Leskiw, Genia (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake)
Aboriginal children - Education
Affordable housing - Fort McMurray
Affordable housing - Northeast Alberta
Alberta Public Library Electronic Network
Alberta SuperNet
Public library access to ... 789
Alberta Telus Tour for the Cure (Breast cancer awareness)
Beverage containers - Deposit rates
Beverage containers - Recycling
Breast cancer
Awareness tour for ... 1544 Screening program for ... 1544
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Member's statement re ... 1544
Cold Lake (Town)
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 805
Cold Lake Affordable Housing Society
Member's statement re ... 1423
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 828
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 804-05
Dept. of Transportation
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 725-26
Dr. Margaret Savage Crisis Centre
Elizabeth MĂ©tis Settlement
Police services on ... 2076
Energy efficiency
Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2161-62
Fishing Lake MĂ©tis Settlement
Firefighting capacity ... 1430-31 Police services on ... 2076
Fort McMurray
Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 805
Highway 28 - Cold Lake area
Highway 55 - Bonnyville north
Widening of, letters re (SP460/08: Tabled) ... 1695
Highway 55 - La Corey to Iron River
Holodomor (Ukrainian famine)
Member's statement re ... 418-19
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201)
Libraries
Future direction of: MLA committee to review ... 804
Maiden Speeches
General remarks ... 27-29
Members' Statements (2008)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month ... 1544 Cold Lake Affordable Housing Society ... 1423 Commemoration of Holodomor ... 418-19 Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month ... 1023-24 Enthronement of Ukrainian Orthodox bishop ... 1624 National Nursing Week ... 608 Special Olympics Month ... 1785
MĂ©tis Settlements General Council
Provincial funding framework ... 1430-31
Milk containers - Recycling
Municipal sustainability initiative
Fort McMurray/Cold Lake projects funding under ... 805 Public library funding under ... 789, 804-05
National Nursing Week
Member's statement re ... 608
Newborn metabolic screening program (cystic fibrosis)
Nurses
Member's statement re ... 608
Oral Question Period (2008)
Beverage container recycling program ... 1471-72 Forest management practices ... 474 Grade 3 achievement tests ... 766-67 Library services ... 788-89 MĂ©tis settlements funding ... 524-25 MĂ©tis settlements services ... 2076 Registered disability savings plans ... 2103 Support for MĂ©tis settlements firefighters ... 1430-31
Registered disability savings plans
Roads - MĂ©tis settlements
School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210)
Special Olympics Month
Member's statement re ... 1785
Student testing
Achievement tests, grade 3 students ... 766-67
Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 209)
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
Second reading ... 1677 General remarks ... 419
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
Enthronement of new bishop of, member's statement re ... 1624
Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West)
Aboriginal children - Health care
On-reserve children, jurisdictional issues re (Jordan's principle) ... 976
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Air quality - Fort McMurray area
2006 data re, release of ... 1090 2006 data re, release of, report on ... 1221 General remarks ... 1090
Alberta - Economic conditions
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2182, 2204-05
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP556/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Funding ... 690 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board ... 762 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board, legislation re (Bill 42) ... 1316, 1588 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board, ministerial statement re ... 758-59
Alberta Blue Cross Plan
Physical therapy services coverage ... 139 Seniors' drug benefits ... 691, 694
Alberta Blue Cross Plan - Premiums
Alberta Cancer Board
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP553/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Dissolution of (Bill 42) ... 1588 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board ... 762, 1086 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board, legislation re ... 1316 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board, member's statement re ... 758-59
Alberta Cancer Foundation
Transfer of assets of, to Health Services Board (Bill 42) ... 1588
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta Cardiovascular and Stroke Research Centre
Alberta Children and Youth Initiative
Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP136/08: Tabled) ... 534
Alberta College of Combined Laboratory and X-Ray Technologists
Annual report, 2007 (SP135/07: Tabled) ... 534
Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists
Annual report, 2007 (SP133/08: Tabled) ... 534
Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists
Annual report, 2007 (SP473/08: Tabled) ... 1742
Alberta College of Occupational Therapists
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP477/08: Tabled) ... 1742
Alberta College of Optometrists
Annual report, 2007 (SP476/08: Tabled) ... 1742
Alberta College of Pharmacists
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP268/08: Tabled) ... 1153
Alberta College of Social Workers
Annual report, 2007 (SP195/08: Tabled) ... 401
Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Annual report, 2007 (SP474/08: Tabled) ... 1742
Alberta Dental Association and College
Annual report, 2007 (SP106/08: Tabled) ... 401
Alberta Foodbank Network Association
Funding for, to provide fresh food ... 1515
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: DeLong) ... 1566-67 Diabetes supplies coverage ... 1513 General remarks ... 698, 700 Insured services, delisting of ... 2201, 2204 Midwifery services coverage ... 420, 423-24, 425, 693, 1353-54 Out-of-province health services, payments for ... 2180 Radioimmunotherapy drugs (Zevalin and Bexxar) coverage ... 1064-65 Registration system for ... 14, 173 Seniors coverage ... 694 Smoking cessation products coverage under ... 698-700 User fees under, increase in ... 57
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Arrears in, collection of ... 172-73 Elimination of ... 14, 172-73 Elimination of: Impact of global economic crisis on ... 2182
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP104/08: Tabled) ... 401
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Ambulance service administration ... 1058, 1059 Impact on health foundation fund-raising ... 1018 Impact on health providers' working conditions ... 1017 Location of ... 972
Alberta Health Services Board
