Elniski, Doug (PC, Edmonton-Calder)
Alberta Aviation Museum
Memorial stones dedicated in, member's statement re ... 1507
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Raffles/lotteries, role re ... 1540
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Public meeting in Edmonton (Oct. 16/08) re: Member's statement re ... 1469
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Funding for ... 1475 General remarks ... 1475
Alberta Teachers' Association
Professional development opportunities for teachers ... 1475
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Northwest portion: 137 Ave. interchange, completion of ... 2059
Auditor General
Community initiatives program auditing ... 1898
Automobiles - Seizure
For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 448
Caritas Hospitals Foundation
Home lottery sales ... 1540
Community initiatives program
Audit by Auditor General ... 1898 General remarks ... 1898
Crime prevention
Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion 508: Amery) ... 1120 General remarks ... 1826
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 809-11
Domestic violence - Prevention
Provincial initiatives re: Impact on justice system ... 1826
Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 203)
Emergency planning
Member's statement re ... 717-18
Emergency Preparedness Week
Member's statement re ... 717-18
Highway racing
Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 448
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Land-use framework
General remarks ... 2201-02 Regional councils for ... 2202 Regional plans for ... 2202
Light rail transit - Edmonton
Extension to Capital region ... 54-55
Literacy
Member's statement re ... 1684
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Finance
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation: Political bias in ... 1898
Lower Athabasca land-use region
Maiden Speeches
General remarks ... 37-38
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1898
Members' Statements (2008)
Aboriginal children's memorial round dance ... 796 Alberta Aviation Museum ... 1507 Emergency Preparedness Week ... 717-18 Heritage Savings Trust Fund public meeting ... 1469 Krista Girvan ... 1321-22 Memorial for Private Walter Strang ... 214 Occupational health and safety ... 427-28 Shepherd's Care Foundation ... 2008 Ukrainian Shumka dancers ... 2050-51 Writings on the Wall conference ... 1684
Memorial Round Dance (Aboriginal children)
Member's statement re ... 796
Mental health services
Impact on justice system ... 1826
Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding for, accountability re ... 811 Funding for, Edmonton funding ... 811 General remarks ... 810-11
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
Member's statement re ... 427-28
Occupational health and safety code
Biennial review of ... 1090
Occupational Health and Safety Council
Review of safety code review recommendations ... 1090
Oral Question Period (2008)
Alberta initiative for school improvement ... 1475 Anthony Henday Drive 137th Avenue interchange ... 2059 Caritas Hospitals Foundation ... 1540 Intermunicipal transit ... 54-55 Land-use framework ... 2201-02 Long-term care funding ... 1020 Lottery funding ... 1898 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 393-94 Occupational health and safety code ... 1090 Safe communities initiative ... 1826 Young worker health and safety ... 1669
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Public transit - Capital region
Raffles (home-type prizes)
Red Deer River land-use region
Regional health authorities
Long-term care facilities' operation ... 1020
Safe communities initiative
Shepherd's Care Foundation
Member's statement re ... 2008
Strang, Private Walter
Memorial tribute to, member's statement re ... 214
Substance abuse - Treatment
Impact on justice system ... 1826
Teachers
Professional development opportunities for ... 1475
Traffic Safety Act
Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 448
Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 205)
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
Workplace safety
Awareness campaign for youth re (Bloody Lucky) ... 1669 General remarks ... 1090 Member's statement re ... 427-28
Writings on the Wall conference (Literacy program)
Member's statement re ... 1684
Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park)
Aboriginal peoples
Government programs for, funding for ... 142
Alberta - Economic conditions
General remarks ... 141 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285-86, 1313, 1357, 1358, 1387, 1426-27, 1429, 1475-76, 1854, 1896, 1944-45, 2014-15
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Financial statements, 2007-08 (SP398/08: Tabled) ... 1433 General remarks ... 869, 1316-17
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Annual report, 2007 (SP267/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Loans amounts placed in regulations, legislation re (Bill 29) ... 1323
Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 29)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
First reading ... 1830 Second reading ... 1882 Third reading ... 2047
Alberta Economic Development Authority
Activity report, 2007 (SP307/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings Scientific tax credit recommendation ... 867, 876
Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Alberta farm fuel benefit program
Costs of, 1997-2008 (Q21/08: Response tabled as SP458) ... 1547
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Ethical investments by ... 470 General remarks ... 924, 1317, 1352, 1896, 1940 Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... 1285, 1286, 1289, 1313 Inflation-proofing of ... 616, 867, 924, 1289, 1317, 1896 Public meeting in Edmonton (Oct. 16/08) re: Questions re global financial crisis during ... 1285, 1289 Regular investment in ... 868 Surplus funds investment in ... 141, 868, 1317 Tobacco company investments ... 470, 869 U.S. equity investments ... 1289
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Financial statements, 2007-08 (SP394/07: Tabled) ... 1433
