Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud)
Aboriginal children - Education
Centre for excellence in ... 293 Funding for ... 240 General remarks ... 226, 293, 1022
Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24)
Alberta - Economic conditions
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1902
Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 29)
Alberta College of Pharmacists
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP268/08: Tabled) ... 1768
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30)
Alberta farm fuel benefit program
Costs of, 1997-2008 (Q21/08: Response tabled as SP458) ... 1547
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Elimination of: Impact on school boards budgets ... 237
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 17)
Alberta school alternative procurement program
Alberta School Foundation Fund
Alberta Teachers' Association
Annual report, 2006 (SP603/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Annual report, 2007 (SP311/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings Centralized testing of students, comments on ... 254 Class size limits, report to Learning Commission on ... 295 Professional development opportunities for teachers ... 1475
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
School board taxing power concerns ... 229, 253
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Aboriginal education recommendations ... 240, 293, 1022 Class size recommendations ... 294, 1513-14 High school completion recommendations ... 1022 Kindergarten recommendations ... 292, 423 School board taxing power recommendation ... 253 School utilization formula recommendation ... 87 Special-needs education funding ... 1062
Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Achievement
Eligibility for, survey results re ... 1477
Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 5)
Auditor General
Learning Resources Centre savings, evaluation of ... 1089
Bills
One-day passage of, in Legislature ... 1675, 1682
Bills, Government
Bill 26, committee, time allocation on (Motion 18: Hancock/Renner) ... 1223
Black Gold school division
Student obesity intervention program ... 1475
Breakfast for Learning Alberta
Bullying, Online - Prevention
Canadian Diabetes Association
Resources for teaching diabetic children ... 1543
Canadian Skills Competition, Calgary (May 2008) (Trades competition)
Capital Health
Former chair of, appointed Ethics Commissioner ... 1518
Chartered schools - Finance
Child and Youth Advocate
Quarterly reports: Arrangement with opposition parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1517
Child welfare
Early childhood intervention programs ... 226, 227
Children at risk - Education
Class size (Grade school)
Committee of Supply
Schedule for departments' appearances at (SP64/08: Tabled) ... 174
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Motion to resolve into (Motion 7: Hancock) ... 174
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Membership change (Motion 13: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 516 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9
Committee on Community Services, Standing
Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384-85
Committee on the Economy, Standing
Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384-85
Committee on Health, Standing
Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384-85
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9
Committee on Private Bills, Standing
Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 Review of Standing Orders changes (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 64
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9
Committee on Public Safety and Services, Standing
Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384-85
Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing
Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384-85
Committees, Policy field
Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61-65, 78 Members' lists for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384-85
Committees, Select standing
Appointment of (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 Members' lists for (SP2/08) (Motion 3: Hancock) ... 9 Membership changes for (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067
Corporations - Taxation
Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830
Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14)
Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta)
Dependent Adults Act
Replaced by Bill 24, Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act ... 1095
Dept. of Education
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP315/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings Annual report, 2007-08 (SP373/08: Tabled) ... 1433 The Heart of the Matter: Character and Citizenship Education in Alberta Schools (print resource) ... 397 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 225-34, 236-43 Main estimates 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP95/08: Tabled) ... 401 Minister's comments re planning of new schools ... 250
Diabetes strategy, Alberta
Diabetic school children
School program access for ... 1543
Disabled children - Education
Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 399 Policy review of ... 1386-87
Disabled children - Education - Finance
Early childhood education
Full-day programs ... 292-93, 423, 844-45, 1474, 1514, 1902 Full-day programs: Survey results re ... 1477 General remarks ... 226, 228 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 292-93, 423, 844-45, 1474, 1514
Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Court
Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 1549
Edmonton International Airport
Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640
Edmonton Public School Board
City centre education project ... 220, 231
Education
Accountability survey results re ... 1477 General remarks ... 225-26, 1384
Education - Curricula
Career and life management course: Financial literacy component ... 1321 Career and technology courses: Funding for ... 294, 399 Career and technology courses: Rural areas ... 294 Citizenship courses ... 397 Financial literacy courses ... 1321 Fine arts program ... 472-73 Funding for ... 227 New social studies program ... 397
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Safety of oil sands tailings ponds (not proceeded with) ... 621 Temporary Standing Order amendments (not proceeded with) ... 25
English as a Second Language
Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Appointment of (Motion 14: Hancock/Renner) ... 753 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1517-18, 1522-23
Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15)
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Financial literacy, Personal - Teaching
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3)
French language - Teaching
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies
Information package from (SP438 /08: Tabled) ... 1634
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Health Quality Council
Root cause analysis of syringe reuse incident at High Prairie Health Complex, minister's letter requesting (SP419/08: Tabled) ... 1545
Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21)
High school completion
Aboriginal students ... 1022 Fine arts program to encourage ... 473 Funding for ... 227 General remarks ... 226, 239, 399, 1022 Survey results re ... 1477 Symposium on ... 239
High school completion - Rural areas
High school education - Curricula
Fine arts courses ... 473
High school graduates
