Jablonski, Hon. Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North)
Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24)
First reading ... 1095 Second reading ... 1569-70, 1611 Committee ... 1793-95, 1807-10 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP507/08: Tabled) ... 1794 Committee: Amendments A1A to A1V (SP508-529/08: Tabled) ... 1807 Third reading ... 1841-43 General remarks ... 314, 1824
Alberta - Economic conditions
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2074
Alberta Aids to Daily Living
General remarks ... 1514 Seniors assistance ... 712, 794 Waiver of copay fees for AISH clients ... 299, 304
Alberta Blue Cross Plan
Seniors' premiums ... 20, 308
Alberta Council on Aging
Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 309
Alberta Dental Association and College
Pilot project for mobile dental units for seniors ... 313
Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Network
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Seniors coverage ... 2074
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Elimination of: Impact on Seniors dept. budget ... 308 Seniors' premiums ... 308
Alberta Historical Resources Foundation
Alberta seniors benefit program
Benefits, exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... 2103 General remarks ... 298, 306-07, 1143, 2074 Optical/dental benefits ... 298, 313, 712, 2074 Review of cut-off levels re rent increases ... 1144 Utility costs component ... 396-97
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits ... 306, 307 Benefits: Exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... 1287, 2074, 2103 Benefits: Impact of spouse's income on ... 169 Benefits increase for ... 169, 170, 298, 299, 307, 2075 Clients of, access to rent supplement program ... 306, 2075 CPP disability payments exemption under ... 2075 Earned income exemption under ... 2075 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 218, 298, 306, 307, 1902 Employability incentives for recipients of ... 217-18, 307 General remarks ... 300, 304, 306, 1902-03, 2075 Health benefits under ... 299, 304, 306, 1902-03 Indexing of benefits under ... 299, 300 Indexing of benefits under, studies/reports re (M1/80: Response tabled as SP567/08) ... 623, 1905 Insulin pump therapy coverage ... 1513 Mental health issues clients' access to ... 313 Paperwork requirements under ... 790 Personal benefits under ... 299 Provincial comparisons of benefits under ... 300, 307 Utility costs component ... 397
Auditor General
Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 137, 307, 661 Long-term care facilities in rural areas, report on ... 52, 83
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency)
Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1
Brain injured
Support services for ... 310
Canada Pension Plan
Benefits under, exemption from provincial social assistance benefits ... 2075
Community facility enhancement program
Seniors' centres funding under ... 309
Community initiatives program
Seniors' centres funding ... 139, 309
Community spirit program
Seniors' centres funding ... 139
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 137, 307, 661 Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 86, 289 General remarks ... 298 McKinsey report on ... 2182 Multicultural provisions in ... 311
Continuing/extended care facilities - Hinton
Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 86
Continuing/extended care facilities - Inspection
Continuing/extended care facilities - Standards
Demographic planning commission (Proposed)
General remarks ... 86, 311
Dental assistants
Visits to supportive/long-term care facilities ... 313
Dentures
Assistance to seniors re ... 313
Dependent Adults Act
Replaced by Bill 24, Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act ... 1095
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP385/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Budget ... 307-08 Budget, impact of health care premiums' elimination on ... 308 Contracted employees salaries (Q1/08: Response tabled as SP566/08) ... 622, 1905 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 297-314 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP196/08: Tabled) ... 932
Disabled
Provincial assistance to ... 298, 310
Disabled - Housing
Provincial initiatives re ... 310
Drugs, Prescription
Approval process re ... 303, 304
Edmonton Seniors' Safe House
Education property tax assistance for seniors program
Elder abuse
Awareness initiatives, funding for ... 309 Financial abuse, awareness initiatives re ... 1899 General remarks ... 299-300, 1899
Family and community support services program
Seniors' centres funding under ... 139, 309
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Eligibility of AISH clients for ... 299, 2075
Income Support program
Benefits: Exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... 2103 Level of ... 170
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2074
Kerby Rotary House, Calgary
Kiwanis Place (Seniors' residence)
New elevator for ... 2135
Lifeline (Seniors' medical emergency system)
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Young/socially/culturally isolated people in, supports for ... 309-10
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Finance
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Inspection
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Rural areas
