... 432-33
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal workforce action plan
Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Water Council
Public consultations re Water for Life strategy ... 3
Apprenticeship training - Finance
Capital projects
Alternative funding methods for ... 3 Planning for ... 3
Chronic disease management
Climate change - Law and legislation
Coal energy, Near zero emission
Community spirit program for charitable giving
General remarks ... 3 MLA committee to establish ... 3
Continuing/extended care facilities
Continuing/extended care facilities - Standards
Crime reduction
Integrated strategy for ... 4
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Disabled
Government policies for ... 3
Donating to charitable organizations
Economic growth
General remarks ... 2 Impact on water supplies ... 3 Provincial long-term funding arrangement re ... 4
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 2 Funding for ... 3
Energy conservation
Personal initiatives re ... 3, 4
Energy industry
Value-adding/upgrading in ... 4
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Energy strategy, Integrated (Renewable/ nonrenewable resource development)
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 3 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... 3
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Governance of, review of ... 2
Government spending policy
Greenhouse gas emissions
Intensity targets for industry re ... 3
Greenhouse gas emissions - Law and legislation
Health workforce planning
Information and communications technology
Institute for agriculture, forestry and the environment (Proposed)
Medical care - Fort McMurray
Mental health services
Drug strategy re ... 3 General remarks ... 3
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for ... 4
Nanotechnology - Research
National Institute for Nanotechnology
Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee
Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat
Postsecondary educational institutions
Preventive medical services
Public safety (From criminal activity)
General remarks ... 2, 3-4
Quality of life
Aboriginal peoples ... 3 General remarks ... 2, 3
Sewage disposal plants - Fort McMurray
Social housing - Fort McMurray
Specified gas emitters regulation
Intensity targets under ... 3
Surplus, Budgetary
Management policy for (allocation strategy) ... 4
Tax incentives
For charitable donations ... 3
Technology commercialization
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water resources development
Water supply
Impact of economic growth on ... 3
Water treatment plants - Fort McMurray
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville)
4-H clubs
Highway clean-up campaign ... 2283
Aboriginal peoples - Education
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
General remarks ... 2323 Industrial Heartland projects ... 2175
Aboriginal workforce action plan
Agricultural land
Energy industry entry onto, compensation re ... 13
Agricultural value-added production
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour laws ... 294-95
Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Alberta - Economic policy
Downturn in, planning for ... 1481 General remarks ... 1388 Slowing down of ... 638, 1388
Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Position on municipal sustainability report ... 565, 1077 TILMA agreement, discussions with province re ... 329
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April 2006
Rail service to Port of Prince Rupert discussion at ... 403
Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, May 2007
Alberta Capital Region Alliance
Failure of ... 565 General remarks ... 1077
Alberta Connects (Government information initiative)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Bitumen upgrader, Edmonton area, application review ... 599-600 Electricity transmission line, Alberta/Montana, hearing re ... 45-46 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, Energy dept.'s letter re ... 2320-21 Government interference in decisions of ... 2320-21 New chair appointed to ... 2321 Separation into two boards: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 2027 Utility rate increases applications ... 871
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, 225
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Role in monitoring patient safety in hospitals ... 326
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1783 Resource revenue deposit into ... 2102-03 Timberland asset class investment loss ... 671
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
Religious headwear bans in sports cases ... 2211
Alberta Liberal Party
Donation request from Beaver waste management commission ... 1687-88, 1994 Donation request from Beaver waste management commission, letter re (SP618/07: Tabled) ... 1693 Fundraising dinner tickets sale to a municipality ... 1479 Housing policy ... 566
Alberta Order of Excellence
Alberta pension plan (Proposed)
Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC proposal)
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Position on municipal sustainability report ... 565, 1077
Alberta utilities commission
Creation from former Alberta Energy and Utilities Board: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 2027
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Alberta's Promise
Annual report, 2006 (SP494/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Annual report, 2007 (SP928/07: Tabled) ... 2180
AltaLink Management Ltd.
Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Government interference re ... 2320-21 Official of, conflict of interest re provincial electricity transmission policy ... 2321
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
General remarks ... 1077 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) funding model for ... 159, 1758
Antilitter campaign, province-wide
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums ... 638, 2028 Conversion to condominiums: Calgary-Varsity constituency ... 638 Conversion to condominiums: Legislation re notification time re (Bill 34) ... 1274 Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 538, 566, 600
Apartment fire, Fort McMurray
Arts
Provincial support for ... 672
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits increase for ... 328
Athabasca River - Water levels
Athabasca River basin
Management plan for ... 2102
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Provision of reactors to the energy industry ... 763
Auditor General
Annual reports, frequency of ... 2284 Budget for ... 2284 Community initiatives program audit ... 401 Other initiatives program criteria, report on ... 435 Payments made to individuals/corporations, review of ... 504, 537-38 Public Affairs Bureau secondments to government departments, review of ... 1596 Public contracts' awarding process, review of ... 599 Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... 1758, 2381 Relations with government ... 2284-85 Resource royalty system comments ... 1784, 1819-20, 1853, 1854-55 Resource royalty system reporting in Energy dept.'s annual reports, comments re ... 1923-24 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), discused with cabinet ... 1853, 1993 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), release of ... 1853-54, 1924 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), tabling of ... 1819-20 Timberland investment loss, mention of ... 671
Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission
Donation requests to, from other PC leadership contenders ... 1583, 1651 Donation requests to, from other political parties ... 1687-88 Donation to Alberta Liberal party ... 1687-88, 1994 Donation to Alberta Liberal party, letter re (SP618/07: Tabled) ... 1693 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1479-80, 1542, 1582-83, 1650-51, 1687-88, 1994 Licence renewal ... 1651 Public hearings re Ryley landfill ... 189
Bitumen pipelines
Alberta Clipper pipeline ... 42, 1584 General remarks ... 1584
Board Governance Review Task Force
Boardwalk Rental Communities
Border crossings - Canada/United States
Coutts crossing safety fence location ... 567, 837
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Compensation plans re ... 1050
Bridges - Snake River - Cardston area
Replacement of, for ranch access ... 567, 837
Brokers of foreign worker importation
Budget
Fixed date for ... 1592, 1598 Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non-disclosure on ... 638 Quarterly reports ... 1481
Budget 2007
Business plans 2007 (SP286/07: Tabled) ... 681 General remarks ... 1388
By-elections
New school construction announcement before ... 1759
By-elections - Calgary-Elbow constituency
Debate between Offical Opposition Leader and Premier re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1274 Release of information re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1386-87
By-elections - Drumheller-Stettler constituency
Debate between Offical Opposition Leader and Premier re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1274 PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... 1654 Release of information re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1386-87
Calgary-Elbow (Constituency)
By-election in, debate between Premier and Official Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue during ... 1274 New member for, presented to Assembly ... 1779
Calgary Health Region
Holy Cross Centre contract termination ... 470 Holy Cross Centre monitoring ... 41
Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program
Grants to Holy Cross Manor, Calgary ... 261, 295-96
Canada-Alberta Co-operation on Immigration
Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund
Funding for Taber water treatment plant ... 567
Canada ecoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change (Federal)
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Royalty system comments ... 640
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Olymel pork plant, Red Deer, situation ... 2065
Capital cost allowance program (Federal)
For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... 1076
Capital projects
Cost increases, funding for ... 2382 Funding for ... 1441, 1784 Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1783 Public/private partnerships re ... 159, 2381
Capital projects, Municipal - Calgary
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Funding for ... 1441, 2102, 2173 Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1783
Capital region integrated growth management plan
Cardston-Taber-Warner (Constituency)
Cellular telephones
Use while driving, ban on ... 2282 Use while driving, ban on, legislation re ... 2282
Cheffins, Mr. Craig
New member for Calgary-Elbow, presented to Assembly ... 1779
Chief Electoral Officer
Ballot irregularities during 2004 provincial election reported to ... 1606
Child and youth support program
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
Climate change
Alberta plan for ... 125 General remarks ... 161, 1391
Climate change - Public consultations
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Collective bargaining
Supreme Court decision re ... 1652
Collective bargaining - Flagstaff ambulance operators
Collective bargaining - Teachers
Impact of education funding on ... 1685-86 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five-year agreement on ... 2024
