Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview)
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... 247 Inclusion under labour laws ... 247 Inclusion under workers' compensation ... 247 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 166, 216, 247, 287-88, 2133, 2202
Agriculture
Funding for, variations in ... 405-06 Government assistance programs ... 2175-77
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 33)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
General remarks ... 408 Relationship with ATB ... 411
Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20)
AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative)
Airdrie-Chestermere (Constituency)
Member for, website comments on lottery funds distribution in ... 1849
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Cancer Board
Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board, letter re (SP333/08: Tabled) ... 1324
Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 29)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48)
Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30)
Alberta farm fuel benefit program
Administration of applications to, 1997-2008 (M16/08: Accepted) ... 1394 Costs of, 1997-2008 (Q21/08: Response tabled as SP458) ... 1547 New applicants to, 1997-2008 (Q20/08: Accepted) ... 1389
Alberta farm recovery program
Alberta Federation of Labour
Alberta farm safety comments ... 166
Alberta Health Services Board
Capital Health representation on ... 1379, 2131 Code-of-conduct/conflict-of-interest rules for ... 2051, 2102, 2131 Letter re (SP/33308: Tabled) ... 1324 Member of (Tony Franceschini): Conflict-of-interest of ... 2051-52, 2102 Members of: Appointment, suspension of ... 2052, 2102
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
General remarks ... 1980 Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... 1285, 1313
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Pension funds management, impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... 1285 Updates to province during 2008 international financial crisis ... 1285
Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy
Alberta Livestock Information System
Mandatory age verification element ... 2103-04
Alberta Mental Health Board
Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board: Letter re (SP333/08: Tabled) ... 1324
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund
Alberta Utilities Commission
Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across Lubicon land ... 1352-53
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Class size recommendations ... 1221
Auditor General
Alberta Health Services Board's conflict of interest policy, approval of ... 2052 Climate change plan, comments on lack of measurements for ... 2009 Peace Country Health's monitoring of long-term care facilities, report on ... 49-50 Resource royalty system comments ... 609-10
Automobile seat belts
Effectiveness of legislation re ... 216
BA Energy Inc.
Heartland upgrader, shelving of ... 1285, 1469
Biofuels industry
Funding for ... 327 Use of food crops as feedstock ... 327-28, 406 Use of food crops as feedstock: Integrated pods (business clusters) re ... 329 Use of food crops as feedstock: Subsidies for ... 329
Bitumen - Export
General remarks ... 1685-86 Job loss implications ... 2102 Limit on, by federal government ... 1777 Prevention of, due to receiving country's environmental legislation ... 1314
Bitumen pipelines
General remarks ... 1685-86 Job loss implications ... 2102
Bruce Power
Nuclear power plant proposal for Peace River ... 81-82
Calgary Health Region
Conflict of interest issues in ... 2131
Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
Cancer - Treatment - Calgary
Capital Health
Board of, termination: Role of Deputy Minister of Health and Wellness in ... 1379 Chief Executive Officer of, dismissal of ... 1379 Representation on new Health Services Board ... 1379, 2131
Capital projects
Deficit re, as element of public debt ... 1980 Public/private partnerships re: As element of public debt ... 1980
Carbon dioxide emissions
Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 1733 Reduction in ... 419
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Funding for projects re ... 1686, 2009 General remarks ... 419 Usefulness in oil sands applications ... 2009
Central Alberta Rodeo Association
Letter in support of rodeo as Alberta's official sport (SP593/08: Tabled) ... 2037
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Health related societies' fundraising, impact of health regions reorganization on ... 1380
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 40)
Child and Youth Advocate
Annual reports ... 1423-24, 1470 Annual reports, referral to policy field committee ... 1426 Appearance before a policy field committee ... 1426, 1470 Quarterly reports ... 1423, 1470 Quarterly reports: Referral to policy field committee ... 1426
Children and poverty
General remarks ... 2200 Treasury Board president's remarks re ... 2176
Civil service pensions
Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... 1285, 1313
Class size (Grade school)
Climate change
Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 419 Alberta plan for: Auditor General's report on ... 2009 Alberta plan for: Harmonization with federal plan ... 1314, 1733, 1822 Alberta plan for: Impact of new U.S. plans on ... 1821-22 First ministers' meeting re, November 2008: Attendance of Premier at ... 1733, 1778
Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8)
CN Rail
Train derailment, Lake Wabamun: Cleanup costs re ... 523
Committees, Policy field
Appearance of Child and Youth Advocate before ... 1426, 1470
Conflict of interest
Alberta Health Services Board member (Tony Franceschini) ... 2051-52, 2102 Alberta Health Services Board's rules re ... 2051, 2102, 2131
Crop Diversification Centre, Brooks
New research greenhouse, funding for ... 406
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Business plan ... 405-06 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 405-08, 411-12 Minister's resignation ... 216
Dept. of Energy
Budget: Energy regulation item ... 319 Budget: Resource development and management item ... 319, 327 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 316-19, 327-29
