Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview)
Alberta - Economic policy
Downturn in, planning for ... 1535 General remarks ... 1535-36
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Capital Region Alliance
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Bitumen upgrader, Edmonton area, application review ... 599 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Calgary, Energy dept.'s letter re ... 2320-21 Government interference in decisions of ... 2320-21 Nuclear power plants hearings ... 763 Utility rate increases applications ... 871
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Role in monitoring patient safety in hospitals ... 326
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Allocation of natural resources revenue to, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 25 Tobacco company investments ... 1651
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
Religious headwear bans in sports cases ... 2211
Alberta Teachers' Association
Letter to, re unfunded pension liability funding from province ... 689
Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 2085-92 General remarks ... 2321 Time allocation on debate of ... 2249
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
Phone information line (rent increase inquiries) ... 871-72, 925
Alpha Gamma Delta (Sorority)
CIP grant given to ... 401
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
Antilitter campaign, province-wide
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 566
Apartment fire, Fort McMurray
Arts - Finance
Allocation of natural resources revenue to, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 25
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Clawback of benefits from, letter re (SP535/07: Tabled) ... 1440
Athabasca River - Water levels
Athabasca River basin
Management plan for ... 2102
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Provision of reactors to the energy industry ... 763 Radioactive waste disposal methods ... 764
Auditor General
Community initiatives program audit ... 401 Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 40 Other initiatives program criteria, report on ... 435 Public Affairs Bureau secondments to government departments, review of ... 1595 Public contracts' awarding process ... 1596 Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... 1758 Resource royalty system comments ... 1783, 1819-20, 1853 Resource royalty system reporting in Energy dept.'s annual reports, comments re ... 1923-24, 1956-58 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), discused with cabinet ... 1993 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), release of ... 1853-54, 1924, 1957, 1958 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), tabling of ... 1819-20
Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission
Donation requests to, from other PC leadership contenders ... 1583, 1614-15, 1651 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1479-80, 1535, 1582-83, 1615, 1650-51 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency motion re ... 1659 Independent inspection of, re leadership campaign donations ... 1615 Inspection of ... 1535 Licence renewal ... 1651 Minutes from Aug. 17 meeting of (SP545/07: Tabled) ... 1487
By-elections - Calgary-Elbow constituency
Debate between Offical Opposition Leader and Premier re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1274
By-elections - Drumheller-Stettler constituency
Debate between Offical Opposition Leader and Premier re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1274 Release of information re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1274
Calgary-Elbow (Constituency)
By-election in, debate between Premier and Official Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue during ... 1274
Calgary Health Region
Emergency services capacity ... 688-89 Emergency services capacity, public inquiry re ... 689
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Capital projects
Allocation of natural resources revenue to, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 25 Public/private partnerships re ... 2380-81
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Cellular telephones
Use while driving, ban on ... 2282 Use while driving, student's letter re (SP994/07: Tabled) ... 2291
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
Coalition of Seniors Advocates
Letter re seniors' exemption from education property tax (SP951/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Collective bargaining - Teachers
Impact of teachers' unfunded pension funding on ... 689
Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing
Beaver waste management commission's donation to Premier's leadership campaign referral to, emergency motion re ... 1659
Committees, Policy field (all-party)
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 Political influence in granting process re ... 401, 435
Conflict of interest
Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission projects ... 2320-21 Royalty Review Panel members ... 13, 41, 86-87, 565
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2)
Constitution Act, 2007
House of Commons seating formula change, ministerial statement re ... 1990
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 40
Continuing/extended care facilities - Standards
General remarks ... 40, 292
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as public member of ... 599 Transfer to Treasury Board ... 1593
County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54)
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Incursion of, re P3 school projects ... 2381
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Balzac racing complex, briefing note re ... 1274 Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement with ... 1273
Dept. of Energy
Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in ... 1923-24, 1956-58 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Accountability for ... 1923 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Premier's knowledge of ... 1923 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Premier's knowledge of, news report re (SP783/07: Tabled) ... 1923 Electricity branch director's (Kellan Fluckiger) letter to EUB re AltaLink transmission line application ... 2320-21 Former ministers' briefings on royalty revenue appropriateness ... 1819 Minister's resignation ... 1783, 1994 Royalty rate increase comments ... 1819, 1853, 1924, 1993
Dept. of Finance
Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1615 Minister's PC leadership campaign, donations from Royalty Review Panel members re ... 14, 41
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1615 Monitoring and enforcement branch, restoration of ... 363
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Former minister's involvement with Balzac racing complex ... 1273
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... 871, 1049, 1075 Minister's meeting with tenants re rent increases ... 871
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1614
Deputy Premier (Former)
Involvement with racing entertainment centre development in Balzac ... 503
Disabled - Housing
Availability/affordability of ... 2172-73
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 Former member for, involvement with Balzac racing entertainment centre ... 503
Early childhood education
Full-day programs ... 1685
East Central Health
Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville ... 327, 363 Bacterial infection to Robert Bruce in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, letter re ... 325-26 Bacterial infection to Robert Bruce in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, letter re (SP154/07: Tabled) ... 332
East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55)
Edmonton Catholic School District
Budget shortfall ... 1685 Full-time kindergarten program funding ... 1685
Edmonton Social Planning Council
Report on social assistance levels ... 537
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Allocation of natural resources revenue to, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 25
Electoral boundaries - Alberta
Redistribution of ... 1990
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1804-05
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42
Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's leadership campaign, referral to Managing Growth Pressures committee ... 1659
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Expertise in, representation on Royalty Review Panel ... 13
Environmental impact assessments
Cumulative assessments ... 2102, 2381 Oil sands projects ... 2102
Environmental protection
Expertise in, representation on Royalty Review Panel ... 13
Farmers
Representation on Royalty Review Panel ... 12-13
First Nations, MĂ©tis and Inuit Education Showcase
Information package re (SP207/07: Tabled) ... 502 Organization of ... 503
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Amendment to allow public debt ... 2381
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 2173 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 ... 223, 503, 1440-41 Lottery funding for horse racing industry request under, document re (SP654/07: Tabled) ... 1767-68 Premier's leadership campaign donations disclosure under ... 1582-83
Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201)
First Reading ... 25 Second Reading ... 55-56
Government advertising
Agencies of record re, assignment process re ... 1596 Allocation of costs re ... 1596 General remarks ... 1595
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Government departments
Communications (public announcements) function in ... 1594-95
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 38)
Government spending policy
Grande Prairie
Impact of economic growth on ... 158
Health Quality Council
Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, investigation of ... 326
Highway 3
Twinning: Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 1820
Highway 43 - Grande Prairie area
Bypass (highway 43X) ... 158
Highwood Communications Ltd.
Government advertising contracts ... 1596
Holy Cross Long Term Care
Health and safety issues in ... 40, 292
Holy Cross Manor Incorporated
Health and safety issues in ... 40
Horse Racing Alberta
CEO's article re Balzac racing entertainment centre (SP78/07: Tabled) ... 188
Hospitals
Sterilization equipment for ... 362-63
Hospitals - Claresholm
Sterilization equipment for ... 362-63
Hospitals - Emergency services - Calgary
Capacity of ... 688-89 Capacity of, public inquiry into ... 689 Death of Jordan Johanson in ... 688-89
Hospitals - Standards
Patient safety issues re ... 292, 325-26 Patient safety issues re, monitoring of ... 326, 363
House of Commons (Canada)
Additional members for Alberta, ministerial statement re ... 1990
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Insurance, Automobile - Premiums
Raising of, regulations re ... 871
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
Ipsos-Reid
Rent control poll ... 1131
Ivanhoe Cambridge
Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 87-88
Labour laws and legislation
Letters re (SP995/07: Tabled) ... 2291-92
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, 1075 Website listing re ... 1075, 1131, 1721
Laurier Heights school students
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Fall session timetable, 2007 ... 2249
Light rail transit - Calgary
Littering
Student's letter re (SP993/07: Tabled) ... 2291
Lobbyists Act (Bill 1)
Second Reading ... 248-49 Third reading ... 2466 General remarks ... 565
Low-income families
Level of support for ... 537 Microcredit for, re security deposits and first month's rent ... 566
Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc.