Committee on Community Services, Standing
Referral of Bill 31, Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007, to ... 1598
Committee on Government Services, Standing
Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to ... 1598 Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339 Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007, to ... 1598
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Auditor General's reporting to ... 2285
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Members' indemnities increase decision ... 328
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Minister of Education nonappearance at ... 764
Committees, Policy field (all-party)
General remarks ... 229, 1592, 1595, 1598 Referral of unethical donations to leadership campaigns to ... 1650
Community initiatives program
Audit of, by Auditor General ... 401 Grants awarded without matching funds ... 401, 434
Conflict of interest
Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission projects ... 2320-21 Minister of Finance's soliciting of campaign donations while preparing the budget ... 638 Royalty Review Panel members ... 13, 41, 87, 158, 565-66
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
General remarks ... 1723, 2213 Referral to Government Services standing committee ... 1598
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
Construction trades
Employment levels: Impact of Industrial Heartland projects on ... 2175 Employment levels: Relation to immigration policy ... 2175 Employment of foreign workers ... 2323 Workforce strategy re ... 2175
Container terminal - Edmonton
Continuing/extended care facilities
Continuing/extended care facilities - Standards
General remarks ... 41, 292
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as public member of ... 599 Transfer to Treasury Board ... 1592
Council of the Federation
Letter from Prime Minister to, re equalization formula ... 158
County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54)
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Daycare centres - Employees
DDB Canada
Government advertising contracts ... 1596
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
General remarks ... 1783, 1784 Incursion of, re P3 school projects ... 2381
Dept. of Agriculture (United States)
Delisting of Olymel pork processing plant, Red Deer ... 2065
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Balzac racing complex, briefing note re ... 1274 Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement with ... 1273 Balzac racing complex water licence, director's decision re ... 87, 123, 1273-74
Dept. of Education
Minister's nonappearance at Public Accounts committee meeting ... 764
Dept. of Energy
Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in ... 1923-24 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Accountability for ... 1923-24 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Premier's knowledge of ... 1923 Contract with consultant re AEUB division ... 2027 Electricity branch director's (Kellan Fluckiger) letter to EUB re AltaLink transmission line application ... 2320-21 Former ministers' briefings on royalty revenue appropriateness ... 1819 Heavy oil production in Alberta, 2002 report on ... 1133 Minister's resignation ... 1783, 1784, 1994 Royalty rate increase comments ... 1785, 1819, 1853, 1924, 1993
Dept. of Finance
Annual report, mention of timberland investment loss in ... 671 Minister's PC leadership campaign, donations from Royalty Review Panel members re ... 14, 41 Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation solicitation ... 638
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Monitoring and enforcement branch, restoration of ... 363
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Former minister's involvement with Balzac racing complex ... 1273, 1331
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... 1049
Deputy Premier (Former)
Involvement with racing entertainment centre development in Balzac ... 503
Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee (Blue books)
General remarks ... 1607 Posting on government website ... 14, 638
Disabled - Housing
Availability/affordability of ... 2172-73
Disputes Inquiry Board
Flagstaff county ambulance operators dispute ... 160 Parkland school division teachers' strike ... 88
Drugs, Prescription
Provincial pharmacare program ... 2173
Drumheller
Awareness of water withdrawal from Red Deer River ... 87
Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency)
By-election in, debate between Premier and Official Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue during ... 1274 By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... 1654 Former member for, involvement with Balzac racing entertainment centre ... 503 New member for, presented to Assembly ... 1779
Early childhood education
Full-day programs ... 1685
East Central Health
Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville ... 327, 363 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, public inquiry re ... 293 Bacterial infection to Robert Bruce in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, letter re ... 325-26
Economic development and the environment
Edmonton Catholic School District
Budget shortfall ... 1685, 1726 Full-time kindergarten program funding ... 1685
Edmonton Public School Board
Edmonton Remand Centre
New facility for, cost increases re ... 2382
Education, Postsecondary
Access to, affordability review to improve ... 331-32
Election ballots (2004 election)
Irregularities in ... 1606
Electric power, Coal-produced - Environmental aspects
Electric power - Prices
General remarks ... 230 PC candidate's statement re, in Drumheller by-election campaign ... 1654
Electric power - Supply
General remarks ... 230 Shortage of (blackouts) ... 2384
Electric power lines
General remarks ... 230, 2384 Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 45 Tie line with Montana, environmental aspects ... 45 Tie line with Montana, hearings re ... 45-46
Electric utilities - Regulations
Deregulation ... 1654, 2384 Deregulation: Cessation of ... 230
Electrogeneration from coal
Emergency planning
Fort McMurray apartment fire ... 637 Public communications re ... 1593
Emission control credits
Federal credits, reinvestment in Alberta ... 1076 Purchase of, to achieve intensity targets ... 161
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 294-95 Oil sands industries ... 14-15
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 327 General remarks ... 537
Endowment funds, Public
Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1783
Energy industry
Activity in protected areas ... 43 Developments under lake beds ... 570 Value-adding/upgrading in ... 42
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Expertise in, representation on Royalty Review Panel ... 13
Energy industry - Marie Lake area
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Reconstitution of: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 2027
Enterprise Universal Incorporated
Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor, repayment of, if project fails ... 261, 295-96
Environmental Appeal Board
Water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 87, 123
Environmental impact assessments
Cumulative assessments ... 2102, 2381 Energy industry development in Marie Lake area, petition presented re ... 1585 Oil sands projects ... 2102 Ryley landfill project ... 1239
Environmental protection
Expertise in, representation on Royalty Review Panel ... 13
Equalization payments
Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 43, 158-59 General remarks ... 1051 Sunset clause for ... 159
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Department designated by ND opposition, minister's nonappearance at meeting for ... 765
Ethics Commissioner
Ballot irregularities during 2004 provincial election reported to ... 1606 Lobbyist registry administration ... 5
Executive Council
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP24/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP801/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Budget ... 1592, 1593 Corporate communications division ... 1592, 1594 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1592-1600, 1602-09 Policy co-ordination office ... 1592, 1593 Role of ... 1592 Salaries ... 1597 Strategic communications office ... 1592, 1594
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Bitumen pipeline, Alberta to Houston ... 1584
Farmers
Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 330 Representation on Royalty Review Panel ... 12-13
Federal/provincial fiscal relations
Financial investment and planning commission (Proposed)
First Nations, MĂ©tis and Inuit Education Showcase
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Amendment to allow public debt ... 2381
Food banks
Impact of rent increases on usage of ... 1388
Foreign workers, Temporary
Replacement of trade union members ... 14-15 Treatment/safety of ... 1333, 2323
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1605, 2173 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... 2027, 2101 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 2101
Free votes (Parliamentary procedure)
Temporary rent regulations ... 1183
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Balzac water transfer information request under ... 1331, 1386-87, 1441 Premier's leadership campaign donations disclosure under ... 1583
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006)
Golf courses - Taber
Premier's leadership campaign fundraiser at ... 2383
Government advertising
Allocation of costs re ... 1597 General remarks ... 1595-96
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Solicitation of political funds from ... 1479, 1583
Government appointments
Guidelines for ... 1240 PC party supporters' appointments ... 1240
Government communications
General remarks ... 1592-93 Performance measures re ... 1608
Government departments
Communications (public announcements) function in ... 1594, 1596, 1597
Government of Alberta
Website ... 1592, 1595, 1606 Website, Alberta lobbyist registry accessible on ... 5, 469 Website, blue books (government grants) accessible on ... 14, 469, 638 Website, posting of government aircraft manifests on ... 229, 469, 1592, 1606 Website, posting of ministerial expenses on ... 229, 1592, 1606
Government openness
General remarks ... 13-14, 41, 229, 401, 402, 405, 435, 469, 537, 538, 565-66, 599, 601, 638, 672, 1387, 1606, 1685, 1688, 1723
Government programs - Calgary
Government programs - Edmonton
Grande Prairie
Impact of economic growth on ... 158
Grant MacEwan Community College
Greenhouse gas emissions
Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 45, 1391, 1584 Intensity targets for industry re ... 45, 87, 367, 1391
Greenhouse gas emissions - Measurement
Groundwater - Ryley area
Impact of landfill project on ... 1239
Hayden, Mr. Jack
New member for Drumheller-Stettler, presented to Assembly ... 1779
Health Quality Council
Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, investigation of ... 326, 363, 364
Health sciences personnel
Impact of funding cuts on ... 364
Health workforce planning
Highway 3
Twinning: Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 1820
Highway 4 - Milk River area
Bypass, Premier's involvement in ... 2383
Highway 43 - Grande Prairie area
Bypass (highway 43X) ... 1820
Highwood Communications Ltd.
