Elniski, Doug (PC, Edmonton-Calder)
211 (Telephone help line)
Member's statement re ... 589-90
418 City of Edmonton squadron
65th anniversary, member's statement re ... 466
Aboriginal children - Education
Aboriginal history and culture month
Recognition of (Motion 507: Calahasen) ... 952
Aboriginal History Quiz awards
Member's statement re ... 818
Airco Aircraft Charters Ltd.
Alberta capital bonds
Issuing of (Motion 16: Evans) ... 1630
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Alberta Forest Week
Member's statement re ... 997
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Second-quarter update, 2009-10 (SP699/09: Tabled) ... 2074
Ambulance service, Aerial
Importance of Edmonton City Centre Airport to ... 640
Angel Flight Alberta
Member's statement re ... 640
Auditor General
Emergency planning co-ordination comments ... 760
Aviation history - Alberta
Members' statements re ... 75-76
Canadian armed forces
Trade credentials of, civilian recognition of (Motion 516: Cao) ... 1803
Capital projects - Construction
Use of Alberta produced wood in ... 189
Caritas Health Group Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill Pr. 2)
First reading ... 376 Second reading ... 1480 Committee ... 1530-31 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP468/09: Tabled) ... 1530 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP469/09: Tabled) ... 1531 Third reading ... 1532
City Centre Airport, Edmonton
Importance to air ambulance service ... 640 Letters re (SP423/09: Tabled) ... 1344, 1401 Member's statement re ... 560, 640, 1040-41
Commuter Air Access Network of Alberta
Construction industry - Waste disposal/recycling
Reduction in amount of waste ... 549
Crime councils (neighbourhood)
Demolition industry - Waste disposal/recycling
Reduction in amount of waste ... 549
Drugs, Illegal
Production of, detection by electric power usage spikes (Motion 509: Forsyth) ... 1227
Electric power
Spikes in usage of, monitoring (Motion 509: Forsyth) ... 1227
Electric power lines, Underground
Investigation of feasibility of (Motion 504: Quest) ... 539-40
Emergency planning
Auditor General's comments re ... 760 General remarks ... 760
Employment Standards (Reservist Leave) Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 1)
Federal Public Building, Edmonton
Renovation of, use of Alberta-produced wood products in ... 189
Forest industries
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 189 General remarks ... 997
Go Green Eco Expo, Edmonton (April 2009)
Member's statement re ... 1082
Government Emergency Operations Centre
Kidney disease
Member's statement re ... 282
Kidney Foundation of Canada
Living donor support program ... 765
Kingsway Business Association
General remarks ... 560 Member's statement re ... 1040-41
Local Authorities Election (Finance and Contribution Disclosure) Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 203)
Low-speed vehicles
Use on roads (Motion 505: Elniski) ... 717, 722
Lumber, Alberta-produced
Use in government construction projects ... 189
Marijuana grow operations
Detection of, through spikes in electricity usage (Motion 509: Forsyth) ... 1227
Members' Statements (2009)
50th anniversary of Ukrainian Shumka Dancers ... 496 65th anniversary of 418 City of Edmonton Squadron ... 466 211 community information ... 589-90 Aboriginal History Quiz ... 818 Alberta Forest Week ... 997 Angel Flight Alberta ... 640 Edmonton City Centre Airport ... 560 Go Green Eco Expo ... 1082 Kidney disease ... 282 Kingsway Business Association ... 1040-41 Movember movement ... 2034-35 Neighbourhood Watch program ... 334 Organ donation ... 765 St. John Ambulance volunteers ... 128 Spirit of Edmonton flight ... 75-76 Support for victims of sexual assault ... 400 Tanya Ponich ... 1754-55 Terra Centre diaper drive ... 1601 Victoria Cross Memorial Park monument ... 1334 Work Safe Alberta Student Video Contest ... 902 Young worker safety ... 302-03
Movember movement (prostate cancer awareness)
Mushroom (Leccinum boreale)
As provincial emblem (Motion 502: Benito) ... 299
National Down Syndrome Awareness Week
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
Member's statement re ... 765
Neighbourhood Watch program
Member's statement re ... 334
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
Emergency preparedness ... 760 Energy conservation ... 549 Regionally produced construction products ... 189 Safe communities initiative ... 1693-94 Safe communities innovation fund ... 961-62 Student loans ... 995
