Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Peace)
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... 1740 Inclusion under workers' compensation ... 715, 1945, 2202 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 662, 1945, 2202
Alberta - Economic conditions
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1942
Alberta Bureau of Statistics
Name changed to Office of Statistics and Information, legislation re (Bill 45) ... 1694
Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors
Radiation health administrative organization annual report, 2007-08 (SP431/08: Tabled) ... 1588-89
Alberta Dental Association and College
Radiation health and safety program annual report, 2007 (SP432/08: Tabled) ... 1589
Alberta Veterinary Medical Association
Annual report, 2007 (SP193/08: Tabled) ... 905 Radiation protection program annual report, 2007 (SP433/08: Tabled) ... 1589
Albion Sands Energy Inc.
Mine site accident ... 249
Ambulance service
Classification as essential service: Legislation re (Bill 26) ... 1096
Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation)
Arbitration, Compulsory
Ambulance operators/employees, legislation re (Bill 26) ... 1096
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
Annual report, 2007 (SP178/08: Tabled) ... 770
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits' criteria, relation to WCB claims criteria ... 2207
Bitumen pipelines
Job loss implications ... 476-77
Blood First Nation
Employment training and manufacturing plant on ... 926
Bow Valley College
Assessment service for foreign qualifications ... 359 Francophone employment agency contract ... 663
Bredin Institute - Centre for Learning
Assessment service for foreign qualifications ... 359
Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour force development strategy)
Building Canada Plan (Federal)
Alberta funds from ... 361
Canada Pension Plan
Benefits' criteria, relation to WCB claims criteria ... 2207
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at ... 612 Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at, report on ... 83
Capital projects - Finance
Employment and Immigration dept. project ... 360
Certified General Accountants' Association of Alberta
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP631/08: Tabled) ... 2184
Child health benefits program
General remarks ... 56, 170
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 358 General remarks ... 356, 358
Collective bargaining - Building trades
College of Alberta Professional Foresters
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP430/08: Tabled) ... 1588
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Radiation health administrative organization annual report, 2007-08 (SP434/08: Tabled) ... 1589
Community Development Trust (Federal fund)
Application in Alberta ... 351, 352
Community leagues - Edmonton
Funding for STEP students for ... 930-31
Construction industry
Labour organizing activities (salting) in, legislation re (Bill 26) ... 1096 Market enhancement recovery funds in, legislation re (Bill 26) ... 1096
Construction workers, Female
Convergys Corp.
Call centre layoffs ... 978
Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP374/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Dept. of Employment and Immigration
Capital spending ... 360 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 350-65 Main estimates 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP261/08: Tabled) ... 1153
Elections, Provincial
Union ads during ... 1148
Employment agencies, Francophone - Calgary
Government contract for, transferred to Bow Valley College ... 663-64
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 1740 Awareness campaign re ... 359 Children under 15 ... 356 Compassionate leave ... 355, 365 Enforcement of ... 361-62 General remarks ... 354-55 Vacation time, increase for ... 355
Employment Standards Code
Foreign workers, application to ... 353, 1058, 2136 Review of ... 355, 365, 716 Review of (2005), implementation of ... 355 Unpaid wages claims, time limit on ... 715-16
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 350, 351, 363, 926 For the disabled ... 350 Funding for ... 350 For immigrants ... 350
English as an Additional Language
Fatalities, Work-related
Due to cell phone use in automobiles ... 353 General remarks ... 55, 252 Investigation of, filing of reports on ... 354 Investigation of, timeline re ... 248 Plaque on Legislature grounds re, moving of ... 355
Foreign workers, Temporary
Cancellation of program for ... 1942 Death of, on the job ... 83, 612 General remarks ... 19, 350, 352, 358, 364, 425, 471, 476, 663, 978, 1737, 2136 Guidebook of services available to (SP65/08: Tabled) ... 174 Housing for ... 360, 365 Layoff of ... 1941-42 Recruitment of unemployed German workers as ... 342 Testing of ... 364 Training of ... 364 Transfer to provincial nominee program ... 425, 471, 476, 663 Treatment/safety of ... 83-84, 351, 928, 1058, 2136 Treatment/safety of: Documentation re (M14/08: Defeated) ... 1392 Treatment/safety of: Employment standards officers re ... 353 Treatment/safety of: Helpline re ... 84, 716, 928, 1058 Treatment/safety of: Special advisory offices re ... 1392 Unpaid wages claims, time limit on ... 716