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Ethical investments consideration ... 880 General remarks ... 470, 867, 869, 870, 1285 Pension funds management ... 1352, 1356 Pension funds management, impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... 1285, 1313, 1476, 1854 Tobacco company investments, review of ... 869 Updates to province during 2008 international financial crisis ... 1285
Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 17)
First reading ... 904 Second reading ... 958
Alberta Securities Commission
Annual report, 2008 (SP397/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Funding for ... 868 Regulation of asset-backed commercial paper ... 582
Alberta Sustainability Fund
General remarks ... 1940 Use during 2008 global financial crisis ... 1357
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Asset-backed commercial paper
Auditor General
ATB, asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 1427 ATB, oversight of ... 1426
Automobile Insurance Rate Board
Annual report, 2007 (SP303/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings Hearings into premium levels ... 85, 610, 874, 2138 Insurance companies' profit margin increase ... 472
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind policy ... 1358
Bridges - Smoky River - High Prairie area
Budget 2008
2007-08 third quarter fiscal update (SP5/08: Tabled) ... 23 2008-09 first quarter fiscal update (SP393/08: Tabled) ... 1433 2008-09 second quarter fiscal update ... 1896, 1898, 1944 2008-09 second quarter fiscal update (SP544/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Fiscal plan (SP63/08: Tabled) ... 140
Canada Health Transfer (Federal government)
Increase in, for Alberta ... 1736
Canada Social Transfer (Federal government)
Increase in, for Alberta ... 1736
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 879-80
Capital projects, Municipal
Capital projects, Municipal - Fort McMurray
Capital projects - Finance
General remarks ... 616 Surplus funding for ... 141
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Surplus funding of ... 141
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Children's services agencies (Non-profit)
Staffing problems: Funding re ... 142
Civil service pensions
Early retirement provisions ... 885-86 General remarks ... 867 Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... 1285, 1286, 1313, 1356, 1898 Impact of investment in derivative instruments on ... 1290, 1313 Potential unfunded liability ... 1356 Provincial investment in ... 1352
Climate change
Initiatives re, funding for ... 141-42
Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund
Collective bargaining - Teachers
Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five-year agreement on ... 349
Community Development Trust (Federal fund)
Application in Alberta ... 290, 868
Conference Board of Canada
Oil price forecasts ... 1357
Consumer protection
Re asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 582-83 Re insurance contracts ... 349
Corporations - Taxation
Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830 Revenue from ... 868
Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation
Annual report, 2007 (SP257/08: Tabled) ... 1097
Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta)
Daycare centres
Spaces for: Funding re ... 142
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise
Derivative instruments (Investments)
Purchase by civil service pension plans ... 1290, 1313
Donating to charitable organizations
Economic development
Cross-border alliances re ... 841
Edmonton International Airport
Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640-41
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Endowment funds, Public
General remarks ... 1352, 1940 Investment of surplus funds into ... 1317
Environmental technology
Development of (green economy) ... 876
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Financial institutions - Alberta
Lending practices ... 1426 Regulation of ... 867
Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 13)
Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Commission
Forest industries
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 290
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Jack Mintz report on provincial savings plan request under ... 1824
Gas, Natural - Prices
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286
Gasoline - Taxation
Provincial tax ... 579 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 579
Government attorneys
Increase in numbers of: Funding for ... 142
Government of Alberta
Consolidated financial statements, 2007-08 (SP391/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Government spending policy
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction of: Funding for ... 142
Health care facilities - Finance
Health sciences personnel
Recruitment of, funding for ... 141
Highway 4 - Milk River area
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Insurance, Automobile
Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and suffering): Cap on ... 610 Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and suffering): Cap on, court case re ... 874, 2138-39 Public plan re ... 611
Insurance, Automobile - Premiums
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11)
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Alberta insurance companies' profit margin adjustment ... 472
Insurance contracts
Harmonization of legislation re with B.C. (Bill 11) ... 348-49
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1285-86, 1313, 1357, 1358, 1387, 1426-27, 1429, 1475-76, 1854, 1896, 1944-45, 2014-15
Interpretation Act
Local Authorities Pension Board voting changes in compliance with ... 16, 583
Investment of public funds
Investments, Personal
Consumer protection re ... 582-83
Labour Coalition on Pensions
LAPP administration changes challenge ... 583
Local Authorities Pension Board
Union representatives on, provision of information to ... 16-17
Local Authorities Pension Plan
Changes to, informing union representatives of ... 16-17 Derivative instruments investments ... 1290 General remarks ... 583, 885-86 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1356, 1854 Voting and quorum rule changes ... 583, 1290