Employer satisfaction with ... 1474, 1477 Transition to postsecondary education ... 399 Transition to postsecondary education: Incentives for ... 399 Transition to postsecondary education: Survey results re ... 1477
Hilltop high school, Whitecourt
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 1147
Immigrant children - Education
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11)
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1902
Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Learning Resources Centre
Braille resources provision ... 230 Funding for ... 227 Utilization of ... 1089
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Adjournment
Summer recess (Motion 17: Hancock/Renner) ... 1223
Major community facilities program
School nutrition programs funding under ... 1785
Members' withdrawal of remarks
ND opposition's position on oil sands development ... 1279
Natural resources revenue
Oil sands tailings ponds - Safety aspects
Request for emergency debate re ... 621
Ombudsman
Reappointment of, motion to concur in (Motion 20: Hancock/ Zwozdesky) ... 1743
Oral Question Period (2008)
Aboriginal education ... 293 Alberta initiative for school improvement ... 1475 Arts and culture in education ... 472-73 Bullying ... 1897 Career and technology studies ... 294 Centralized learning assessment ... 254 Child care funding ... 292-93 Citizenship education ... 397 Class sizes ... 294-95, 1513-14 Early education for at-risk children ... 1902 Education programs for immigrants ... 1093 Education property taxes ... 252-53 Education system accountability framework ... 1477 Financial literacy education ... 1321 Funding for private schools ... 1063, 1354, 1382-84 Grade 3 achievement tests ... 766-67 High school completion ... 399, 1022 High school diploma examinations ... 1633 Kindergarten programs ... 423, 844-45 Learning Resources Centre ... 1089 Offshore education accreditation program ... 347 Safety in schools ... 1901-02 School board jurisdiction ... 255 School closures ... 87-88, 220 School construction ... 250 School construction and maintenance ... 1147 School nutrition programs ... 475-76, 1087-88, 1784-85 Special-needs education funding ... 1062, 1386-87, 1782 Special-needs student funding ... 398-99 Student learning assessments ... 1474 Student transportation costs ... 847 Students with health needs ... 1543 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 ... 1738
Parliamentary democracy
Standing Order amendment motion ... 25
Physical fitness - Teaching
Daily mandatory activities ... 1475
Point of Order
Factual accuracy ... 1279 Imputing motives ... 1193 Inflammatory language ... 403, 1636 Questions about detail ... 1831-32 Referring to a nonmember ... 1989
Political parties
Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... 1523
Port Alberta
Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640
Portable/modular classrooms
Private schools - Finance
Privilege
Length of evening sitting ... 1266 Misleading the House ... 1517
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... 1523
Property tax - Education levy
Abolition of ... 229 Authority for, return to school boards ... 229, 232, 252-53 General remarks ... 226, 230 Seniors' tax relief re ... 230, 242
Public Guardian
Investigative powers change (Bill 24) ... 1095
Public Trustee
Investigative powers change (Bill 24) ... 1095
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Research and development
Tax credits for: Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830
Ritchie junior high school, Edmonton
School Act
Provisions for children with chronic health needs ... 1543 School board jurisdiction provisions, clarification of ... 255 School board role/autonomy provisions ... 255
School boards
Budgets, impact of health care premiums' elimination on ... 237 Deficits ... 229 Funding ... 226, 228 General remarks ... 88 Operation of schools outside own jurisdiction ... 255 Role/autonomy of ... 255 School closure decisions ... 220 Taxing authority, reinstatement of ... 252-53
School councils
Fund-raising activities ... 239, 242
School dropouts
General remarks ... 1474 Increase in ... 1477
School nutrition programs
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Cost increase for ... 847 Cost increase for: Fuel price contingency fund for ... 847 Fees for ... 847 Funding for ... 226 General remarks ... 229, 231
Schools, Foreign - Accreditation
Alberta program re ... 347
Schools, Foreign - Macau, China
Alberta curriculum at ... 347
Schools - Closure
General remarks ... 87, 220, 231, 234, 236, 241 Impact on municipal land-use improvement efforts in core areas ... 231
Schools - Closure - Rural areas
Schools - Construction
Funding for ... 227 General remarks ... 226, 229, 243, 253, 294, 1147 Minister's comments re planning of ... 250 Public/private projects re ... 227, 234, 237, 241, 250, 1147
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Funding for ... 236, 237, 1147 Minister's comments re planning of ... 250
Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10)
Small business - Taxation
Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830
Special needs aides in schools
Standing Orders
Amendments to May 21, 2008 orders (Motion 23: Renner) ... 2115-16, 2120-21 SOs 32 and 68 amendments (Motion 15: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 887 Temporary amendments to, request for emergency debate re ... 25 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61-65, 78
Student Health Initiative
Funding for ... 226, 227 Resources for students with chronic health needs ... 1543
Student testing
Achievement tests, grade 3 students ... 766-67 Achievement tests, role of teachers in ... 254 Achievement tests results ... 1477 Centralized testing, effectiveness of ... 254 Diagnostic tests ... 1474 Diploma exams ... 1633 Diploma exams results ... 1477 General remarks ... 1474, 1902
Students, Foreign (Grade school)
Acceptance into Alberta schools ... 347
Students with chronic health needs
Suncor Inc.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled as SP330/08) ... 625
Surplus, Budgetary
School maintenance funding with ... 236, 1147
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled as SP330/08) ... 625
Tax incentives
For scientific research and development: Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830
Teachers
Code of conduct ... 1902 Hiring of, funding for ... 294-95 Professional development opportunities for ... 1475 Role in student testing ... 254
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability, funding for ... 117, 228, 239
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12)
Time allocation motions (Parliamentary practice)
Bill 26 (CoW), Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Motion 18: Hancock/Renner) ... 1223
Tolerance
Information package re (SP438/08: Tabled) ... 1634
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
Tuition fees (International grade school students)
Video conferencing in education
Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner)
Report recommending appointment of, concurred in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1517-18, 1522-23
Woodcroft elementary school, Edmonton
WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition)
Equipment used at, donation to technical schools in Alberta ... 1738 General remarks ... 1738
Hayden, Hon. Jack (PC, Drumheller-Stettler)
Alberta school alternative procurement program
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Natural gas rebates funded through ... 497
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 502-03, 511 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) funding model for ... 20
Auditor General
Deferred maintenance backlog comments ... 500
Bovar Inc.