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Deputy Minister of: Role in terminating Capital Health board ... 1379 Standards compliance branch, monitoring of health care standards ... 1579-80
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Minister's visit to Washington, D.C. ... 419 Minister's visit to Washington, D.C.: Minister's blog re (SP116/08: Tabled) ... 428
Discovery Wildlife Park
Letter re (SP114/08: Tabled) ... 428
Economic development and the environment
Education - Finance
General remarks ... 1536 Letter re (SP280/08: Tabled) ... 1221
Electric power, Coal-produced
Carbon dioxide emissions reduction in, funding for ... 2009
Electric power - Prices
Regulated option re ... 1144
Electric utilities - Regulations
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Temporary Standing Order amendments (not proceeded with) ... 25
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 247
Energy efficiency
Funding for ... 327 Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2159-60
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United States)
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Use in place of nuclear energy ... 132
Environmental law/regulations
Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 340, 392
Environmental Protection Security Fund
Ethanol from food crops
Impact on food and water supplies ... 327, 406
Ethics Commissioner
Ruling on conflict of interest re Stantec CEO as member of Health Services Board ... 2051-52, 2102 Ruling on conflict of interest re Stantec CEO as member of Health Services Board: Letters re (SP605/08: Tabled) ... 2081
ExxonMobil Corporation
Application of Alberta environmental laws to ... 392, 420 Transparency of, report on (SP115/08: Tabled) ... 428
Family physicians - Education
Farm fatalities - Prevention
Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18)
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 31)
Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Commission
First ministers' meeting on climate change policy, November 2008
First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19)
Food - Supply
Shortage of: Impact of ethanol production on ... 407
Food chain traceability programs
Food safety
Funding for ... 408 General remarks ... 407
Foothills Country Hospice
MLAs presentation of cheque to, article re (SP586/08: Tabled) ... 2018
Forest conservation - Wood Buffalo area
Letter re (SP69/08: Tabled) ... 224
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Oil sands issues information shared with federal government (Kostuch request) ... 577-78
Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27)
Gas, Natural
Use as power source in oil sands production ... 317
Gas, Natural - Prices
Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 2132 Forecasting of ... 316-17, 318 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285
Gasoline - Prices
Relation to royalties ... 81
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 35)
Government spending policy
Greenhouse gas emissions
National harmonization of regulations re ... 1314, 1733, 1822 North American harmonization of regulations re ... 1821-22
Greenhouses - Employees
Coverage under workplace safety rules ... 2133
Groundwater
Inventory/mapping of: Athabasca river basin (oil sands area) ... 1015-16
Growth Strategy Secretariat (Agriculture)
Gynecological cancer surgery
Wait times for, letters re (SP606/08: Tabled) ... 2081
Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42)
Health Information Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 52)
Health Resource Centre, Calgary
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Holy Cross Eye Surgery Centre
Holy Cross hospital, Calgary
Cancer treatment beds in ... 2009-10
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 1626
Horse Racing Alberta
Annual report, 2006, excerpt from (SP295/08: Tabled) ... 1222-23 Annual report, 2007, excerpt from (SP294/08: Tabled) ... 1222 Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... 1211-12, 1218-19, 1222-23 Loans to Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1211-12, 1218-19
Hospice - Highwood/Foothills-Rocky View constituencies
Lottery funds for ... 1849
Hospital-acquired infections - Prevention
Standards re: Monitoring of ... 1579
Hospitals
Unbundling of services in ... 2131
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
New hospital: Funding for ... 2072
Hospitals - High Prairie
New hospital, funding for ... 2072
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11)
Investment of public funds
General remarks ... 1980 Long-term policy re ... 1352
Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28)
Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd.
Letter re (SP114/08: Tabled) ... 428
Labour laws and legislation
Coverage of agricultural workers ... 247
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Livestock industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 2103-04
Loan guarantees, Government
Nuclear power projects ... 1086
Lobbyists - Registration
Delay in implementation of ... 82
Local Authorities Pension Plan
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Peace River region
Monitoring of standards in ... 50
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Staffing
Shortages of: Letter re (SP139/08: Tabled) ... 587
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Standards
Lottery boards, Community
Lottery Fund
Balzac racing entertainment complex funding ... 1211-12, 1218-19 Funds allocation ... 1625-26, 1665-66 Funds allocation: Political bias in ... 1849-50, 1940, 2010 Funds allocation: Political bias in, website blog entry re (SP587/08: Tabled) ... 2018 Funds allocation: To cancer treatment beds in Calgary ... 2010
Low-income seniors
Special-needs assistance ... 1143
Lubicon Lake Band
Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on ... 1352-53
Lyme disease
Member's statement re ... 1978
Major community facilities program
Distribution of funds from ... 1849
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32)
Medical care
Letter re (SP158/08: Tabled) ... 620 Member's statement re ... 576 Reform of ... 1379-80
Medical care, Private
General remarks ... 2131 Letter re (SP45/08: Tabled) ... 81
Medical profession - Education
Shortage of spaces re ... 13
Medical profession - Supply