Former MLA's government contract ... 469, 503, 537, 565, 599 Former MLA's government contract. invoices re (SP208/07: Tabled) ... 502 Receipt of registration fee from aboriginal children re conference attendance ... 503
Mayor of Calgary
Position on provincial municipal funding ... 725, 1075, 1183
Medical care - Finance
General remarks ... 292 Implications of underfunding ... 363
Medical care - Fort McMurray
Impact of apartment fire on ... 637
Medicine Hat
Member's statement re ... 2099
Members' apologies to the House
Members of Parliament
Additional Alberta members, ministerial statement re ... 1990
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Accommodation allowance increase ... 801, 925 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for ... 469, 503 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for, copy tabled (SP199/07) ... 468 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for, invoices re (SP208/07: Tabled) ... 502 Transition allowance for, on leaving office ... 469
Members' Statements (2007)
Alberta Liberal affordable housing policy ... 832 Medicine Hat ... 2099 U of A Pandas volleyball team ... 121
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Allegations against Minister of Employment, Immigration and Industry ... 1139 Questions re Energy dept.'s annual reports accuracy ... 1969
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria)
Vegreville hospital case, deaths from ... 291 Vegreville hospital case, letters/investigations re ... 325
Ministerial Statements (2007)
The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 433-34 House of Commons seating formula ... 1990
Ministers (Provincial government)
Motta, Vincenzo Dominic
Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 688-89
Mount Royal College
Degree granting status ... 1721
Municipal District of Rocky View
Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 188, 223-24, 502-03 Memo re water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 87-88, 189
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for ... 1183
Municipal finance - Calgary
Natural resources revenue
Allocation of 30% to Heritage Fund, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 25 Allocation to infrastructure, postsecondary education, and the arts, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 25 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1782-83, 1819-20, 1853-54, 1923, 1957, 1958, 1993, 1994, 2101 Collection of appropriate amount of: Auditor General's comments re ... 1783 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1804-05 Collection of appropriate amount of: Energy dept.'s comments re ... 1819 Collection of appropriate amount of: Premier's knowledge re ... 1783-84 General remarks ... 1536, 1993
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
Nuclear power plants
Use of water supplies ... 579
Nuclear power plants - Security aspects
Nuclear power plants - Waste disposal
Off-highway vehicles
Helmet use on, by children ... 2211
Office of the Premier
Budget increase ... 1685 Congratulations to new Premier ... 9 Debate with Official Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue ... 189, 1274 Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency motion re ... 1659 Media access to ... 1075-76 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, 1535, 1582-83, 1615, 1650-51 Premier's leadership campaign donors, membership on Royalty Review Panel ... 13-14, 41 Royalty collection level appropriateness, Premier's knowledge of ... 1783-84
Official Opposition
Housing policy ... 801 Housing policy, member's statement re ... 832 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for ... 2320 Royalty structure policy, media releases/speech re (SP791-793/07: Tabled) ... 2002
Official Opposition Leader
Debate with Premier re Balzac racing complex issue ... 189, 1274
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 2101 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 2101-02
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Cumulative effects assessment of ... 2102, 2381
Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing ... 566, 801-02, 834-35, 1131, 1182, 2172-73 Affordable housing in Fort McMurray ... 2173 Calgary concerns ... 1721 Calgary municipal funding ... 725, 1074-75 Capital region municipal planning ... 1131-32 Child hunger ... 2063-64 Community initiatives program ... 401, 434 Contribution to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1535, 1582-83, 1650-51 Contributions to leadership campaign ... 1614-15 Contributions to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1479-80 Economic strategy ... 1535-36 Education funding ... 1685 Emergency health services ... 688-89 Energy and Utilities Board ... 2320-2321 Fall session timetable ... 2249 Financial support for renters ... 835 Free vote on temporary rent regulation ... 1183 Government contract with former MLA ... 503 Government contracting policies ... 469, 537 Health care standards ... 292 Highway bypass project in Grande Prairie ... 158 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 40 Horse-racing industry ... 1758-59 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 Industrial development in Fort McMurray area ... 2101-02 Media access to Premier's office ... 1075-76 Monitoring of health delivery ... 363 Municipal planning ... 1183 Municipal waste-water infrastructure assistance ... 223 Nuclear power ... 763-64 Openness and transparency in government ... 565, 599 Other initiatives program ... 435 Poverty ... 536-37 Private/public partnerships ... 2380-81 Public/private partnerships for school construction ... 1758 Questions from Laurier Heights school students ... 2282-83 Racing entertainment centre project ... 157, 188-89, 223-24, 502-03, 1440-41 Red Deer River water transfer ... 87-88, 123-24, 157, 1273-74 Regional municipal planning and development ... 565 Rent supplement programs ... 925-26, 1050 Royalty revenues ... 1782-84, 1819-20, 1853-54, 1923-24, 1956-58, 1993-94 Royalty Review Panel ... 12-14, 41, 86-87 Ryley landfill project ... 189 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 291, 325-26, 327 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 291, 325-26, 327 School construction ... 1441 Soccer ban on religious headgear ... 2211 Sterilization equipment for hospitals ... 362-63 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 689 Temporary rent regulation ... 871-72, 1049-50, 1075 Treasury Branches investments ... 2211-12 Water management ... 2381 Watershed management ... 2102 Western irrigation district ... 1615-16
Other initiatives program (Lottery funds)
Accessibility of information re ... 435
Patronage
Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for ... 469, 503, 537, 565, 599
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211)
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 1139
Political influence
CIP granting process ... 401
Political parties
Leadership campaigns, contributions to ... 1650