Accountability of ... 1381 Advisory councils to ... 762 Appearance before a cabinet policy committee ... 763 Capital Health representation on ... 1319, 1379, 1984, 2131 Chief executive officer, role of, cost cutting element ... 2200-01 Code-of-conduct/conflict-of-interest rules for ... 1942-43, 2051, 2102, 2105, 2131 Creation of, ministerial statement re ... 758-59 Deficit elimination, from health region reorganization ... 1582-83 Deputy Minister of Health's appointment as divisional executive officer of ... 1380 Determination of long-term care patients placement ... 787, 1018, 1020, 1319 Emergency departments capacity increase measures ... 1217 Former premier (Ralph Klein) as applicant for member of ... 2052 Friends of Medicare representation on ... 1984, 2053 Funding for ... 1431, 1476, 1583 General remarks ... 760, 1060-61, 1086, 1316, 1319-20, 1379, 1851, 2205 Health care facilities standards, enforcement of ... 1580 Impact on health care workforce ... 764, 1017 Impact on long-term care ... 793 Impact on mental health services ... 1145, 2179 Impact on rural health care provision ... 763 Interim chair, previous activities ... 787 Jim Saunders (COO, corporate services), business background of ... 2072, 2105 Jim Saunders (COO, corporate services), contract of concluded ... 2139 Legal status ... 1316, 1358 Legislation completing transition to (Bill 42) ... 1588 Low income link with poor health, report on ... 2204-05 Member of (Jim Clifford): Marketing background of ... 1983 Member of (Tony Franceschini): Conflict-of-interest of ... 1981, 2051-52, 2102 Members of: Appointment, suspension of ... 2052, 2102 Members of: Appointment vs election ... 1984 Members of: Business background of ... 1981, 1983 Members of: Recruitment process, political bias in ... 2010, 2052-53 Memorandum of understanding on governance ... 1316, 1358 Mental health services delivery ... 1780, 2179 Midwifery services framework ... 1354 Office location ... 1943 Office space costs ... 1899 Public health delivery role ... 1355 Reconciliation of former regional boards' surpluses/deficits ... 1320 Testing of High Prairie patients following syringe reuse incident ... 1534, 1537, 1667, 1670
Alberta Medical Association
Fee negotiations with province ... 683, 701
Alberta Mental Health Board
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP555/08: Tabled) ... 1904 General remarks ... 694 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board ... 762, 1145 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board: Ministerial statement re ... 758-59
Alberta Opticians Association
Annual report, 2007 (SP481/08: Tabled) ... 1742
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Alberta project promoting active living and healthy eating
Ambulance service
Classification as essential service ... 1061 Funding for ... 684, 693 Provincial governance of ... 693, 1058, 1059, 1060, 2137 Provincial governance of: Impact on combined fire/EMS services ... 1061 Provincial governance of: Impact on volunteer services ... 1061 Transfer of patients to non-emergency department locations ... 1058, 1062, 1217
Ambulance service, Aerial
Importance of Edmonton City Centre Airport to ... 1982
Ambulance service - Rural areas
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 51)
Aspen Regional Health Authority
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP557/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Governance and accountability overview of (SP232/08: Tabled) ... 1066
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
Health concerns, Fort Chipewyan area ... 714
Auditor General
Alberta Health Services Board's conflict of interest policy, approval of ... 2052 Continuing care facility management investigation (Seniors care programs): Report ... 688 Long-term care facilities in rural areas, report on ... 52 Mental health strategy, report on ... 51, 694, 760, 1780-81 Peace Country Health's monitoring of long-term care facilities, report on ... 50 Regional health authorities evaluation, report on ... 696 Regional health authorities funding formula review ... 471
Avastin (Drug)
Coverage under health plan ... 2053
Bexxar (Drug)
Coverage by health care plan ... 1064-65
Black Gold school division
Student obesity intervention program ... 295
Boyden Global Executive Search
Calgary office managing director (Brent Shervey), recruitment of Health Services Board members ... 2010, 2053
C. K. Hui heart centre (Royal Alexandra Hospital)
Relation to Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 1981-82
Calgary Health Region
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP559/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Conflict of interest issues in ... 2131 Deficit financing ... 684, 685 Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as SP235/08) ... 1066 Funding for ... 168, 343-44, 393, 471-72, 526, 683, 685, 700 Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... 1066 Review of emergency room capacity, relation to ambulance service changes ... 1217 Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... 1066 Staffing shortages ... 168, 344
Calgary Inter-faith Food Bank
Funding for, to provide fresh food ... 1515
Campus Alberta
Nursing training targets ... 662
Canada Health Act
Application to Copeman Healthcare Centre services ... 14 Innovations under ... 2137 Physical therapy coverage under ... 139
Cancer - Treatment - Calgary
Cancer radiation corridor (Lethbridge, Red deer, Grande Prairie)
Cancer radiation treatment
Capital Health
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP558/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Board of, termination: Impact on wait times ... 1687-89 Board of, termination: Role of Deputy Minister of Health and Wellness in ... 1379 Chief Executive Officer of, dismissal of ... 1379 Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as SP235/08) ... 1066 Funding for ... 168, 683 Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... 1066 Representation on new Health Services Board ... 1319, 1379, 1984, 2131 Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... 1066 Staffing shortages ... 168, 394-95 Surplus, disposition of after creation of Health Services Board ... 1320
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
Appearance of Alberta Health Services Board before ... 763
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Health related societies' fundraising, impact of health regions reorganization on ... 1018, 1380
Chief Medical Officer of Health
Acting chief (Dr. Predy), action re comment on public health officials' resignation ... 1779, 1823 Replacement of ... 1691 Role of ... 1355
Child and Adolescent Services Association
Children
Government programs for, cross-ministry initiatives ... 398
Children - Physical fitness
Promotion of ... 295 Tax credit re (Bill 206) ... 2104
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Alternate payment arrangements with doctors ... 697-98 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP560/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Governance and accountability overview of (SP227/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Lodge to long-term care transfers, method to avoid ... 686, 700 Long-term and assisted living facilities ... 52, 793, 1473, 1738
City Centre Airport, Edmonton
Importance to air ambulance service ... 1982
Climate change
Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 344
College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP107/08: Tabled) ... 401 Temporary licence for internationally educated nurses ... 168, 395, 662 Upgrading programs for internationally educated nurses ... 662
College of Alberta Dental Assistants
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP554/08: Tabled) ... 1904
College of Alberta Denturists
Annual report, 2007 (SP475/08: Tabled) ... 1742
College of Alberta Psychologists
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP478/08: Tabled) ... 1742
College of Dietitians of Alberta
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP137/08: Tabled) ... 534 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP479/08: Tabled) ... 1742
College of Hearing Aid Practitioners of Alberta
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP471/08: Tabled) ... 1742
College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta
Annual report, 2007 (SP134/08: Tabled) ... 534
College of Physical Therapists of Alberta
Annual report, 2007 (SP108/08: Tabled) ... 401
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Physicians in rural areas, incentives for ... 15
College of Registered Dental Hygienists of Alberta
Annual report, 2007 (SP276/08: Tabled) ... 1221
College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta
Annual report, 2007 (SP132/08: Tabled) ... 534
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Questions asked of Health minister at, responses to (SP273/08: Tabled) ... 1221
Community health councils
Conflict of interest
