Sandhu, Peter (PC, Edmonton-Manning)
Alberta Fire Code
Combination with land-use framework ... 927
Alberta Teachers' Association
Edmonton local teacher induction ceremony, program from (SP582/08: Tabled) ... 1988
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
North portion ... 133-34 North portion: Cross-river connection to Yellowhead highway east ... 134 Northeast portion ... 1381 Northwest portion ... 1381
Bannerman school
Multicultural Day program (SP616/08: Tabled) ... 2111
County of St. Paul
Municipal election in, voting of nonpermanent residents in ... 901
Early childhood education
Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten): Brochure of French immersion program for (SP198/08: Tabled) ... 932
Edmonton's Food Bank
Sikh community fundraiser for, member's statement re ... 1947
Elections, Municipal
Four-year terms ... 615-16 Nonpermanent residents voting in, court decision re ... 901
Father Leo Green elementary school
French immersion junior kindergarten program, brochure (SP198/08: Tabled) ... 932
Foreign workers, Temporary
General remarks ... 663 Transfer to provincial nominee program ... 663
Fraser elementary school
Fundraising efforts, member's statement re ... 1211 Fundraising efforts, poster from (SP279/08: Tabled) ... 1221
High-Intensity Residential Fires Working Group
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 663
John D. Bracco junior high school
Awards ceremony program (SP450/08: Tabled) ... 1674
Lady of the Moon (Chinese opera)
Program from (SP623/08: Tabled) ... 2141
Land-use framework
Combination with Fire Code ... 927
Local Authorities Election Act
Review of ... 616 Review of, by MLA committee ... 901
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden in ... 1947 Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden in: Member's statement re ... 418
Members' Statements (2008)
Fraser elementary school fundraising ... 1211 Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden ... 418 Sikh community Food Bank fundraising efforts ... 1947
Oral Question Period (2008)
Anthony Henday ring road ... 133-34 Education property tax ... 295 High-intensity residential fires ... 927 Municipal elections ... 615-16 Northwest Anthony Henday ring road ... 1381-82 Temporary foreign workers ... 663 Voting by nonpermanent residents ... 901
Performing Arts of LaZerte Society
Silent auction, program from (SP615/08: Tabled) ... 2111
Property tax - Education levy
General remarks ... 295 Seniors' tax relief re ... 295
Remembrance Day
Program from ceremonies re (SP581/08: Tabled) ... 1988
Residential fires, High-intensity - Edmonton
MacEwan neighbourhood fire ... 927
Residential fires, High-intensity - Prevention
Sikh community, Edmonton
Food Bank fundraiser, member's statement re ... 1947
Stone Soup Gathering (John D. Bracco junior high school)
Program from (SP453/08: Tabled) ... 1674
Striving to Overcome Poverty (STOP)
Booklet of quotations about poverty (SP454/08: Tabled) ... 1674
Unity Centre of North East Edmonton
Newsletter from (SP455/08: Tabled) ... 1674
Sarich, Janice (PC, Edmonton-Decore)
Affordable housing
Provincial initiatives re ... 251
Affordable housing - Edmonton
Cornerstones project (Joint provincial/municipal project) ... 251
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Smoking prevention programs ... 1056
Alberta Children and Youth Initiative
Alberta Fish and Game Association
100th birthday, member's statement re ... 2050
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Impact on health foundation fund-raising ... 1018
Alberta Health Services Board
Determination of long-term care patients placement ... 1018
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Alberta project promoting active living and healthy eating
Alberta school alternative procurement program
Member's statement re ... 2175
Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Achievement
Expansion of eligibility for ... 528-29
Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
Merit award for social infrastructure procurement given to Alberta ... 2175
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Health related societies' fundraising, impact of health regions reorganization on ... 1017-18
Children
Government programs for, cross-ministry initiatives ... 398
Children - Physical fitness
Computers in schools
Funding for, member's statement re ... 338
Conservation: Pride and Passion (Book)
Drunk driving
Member's statement re ... 1378
Edmonton North Primary Care Network
Education
Forum on ... 2080 Member's statement re ... 1895
Education Week
General remarks ... 255, 338 Member's statement re ... 286
Elder abuse
Financial abuse, awareness initiatives re ... 1899 General remarks ... 1899
Elections, Municipal
Four-year terms ... 1629 Internet voting in ... 1629
Excellence in Teaching Awards
2008 finalists: Member's statement re ... 656 2008 finalists: Program from ceremony re (SP159/08: Tabled) ... 666 2008 semifinalists: Member's statement re ... 80 2008 semifinalists: Program from ceremony re (SP43/08: Tabled) ... 81
Fines (Traffic violations)
Collection of overdue fines ... 1541
Health foundations (not-for-profit)
Impact of health authority governance change on ... 1017-18
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201)
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
International Education Week
Member's statement re ... 1895
Land-use framework
Funding to enable compliance with ... 1691 General remarks ... 1691 Implementation of ... 1691
Local Authorities Election Act
Review of ... 1629 Review of, by MLA committee ... 1629
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Members' Statements (2008)
Alberta Fish and Game Association ... 2050 Alberta schools alternative procurement project ... 2175 Alberta Student engagement initiative ... 2079-80 Edmonton North primary care network ... 1322-23 Education Week ... 286 Excellence in Teaching awards ... 80, 656 International Education Week ... 1895 National Students against Impaired and Distracted Driving Day ... 1378 Pan-Canadian assessment test results ... 255 Technology initiatives in schools ... 338 Tribute to the Canadian Forces ... 1741-42 World No Tobacco Day ... 1056
Minister of Education's student advisory council on education
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Municipal development plans - Capital region
Referral to Capital Region Board ... 54
National Students against Impaired and Distracted Driving Day
Member's statement re ... 1378
Oral Question Period (2008)
Affordable housing in Edmonton ... 251 Alexander Rutherford scholarships ... 528-29 Capital region municipal planning ... 54 Children and youth initiative ... 398 Draft land-use framework ... 1691 Elder abuse ... 1899 Health care not-for-profit fundraising ... 1017-18 Health system governance ... 761 Local Authorities Election Act review ... 1629 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 421 Promoting active living and healthy eating ... 295 Traffic tickets ... 1541
Portable/modular classrooms
General remarks ... 2175 LEED standard for ... 2175
Regional health authorities
Changes to governance of ... 761 Changes to governance of: Impact on not-for-profit fundraising for health care ... 1017-18 Primary care networks ... 1322-23
Schools - Architectural design
LEED standards for ... 2175 Standardization of ... 2175
Schools - Construction
Public/private projects re: Member's statement re ... 2175
Smoking - Prevention
Member's statement re ... 1056
Speak Out (Alberta student engagement initiative)
Student Life Education Company
Student testing
National testing, results of: Member's statement re ... 255
Students Against Drinking & Driving
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
Videoconference for Hope (Fundraiser)
World No Tobacco Day
Member's statement re ... 1056
Sherman, Dr. Raj (PC, Edmonton-Meadowlark)
Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24)
Affordable housing - Edmonton
Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Alberta seniors benefit program
Utility costs component ... 396
Alberta Telus Tour for the Cure (Breast cancer awareness)
Member's statement re ... 895
Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Utility costs component ... 397
Breast cancer
Awareness tour for, member's statement re ... 895
Canada Health Day
Member's statement re ... 608-09
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Education property tax assistance for seniors program
Energy efficiency
Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2163-64
Family medicine
Incentives to choose ... 2109
Hand hygiene
Member's statement re ... 1379
Health care facilities
Infection control in, member's statement re ... 1379
Health workforce planning
Homeless - Housing - Edmonton
Provincial initiatives re ... 2011
Immigrant doctors
General remarks ... 2109 Locating in rural areas ... 2109
Income Support program
Utility costs component ... 396
Komagata Maru incident
Member's statement re ... 1152
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Low-income families
Provincial assistance to ... 396-97
Low-income seniors
Special-needs assistance ... 397
Medical care
Member's statement re ... 608-09
Medical profession - Education
Bursary program for students ... 2109 General remarks ... 2109
Medical profession - Rural areas
Action plan re ... 2109 Incentives re ... 2109
Members' Statements (2008)
Alberta Telus Tour for the Cure ... 895 Barb Tarbox awards ... 1220 Canada Health Day ... 608-09 Komagata Maru incident ... 1152 Mental Health Week ... 532 National Infection Control Week ... 1379 Premier's award for healthy workplaces ... 1664-65
Mental Health Week
Member's statement re ... 532
National Infection Control Week
Member's statement re ... 1379
Oral Question Period (2008)
Education property taxes ... 582 Homelessness ... 2011 Physician recruitment ... 2109 Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 396-97
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7)
Premier's Award for Healthy Workplaces
Ministerial statement re ... 1664-65
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re ... 582
Public utilities - Rates
Rate increases, impact on low-income families ... 396-97
Rapid exit housing program, Edmonton
School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210)
Smoking - Prevention
AADAC award of excellence and scholarship re (Barb Tarbox award), member's statement re ... 1220
Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 209)
Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204)
Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 205)
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster)
Aboriginal peoples
Government programs for, funding for ... 117, 119, 124
Agriculture
Government assistance programs ... 2175-77
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Representation in Building Canada project funding decisions ... 2206
Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 29)
Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4)
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Impact on health facilities P3 projects ... 873
Alberta Health Services Board
Information technology consistency requirement ... 878 Legal status ... 1358-59
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Surplus funds investment in ... 167
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
General remarks ... 1980 Inflation-proofing of ... 120, 1987 Regular investment in ... 167, 869 Surplus funds investment in ... 120, 167, 869 Transfer of funds to (supplementary estimates) ... 116, 120
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 17)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Alberta Sustainability Fund
General remarks ... 1508 Use during 2008 global financial crisis ... 1980, 2056