Government advertising contracts ... 1596
Holy Cross Long Term Care
Health and safety issues in ... 40-42, 292, 470 Health and safety issues in: Public inquiry into ... 41 Termination of contract for, by Calgary Health Region ... 470
Holy Cross Manor Incorporated
Afforable housing grants to, repayment with interest if project fails clause ... 261, 295-96 Health and safety issues in ... 40, 41-42
Homeless - Fort McMurray
Funding for programs for ... 2101
Homeless - Housing - Fort McMurray
Transitional housing funding ... 2101
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Hospital-acquired infections
Legal liability re ... 257
Hospitals - Calgary
New south Calgary hospital ... 18
Hospitals - Emergency services
Capacity of ... 566-67 Red alerts re ... 566-67 Reducing visits to ... 567 Waiting times in ... 364
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
House of Commons (Canada)
Additional members for Alberta, ministerial statement re ... 1990
A Housing Symposium: Affordable Housing for Albertans (1998)
Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act
Violation of section 3, re email posted on Save My CWB website ... 405
Immigrants - Employment
Industrial Heartland projects ... 2175
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (U of C)
Provincial funding for ... 2382
Insurance, Automobile - Premiums
Raising of, regulations re ... 871, 1051
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
International trade - China
Interprovincial trade
Internal trade agreement ... 1275
Ivanhoe Cambridge
Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 87-88
Keystone bitumen pipeline
National Energy Board hearings re ... 1480-81
Labour laws and legislation
Labour supply
Shortages, employment of children to solve ... 190
Labour unions
Assistance to foreign workers ... 1333
Land-use framework
General remarks ... 43, 539, 568 Public consultations re ... 1600
Land-use planning - Edmonton area
Landlord and Tenant Advisory Board
Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed)
Landlords
Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases ... 1049 Rent increase approval mechanism for ... 1050-51 Website listing re ... 1131
Laurier Heights school students
Lavesta Area Group (Landowners)
Presentation to hearings re electric power line between Edmonton and Calgary ... 2027
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Sitting calendar ... 1592, 1598 Sitting calendar, conducive to family life ... 17
Light rail transit - Calgary
Provincial funding ... 1721
Livestock industry, Intensive - Environmental aspects
Lobbyists - Registration
Accessibility of information re, on government website ... 5, 2213 General remarks ... 14, 402, 469 Legislation re (Bill 1) ... 5
Lobbyists Act (Bill 1)
First Reading ... 5 Second Reading ... 232 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services committee (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339 Third reading ... 2465-66 General remarks ... 229, 638, 2213 Referral to Government Services standing committee ... 1598
Mana Energy Group Limited
Contract with government re AEUB division ... 2027
Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc.
Former MLA's government contract ... 469-70, 503-04, 537-38, 565-66, 599 Receipt of registration fee from aboriginal children re conference attendance ... 503
Mediation (Labour relations)
Parkland school division teachers' strike ... 88
Medical care - Finance
General remarks ... 292 Implications of underfunding ... 326, 363, 364
Medical care - Grande Prairie
Members of Parliament
Additional Alberta members, ministerial statement re ... 1990
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Accommodation allowance increase ... 925 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for ... 469-70, 503-04 New member for Calgary-Elbow, presented to Assembly ... 1779 New member for Drumheller-Stettler, presented to Assembly ... 1779 Salary increase for ... 328 Salary increase for, donation to charitable cause ... 328 Transition allowance for, on leaving office ... 469-70
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Referral to Community Services standing committee ... 1598
Mental health services - Grande Prairie
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria)
Vegreville hospital case, deaths from ... 291 Vegreville hospital case, letters/investigations re ... 325 Vegreville hospital case, testing re ... 257
MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 2322
MĂ©tis Nation of Alberta Association
Consultations with, re MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights ... 2322
Mineral rights
Sale of, for under lake bed areas ... 570
Ministerial Statements (2007)
The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 433 House of Commons seating formula ... 1990 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2024
Ministers (Provincial government)
Accountability of ... 764-65 Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 229 Dismissal of ... 1783 Expenses of, posting on government website ... 229, 1592, 1606 Women as ... 17
Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability
Report ... 565 Report, municipal taxation recommendation ... 436, 1077
Mission apartment building, Calgary
Rent increases in ... 1274
Mount Royal College
Degree granting status ... 1721
Municipal District of Rocky View
Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 189, 223, 503, 1331-32 Memo re water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 88
Municipal finance - Calgary
Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding from ... 837, 1075 Funding from, for Fort McMurray projects ... 2101 Funding from, for MĂ©tis settlements ... 2322
Municipalities
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 329-30
National Energy Board (Federal)
Keystone bitumen pipeline hearings ... 1480-81
National energy program
Comparison with Royalty Review Panel ... 1821
Natural areas
Industrial development in ... 43
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1050-51
Natural resources revenue
Allocation to Heritage Fund ... 2102-03 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 640, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1819-20, 1820-21, 1853-54, 1854-55, 1923, 1993, 2174-75 Collection of appropriate amount of: Auditor General's comments re ... 1784 Collection of appropriate amount of: Energy dept.'s comments re ... 1785, 1819 Collection of appropriate amount of: Premier's knowledge re ... 1783-84 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 43, 158-59 General remarks ... 1924, 1993
Natural resources revenue - Texas
New Democrat Opposition
Designation of department for estimates debate, minister's nonappearance at ... 765
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Alberta winter electric power supply ... 2384
Northeast Capital Industrial Association
Position on mandatory regional planning ... 1077
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Grande Prairie campus, funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 1820
Nuclear power
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 763
Off-highway vehicles
Helmet use on, by children ... 2211 Prevention of accidents on, as means of reducing emergency room visits ... 567
Office of the Premier
Budget increase ... 1685 Congratulations to new Premier, response to ... 11 Debate with Official Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue ... 189, 1274 Media access to ... 1076, 1600 Premier's activities in Cardston-Taber-Warner constituency ... 2383 Premier's awareness of St. Joseph's Hospital infection situation ... 257, 291, 325 Premier's comments re Alberta public service ... 1854 Premier's knowledge of Energy dept.'s annual reports' royalty revenue reporting ... 1923 Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1479-80, 1542, 1582-83, 1650-51, 1687-88, 1723, 1994 Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 2383 Premier's leadership campaign donors, membership on Royalty Review Panel ... 13-14, 41 Premier's meetings, list of ... 2213 Premier's role ... 1592 Royalty collection level appropriateness, Premier's knowledge of ... 1783-84 Teachers' unfunded pension liability, Premier's statement re ... 2024
Official Opposition Leader
Comments re royalty change ... 1853 Debate with Premier re Balzac racing complex issue ... 189, 1274
Oil sands development
Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 1605 Labour supply problems in ... 14-15 Royalties paid re ... 1076, 1759, 1854 Timing/scope of new projects, moratorium on ... 1134 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 2101, 2382 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 2102 Value-added opportunities ... 1133-34
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Cumulative effects assessment of ... 2102, 2381 General remarks ... 404-05 Programs to reduce ... 367-68
Oil Sands Underground Mining (OSUM) Corporation
Seismic testing under Marie Lake ... 404-05
Olds College
Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1332
Olymel
Red Deer pork processing plant ... 2065
Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
Alberta potential ambassador/co-ordinator to (Mark Norris) ... 1240
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordability of postsecondary education ... 331-32 Affordable housing ... 402, 504-05, 566, 600-01, 638, 641-42, 764, 835, 1131, 1182, 1184, 1240, 1274, 1687, 2026-27, 2028, 2172-73 Affordable housing in Fort McMurray ... 2173 Affordable Housing Task Force report ... 296 Alberta Clipper pipeline proposal ... 42 Alberta/Montana electricity transmission line ... 45-46 Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1925-26 Ambulance operators' labour dispute ... 160 Auditor General ... 2284-85 Bitumen exports ... 1584 Calgary concerns ... 1721 Calgary municipal funding ... 1074-75, 1387 Capital cost overruns ... 2382 Capital region municipal planning ... 1077-78, 1131-32, 1721-22, 1723 Cardston-Taber-Warner constituency issues ... 567 Cardston-Taber-Warner issues ... 2383 Caucus funding ... 15 Child hunger ... 2063-64 Climate change ... 125, 161, 367-68, 1391 Community initiatives program ... 401, 434 Condominium conversions ... 538 Contribution to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1582-83, 1650-51 Contributions to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1479-80 Department of Energy consultant ... 2027 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... 638, 837-38 Donations to leadership campaigns ... 402-03 E-mail from a government computer ... 405 Economic strategy ... 1481 Education funding ... 1685, 1726 Election finances ... 1723 Electrical power system ... 230 Electricity deregulation ... 1654 Electricity transmission ... 2384 Emergency hospital services ... 566-67 Employment of children ... 190, 224-25 Employment standards ... 14-15 Energy and Utilities Board ... 2320-2321 Environmental sustainability ... 539-40 Ethics in government ... 2213 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... 294-95 Federal equalization formula ... 158-59 Federal equalization payments ... 43 Federal/provincial fiscal relations ... 1076 Financial support for renters ... 835 Free vote on temporary rent regulation ... 1183 Government appointments ... 1240 Government contract with former MLA ... 503-04 Government contracting policies ... 469-70, 537-38 Government policy ... 1388 Health care funding ... 364 Health care standards ... 292 Health system pressures in Grande Prairie ... 367 Heavy oil upgrading capacity ... 1133-34 Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 2102-03 Highway bypass project in Grande Prairie ... 158 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 40-42, 261, 295-96, 470 Homeless children ... 2103 Homelessness ... 436 Homelessness initiatives ... 2064-65, 2321-22 Horse-racing industry ... 1758-59 Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 18 Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray ... 637 Industrial development in Alberta's heartland area ... 599-600 Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... 599-600, 2175 Industrial development in Fort McMurray area ... 2101-02 Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 Keystone pipeline project ... 1480-81 Land-use development framework ... 568 Media access to Premier's office ... 1076 Medical safety standards ... 326 MĂ©tis hunting rights ... 2322 Ministerial accountability ... 1784 Ministerial appearances before committees ... 764-65 Monitoring of health delivery ... 363 Municipal financing ... 1275 Municipal funding ... 1077 Municipal planning ... 1183 Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 837 Municipal taxation ... 1652-53 Municipal waste-water infrastructure assistance ... 223 New royalty framework ... 1784-85, 1820-21, 1854-55 New Royalty Framework ... 1784-85, 1820-21, 1854-55, 1924-25, 2174-75, 2212-13, 2382 Nuclear power ... 763 Olymel pork processing plant ... 2065 Openness and transparency in government ... 229, 565-66, 599 Other initiatives program ... 435 Pension plans ... 2065-66 Political party donations ... 1687-88 Poverty ... 536-37 Private/public partnerships ... 159, 2381 Provincial labour legislation ... 1652 Provincial tax regime ... 436 Public/private partnerships for school construction ... 1758, 1759-60 Questions from Laurier Heights school students ... 2282-83 Racing entertainment centre project ... 157, 188-89, 404, 470, 503, 1441 Red Deer River water transfer ... 87-88, 123-24, 157, 1273-74, 1331-32, 1386-87 Regional municipal planning and development ... 565 Rent supplement programs ... 925 Rental starts ... 927 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 404-05, 1584, 1585 Resource development under lake beds ... 570 Royal Alberta Museum renovations ... 672 Royalty rates ... 1444 Royalty revenues ... 640, 1783-84, 1785, 1819-20, 1853-54, 1923-24, 1993-94 Royalty review ... 158 Royalty Review Panel ... 12-14, 41, 87 Ryley landfill project ... 189, 1239 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257-58, 291-93, 325-26, 327 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257-58, 291-93, 325-26, 327 School closures ... 257-58 School construction ... 1441-42 Soccer ban on religious headgear ... 2211 Sterilization equipment for hospitals ... 362-63 Student accommodation costs ... 1239 Support for low-income Albertans ... 328-29, 835-36 Sustainable water management ... 2212 Taser use by law enforcement personnel ... 1994-95 Teachers' labour dispute ... 88 Teachers' salary negotiations ... 1685-86 Temporary foreign workers ... 124, 1333, 1387, 2323 Temporary rent guidelines ... 1759 Temporary rent regulation ... 836, 837, 871-73, 1049-51, 1075, 1132-33 Timberland investment loss ... 671 Trade, investment, and labour mobility ... 45, 329-30 Trade route to Prince Rupert ... 403 Treasury Branches investments ... 2212 Water management ... 293, 2381 Water storage ... 293 Watershed management ... 2102 Women's issues ... 17
Other initiatives program (Lottery funds)
Accessibility of information re ... 435
Peace Country Health
Funding ... 367 Mental health services funding ... 367
Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development
Royalty review, criteria for transparency of ... 158
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Marie Lake seismic testing, environmental impact assessment of ... 1585
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211)
Police
Taser usage, guidelines for ... 1995
Political parties
Donations to ... 1687-88, 2213 Donations to: Legislation re ... 1723 Leadership campaigns, contributions to ... 1650, 2383 Leadership campaigns, legislation re ... 1602 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to ... 837-38, 1650, 1688, 1723
Pork - Export - United States
Prevention of, from Olymel pork plant in Red Deer ... 2065
Port of Prince Rupert
Container terminal at, Alberta involvement in ... 403
Postsecondary educational institutions
Provincial funding for, to enable compliance with interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45
Postsecondary educational institutions - Calgary
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Female candidates, recruitment of ... 17 Leadership campaign ... 1602 Leadership campaign contributions, disclosure of ... 402-03, 638 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1479-80, 1542, 1583, 1651, 1687-88, 1723, 1994 Leadership campaign contributions to Premier, from Royalty Review Panel members ... 13-14, 41 Vice-president (finance, Gary C. Campbell) of, as public member of Corporate Internal Audit Services ... 599
Property rights
Impact of Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, on ... 1925-26
Proportional representation
Consideration of, in other provinces ... 1602, 1603 General remarks ... 1602
Protection for People in Care Act
Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, investigation under ... 325-26
