Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Peace)
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... 338 Inclusion under workers' compensation ... 338, 375, 760 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 338, 372, 760-61, 788, 1131 Inclusion under workplace safety laws, influence of political donations on ... 761 Right to unionize ... 552
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Association of Architects
Annual report, 2007 (SP40/09: Tabled) ... 107 Annual report, 2008 (SP348/09: Tabled) ... 1186
Alberta Cancer Board
Report on work-related deaths from cancer ... 846
Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors
Radiation health administrative organization annual report, 2008-09 (SP550/09: Tabled) ... 1643
Alberta Dental Association and College
Radiation health and safety program annual report, 2008 (SP551/09: Tabled) ... 1643
Alberta Federation of Labour
Report on working conditions for foreign workers ... 1343
Alberta Health Services Board
Nurses hiring policy, CEO report on ... 1486
Alberta Institute of Agrologists
Annual meeting report, 2009 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP484/09) ... 26 Oct./09 (reported in Votes and Proceedings)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Alberta Land Surveyors' Association
99th annual general meeting (SP22/09: Tabled) ... 20 100th annual general meeting, 2009 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP496/09) ... 26 Oct./09 (reported in Votes and Proceedings)
Alberta Veterinary Medical Association
Annual report, 2008 (SP21/09: Tabled) ... 20 Radiation protection program annual report, 2008 (SP552/09: Tabled) ... 1643
Ambulance service
Impact of collective bargaining changes on ... 493
Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation)
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
Annual report, 2008 (SP349/09: Tabled) ... 1186
Auditor General
Employment training programs audit ... 237, 240 Level of funding for, impact on effectiveness of ... 222-23 Workplace safety programs auditing ... 222-23
Bee industry
Use of foreign workers ... 394
Bredin Institute - Centre for Learning
Assessment service for foreign qualifications ... 240, 241
Cabinetmakers
Labour market conditions re, federal website article re ... 75 Recruitment of, from overseas ... 75
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Certified General Accountants' Association of Alberta
Annual report, 2008-09 (SP662/09: Tabled) ... 1940
Certified Management Accountants of Alberta
Annual report, 2008 (SP20/09: Tabled) ... 20
Child health benefits program
Collective bargaining - Ambulance attendants
Collective bargaining - Health care workers
Integration of paramedics into ... 492-93
College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists
Annual report, 2008 (SP556/09: Tabled) ... 1643
College of Alberta Professional Foresters
Annual report, 2008-09 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP495/09) ... 26 Oct./09 (reported in Votes and Proceedings)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Radiation health administrative organization annual report, 2008 (SP553/09: Tabled) ... 1643
Community Development Trust (Federal fund)
Application in Alberta ... 133
Construction industry
Unemployment level in ... 49, 192 Use of foreign workers ... 49-50
Dept. of Employment and Immigration
Advertising budget ... 1761 Annual report, 2008-09 (SP594/09: Tabled) ... 1787 Main estimates 2009-10: Responses to questions during (SP337/09: Tabled) ... 1133 Senior officials' achievement bonuses ... 1761 Supplementary estimates 2008-09, No. 2: Debated ... 236-42
Dunvegan Hydro Development Act (Bill 15)
Employment assistance programs
Employment insurance program (Federal)
Application in Alberta ... 192, 879, 1517, 1783 Job skills training element ... 192 Temporary foreign workers' eligibility for ... 1203-04
Employment standards
Agricultural workers, application to ... 338 Dismissal of employees absent due to H1N1 flu ... 1639 Laid off workers rules ... 964 Minimum wage exemption for disabled employees ... 814-15 Sick leave provisions during H1N1 pandemic period ... 1639, 1728 Unpaid wages investigations, time limit on ... 910
Employment Standards (Reservist Leave) Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 90, 93 Committee ... 504 Third reading ... 583 General remarks ... 1605
Employment training programs
Aboriginal peoples ... 12 For economic downturn layoffs ... 132, 192, 236-42, 677, 877, 878-79, 1024, 1048, 1516-17, 1783, 1812, 1908 For economic downturn layoffs, auditing of ... 237, 240 For economic downturn layoffs, provision of information re by libraries ... 675
Fatalities from cancer, Work-related
Fatalities, Work-related
General remarks ... 839, 846 Impact of auditing of workplace safety programs on ... 222-23 Investigation of, admissibility of reports on ... 160, 1026-27
Food banks
Increased usage of ... 1812
Foreign workers, Temporary
Advisory offices for ... 848 Chinese workers at Horizon oil sands project, wages paid/owed to ... 815, 880-81, 910, 1337-38, 1397 Complaints by, re working conditions (M10/09: Response tabled as SP461/09) ... 706, 1493 Employment insurance eligibility ... 1203-04 General remarks ... 1338 Layoffs of ... 964 Need for, during economic downturn ... 13, 17, 49-50, 75, 393-94, 1202, 1517 Treatment/safety of ... 848-49, 1203-04, 1343, 1397 Wage rate for ... 1663-64
Forest industries
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 133
Geneva Health International Ltd.