Swan Hills Treatment Centre sale to government ... 1825
Bow Valley College
Acquisition of provincial court land ... 497
Building Canada Plan (Federal)
Calgary Catholic Board of Education
New school construction (P3 projects) ... 1633
Calgary Courts Centre
General remarks ... 497, 503 Phase two, funding for ... 497
Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
Merit award for social infrastructure procurement given to Alberta ... 2180
Capital projects
Cost control measures re ... 19-20 Cost escalations re, provision for ... 499, 508 Deficit re ... 500-01, 507 Emergent projects, funding for ... 502 General remarks ... 19-20, 497 Physical condition of ... 500 Prioritization of ... 498 Public/private partnerships re ... 20, 395, 502-04, 505-06, 511, 513-14, 514-16
Capital projects - Finance
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Crop Diversification Centre, Brooks
New research greenhouse, funding for ... 497
Dept. of Infrastructure
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 497-516 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP184/08: Tabled) ... 797 Minister's authority re surplus government property sale (Bill 35) ... 1324 Other revenue ... 510 Revenue from premiums, fees, licences ... 510 Role of ... 509 Split with Transportation dept., accounting for in budget ... 509-10 Staffing ... 509
Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP381/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Environmental protection
Provincial initiatives re ... 172
Federal Building, Edmonton
Environmental considerations (LEED standard for) ... 1543 Renovation of ... 1542-43
Forest Heights school, Edmonton
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
First reading ... 1324 Committee ... 1646 Third reading ... 1729
Hazardous substances - Disposal
Health care facilities
Physical condition of ... 500
Health care facilities - Maintenance
Hospitals - Calgary
New south Calgary hospital ... 500, 508
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201)
Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd.
Federal Building renovator ... 1542
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
New residence for ... 1144-45, 1212 New residence for: ND news release re (SP270/08: Tabled) ... 1154 New residence for: Point of order re ... 1154
Light rail transit - Edmonton
Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 219
New Democrat Opposition
News release re new Lieutenant Governor's residence (SP270/08: Tabled) ... 1154
Ontario Health Coalition
Report on P3 projects ... 395
Oral Question Period (2008)
Child care spaces in schools ... 582 Core school designs ... 1585 Energy efficiency in new buildings ... 223 Federal building renovations ... 1542-43 Federal infrastructure funding ... 219, 293-94 Green power ... 2205 Infrastructure costs ... 19-20 Lieutenant Governor's residence ... 1144-45, 1212 Modular classroom units for schools ... 979 Postsecondary education funding ... 2181 Provincial environmental initiatives ... 172 Public-private partnerships ... 395 Public-private partnerships for school construction ... 1633, 2179-80 Safety in schools ... 1901 School bus safety ... 1737 Swan Hills waste treatment facility cleanup ... 1825 Wapiti Gravel Suppliers ... 1827
Point of Order
Factual accuracy ... 1154
Portable/modular classrooms
Postsecondary educational institutions
Physical condition of ... 499
Public lands, Surplus
Disposal of, by Minister of Infrastructure (Bill 35) ... 1324
Public transit - Calgary
Federal funding for ... 293-94, 501 Public/private partnership (P3) projects, federal funding for ... 294
Public transit - Capital region
Federal funding for ... 293-94, 501 Public/private partnership (P3) projects, federal funding for ... 294
Ring roads - Calgary
Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 511
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Schools
Assessment of condition of ... 512 Daycare spaces in ... 582
Schools - Architectural design
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Student residences (On-campus)
General remarks ... 2181 Public/private funding for ... 2181 Rent increases at ... 2181
Surplus, Budgetary
Capital maintenance funding with ... 501 Capital projects funding with ... 501
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
Decommissioning/cleanup of ... 1825 Funding for ... 510
University of Alberta
Acquisition of provincial land in Kinsella ... 497
Utility corridors (roadways)
Wapiti Gravel Suppliers Ltd.