Alberta Health Services Board member (Tony Franceschini) ... 1981, 2051-52, 2102 Alberta Health Services Board's rules re ... 1942-43, 2051, 2102, 2105, 2131 Deputy Minister of Health's appointment as divisional officer of Health Services Board ... 1380
Congenital syphilis
Increase in cases of ... 1691, 1734-35, 1779, 1823 Public education campaign re, cancellation of ... 1734-35, 1823, 1897, 2072-73 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Advice to the minister document re (SP545/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Public inquiry re ... 2132-33, 2177
Continuing/extended care facilities
Auditor General's review of: Report ... 688 Care management decision tools in, costs of (Q2/08: Response tabled as SP222/08) ... 1025 Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 289 Definitions of ... 1740 General remarks ... 2206 McKinsey report on ... 2182
Copeman Healthcare Centre
Services provided by ... 50-51 Services provided by, audit of ... 14
Council of the Federation
Quebec City meeting, discussion of on-reserve health services ... 976
Create a Movement (Health promotion campaign)
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Mental health treatment beds, funding for ... 713, 1145
David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP561/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Governance and accountability overview of (SP229/08: Tabled) ... 1066
Deloitte & Touche
Review of regional health authorities funding formula ... 471
Dept. of Health (Federal)
Common drug review ... 713
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Annual report, 2007-08, sections I and II (SP379-380/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Budget ... 698-99 Compliance unit re health facilities' infection control ... 16 Deficit financing ... 1582-83 Deputy Minister of: Appointment to Health Services Board ... 1380 Deputy Minister of: Role in terminating Capital Health board ... 1379 Deputy Minister of: Severance package ... 1380 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 683-701 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP272/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Minister's acceptance of invitation from National Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 525, 578 Minister's campaign manager's involvement in selection of Health Services Board applicants ... 2010, 2053 Public health policy role ... 1355 Standards compliance branch, monitoring of health care standards ... 1536, 1580
Disabled children - Education - Finance
Policy review of ... 2012
Drugs, Prescription
Approval process re ... 697 Common drug review of (federal) ... 713 Funding for ... 683 Provincial pharmacare program ... 684, 691, 696-97, 700, 713, 2053 For rare diseases ... 697
Drugs, Prescription - Costs
General remarks ... 696-97 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 691 Reduction of, through bulk (provincial) purchasing ... 700
East Calgary health centre
East Central Health (former RHA)
Alberta Health Services Board incorporation under ... 1316, 1358 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP562/08: Tabled) ... 1904 As basis for Alberta Health Authority boundaries ... 972 Governance and accountability overview of (SP228/08: Tabled) ... 1066
Edmonton Journal (Newspaper)
Article re syringe reuse in High Prairie Health Complex (SP451/08: Tabled) ... 1674
Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 203)
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Sour gas drilling, Tomahawk area ... 1692
Ernst & Young
Review of regional health authorities funding formula ... 471
Ethics Commissioner
Referral of conflict of interest re appointment of Deputy Minister of Health to Health Services Board to ... 1380 Ruling on conflict of interest re Stantec CEO as member of Health Services Board ... 2051-52
Family medicine
Incentives to choose ... 701
Family medicine - Teaching
Family physicians - Education
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Finding balance (Seniors injury prevention campaign)
Food banks
Nutritional impact of processed food from ... 1515
Friends of Medicare
Representation on Alberta Health Services Board ... 1984, 2053
Gas well drilling industry - Safety aspects
Gas well drilling industry - Tomahawk area
Government Organization Act
Reorganization of health system under ... 1358
Government spending policy
Health
Impact of economic conditions on ... 2204-05 Impact of low income status on: Report re ... 2204-05 Personal responsibility for ... 14, 1427, 1691, 1734-35 Social determinants of ... 14
Health care facilities
Infection control in, monitoring of ... 16, 683
Health care facilities - Accreditation
Health care facilities - Calgary
Health care facilities - Construction
Health foundations (not-for-profit)
Impact of health authority governance change on ... 1018
Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42)
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Investigations re ... 714
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46)
Committee ... 1976 Third reading ... 2004
Health Quality Council
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP111/08: Tabled) ... 401 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP482/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Review of emergency room capacity, relation to ambulance service changes ... 1217 Root cause analysis of syringe reuse incident at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1534, 1536, 1580 Root cause analysis of syringe reuse incident at High Prairie Health Complex, minister's letter requesting (SP419/08: Tabled) ... 1545 Survey on emergency department patient experience (in SP273/08: Tabled) ... 1221
Health Resource Centre, Calgary
Former employee of, position in Alberta Health Services ... 2072 General remarks ... 2131
Health sciences personnel
Full-time vs part-time employment, factors in ... 2134 Impact of health system governance changes on ... 764
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Health workforce planning
Heart - Surgery
Wait times for ... 1687-89, 1734 Wait times for: Response to questions re (SP469/08: Tabled) ... 1742
Heart - Surgery - Edmonton
High Prairie Health Complex
Syringe reuse at ... 1536-37, 1538, 1667, 1670 Syringe reuse at: Edmonton Journal article re (SP451/08: Tabled) ... 1674 Syringe reuse at: Ministerial statement re ... 1534
Highpine Energy Ltd.
Sour gas well, Tomahawk area ... 1692
Hip and knee surgery
Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 692
Holy Cross Eye Surgery Centre
Holy Cross hospital, Calgary
Cancer treatment beds in ... 2009-10
Home care program
General remarks ... 695, 794, 1669 Removal of funding cap from ... 794
Homeless - Housing
Mentally disabled individuals ... 760
Hospital-acquired infections - Prevention
Hospital beds
Blocking of, due to lack of transfer options ... 686 Decrease in ... 2201 Fees charged for, to seniors waiting in for long-term care beds (Q13/08: Response tabled as SP274/08) ... 1097-98, 1221 Number of, designated for mentally ill patients (Q14/08: Response tabled as SP275/08) ... 1221
Hospital beds - Rural areas
Conversion to long-term care beds ... 1740
Hospital wards
Closure of, 2006-07 (Q7/08: Defeated) ... 935
Hospitals
Closure of ... 2201 Conversion to private facilities ... 1670 New provincial organizational scheme for ... 1539
Hospitals, Private
Promotion of, by Health Services Board employee ... 2072
Hospitals - Beaverlodge
New hospital for ... 2103
Hospitals - Calgary
New south Calgary hospital ... 1510-11 New south Calgary hospital: Mental health beds in ... 2074 New south Calgary hospital: Staffing issues ... 1510
Hospitals - Emergency services
Capacity of, measures to increase ... 1217
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
New hospital: Funding for ... 2072
Hospitals - High Prairie
New hospital, funding for ... 2072
Houston, Dr. Stan
Comments re public health officials' resignation ... 1779, 1823
HRG Health Resource Group Inc.