Organ and tissue donation
Member's statement re ... 765
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Reclamation of land
Usage of site-specific native grasses and forbs in (Motion 506: Berger) ... 835
Saddle Lake Boys and Girls Club
Youth crime prevention programs ... 1694
Safe communities initiative
Safe communities innovation fund
Edmonton projects under ... 961-62
St. John Ambulance Canada
Member's statement re ... 128
School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 206)
Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton
Support campaign for victims of sexual assault, member's statement re ... 400
Sexual assault crimes
Support for victims of, member's statement re ... 400
Spirit of Edmonton flight
Members' statements re ... 75-76
Student financial aid
Part-time earning exemption/spousal contribution element ... 995
Student testing
Achievement tests, grade 3 students: Elimination of (Motion 503: Leskiw) ... 419
Terra Centre for Pregnant and Parenting Teens
Diaper drive, member's statement re ... 1601
Traffic Safety Act
Amendment to allow low-speed vehicles on roads (Motion 505: Elniski) ... 717, 722
Ukrainian Shumka Dancers
50th anniversary, member's statement re ... 496
Victoria Cross Memorial Park
Monument for, member's statement re ... 1334
Volunteers
Member's statement re ... 128
Work Safe Alberta Student Video Contest
Member's statement re ... 902
Workplace safety
Awareness campaign for youth re (Bloody Lucky) ... 302-03 General remarks ... 902 Member's statement re ... 302-03
Youth diversion pilot project (Mentally ill youth crime prevention)
Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park)
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under workplace safety laws (Motion 510: Swann) ... 1442
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund
Alberta capital bonds
Issuing of (Motion 16: Evans) ... 1578-79
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Annual report, 2008 (SP400/09: Tabled) ... 1344 Nonprofit groups access to funding from ... 881
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 37)
First reading ... 701 Second reading ... 854 Third reading ... 1406
Alberta Economic Development Authority
Activity report, 2008 (SP195/09: Tabled) ... 622
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Capital reserve fund ... 1042
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Asset mix of ... 281, 726 General remarks ... 555, 643, 964, 1179 Impact of stock market rally on ... 1025 List of investments by ... 1811 Loss in value ... 131, 281 Natural resources revenue investment in ... 2039 Reinvestment in ... 2039 Tobacco company investments ... 1810-11, 1815
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 875 Code of conduct rules of ... 874-75 Investment outside of domestic market ... 728 Membership on board of Precision Drilling ... 693, 728 Precision Drilling investment ... 693-94, 725-26, 727, 728, 810, 874 Precision Drilling investment: Business partnership between principals of ... 810 Tobacco company investments ... 1424 Value of funds managed by ... 281
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 56)
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
Alberta Securities Commission
Annual report, 2009 (SP526/09: Tabled) ... 1578
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Deposit of provincial surpluses into ... 555 Disaster funding from ... 963-64 General remarks ... 130, 1025, 1179, 1180, 2039 Reinvestment in ... 2039 Use during global financial crisis ... 555, 643
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Asset-backed commercial paper
Investment protection re ... 310-11
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits increase ... 555
Auditor General
Alberta Investment Management Corporation recommendations ... 875
Automobile Insurance Rate Board
Annual report, 2008 (SP264/09: Tabled) ... 882 Review of premium levels ... 1484
Bills, Government
Bill 25, members absenting themselves from second reading debate on, discussion of ... 972
Bitumen
Upgrading ... 45 Upgrading: Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 45
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind policy ... 45
Bridges - North Saskatchewan River - Rocky Mountain House area
Budget 2008
2008-09 third quarter budget report (SP63/09: Tabled) ... 164 2008-09 third quarter fiscal update, release of ... 73, 130