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Agricultural payments to ... 2175-77, 2185-87 Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1849-50, 1940, 2010 Presentation of cheques re government programs, article re (SP586/08: Tabled) ... 2018 Salaries of, setting of ... 1211
Members' Statements (2008)
Health care system ... 576 Lyme disease ... 1978 Rodeo as Alberta's official sport ... 1820-21 University of Alberta centennial ... 1313
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Treasury Board president's receipt of agricultural payments ... 2187
Minable oil sands strategy
Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47)
Ministers (Provincial government)
Number of, reduction in ... 2101 Salary levels for, setting of ... 1211 Vehicles used by: Allowance for ... 2101
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 41)
Natural resources revenue
Collection of appropriate amount of ... 609-10 Decline in ... 1777 Performance measures re ... 327 Saving of percentage of, Liberal opposition plan re ... 1939
New Royalty Framework (2007)
Application to Suncor and Syncrude ... 166, 316-17, 1150 General remarks ... 316, 327, 1150 Reaction to oil price changes ... 81, 288, 1057-58 Royalty projections in, documents based on (M3/08: Defeated) ... 624
Northland School Division
School lunch program ... 2200
Nuclear power plants
Discussion at Western Premiers' Conference ... 1085 Expert panel to review ... 216 Expert panel to review: Pro-nuclear position of member of ... 216 General remarks ... 81-82, 131-32 Insurance costs re, provincial assistance with ... 1086 Provincial loan guarantees for ... 1086 Public discussions re ... 82 Water requirements ... 131
Nuclear power plants- Waste disposal
Nurses - Education
General remarks ... 1896 Shortage of spaces re ... 13
Office of the Premier
Premier's attendance at first ministers' meeting on climate change policy ... 1733, 1778 Premier's salary level, setting of ... 1211
Oil - Prices
Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 2132 Forecasting of ... 316-17, 318, 1980 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 Impact on New Royalty Framework ... 81, 288, 1057-58 Impact on surplus ... 318
Oil sands development
Federal/provincial information sharing re, inconsistencies in ... 577-78 Kearl Lake project, federal court decision re ... 578 Natural gas supplies usage ... 317 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow down of ... 1469-70, 2132 Value-added opportunities ... 329
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Carbon dioxide emissions reduction in ... 2009 General remarks ... 419
Oil sands tailings ponds
Management plans re, tabling of ... 609 Monitoring of ... 340 Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 340, 392, 420, 523 Reclamation of ... 578, 1016 Reclamation of: Cleanup costs ... 523-24, 609 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... 340 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Independent report on ... 1015-16 Waterfowl deaths on ... 339-40, 419 Waterfowl deaths on: Anonymous tip re ... 339-40, 392 Waterfowl deaths on: Release of photos of ... 391 Winding down of: Public inquiry into ... 420
OPTI Canada Inc. / Nexen Inc.
Long Lake upgrader joint project, suspension of ... 1469
Oral Question Period (2008)
Alberta Health Services Board ... 2051-52, 2071, 2102 Bitumen exports ... 2102 Bitumen royalties ... 166 Bitumen valuation ... 1733-34 Cancer treatment beds in Calgary ... 2009-10 Carbon capture and storage in the oil sands ... 2009 Child and Youth Advocate ... 1426 Child and Youth Advocate annual reports ... 1423-24 Climate change ... 1314, 1733, 1821-22 Contamination by oil sands tailings ponds ... 1015-16 Electricity prices ... 1143-44 Enforcing health care standards ... 1579-80 Environmental protection security fund ... 523-24 Environmentally sustainable oil sands development ... 419 Farm safety ... 166, 216 Farm worker safety ... 247-48, 287-88, 2133, 2202 Fiscal accountability ... 1508 Fiscal responsibility ... 1895 Fiscal restraints ... 2101 Government spending ... 1535-36, 1625-26, 1665-66 Government spending controls ... 1507-08 Health system restructuring ... 1379-80, 2072, 2131 International financial crisis ... 1285 Investment and savings strategy ... 1980 Livestock and meat strategy ... 2103-04 Lottery funding ... 1849-50, 1940 Lubicon Lake Band land claim ... 1352-53 Managed growth in the oil sands ... 1469-70 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 1666 Minable oil sands strategy presentation ... 577-78 MLA remuneration ... 1211 Monitoring health care standards ... 1579 Monitoring of oil sands tailings ponds ... 340, 392, 420 New royalty framework ... 81, 288, 1150 Nuclear power ... 81-82, 131-32, 216, 1085-86 Oil royalty framework ... 1057-58 Oil sands bitumen export ... 1685-86 Oil sands development construction ... 1777-78 Oil sands development downturn ... 2132 Peace River health region ... 49-50 Police officer funding ... 1470-71 Protection of children in care ... 1470 Provincial fiscal strategy ... 1979-80 Provincial savings strategy ... 1352, 1939 Provincial spending ... 1895-96 Recent investment losses ... 1313 Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 523, 609 Royalty revenues ... 609-10 School nutrition programs ... 1087-88 Seniors' benefits ... 1143 Shortage of health practitioners ... 13 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2175-77, 2199-2200 Syncrude royalty agreement ... 1778 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1211-12, 1218-19 Waterfowl deaths in oil sands tailings pond ... 339-40, 391 Whistle-blower protection ... 392
Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure)
Rotation of questions/35-second rule ... 13
Parliamentary democracy
Standing Order amendment motion ... 25
Patronage
Peace Country Health board members, membership in PC party ... 50
Peace Country Health
Board of, membership in PC party ... 50 Long-term care facilities monitoring ... 49-50
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008)
Petro-Canada
Upgrading of bitumen in the U.S. ... 2102
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Second reading ... 1888 Committee ... 1958
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 1695, 2185-87 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1193 Explanation of Speaker's statement ... 13 Factual accuracy ... 2111-12 Inflammatory language ... 403