Postsecondary educational institutions - Calgary
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1479-80, 1535, 1583, 1614-15, 1651 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 tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re, letter re (SP951/07: Tabled) ... 2210
Proportional representation
Protection for People in Care Act
Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, investigation under ... 325-26 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, investigation under: Report on (SP154/07: Tabled) ... 332
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public contracts
Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 469, 503, 537, 599 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Copy tabled (SP199/07) ... 468 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Invoices re (SP208/07) ... 502
Public contracts for consultants
Public lands - Fort McMurray
Sale of, for housing ... 2173
Public service - Alberta
Premier's remarks re ... 1854
Public utilities - Rates
Rate increase regulations ... 871
Quality of life
Impact of energy industry expansion on ... 87
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
The Racing Journal (Website edition)
Horse Racing Alberta CEO's journal article re Balzac racing entertainment centre (SP78/07: Tabled) ... 188
Rail service, High-speed - Edmonton-Calgary
Recreation centre, Grande Prairie
Religious headwear
Sports regulations re ... 2211
Rental housing
Impact of rent controls on building of ... 802 Incentives for ... 1182 Increase in supply ... 1182
Report to Albertans: The Alberta Government Plan (Brochure)
Residential tenancies dispute resolution service
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Government contracts with ... 1596
Royalty Review Panel
Conflict of interest of panel members ... 13, 41, 86-87, 565 Makeup of panel ... 12-13 Minister of Finance responsible for, panelists' donations to leadership campaign of ... 14, 41 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 Presentation to, by Official Opposition energy critic (SP789/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Presentation to, by Official Opposition energy critic, website confirmation of (SP790/07: Tabled) ... 2002
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 1924 Energy dept.'s annual reports' coverage of ... 1923-24, 1993 Official Opposition policy re, media releases/speech re (SP791-793/07: Tabled) ... 2002
Rural Alberta's Development Fund
Balzac racing entertainment centre funding from ... 503
St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville
Bacterial infection situation in ... 292 Bacterial infection situation in, correspondence re (SP154/07: Tabled) ... 332 Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from ... 291 Bacterial infection situation in, Premier's awareness of ... 325-26 Bacterial infection situation in, public information session re ... 327, 363 Sterilization procedures ... 291 Sterilization procedures, use by other health professionals ... 291
Sanitary landfills - Ryley
School buses
Use of seat belts in ... 2282 Use of seat belts in, student's letter re (SP993/07: Tabled) ... 2291
School nutrition programs
General remarks ... 2063-64 Liberal opposition policy re ... 2064
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Cost increase for ... 1685
Schools - Construction
Funding for ... 1441, 1536 Public/private projects re ... 1758 Public/private projects re, cost increases re ... 2380 Public/private projects re, incursion of public debt re ... 2381
Sewage disposal plants - Balzac area
Funding for racing entertainment centre project ... 223
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
Soccer regulations
Religious headwear ban ... 2211
Social housing
Funding for ... 1721 General remarks ... 566, 801-02, 1131, 1182, 2172-73 Liberal opposition plan for ... 801 Liberal opposition plan for, member's statement re ... 832 Public debate on ... 925 Rent supplement program ... 1050
Social housing - Fort McMurray
Funding for ... 2173 Impact of apartment fire on ... 637
South Saskatchewan River basin
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facilities ... 40
Tax incentives
For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1182
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 689 Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining negotiations ... 689 Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP468/07: Tabled) ... 1246
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Terrorist attacks
On nuclear power plants ... 763
Time allocation (Parliamentary practice)
Fall 2007 session bills ... 2249
Tobacco companies
Heritage Fund investment in ... 1651
Treasury Board
Meeting minutes, November 14, 2007 (SP1062/07: Tabled) ... 2389 Transfer of Corporate Internal Audit Services to ... 1593
Treasury Branches
Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 2211 Investment policy, role of provincial government in ... 2211-12
United Horsemen of Alberta Inc.
Agreement with province re Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 157, 1273-74 Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 87-88
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
United Nurses of Alberta
Letter to East Central health region re public confidence in it ... 363
Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917)
Ministerial statement re ... 433-34
Volleyball championships
U of A Pandas CIS champions ... 121
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
General remarks ... 2381 Nuclear power plants' water usage inclusion under ... 763
Water licences
Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 87, 123-24, 157, 189, 502-03, 1273-74 Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1615-16
Water resources development
Water resources development - Athabasca River
Water supply
Use by nuclear power plants ... 579
Water supply - Southern Alberta
Water treatment plants
For Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1616
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - North Saskatchewan River
Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... 599-600
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Red Deer River
Debate between Official Opposition Leader and Premier re ... 189, 1274 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 87-88, 123-24, 157, 188-89, 223, 925, 1273-74, 1440-41, 1615-16 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac: Documentation re (SP491/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac: Premier's comments re, in news article (SP66/07: Tabled) ... 131
Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society
CIP grant funding for ... 434
Western Irrigation District
Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1615-16
Whistle-blower protection
Who Cares? campaign (Non-profit social services agencies)
Tarchuk, Hon. Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane)
ABC Developmental Learning Centres Pty. Ltd.