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Representation in Building Canada project funding decisions ... 2206
Animal cruelty investigations
Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... 956-57
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Intersection with Stony Plain Road ... 871 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 249-50
Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22)
First reading ... 932 Second reading ... 981 Third reading ... 1067-68
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6)
First reading ... 165-66 Second reading ... 387 Third reading ... 516
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 5)
First reading ... 125 Second reading ... 143 Third reading ... 386
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 51)
Arena - Downtown Edmonton
Community revitalization levy to pay for ... 766 Provincial involvement ... 766
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits: Impact of inflation on ... 1215 Benefits increase for ... 170
Auditor General
Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140 Public/private partnership contracts, comments on ... 870-71
Budget 2008
Business plans 2008 (SP61/08: Tabled) ... 140
Building Canada Plan (Federal)
Canada Health Transfer (Federal government)
Canada Social Transfer (Federal government)
Capital projects
20-year strategic capital plan ... 1670, 1945 20-year strategic capital plan (SP54/08: Tabled) ... 140 Deficit re ... 878, 882 Deficit re, as element of public debt ... 1980 Public/private partnerships re ... 249-50, 870-73 Public/private partnerships re: As element of public debt ... 1980 Public/private partnerships re: Contracts for, public access to ... 872 Public sector comparators to P3 project costs ... 870
Capital projects - British Columbia
Public/private partnerships ... 871-72
Capital projects - Construction
General remarks ... 1945 Slow down of ... 1670
Capital projects - Finance
Cost escalation element ... 877 General remarks ... 116, 877
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Deferred projects costs ... 878, 882
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Funding for projects re ... 1987
Chief Electoral Officer
Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140
Children and poverty
Aboriginal children ... 50 General remarks ... 50
Committee of Supply
Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2008-09 referred to (Motion 9: Snelgrove) ... 140 Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Snelgrove) ... 26 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 (No. 2) considered for one day (Motion 6: Snelgrove) ... 27 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 (No. 2) referred to (Motion 5: Snelgrove) ... 27-28 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 considered for one day (Motion 22: Snelgrove) ... 2022 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 referred to (Motion 21: Snelgrove) ... 2022
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Establishment of MLA salary levels ... 1215
Committees, Policy field
Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 68
Consumption tax, Provincial
Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 113-14
Daycare centres - Finance
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Deficit financing ... 1582
Edmonton International Airport
Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640
Edmonton Remand Centre
New facility for: Cost increases of ... 762
Education, Postsecondary
Access to: Affordability framework re ... 2181
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Gasoline prices (not proceeded with) ... 934
Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43)
Endowment funds, Public
Investment of surplus funds into ... 167
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2008-09 transmitted to Assembly (SP59-60/08: Tabled) ... 140 Supplementary estimates, 2007-08 (No. 2) transmitted to Assembly (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 Supplementary estimates, 2008-09 considered for one day (Motion 22: Snelgrove) ... 2022 Supplementary estimates, 2008-09 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 21: Snelgrove) ... 2022 Supplementary estimates, 2008-09 transmitted to Assembly (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 No. 2 considered for one day (Motion 6: Snelgrove) ... 27 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 No. 2 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 5: Snelgrove) ... 26-27
Ethics Commissioner
Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140
Financial Administration Act
Incorporation of Health Services Board under ... 1358-59
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
First reading ... 1324 Second reading ... 1370 Third reading ... 1661
First Nations development fund
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3)
First reading ... 216 Second reading ... 654 Third reading ... 960-62
Gambling - Aboriginal reserves
Gasoline - Prices
Impact on tourism ... 975 Request for emergency debate on ... 934
Gasoline - Taxation
Provincial tax: Reduction of ... 975 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 975
General Revenue Fund
Details of grants, supplies and services, 2007-08 (SP401/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Government spending policy
Health care facilities - Construction
Public/private projects re ... 873 Public/private projects re, legislation re (Bill 3) ... 216
Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42)
Horse Racing Alberta
Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... 1212 Loans to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1212
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
New hospital: P3 funding of ... 873
Housing - Fort McMurray
Public/private partnership re ... 870, 873
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201)
Income tax, Provincial
Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 113-14
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11)
Investment of public funds
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
New residence for: Point of order re ... 1154 Transmittal of 2007-08 supplementary estimates (No. 2) (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 Transmittal of 2008-09 main and Legislative Offices estimates (SP59-60/08: Tabled) ... 140 Transmittal of 2008-09 supplementary estimates (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021
Light rail transit - Calgary
Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 219
Light rail transit - Edmonton
Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 219
Lottery Fund
Balzac racing entertainment complex funding ... 1212
Low-income families
Provincial assistance to: Impact of inflation on ... 1215
Medical records, Electronic
Compatibility of systems re ... 877-78 General remarks ... 878
Medical records, Electronic - Security aspects
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Agricultural payments to ... 2176, 2185-86 Report on payments to, 2006-07 (SP94/08: Tabled) ... 349 Report on payments to, 2007-08 (SP647/08: Tabled) ... 2210
Methane retrieval from garbage - Fort McMurray area
Provincial funding for ... 123
Ministers (Provincial government)
Expenses of, Dec. 15, 2006- Mar. 1, 2007 (M4/07: Response tabled as SP13/08) ... 24 Salary levels for, setting of ... 1215
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Financial statements, auditing of ... 1853
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of ... 167 General remarks ... 884
Oil sands development
Strategic plan completion for ... 875, 881-82 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 875, 884
Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat
Oil sands tailings ponds
Waterfowl deaths on: Anonymous tip re ... 392
Ombudsman
Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140
Oral Question Period (2008)
Building Canada infrastructure funding ... 1738-39, 2206 Child poverty ... 50 Climate change initiatives ... 1987 Development in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo ... 2056 Downtown Edmonton arena ... 766 Edmonton Remand Centre ... 762 Federal infrastructure funding ... 219, 579-80, 1145-46 Fiscal accountability ... 1508, 1670-71 Gasoline pricing ... 975 Government spending controls ... 1507-08 Health Services Board ... 1358-59 Health system restructuring ... 1582 Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 167 Highway maintenance ... 171 Income support levels ... 170 International financial crisis ... 1945 Investment and savings strategy ... 1980 Municipal taxation ... 1853 Oil price forecasting ... 167 Postsecondary education funding ... 2181 Provincial fiscal strategy ... 1979-80, 2052, 2056-57 Public-private project funding ... 249-50 Public transportation ... 137 Support for low-income Albertans ... 1215 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176, 2200 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1212 Whistle-blower protection ... 392
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 2185 Factual accuracy ... 1154
Port Alberta
Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640
Postsecondary educational institutions - Construction
Public/private projects re, legislation re (Bill 3) ... 216
Public assistance
Impact of inflation on ... 1215
Public transit
Federal funding for ... 1739 Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... 1987 Tax credits as incentive to use ... 137
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Horse Racing Alberta's loans to ... 1212
Radio communications system (first responder system)
Regional health authorities
Changes to governance of ... 1358-59
Ring roads - Calgary
Funding for ... 124 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 871
Road construction - Finance
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Privatization of ... 171 Privatization of: Review of ... 171
Rodeo
As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2041
Sanitary landfills - Fort McMurray area
Provincial funding for ... 123
School nutrition programs
Schools - Architectural design
Schools - Construction
Public/private projects re: Legislation re (Bill 3) ... 216
Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10)
Senior citizens
Government programs: Impact of inflation on ... 1215
Shell Canada Limited
Albion Sands oil sands project postponement ... 1670-71
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Special warrants
General remarks ... 26 Interim supply (2008-09) warrants, legislation re (Bill 6) ... 165-66
Standing Orders
Amendments to May 21, 2008 orders (Motion 23: Renner) ... 2118 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 68
Student residences (On-campus)
General remarks ... 2181 Public/private funding for ... 2181 Rent increases at ... 2181
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Copy of (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 116-17, 119, 120, 123-24 Estimates 2008-09: Copy of (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2082-87, 2089, 2093-96
Surplus, Budgetary
Climate change initiatives funding from ... 1987 Endowment funds investment ... 167 General remarks ... 883, 1945 Heritage Fund investment ... 120, 167, 869
Tax incentives
For public transit usage ... 137
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability, funding for: As element of public debt ... 1980
Tourism
Impact of gasoline prices on ... 975
Treasury Board
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP390/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 868-73, 875, 877-78, 880-85 Main estimates 2008-09: Response to questions during (SP332/08: Tabled) ... 1295 President of: Agricultural payments received by ... 2176, 2185
United Horsemen of Alberta Inc.