Shareholder of, position in Alberta Health Services ... 2072
Immigrant doctors
Accreditation process for ... 687 Funding for ... 683 General remarks ... 2133 Locating in rural areas ... 701, 2133
Insulin pump therapy
Coverage by health care plan ... 1513
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11)
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2182, 2204-05
Licensed practical nurses - Education
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Admission to, evaluation of clients for ... 688 Appropriate placement of patients in ... 686, 1020, 1319, 1473, 1669, 1671, 1853, 2206 Assessment of, by international consulting firm ... 1319 Definitions of ... 1740 First available bed policy re ... 1671 General remarks ... 683, 686, 1319, 1473, 2104-05, 2206 Provincial strategy re ... 1020, 1319 Replacement by designated assisted living ... 1853, 2104-05 Waiting lists for ... 1669-70
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Construction
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Finance
General remarks ... 695 Increase to ... 1020
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Grande Prairie
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Lethbridge
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Peace River region
Monitoring of standards in ... 50
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Rural areas
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Staffing
Funding for ... 1146 Shortages of ... 1146
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Standards
Cross-province application of ... 793 Enforcement of ... 50
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation: Political bias in ... 2010, 2020 Funds allocation: To cancer treatment beds in Calgary ... 2010
Low-income families
Provincial assistance to ... 2074
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Delays in opening ... 1851 General remarks ... 393, 394 Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden in ... 393 Ministerial statement re ... 390 Relation to C. K. Hui heart centre ... 1981-82 Response to questions/comments re, during Question Period (SP468/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Staffing issues ... 394-95
Medical care
Access to ... 17, 50-51, 709, 759, 761, 763 Costs, initiatives to control ... 2137, 2201 General remarks ... 689 Patient-focused care model ... 1511 Reform of ... 1379-81, 1539, 2201, 2204-05 Reform of (action plan re) ... 14, 17, 18, 57, 289, 423, 471, 526, 683, 709, 713, 1020, 1217, 1354, 1381, 1427 Reform of (action plan re): Copy tabled (SP4/08) ... 23
Medical care, Primary
Facility fees re ... 687 Funding for ... 695 General remarks ... 691, 698, 2137 As solution to private practice office overhead costs issues ... 686
Medical care, Private
Communications strategy re ... 1983 General remarks ... 50-51, 57, 689, 760, 787-88, 1511, 1539, 2131, 2204 Promotion of, by Health Services Board employee ... 2072, 2105 Quotation by AHSB chief operating officer re ... 2072
Medical care - Rural areas
Impact of new health system governance change on ... 763
Medical care - Western Canada
Medical devices, Single-use
Medical equipment - Costs
Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 691, 696
Medical profession
Private practice overhead costs ... 686 Recruitment of ... 2133
Medical profession - Education
Postgraduate programs, funding for ... 683 Shortage of spaces re ... 13-14
Medical profession - Fees
Medical profession - Rural areas
Action plan re ... 701, 2133 General remarks ... 15
Medical profession - Supply
Medical records, Electronic
General remarks ... 686 Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program ... 688
Medical residents
Incentives to stay in Alberta ... 687 Salary increase for ... 683
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Acceptance of invitations to events ... 525 Distribution of lottery grant money ... 2010, 2020
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Official Opposition leader's work history ... 2112
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31, 2007)
Mental health diversion project, Calgary
Number of litigants dealt with by, and funding for (Q6/08: Response tabled as SP223/08) ... 1025
Mental Health Patient Advocate
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP480/08: Tabled) ... 1742
Mental health services
Drug treatments in ... 713 Funding for ... 2179 General remarks ... 760, 1780-81, 2074 Impact of Health Services Board on ... 1145, 2179 Provincial strategy re: Auditor General's report on ... 51, 694, 760, 1780-81 Provincial strategy re: Funding for ... 694 Transfer to health regions ... 51, 762
Mental health services - Children
Mental health services agencies (Nonprofit)
Mentally disabled
Community treatment orders for ... 713, 1145
Mentally disabled - Housing
MĂ©tis settlements - Fort Chipewyan area
Mikisew Cree First Nation
Health concerns, Fort Chipewyan area ... 714
Ministerial Statements (2008)
Health system governance ... 758-59 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 390 Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1534
MLA Task Force on Continuing Care Health Service and Accommodation Standards (2005)
Mosquito control programs
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 41)
National Smokeless Tobacco Company Ltd.