Purchase of Alberta daycare centres ... 1998
Alberta Association of Services for Children and Families
Staff recruitment and retention report ... 824
Alberta Council of Women's Shelters
Alberta Foster Parent Association
Alberta Response Model (Child welfare)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits for youth transitioning from children's services ... 1194
Auditor General
Foster child deaths, comments re ... 2283
Autism spectrum disorder
Multidisciplinary evaluation teams re ... 1078-79, 1196 Relationship development interventions treatment re ... 1078
Banff Child Care Centre
Renovations, provincial grant for ... 2324
Child and family services authorities
Aboriginal co-chairs for ... 1204 Funding for ... 820
Child and Youth Advocate
Transfer to legislature officer status ... 163
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada
Federal child care funding, non-reporting provinces re ... 1138
Child care after/before school
Child care after/before school - Employees
General remarks ... 1334 Training of, bursaries re ... 1201
Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4)
Child intervention services
Child welfare recipients
Death of, in foster care ... 2283
Child welfare workers
Casework practice model, champion sites pilot project re ... 823-24, 825-26, 2064 General remarks ... 1199 Increase in numbers of ... 2064
Child welfare workers - Safety aspects
Children - Protective services
All-party committee to review ... 163 General remarks ... 2068
Children and poverty
Aboriginal children ... 2068
Choosing Child Care (Booklet)
Copy tabled (SP163/07) ... 361
Community initiatives program
Banff Child Care Centre renovations grant ... 2324
Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse - Prevention
Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse - Treatment
Daycare centres
Five-point plan re ... 226, 766-67, 820, 822, 1203, 1206, 1576-77, 1998, 2323, 2386 Municipal involvement in ... 226, 767 National plan principles re (revised Conservative government plan) ... 226 Subsidies re ... 820, 1203, 1206, 1576-77
Daycare centres - Employees
Daycare centres - Finance
Federal funding ... 767, 1998 Federal funding, accounting for ... 1138, 1204, 1208 General remarks ... 161, 226, 766-67, 820, 1540-41, 1576-77, 2323-24, 2386
Daycare centres - Licensing
Daycare centres - Rural areas
Daycare centres - Standards
Daycare in family members' homes
Delegated First Nations agencies (Child welfare)
Dept. of Children's Services
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP18/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP796/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Budget ... 827 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1194, 1196, 1198-1201, 1203-08, 1212 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 819-20, 822-27, 1576-77 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP476, 540/07: Tabled) ... 1247, 1440 Occupational health and safety code in ... 1722 Staff change fatigue ... 825, 826
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Disabled
Programs for: Telephone information line re ... 1194
Domestic violence - Prevention
Government programs re ... 826, 1198-99 Government programs re: Funding for ... 820
Family and community support services program
Funding for ... 820, 827, 1577 General remarks ... 824, 1200 Out of school care program funding ... 161, 226, 822, 1200-01, 1334 Review of ... 822, 824, 1200, 1334, 1577
Fatality inquiries
Foster children's deaths ... 2283
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Services to adults with ... 1728 Services to children with ... 820, 826, 1196
Foster parents
Campaign to attract, costs of (M6/07: Defeated) ... 1083 Shortage of ... 366, 1539
Mental health services
For youth transitioning from children's services ... 1194
Ombudsman
Child protection services jurisdiction ... 163
Oral Question Period (2007)
Aboriginal children's services ... 2068 Child and Youth Advocate ... 163 Child care ... 2323-24 Child care funding ... 161, 226, 1540-41, 1998 Child care licensing regulation ... 1960-61, 2323 Child care licensing regulations ... 1960-61 Child care review ... 1484 Children in care ... 2283 Children's services ... 2064 Contracted human services agencies ... 1960 Crystal methamphetamine ... 472-73 Daycare funding ... 2386 Family violence ... 46 Federal child care funding ... 1138 Fetal alcohol syndrome disorder ... 1728 Foster care ... 297 Foster care delivery ... 366 Foster care system ... 1539 Out of school care ... 1334 Safety of human services workers ... 1722-23 Staffing of human service agencies ... 1821-22 Staffing of human services agencies ... 1788, 1821-22 Support for child care ... 766-67 Support for familities with autistic children ... 1078-79 Women's shelters ... 567-68 Youth addictions treatment programs ... 1052
Parents Empowering Parents
Prostitutes, Juvenile
Aboriginal children ... 1208 Numbers of ... 1208 Recidivism rate after apprehension of (Q16/07: Response tabed as SP666/07) ... 1768 Services to ... 824
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, 2005)
General remarks ... 1052 Parents self-help group re ... 1052
Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act
Application in rural areas ... 825 Children apprehended under: Rate of recidivism of (Q16/07: Response tabled as SP666/07) ... 1768 Children apprehended under: Services to ... 824, 1203, 1208
Public Guardian's office
Services for youth transitioning from children's services ... 1194
Roots of empathy project (Bullying prevention)
Seeds of empathy project (Immigrant children bullying prevention)
Sexual assault centres - Finance
Social Care Facilities Review Committee
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP283/07: Tabled) ... 679
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Case-by-case provincial contracting system re ... 1960 Employees of, salaries for ... 1821, 1960 Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 1788 Funding for ... 1821-22, 1960