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 1535
Ponoka Stampede Association
Letter in support of rodeo as Alberta's official sport (SP594/08: Tabled) ... 2037-38
Property tax - Education levy
Seniors' tax relief re ... 1143
Public Affairs Bureau
Child and Youth Advocate annual reports, involvement in preparing ... 1423
Public inquiries
Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 165, 257, 296-97, 400, 586, 1024, 1065, 1094 Oil sands tailings ponds, winding down of ... 420
Public Service Pension Plan
Racing entertainment centres - Balzac
Reclamation of land
Industrial sites ... 523 Oil sands operations: Certificates issued for ... 524 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 578, 1016 Oil sands tailings ponds: Cleanup costs ... 523-24, 609
Regional health authorities
Changes to governance of ... 50, 1379-80, 2131 Changes to governance of: Costs ... 1895-96, 2072 Changes to governance of: Impact on not-for-profit fundraising for health care ... 1380 Changes to governance of: Letter re (SP333/08: Tabled) ... 1324 General remarks ... 576
Rodeo
As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2037-38, 2043 As Alberta's official sport, member's statement re ... 1820-21
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Replacement by provincial sheriffs ... 1471
Royalty Review Panel
Resource royalty system comments ... 609-10
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
General remarks ... 316, 327 Projections of value of, documents used to (M3/08: Defeated) ... 624
School nutrition programs
Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38)
Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10)
Senior citizens
Government programs ... 1143
Sierra Club
Representation on provincial panel studying nuclear power ... 216
Snow Valley Ski Club
High-speed chairlift, provincial funding for ... 1625
Solar power
Use in place of nuclear energy ... 132
Spills (Pollution) - Lake Wabamun
CN train derailment: Cleanup costs re ... 523
Sport, Provincial
Rodeo as, member's statement re ... 1820-21
Standing Orders
Temporary amendments to, request for emergency debate re ... 25
Stantec Inc.
CEO of, as Alberta Health Services Board member ... 2051-52, 2102 CEO of, as Alberta Health Services Board member: Letters re (SP605/08: Tabled) ... 2081
Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
StatoilHydro ASA
Alberta upgrader project delay ... 1314, 1469
Suncor Inc.
Annual report, 2007: Pages 20, 25, and 26 from (SP156/08: Tabled) ... 620 Annual report, 2007: Royalty level comments ... 609-10 Reclamation and cleanup funding ... 609 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 166, 316, 1150 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled as SP330/08) ... 624, 935 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 317 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond): Reclamation of ... 1016 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond): Seepage from ... 1015-16 Tailings ponds seepage into surrounding water courses, independent report on ... 1015-16
Supreme Court of Canada
Farm workers' exclusion from labour laws ruling ... 166
Surface rights
Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Marz) ... 1879
Surplus, Budgetary
Impact of energy prices forecasts on ... 318
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Aurora open pit mine, reclamation costs ... 523 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of ... 166, 316, 1150, 1778 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled as SP330/08) ... 624, 935 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 317 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 339-40, 391, 392, 419, 420
Taxation
40% increase in, in future ... 1939 General remarks ... 1535, 1536, 1895 Increases in, prediction of ... 1352
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability, funding for: As element of public debt ... 1980
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (Alberta /British Columbia)
Farm worker safety standards under ... 288
Trade missions - U.K./Europe
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49)
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.
North Central Corridor project across Lubicon territory ... 1352-53
Transparency International
Comments re ExxonMobil openness ... 420 Comments re ExxonMobil openness: Report on (SP115/08: Tabled) ... 428
Treasury Board
President of: Agricultural payments received by ... 2176, 2185-87 President of: Comments on child poverty ... 2176 President of: Freezing of expenses of ... 2101
Treasury Branches
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 Relationship with AFSC ... 411
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
Unemployment
Impact of economic slowdown on ... 1777
United Horsemen of Alberta Inc.
United States government
Political party change in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 1821-22
University of Alberta
Centennial, member's statement re ... 1313
University of Alberta. Dept. of Music
Infrastructure deterioration, letter re (SP246/08: Tabled) ... 1096
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50)
Vision 2020; Health Care for Today and the Future
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Application to nuclear power water requirements ... 131
Water supply
Use by nuclear power industry ... 131
Weed Control Act (Bill 23)
Western Premiers' Conference
Nuclear power issues discussion at ... 1085
Whistle-blower protection
Wind power
Use in place of nuclear power ... 132
Wolves - Populations
Reduction of, in Clearwater area, letter re (SP247/08: Tabled) ... 1096
Workers' compensation
Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 247
Zoos - Standards
Enforcement of, documents re (M17/08: Defeated) ... 1395
Tarchuk, Hon. Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane)
Aboriginal children
Provincial programs for ... 737 Provincial programs for (Q17/08: Response tabled as SP269/08) ... 1153
Aboriginal peoples
Government programs for ... 1019
Affordable housing
Secure/second-stage units ... 749
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Drug treatment programs ... 751
Alberta Association of Services for Children and Families
Alberta Children and Youth Initiative
Alberta Council of Women's Shelters
Alberta Foster Parent Association
Alberta Response Model (Child welfare)