Low-income families
Provincial assistance to ... 142
Measuring Up, Progress Report on the Government of Alberta Business Plan
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP392/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Medical profession
Recruitment of, funding for ... 141
Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan
Annual report, 2006-07 and 2007-08 (SP395-396/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Municipal sustainability initiative
Nanton and area food bank
Natural resources revenue
New Royalty Framework (2007)
Northern Alberta Development Council
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP244/08: Tabled) ... 1066
Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund
Nurses
Recruitment of, funding for ... 141
Oil - Prices
Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1357 Forecasting of ... 867, 1357 General remarks ... 141 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286, 1357, 1358
Oil sands development
Value-added opportunities ... 1358
Oral Question Period (2008)
Alberta Treasury Branch investments ... 896-97 Alberta Treasury Branches ... 1382 Asset-backed commercial paper ... 582-83 Automobile insurance ... 85, 472, 610-11, 2138-39 Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund ... 1316-17 Community development trust fund ... 290 Economic diversification ... 1358 Federal equalization payments ... 1736 Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Commission ... 616 Fuel tax ... 579 Government pension plans ... 1356 Heritage Savings Trust Fund investments ... 1289 International financial crisis ... 1285-86, 1387, 1944-45 Local Authorities Pension Plan ... 16-17, 583, 1854 National securities regulation ... 2055 Oil prices ... 1357 Pacific Northwest Economic Region ... 841 Pension plan investments ... 1290 Provincial fiscal strategy ... 2014-15, 2052 Provincial savings policy ... 1317-18 Provincial savings strategy ... 1352, 1896, 1940 Provincial spending ... 1898 Recent investment losses ... 1313 Report on financial and investment policies ... 1824-25 Savings and investments ... 924 Small business assistance ... 1429 Support for food banks ... 1357 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176, 2200 Tobacco reduction ... 470 Treasury Branches board of directors ... 1475-76 Treasury Branches investments ... 1426-27 Women's equality ... 713
Pacific Northwest Economic Region
Parks, Regional - Edmonton area
River valley park: Provincial funding for ... 142
Pine beetles - Control
Provincial funding for ... 142
Port Alberta
Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640-41
Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension Plan
Annual report, 2006/07 (SP93/08: Tabled) ... 349
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Public service - Alberta
Hiring freeze on ... 2015
Public Service Pension Plan
Derivative instruments investments ... 1290
Public transit
Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... 1286, 1896
Regulatory Review Secretariat
Small business regulation reduction ... 879, 1429
Research and development
Funding for early-stage projects ... 142 Tax credits for ... 142, 867, 876, 880, 1358 Tax credits for: Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830
Road construction - Finance
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Bitumen in kind, in place of royalty ... 1358
Rural economic development
Savings plan, Provincial
General remarks ... 141, 616, 867, 868, 870, 880, 924, 1317-18, 1352, 1429, 1824-25, 1896, 1940
School nutrition programs
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Securities - Law and legislation
National harmonization of (passport system) ... 873-74, 2055 National harmonization of (passport system): Quebec position on ... 2055 Single national regulator for ... 874, 2055
Senior citizens
Government programs: Funding for ... 142
Small business - Regulations
Small business - Taxation
Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Substance abuse - Treatment
Supreme Court of Canada
Minor injury claims cap in auto insurance case ... 874, 2139
Surplus, Budgetary
Capital maintenance funding with ... 141 Capital projects funding with ... 141 Disposition of ... 141 Endowment funds investment ... 1317 General remarks ... 867, 868, 1317, 1896, 2015 Heritage Fund investment ... 141, 868, 1317 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Transfer to savings ... 616, 924
Tax incentives
For dependent care ... 142, 924 For dependent care: Legislation re (Bill 17) ... 904 For the disabled ... 142 Family employment credit ... 142, 867 For scientific research and development ... 142, 867, 876, 880, 1358 For scientific research and development: Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830
Taxation
40% increase in, in future ... 1940, 2015 General remarks ... 880 Increases in, prediction of ... 1352
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability, funding for ... 868, 886, 1356 Unfunded liability, funding for: Legislation re (Bill 12) ... 349
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12)
First reading ... 349 Second reading ... 834 Third reading ... 986
Tobacco companies
Heritage Fund investment in ... 470, 869
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
General remarks ... 867 Insurance contracts harmonization under (Bill 11) ... 348-49
Treasury Branches
Annual report, 2008 (SP349/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 897, 1382, 1426-27, 1476, 1898 Board of directors: Banking services provided to ... 1476 Board of directors: Qualifications of ... 1475 Executives' bonuses ... 1382, 1427 Former CEO decision re performance targets ... 1427 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1426-27, 1475-76 Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 896-97, 1426-27 Oversight of, by Auditor General and Finance and Enterprise dept. ... 1426
United States - Economic conditions
Impact on Alberta ... 141
Wages - Non-profit social services agencies employees
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
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