Forest industries - Employees
Unemployed workers, retraining of ... 19, 351, 352
Francophone Secretariat
Cité francophone project, funding for ... 360-61, 365
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Health workforce planning
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Eligibility criteria ... 658 Funding for ... 350 General remarks ... 362
Hours of labour
Working alone regulation ... 252, 356
Immigrant doctors
Career centres for, re accreditation/licensing processes ... 351 General remarks ... 2133
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 350, 352, 425, 471, 476, 663, 1737 Provincial nominee program: Reports re expansion of (M13/08: Defeated) ... 1391
Income Support program
Benefits ... 362 Benefits: Increase in ... 1584 Benefits: Market-basket measure for ... 356 Employment assistance element ... 362 General remarks ... 56, 118, 119, 350, 362 Health benefits ... 362 Level of ... 170 Utility costs component ... 396
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1942
Korean Emigration and Investment Fair
Alberta participation in ... 1783
Labour laws and legislation
Labour recruitment missions - South Korea
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Labour Relations Code
Amendment of, legislation re ... 1058 General remarks ... 351 Review of ... 351, 356, 357, 358 Review of (2002): MLA committee re ... 351
Labour unions
Ads aired during 2008 provincial election ... 1148 Provincial meetings with, prior to labour law changes ... 1148, 1151
Low-income families
Provincial assistance to ... 56, 396 Provincial assistance to: Increase in ... 1584
Major community facilities program
Cité francophone project, funding for ... 360, 361, 365
Medical profession - Supply
Ministerial Statements (2008)
National Day of Mourning ... 246
Minister's Monitoring Committee on Workers' Compensation
National Day of Mourning
Ministerial statement re ... 246
Occupational diseases
Fatalities due to, investigation of ... 354
Occupational diseases - Prevention
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Amendment to include mandatory workplace health and safety committees ... 612
Occupational health and safety code
Biennial review of ... 1090
Occupational Health and Safety Council
Review of safety code review recommendations ... 1090
Occupational health and safety officers
Occupational health and safety research
Office of Statistics and Information
Creation of (formerly Bureau of Statistics), legislation re (Bill 45) ... 1694
Oil sands development
Value-added opportunities ... 476-77
Oral Question Period (2008)
Aboriginal training and employment ... 926 Call centre layoffs ... 978 Child poverty ... 56 Farm worker safety ... 248, 662, 715, 1740, 1945, 2202 Francophone job-seeking services ... 663-64 Homeless and eviction prevention fund ... 658 Income support levels ... 170 Joint worksite health and safety committees ... 612 Labour law reform ... 1148, 1151 Low-income support programs ... 1584 Occupational health and safety code ... 1090 Overseas mission to Asia ... 1783-84 Physician recruitment ... 2133 Provincial nominee program ... 425 Recruitment of foreign workers ... 342 Safety of temporary foreign workers ... 83-84 Services francophones pour la recherche d'emploi ... 663-64 Student temporary employment program ... 930-31 Temporary foreign workers ... 19, 471, 476-77, 663, 664-65, 928, 1058, 1737, 1941-42, 2136 Unpaid wages ... 715-16 Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 396 Women in the trades ... 767 Women's equality ... 713 Workers' compensation appeals ... 1063, 2207 Working alone regulation ... 252 Workplace health and safety ... 1823 Workplace safety ... 55, 249, 2207 Young worker health and safety ... 1669, 1826
Poverty
Provincial initiatives re ... 56
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Progressive Contractors Association of Canada
Public utilities - Rates
Rate increases, impact on low-income families ... 396
Rural Alberta's Development Fund
Senior citizens - Employment
Single mothers
Employment requirements ... 365 Legal liabilities, assistance for ... 365
Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Strikes and lockouts - Ambulance attendants
Legislation re (Bill 26) ... 1096
Summer Temporary Employment Program
Transportation
As barrier to employment ... 358, 362
Unemployed workers
Recruitment to Alberta ... 352
University of Alberta
Radiation health administrative organization annual report, 2007-08 (SP435/08: Tabled) ... 1589
University of Calgary
Radiation health administration organization annual report, 2007-08 (SP436/08: Tabled) ... 1589
Wages
Unpaid wages, time limit on claims re ... 715-16
Welders - Certification
For out-of-province welders ... 364
Welders - Health and safety aspects
Women Building Futures
Provincial contribution to ... 767
Workers' compensation
Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 715, 1945, 2202 Appeal procedure for denied claims ... 360, 363, 1063 Decisions of, relation to AISH/CPP programs criteria ... 2207
Workers' Compensation Board
Annual report, 2007 (SP266/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Doerksen/Friedman reports on (2003) ... 365 Review of ... 2207