Alberta's Promise
General remarks ... 56, 736
Child and family services authorities
Daycare in schools, consultations re ... 612 May 27 meeting with contracted agencies ... 741, 743 Programs offered by, in comparison with FCSS programs ... 928 Youth shelters monitoring ... 1852
Child and Youth Advocate
Annual reports ... 751, 1216, 1423-24, 1425-26, 1470, 1584 Annual reports, 2005-06 to 2007-08 (SP317-319/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Annual reports, 2005-06 to 2007-08: Government response to (SP320/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Annual reports, referral to policy field committee ... 1426 Appearance before a policy field committee ... 1426, 1470 Privacy of files of ... 1853-54 Quarterly reports ... 751, 1425-26, 1428-29, 1470, 1474-75, 1540, 1584, 1630 Quarterly reports, 2006-08 (SP366/08), responses to (SP423/08: Tabled) ... 1546 Quarterly reports: Arrangement with opposition parties to discuss ... 1470, 1474 Quarterly reports: Arrangement with opposition parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1630 Quarterly reports: Referral to policy field committee ... 1426 Reporting mechanism for ... 1539-40, 1584, 1630, 1853-54
Child care after/before school
Child Care Licensing Act
Caregivers to infants ratio regulation ... 17 Regulations under ... 738
Child welfare
Early childhood intervention programs ... 50, 2176 High-risk children, strategy re ... 1852
Child welfare recipients
Aboriginal children, rate of injury/death ... 740 Accommodation in motels ... 743 Deaths of: Special case review of ... 740 Legal actions on behalf of ... 750 Protection of ... 1428-29, 1470, 1474-75, 1584, 1985 Protection of: Government repose to reports on (SP320/08: Tabled) ... 1295
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act
Caseload model under ... 741
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 40)
Children
Government programs for, cross-ministry initiatives ... 398
Children - Protective services
Funding for ... 736 General remarks ... 2176
Children from broken marriages
Access to: In safe visitation sites ... 1985
Children's services agencies (Non-profit)
Funding for ... 1430, 1542 May 27 meeting with child and family services authorities ... 741, 743 Staff salaries, discrepancy with government employees ... 740-41, 743 Staffing problems ... 742-43, 1424 Staffing problems: Funding re ... 527, 736, 1216, 1424, 1430, 1690 Working committee re ... 1424, 1430, 1542
Committees, Policy field
Appearance of Child and Youth Advocate before ... 1426, 1470
Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Aboriginal/immigrant family violence prevention funding ... 530
Daycare centres
Caregivers to infants ratio in ... 17 Five-point plan re ... 17, 53 General remarks ... 2176 National plan principles re (revised Conservative government plan) ... 737 Parent fees for: Capping of ... 17-18, 53, 747, 748 Parent fees for: Increase in ... 613 Spaces for ... 17-18, 19, 53, 473-74, 611, 613, 735, 738, 739, 745, 927, 1587 Subsidies re ... 50, 56, 612-13, 710-11
Daycare centres - Accreditation
Daycare centres - Employees
Attraction funding for ... 738, 739 Qualifications, changes to ... 1586-87 Salaries of ... 17, 19, 611, 738, 748, 927-28 Shortage of ... 19, 611 Training of, bursaries re ... 19, 611, 738, 739
Daycare centres - Finance
Daycare centres - Licensing
Daycare in family members' homes
Delegated First Nations agencies (Child welfare)
Casework practice model ... 741
Dept. of Children and Youth Services
Deputy Minister's office, budget increase ... 753 Legal actions re children in care, funding for ... 750 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 735-53 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions during (SP297/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Minister, resignation of ... 1428-29, 1474-75 Minister's office, budget increase ... 752-53 Programs for aboriginal children (Q17/08: Response tabled as SP269/08) ... 1153
Dept. of Children's Services
Annual report, 2007-08 (SP372/08: Tabled) ... 1433
Disabled children
Government programs for ... 735, 742, 2012 Government programs for: Integration of, with education programs ... 743, 2012
Disabled children - Education
Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 2012
Domestic violence - Prevention
Aboriginal/immigrant families, provincial initiatives re ... 530, 735, 747, 748 General remarks ... 747, 748 Provincial initiatives re ... 530 Telephone information line re ... 530
Early childhood education
Full-day programs ... 738 General remarks ... 743 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 738
Family and community support services program
Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
International conference on ... 745 Provincial initiatives re ... 735, 745, 751-52
Foster children, Aboriginal
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Child and Youth Advocate quarterly reports released under ... 1425 Child and Youth Advocate reports released under ... 1853
Low-income families
Provincial assistance to ... 50, 56, 2137
Mather, Weslyn (former MLA)
National Bullying Awareness Week
Opposition (Parliamentary procedure)
Meeting with Child and Youth Advocate, minister's offer re ... 1470, 1474
Oral Question Period (2008)
Aboriginal children in care ... 1019 Bullying ... 1897 Child, youth and family enhancement legislation ... 1853-54 Child and Youth Advocate ... 1426, 1539-40, 1630 Child and Youth Advocate annual reports ... 1423-24 Child and Youth Advocate reports ... 1425-26 Child care fees ... 17-18 Child care funding ... 473-74, 611, 612-13 Child care services ... 17, 19, 53-54 Child care worker wages and benefits ... 927-28 Child care workers ... 1586-87 Child poverty ... 50, 56 Child protection ... 1985 Children and youth initiative ... 398 Children and Youth Services caseworkers ... 529 Children at risk ... 1852, 2137 Contracted human service agencies ... 615 Family and community support services ... 928 Family violence ... 530 Farm worker safety ... 715 Funding for contracted CFSA agencies ... 527 Funding for human services ... 1216 Homeless children ... 1690, 1692-93 Homeless Youth ... 2011 Protection of children in care ... 1428-29, 1470, 1474-75, 1584 Social services agencies ... 170 Support for child care ... 710-11 Support for child care agencies ... 1424, 1430, 1542 Support for children with disabilities ... 2012 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176 Women's shelters ... 791-92