Government contract with ... 1827
Hehr, Kent (L, Calgary-Buffalo)
Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24)
Affordable housing
General remarks ... 2013, 2205 Provincial initiatives re ... 1944
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20)
Alberta - Economic conditions
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2013
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Gambling prevention programs ... 1090
Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 29)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4)
Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30)
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Responsible gambling programs ... 851 Socially responsible gambling research ... 1090-91
Alberta Gaming Research Institute
Socially responsible gambling research ... 1090-91
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: DeLong) ... 1567
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 17)
Alberta Police-based Victim Services Association
Funding increase request from ... 1149
Alberta project promoting active living and healthy eating
Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness
Alberta security and strategic intelligence support team
Alberta serious incident response team
Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Police funding discussions ... 855
Animal cruelty investigations
Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... 952
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums ... 1943
Apologies (Civil law)
Copies of materials re (M21/08: Response tabled as SP634/08) ... 1552
Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits: Impact of spouse's income on ... 169 Benefits increase for ... 169
Auditor General
Victims of crime fund auditing ... 1149
Automobiles - Seizure
For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 84, 218, 473 For illegal drug transporting ... 557, 710, 1152 For transporting firearms without registered owner being present ... 49, 84, 218, 251, 473, 557, 856-57, 1152, 2137
Automobiles conveying children
Bail hearings
Attendance of crown prosecutors at ... 556, 1064
Bank machines
Banning of, from premises containing VLTs ... 1091
Board Governance Review Task Force
Calgary Health Region
Funding for ... 343-44 Staffing shortages ... 344
Calgary Stampeders' Football Club
Grey Cup win, member's statement re ... 2008-09
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Canadian Paraplegic Association
Hope kits, member's statement re ... 1742
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re: Cost of government legal services re (M18/08: Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 1551
Capital projects - Calgary
Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... 1411-12
Casinos
Number of ... 852 Voluntary self-exclusion program from ... 853
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 40)
Second reading ... 2044 Committee ... 2064
Climate change
Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 290, 344, 397
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP
Report on the use of conducted energy weapons (tasers) ... 1666, 1686
Community watch (Crime prevention program)
Constitution Act, 1982
Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Sexual orientation provisions ... 15-16
Corporations - Taxation
Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 276
Correctional personnel
Increase in number of ... 421
Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14)
Court Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 39)
Crime prevention
Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion 508: Amery) ... 1115-16 Member's statement re ... 1151-52
Crime reduction
Funding for, from Victims of Crime Fund surplus ... 1292, 1319 General remarks ... 710
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Criminal Code (Federal)
Illegal drug transportation by car provisions ... 710
Criminal Injuries Review Board
Limitation periods in sexual assault cases ... 1149-50
Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 649-51
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Legal services branch: Costs of increasing capacity of (M18/08: Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 1551 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 554-60, 569-70
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 782-83
Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 541-43
Disabled
Provincial assistance to ... 1742
Documentation of Child Access Exchange Act (Bill 211)
Drink prices in licensed premises
Minimum prices establishment ... 660
Drugs, Illegal
Transporting of, seizure of cars involved in ... 557, 710, 1152
Drunk drivers
Testing of, by sheriffs ... 856, 1736
Earthquake - China
Member's statement re ... 787
Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Court
Clients from, and funding for, 2005-08 (Q24/08: Response tabled as SP638/08) ... 1550 Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 1548
Edmonton Remand Centre
Gang violence incident in ... 421 New facility for: Cost increases of ... 762
Environmental technology
Development of (green economy) ... 651
Executive Council
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 677-78
Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15)
Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18)
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Fines (Traffic violations)
Processing of, funding for ... 560 Revenues from: Transfer to Victims of Crime Fund ... 854, 1292, 1319
Firearms
Removal from streets ... 1509, 1537, 1583, 2136-37 Restrictions on transport of ... 49, 84, 218, 251, 473, 557, 856-57, 1152, 2137
Foreign workers, Temporary
Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27)
Gang-related crime, Aboriginal
Government attorneys
Bail hearing attendance ... 556, 1064 Caseloads ... 560 Increase in numbers of ... 560, 1064
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Grey Cup football game, Montreal (2008)
Calgary Stampeders' win, Member's statement re ... 2008
Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42)
Health innovation fund
Funding given to Calgary mental health diversion project (Q6/08: Accepted) ... 622
Hepatitis B and C
Presence in prison populations ... 864
Highway racing
Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 84, 218, 473
HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)
Hobbema reserve
Gang violence on (drive-by shooting incident) ... 49, 218, 251 Gun amnesty program on ... 2136
Homeless
General remarks ... 1427-28 Municipal plans re ... 1428
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 853
Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act
Human rights - Alberta
General remarks ... 15-16, 846 Member's statement re ... 22
Immigrants
Support programs for ... 650
Income tax, Provincial
Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 276
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Member's statement re ... 2205
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2013
International trade - China
Judges, Provincial Court
Support system for ... 570
Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9)
Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36)
Law Information Centres (LInC)
Legal aid
Funding for ... 792 General remarks ... 559, 792
Legal Aid Society of Alberta
Funding for, 2005-08 (Q23/08: Response tabled as SP637/08) ... 1549 General remarks ... 792
Licensed premises
Violence in, prevention of ... 660
Liquor sales - Regulations
Changes to, to prevent violent situations ... 660
Local Authorities Pension Plan
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation: List of recipients of ... 853
Marijuana grow operations
Lock down of houses used for, legislation re ... 843, 1152 Surveillance of, by sheriffs ... 1736
Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32)
Medical profession - Education
Residency programs, expansion of ... 609 Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 609
Medical profession - Supply
Member's statement re ... 609
Members' Statements (2008)