Agreement with province re Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1212
Whistle-blower protection
Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207)
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.)
Annual reports (Government departments, agencies, boards, and commissions)
Referral to policy field committees ... 1423
Barrett, Pamela Trainor (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 11
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency)
Member for, elected as Speaker ... 2
Bills
One-day passage of, in Legislature, statement re ... 1507
Brassard, Robert R. (Roy) (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 1377
Calgary-Fort (Constituency)
Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2-3
Cellular telephones
Camera capabilities, non use of in Assembly Chamber ... 2121
Chair of Committees
Election of, on second ballot ... 2-3
Chief Electoral Officer
Annual report, 2006 (SP243/08: Tabled) ... 1066 General election of March 2008: Report on candidates failing to file a financial statement (SP543/08: Tabled) ... 1858
Child and Youth Advocate
Quarterly reports: Arrangement with opposition parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1517
Committee of Supply
Procedure in (officials/staff on floor of chamber) ... 174 Procedure in (rotation of questioning in) ... 404
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Ethics Commissioner annual report, 2007-08, referred to (SP326/08: Tabled) ... 1295
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Closed captioning for Assembly galleries question ... 530 Members' Services order 1/08 (group plans amendment order no. 3) (SP212/08: Tabled) ... 981 Members' Services order 2/08 (transportation amendment order no. 10) (SP213/08: Tabled) ... 981 Members' Services order 3/08 (committee allowances amendment order no. 4) (SP214/08: Tabled) ... 981
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Assembly timetable: 3:00 p.m. leave of Routine, recommendation re ... 1947, 1949
Committees, Policy field
Referral of annual reports to ... 1423
Cypress-Medicine Hat (Constituency)
Member for, elected as Deputy Chair ... 2
Deputy Speaker
Election of, on second ballot ... 2-3
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) ... 1548-49
Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service, An Act amending the
Elections, Federal
Election of October 14, 1935: Statement re ... 1284
Elections, Provincial
General election of March 2008, report on candidates failing to file a financial statement (SP543/08: Tabled) ... 1858
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Gasoline prices (not proceeded with) ... 934 Safety of oil sands tailings ponds (not proceeded with) ... 621 Temporary Standing Order amendments (not proceeded with) ... 24-26
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2008-09 transmitted to Assembly (SP59-60/08: Tabled) ... 140 Supplementary estimates, 2007-08 (No. 2) transmitted to Assembly (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 Supplementary estimates, 2008-09 transmitted to Assembly (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021
Ethics Commissioner
Annual report, 2007-08; referred to Legislative Offices committee (SP326/08: Tabled) ... 1295
French language
Use in Legislative Assembly ... 665
Galleries (Legislative Assembly Chamber)
Closed captioning system in, for hearing impaired ... 530
Gasoline - Prices
Request for emergency debate on ... 934
Historical vignettes of Alberta's Assembly
Alberta-Hokkaido twinning relationship ... 1360 Alberta MLAs appointed as senators ... 1431-32 Alberta MLAs elected as MPs ... 1312 An Act amending the Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service ... 1787 Federal election of October 14, 1935 ... 1284 Leaders of Her Majesty's loyal opposition ... 2080 MLA oath of allegiance ... 1947 MLAs elected in Alberta ... 1545 MPs elected as Alberta MLAs ... 1388 One day passage of bills in Alberta Legislature ... 1507 Strangers in the Alberta Legislative Assembly ... 1479
Holocaust Memorial Day and Genocide Remembrance Act (Bill 26, 2000)
Passed in one day, statement re ... 1507
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP12/08: Tabled) ... 24 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP368/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Langevin, Paul (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 1847
Legislative Assembly Chamber
Addresses by strangers on the floor of, 1935 to present ... 1479 Lighting in ... 172 Officials/staff on floor of during Committee of Supply ... 174 Table officers in, all women ... 1665
Legislative Assembly Office
Annual report, 2007 (Includes CPA Alberta branch annual report) (SP591/08: Tabled) ... 2018-19
Legislature grounds
Japanese garden unveiled on ... 1360
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
New residence for: Point of order re ... 1154 Transmittal of 2007-08 supplementary estimates (No. 2) (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 Transmittal of 2008-09 main and Legislative Offices estimates (SP59-60/08: Tabled) ... 140 Transmittal of 2008-09 supplementary estimates (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021
Members' corrections
MPs subsequently elected as provincial MLAs ... 1312, 1321
Members of Parliament
Members elected as provincial MLA ... 1312, 1321 Members elected as provincial MLA: Statement re ... 1388
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Anniversary congratulations to ... 2079 Birthday congratulations to ... 577, 903, 1543, 1673 Election of, while on active military service, historical vignette re ... 1787 Members appointed as senators ... 1431 Members elected as MPs ... 1312 Memorial tribute to former members ... 11, 1283, 1377, 1847 Numbers elected in Alberta ... 1545 Oath of allegiance, sequence of since 1905 ... 1947
Members' Statements (2008)
Calendar of special events ... 1294
Members' Statements (Parliamentary practice)
Official Opposition
Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for ... 1635-36
Oil sands tailings ponds - Safety aspects
Request for emergency debate re ... 621
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (Constituency)
Recognition of former member for, as previous Deputy Speaker ... 4
Ombudsman
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP316/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings
Opposition (Parliamentary procedure)
Leaders of, 1906 to date ... 2080
Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure)
45-second rule effectiveness ... 12 Rotation of questions/35-second rule ... 12-13, 60, 403-04
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Biographies of, 27th Legislature, First Session, Fall 2008 (SP367/08: Tabled) ... 1432 Biographies of, 27th Legislature, First Session, Spring 2008 (SP103/08: Tabled) ... 401 Mention of ... 1293 Presentation of gifts to, on last day of session ... 1219, 2188
Paproski, Dr. Carl Michael (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 11
Parlement jeunesse de l'Alberta
Parliamentary assistants
Considered to be private members for Assembly operating purposes ... 13
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 588, 1325, 1635-36, 1696, 2186-87, 2187 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 60, 1192-3 Explanation of Speaker's statement ... 13 Factual accuracy ... 76, 1154, 2020, 2112, 2187-88 Imputing motives ... 1153, 1193-94 Inflammatory language ... 403, 1636-37 Insulting language ... 849, 1597 Parliamentary language ... 2021 Questions about detail ... 1833-34 Referring to a nonmember ... 1989-90, 2019 Reflections on a Member ... 429 Relevance ... 69, 71, 1597
School at the Legislature (Educational program)
Report card, 2006-07 (SP470/08: Tabled) ... 1742
Senators
Alberta MLAs appointed as ... 1431