Social workers - Safety aspects
Stalking
Inclusion in definition of domestic violence ... 1198-99
Substance abuse - Treatment - Youth
Detox/residential services re ... 1052
Wages - Emergency shelter workers
Women - Employment
Impact of daycare availability on ... 1212
Women's shelters - Employees
Training of, bursaries re ... 824, 1199
Women's shelters - Finance
Women's shelters - Rural areas
Youth in transition from the child care system
Government programs for ... 1194
Youth leadership initiative (Bullying prevention)
Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie)
Aboriginal peoples - Housing
Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 103
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Cancer Board
Funding for treatment, Calgary vs Edmonton ... 791
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill 22)
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 35)
Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC proposal)
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Annual convention, resolutions from ... 2253
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 600 Conversion to condominiums: Petition presented re avoiding legislation re ... 2099
Apartment fire, Fort McMurray
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Evaluation of Mount Royal degree-granting application ... 2289
Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission
Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1542 Minutes from Aug. 17 meeting of (SP545/07: Tabled) ... 1487
By-elections - Calgary-Elbow constituency
Release of information re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1386-87
By-elections - Drumheller-Stettler constituency
Release of information re Balzac racing complex issue before ... 1386-87
Calgary Health Region
Cancer treatment services ... 791 Electronic heath records system ... 782-83 Funding for ... 768, 792 General remarks ... 781-82 Mental health services, funding for ... 792 Staff shortages ... 782, 783
Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program
Canadian Judicial Council
Guidelines re circumstantial evidence ... 470
Cancer - Treatment - Calgary
Capital Health
Cancer treatment services ... 791 Funding for ... 792
Capital projects, Municipal - Calgary
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Collective bargaining - Teachers
Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five-year agreement on ... 2024
Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202)
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Balzac racing complex, documents re (SP503/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Dept. of Finance
Balzac racing entertainment centre, memos re (SP503/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 103-04
Deputy Premier (Former)
Involvement with racing entertainment centre development in Balzac ... 1332
Drink prices in licensed premises
Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) ... 2199-2200
Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency)
Former member for, involvement with Balzac racing entertainment centre ... 1332
Economic growth
General remarks ... 807 Planning for, legislation to enable (Bill 211) ... 1238
Edmonton
Portable rent supplement program ... 103
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Calgary funding levels ... 768
Education - Finance - Calgary
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1810
Emergency planning
Fort McMurray apartment fire ... 637
Enterprise Universal Incorporated
Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor ... 225-26 Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor, repayment of, if project fails ... 225-26, 261, 295-96
Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations)
Foothills Shelter, Calgary
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... 2027
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Balzac water transfer information request under ... 1331, 1386-87 Balzac water transfer information request under, correspondence re (SP521/07: Tabled) ... 1385
Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201)
Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210)
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 38)
Groundwater
Use for deep well flooding, AUMA resolution re ... 2253
Health sciences personnel - Education
Programs for, in Calgary ... 783
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214)
Holy Cross Long Term Care
Health and safety issues in ... 41 Health and safety issues in: Public inquiry into ... 41
Holy Cross Manor Incorporated
Afforable housing grants to ... 225-26 Afforable housing grants to, repayment with interest if project fails clause ... 225-26, 261, 295-96 Health and safety issues in ... 41
Homeless - Fort McMurray
Report on youth housing needs (SP858/07: Tabled) ... 2036
Hospitals - Calgary
General remarks ... 782, 791 New south Calgary hospital ... 782 New south Calgary hospital: Member's statement re ... 21
Hospitals - Emergency services
Red alerts re ... 790-91 Waiting times in ... 791
Hospitals - Emergency services - Calgary
Housing authorities, Nonprofit
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2054-55
Housing First program, New York City
Housing symposium (June 1998)
A Housing Symposium: Affordable Housing for Albertans (1998)
General remarks ... 600 Report from (SP254/07: Tabled) ... 598
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
Irrigation Districts Act
Plebiscite provisions ... 1536
Landlords, Small-scale
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2054-55
Light rail transit - Calgary
Mayor of Calgary
Open letter to citizens (SP520/07: Tabled) ... 1385 Position on provincial municipal funding ... 1387
Medical care - Finance - Calgary
Medical records, Electronic
Members' Statements (2007)