Calgary Stampeders' Grey Cup victory ... 2008 Canadian Paraplegic Association hope kits ... 1742 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1151-52 Earthquake in Sichuan province, China ... 787 Physician supply ... 609 Police officer funding ... 1422 Scarboro United Church ... 1579 Sexual orientation and human rights ... 22 Women in politics ... 1625 World AIDS Day ... 2101
Mental health diversion project, Calgary
Number of litigants dealt with by, and funding for (Q6/08: Response tabled as SP223/08) ... 622
Mental health services - Prisoners
Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47)
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 41)
New Royalty Framework (2007)
Oil - Marketing - Central Canada
Oil pipelines - Alberta to Central Canada
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow down of ... 782, 783
Oil sands tailings ponds - Security aspects
General remarks ... 524 Threat assessment report re ... 524
Open spaces (Big-game hunting pilot project)
Oral Question Period (2008)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 169 Calgary Health Region funding ... 343-44 Compensation for victims of crime ... 1292 Corrections officers ... 421 Edmonton Remand Centre ... 762 Environmentally friendly packaging ... 289-90, 397 Environmentally responsible packaging ... 2183 Firearms regulation ... 49, 84, 473, 2136-37 Firearms regulations ... 218 Funding for police officers ... 1351-52 Funding for private schools ... 1063 Gaming ... 1090-91 Gang-related violence in Hobbema ... 251 Homelessness ... 1427-28, 1943-44, 2013, 2058-59, 2075, 2106-07 Housing for persons with disabilities ... 2205 Investigations into provincial sheriffs ... 2077 Justice system ... 1063-64, 1784 Legal aid ... 792 Police funding ... 1385 Police officer funding ... 1508-09, 1537-38, 1583 Policing needs in Calgary ... 1018 Proceeds of crime ... 843 Provincial sheriffs program ... 1827-28 Role of provincial sheriffs ... 1631, 1736 Security of oil sands tailings ponds ... 524 Sexual orientation and human rights ... 15-16, 846 Smoking in vehicles carrying children ... 901, 929, 1828 Taser use by law enforcement personnel ... 1666, 1686 Unified family court ... 614 Vehicle seizures ... 710 Victims of crime fund ... 1149-50, 1319 Violence in licensed premises ... 660 VLTs and slot machines ... 1986
Parks, Provincial
Funding for ... 542 Use of off-highway vehicles in ... 542
Payday loans - Interest rates
Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1715
Peace Officer Act
Investigations under, provision for public oversight of ... 2077
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008)
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Physical fitness
National target for ... 541
Physical fitness - Teaching
Daily mandatory activities ... 541
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 660, 855, 1064, 1152, 1385, 1583, 2137 Recruitment initiatives re ... 855 Safety measures for, re violence in licensed premises ... 660
Police - Finance - Rural areas
Polystyrene products - Turner Valley
Prisoners - Health services
General remarks ... 864 Needle exchange program contribution to ... 865
Private schools - Finance
Proceeds of crime
Legislation re (proposed) ... 843
Professional Association of Residents of Alberta
Physician education and residency suggestions ... 609
Public inquiries
Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 666, 797, 932, 1094
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Public Service Pension Plan
Roads
Restriction on use of, for transporting firearms without registered owner present ... 49
Rodeo
As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2038-39
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Additional officers for Hobbema reserve ... 251 Availability for provincial use ... 863-64 Cost effectiveness of vs. sheriffs ... 863
Rules of Court
Revised version of: Impact on court accessibility (M19/08: Defeated) ... 1551 Revised version of: Impact on court accessibility (M20/08: Defeated) ... 1551-52
Safe Communities Secretariat
Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative
Scarboro United Church, Calgary
Recognition of women as ministers, member's statement re ... 1579
School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210)
Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38)
Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10)
Self-representation in court
Sentences, Conditional (Criminal procedure)
Sexual orientation
Inclusion in Alberta human rights legislation ... 15-16, 22, 846, 1579, 2101 Member's statement re ... 22
Sheriffs
Complaints against, resolution of ... 1827-28, 2077 Complaints against, resolution of, public oversight mechanism for ... 2077 Conduct of, questions re ... 1631 Correctional centres function ... 421 Cost effectiveness of vs. sheriffs ... 863 Counterterrorism function ... 524 Deployment in downtown areas, re violence in licensed premises ... 660 General remarks ... 1508-09, 1537-38 Impaired drivers testing ... 1736 New officers for ... 1583 Role of ... 856, 863, 1631, 1736, 1827-28 Taser usage ... 1666 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1736
Slot machines
General remarks ... 1986 Number of, capping of ... 1986
Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Succession laws
Review of ... 558 Review of: Materials supporting (M22/08: Response tabled as SP634/08) ... 1552
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2089-90
Tasers (Electroshock weapons)
Provincial inquiry into ... 1666, 1686 Use by law enforcement personnel ... 1666, 1686
Tax incentives
For disabled employees ... 169
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12)
Tourism - Marketing
International marketing efforts ... 542
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Cost of government legal services re (M18/08: Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 1551 Dispute mechanism ... 650 Impact on legal system ... 558
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
Traffic Safety Act
Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 84, 218, 473 Amendment re seizure of vehicles transporting firearms without registered owner ... 49, 84, 218 Smoking ban for vehicles carrying children, provision for ... 901, 929
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49)
Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204)
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 212, 2002)
Seizure amendment in, application to the transport of firearms without registered owner present ... 49, 84 Studies, reports prepared for government re (M5/08: Defeated) ... 936-37
Unified Family Court Task Force
Victims of Crime Fund
Amount of funding from surcharge on fines ... 854 Amount of funding from surcharge on fines (Q3/08: Response tabled as SP506/08) ... 622 Auditing of ... 1149 Cap on payments from ... 854 Claimants compensated through (Q4/08: Response tabled as SP506/08) ... 622 Overpayments from (Q5/08: Response tabled as SP506/08) ... 622 Surplus ... 854, 1292 Surplus: Use to fund crime reduction initiatives ... 1292, 1319
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Wages - Correctional personnel
Weed Control Act (Bill 23)
Wildlife habitat
Conservation of, funding for ... 783
Women in politics
Member's statement re ... 1625
Women in the church
Member's statement re ... 1579
World AIDS Day
Member's statement re ... 2101
Horne, Fred (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford)
Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24)
First reading: Referred to Standing Committee on Health; report presented and concurred in (SP407/08: Tabled) ... 1478 Second reading ... 1590-92 Committee ... 1796
Air quality - Fort McMurray area
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Gambling prevention joint advertising campaign ... 1632
Alberta Building Code
Changes to, re high-intensity residential fires ... 1385
Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Network
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Problem gambling joint advertising campaign ... 1632
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Alberta Teachers' Association
Centralized testing of students, comments on ... 254
Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202)
Second reading ... 263-64 Second reading: Six month hoist amendment ... 264
Ambulance service
Provincial governance of ... 1060
Ambulance service - Rural areas
Impact on, of provincial governance of ... 1060
Architecture and the disabled
Auditor General
Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 137
Bill Rees YMCA, Edmonton
Member's statement re ... 922
Bills, Private members' public
Bill 202, six month hoist amendment at second reading ... 264
Capital projects
Cost control measures re ... 19-20 Public/private partnerships re ... 20
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Child and Youth Advocate
Annual reports ... 1425 Quarterly reports ... 1425
Citizenship courses
Provincial funding for ... 398
Clean air strategy (Alberta)
Climate Registry (nonprofit organization)
Alberta membership in ... 2074
Committee on Health, Standing
Bill 24, Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act, referred to: Report on, presented and concurred in (SP407/08: Tabled) ... 1478 Report on public meetings (SP621/08: Tabled) ... 2140
Community facility enhancement program
Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta funding under ... 577
Confucius Institute
Opening of, member's statement re ... 469
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 137
Continuing/extended care facilities - Inspection
Continuing/extended care facilities - Standards
Crime prevention
Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion 508: Amery) ... 1117-18
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Curling championships
World men's championship winners (Kevin Martin team), Member's statement re ... 22
Disabled
Member's statement re ... 2070
Edmonton Police Service
Provincial funding for ... 531
Edmonton Public School Board
Chinese language proficiency exams ... 469
Education - Curricula
Citizenship courses ... 397
Elder abuse
Member's statement re ... 1143
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Child and Youth Advocate quarterly reports released under ... 1425
Gambling, Compulsive
Multimedia advertising campaign re ... 1632
Good Samaritan Society
Southgate Care Centre, member's statement re ... 2101
Government spending policy
Health Care Aide Week
Member's statement re ... 1857
Hydrogen sulphide emissions - Fort McMurray area
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
General remarks ... 2209 Member's statement re ... 2070
Kinsman Club of Edmonton
80th anniversary, member's statement re ... 58
Lung cancer - Research
Funding for, petition presented re ... 1094
Major community facilities program
Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta funding under ... 577
Members' Statements (2008)
Bill Rees YMCA centre ... 922 Confucius Institute ... 469 Good Samaritan Society Southgate Care Centre ... 2101 Health Care Aide Week ... 1857 International Day of Persons with Disabilities ... 2070 Kevin Martin rink world men's curling champions ... 22 Kinsmen Club of Edmonton ... 58 River Valley Alliance ... 399-400 Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta ... 577 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day ... 1143
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oral Question Period (2008)
Centralized learning assessment ... 254 Child and Youth Advocate reports ... 1425 Citizenship education ... 397-98 Climate registry ... 2074 Continuing care standards ... 137-38 Funding for police officers ... 531 Ground ambulance services ... 1060 High-intensity residential fires ... 1385-86 Infrastructure costs ... 19-20 Northern air quality ... 1089 Problem gambling ... 1632 Public-private partnerships for school construction ... 2179-80 Snow Valley Ski Club funding ... 1667
Parks, Regional - Edmonton area
River valley park: Member's statement re ... 399-400 River valley park: Provincial funding for ... 399
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008)
Lung cancer research funding ... 1094
Premier's Awards of Excellence
Document re 2008 winners (SP642/08: Tabled) ... 2209
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Act
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP604/08: Tabled) ... 2081
Residential fires, High-intensity - Edmonton
Terwillegar neighbourhood fire ... 1385-86
Residential fires, High-intensity - Prevention
River Valley Alliance, Edmonton
Park system proposal, member's statement re ... 399-400
Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta
Member's statement re ... 577
School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210)
Schools - Construction
Public/private projects re ... 2179-80
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Snow Valley Ski Club
High-speed chairlift, provincial funding for ... 1667
Student testing
Achievement tests, role of teachers in ... 254 Centralized testing, effectiveness of ... 254
Teachers
Role in student testing ... 254
Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 205)
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Member's statement re ... 1143
Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert)
Access to the Future Fund
General remarks ... 592-93 Support for apprenticeship programs scholarships ... 593 Surplus funds deposit into ... 592
Adult education (Academic upgrading)
Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP67/08: Tabled) ... 174 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP348/08: Tabled) ... 1362
Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council
Alberta College of Art and Design
Participation in urban campus concept ... 346, 595
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Alberta Energy Research Institute
General remarks ... 604 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation research ... 1216 Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage project, involvement in ... 1385 Value-added forest products research ... 664
Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Establishment of, legislation re (Bill 4) ... 224
Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4)
First reading ... 224 Second reading ... 654 Third reading ... 960 General remarks ... 589-90, 717
Alberta enterprise fund
Creation of ... 589, 664 Establishment of, legislation re (Bill 4) ... 224
Alberta Forestry Research Institute
Value-added forest products research ... 664
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Annual report, 2008 (SP347/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Endowment fund financial statement, 2007-08 (SP399/08: Tabled) ... 1433 General remarks ... 589 Polaris award from, given to Dr. Bruce McNaughton ... 2057-58
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
Endowment fund financial statement, 2007-08 (SP400/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Alberta Information and Communications Technology Institute
Alberta Ingenuity Fund
Administration of nanoWorks program funds ... 846 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP574/08: Tabled) ... 1949 General remarks ... 589
Alberta Life Sciences Institute
Making the Food-Health Connection (report) ... 1427 Making the Food-Health Connection (report) (SP362/08: Tabled) ... 1432
Alberta Research Council
Carbon dioxide emissions injection into ponds, joint research project re ... 222 General remarks ... 589, 604 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation research ... 1216 Value-added forest products research ... 664
Alberta SuperNet
Telehealth programs via ... 602
Alberta Water Research Institute
Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Achievement
Expansion of eligibility for ... 528-29, 589 Expansion of eligibility for: Impact on new postsecondary spaces ... 596
Ambrose University College
Apprenticeship training - Northwestern Alberta
Auditor General
IT control framework across government, recommendation re ... 54
Banff Centre for Continuing Education
Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP573/08: Tabled) ... 1949
Biofuels industry
From algae eating carbon dioxide emissions ... 222 Use of forest products as feedstock ... 664
BioNeutra Inc.