Budget 2009
Fiscal plan (SP160/09: Tabled) ... 554 General remarks ... 596 Release of ... 10-11, 46, 130 Second quarter fiscal update (SP709/09: Tabled) ... 2075
Budget 2010
Corrective action in, dependent on global economic situation ... 555
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Investment deposits guarantee ... 279
Canada Health Transfer (Federal government)
Capital account
Discontinuation of ... 551 Use during global financial crisis ... 643
Capital projects - Construction
Capital projects - Finance
Alberta bond issue for ... 1485-86 General remarks ... 556
Capital projects, Municipal - Finance
Car rental companies
Vicarious liability cap ... 1485 Vicarious liability cap, legislation re (Bill 30) ... 1485
Carbon dioxide sequestration
Funding for projects re ... 556, 643 General remarks ... 131
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Children
Government programs for, funding ... 555
Civil service pensions
Investment of funds in ... 727
Class size (Grade school)
Committees, Cabinet policy
Community spirit program
General remarks ... 556 Tax credit component ... 556
Conflict of interest
AIMCo investment in Precision Drilling ... 693-94, 810, 874 MLAs with pecuniary interest (Bill 25, Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2009) ... 972
Corporations - Taxation
Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 701
Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation
Annual report, 2008 (SP168/09: Tabled) ... 569
Daycare centres
Spaces for, funding increase re ... 555
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Calculation method for ... 551 General remarks ... 554
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise
Annual report, 2008-09 (SP598/09: Tabled) ... 1787 Hosting expenses, 2004-08 (M24/09: Defeated) ... 827 Main estimates 2009-10: Responses to questions during (SP324/09: Tabled) ... 1050
Developmentally disabled
Funding for programs for ... 555
Disabled
Government programs for, funding for ... 555
Disabled children
Government programs for, funding for ... 555
Donating to charitable organizations
Economic development and the environment
Education, Postsecondary - Finance
Electric power lines, Underground
Investigation of feasibility of (Motion 504: Quest) ... 537
Employment assistance programs
For economic downturn layoffs ... 555
Employment training programs
For economic downturn layoffs ... 555
Energy efficiency for consumers
Rebate program re ... 556
Energy industry
General remarks ... 554 Junior companies in, incentives for, job creation aspects ... 556
Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Commission
Fiscal Responsibility Act (Bill 33)
Government attorneys
Increase in number of ... 555
Government of Alberta
Consolidated financial statements, 2008-09 (SP613/09: Tabled) ... 1787
Government spending policy
Haworth Inc.
Calgary plant transfer to Michigan ... 1814-15
Health care facilities - Construction
Highway 63
Twinning, funding for ... 556
Homeless - Housing
Emergency shelter spaces, funding for ... 555 Funding for ... 555 General remarks ... 554
Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 44)
Income tax, Provincial
Legislation re (Bill 40) ... 702
Insurance, Automobile
Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and suffering): Cap on, court case re ... 1045, 1484 Public plan re ... 1045, 1489
Insurance, Automobile - Premiums
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 10-11, 45, 130, 131, 279, 429, 435, 459, 461, 554, 555, 643, 1815
International Monetary Fund
Prediction for Alberta recovery from economic recession ... 461
Investment of public funds
Decline in value of ... 130, 131 Ethical investments ... 1424, 1810-11 Political involvement in ... 725-26 Tobacco company investments ... 1424
Investments, Foreign
Technology commercialization projects ... 556
Measuring Up, Progress Report on the Government of Alberta Business Plan
Annual report, 2008-09 (SP614/09: Tabled) ... 1787
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Remuneration increases for, cancelled ... 555
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for ... 556
Municipal sustainability initiative
Natural resources revenue
Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund
Investment outside of domestic market ... 728
Oil - Prices
General remarks ... 46, 429
Oil sands development