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public contracts
All-party committee report on ... 261 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 469-70, 503-04, 537-38, 599 Clause in, re repayment of funds if project fails ... 261, 296
Public contracts for consultants
Awarding of ... 1597 Dept. of Energy consultant ... 2027
Public lands - Fort McMurray
Sale of, for housing ... 2173
Public service - Alberta
General remarks ... 1607 Premier's remarks re ... 1854
Public utilities - Rates
Rate increase regulations ... 871
Queen Elizabeth II Highway - Airdrie area
Overpass/underpass at, congestion re ... 1605
Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie
Conversion to community health centre ... 367
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Debate between Official Opposition Leader and Premier re ... 189, 1274 Former deputy premier's involvement with ... 503 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 87-88, 157, 188-89, 223, 404, 470, 503, 1273-74, 1331-32, 1386-87, 1441
Rail service - Edmonton to Prince Rupert
Recreation centre, Grande Prairie
Regional health authorities
Funding, to enable compliance with interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 45, 330
Religious headwear
Sports regulations re ... 2211
Rent control
Free vote on ... 1183 General remarks ... 600-01, 641-42, 835, 836, 837, 871-73, 925, 927, 1049-51, 1075, 1131, 1132-33, 1184, 1388, 1687, 1759, 2027, 2028 Poll results re ... 1131, 1132
Rent increases
Assistance programs re ... 1050, 1051, 1131, 1132, 1184, 1274, 1687 General remarks ... 504, 566, 638, 835-37, 872-73, 925, 927, 1051, 1184, 1240, 1274, 1388, 1687 Impact on student housing ... 1239-40 Limited to one a year ... 566
Rental housing
General remarks ... 2103 Impact of rent controls on building of ... 642, 927, 1759, 2028 Incentives for ... 1182 Increase in supply ... 835, 836, 837, 872, 1049, 1131, 1182, 1183, 1687, 1759
Report to Albertans: The Alberta Government Plan (Brochure)
Residential tenancies dispute resolution service
Restaurants
Employment of children in ... 224-25
Revenue
Forecasting of, policy re ... 1481
Royalty Review Panel
Conflict of interest of panel members ... 13, 41, 87, 158, 565-66 General remarks ... 640, 1133-34, 1600 Makeup of panel ... 12-13 Minister of Finance responsible for, panelists' donations to leadership campaign of ... 14, 41 Our Fair Share (report) ... 1819, 1820-21, 1854, 1925 Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1819, 1853 Panelists' donations to Premier's leadership campaign ... 13-14, 41
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 1924 Energy dept.'s annual reports' coverage of ... 1923-24, 1993 Exemptions re (royalty holidays) ... 1854 General remarks ... 1076, 1444, 1759 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1783, 1784-85, 1819, 1820-21, 1854-55, 1924-25, 1993, 2174-75, 2382 New Royalty Framework (2007): Changes to ... 2212-13 New Royalty Framework (2007): Investment of funds from ... 1783-84 Review of ... 158, 1076, 1444, 1480, 1600, 1759, 1783, 1784, 1819, 1924, 1993 Review of: Opposition leader's comments re ... 1853 Review of: Public meetings re ... 158
Royalty structure (Energy resources) - Alaska
Royalty structure (Energy resources) - Newfoundland
Rumsey natural area
Industrial activity in ... 43
Rural Alberta's Development Fund
Balzac racing entertainment centre funding from ... 503
Rural economic development
St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville
Bacterial infection situation in ... 292, 326, 364 Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from ... 291 Bacterial infection situation in, lawsuits re ... 257 Bacterial infection situation in, Premier's awareness of ... 325-26 Bacterial infection situation in, public information session re ... 292, 327, 363 Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re ... 293 Bacterial infection situation in, testing re ... 257 Sterilization procedures ... 257, 326
Sanitary landfills - Ryley
Environmental concerns re ... 1239 General remarks ... 189
Sanitary landfills - Thorhild
School boards
Funding ... 88, 1685 General remarks ... 88 Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 330 Provincial funding for, to enable compliance with interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45
School buses
Use of seat belts in ... 2283
School nutrition programs
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Cost increase for ... 1685
Schools - Construction
Funding for ... 1441 Public/private projects re ... 1758, 1759-60 Public/private projects re, incursion of public debt re ... 2381 Public/private projects re: Public sector comparator for ... 1760 Template for ... 1758, 1760
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Seismic activity - Marie Lake area
Environmental impact assessment of, petition presented re ... 1585 Impact on water quality ... 404-05, 570, 1585 Impact on water quality, public consultation re ... 1584
Sewage, Untreated - Recycling
Use of recycled lagoon water by petrochemical industry ... 1605
Sewage disposal plants - Finance
Shell Canada Limited
Views on royalty system changes ... 565
Single-parent families
Public assistance for ... 537
Slot machines in racing entertainment centres
Revenue from: Transferred to horse racing industry ... 1758
Snake River ranch
Road connection to ... 567, 837
Soccer regulations
Religious headwear ban ... 2211
Social housing
Funding for ... 835, 836, 837, 871, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1131, 1132, 1182, 1183, 1274, 1605, 1687, 1721 General remarks ... 402, 436, 504-05, 566, 638, 764, 1131, 1182, 1184, 1240, 2026-27, 2028, 2103, 2172-73 Planning for ... 1605 Public debate on ... 925 Rent supplement program ... 1049, 1274, 2026-27 Rent supplement program in Fort McMurray ... 2101
Social housing - Fort McMurray
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Employees of, salaries for ... 328
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Trades and technology complex funding ... 2382
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 13: Stelmach) ... 390 Motion to consider (Motion 1: Stelmach) ... 5
Strikes and lockouts - Teachers
Parkland school division labour dispute ... 88
Student financial aid
Living allowance element ... 1239
Student housing
Costs, impact of rent increases on ... 1239-40
Suncor Inc.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 1784-85 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 1444
Supportive living facilities - Taber
Assisted living facilities ... 837
Supreme Court of Canada
Collective bargaining rights decision ... 1652 Powley decision (MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights) ... 2322
Surplus, Budgetary
Hospital funding with ... 18 Management policy for (allocation strategy) ... 1441 Municipal funding from ... 436
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 1784-85 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 1444
Tasers (Electroshock weapons)
Use by law enforcement personnel ... 1994-95 Use by law enforcement personnel, review of ... 1995
Tax exemptions
Low-income earners ... 537
Tax incentives
For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1182
Taxation, Municipal
General remarks ... 1077 Recommendations of the Council on Municipal Sustainability on ... 436, 1077
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 1726 Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of ... 2065-66 Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of, Premier's statement re ... 2024
Technology commercialization
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Timber
Value-added processing re ... 42
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Alberta legislation re ... 330 Discussion in Alberta legislature ... 45, 329 Funding/consultation with MUSH sector re ... 45, 330 General remarks ... 1608 Impact on Alberta regulations ... 329 Impact on municipalities ... 329 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... 330 Public release of information re ... 329-30
Traffic accidents - Prevention
As means of reducing emergency room visits ... 567
Treasury Board
Transfer of Corporate Internal Audit Services to ... 1592
Treasury Branches
Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 2212 Investment policy, role of provincial government in ... 2212
Trucks - Inspection - Alberta/B.C. border
Joint inspection station ... 1608-09
United Horsemen of Alberta Inc.