Participation in China trade mission ... 930
Bow Valley College
Downtown facility development ... 2108 Expansion ... 594-95, 613 General remarks ... 598
Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour force development strategy)
Bursaries
Reduction in funding for ... 590
Campus Alberta
Apprenticeship training spaces ... 661 Framework for common platform for IT systems ... 54 General remarks ... 346, 425, 589, 591, 594, 595, 596, 598, 600, 845 Nursing training targets ... 610 Role of educational consortia in ... 2108 Student residences initiatives ... 292
Campus Alberta Quality Council
Degree program approval process ... 598
Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Careers: the Next Generation (Youth employment program)
Child welfare recipients
Deaths of: Reports on, 2007-08 (M11/08: Accepted) ... 1390
College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
Accreditation process for internationally educated nurses ... 603 Upgrading programs for internationally educated nurses ... 169
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Accreditation process for immigrant doctors ... 603
Construction Owners Association of Alberta
Opportunities for women in construction program ... 767
Construction workers, Female
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP370/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Building an Integrated Knowledge Economy (report) (SP215/08: Tabled) ... 981 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 588-605 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP224/08: Tabled) ... 1025
Education, Postsecondary
Access to: Affordability framework re ... 292, 529, 590-91, 593, 598-99, 1901, 2078-79, 2108-09 Access to: New spaces to improve ... 589, 596, 600, 2108 Access to: Planning framework re ... 589, 595
Education, Postsecondary - Calgary
Increase in spaces for ... 346
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Discrepancy between Edmonton and Calgary ... 715 General remarks ... 2108-09
Education - Curricula
Career and technology courses ... 1987
Educational consortia
Relation to Campus Alberta ... 2108
Encana Corporation
Participation in urban campus concept, Calgary ... 346
Energy industry - Research and development
English as a Second Language
For foreign temporary workers ... 343
Environmental technology
General remarks ... 222 Research re, funding for ... 604
Family medicine
Incentives to choose ... 2109
Family medicine - Teaching
Funding for ... 603 Instructors for ... 603
Family physicians - Education
Food industry and trade
Healthy eating practices, impact on ... 1427, 1432
Foreign workers, Temporary
Accreditation of credentials of ... 605 Trade certification requirements ... 343, 664
Forest industries
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 664 Value-added opportunities in ... 664
Forintek Canada Corp.
Alliance with province re value-added forest research ... 664
General Electric Company
Water usage by energy industry, reduction in, partnership with province re ... 2055
Graduate citizenship scholarship
Eligibility determination re ... 1473
Grande Prairie Regional College
Co-ordination of programs with other northern colleges ... 845
Grant MacEwan Community College
General remarks ... 598 Nursing degree program ... 602
Health sciences personnel
Scope of practice ... 602 Trust employees designation, by Labour Board ... 603
Health sciences personnel - Education
General remarks ... 600, 601 Programs for ... 589 Spaces for ... 596
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Health workforce planning
Immigrant doctors
Accreditation process for ... 603 General remarks ... 2109 Locating in rural areas ... 2109
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Information and communications technology
Commercialization initiatives re ... 716 General remarks ... 1150-51 Provincial strategy re (report) (SP215/08: Tabled) ... 981 Research activities re ... 1151
Information and communications technology (cross-government initiative)
Information and communications technology - Teaching
Decline in enrollment ... 1151
Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (U of C)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Labour Relations Board
Trust employees in health sciences union, designation of ... 603
Learning Clicks (Education continuation motivation program)
Licensed practical nurses - Education
Medical profession - Education
Bursary program for students ... 2109 General remarks ... 589, 2109 Undergraduate programs, expansion of: Additional spaces created 2007-2012 (Q12/08: Response tabled as SP576/08) ... 1949
Medical profession - Rural areas
Action plan re ... 2109 General remarks ... 602 Incentives re ... 2109
Medical profession - Supply
Medical residents
Student loan debt load ... 1390
Mount Royal College
Degree granting status: Costs ... 600 Degree granting status: Name change following ... 594, 595 Expansion ... 613 General remarks ... 595, 598 Nursing assessment courses for internationally trained nurses ... 169 Nursing degree program ... 595, 602
Nanotechnology - Research
Commercialization of, funding for ... 846 Forest products applications ... 664 General remarks ... 660, 716
Nanotechnology - Teaching
Undergraduate programs for ... 660
National Institute for Nanotechnology
Northern Alberta Development Council
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Grande Prairie campus, co-ordination of programs at with other northern colleges ... 845
Northern Lakes College
Co-ordination of programs with other northern colleges ... 845
Nurses
Recruitment from overseas ... 169
Nurses - Education
Additional spaces created for ... 596, 602 Additional spaces created for, 2007-2012 (Q11/08: Response tabled as SP575/08) ... 1949 General remarks ... 589, 2109 Shortage of spaces re ... 610 Upgrading courses for foreign nurses ... 169