Shaben, Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Ralph (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 1283
Smith, Col. Arthur Ryan (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 1283
Speaker - Rulings
Anticipation ... 712 Challenging the Chair ... 973 Dress code in the Chamber ... 1819 Oral Question Period rules ... 1359 Previous question ... 1192 Question and comment period ... 37 Questions outside ministerial responsibility ... 530 Referral of annual reports to policy field committees ... 1423 Referring to a member by name ... 931 Relevance ... 1299 Sub judice rule ... 1422
Speaker - Statements
Address to the Assembly upon election as Speaker ... 2 Alberta-Hokkaido twinning relationship ... 1360 Alberta MLAs appointed as senators ... 1431 Alberta MLAs elected as MPs ... 1312 An Act amending the Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service ... 1787 Anniversary congratulations to members ... 2079 Assembly business (Question Period/Members' Statements) ... 12-13 Bill 37, Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act, read into the record ... 1682 Birthday congratulations to members ... 577, 903, 1543, 1673 Calendar of special events ... 349, 429, 1294, 1831 Cellphone cameras in the Chamber ... 2121 Committee of Supply procedure ... 174 Electoral Boundaries Commission ... 1587-88 Federal election of October 14, 1935 ... 1284 House procedure (Question Period rotation, Supply committee rotation) ... 403-04 Leaders of Her Majesty's loyal opposition ... 2080 Memorial tribute to former members ... 11 MLA oath of allegiance ... 1947 MLAs elected in Alberta ... 1545 Mother's Day wishes ... 577 MPs elected as Alberta MLAs ... 1388 New pages, mention of ... 1293 One day passage of bills in Alberta Legislature ... 1507 Opening day messages ... 5 Oral Question Period rules ... 1829 Participation in debate not allowed, except in Canadian Senate ... 719 Routine of the Assembly, 3:00 p.m. recommendation ... 1947, 1949 Speaking in languages other than English ... 665 Strangers in the Alberta Legislative Assembly ... 1479 Table officers in the Assembly, all women ... 1665 World War I veterans vigil (light show) ... 1743
Speech from the Throne
Copy tabled (SP1/08: Tabled) ... 9
Standing Orders
Temporary amendments to, request for emergency debate re ... 24-26
Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Stromberg, Gordon Emil (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 1283
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Copy of (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 Estimates 2008-09: Copy of (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021
Twinning of cities, provinces, etc.
Alberta-Hokkaido, Japan ... 1360
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
World War I veterans vigil (light show)
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal consultation policy (Land and resource issues)
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
Affordable housing
Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Agricultural value-added production
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Building Code
Energy efficiency standards in ... 8
Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Biofuels industry
Use of forest products as feedstock ... 6
Carbon offsets
In the forest industry ... 6
Child care after/before school
Provincial assistance re ... 7
Community health centres
Additional programs for ... 7
Constitution Act, 1982
Oil sands development responsibilities under ... 7
Disabled - Housing
Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Domestic violence - Prevention
Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 7 For the disabled ... 7 For immigrants ... 7
Energy industry - Crown lands
Aboriginal issues re, consultation policy re ... 6
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Environmental impact assessments
Cumulative assessments ... 8
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Forest industries
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 6 General remarks ... 6
Greenhouse gas emissions
Intensity targets for industry re ... 7-8
Health care facilities - Construction
Health sciences personnel
Governance system for ... 7 Recruitment of ... 7
Health sciences personnel - Education
Health sciences personnel - Supply
High school education - Curricula
Health care courses ... 7
Homeless - Housing
Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Cumulative impact assessment of ... 8
Intermunicipal relations - Edmonton area
Labour force planning
Federal/provincial agreement re ... 6-7
Land-use framework
Consultation with First Nations re ... 6 General remarks ... 6
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Young/socially/culturally isolated people in, supports for ... 8
Medical profession
Governance system for ... 7
Ministers (Provincial government)
Mandate letters for ... 8
Nurses
Governance system for ... 7
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Cumulative effects assessment of ... 8 General remarks ... 7-8
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 8
Policing
Provincial framework for ... 8
Postsecondary educational institutions - Construction
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Premier's Council on Arts and Culture
Prisoners
Rehabilitation services for ... 8
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Public safety (From disasters)
Interdisciplinary institute re ... 8
Regional health authorities
Supports for younger residents in long-term care facilities ... 8
Senior citizens - Housing
Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Small business
Venture capital for ... 6
Substance abuse - Treatment
Supportive living facilities
Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Tax incentives
For scientific research and development ... 6
Technology commercialization
Technology reinvestment fund
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
United States - Economic conditions
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville)
4-H clubs
Safety education programs ... 248
Aboriginal/provincial relations
Protocol agreement re, May 22, 2008 ... 973
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 248
Agriculture
Government assistance programs ... 2175-77
Airdrie-Chestermere (Constituency)
Member for, website comments on lottery funds distribution in ... 1849
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation research ... 524
Alberta enterprise fund
Establishment of, legislation re (Bill 4) ... 671
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... 682
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Doctors opting out of ... 1627 Insured services, delisting of ... 2201 Insured services, delisting of: Mention of, during election process ... 15
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Elimination of: Impact on not-for-profit agencies ... 1581 Elimination of: Savings from, to pay for additional police in Calgary ... 1352
Alberta Health Services Board
Code-of-conduct/conflict-of-interest rules for ... 2102 Member of (Tony Franceschini): Conflict-of-interest of ... 2102 Members of: Appointment, suspension of ... 2102 Mission statement ... 1626 Testing of High Prairie patients following syringe reuse incident ... 1627, 1667
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
General remarks ... 1939 Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... 1285 Surplus funds investment in ... 669
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Angus, Mr. Sasha
Audit of credit card transactions of ... 668, 679
Auditor General
Climate change plan, comments on lack of measurements for ... 1286, 1314-15 Game ranching review ... 788 Government computer network security breach, report of ... 1353 Resource royalty system comments ... 1851
BA Energy Inc.