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Staffing
Foreign language skills of ... 312 Shortages of ... 82-83
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Standards
Lottery Fund
Seniors' centres funding ... 139
Major community facilities program
Seniors' centres funding under ... 309
Mental health facilities - Employees
Mental health services
Funding for ... 312 Funding for, administrative costs ... 312 Review of ... 291
Mentally disabled - Safety aspects
MLA Task Force on Continuing Care Health Service and Accommodation Standards (2005)
Municipal sustainability initiative
Seniors' centres funding under ... 139, 309
New Horizons for Seniors program (Federal)
Ombudsman
Seniors' abuse investigations ... 300
Oral Question Period (2008)
Aids to Daily Living program ... 1514 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 169, 217-18, 790, 1902-03, 2075 Continuing care standards ... 137-38 Continuing care strategy ... 2182 Education property taxes ... 582 Elder abuse ... 1899 Funding for service providers in support agencies ... 2014 Home-care programs for seniors ... 794 Income support levels ... 170 Insulin pump therapy ... 1513 Kiwanis Place seniors' residence ... 2135 Lodge assistance program ... 1022-23 Long-term and continuing care ... 289 Long-term care ... 52, 82-83, 86 Persons with developmental disabilities ... 2017 Persons with developmental disabilities program ... 291 Protection of vulnerable seniors ... 1668 Registered disability savings plans ... 1287, 2074-75, 2103 Seniors' benefit programs ... 712 Seniors' benefits ... 1143 Seniors' facilities ... 138-39 Seniors' housing ... 1144, 1671, 2016 Seniors' lodge assistance program ... 422 Seniors' programs ... 20 Support for food banks ... 1357 Support for low-income Albertans ... 2074 Support for low-income seniors ... 2079 Supportive living accommodation licensing ... 1823-24 Supportive living facility standards ... 661 Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 396-97
Pensions
Impact of global financial crisis on ... 2074
Personal directives - Registry
Persons with developmental disabilities community boards
Annual reports, 2006-07 and 2007-08 (SP629-630/08: Tabled) ... 2184
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Board
Annual report, 2005-06 (SP122/08: Tabled) ... 428 Elimination of, studies/reports re (M2/08: Response tabled as SP568/08) ... 1905
Powers of attorney - Registration
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Act
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP113/08: Tabled) ... 428
Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying Initiative
Property tax - Education levy
Protection for persons in care
Protection for Persons in Care Act
Effectiveness of ... 300 Review of ... 310-11
Public assistance
Benefits, exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... 1287
Public Guardian
Investigative powers change (Bill 24) ... 1095 Role of, re dependent adults ... 1668
Public Trustee
Investigative powers change (Bill 24) ... 1095 Role of, re dependent adults ... 1668
Public utilities - Rates
Rate increases, impact on low-income families ... 396-97
Regional health authorities
Continuing care standards, setting of ... 302
Registered disability savings plans
Exemption of, in calculation of social assistance benefits ... 1287, 2074, 2103 General remarks ... 2103
Rent increases
Impact on seniors ... 1144
Rodeo
As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2039
Senior citizens
Federal government programs ... 309 Government programs ... 20, 308, 712, 1143 Protection of ... 1668
Senior citizens - Dental care
General remarks ... 314 Mobile dental units for ... 313
Senior citizens - Housing
Affordable options re ... 2182 Fees, assistance with ... 1671 General remarks ... 1671 Provincial initiatives re ... 1144, 2016
Senior citizens - Medical care
Insulin pump therapy ... 1513
Senior citizens - Transportation
Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta
General remarks ... 20, 304 Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 309 Study of seniors' advocate idea ... 299
Seniors' advocate (Proposal)
Seniors' centres
Financial support to ... 138-39, 309 General remarks ... 312 Nurse practitioner services in ... 309
Seniors' issues
Telephone information line re ... 20, 1671
Social Care Facilities Licensing Act
Social housing
Rent supplement program: AISH recipients access to ... 306, 2075
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Speaker
Election of ... 1 Role of ... 1
Supportive living facilities
Affordable supportive living initiative ... 289, 298, 303, 2016, 2182 Aging in place strategy ... 52, 86 Assisted living facilities ... 300 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing care facilities to ... 86, 289 Designated assisted living facilities: Assistance to low-income seniors in ... 298 Legislation re, pending ... 1823-24 Provincial initiatives re ... 2016 Seniors' lodges: Assistance program for ... 298, 422, 1022-23, 2016 Seniors' lodges: Eligible resident in, definition of ... 1022-23 Seniors' lodges: Residents' discretionary spending level ... 2079 Seniors' lodges: Safety issues ... 1824 Seniors' lodges: Standards for ... 661 Website for information re ... 302, 304, 307
Supportive living facilities - Inspection
Supportive living facilities - Standards
Supportive living licensing act (Proposed)
Tax incentives