Agreement with province re Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 157, 188, 1273-74 Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 87-88
United Nurses of Alberta
Letter to East Central health region re public confidence in it ... 363
Vancouver International Airport
Taser incident in ... 1994
Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917)
Ministerial statement re ... 433
Voting in provincial elections
Participation rate ... 1602
Wages - Emergency shelter workers
Wages - Mental health facility employees
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water pipelines - Beiseker/Irricana/Acme
Water quality - Marie Lake
Water quality - Ryley area
Impact of landfill project on ... 1239
Water resources development
Water resources development - Athabasca River
Water supply
Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 2212
Water supply - Southern Alberta
Water treatment plants - Taber
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - North Saskatchewan River
Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... 600
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Red Deer River
Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society
CIP grant funding for ... 434
Whistle-blower protection
Wood Mackenzie
Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 640
Workers' Compensation Board
Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 294-95
Zoning, Municipal
Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 329
Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore)
Alberta
Aboriginal litigation against, funding to deal with ... 1305, 1431
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Role re drug courts ... 878
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Board members' resignation from ... 2138 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Public inquiry re use of private investigators at ... 2138 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at ... 2137, 2138-39 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at, Perras report on ... 2138
Alberta Health Care Insurance Act
Cost of administering (Q33/06: Response tabled as SP101/07) ... 265
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Accounts in arrears, payments to collection agencies re (Q34/06: Response tabled as SP101/07) ... 265 Cost of administering (Q33/06: Response tabled as SP101/07) ... 265 Cost of administering, including subsidies and collection of arrears (Q34/06: Response tabled as SP101/07) ... 265
Alberta Justices of the Peace Compensation Commission
Salary increase recommendation ... 1305
Alberta Law Foundation
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP744/07: Tabled) ... 1897
Alberta Registries
Input of car insurance data into database of ... 569
Alexander First Nation
Internet gambling plans ... 437
Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 19)
Automobile drivers' licences - Security aspects
Photographs on, Hutterites exemption from ... 1689-90
Bail
Attendance of crown prosecutors at hearings for, in lieu of police ... 1891
Butler, Stephanie
Murder of, inquiry into ... 472
Canadian Judicial Council
Guidelines re circumstantial evidence ... 470
Civil law
Public education re ... 1432
Committee on Government Services, Standing
Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339
Constitution Act, 1982
Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... 674 Opting out provisions (drivers' licince photo exemption issue) ... 1690
Court cases, Mega
Additional prosecutors for ... 1305
Court of Appeal
Drivers' licence photos exemption decision ... 1689-90 Jurisdiction re vexatious litigant applications, legislation re (Bill 18) ... 122
Court of Queen's Bench
Jurisdiction re vexatious litigant applications, legislation re (Bill 18) ... 122
Courts
Independence of ... 674-75 Information management system upgrade for, funding for ... 1305, 1431
Crime prevention
General remarks ... 1855 Role of communities in ... 1892 Treatment programs re ... 1855
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Drug treatment courts recommendation ... 2107 Final report ... 1858, 1892 Final report and government response to ... 1855 Funding for task force's work ... 1306, 1431 General remarks ... 1432, 1689 Purpose of ... 1307 Repeat offender recommendations ... 1891
Criminal Code (Federal)
Internet gambling provisions ... 437
Criminal justice system
Funding for ... 1305 General remarks ... 1305 Public education re ... 1432
Criminals
Treatment programs for ... 1855
CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Act (Bill Pr. 1)
Dept. of Energy
Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at EUB hearing ... 2138
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP34/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP807/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Bill forfeiture collection team, budget for ... 1306, 1431 Court services division funding ... 1305 Legal services division funding ... 1305, 1431 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1305-08, 1431-35 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP586-587/07: Tabled) ... 1591 Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at EUB hearing ... 2137 Staffing ... 1306 Strategic leadership team, budget for ... 1306
Dispute resolution (Justice system)
Domestic violence - Legal aspects
Family violence prosecutors ... 1305, 1431
Edmonton Centre for Equal Justice
Edmonton Police Service
Stephanie Butler murder investigation ... 472
Education - Curricula
Justice system module ... 1432
Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act
Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329
Fatal Accidents Act
Section 8, review of (SP742/07: Tabled) ... 1897
Fatality inquiries
Stephanie Butler murder ... 472
Forest and Prairie Protection Act
Gambling - Aboriginal reserves
Government attorneys
Bail hearing attendance, in lieu of police ... 1891 Bail hearing attendance, in lieu of police: Wetaskiwin pilot project re ... 1891 Increase in numbers of ... 1305, 1307, 1308, 1431, 1434 Prosecution of family violence cases ... 1305, 1431 Workload ... 875-76
Government legal services
Hutterites
Drivers' licence photo exemption for ... 1689-90
Insurance, Automobile
Driving without, cost of claims re ... 569
Integrated Response to Organized Crime
Internet (Computer network)
Judges, Part-time
Legislation re (Bill 28) ... 467-68
Judges, Provincial Court
Appointment process ... 675
Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18)
First Reading ... 122 Second Reading ... 528-29, 532 Committee ... 1750, 1774 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP641, 671/07: Tabled) ... 1750 Third Reading ... 1776
Judicial advisory committees (Federal)
Judicial Council, Alberta
Provincial Court judges selection process ... 675
Justice information management system (JIMS)
Justice system
Access to, funding for ... 1305 General remarks ... 1432, 1892 Public confidence in ... 1434 Public education re ... 1432
Law Information Centres (LInC)
Law Society of Alberta
Annual report, 2006 (SP743/07: Tabled) ... 1897 Pro bono Alberta program ... 1434
Legal Aid Society of Alberta
Legal Profession Act
Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329
Lethbridge Legal Guidance
Lobbyists Act (Bill 1)
Second Reading: Referral to Government Services committee (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339
Maintenance (Domestic relations)
Mediation (Legal process)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 44)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 2) (Bill 57)
First reading ... 2329 Third reading ... 2516
Mortgage fraud
Additional prosecutors re ... 1305
Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund
Municipalities
Role in crime reduction and safe communities ... 1892
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Funding for equipment upgrades ... 1306 Funding increase for ... 1305, 1431
Oral Question Period (2007)
Calgary courthouse ... 1388-89 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1855, 1892 Criminal justice system ... 1654 Crown prosecutors ... 875-76 Driver's licence photos ... 1689-90 Drug treatment courts ... 878, 2107 Internet gaming ... 437 Judicial system ... 674-75 Police officer supply ... 1858 Racing entertainment centre project ... 470 Registries database access ... 569 Repeat offenders ... 1891 School security ... 1689 Stephanie Butler homicide ... 472 Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2137-38
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 1858
Port of Prince Rupert
Alberta access to, joint initiatives re (Q27/06: Response tabled as SP102/07) ... 265
Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper)
Judicial advisory committee changes ... 675
Provincial Court Act
Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329
Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28)
First Reading ... 467-68 Second Reading ... 546-47 Committee ... 626 Third Reading ... 662
Provincial Court Nominating Committee
Judicial selection process ... 675
Provincial Court of Alberta
Jurisdiction re vexatious litigant applications, legislation re (Bill 18) ... 122 Staff increase for ... 1305, 1431
Provincial Offences Procedure Act
Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329
Public Legal Education Network of Alberta
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 470
Repeat offenders
Flagging system re ... 1891 Initiatives re ... 1891
Safe communities secretariat
Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212)
School Act
Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329
Schools - Security aspects
Funding for ... 1689 General remarks ... 1689
Self-representation in court
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
For young offenders ... 1654 For young offenders, federal changes to ... 1654