Heartland upgrader, shelving of ... 1285, 1469
Bird habitat
Impact of oil sands development on, report re ... 2178
Bitumen
Upgrading ... 671, 1685-87, 1734, 2102 Upgrading: Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 Upgrading: Suspension of projects re ... 1285, 1314, 1469-70, 1685, 1686, 1733, 1777, 2102
Bitumen - Export
General remarks ... 1685-87 Job loss implications ... 1686-87, 2102, 2201 Limit on, by federal government ... 1777 Prevention of, due to receiving country's environmental legislation ... 1314
Board Governance Review Task Force
Budget 2008
Strategic business plan (SP62/08: Tabled) ... 140
Building Canada Plan (Federal)
Alberta funds from ... 580
Canada Health Act
Principles based on ... 1626
Cancer incidence - Fort Chipewyan
Federal/provincial review of ... 896
Capital projects, Municipal - Finance
Capital projects, Municipal - Fort McMurray
Capital projects - Construction
Capital projects - Finance
General remarks ... 1536 Surplus funding for ... 669
Capital projects - Maintenance and repair
Surplus funding of ... 669
Capital region integrated growth management plan
Carbon dioxide emissions
CO 2 Monitoring and Storage Project, Weyburn ... 1286 Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 1733 From oil sands operations, impact on exports ... 1315
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Carbon tax
General remarks ... 1314, 1686 Impact on gasoline prices ... 973
Centennial Capital Plan
General remarks ... 1939 Use during 2008 global financial crisis ... 1285
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Impact of health premiums' elimination on budget of ... 1581
Child and Youth Advocate
Quarterly reports ... 1471 Quarterly reports: Arrangement with opposition parties to discuss ... 1471
Chronic wasting disease
Presence on game farms ... 788
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
Climate change
Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 288, 341, 342 Alberta plan for: Auditor General's report on ... 1286, 1314-15 Alberta plan for: Harmonization with federal plan ... 1017, 1314, 1469, 1685, 1733, 1822, 2102, 2132, 2201 Alberta plan for: Impact of new U.S. plans on ... 1821-22 First ministers' meeting re, November 2008: Attendance of Premier at ... 1733, 1778 Kyoto protocol on ... 1821
Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund
Levy on polluters to create ... 1286
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Establishment of MLA salary levels ... 1211
Community facility enhancement program
Community initiatives program
Computers, Government - Security aspects
Hackers breach of ... 1353
Conflict of interest
Alberta Health Services Board member (Tony Franceschini) ... 2102 Alberta Health Services Board's rules re ... 2102
Congenital syphilis
Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Public inquiry re ... 2132-33, 2177
Corporate Internal Audit Services
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Children and Youth Services
Dept. of Economic Development (former)
Audit of former minister's (Mark Norris) credit card transactions ... 668
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister's acceptance of invitation from National Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 578
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee (Blue books)
Posting on government website ... 679
Donating to charitable organizations
Economic development
Government involvement ... 676
Edmonton-Strathcona (Federal riding)
Election of NDP member for, October 14, 2008 ... 1315
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Elections, Provincial
Campaign platforms during ... 15 Third-party ads during (Albertans for Change) ... 670-71
Electric power, Coal-produced - Health aspects
Electric power - Prices
Impact of electricity exports on ... 249
Endowment funds, Public
Investment of surplus funds into ... 669
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United States)
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
General remarks ... 659 Provincial government usage of ... 659
Environmental impact assessments
Cumulative assessments ... 248
Environmental law/regulations
Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 341 Inspectors for ... 420
Ethics Commissioner
Ruling on conflict of interest re Stantec CEO as member of Health Services Board ... 2102
Executive Council
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP377/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Budget increase ... 669, 670, 680 External audits done for ... 679-80 Main estimates 2008-09: Amount of detail in ... 681 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 667-82 Policy co-ordination office ... 667, 678 Staffing ... 674
Expert Scientific Panel on Chronic Wasting Disease in Canadian Wildlife
Eye surgery - Rural areas
Farm fatalities - Prevention
Farm safety
General remarks ... 248 Legislation re ... 247-48
Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Commission
First ministers' meeting on climate change policy, November 2008
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Requests under: Costs of ... 672-73 Royalty information provision prevented under ... 1850-51 Syphilis outbreak awareness campaign cancellation request under ... 2133
Fugitive apprehension sheriff support teams
Establishment of ... 1471
Game farming
Auditor General's review of ... 788 Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 788
Gas, Natural - Prices
Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 2132 Forecasting of ... 668-69 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 Increase in ... 1016-17
Gasoline - Taxation
Provincial tax ... 579 Provincial tax: Reduction of ... 579 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 579
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Governance of, review of ... 667
Government aircraft
Manifests for, posted on government website ... 679
Government attorneys
Increase in numbers of ... 1471
Government communications
Performance measures re ... 679
Government departments
Communications (public announcements) function in ... 674 Public opinion surveying ... 674
Government programs
Communications with the public re ... 671
Government spending policy
Greenhouse gas emissions
National harmonization of regulations re ... 1017, 1314, 1469, 1685, 1733, 1822, 2102, 2132, 2201 North American harmonization of regulations re ... 1821-22, 2132, 2201 From oil sands operations, impact on exports ... 1315 Reduction of ... 524, 671, 972, 973 Reduction of: Communication to investors ... 682 Reduction of: Discussion at Western Premiers' Conference ... 1017 Reduction of: Measurement of ... 1286
`Groundwater - Pollution
Oil sands tailings ponds impact on ... 971-72
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re ... 896 Investigations re ... 896
Health Quality Council
Root cause analysis of syringe reuse incident at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1627
High Prairie Health Complex
Syringe reuse at ... 1667 Syringe reuse at: Premier's apology re ... 1581, 1627
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 1626
Horse Racing Alberta
Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... 1212 Loans to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1212
Hospital-acquired infections - Prevention
Hospitals
Closure of ... 2201 Unbundling of services in ... 2131
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
New hospital: Funding for ... 2072
Hospitals - High Prairie
New hospital, funding for ... 2072
Housing
For newcomers to province ... 676
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Cumulative impact assessment of ... 248, 671
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Royalty information secrecy comments ... 1850-51
Insurance, Health (Private)
Relaxation of rules re ... 1626
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Endorsement of Weyburn carbon capture project ... 1286
Interprovincial relations
Western provinces' relations ... 1017
Interprovincial trade
Internal trade agreement ... 676-77
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Oil sands engineering projects decline, comment re ... 1777
Keystone bitumen pipeline
Job loss implications ... 2201
Lamont Health Care Centre
Licensed practical nurses - Supply
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Livestock industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 2176
Loan guarantees, Government
Nuclear power projects ... 1086
Lottery boards, Community
Major community facilities program
Distribution of funds from ... 1940
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Delays in opening ... 1666 General remarks ... 421 Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden in ... 421 Staffing issues ... 1666
McDougall Centre, Calgary
Opposition members' access to ... 670
Medical care, Private
General remarks ... 1626, 2131, 2201 Mention of, during election process ... 15
Medical profession
Opting out of health care plan ... 1627
Medical profession - Supply
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47)
Ministers (Provincial government)
Expenses of, posted on government website ... 679, 2102 Mandate letters for ... 678-79 Number of, reduction in ... 2101 Salary levels for, setting of ... 1211 Vehicles used by: Allowance for ... 2101 Vehicles used by: Fuel efficiency standards for ... 680 Vehicles used by: List of ... 680-81
Municipal sustainability initiative
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Police officers hiring, funding for under ... 1352
National Institute for Nanotechnology
National Smokeless Tobacco Company Ltd.
Hosting of Member for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (PC leadership contender) at Calgary Stampede event ... 578
Natural resources revenue
New Royalty Framework (2007)
Norris, Mr. Mark (Former MLA)
Audit of government credit card transactions of ... 668, 679
Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund
Nuclear power plants
Discussion at Western Premiers' Conference ... 1085 Expert panel to review ... 659, 1086 Export of electricity produced by ... 249 General remarks ... 658-59 Insurance costs re, provincial assistance with ... 1086 Provincial loan guarantees for ... 1086 Public discussions re ... 658-59
Office of the Premier
Budget increase for ... 680 Premier's apology re infection control lapse in High Prairie ... 1581, 1627 Premier's attendance at first ministers' meeting on climate change policy ... 1733, 1778 Premier's leadership campaign donation from National Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 578 Premier's remarks concerning opposition parties ... 710 Premier's salary level, setting of ... 1211
Official Opposition
Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for ... 578, 1626
Oil - Import
From countries with poor environmental legislation ... 1314, 1315
Oil - Prices
Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 2132 Forecasting of ... 668-69 General remarks ... 671 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285
Oil sands development
Impact of U.S. energy bill (fuel standards) on ... 682 Impact on birds ... 2178 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow down of ... 1469-70, 2132 Value-added opportunities ... 1685-86
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Cumulative effects assessment of ... 248, 671 General remarks ... 1685, 2178 U.S./world reaction to Alberta situation ... 682, 1315
Oil sands development - Taxation
Oil sands tailings ponds
Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 341 Provincial inspectors at ... 420 Reclamation of ... 524 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... 971-72 Waterfowl deaths on ... 340, 341, 342, 345, 420, 524
Oil sands tailings ponds - Security aspects
General remarks ... 524 Threat assessment report re ... 524
Opposition (Parliamentary procedure)
Meeting with Child and Youth Advocate, minister's offer re ... 1471 Role of ... 710
OPTI Canada Inc. / Nexen Inc.