General remarks ... 45 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 45 Strategy re ... 45
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
AIMCo governance ... 874-75 AIMCo investments ... 725-26, 727, 728 Alberta bond offering ... 1485-86 Alberta Health Services capital reserve ... 1042 Alberta job losses ... 429, 596 Asset-backed commercial paper ... 310-11 Automobile insurance ... 1045 Automobile insurance rates ... 1484-85, 1488-89 Cabinet policy committees ... 1730 Fiscal responsibility legislation ... 551 Funding for contingencies ... 963-64 Heritage savings trust fund ... 2039 Heritage savings trust fund investments ... 281 Investments in tobacco companies ... 1424, 1810-11, 1815 Municipal capital financing ... 881 Oil sands development strategy ... 45 Precision Drilling Corporation ... 693-94, 810 Provincial budget release ... 10-11, 46 Provincial deficit ... 643 Provincial economic strategy ... 435, 459, 461 Provincial fiscal policies ... 130, 1179-80 Provincial sales tax ... 615 Provincial tax incentives ... 1814-15 Provincial tax policy ... 594 Registered education savings plans ... 279 Research and innovation funding ... 648 Resource revenues ... 131 Stock market rally ... 1024-25 Third-quarter fiscal update ... 73 Trilateral Premiers' meeting ... 430 Vehicle vicarious liability ... 1485
Pension plan, Western trilateral
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 555
Political influence on public policy decisions
Postsecondary educational institutions - Construction
Precision Drilling Corporation
AIMCo investment in ... 693-94, 725-26, 727, 728, 874 AIMCo investment in: Business partnership between principals of ... 810 AIMCo membership on board of ... 693, 728
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Vice-president of, as legal representative in vicarious liability cap for car rental companies case ... 1485
Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers (Registered and Unregistered) Pension Plan
Annual report, 2007/08 (SP24/09: Tabled) ... 20
Public service - Alberta
Senior officials' achievement bonuses: Suspension of ... 555
Public transit
Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... 131, 556, 643
Registered education savings plans (Federal)
Impact of global economic situation on ... 279 Safety of investment in ... 279
Road construction
Funding for ... 556 General remarks ... 554
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Safe communities initiative
Schools - Construction
Funding for ... 556 General remarks ... 554
Senior citizens
Government programs, funding for ... 555
Senior citizens - Housing
Senior citizens - Medical care
Small business - Taxation
Increase to threshold for ... 556
Stock market - Canada
Rally by, impact on Alberta economy ... 1024-25
Substance abuse - Treatment
Supportive living facilities, Affordable
Surplus, Budgetary
Deposit into Alberta Sustainability Fund ... 555 Return of ... 594, 643
Tax incentives
For charitable donations ... 556 Dividend and tuition credits, legislation re (Bill 40) ... 702 Family employment credit, increase to ... 556 General remarks ... 556, 1814-15 For scientific research and development ... 648
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability, funding for: Legislation re (Bill 25) ... 283
Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 25)
First reading ... 283 Second reading ... 767 Second reading: Members absenting themselves from, discussion of ... 972 Third reading ... 1447
Tobacco - Taxation
Increase in ... 556 Increase in, legislation re (Bill 39) ... 702
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 39)
First reading ... 702 Second reading ... 855 Third reading ... 1406
Tourism levy
Legislation re (Bill 38) ... 702
Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 38)
First reading ... 702 Second reading ... 855 Third reading ... 1406
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 30)
Treasury Branches
Annual report, 2009 (SP525/09: Tabled) ... 1578 Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 311
Trilateral premiers' meeting, Vancouver (March 2009)
Initiatives discussed at ... 430
Truck Renting and Leasing Association
Meeting with Finance minister re vicarious liability cap for car rental companies ... 1485
Unemployment
Impact of economic slowdown on ... 429, 555, 596
University of Calgary. School of Public Policy
Alberta tax advantage report, by Jack Mintz ... 1815
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