Sheriffs
Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1432
Substance abuse - Treatment
Supreme Court of Canada
Appeal of Alberta Court of Appeal decision re drivers' licence photo exemption to ... 1690
Traffic Safety Act
Amendment re drivers' licence photos exemption ... 1690
Traffic tickets
Electronic processing of ... 1432, 1435 Increase in number of, impact on court staffing ... 1305, 1431, 1432
Traffic violations
Faster handling of ... 1432
Vexatious litigants
Legislation re (Bill 18) ... 122
Wages - Justices of the peace
Women, Murdered/missing
Investigation of ... 1305
Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal)
Stewart, Ms Nicole (Student, Catholic Central High, Lethbridge)
Poems
Remembrance Day poem read by student ... 1885
Remembrance Day 2007
Student's poem re ... 1885
Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead)
Aboriginal peoples - Housing
Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 910
Agricultural value-added production
Performance measures re ... 1421
Alberta biodiversity monitoring project
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Alberta Government Offices
Ottawa office, creation of ... 1427
Alberta Outfitters Association
Involvement with tourism development projects ... 1423
Alberta Recreation Corridors Coordinating Committee (2006)
Alberta royalty tax credit
Animal Health Act (Bill 32)
Auditor General
Reforestation programs' performance measures, comments re ... 1409
Bighorn wildlife recreation area
Protected status for, petition presented re ... 2389
Biofuels industry
General remarks ... 1230 Use of wood debris from logging for ... 295
Camping, Random - Public lands
Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program
Carbon dioxide emissions
Impact of logging on ... 1230
Caribou
Impact of pine beetle infection on ... 1896
Civil law
Public education re ... 1431
Climate change
Alberta plan for, funding re ... 1411
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
CN Rail
Service levels in Alberta ... 1727
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 1230
Community development master agreement (Edson, Hinton, Yellowhead County)
Member's statement re ... 534
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Criminal justice system
Public education re ... 1431
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1421
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1229-30 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1399, 1401
Dept. of Environment
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1229-30 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1411
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1229-30
Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Relations
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1427
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1431-32
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 910-11
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1409
Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture
Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1423
Dinosaur trail
Development of, throughout Alberta ... 1423
Drinking water
Quality of: Performance measures re ... 1411
Electric power, Coal-produced
Endangered wildlife species
Funding for recovery plans re ... 1409 Separate legislation re ... 1409
Enmax Corporation
Power plant construction, Calgary area ... 1399
Environment Week
Member's statement re ... 1581
Environmental impact assessments
Biodiversity monitoring project assistance with ... 1390
Environmental protection
Member's statement re ... 1581
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 205)
First Reading ... 290 Second Reading ... 853 General remarks ... 1230
Environmentally friendly automobiles
Food chain traceability programs
Forest management agreements
West Fraser agreement, Hinton area ... 1409
Grande Cache Coal Corporation
Tailings, disposal of ... 1399
Grazing lands, Public
Performance measures re ... 1409
Groundwater - Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 1230
Happy Creek Estates housing project, Hinton
Intermunicipal relations
Member's statement re ... 534
Jasper National Park
100th anniversary ... 1423
Kakwa area
Protected status for, petition presented re ... 2389
Land-use framework
Biodiversity monitoring project assistance with ... 1390 Public consultations re ... 732
Little Smoky area
Protected status for, petition presented re ... 2389
Logging
Impact on carbon dioxide emissions ... 1230 As pine bark beetle control measure ... 1409 As pine bark beetle control measure, impact on carbon dioxide emissions ... 1230
Logging industry
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1427
Lumber - Export
Diversification of markets for ... 1409
Maintenance (Domestic relations)
Staff attitude towards clients ... 1431-32
Major community facilities program
Members' Statements (2007)
Community development master agreement ... 534 Environment Week ... 1581 Supportive living project in Jasper ... 688
MĂ©tis hunting/fishing rights
Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 1427
Milner Power Inc.
Grande Cache electric power plant ... 1399
Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability
Off-highway vehicles
Damage done by ... 1409 Trails for, fees re ... 732
Oil and gas leases
Revenue from, decline of ... 1399
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing in West Yellowhead ... 2105 Biodiversity monitoring project ... 1389-90 Forest sustainability ... 927 Land-use framework consultation ... 732 Mountain pine beetle ... 16 Mountain pine beetle control ... 770, 1895-96 Railway safety ... 1727 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 407 Tourism promotion ... 2176-77 Wood debris from timber harvesting ... 295
Parks, Provincial
75th anniversary of ... 1423
Passport requirements, Canadian
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Protected area designation for Kakwa, Little Smoky, and Bughorn areas ... 2389
Pine beetles - Control
General remarks ... 16, 770, 1895-96 Impact on carbon dioxide emissions ... 1230
Pine beetles - Control - Willmore Wilderness Park
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 719
Protected areas
For wildlife protection ... 927
Public lands
Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1409
Public lands - Yellowhead corridor
Tourism and recreation developments on ... 1409, 1423
Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act (U.S. Senate Bill S.953)
Reclamation of land
Abandoned well sites ... 1230, 1401 General remarks ... 1230
Reclamation of land - Standards
Review of, legislation re (Bill 205) ... 290
Recreational trails
Funding for development of ... 1423
Reforestation
General remarks ... 1409 Performance measures for, Auditor General's comments re ... 1409
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Gallery renovation funding ... 1423
School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 215)
Senior citizens - Housing
West Yellowhead projects ... 910-11
Service Dogs Act (Bill 203)
Social housing
Funding for ... 911, 2105 Rent supplement program ... 910 Rent supplement program in West Yellowhead constituency ... 2105
Social housing - West Yellowhead constituency
Softwoods - Export - United States
Countervail duties re, return to producers ... 1427 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 407
Sports
Provincial support for ... 1423
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facility, Jasper: Member's statement re ... 688
Timber
Value-added processing re ... 1409
Timber killed by pine beetles
Tourism
Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1427
Tourism - Yellowhead corridor
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
General remarks ... 1423 Impact on logging industry ... 1427 Impact on tourism industry ... 1427
Traffic violations
Faster handling of ... 1431
Transportation Amendment Act (Federal Bill C-44)
Railway service improvements under ... 1727
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Funding for ... 1411 General remarks ... 1411
Water quality
Performance measures re ... 1411
Well sites, Abandoned
Remediation of ... 1230, 1401 Remediation of, funding for ... 1230
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Forest management area practices ... 1409
Wildlife Act
Species not covered by ... 1409
Willmore Wilderness Park
General remarks ... 1423 Pine beetle infection in ... 1896
Wood debris from timber harvesting
Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View)
AAA Cattle Company Ltd.
Feedlot, Didsbury area, waste discharge from ... 1655 Feedlot, Didsbury area, waste discharge from: Photos of (SP602/07: Tabled) ... 1659
Agricultural land - Edmonton area
Agrium Inc.
Fluoride emissions, Industrial Heartland area ... 1218
Air quality - Industrial Heartland area
Alberta - Environmental policy
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Minister's remarks to, re cumulative impact assessment processes ... 293
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Marie Lake energy development project decision ... 331 Public hearings, letter re (SP280/07: Tabled) ... 678 Public hearings process ... 1222 Sour gas wells, approval of ... 1928-29
Alberta Liberal Party
Climate change policy, member's statement re ... 636
Alberta Medical Association
Amended agreement re fees ... 107
Alberta support and emergency response team
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Impact on public nuclear energy discussions ... 2032
Animal health investigation committee (Dept. of Agriculture and Food)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. 2) (Bill 56)
Arsenic in food chain - Fort Chipewyan
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Funding for, letter re (SP523/07: Tabled) ... 1386
Athabasca River - Water levels
Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd.