Donation to Alberta PC party ... 470 Hosting of Health minister at Calgary Stampede event ... 525
Northern Lights Health Region
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP563/08: Tabled) ... 1904-05 Funding for ... 683 Governance and accountability overview of (SP230/08: Tabled) ... 1066
Northland School Division
School lunch program ... 2200
Nurses
Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as SP235/08) ... 1066 Part-time hours of, conversion to full-time ... 1017 Recruitment from overseas ... 168 Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... 1066
Nurses - Education
General remarks ... 662, 1510, 1896 Shortage of spaces re ... 13-14, 610 Upgrading courses for foreign nurses ... 662
Nutrition guidelines for children and youth
Off-highway vehicles
Helmet use on, mandatory for children ... 253
Office of the Premier
Former premier (Ralph Klein), application for membership on Alberta Health Services Board ... 2052
Official Opposition
Health plan (SP128/08: Tabled) ... 533
Oil sands development
Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 683
Oil sands development - Health aspects
Oral Question Period (2008)
Access to medical services ... 50-51 Advisory councils to health boards ... 762 Alberta Health Services Board ... 1942-43, 1981, 1983-84, 2010, 2051-53, 2071, 2102 All-terrain vehicle safety ... 253 Ambulance services ... 1217 Beaverlodge hospital ... 2103 Calgary Health Region funding ... 343-44, 393, 526 Cancer services ... 1086 Cancer treatment beds in Calgary ... 2009-10 Cancer treatment drug ... 2053 Cardiac surgery wait times ... 1688-89 Cardiac treatment services in Edmonton ... 1981-82 Child care spaces in schools ... 582 Children and youth initiative ... 398 Community health councils ... 1060-61 Community treatment orders ... 1145 Congenital syphilis outbreak ... 1734-35, 1779, 1823, 2072-73, 2132-33 Continuing care strategy ... 2182 Enforcing health care standards ... 1580 Food banks ... 1515 Funding formula for regional health authorities ... 471-72 Ground ambulance services ... 1058-62 Health care coverage for midwifery ... 1353-54 Health care funding ... 1511 Health care innovation ... 2137 Health care not-for-profit fundraising ... 1018 Health care premiums ... 172-73, 2182 Health care privatization ... 787-88 Health care spending ... 168 Health care workforce supply ... 394-95 Health facility accreditation ... 16 Health Services Board ... 1316, 1319-20, 1358 Health Services Board chair ... 1380 Health services for First Nations residents ... 976 Health services in Calgary ... 1829 Health system governance ... 759-60, 761, 763, 764, 787, 972 Health system restructuring ... 709, 1379-81, 1539, 1582-83, 2072, 2105, 2131, 2134, 2139, 2201, 2204-05 Health workforce shortages ... 1017 Healthy living ... 1427 Home-care programs for seniors ... 794 Hospital funding ... 1431, 1476-77 Infection prevention and control standards ... 1537-38 Insulin pump therapy ... 1513 Long-term and continuing care ... 289 Long-term care ... 52, 793, 1319, 1737-38, 1740, 1853, 2206 Long-term care facilities ... 1473 Long-term care funding ... 1020 Long-term care providers ... 1146 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 393-94, 1851 Medications for mental health treatment ... 713 Mental health services ... 760, 1780-81, 2179 Midwifery services ... 420, 423-25 Monitoring health care standards ... 1579, 1581 Monitoring of single-use medical devices ... 1536 Northern air quality ... 1090 Nursing shortage ... 610, 662 Nutrition guidelines for children ... 1146 Out-of-province health services ... 2180 Peace River health region ... 50 Physician recruitment ... 2133 Physician supply in rural Alberta ... 15 Physiotherapy services ... 139 Preventive health services ... 2104 Promoting active living and healthy eating ... 295 Provincial mental health plan ... 51 Provincial spending ... 1896, 1899 Public health ... 1355 Public health system ... 1897-98 Public health system reform ... 14, 17, 18, 57 Radioimmunotherapy drugs ... 1064-65 Recruitment of foreign health care professionals ... 168 Reviews of health system governance ... 974 Safety of sour gas wells ... 1692 Seniors' housing ... 1671, 2104-05 Sexually transmitted diseases ... 1691 Shortage of health practitioners ... 13-14 Smokeless tobacco ... 578 South Calgary health campus ... 1510-11 Support for children with disabilities ... 2012 Support for low-income Albertans ... 2074 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2200 Surgery wait times ... 1734 Syringe reuse ... 1667, 1670 Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1537 Tobacco reduction ... 470, 525 Wait-list registry ... 2016 Wait times for long-term care ... 1669-70 Water quality in Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 Water quality of Athabasca River ... 343 West Nile virus larvicide program ... 252
Palliser Health Region
Ambulance pilot project ... 1059, 1060 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP564/08: Tabled) ... 1905 Governance and accountability overview of (SP233/08: Tabled) ... 1066
Patient navigator (Health system)
Patronage
Peace Country Health board members, membership in PC party ... 50
Peace Country Health
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP110/08: Tabled) ... 401 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP565/08: Tabled) ... 1905 Board of, membership in PC party ... 50 Governance and accountability overview of (SP231/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Long-term care facilities monitoring ... 50 Surgery wait times increase ... 1734
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital)
Pharmacists
Standards of practice (prescribing medication) change ... 13, 15, 683, 686, 761
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Physical therapy
Consistent provision of, across the province ... 139
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 588, 2187 Factual accuracy ... 2020, 2112 Inflammatory language ... 402 Referring to a nonmember ... 2019
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 14, 57
Preventive medical services
Prisoners, Mentally disabled
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Donations to, from tobacco companies ... 470
Public Affairs Bureau
Privatized health care, communications strategy re ... 1983
Public Health Appeal Board
Annual report, 2007 (SP109/07: Tabled) ... 401
Public inquiries
Cancellation of congenital syphilis awareness campaign ... 2132
Radioimmunotherapy drugs
Zevalin and Bexxar, coverage under health care plan ... 1064-65
Regional health authorities
Changes to governance of ... 18, 50, 684-85, 691, 695, 696, 709, 759-60, 761, 762, 763, 764, 787, 972, 1060-61, 1316, 1358, 1379-81, 1431, 2131 Changes to governance of: Cost-benefit analysis ... 1583 Changes to governance of: Costs ... 1896, 1899, 2072 Changes to governance of: Impact on health care workforce ... 764, 1017 Changes to governance of: Impact on long-term care ... 793 Changes to governance of: Impact on not-for-profit fundraising for health care ... 1018, 1380 Changes to governance of: Impact on rural health care provision ... 763 Changes to governance of: Influence of previous reviews on ... 974, 1066 Changes to governance of: Ministerial statement re ... 758-59 Deficit financing ... 683, 1583 Efficiency review of, 2005, release of ... 974 Funding for ... 683, 684, 685, 700 Funding formula for ... 471-72 Long-term care facilities' operation ... 695, 1020 Mental health services ... 51, 694 Mentally ill patient beds (Q14/08: Accepted) ... 1221 Physical therapy services ... 139 Removal of ... 18 Review of, 2007, release of ... 974 Seniors' programs ... 700 Surpluses/deficits, disposition of after creation of Health Services Board ... 1320
Regional Health Authorities Act
Reorganization of health system under ... 1358
Safe drug injection site, Edmonton
School nutrition programs
Schools
Daycare spaces in ... 582
Schools - Construction
Public/private projects re: Impact on daycare centres locating in ... 582
Senior citizens
Continuum care for, strategy re ... 1669
Senior citizens - Housing
Senior citizens - Medical care
Sexually transmitted diseases
Smoking - Prevention
Funding for ... 690 General remarks ... 470
Smoking - Treatment
Quit smoking products for, coverage under health care plan ... 698-700
Spills (Pollution) - Athabasca River
Substance abuse - Treatment
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2091-92
Supplementary health benefits
Supportive living facilities
Aging in place strategy ... 52, 289, 794 Assisted living facilities ... 1669 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing care facilities to ... 289 Designated assisted living facilities ... 1473, 1853, 2104-05, 2206
Surgery waiting lists
Web site re, accuracy of information on ... 2016
Tax incentives
For children's physical activity costs, legislation re (Bill 206) ... 2104
Tobacco - Marketing
Power wall displays re ... 690
Tobacco products, Smokeless
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Impact on physician recruitment in Alberta ... 2133
Vision 2020; Health Care for Today and the Future
Wages - Nurses