Portable/modular classrooms
Use for daycare operations ... 612
Pregnancy tests for teens
As FASD prevention measure ... 751
Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying Initiative
Protection Against Family Violence Act
Stalking and protection orders inclusion under ... 748 Victim protection provisions ... 530
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act
Protection orders
Inclusion in definition of domestic violence ... 748
Public Affairs Bureau
Child and Youth Advocate annual reports, involvement in preparing ... 1423
Safe communities initiative
School nutrition programs
Schools
Daycare spaces in ... 612
Social Care Facilities Review Committee
Annual report, 2006-07 (SP73/08: Tabled) ... 225
Social services agencies (Non-profit)
Funding for ... 170, 615 Funding for, inflation-proofing of ... 170
Stalking
Inclusion in definition of domestic violence ... 748
Stay-at-home parents' child care subsidies (in lieu of daycare subsidies)
Substance abuse - Treatment - Youth
Mandatory programs for ... 750-51
Wages - Non-profit social services agencies employees
Discrepancy compared to public service employees ... 615 Increase to ... 615
Women's shelters - Finance
Youth emergency shelters
Identification of high-risk children in ... 1852
Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie)
Aboriginal peoples - Housing
Off-reserve housing, federal/provincial funding for ... 828
Access to the Future Fund
General remarks ... 592-93 Surplus funds deposit into ... 593
Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24)
Affordable housing
Funding for ... 815 Funding for: Operating ... 827 General remarks ... 217, 815, 832 Provincial initiatives re ... 51
Alberta - Economic conditions
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285-86
Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Alberta Cancer Board
Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board ... 1086
Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 834 General remarks ... 590
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Registration system for ... 14
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Elimination of ... 14, 168
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Ambulance service administration ... 1058 Impact on health providers' working conditions ... 1017 Location of ... 972
Alberta Health Services Board
Accountability of ... 1381 Determination of long-term care patients placement ... 787 Emergency departments capacity increase measures ... 1217 General remarks ... 1060-61, 1086 Impact on health care workforce ... 1017 Interim chair, previous activities ... 787
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Ethical investments by ... 470 Tobacco company investments ... 470
Alberta Medical Association
Political parties' health care policies, grading of: News release re (SP142/08: Tabled) ... 587
Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness
Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund
Alberta Water Council
Intrabasin water movement recommendation ... 1980-81 Review of water allocation method ... 1778
Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Achievement
Expansion of eligibility for: Impact on new postsecondary spaces ... 595-96
Amalgamation, Municipal
As effect of draft land-use framework ... 841
Ambulance service
Provincial governance of ... 1058 Transfer of patients to non-emergency department locations ... 1058, 1216-17
Apartment buildings
Conversion to condominiums: Consumer protection administration re ... 832
Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 5)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 51)
Artists - Housing
General remarks ... 493 Temporary rent caps re ... 493
Auditor General
Monarch Place affordable housing grant, report on ... 51, 827
Avastin (Drug)
Coverage under health plan ... 2053
Boyle renaissance project, Edmonton
Provincial assistance re ... 87
Building Canada Plan (Federal)
Alberta funds from ... 494
Bursaries
Reduction in funding for ... 590
Calgary Health Region
Deficit financing ... 685 Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as SP235/08) ... 934 Funding for ... 168, 393, 685 Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... 934 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) ... 935 Staffing shortages ... 168
Calgary Homeless Foundation
General remarks ... 819 Retirement of president of, member's statement re ... 214
Calgary-McCall (Constituency)
Concerns of residents of ... 1786 Member for, member's statement re ... 1786
Cancer incidence - Fort Chipewyan
Federal/provincial review of ... 896
Cancer radiation treatment
Capital Health
Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as SP235/08) ... 935 Funding for ... 168, 685 Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... 934 Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... 935 Staffing shortages ... 168
Capital projects, Municipal - Finance
Capital projects - Calgary
Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... 1408-09
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Funding for projects re ... 1286, 2057 Liability issues ... 2057 Usefulness in oil sands applications ... 2057
Child welfare recipients
Deaths of: Reports on, 2007-08 (M11/08: Accepted) ... 1390
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Alternate payment arrangements with doctors ... 698
Climate change
Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 924
Coal-bed methane extraction
Carbon dioxide sequestering method for ... 2057
Collective bargaining
First-contract certification legislation ... 1222
Collective bargaining - Public service
Committees, Policy field
Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 73-74
Community health councils
Copeman Healthcare Centre
Services provided by, audit of ... 14
Crime prevention
Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion 508: Amery) ... 1116-17
Cultural facilities - Construction
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 590-97
Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 492-94
Dept. of Employment and Immigration
Housing programs administration ... 831-32
Dept. of Environment