Working Alone Safely: A Guide for Employers and Employees (Booklet)
Copy tabled (SP82/08: Tabled) ... 252, 257
Workplace Health and Safety division
Horizon oil sands project deaths, report on investigation into ... 83
Workplace safety
Awareness campaign for youth re (Bloody Lucky) ... 1669, 1823, 1826 Funding for ... 118, 350, 353 General remarks ... 252, 360, 1090, 1823, 2207 Improvement of ... 55 Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 662, 1945, 2202 Inspectors for ... 55, 249, 353, 1826, 2207 Joint health and safety committees for ... 612, 1826, 2207 Ministerial statement re ... 246
Griffiths, Doug (PC, Battle River-Wainwright)
4-H clubs
Member's statement re ... 1786
Abattoirs, Mobile - Inspection
Transfer to Agriculture dept., legislation re (Bill 32) ... 1361
Agricultural Societies Amendment Act, RSA 2000 c2(Supp)
Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20)
Alberta active communities initiative
Member's statement re ... 2080
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: DeLong) ... 1567-68
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
Member's statement re ... 1351
Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy
Member's statement re ... 1351
Alberta Livestock Information System
Member's statement re ... 1351
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Alberta Recreation and Parks Association
Management of active communities initiative ... 2080
Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202)
Bills, Private members' public
Bill 207, six month hoist amendment at second reading ... 1710
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta position on ... 665
Chronic wasting disease - Control
Consumption tax, Provincial
Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 109-10, 115
Corporations - Taxation
Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 277-78
Crime prevention
Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion 508: Amery) ... 1116
Deer - Alberta/Saskatchewan border area
Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 2107
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Transfer of mobile butcher facilities' inspection to, legislation re (Bill 32) ... 1361
Farm produce - Export
WTO negotiations re: Member's statement re ... 665
Federal-Provincial Farm Assistance Act
Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848
Food safety
In meat processing facilities ... 1361
Gas Distribution Amendment Act
Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848
Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21)
Hunting
As control method for chronic wasting disease in deer ... 2107, 2109
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201)
Income tax, Provincial
Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 277-78 Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 109-10, 115
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Involvement in active communities initiative ... 2080
Listeria infections
Occurrence in provincial meat processing facilities ... 1361
Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32)
Members' Statements (2008)
Active communities awards ... 2080 Livestock and meat strategy ... 1351 National 4-H Month ... 1786 WTO negotiations on agriculture ... 665
National 4-H Month
Member's statement re ... 1786
Natural Gas Rebates Act
Repealed and replaced by Bill 21 ... 848
Oral Question Period (2008)
Regional health authorities
Transfer of mobile butcher facilities' inspection from, legislation re (Bill 32) ... 1361
Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 205)
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Renewal of ... 2054-55 Research projects under ... 2055
World Trade Organization
Negotiations at: Member's statement re ... 665
Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207)
Second reading ... 1709-10 Second Reading (six months hoist amendment) ... 1710
Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood)
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural land
Protection for, under land-use framework ... 411
Agricultural service boards
Agricultural value-added production
Agriculture
Federal funding for ... 406 Funding for, variations in ... 406 General remarks ... 404 Government assistance programs ... 20-21, 134, 291, 792, 2175-77
Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Agriculture competitiveness initiative
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
First reading ... 1361 Second reading ... 1419 Third reading ... 1774
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
AgriStability program administration ... 56, 137, 405 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP314/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings Crop reinsurance funding ... 414 Estimates entry for, replacement page (SP87/08: Tabled) ... 349 General remarks ... 291, 409 Livestock insurance programs offering, legislation re (Bill 33) ... 1361 Loan limit increase ... 405, 409, 416 Potato cyst nematode program ... 56 Relationship with ATB ... 412
Agriculture workforce strategy
AgriInsurance (Federal/provincial initiative)