Overtime paid in Capital/Calgary health regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... 1066
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Water quality - Athabasca River
Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 343
Water quality - Fort Chipewyan
Impact on human health ... 714
West Nile virus
Control methods for, funding of ... 252 Public awareness campaign re ... 252
Whistle-blower protection
Wood Buffalo Environmental Association
Assessment of human exposure to air pollution ... 1090 Assessment of human exposure to air pollution: Report on (SP271/08: Tabled) ... 1221
Zevalin (Drug)
Coverage by health care plan ... 1064-65
Zyban (Drug)
Coverage under health care plan ... 698
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24)
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20)
Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 29)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4)
Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30)
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 17)
Royal Assent ... 9 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22)
Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6)
Royal Assent ... 15 May, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 5)
Royal Assent ... 15 May, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 51)
Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 40)
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14)
Court Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 39)
Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43)
Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 34)
Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15)
Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18)
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 13)
Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19)
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3)
Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27)
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42)
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46)
Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21)
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201)
Royal Assent ... 15 May, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11)
Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28)
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Royal Assent ... 9 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9)
Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36)
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32)
Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 25)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16)
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 41)
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7)
Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38)
Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10)
Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12)
Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49)
Travel Alberta Act (Bill 2)
Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Weed Control Act (Bill 23)
Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1)
Royal Assent ... 9 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting)
Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain)
Aboriginal police services
Funding for ... 850 General remarks ... 617
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Drug treatment programs ... 852 Gambling prevention joint advertising campaign ... 1632 Gambling prevention programs ... 851, 852, 1090
Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police
Joint recruiting initiative ... 856, 858
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Alberta server intervention program (Liquor sales in licensed premises) ... 477, 1693 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP53/08: Tabled) ... 81 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP459/08: Tabled) ... 1694-95 Casino deal with Edmonton arena developers ... 766 Electronic bingo strategy ... 1740 General remarks ... 850-51 Inspectors, increase in numbers of ... 851 Liquor sales to minors, inspections re ... 1687 Liquor violations, specified penalty for ... 851 Problem gambling joint advertising campaign ... 1632 ProTect (training program for security staff in licensed premises) ... 477, 660, 851, 1693 Raffles/lotteries, role re ... 1540 Responsible gambling programs ... 852, 853 Socially responsible gambling research ... 1090-91
Alberta Gaming Research Institute
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams
Alberta Police-based Victim Services Association
Funding increase request from ... 1149
Alberta relationship threat assessment initiative
Alberta security and strategic intelligence support team
Alberta serious incident response team
General remarks ... 864 Investigation of taser incidents ... 1686
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Police funding discussions ... 855
Arena - Downtown Edmonton
Casino in, revenue from to offset costs of ... 766 Provincial involvement ... 766
Auditor General
Victims of crime fund auditing ... 862, 1149
Automobiles - Seizure
For illegal drug transporting ... 710, 1292 For organized crime offences ... 1292 For transporting firearms without registered owner being present ... 49, 218, 251, 856-57, 2137
Automobiles conveying children
Bail hearings
Attendance of crown prosecutors at, impact on remand centre populations ... 584 Bail packages and prolific offenders ... 1692
Bank machines
Banning of, from premises containing VLTs ... 1091
Bingo Alberta
Electronic bingo strategy ... 1740
Cage Your Rage (Drinking education campaign)
Caritas Hospitals Foundation
Home lottery sales ... 1540
Casinos
Number of ... 852 Responsible gambling information centres in ... 851, 853, 1091 Voluntary self-exclusion program from ... 852
Casinos - Security aspects
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Funding for, to cover rent increases of ... 528
Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP
Report on the use of conducted energy weapons (tasers) ... 1666, 1686
Community safety orders (Illegal activities)
Community watch (Crime prevention program)
Connect Logistics Services
Liquor products warehousing, costs and handling issues ... 1214
Correctional personnel
Increase in number of ... 421, 859
Courts - Security aspects
Crack houses
Shutting down of ... 1290
Crime prevention
Educational materials re ... 766 General remarks ... 1093
Crime prevention - First Nations communities
Crime reduction
Funding for, from Victims of Crime Fund surplus ... 1292, 1319 General remarks ... 710, 766, 1827
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Criminal Code (Federal)
Illegal drug transportation by car provisions ... 710 Vehicle seizure provisions ... 2137
Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP387/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Information technology budget ... 862 Internal audit budget ... 862 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 850-65
Diesel fuel - Supply
Shortage of, impact on liquor distribution system ... 1739
Domestic violence - Legal aspects
Training for police/court workers ... 2013
Domestic violence - Prevention
Provincial initiatives re ... 2013
Drink prices in licensed premises
Minimum prices establishment ... 661, 1693
Drug undercover street teams
Drugs, Illegal
Transporting of, seizure of cars involved in ... 710, 1292
Drunk drivers
Testing of, by sheriffs ... 856, 1736
Edmonton Police Service
Provincial funding for ... 531
Edmonton Remand Centre
Gang violence incident in ... 421 Increase in inmate numbers due to bail hearing changes ... 584 New facility for ... 859 New facility for: Cost increases of ... 762 New facility for: Open-concept design ... 662 Overcrowding in ... 661-62, 859 Staffing ... 661-62
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Sour gas drilling, Tomahawk area ... 1692
Enforcement services (police, etc.)
Co-ordination of ... 850 IT strategy for ... 850, 858
Fatality inquiries
Taser use incidents ... 1686
Fines (Traffic violations)
Revenues from: Transfer to municipalities ... 854-55, 1318 Revenues from: Transfer to Victims of Crime Fund ... 854, 1292, 1319
Fish and wildlife officers
Hunting regulations enforcement ... 1781 Presence in provincial parks ... 711-12
Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre
Housing of Edmonton Remand Centre overflow in ... 662, 859 Open-concept design ... 662
Fugitive apprehension sheriff support teams
Gambling, Compulsive
General remarks ... 852, 1986 Multimedia advertising campaign re ... 1632 Research into (social responsibility aspects) ... 851, 852, 853, 1090-91 Website re ... 1632
Gang-related crime, Aboriginal
Gas well drilling industry - Safety aspects
Gas well drilling industry - Tomahawk area
Government attorneys
Bail hearing attendance: Impact on remand centre populations ... 584
Happy hour times in licensed premises
Changes to, to prevent violent situations ... 661, 1693
Hepatitis B and C
Presence in prison populations ... 865
Highpine Energy Ltd.