Oil sands development
Water usage, reduction in ... 2055
Oil sands tailings ponds
Reclamation of: Research into ... 1216
Oral Question Period (2008)
Advance education opportunities in northern Alberta ... 845 Advanced Education service regions ... 2108 Alexander Rutherford scholarships ... 528-29 Apprenticeship training ... 661 Calgary urban campus partnership ... 346, 425-26 Calgary urban campus project ... 613 Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council ... 222 Commercialization of nanotechnology ... 846 Forest industry commercialization initiatives ... 664 Graduate student scholarships ... 1472-73 Health research ... 2057-58 Healthy living ... 1427 Information and communications technology ... 1150-51 Livestock and meat strategy ... 2104 Nursing shortage ... 610 Oil sands tailings management ... 1216 Out-of-province welder certification ... 343 Physician recruitment ... 2109 Postsecondary education affordability ... 1901 Postsecondary education funding ... 715, 2108-09, 2135-36 Postsecondary student residential rent costs ... 2078-79 Protection of personal information ... 54 Recruitment of foreign health care professionals ... 169 Skilled workforce training programs ... 1987-88 Student assistance ... 292 Technology commercialization ... 716, 717 Temporary foreign workers ... 664 Test wells for carbon storage and capture ... 1384-85 Trade mission to China ... 930 Undergraduate nanotechnology education ... 660 Water for Life strategy ... 2055 Women in the trades ... 767 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 ... 929
Pembina Educational Consortium
Service region responsibility ... 2108
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7)
Postsecondary educational institutions
Degree-granting status, documents re, 2003-06 (M9/08: Response tabled as SP411/08) ... 1479 Research programs at ... 589 Role of ... 589, 596, 2108 Service region boundaries of ... 2108 Transferability between ... 591, 594
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrollment)
Application system (APAS) for ... 596-97, 598
Postsecondary educational institutions - Computer systems
Security aspects re student financial data ... 54
Postsecondary educational institutions - Maintenance and repair
Postsecondary educational institutions - Northwestern Alberta
Co-ordination of programs in ... 845
Postsecondary graduates
Retention of, in Alberta, incentives for ... 1472-73 Scholarships for ... 1472-73
Precarn Incorporated
Joint support for technology commercialization projects ... 716
Property tax - Education levy
Exemption for student residences ... 592
Public records - Confidentiality
Maintenance of, by cross-government framework ... 54
Red Deer College
General remarks ... 596 Truck driver training program ... 456
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Research and development
As attraction for graduate students to remain in Alberta ... 1473 General remarks ... 589, 600, 604 Tax credits for ... 590
Scholarships
Registered apprenticeship program scholarships ... 1987 Registered apprenticeship program scholarships for women ... 767
Shell Canada Limited
Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage project ... 1384-85
Social sciences - Research
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Downtown facility development ... 2108 Expansion of ... 613
Steam fitter-pipefitter apprenticeship program
Red seal exam re, security breach ... 604 Reduction from four years to three years ... 604
Student financial aid
Dollar value of, 2004-07 (Q18/08: Response tabled as SP577/08) ... 1949 General remarks ... 591, 598-99, 1901 Living allowance element ... 292, 598-99, 1901, 2078-79 Loan interest rates reduction ... 589, 591 Statistics re, 2003-08 (M8/08: defeated) ... 1390 Total number of students receiving aid, 2004-07 (Q19/08: Response tabled as SP578/08) ... 1949
Student housing (Off-campus)
Student residences (On-campus)
Exemption from property tax ... 592 General remarks ... 292, 591-92, 599, 2135-36 Guarantee of place in ... 592 Interinstitutional residences, development of ... 2109 Rent increases at ... 2078-79, 2135
Students, Postsecondary - Employment
Students Finance Board
Student representation on ... 598
Surplus, Budgetary
Access to the Future Fund funding with ... 592
Tax incentives
For scientific research and development ... 590
Technical schools
Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP572/08: Tabled) ... 1949
Technology commercialization
As attraction for graduate students to remain in Alberta ... 1473 Co-operation with China re ... 717, 930 General remarks ... 589, 660, 664, 716
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
Universities and colleges
Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP572-573/08: Tabled) ... 1949
Universities and colleges - Maintenance and repair
University of Alberta
Undergraduate program in nanotechnology ... 660
University of Calgary
Participation in urban campus concept ... 346, 613, 2108 Undergraduate program in nanotechnology ... 660 Veterinary Medicine faculty ... 596
University of Calgary Students Union
Study of interinstitutional residences ... 2109
University of Lethbridge
Neuroscience research at, by Polaris award winner ... 2057 Water and Environmental Science Building ... 2055
Urban campus concept - Calgary
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Funding for ... 600 Research projects under ... 2055
Welders - Certification
For out-of-province welders ... 343 For out-of-province welders: Upgrading programs re ... 343
Western Economic Development Canada
Joint funding of technology commercialization projects with China ... 717
WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition)
Equipment used at, donation to technical schools in Alberta ... 929 General remarks ... 929, 1987
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