Long Lake upgrader joint project, suspension of ... 1469
Oral Question Period (2008)
Alberta Health Services Board ... 2102 Bitumen exports ... 2102, 2201 Bitumen valuation ... 1733-34 Child care funding ... 611 Climate change ... 288, 1286, 1314-15, 1733, 1821-22 Compliance with environmental regulations ... 341 Congenital syphilis outbreak ... 2132-33, 2177 Contamination by oil sands tailings ponds ... 971-72 Donations to political parties ... 579 Electricity exports ... 248-49 Farm worker safety ... 247-48 Federal infrastructure funding ... 580 Fiscal responsibility ... 1895 Fiscal restraints ... 2101-02 Fuel tax ... 579 Funding for police officers ... 1351-52 Funding for private schools ... 1314, 1354 Game ranching industry ... 788 Gasoline pricing ... 973 Government information network security ... 1353 Government spending ... 1535-36, 1625-26, 1665-66 Health risk study of Fort Chipewyan ... 896 Health system governance ... 761, 787 Health system restructuring ... 1626-27, 2072, 2131-32, 2200-01 International financial crisis ... 1285-86 Lieutenant Governor's residence ... 1087, 1213 Long-term sustainability of the economy ... 659 Lottery funding ... 1849-50, 1940 Managed growth in the oil sands ... 1469-70 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 421, 1666 MLA remuneration ... 1211 Monitoring health care standards ... 1580-81 Municipal funding ... 1580 Natural gas prices ... 1016-17 Nuclear power ... 658-59, 1085-86 Oil sands bitumen export ... 1685-87 Oil sands development construction ... 1777-78 Oil sands development downturn ... 2132 Paramountcy provision to royalty information ... 1850-51 Police officer funding ... 1470-71, 1538 Protection of children in care ... 1425, 1471 Protection of wildlife ... 342 Protocol agreement with First Nations ... 973 Provincial savings strategy ... 1939-40 Provincial spending ... 1895 Public health system reform ... 15 Role of opposition parties ... 710 Royalty revenues ... 1896-97 Security of oil sands tailings ponds ... 524 Smokeless tobacco ... 578 Support for human services agencies ... 1581-82 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2175-77, 2200 Surgery wait times ... 1734 Sustainable development in the oil sands ... 2178 Sustainable resource development inspectors ... 420 Syncrude royalty agreement ... 1778, 1940-41 Syringe reuse ... 1667 Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1627 Third-party advertising ... 1822 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1212 Waterfowl deaths in oil sands tailings pond ... 340 Waterfowl mortality rates in tailings ponds ... 345 Western provincial co-operation ... 1017
Petro-Canada
Upgrading of bitumen in the U.S. ... 2102
Plebiscites, Provincial
Sales tax introduction ... 1535
Political advertising, Third-party
Political parties
Donations to ... 578, 677-78 Donations to, from unions and corporations, elimination of ... 579 Leadership campaigns: Contributions to ... 578, 579, 678
Pork industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 2176
Portrait Gallery of Canada
Funding for Alberta bid for ... 670
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 15
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Act
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP604/08: Tabled) ... 2081
Private schools - Finance
Public Affairs Bureau
Brand campaign ... 667-68, 669, 670, 674, 675, 681-82 Brand campaign: Municipal involvement ... 681 Budget increase ... 669, 675, 680 Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for ... 288, 341, 342 Communication services, client satisfaction with ... 670-71 Public opinion surveying ... 674 Role of ... 667, 677-78 Staffing ... 674
Public health system
Dismissal of doctors in ... 1581
Public inquiries
Cancellation of congenital syphilis awareness campaign ... 2132
Public records - Confidentiality
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Public transit
Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... 1285, 1580, 1939
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Horse Racing Alberta's loans to ... 1212
Reclamation of land
Oil sands tailings ponds ... 524
Regional health authorities
Report to Albertans: The Alberta Government Plan (Brochure)
Road construction - Finance
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New officers for ... 1471 Replacement by provincial sheriffs ... 1471
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Bitumen in kind, in place of royalty ... 1686, 1734
St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville
Scholarships
Funding of, from surplus funds ... 669
School nutrition programs
Sheriffs
General remarks ... 1538 New officers for ... 1470-71 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1471
Small business
Venture capital for ... 659, 676
Snow Valley Ski Club
High-speed chairlift, provincial funding for ... 1625
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 11: Stelmach) ... 444 Motion to consider (Motion 1: Stelmach) ... 9
Stantec Inc.
CEO of, as Alberta Health Services Board member ... 2102
StatoilHydro ASA
Alberta upgrader project delay ... 1314, 1469 General remarks ... 1941
Stollery Children's Hospital
Increase in beds for ... 1666
Substance abuse - Treatment
Suncor Inc.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 1778, 1940 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond): Seepage from ... 971-72
Surgical services - Rural areas
Surplus, Budgetary
Capital maintenance funding with ... 669 Capital projects funding with ... 669 Endowment funds investment ... 669 General remarks ... 669 Heritage Fund investment ... 669 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Scholarship funding ... 669
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 1778, 1940-41 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 1940-41 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 340, 341, 342, 345, 420, 524
Syringes, Medical
Reuse of, testing re ... 1667
Tax incentives
For charitable donations ... 671, 2200 For child care costs ... 611
Technology commercialization
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Other provinces interest in ... 676
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
First reading ... 9 Third reading ... 1025
Trade missions - U.K./Europe
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Electricity exports proposal ... 248
Transportation - Alberta to west coast
Treasury Board
President of: Freezing of expenses of ... 2102
Treasury Branches
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285
Trucks - Inspection - Alberta/B.C. border
Joint inspection station ... 676
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
Unemployment
Impact of economic slowdown on ... 1777
United Horsemen of Alberta Inc.
Agreement with province re Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1212
United States government
Political party change in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 1821-22
Value-added exports
Transportation component ... 676
Voting in provincial elections
Participation rate ... 673
Wages - Disabled facility employees
Wages - Non-profit social services agencies employees
Discrepancy compared to public service employees ... 1581-82
Water licences
Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1212
Water quality - Athabasca River
Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 971-72
Western Premiers' Conference
Environmental issues discussion at ... 1017 Nuclear power issues discussion at ... 1085
Wildlife habitat
Impact of oil sands development on ... 2178
Workplace safety
Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 248
Youth assessment centre - High Prairie
Injuries to clients in ... 1425
Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore)
Alberta
International perception of ... 651-52
Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit)
Alberta Government Offices
General remarks ... 642, 646, 648 Potential locations for (BRIC countries) ... 642, 643, 647 Role in attracting skilled immigrants ... 641, 650
Alberta Government Offices - China
Alberta Regulations
Changes to, due to TILMA agreement ... 643
Beef - Export
Diversification of ... 650
Bio International Convention, San Diego (2008)
Alberta attendance at ... 642
Biotechnology
Promotion of Alberta companies in ... 642
Bitumen - Export - United States
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Child and Youth Advocate
Annual reports ... 1509 Quarterly reports ... 1509, 1512 Quarterly reports: Arrangement with opposition parties to discuss ... 1509, 1512-13, 1515-16 Quarterly reports: Arrangement with opposition parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1546-47 Reporting mechanism for ... 1512
Child welfare recipients
Accommodation in motels ... 1509 Protection of ... 1509, 1512
Climate change
Alberta plan for ... 419, 645 Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 419 Initiatives re, funding for ... 644
Coal energy, Clean
Research into ... 644 Research into: Sale of technology from, to China ... 644
Dept. of Children and Youth Services
Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Relations
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP382/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 641-53 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP225/08: Tabled) ... 1025 Minister's visit to Washington, D.C. ... 419, 644-45, 652
Economic development
Cross-border alliances re ... 841
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United States)
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
General remarks ... 642 U.S. reaction to Alberta situation ... 644-45
Energy industry - Research and development
Marketing of results of ... 642
Environmental technology
Development of (green economy) ... 651 Marketing of ... 642
Federal/provincial relations
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Gas, Natural - Export - United States
Gasoline
Carbon content, U.S. legislation re ... 644, 645
Immigrants
Recruitment of ... 641 Support programs for ... 650
Immigration
Alberta-made policy re ... 650
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Information and communications technology
Commercialization initiatives re: International marketing of ... 642
International trade - China
International trade - India
International trade - United States
Interprovincial relations
Western provinces' relations ... 641, 644, 676
Interprovincial trade
Internal trade agreement ... 644, 645 Internal trade agreement: Dispute mechanism ... 653
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Members' apologies
Provision of incorrect information ... 1547