Sour gas well, Tomahawk area ... 1692
Hobbema Community Cadet Corps
Hobbema reserve
Crime incidence on, preventive measures re ... 617 Gang violence on (drive-by shooting incident) ... 49, 218, 251 Gun amnesty program on ... 2136-37 Integrated policing model for ... 617
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 853 Standardbreds/thoroughbreds, access to tracks ... 2178
Horse Racing Alberta
Annual report, 2007 (SP305/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... 1218 General remarks ... 2178-79 Loans to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1218
Integrated child exploitation teams
Extra officers for ... 1631, 1668-69 General remarks ... 855, 858 Specialized crown prosecutor for ... 1669
Integrated Response to Organized Crime
Law Enforcement Review Board
Annual reports, 2006 and 2007 (SP580/08: Tabled) ... 1988 General remarks ... 864
Lethbridge Regional Police Service
Additional officers for ... 172
Licensed premises
Liquor sales to minors in ... 1687 Liquor sales violations in, penalty for ... 851 Violence in, prevention of ... 477, 660-61, 1693
Liquor distribution network
Liquor sales - Regulations
Changes to, to prevent violent situations ... 660-61 Sales to minors, monitoring of ... 1687
Lottery Fund
Addiction prevention/treatment programs ... 851 Balzac racing entertainment complex funding ... 1218 Funds allocation ... 851, 853, 862 Funds allocation: List of recipients of ... 853
Marijuana grow operations
Lock down of houses used for, legislation re ... 843 Shutting down of ... 850, 1290, 1318 Surveillance of, by sheriffs ... 1736
Mental health services - Prisoners
Morley First Nation
Police services on, funding for ... 850
Multi-employer pension plans
Restrictions on, petition tabled re (SP354/08) ... 1389
Municipal sustainability initiative
Police officers hiring, funding for under ... 1385
Oil sands tailings ponds - Security aspects
General remarks ... 524 Threat assessment report re ... 524
Oral Question Period (2008)
Bingo revenue ... 1740 Caritas Hospitals Foundation ... 1540 Compensation for victims of crime ... 1292 Corrections officers ... 421 Crime and safe communities ... 1586, 1631 Crime in First Nations communities ... 617 Crime reduction ... 766 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1093 Downtown Edmonton arena ... 766 Edmonton Remand Centre ... 584, 762 Edmonton Remand Centre staffing ... 661-62 Family violence ... 2013 Firearms regulation ... 49, 2136-37 Firearms regulations ... 218 Funding for nonprofit agencies ... 528 Funding for police officers ... 531 Gaming ... 1090-91 Gang-related violence in Hobbema ... 251 Hunter education and training ... 1781 Investigations into provincial sheriffs ... 2077 Liquor sales to minors ... 1687 Liquor supply ... 1739 Networked radio system for emergency responders ... 1317 Offender management ... 1582 Offender supervision ... 1692, 1983-84 Pipeline security ... 1386 Police and peace officer training centre ... 1514, 1630 Police funding ... 1380, 1385 Police officer funding ... 1508-09, 1537-38, 1583-84 Police officer supply ... 172 Police workforce shortages ... 1019-20 Policing framework ... 477 Policing in provincial parks ... 711-12 Policing needs in Calgary ... 1018 Problem gambling ... 1632 Proceeds of crime ... 843 Provincial sheriffs program ... 1827-28 Role of provincial sheriffs ... 1581, 1631, 1736 Safe communities innovation fund ... 1827 Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative ... 1290 Safety of sour gas wells ... 1692 SCAN investigative teams ... 1986-87 Security of oil sands tailings ponds ... 524 Smoking in vehicles carrying children ... 901 Support for municipal policing ... 1318 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2200 Support for the horse-racing industry ... 2178-79 Taser use by law enforcement personnel ... 1666, 1686 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1218 Unruly behaviour in parks and protected areas ... 791 Vehicle seizures ... 710 Victims' assistance programs ... 580 Victims of crime fund ... 1149, 1319 Violence in licensed premises ... 477, 660-61, 1693 VLTs and slot machines ... 1986 Warehousing of liquor products ... 1214
Parks, Provincial
Policing in ... 711-12 Temporary liquor ban in ... 711 Unruly behaviour in ... 791
Peace Officer Act
Investigations under, provision for public oversight of ... 2077
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2008)
Multi-employer pension plan restrictions (SP354/08: Tabled) ... 1389
Photo radar (Traffic safety)
Use on provincial highways ... 860
Pipelines - Security aspects
Bombing incident, B.C./Alberta border ... 1386, 1581 General remarks ... 1386
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 172, 660, 766, 850, 855-56, 858, 1019-20, 1318, 1385, 1583-84, 1586, 1631, 2137 Number of, per capita, formula for ... 862 Recruitment initiatives re ... 856, 858 Safety measures for, re violence in licensed premises ... 660
Police, Provincial
Establishment of ... 477 Sheriffs as ... 856, 858
Police - Finance - Rural areas
Police and peace officer college
Funding for, as P3 project ... 1514 General remarks ... 858, 1630 Security guard training at ... 865
Prisoners - Health services
General remarks ... 865 Needle exchange program contribution to ... 865 Provision of, by Health and Wellness dept. ... 865
Private investigators - Training
Private Investigators and Security Guards Act
Repealed and replaced by Security Services and Investigators Act ... 864
Proceeds of crime
Legislation re (proposed) ... 710, 843
Protected areas
Unruly behaviour in ... 791
Public lands
Unruly behaviour on ... 791
Public lands - McLean Creek area
Unruly behaviour on ... 791
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Racing entertainment centres
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Horse Racing Alberta's loans to ... 1218
Radio communications system (first responder system)
Raffles (home-type prizes)
Remand centres
General remarks ... 859 Impact of bail hearing changes on populations in ... 584
Responsible Gambling Awareness Week
Roads
Restriction on use of, for transporting firearms without registered owner present ... 49
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Additional officers for Hobbema reserve ... 251, 617 Availability for provincial use ... 863-64 Community relations ... 859 Cost effectiveness of vs. sheriffs ... 863 Cost of, per officer ... 861 Counterterrorism role in Alberta ... 524 General remarks ... 477 New officers for ... 172, 850, 856, 858 Presence in provincial parks ... 711-12, 791 Provincial funding for ... 850, 856, 858, 861 Replacement by provincial sheriffs ... 861
Saddle Lake First Nation
Police services on, funding for ... 850
Safe communities initiative
Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative
School nutrition programs
Security guards - Training
Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10)
General remarks ... 865 Replaces Private Investigators and Security Guards Act ... 864
Sexual assault centres
Rent increases to, funding for ... 528
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 Cost of, per officer ... 861 Counterterrorism function ... 524 Deployment in downtown areas, re violence in licensed premises ... 660 General remarks ... 1509, 1537-38 Hunting regulation enforcement function ... 1781 Impaired drivers testing ... 1736 New officers for ... 172, 766, 1583 Presence in provincial parks ... 711-12, 791 Role of ... 861, 863, 1581, 1631, 1736, 1827-28 Taser usage ... 1666 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 172, 850, 856, 858-59, 861, 1581, 1736
Slot machines
General remarks ... 1986 Number of ... 863 Number of, capping of ... 1986
Slot machines in bingo halls
Solicitor General's college
Security guard training at ... 865
Speed limits
Enforcement of, speed tolerances aspects ... 860
Substance abuse - Treatment
Suncor Inc.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled as SP330/08) ... 935-36
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2086, 2090
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled as SP330/08) ... 935-36
Tasers (Electroshock weapons)
Provincial inquiry into ... 1666, 1686 Use by law enforcement personnel ... 1666, 1686
Terrorist attacks
On pipelines ... 1386 Preparedness for ... 1386
Traffic Safety Act
Amendment re seizure of vehicles transporting firearms without registered owner ... 49, 218 Smoking ban for vehicles carrying children, provision for ... 901
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
United Horsemen of Alberta Inc.