Sour gas leak, Stettler area ... 1928-29
Cancer incidence - Fort Chipewyan
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4)
Climate change - Public consultations
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Second Reading ... 242-44, 378, 380 Committee ... 481, 485, 487-88 Committee: Amendment A5 (SP221/07: Tabled) ... 511 Committee: Amendment A6 (SP222/07: Tabled) ... 514 Third Reading ... 618, 619-20 General remarks ... 1391
Coal-bed methane extraction
Coal-bed methane extraction - Rumsey ecological area
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202)
Contaminated sites
Cleanup of ... 107, 1382 Cleanup of, member's statement re ... 1650
Council on carbon emissions and climate change, All-party (Proposed)
County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54)
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1217-19, 1222
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1217-19, 1222 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 107-08
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 107
Drumheller
Awareness of water withdrawal from Red Deer River ... 90, 404
East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55)
Eastern Irrigation District
Sale of water to other users ... 1857
Economic development and the environment
Electric power, Coal-produced - Environmental aspects
Energy conservation
General remarks ... 107 Personal initiatives re ... 636
Energy efficiency
General remarks ... 636 Incentives for ... 1381
Energy industry
Activity in protected areas ... 43 Developments under lake beds ... 569-70
Energy industry - Marie Lake area
Impact on lake water quality ... 330-31, 473-74, 569-70 Impact on lake water quality, letter re (SP212, 240/07: Tabled) ... 502, 564
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Environmental Appeal Board
Water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 2105
Environmental impact assessments
Balzac racing entertainment complex water requirements, studies/reports on (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661 Cumulative assessments ... 289, 293-94, 535, 1218, 1222, 1378-79, 2026 Cumulative assessments: Funding for ... 1380 Ryley landfill project ... 1239
Environmental protection
General remarks ... 85, 224 Partnerships re (intergovernmental/ aboriginal), funding for ... 1377
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29, 2006)
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 205)
Farm fatalities
Death of Kevan Chandler, letter re (SP650/07: Tabled) ... 1767
Farm worker day
Letter re (SP651/07: Tabled) ... 1767
Feedlots
Waste discharge from ... 1655
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 535
Gas well drilling industry - Eastern Slopes area
Petition tabled re (SP648/07) ... 1767
Gas well drilling industry - Safety aspects
Gas well drilling industry - Tomahawk area
Petition presented re ... 1658 Petition tabled re (SP649/07: Tabled) ... 1767
Genocide - Sudan
Green ribbons and brochures campaign re (SP991/07: Tabled) ... 2291 Member's statement re ... 1851
Greenhouse gas emissions
Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 193, 1391 Intensity targets for industry re ... 193, 1391
Groundwater - Industrial Heartland area
Inventory/mapping of ... 2212
Groundwater - Pollution
Beverly Channel, Industrial Heartland area ... 2212 Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 43, 535, 726 Coal bed methane drilling impact on: Independent review of ... 726
Groundwater - Ryley area
Impact of landfill project on ... 1239
Health impact assessments of industrial development
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Investigations re ... 1222
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41)
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No.2) (Bill 50)
Health sciences personnel
Scope of practice ... 107
Horseshoe Canyon
Industrial development in, impact on groundwater supplies ... 43
Horseshoe Lands, Bow Valley
Development of, letter re (SP211/07: Tabled) ... 502
Hospitals - Calgary
New south Calgary hospital: Petition presented re ... 122
Hub Oil Company Ltd.
Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 1762 Risk management plan ... 1762
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Integrated land management on public lands (ILM)
Irrigation districts
Sale of water to other users ... 1857
Land-use framework
General remarks ... 43, 107
Livestock
Impact of coal-bed methane extraction process on ... 1222 Impact of sour gas emissions on ... 1928-29
Livestock industry, Intensive
Livestock industry, Intensive - Environmental aspects
Logging, Clear-cut - Kananaskis Country
General remarks ... 1055-56 Letter re (SP452/07: Tabled) ... 1130
Medical profession
Scope of practice issue ... 107
Medical profession - Fees
Amended agreement re ... 107
Medical profession - Fort McMurray
Relief of, by stand in doctor for a day program ... 108
Members' Statements (2007)
Climate change ... 85, 635-36 Conflict in Darfur, Sudan ... 1851-52 Contaminated sites cleanup ... 1650 Environmental sustainability ... 535 Oil sands multistakeholder consultation ... 2026 Water management ... 289
Mineral rights
Sale of, for under lake bed areas ... 570
Mineral rights - Marie Lake area
Municipal District of Rocky View
Balzac racing entertainment complex water requirements, studies/reports re (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661
Natural areas
Industrial development in ... 43
Natural gas rebates
Conversion to green fund for energy efficiency ... 636
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1136, 1655 Cuff report on ... 1136
Nuclear power
General remarks ... 2032 Public discussions re ... 2032 Public funding for ... 2032
Oil sands development
Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 535 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 2026 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 293-94 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 1379
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oil sands development - Health aspects
Oil sands development - Waste disposal
Tailings ponds, reclamation of ... 2026
Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee
Recommendations, member's statement re ... 2026
Oldman River basin
Moratorium on water licences in ... 1381
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing in Calgary ... 840 Carbon dioxide emissions ... 193 Climate change ... 160-61, 1391 Confined feeding operations ... 1135-36, 1655 Elbow River watershed ... 1055-56 Environmental policy ... 224 Environmental sustainability ... 539-40 Groundwater stewardship ... 726 Hub Oil contaminated site cleanup ... 1762 Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 Nuclear power ... 2032 Racing entertainment centre project ... 403-04 Red Deer River water transfer ... 90 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 330-31, 473-74 Resource development under lake beds ... 569-70 Ryley landfill project ... 1239 Sour gas well safety ... 1928-29 Sustainable water management ... 2212 Water licence transfer ... 2105 Water management ... 293-94, 1857-58 Water quality in Fort Chipewyan ... 2286-87
Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development
Groundwater report ... 726 Progress indicators for environmental sustainability ... 1218
Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2034 Sour gas wells, Tomahawk area ... 1658, 1767 South Calgary hospital construction ... 122
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Sour gas well drilling on the Eastern Slopes (SP648/07) ... 1767
Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16)
Preventive medical services
Progress indicators (environmental sustainability)
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
General remarks ... 2105 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 403-04, 2105 Studies, reports on (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Provincial program for ... 224, 636
Red Deer River - Water levels
Studies re (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661
Regional health authorities
Health impact assessment capability re industrial development ... 107, 1218 Sour gas leaks, notification re ... 1929
Rent control
Letters re (SP210/07: Tabled) ... 502
Rent increases
General remarks ... 840 Impact on AISH recipients: Letter re (SP523/07: Tabled) ... 1386
Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy
Report ... to the Ministry of Environment, Province of Alberta ... 293, 294, 726, 1135-36, 1379 Report ... to the Ministry of Environment, Province of Alberta, member's statement re ... 289
Rumsey natural area
Industrial activity in ... 43
Sanitary landfills - Ryley
Environmental concerns re ... 1239
Sanitary landfills - Thorhild
School boards
Funding: Letter re (SP652/07: Tabled) ... 1767
Seismic activity - Marie Lake area
Impact on water quality ... 330-31, 473-74, 569-70 Impact on water quality, letters re (SP212, 240/07: Tabled) ... 502, 564
Sewage, Treated - Strathmore
Disposal into Bow River ... 1380
Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 45)
Second Reading ... 1750 Committee ... 1867-68 Petitions presented re ... 2034
South Saskatchewan River basin
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
Sudan - Politics and government
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 107-08
Sustainable resource and environmental management (cross-ministry initiative)
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37)
Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Authorization Act (Bill 33)
Tsuu T'ina First Nation
Appeal of water licence transfer from WID to Balzac megamall ... 2105
Water Act
Water use provisions, updating of ... 1858
Water conservation
General remarks ... 1378-79 Legislation re (Bill 216) ... 1888
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water licences
Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90, 404, 1857 Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 2105
Water Protection and Conservation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 216)
Water quality - Fort Chipewyan
Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on ... 2286-87
Water quality - Marie Lake
Impact of energy development on ... 330-31, 473-74, 569-70 Impact of energy development on, letters re (SP212, 240/07: Tabled) ... 502, 564
Water quality - Ryley area
Impact of landfill project on ... 1239
Water resources development
Water supply
General remarks ... 535 Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1218, 2212
Water supply - Red Deer River basin
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Bow River
Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 2105
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Red Deer River
Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90, 1857 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac, documentation re (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661
Watershed planning and advisory councils
Western Irrigation District
Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 2105
Westridge Utilities Inc.
Appeal of water licence transfer from WID to Balzac megamall ... 2105
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