For disabled employees ... 169
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
United Way
Grants for seniors' projects ... 309
Wages - Disabled facility employees
Wages - Mental health facility employees
Wages - Non-profit social services agencies employees
Wild Rose Foundation
Seniors' centres funding ... 309
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Jacobs, Broyce (PC, Cardston-Taber-Warner)
Agriculture
Government assistance programs ... 291
Agriculture competitiveness initiative
Alberta farm recovery program
Alberta Farm Safety Centre
Member's statement re ... 1685
Beef industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134-35
Biofuels industry
Use of food crops as feedstock ... 977
Competitive Initiative Steering Group (Agriculture)
Electric power lines
Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 475 Tie line with Montana (500 kV): Public hearings re ... 475
Enmax Corporation
Wind power agreements with school boards ... 2208
Farm produce - United States
Country of origin label regulation for ... 135
Farm safety - Teaching
Member's statement re ... 1685
Fish and wildlife officers
Hunting regulations enforcement ... 1781
Food - Prices
Impact of bioenergy production on ... 977
Food - Supply
Shortage of: Impact of biofuel production on ... 977
Food industry and trade
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134-35
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 95-96 Committee ... 440
Livestock industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134-35
Members' Statements (2008)
Alberta Farm Safety Centre ... 1685 Taber Terry Fox Run ... 1543-44 Wind power ... 2208
Oral Question Period (2008)
Agricultural fertilizer prices ... 2053 Agriculture and food industry competitiveness ... 134-35 Alberta-Montana electricity transmission line ... 475 Bioenergy industry impacts ... 977 Farm recovery plan ... 291 Hunter education and training ... 1781 Water management ... 173 Wildlife predation on livestock ... 1538
Pork industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134-35
Safety Smarts (Farm safety program)
School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210)
School boards - Southwest Alberta
Wind power energy agreements with Enmax ... 2208
Sheriffs
Hunting regulation enforcement function ... 1781
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water resources development
Water resources development - Southern Alberta
Water storage - Milk River watershed
Water supply - Southern Alberta
Wildlife damage to livestock
Provincial programs re ... 1538
Wind power
Member's statement re ... 2208
Johnson, Jeff (PC, Athabasca-Redwater)
Aboriginal issues
Federal/provincial consultation on ... 1780
Aboriginal peoples - Education
Aboriginal women's issues
Affordable housing
Member's statement re ... 1979
Alberta - Economic conditions
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1426
Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208)
Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
General remarks ... 532 Wildfire control role ... 793
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage project, involvement in ... 1385
Alberta farm recovery program
Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board
Additional powers for ... 1323
Alberta project promoting active living and healthy eating
Member's statement re ... 256
Alberta Research Council
Carbon dioxide emissions injection into ponds, joint research project re ... 222
Asset-backed commercial paper
Treasury Branch investment in ... 1426
Beef industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 711 Provincial assistance to ... 711 Reduction of regulations re ... 711
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind policy ... 1945
Canadian Association for School Libraries
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Funding for projects re ... 1385 General remarks ... 221-22 Test wells for ... 1384-85
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 40)
Committee: Amendment A1 (SP601/08: Tabled) ... 2067
Children - Physical fitness
Clark, Mrs. Bertha
Member's statement re ... 708
Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs
Disaster relief
Forest fires, Thorhild County ... 793, 898
Edmonton Garrison Military Family Resource Centre
Member's statement re ... 469
Emergency planning
Member's statement re ... 532
Emergency Preparedness Week
Member's statement re ... 532
Financial institutions - Alberta
Lending practices ... 1426
Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27)
First reading ... 1323 Second reading ... 1371 Third reading ... 1770
Funerals
Legislation re, Bill 27 ... 1323
Gas, Natural - Export - Overseas
Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21)
Hockey championships
Member's statement re ... 971
Homeless - Housing
Member's statement re ... 1979
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Carbon capture possibilities ... 221-22
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1426
Libraries
Future direction of: MLA committee to review ... 1535
Libraries, School
Member's statement re ... 1535
Members' Statements (2008)
Bertha Clark ... 708 Hockey championships ... 971 National Housing Day ... 1979 National School Library Day ... 1535 Promoting active living and healthy eating ... 256 Radway and District Friends of STARS ... 58 Wildfires in Thorhild County ... 796 Yellow Ribbon Gala ... 469