Affordable housing ... 923 Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 21
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31)
Mental health services - Calgary
Ministerial Statements (2007)
Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2024
Mount Royal College
Degree granting status ... 2289 Degree granting status, name change following ... 2289 Library upgrade ... 2289
Municipal District of Rocky View
Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1331-32, 1536
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for ... 1961 Provincial funding for: From uncollected resource revenues ... 1961
Municipal finance - Calgary
Municipal Government Act
Natural areas protection authority under ... 2253 Regional service commissions provisions ... 807
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26)
Second Reading ... 1360-61 Committee ... 1516-18 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP556/07: Tabled) ... 1516
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Issues involving ... 2253
Mustard Seed Street Ministry
Operation of Foothills Shelter in Calgary ... 2064
Natural areas - Urban areas
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1787, 1961 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency debate on legislation re ... 1810
Office of the Premier
Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1542 Teachers' unfunded pension liability, Premier's statement re ... 2024
Official Opposition
Homelessness strategy ... 2321
Oil recovery methods
Flooding of wells with groundwater ... 2253
Oil sands development
Royalties paid re ... 1759
Olds College
Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1332
Oral Question Period (2007)
Affordable housing ... 126, 402, 600, 725-26, 1787, 2026-27 Calgary municipal funding ... 767-68, 1387 Contributions to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1542 Federal/provincial relations ... 673-74 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 41, 225-26, 261, 295-96 Homelessness initiatives ... 2064-65, 2321 Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray ... 637-38 Local government issues ... 2253 Mount Royal College ... 2289 New royalty framework ... 1787 New Royalty Framework ... 1787 Racing entertainment centre project ... 470 Red Deer River water transfer ... 1331-32, 1386-87 Regional municipal funding ... 1961 Regional municipal planning ... 807 Temporary rent guidelines ... 1759 Temporary rent regulation ... 690, 872 Western irrigation district ... 1536
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007)
Rent increase limit/condo conversion prevention ... 2099
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 ... 2200
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6)
Postsecondary educational institutions
Degree-granting programs, name change policy following ... 2290
Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper)
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, from Beaver regional waste management commission ... 1542
Property tax - Education levy
General remarks ... 2024 Nonprofit organizations/campus residences exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2054-55
Provincial/municipal relations
Public contracts
Clause in, re repayment of funds if project fails ... 261, 296
Public lands
Sale of, for a dollar, for affordable housing ... 726
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Regional service commissions
Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 213)
Rent increases
General remarks ... 725, 872 Limited to 10% per year, petition presented re ... 2099 Limited to one a year ... 126, 690
Rental housing
Impact of rent controls on building of ... 690, 725 Increase in supply ... 872, 1759 Secondary suites ... 1787
Rockyview General Hospital
Capacity ... 21 Expansion of ... 782
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Rural Alberta's Development Fund
Balzac racing entertainment centre funding from ... 1331, 1332
Seniors' issues
Letter re (SP52/07: Tabled) ... 51
Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary
Social housing - Fort McMurray
Funding for ... 2027 Impact of apartment fire on ... 637-38
Student housing
Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2054-55
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 103-04 General remarks ... 103
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facilities ... 41
Tax incentives
For rental housing/apartments construction ... 2253
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as amended: Flaherty) ... 2024 Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of, Premier's statement re ... 2024
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
University of Calgary
Medical school spaces increase ... 783
W. W. Cross Cancer Institute
Water licences
Deep well flooding, cessation of ... 2253 Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 470, 1331-32 Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1536
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - Red Deer River
Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1331-32, 1386-87 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac: Documentation re (SP503/07: Tabled) ... 1330
Western Irrigation District
Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1536 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex: Plebiscite re ... 1536
Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark)
Academy of Learning career and business college
Information package from (SP549/07: Tabled) ... 1487
Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13)
Second Reading ... 461 Third reading ... 2474
Access to the Future Fund
Administration of ... 97, 192, 1320 General remarks ... 1320, 1321, 1761 Inclusion of equipment donations in matching formula ... 1320
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill 22)
Alberta Roundtable on Violence In and Around Licensed Premises
Report: Minimum drink price recommendation ... 2197