AgriInvest (Federal/provincial initiative)
AgriRecovery (Federal/provincial initiative)
AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative)
General remarks ... 291, 413, 2053, 2054 Improvement of ... 137, 405, 409 Improvement of, pilot project re ... 409 Potato cyst nematode damage, assistance re ... 56
Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP308/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings
Alberta Beef Producers
Call for Minister of Agriculture's resignation, discussion of ... 2180
Alberta farm fuel benefit program
Administration of applications to, 1997-2008 (M16/08: Accepted) ... 1394 Auditor General's remarks re ... 415
Alberta farm recovery program
Alberta Federation of Labour
Alberta farm safety comments ... 166
Alberta Foodbank Network Association
Pork from culled hogs diversion to foodbanks ... 344
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
Business background of members of ... 2180 Election of members of ... 2106 General remarks ... 1855
Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy
Alberta Livestock Information System
Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation
Discussions re diverting pork from culled hogs to food banks ... 21, 344-45
Animal cruelty investigations
Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... 957
Auditor General
Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 415
Automobile seat belts
Effectiveness of legislation re ... 166, 216
Beef industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134-35, 405, 711, 1740-41 Provincial assistance to ... 711 Reduction of regulations re ... 711
Biofuels industry
Use of food crops as feedstock ... 407, 977 Water requirements for ... 764
Biomass as energy source
General remarks ... 407, 907 Specified risk materials (cattle) as feedstock ... 408
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Replaced by AgriStability and AgriInvest programs ... 409
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Ban on seed potato exports to U.S., assistance re ... 56 Role of ... 408
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta position on ... 410, 413, 907 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by ... 135 Marketing role ... 135
Chronic wasting disease
Presence on game farms ... 788, 2105
Chronic wasting disease - Control
Climate change
Alberta plan for: Agricultural applications ... 1092
Competitive Initiative Steering Group (Agriculture)
Conflict of interest
Agriculture minister as farmer ... 663
Credit unions
As financing option for farmers ... 412
Crop Diversification Centre, Brooks
New research greenhouse, funding for ... 406
Dept. of Agriculture (United States)
Ban on import of seed potatoes infested with potato cyst nematode ... 56
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP371/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Business plan ... 405 District offices, closure of ... 413 Grants, monitoring of ... 415-16 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 404-16, 905-07 Main estimates, 2008-09: Replacement page for (SP87/08: Tabled) ... 349 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP189/08: Tabled) ... 904 Minister's conflict of interest ... 663 Minister's resignation ... 216 Minister's resignation, call for by Alberta Beef Producers ... 2180
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Minister of, agricultural payments received by ... 2176
Elk
Damage to crops by ... 413
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 247
Ethanol from food crops
General remarks ... 907 Impact on food and water supplies ... 407, 764
Expert Scientific Panel on Chronic Wasting Disease in Canadian Wildlife
Farm fatalities - Prevention
Farm produce - Export - Asia
Farm produce - United States
Farmers' Advocate
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP339/08: Tabled) ... 1361
Food, Alberta grown - Marketing
Food - Supply
Shortage of: Impact of biofuel production on ... 977 Shortage of: Impact of ethanol production on ... 407
Food banks
Ground pork from culled animals diversion to ... 21, 344-45
Food chain traceability programs
Food industry and trade
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134-35, 411 General remarks ... 404
Food safety
Funding for ... 408 General remarks ... 408 In meat processing facilities ... 1287-88
Foreign workers, Temporary
Game farming
Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 788, 2105
Greenhouses - Employees
Coverage under workplace safety rules ... 2133
Growing Forward: The New Agricultural Policy Framework (Federal/provincial)
Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21)
Hog industry
Provincial assistance to ... 20-21
Hogs - Supply
Federal program to reduce ... 21, 344-45
Hospice - Highwood/Foothills-Rocky View constituencies
Lottery funds for ... 1849
Institute for Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment
Labour laws and legislation
Coverage of agricultural workers ... 247
Land-use framework
Application to agricultural operations ... 411, 1092
Listeria infections
Occurrence in provincial meat processing facilities ... 1288
Livestock
Tracking system re ... 408
Livestock Identification Services Ltd.