National Housing Day
Member's statement re ... 1979
National School Library Day
Member's statement re ... 1535
Native Women's Association of Canada
Nutrition guidelines for children and youth
Oral Question Period (2008)
Aboriginal consultations ... 1780 Beef recovery strategies ... 711 Capital region municipal planning ... 21 Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council ... 221-22 Federal equalization payments ... 1736 SCAN investigative teams ... 1986-87 Strategic oil and gas reserves ... 1945-46 Test wells for carbon storage and capture ... 1384-85 Treasury Branches investments ... 1426 Wildfire assistance ... 898 Wildfires in Thorhild County ... 793
Order of Canada
Mrs. Bertha Clark, recipient of ... 708
Pathways to Housing program, Calgary
Radway and District Friends of STARS
Member's statement re ... 58
Rapid exit housing program, Edmonton
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Bitumen in kind, in place of royalty ... 1945
Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative
Shell Canada Limited
Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage project ... 1384-85
Social housing
Rent supplement program ... 1979
Transportation fuels
Strategic reserve of ... 1945
Treasury Branches
Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 1426 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1426 Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 1426
Wildfires - Thorhild County
Control procedures ... 793 Member's statement re ... 796 Municipal compensation for ... 898
Yellow Ribbon Gala Benefit Dinner
Member's statement re ... 469
Johnston, Art (PC, Calgary-Hays)
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Committee: Amendment A1 (SP437 & 485/08: Tabled) ... 1622
Alberta Conservation Team
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Funding for search and rescue groups ... 391
Animal cruelty investigations
Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... 951-52, 957-58
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Automobiles - Seizure
For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 445
Bail hearings
Bail packages and prolific offenders ... 1692
Bullying
In schools, articles re (SP640-641/08: Tabled) ... 2184
Canadian armed forces
Member's statement re ... 1819
Cellular telephones
Use while driving, ban on: Legislation re (Bill 203) ... 224
Chief Medical Officer of Health
Crime prevention
Educational materials re ... 766
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Diesel fuel - Supply
Shortage of, impact on liquor distribution system ... 1739
Executive Council
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 678-79 Policy co-ordination office ... 678
Federal Building, Edmonton
Environmental considerations (LEED standard for) ... 1543 Renovation of ... 1542-43
Gang-related crime
Specialized police units to combat ... 1631
Government communications
Performance measures re ... 679
Hand-held communication devices
Use while driving, ban on, legislation re (Bill 204) ... 224
Health workforce planning
Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21)
Committee: Amendment A1 (SP338/08: Tabled) ... 1347
Highway racing
Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 445
Hockey championships
SAIT Trojans hockey team championship, member's statement re ... 59
Hospitals - Calgary
New south Calgary hospital ... 1510 New south Calgary hospital: Staffing issues ... 1510
Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd.
Federal Building renovator ... 1542
Medical care
Reform of (action plan re) ... 18
Members' Statements (2008)
Corporal Michael Starker ... 618 Emergency Preparedness Week ... 532 Search and Rescue Day ... 391 Tribute to the Canadian Forces ... 1819
Ministers (Provincial government)
Mandate letters for ... 678
One Simple Act program (Environmental protection campaign)
Oral Question Period (2008)
Calgary ring road ... 218-19 Crime and safe communities ... 1631 Crime reduction ... 766 Federal building renovations ... 1542-43 Liquor supply ... 1739 Networked radio system for emergency responders ... 1317 Offender management ... 1582 Offender supervision ... 1692 One Simple Act program ... 1087 Public health ... 1355 Public health system reform ... 18 Residential tenancy disputes ... 1214 South Calgary health campus ... 1510
Pediatrics (Journal)
Bullying in schools article (SP641/08: Tabled) ... 2184
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 1631
Probation officers
Caseloads ... 1582 Increase in numbers of ... 1582
Public health system
Changes to policies/services re ... 1355
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Radio communications system (first responder system)
Regional health authorities
Changes to governance of ... 18 Removal of ... 18
Residential tenancies dispute resolution service
Ring roads - Calgary
Completion of ... 218 Southeast section ... 218-19
School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210)
Search and Rescue Day
Member's statement re ... 391
Starker, Cpl. Michael
Member's statement re ... 618
Statistics Canada
Bullying in schools, article re (SP640/08: Tabled) ... 2184
Traffic Safety Act
Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 445
Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204)
Volunteers (Search and rescue)
Member's statement re ... 391
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