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Intersection with 87th Avenue (overpass) ... 1895 Intersection with Stony Plain Road ... 1895
Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 19)
Apprenticeship training
Increase in spaces for ... 97
Apprenticeship training - Finance
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Evaluation of Mount Royal degree-granting application ... 1621
Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society
Campus Calgary
Additional instruction spaces ... 1621
Campus Calgary Digital Library
Capital projects
Cost increases, funding for ... 2382
Centennial centre for interdisciplinary science (U of A) (Proposed)
Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill 207)
China Institute (U of A)
Provincial funding for ... 97
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3)
Community initiatives program
Grants awarded without matching funds ... 435
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 170 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1319-25 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 97 Supplementary estimates 2006-08: Debated ... 2156-57
Drink prices in licensed premises
Edmonton Remand Centre
New facility for, cost increases re ... 2382
Education, Postsecondary
Access to, affordability review to improve ... 331-32
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Funding for research re ... 2177
Gaming industry
All-party review of, legislation re (Bill 210) ... 800
Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210)
Grant MacEwan Community College
Nursing degree program ... 97 Student housing ... 1239
Hockey championships
World men's hockey champions (Team Canada), member's statement re ... 1072
Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (U of C)
Provincial funding for ... 2382
Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 2007-08
Estimates debated ... 170
Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18)
Keyano College
Fort McMurray staff northern allowance ... 2156, 2157
Lakeland College
Sign language program, funding for ... 1446
Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17)
Mactaggart Art Collection
Government matching funds for ... 97, 192
Medical profession - Education
Cost of, reduction of ... 693 Instructors for ... 693 Residency program enrollments ... 693
Medical profession - Supply
Medical residents
Student loan debt load ... 693
Members' Statements (2007)
Shauna Seneca ... 443 Team Canada world hockey champions ... 1072
Mount Royal College
Degree granting status ... 1621 Library upgrade ... 1621 Nursing degree program ... 97
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Equipment donation offers to ... 1320 Ralph Klein campus project funding ... 1321
Office of the Premier
Premier's comments re tuition fees returning to legislation, from regulation ... 1324
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 2382
Oral Question Period (2007)
Access to the future fund ... 192 Affordability of postsecondary education ... 331-32 Anthony Henday drive intersections ... 1895 Capital cost overruns ... 2382 Community initiatives program grant ... 435 Physician supply ... 693 Postsecondary education affordability ... 1761 Postsecondary education funding ... 1588-89 Research and development funding ... 2177 Sign language interpreter program ... 1446 Steamfitter-pipefitter red seal exams ... 540-41 Student accommodation costs ... 1239-40 Urban campus partnership ... 1621
Other initiatives program (Lottery funds)
Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society grant request from ... 435
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211)
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6)
Postsecondary educational institutions
Capital project funding for ... 1321-22 Donations of equipment to ... 192
Postsecondary educational institutions - Maintenance and repair
Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 7)
Property tax
On student residences ... 1240
Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 213)
Rent increases
Impact on student housing ... 1239-40
Road construction - Finance
Public/private partnerships re ... 1895
School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208)
Seneca, Mrs. Shauna
Member's statement re ... 443
Small business
Venture capital for ... 2177
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Equipment donation offers to ... 1320 Funding ... 170 Trades and technology complex funding ... 1321, 2382
Steamfitter-pipefitter red seal exams
Student financial aid
General remarks ... 1324 Living allowance element ... 1239, 1325 Loan relief program ... 1324 Underspending of funding for ... 1324
Student housing
Costs, impact of rent increases on ... 1239-40
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 97 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2156-57 General remarks ... 97
Supreme Court of Canada
Deaf peoples' rights to government service in sign language ... 1446
Surplus, Budgetary
Access to the Future Fund contribution from ... 1321 Postsecondary education funding with ... 1321
Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34)
Tuition fees
General remarks ... 1761 Policy re ... 331-32 Policy re, in legislation vs. regulation ... 1324
Universities and colleges
Research projects, funding for ... 1588-89
University of Alberta
Funding level ... 1588-89 Health Research Innovation Facility, additional funding for ... 1321 Power plant upgrade, funding for ... 2156-57 Student residences, property tax on ... 1240
University of Calgary
Health Research Innovation Centre, funding for ... 1321 Maintenance funding for ... 1322
Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society
CIP grant funding for ... 435 Other initiatives program funding for ... 435
WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition)
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