Agreement with province re Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1218
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) ... 1787 Auditing of ... 862, 1149 Cap on payments from ... 854 Claimants compensated through (Q4/08: Response tabled as SP506/08) ... 1787 General remarks ... 580 Overpayments from (Q5/08: Response tabled as SP506/08) ... 1787 Surplus ... 854, 862, 1292 Surplus: Use to cover rent increases to sexual assault centres ... 528 Surplus: Use to fund crime reduction initiatives ... 1292, 1319
Victims of Crime Protocol
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Video gambling machines
General remarks ... 1986 Number of ... 863
Wages - Correctional personnel
Wages - Probation officers
Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs)
Agency Response Readiness Centre (AEMA)
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Member's statement re ... 1664
Alberta Liberal Party
2008 Election Spending Promises (SP537/08: Tabled) ... 1831
Alberta support and emergency response team
Member's statement re ... 577
Arlington Apartments, Edmonton
Loss of historic site designation ... 1387
Bills, Government
Bill 204, referred to Standing Committee on the Economy ... 948
Bills, Private members' public
Bill 204, referred to Standing Committee on the Economy ... 948
Canadian Police Association
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
2008 Election Spending Promises: Liberal Party (SP537/08: Tabled) ... 1831
Capital Health
Former chair of, appointed Ethics Commissioner ... 1519
Cassells, Constable Terry
Committee on the Economy, Standing
Bill 204, Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Amendment Act, 2008, referred to ... 948
Construction industry - Waste disposal/recycling
Reduction in amount of ... 1515
Curb the Danger (Drunk driving prevention campaign)
Demolition industry - Waste disposal/recycling
Reduction in amount of ... 1515
Edmonton International Airport
Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640
Emergency planning
Hotline for environmental emergencies ... 577
Emergency Preparedness Week
Member's statement re ... 577
Ethics Commissioner
New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1519-20
Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1519-20
Fugitive apprehension sheriff support teams
Establishment of ... 1581
Government spending policy
Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42)
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation ... 1668
Maintenance (Domestic relations)
Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32)
Members' Statements (2008)
Alberta Emergency Management Agency ... 1664 Alberta Environment support and emergency response team ... 577 Edmonton Police Service curb the danger program ... 2100-01 Leader of the official opposition ... 1820 Police Association awards of excellence ... 2174-75
Mitchell, Constable Jason
Official Opposition Leader
Member's statement re ... 1820 Report: It's Time. A Real Action Plan for Alberta (SP536/08: Tabled) ... 1831
Oral Question Period (2008)
Arlington Apartments ... 1387 Community development funding ... 1668 Construction and demolition waste disposal ... 1515 Maintenance enforcement program ... 902 Role of provincial sheriffs ... 1581
Pipelines - Security aspects
Bombing incident, B.C./Alberta border ... 1581
Political parties
Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... 1520
Port Alberta
Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640
Privilege
Length of evening sitting ... 1266
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... 1520
Rodeo
As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2043
Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative
Sheriffs
Role of ... 1581 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1581
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 947-48 Second reading: Amendment (referral to Standing Committee on the Economy) ... 948
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
Wildfires
Co-ordination of information re ... 1664
Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner)
Report recommending appointment of, concurred in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1519-20
Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207)
Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1)
First reading ... 719 Second reading ... 1078 Committee ... 1122 Committee: Amendment (SP/25808: Tabled) ... 1122 Third reading ... 1266-67
Lund, Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House)
Agricultural service boards
AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative)
Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Automobile drivers - Education
Automobile licence plates
Single plate system ... 462
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Replaced by AgriStability and AgriInvest programs ... 413
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta position on ... 412
Capital Health
Former chair of, appointed Ethics Commissioner ... 1522
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 412-13
Dept. of Service Alberta
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 462
Dept. of Transportation
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 731-33
Elk
Damage to crops by ... 412
Ethics Commissioner
New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1522
Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1522
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Requests under: Costs of ... 462
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Land titles - Registration
Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32)
Committee ... 1757 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP484/08: Tabled) ... 1757
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Agricultural payments to ... 2186
Oral Question Period (2008)
Timber production monitoring ... 88
Personal Information Protection Act
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 2186 Factual accuracy ... 2187-88 Question-and-comment period ... 1495 Referring to the absence of members ... 1495
Roads - Maintenance and repair
General remarks ... 731-32 Use of recycled vs. new paving in ... 732
Sawmills, Small
Measurement of timber supplies ... 88
Surface rights
Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Marz) ... 1879-80
Timber
Volume of, delivered to sawmills, measurement of ... 88
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 207-08 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP217/08: Tabled) ... 1011 Committee: Amendment A3 (SP218/08: Tabled) ... 1011
Traffic safety
General remarks ... 732 Rumble strips ... 732
Treasury Board
President of: Agricultural payments received by ... 2186
Truck drivers
Hours of service regulation for ... 732
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Wildlife damage to crops
Provincial programs re ... 412
Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner)
Report recommending appointment of, concurred in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1522
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