Ministerial working group on energy and the environment
North American free trade agreement
Dispute mechanism ... 653 General remarks ... 650
Oil - Export - United States
Oil - Marketing - Central Canada
Oil pipelines - Alberta to Central Canada
Oil sands development
Impact of U.S. energy bill (fuel standards) on ... 644
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oil sands tailings ponds
Waterfowl deaths on ... 419
Opposition (Parliamentary procedure)
Oral Question Period (2008)
Confidentiality of Child and Youth Advocate reports ... 1512 Environmentally sustainable oil sands development ... 419 Pacific Northwest Economic Region ... 841 Protection of children in care ... 1509, 1512-13, 1515-16
Pacific Northwest Economic Region
General remarks ... 841 Interest of members of, in Alberta/B.C. TILMA agreement ... 644
Schools
Daycare spaces in ... 582
Softwoods - Export - United States
Countervail duties re, return to producers ... 647 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 647-48
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 419
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Dispute mechanism ... 651, 653 Federal support for ... 649 General remarks ... 641, 643, 644, 645, 648, 649, 651 Other provinces interest in ... 644, 645, 652 PNWER members' interest in ... 644 Regulatory change due to ... 643
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 47-48 Third reading ... 1025 General remarks ... 641, 643
Western Premiers' Conference
World Trade Organization
Dispute mechanism ... 653 Negotiations at ... 649
Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View)
Aboriginal peoples - Health care
Aboriginal peoples - Urban areas
Agricultural land
Impact of land-use framework on ... 773
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... 1740 Inclusion under workers' compensation ... 715 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 662, 1739
Air quality - Fort McMurray area
Air quality - North Calgary area
Impact of asphalt plant on ... 1424, 1472
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta - Social conditions
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board, ministerial statement re ... 759
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Resolution re granting water licences for deep well flooding projects ... 250
Alberta Cancer Board
Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board, member's statement re ... 759
Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 29)
Alberta College of Art and Design
Convocation ceremony 2008 (SP183/08: Tabled) ... 797
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Directive 006, transfer of abandoned well sites ... 220
Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30)
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Alberta Health Services Board
Creation of, ministerial statement re ... 759 Determination of long-term care patients placement ... 760
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
General remarks ... 879 Surplus funds investment in ... 879
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Ethical investments consideration ... 880
Alberta Mental Health Board
Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board: Ministerial statement re ... 759
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 17)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206)
Alberta Research Council
Gas contamination of water wells report ... 53
Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Resolution re granting water licences for deep well flooding projects ... 250
Alberta Water Council
Alberta's Water Management System: Policy Issues and Gaps (report) ... 761 Intrabasin water movement recommendation ... 1856 Water for Life: Recommendations for Renewal (report) ... 789, 840
Alberta's Environment Conference, Edmonton (April, 2008)
AMEC Earth & Environmental
Alberta water use data report ... 132-33
Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 5)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 51)
Arsenic in food chain - Fort Chipewyan
Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re ... 894-95
Asphalt plant - North Calgary
Athabasca River basin
Groundwater mapping in ... 1061
Auditor General
Climate change plan, comments on lack of measurements for ... 1735 First Nations development fund recommendations ... 280 Game ranching review ... 788 NRCB enforcement of confined feeding operation regulations ... 777
Automobiles - Seizure
For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 446-47
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency)
Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1
Briar Hill's first rich man, poor man dinner (fundraiser)
Program from (SP262/08: Tabled) ... 1153
Canadian Oil Sands Trust
Syncrude reclamation security figures ... 470
Cancer incidence - Fort Chipewyan
Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re ... 894-95
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 879
Capital projects - Calgary
Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... 1411
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Funding for projects re ... 1735-36 Funding for projects re, Auditor General's comments re ... 1735
Chief Medical Officer of Health
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 40)
Chronic wasting disease
Human risk re ... 778 Presence on game farms ... 778, 788
Clean Air Strategic Alliance
Hydrogen sulphide elimination project ... 1088
Climate change
Alberta plan for ... 288, 371 Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 288, 339, 1088 Alberta plan for: Auditor General's report on ... 1735 Alberta plan for: Staffing component ... 368 General remarks ... 130-31, 338, 369, 370
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund
Levy on polluters to create ... 371
CN Rail
Train derailment, Lake Wabamun: Cleanup costs re ... 469
Coal-bed methane extraction
Groundwater pollution issues ... 53
Coal mines and mining
Impact of land-use framework on ... 773
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 2081 First-contract certification legislation: Petition presented re ... 1221
Collective bargaining - Public service
Petition presented re ... 1221
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Accreditation process for immigrant doctors ... 603
Conflict of interest
Agriculture minister as farmer ... 662
Congenital syphilis
Increase in cases of ... 1691 Public education campaign re, cancellation of ... 1897
Cumulative Environmental Management Association
Protective green zones creation, recommendation re ... 132
Dept. of Aboriginal Relations
Creation of ... 280 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 280-83 Support services ... 283
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 602-03
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Minister's conflict of interest ... 662
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 879-81
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 694-96, 700
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 772-78 Role of ... 132
Disabled
Government programs for ... 1581-82
Drinking water - First Nations reserves
Provincial funding to improve ... 283
Drugs, Prescription - Costs
Reduction of, through bulk (provincial) purchasing ... 700
Eastern Slopes - Environmental aspects
Economic development and the environment
Edmonton-Centre (Constituency)
Member for, nominated as Speaker ... 1
Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43)
Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 34)
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 1740
Encana Corporation
Disruption of Rosebud area water well ... 53 Funding of ARC report on gas contamination of water wells ... 53
Endangered wildlife species
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United States)
Energy industry
Impact of land-use framework on ... 2203 Use of water supplies ... 250, 369
Energy industry - Crown lands
Aboriginal issues re, consultation policy re ... 280-81
Energy industry - Marie Lake area
Impact of land-use framework on ... 775
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Cumulative environmental effects, consideration of ... 840
Energy strategy
Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 2203
Environmental impact assessments
Asphalt plants ... 1472 Cumulative assessments ... 339, 368, 369-70, 840 Cumulative assessments: Staffing component ... 368
Environmental law/regulations
Environmental protection
Funding for ... 220 Government responsibility for, member's statement re ... 130-31 Impact of land-use framework on ... 775-76
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 29, 2006)
Environmental technology
Development of ... 603 Research re, funding for ... 603
Expert Scientific Panel on Chronic Wasting Disease in Canadian Wildlife
Family medicine - Teaching
Funding for ... 603 Instructors for ... 602, 603
Family physicians - Education
Farm fatalities - Prevention
Feedlots
Waste discharge from ... 777
First Nations development fund
Auditor General's recommendation re ... 280
Forest management
Impact of land-use framework on ... 773
Forest management - Crowsnest Pass area
Gambling - Aboriginal reserves
Game farming
Auditor General's review of ... 788 Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 778, 788
Gas industry
Reclamation requirements, funding of ... 382
Gravel pit - Leduc county
Land-use framework application to ... 1021
Gravel pit - Smoky Lake county
Land-use framework application to ... 1021
Grizzly Bear Recovery Team
Grizzly bears - Populations
Statistics re, 2000-08 (Q15/08: Defeated) ... 1098
Grizzly bears - Protection
Groundwater
Inventory/mapping of ... 761 Inventory/mapping of: Athabasca river basin (oil sands area) ... 1061 Inventory/mapping of: Staffing component ... 368 Monitoring of ... 383 Quality of ... 53 Testing of ... 53 Testing of, independent committee re ... 53 Use by oil industry ... 250, 369
`Groundwater - Pollution
Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 53 Oil sands tailings ponds impact on ... 762, 971-72, 1061, 1212
Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42)
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re ... 894-95
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46)
Health sciences personnel
Trust employees designation, by Labour Board ... 603
High Prairie Health Complex
Syringe reuse at ... 1536 Syringe reuse at: Member's statement re ... 1544
Highway racing
Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 446-47
Hospital-acquired infections - Prevention
Hub Oil Company Ltd.
Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 220
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201)
Hydrogen sulphide - Fort McMurray area
Leakage from tailings ponds ... 1088
Hydrogen sulphide emissions - Fort McMurray area
Immigrant doctors
Accreditation process for ... 603
Industrial development - Eastern Slopes
Impact of land-use framework on ... 773, 774
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Airshed capacity for ... 369 Water usage issues ... 369
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Investment of public funds
Irrigation districts
Sale of water to user groups ... 381 Water storage in reservoirs ... 14
Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28)
Kananaskis Country
Logging practices in ... 776
Labour laws and legislation
Changes to: Letters re (SP610/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Changes to: Petition presented re ... 1221
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Labour Relations Board
Trust employees in health sciences union, designation of ... 603
Land-use framework
Application to gravel pits ... 1021 Co-ordination with energy strategy ... 2203 Cumulative environmental effects aspect ... 369, 772-73, 774 Enforcement of ... 2203 General remarks ... 424, 772-73, 2203 Impact on conservation/environmental protection ... 775-76 Impact on economic growth ... 839-40 Impact on energy industry ... 2203 Impact on industrial development on the Eastern Slopes ... 773, 774 Implementation of ... 840 Inclusion of grizzly bear habitat in ... 775, 1149 Inclusion of wildlife habitat conservation in ... 775, 1148-49 Member's statement re ... 338-39 Ministerial statement re ... 2199 Monitoring/enforcement of ... 840 Regional plans for ... 840, 2203 Reports/studies re (M6/08: Defeated) ... 1099 Watershed protection aspects ... 840
Livestock industry, Intensive
Investigation of complaints re, reports/studies on (M7/08: Defeated) ... 1099
Livestock industry, Intensive - Environmental aspects
Enforcement of regulations re ... 777
Local Authorities Pension Plan
Logging
As pine bark beetle control measure ... 776
Logging, Clear-cut - Kananaskis Country
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Finance
Lubicon Lake Band
Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on ... 281
Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32)
Medical care
Reform of: Impact of, member's statement re ... 1544
Medical care - Finance
Oregon Health Decisions model re ... 700
Medical devices, Single-use
Monitoring of usage of ... 1536
Members' Statements (2008)
Environmental responsibility ... 130-31 Health risk study of Fort Chipewyan ... 894-95 Integrity in government ... 1894-95 Land-use framework ... 338-39 Public health ... 1544 Violence against women ... 2051
Métis settlements
Funding for ... 282 Self-reliance of ... 282
Mineral rights - Marie Lake area
Sale of, impact of land-use framework on ... 775
Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47)
Ministerial Statements (2008)
Health system governance ... 759 Land-use framework ... 2199
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations regulation ... 777
Natural resources revenue
Oil recovery methods
Flooding of wells with groundwater ... 250
Oil refineries
Reclamation requirements, funding of ... 382
Oil refineries - Waste disposal
Deep injection of wastewater ... 2054
Oil sands development
Impact of U.S. energy bill (fuel standards) on ... 132 Impact on aboriginal peoples ... 281, 282 Kearl Lake project, federal court decision re ... 132, 341 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 370 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow down of ... 369, 773, 774
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oil sands development - Health aspects
Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re ... 894-95 General remarks ... 1086, 1088, 2058
Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee
Reclamation costs, security re ... 469
Oil sands tailings ponds
Hydrogen sulphide leakage from ... 1088 Monitoring of ... 341 Reclamation of ... 340-41 Reclamation of: Cleanup costs, security posted for ... 469-70 Reclamation of: Letter re (SP256/08: Tabled) ... 1096 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... 343, 580, 762, 895-96, 971-72, 1061, 2058 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Health impact of ... 343 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Independent report on ... 1016, 1212 Waterfowl deaths on ... 343
Ombudsman (Aboriginal peoples)
Ombudsman (Métis settlements)
One Simple Act program (Environmental protection campaign)
Oral Question Period (2008)
Athabasca River water quality ... 2058 Calgary asphalt plant ... 1472 Calgary asphalt plant air quality ... 1424-25 Calgary Health Region funding ... 526 Carbon capture and storage ... 1735 Climate change ... 288 Commercial vehicle drivers' hours of service ... 1899 Compliance with environmental regulations ... 340-41 Contamination by oil sands tailings ponds ... 761-62, 971-72, 1016, 1212 Crowsnest Pass forest health ... 2204 Deep well flooding ... 250 Draft land-use framework ... 839-40 Effluent discharge into Athabasca River ... 895-96 Endangered species ... 1148-49 Environmental protection ... 220 Farm safety ... 611 Farm worker safety ... 662, 715, 1739-40 Groundwater quality ... 53 Health system governance ... 759-60 Land-use framework ... 424, 2203 Land-use management of gravel pits ... 1021 Monitoring of single-use medical devices ... 1536 Northern air quality ... 1086, 1088 Oil refinery waste water ... 2054 Oil sands development ... 132 Oil sands tailings pond leaks ... 580 Oil sands tailings ponds impact on groundwater ... 1061 Public health system ... 1897-98 Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 469-70 Sexually transmitted diseases ... 1691 Small business assistance ... 1429 Support for human services agencies ... 1581-82 Water ecosystem stewardship ... 789 Water management ... 132-33 Water quality of Athabasca River ... 343 Water transfers ... 1856 Western irrigation district legal settlement ... 14
Parks, Provincial
Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 776
Penn West Energy Trust
Water licence application to withdraw groundwater ... 250
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008)
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Pine beetles - Control - Kananaskis Country
Preventive medical services
Protected areas
Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 776
Protected areas - Elbow Valley watershed
Public Affairs Bureau
Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for ... 288
Public inquiries
Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 428, 586, 797, 1095, 1221
Public Service Pension Plan
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Reclamation of land
Downstream oil and gas sector (refineries, etc.) ... 382 Industrial sites ... 220 Oil sands operations ... 382 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 340-41 Oil sands tailings ponds: Cleanup costs, security posted for ... 469-70 Oil sands tailings ponds: Letter re (SP256/08: Tabled) ... 1096
Regional health authorities
Changes to governance of ... 695, 696, 759-60 Changes to governance of: Ministerial statement re ... 759 Long-term care facilities' operation ... 695
Regulatory Review Secretariat
Small business regulation reduction ... 1429
Replacement workers
General remarks ... 2081 Petition presented re ... 1221
St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville
Bacterial infection situation in ... 1536, 1544
Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10)
Seismic activity - Marie Lake area
Seismic activity - Water bodies
Impact of, evidence re (Q16/08: Defeated) ... 1098-99
Sexually transmitted diseases
General remarks ... 1691 Public education campaign re ... 696
Small business
Assistance to ... 1429 Carbon footprint, assistance to reduce ... 1429
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
South Saskatchewan River basin
Spills (Pollution) - Athabasca River
Spills (Pollution) - Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment: Cleanup costs re ... 469
Suncor Inc.
Hazardous release, on-site pipe rupture ... 580 Millennium upgrader discharge into Athabasca River ... 895-96 Millennium upgrader discharge into Athabasca River: Meeting with community of Fort Chip re (SP210/08: Tabled) ... 981 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond): Seepage from ... 971-72, 1016, 1212 Tailings ponds seepage into surrounding water courses, independent report on ... 1015-16
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 879 Heritage Fund investment ... 879
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security posted for ... 470 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 343
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12)
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) ... 446-47
Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 205)
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.
North Central Corridor project across Lubicon territory ... 281
Treasury Board
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 879-81
Truck drivers
Hours of service regulation for ... 1899
Tsuu T'ina First Nation
Asphalt plant shut down on ... 1472
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Violence against women
Member's statement re ... 2051
Wages - Disabled facility employees
Wages - Non-profit social services agencies employees
Discrepancy compared to public service employees ... 1582
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Funding for ... 370 General remarks ... 789 Relation to land-use framework ... 840 Staffing for ... 368 Western Irrigation District funding under ... 14
Water licences
Allocation of ... 132-33 Allocation of, FITFIR system re ... 1856 Allocation of, public review of ... 133, 1856 Deep well flooding projects ... 250 Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 14
Water quality - Athabasca River
Impact of oil and grease leak into ... 895-96, 972, 2058 Impact of oil and grease leak into: Suncor meeting with Fort Chip re (SP210/08: Tabled) ... 981 Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 343, 762, 971-72, 1061-62, 2058
Water quality - Fort Chipewyan
Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on ... 343
Water resources development
Water supply
Connection with groundwater, study of ... 761 General remarks ... 338 Use by energy industry ... 250, 369
Water transfers (intrabasin)
Water wells - Rosebud area
Contamination with methane gas ... 53
Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers - North Saskatchewan River
Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... 369-70
Watershed planning and advisory councils
Western Irrigation District
Legal settlement ... 14, 381 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 14
Western Sky Land Trust
Document re conservation of land along Bow River (SP177/08: Tabled) ... 770
Whistle-blower protection
Workers' compensation
Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 715
Workplace certification (Labour laws)
General remarks ... 2081 Petition presented re ... 1221
Workplace safety
Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 662, 1739
Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207)
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