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 377-79
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 684-90, 696-98, 701 Minister's acceptance of invitation from National Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 525, 578
Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs
Dept. of Service Alberta
Consumer protection issues re tenants ... 832
Dept. of Transportation
Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 729-31
Disabled - Housing - Red Deer
Monarch Place residents ... 51
Drugs, Prescription
Approval process re ... 697 Provincial pharmacare program ... 696-97, 2053 For rare diseases ... 696-97
Drugs, Prescription - Costs
General remarks ... 696-97 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 696
East Central Health (former RHA)
As basis for Alberta Health Authority boundaries ... 972
Economic growth
Impact of ... 393 Impact on urban affairs ... 833
Education, Postsecondary
Access to: Affordability framework re ... 591 Access to: New spaces to improve ... 595, 596
Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 34)
Energy efficiency
Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2160-61
Energy industry - Eastern Slopes area
Suspension of, pending land-use plan ... 134
Environmental law/regulations
Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 377, 378 Inspectors for ... 378, 379
Environmental protection
Regulations improvement for ... 923-24
Family medicine
Incentives to choose ... 701
Family medicine - Teaching
Family physicians - Supply
Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18)
Film development grant program
Increase in funding for ... 493
Film industry
General remarks ... 493-94 Tax incentives for ... 493
First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19)
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3)
Gas, Natural - Prices
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286
Government spending policy
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285-86
Government vehicles
Emissions reduction initiatives for (hybrid vehicles) ... 1672-73
`Groundwater - Pollution
Oil sands tailings ponds impact on ... 378
Health
Personal responsibility for ... 14 Social determinants of ... 14
Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42)
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re ... 896 Investigations re ... 896
Health Quality Council
Review of emergency room capacity, relation to ambulance service changes ... 1217
Health sciences personnel
Full-time vs part-time employment, factors in ... 2134
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Health workforce planning
High school graduates
Transition to postsecondary education ... 593
Homeless
Outreach programs for: Pilot projects re ... 817-18
Homeless - Housing
General remarks ... 816-19 Transitional housing: Funding for ... 817
Homeless - Housing - Edmonton
Provincial initiatives re ... 87
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Cross-ministry issues re ... 831-32 Funding for ... 827 General remarks ... 217 Internal audit results re ... 832
Hospital beds
Blocking of, due to lack of transfer options ... 685 Fees charged for, to seniors waiting in for long-term care beds (Q13/08: Response tabled as SP274/08) ... 1097 Number of, designated for mentally ill patients (Q14/08: Response tabled as SP275/08) ... 1097
Hospital wards
Closure of, 2006-07 (Q7/08: Defeated) ... 935
Hospitals - Calgary
New south Calgary hospital ... 685
Hospitals - Emergency services
Capacity of, measures to increase ... 1217
Immigrant doctors
Accreditation process for ... 687
Industrial development - Industrial Heartland area
Cumulative impact assessment of ... 924
Inn from the Cold (shelter)
Downtown family emergency shelter ... 819-20
Innovative Housing Society
Sale of Monarch Place affordable housing project, Red Deer ... 827
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11)
Integrated child exploitation teams
Extra officers for ... 1668-69 Specialized crown prosecutor for ... 1669
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1285-86
Investment of public funds
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286
Labour laws and legislation
Changes to: Letters re (SP281/08: Tabled) ... 1222
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26)
Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9)
Land titles examiners
Salary scale, review of ... 1091-92
Land-use framework
Regional plans for ... 840-41 Watershed protection aspects ... 134
A Learning Alberta review
Licensed practical nurses - Education
Local Authorities Pension Plan
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Admission to, evaluation of clients for ... 688
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Ministerial statement re ... 390
Medical care
Access to ... 709 General remarks ... 689 Reform of ... 935, 1381 Reform of (action plan re) ... 14, 709, 1381
Medical profession
Private practice overhead costs ... 686
Medical profession - Education
Emphasis on family medicine ... 701 General remarks ... 687 Undergraduate programs, expansion of: Additional spaces created 2007-2012 (Q12/08: Response tabled as SP576/08) ... 1097
Medical profession - Fees
Medical profession - Rural areas
Medical profession - Supply
Medical records, Electronic
Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program ... 688
Medical residents
Incentives to stay in Alberta ... 687 Student loan debt load ... 1390
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Acceptance of invitations to events ... 525
Members' Statements (2008)
Calgary Homeless Foundation ... 214 Member for Calgary-McCall ... 1786 Students in free enterprise ... 1084-85
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Minister's interference in cumulative effects framework for Industrial Heartland area ... 933
Minable oil sands strategy
Ministerial Statements (2008)
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 390
Ministers (Provincial government)
Vehicles used by: Fuel efficiency standards for ... 1672-73
Mount Royal College
Bissett School of Business ... 1084 Degree granting status: Name change following ... 594, 595 Nursing degree program ... 595
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) (Bill 41)
Municipal sustainability initiative
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286
National Smokeless Tobacco Company Ltd.