Assistance with age verification of cattle ... 1851 Chief Operating Officer's report, 2007-08 (SP306/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings
Livestock insurance
General remarks ... 409 Legislation re (Bill 33) ... 1361
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation: Political bias in ... 1849
Lucerne Foods
Pork from culled hogs diversion to foodbanks ... 345
Major community facilities program
Distribution of funds from ... 1849
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Toronto plant, recall of meat from ... 1287-88
Marketing boards (Agricultural products)
Meat - Inspection
In provincial facilities ... 1287-88
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Agricultural payments to ... 2176 Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1849
Mushroom farms - Employees
Coverage under workplace safety rules ... 2133
National Farmers Union
Briefing materials given to Agriculture minister ... 410
North American free trade agreement
Country of origin labelling in contravention of ... 135
Nurseries (Horticulture) - Employees
Coverage under workplace safety rules ... 2133
Oral Question Period (2008)
Agricultural assistance ... 20-21 Agricultural fertilizer prices ... 2053 Agricultural fertilizers and chemicals ... 792 Agricultural income stability ... 137 Agriculture and food industry competitiveness ... 134-35 Alberta farm recovery plan ... 2054 Barley marketing ... 135 Beef recovery strategies ... 711 Bioenergy industry impacts ... 977 Biofuels industry ... 764 Chronic wasting disease ... 2105 Country of origin labelling ... 1740-41 Cull breeding swine program ... 344-45 Environmentally sustainable agriculture ... 1092 Farm recovery plan ... 291 Farm safety ... 166, 216, 611-12 Farm worker safety ... 247-48, 287-88, 662-63, 715, 1739-40, 2133, 2202 Game ranching industry ... 788 Livestock and meat strategy ... 1851, 1900-01, 2103-04, 2105-06, 2180 Lottery funding ... 1849 Market access for livestock and beef ... 2012 Market access for livestock and meat ... 1855 Potato cyst nematode ... 56-57 Provincial meat inspection ... 1287-88 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176 World Trade Organization negotiations ... 614
Pork
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1740-41 Ground pork from culled animals diversion to food banks ... 21, 344-45
Pork - Export
Diversification of ... 1741
Pork industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134-35, 405
Potato cyst nematode
Presence in seed potato fields ... 56-57
Rodeo
As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2039-40
Rural Alberta's Development Fund
Rural economic development
Government strategy re: Report (A Place to Grow) ... 405
School nutrition programs
Seed potatoes - Export
Impact of infestation by potato cyst nematode on ... 56-57
Specified risk material (Cattle parts)
Sunterra Meats Ltd.
Pork from culled hogs diversion to foodbanks ... 345
Supreme Court of Canada
Farm workers' exclusion from labour laws ruling ... 166
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Farm worker safety standards under ... 288
Treasury Branches
Relationship with AFSC ... 412
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Application to agricultural operations ... 1092
Water supply
Use by biofuels industry ... 764
Western Hog Exchange
Discussions re diverting pork from culled hogs to food banks ... 21, 345
Wildlife damage to crops
Provincial programs re ... 413
Workers' compensation
Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 247, 715, 2202
World Trade Organization
Country of origin labelling in contravention of agriculture regulations of ... 135 Negotiations at ... 614, 711, 905-06
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