Donation to Alberta PC party ... 470 Hosting of Health minister at Calgary Stampede event ... 525 Hosting of Member for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (PC leadership contender) at Calgary Stampede event ... 578
North American free trade agreement
Sale of water under ... 1981
Nurses
Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as SP235/08) ... 934 Part-time hours of, conversion to full-time ... 1017 Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... 935
Nurses - Education
Additional spaces created for, 2007-2012 (Q11/08: Response tabled as SP575/08) ... 1097 General remarks ... 687 Shortage of spaces re ... 610 UNA plan for (SP154/08: Tabled) ... 619
Office of the Premier
Premier's leadership campaign donation from National Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 578 Premier's remarks concerning opposition parties ... 710
Official Opposition
Radio ads re environmental laws, financial accounting for ... 578
Oil - Prices
Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 2057
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oil sands tailings ponds
Reclamation of ... 657 Reclamation of: Cleanup costs, security posted for ... 657-58 Reclamation of: Funding for ... 377, 378 Reclamation of: Research into ... 377, 378 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... 378 Waterfowl deaths on ... 377
Opposition (Parliamentary procedure)
Oral Question Period (2008)
Ambulance services ... 1216-17 Calgary Health Region funding ... 393 Calgary water supply ... 134 Cancer services ... 1086 Cancer treatment drug ... 2053 Carbon capture and storage ... 2057 Community health councils ... 1060-61 Draft land-use framework ... 840-41 Effluent discharge into Athabasca River ... 923 Environmental responsibility ... 923-24 Funding for private schools ... 1384 Ground ambulance services ... 1058 Health care privatization ... 787 Health care spending ... 168 Health risk study of Fort Chipewyan ... 896 Health system governance ... 787, 972 Health system restructuring ... 709, 1381, 2134 Health workforce shortages ... 1017 Integrated child exploitation team ... 1668-69 International financial crisis ... 1285-86 Land titles examiners ... 1091-92 Ministerial and senior official vehicle fleet ... 1672-73 Monarch Place ... 51 Municipal funding ... 1580 Nursing shortage ... 610 Public health system reform ... 14 Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 657-58 Renter assistance ... 216-17 Reviews of health system governance ... 974 Role of opposition parties ... 710 Secretariat for Action on Homelessness ... 86-87 Smokeless tobacco ... 578 Tobacco reduction ... 470, 525 Water allocation ... 1778 Water quality of Athabasca River ... 979 Water transfers ... 1980-81
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008)
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44)
Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211, 2007)
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 588
Political parties
Donations to ... 470, 525, 578 Leadership campaigns: Contributions to ... 578
Positron emission tomography scanners - Calgary
Letter re (SP155/08: Tabled) ... 619
Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 1037-39 Committee ... 1128-31, 1133 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP259/08: Tabled) ... 1129 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP260/08: Tabled) ... 1130
Postsecondary educational institutions
Degree-granting status, documents re, 2003-06 (M9/08: Response tabled as SP411/08) ... 1389 Transferability between ... 591
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrollment)
Application system (APAS) for ... 596-97
Postsecondary educational institutions - Maintenance and repair
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 14
Private schools - Finance
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Donations to, from tobacco companies ... 470 Donations to, report on (SP124/08: Tabled) ... 479
Public inquiries
Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 165, 400, 533, 586, 618, 980, 1024, 1094, 1152, 1221
Public service - Alberta
Senior officials in, vehicle usage, fuel efficiency standards for ... 1672-73
Public Service Pension Plan
Public transit
Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... 1286
Reclamation of land
Oil sands tailings ponds ... 657 Oil sands tailings ponds: All-party task force re ... 657 Oil sands tailings ponds: Cleanup costs, security posted for ... 657-58
Regional health authorities
Changes to governance of ... 684, 698, 709, 787, 935, 972, 1060-61, 1381 Changes to governance of: Impact on health care workforce ... 1017 Changes to governance of: Influence of previous reviews on ... 974 Efficiency review of, 2005, release of ... 974 Funding for ... 684 Mentally ill patient beds (Q14/08: Accepted) ... 1097 Review of, 2007, release of ... 974
Residential Tenancies Act
Road construction
Building to expected capacity ... 731 Cost of new construction vs. rehabilitation costs ... 731
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Rockyview General Hospital
Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary
General remarks ... 14, 685
Social housing
Rent supplement program ... 217, 814-16, 817, 827 Rent supplement program: Administration of ... 832 Rent supplement program: Funding for ... 814-15, 817
Spills (Pollution) - Athabasca River
Standing Orders
Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 73-74
Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45)
Student financial aid
Dollar value of, 2004-07 (Q18/08: Response tabled as SP577/08) ... 1097 Loan interest rates reduction ... 590 Statistics re, 2003-08 (M8/08: defeated) ... 1390 Total number of students receiving aid, 2004-07 (Q19/08: Response tabled as SP578/08) ... 1097
Student residences (On-campus)
General remarks ... 591, 826 Guarantee of place in ... 592
Students in Free Enterprise
Substance abuse - Treatment
Suncor Inc.
Millennium upgrader discharge into Athabasca River ... 923 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond): Reclamation of ... 657 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond): Seepage from ... 979
Surplus, Budgetary
Access to the Future Fund funding with ... 593 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security posted for ... 658 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 377
Tax incentives
For film and television creation ... 493
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12)
Telus World of Science, Calgary
Tobacco companies
Heritage Fund investment in ... 470
Tobacco products, Smokeless
Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1)
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49)
Treasury Board
President of: Comments on regional planning ... 840-41
Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37)
United Nurses of Alberta
Plan for educating nurses (SP154/08: Tabled) ... 619
University of Alberta. School of Energy and the Environment
Research projects into tailings ponds reclamation ... 377
Urban campus concept - Calgary
Wages - Nurses
Overtime paid in Capital/Calgary health regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... 934
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water licences
Allocation of ... 1778, 1981 Allocation of, FITFIR system re ... 1981 Allocation of, public review of ... 1778
Water quality - Athabasca River
Impact of oil and grease leak into ... 923 Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 979
Water transfers (intrabasin)
Workplace certification (Labour laws)
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