Provincial use of to recruit foreign nurses ... 1761, 1908
Grande Cache Coal Corporation
H1N1 influenza virus
Employees absent due to, sick leave/employment standards issues re ... 1639, 1728
Health sciences personnel, Foreign
Health workforce planning
Homeless and eviction prevention fund
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 237
Immigrant investor program (Federal)
Immigrants
Employment opportunities for ... 17
Immigration
Impact of global economic situation on ... 677 Provincial nominee program ... 676-77 Provincial nominee program: Entrepreneur stream ... 1911 Provincial nominee program: Family stream plan ... 1202
International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Injured on the Job
Ministerial statement re ... 839-40
Labour force recruitment, Overseas
Labour Relations Code
Prohibition of farm workers unionizing ... 552
Labour unions
Agricultural workers' right to membership in ... 552
Libraries
New vision for ... 675 Provision of provincial career and employment training information ... 675
Licensed practical nurses
Ratio to RNs, change to ... 990
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Staffing
Shortages of: Recruitment from overseas re ... 50
Military reservists
Job leave for Vancouver Olympics security duties ... 1605
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
Nurses
Ratio to LPNs, change to ... 990
Nurses - Employment
Impact of budget cuts on ... 1486
Occupational health and safety code, 2009
Inclusion of joint worksite health and safety committees in ... 1026-27
Oil sands companies
Workplace health and safety committees for ... 842
Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
Security arrangements for, Alberta military reservists participation ... 1605
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
Affordable housing ... 1420 Ambulance services ... 260 Bargaining unit for paramedics ... 492-93 Career development and academic upgrading ... 878-79 Contentious WCB claims ... 1541 Employment and immigration spending ... 1761 Employment insurance benefit program ... 192, 1783 Employment standards for sick leave ... 1639, 1728 Employment strategies ... 1908 Employment supports ... 11-12 Farm worker safety ... 338 Financial support for refugees ... 1256 Forest industry sustainability ... 133 Homeless and eviction prevention fund ... 548 Homelessness ... 877 Immigrant investor program ... 1911 Immigrant nominee program ... 676-77, 1202 Income support ... 1812 Income support for housing ... 905, 1518 Income support training ... 1128 Job creation ... 14 Labour protection for paid farm workers ... 372, 375, 552, 760-61, 788, 1131 Library services ... 675 Minimum wage ... 259 Minimum wage exemptions ... 814-15 Nursing shortage ... 990 Nursing vacancies ... 1486 Recruitment of foreign workers ... 75 Reservists' leave for Winter Olympics service ... 1605 Summer temporary employment program ... 70-71 Temporary foreign worker advisory offices ... 848-49 Temporary foreign worker wages ... 1663-64 Temporary foreign workers ... 13, 17, 49-50, 393-94, 815, 880-81, 910, 964, 1203-04, 1337-38, 1343, 1397 Worker recruitment hosting expenses ... 1023-24 Workers' Compensation Board investments ... 258 Workforce employment services ... 1048, 1516-17 Workplace health and safety ... 160, 222-23, 842, 846, 1026-27 Workplace safety ... 761-62
Political parties
Donations to, influence on public policy decisions ... 760
Professional Corporations Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 53)
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Refugees
Federal/provincial financial support for ... 1256
Rent
Assistance programs re ... 1518
Summer Temporary Employment Program
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2008-09, No. 2: Debated ... 236-42
Supreme Court of Canada
Farm workers' right to unionize decision ... 552
University of Alberta
Radiation health administrative organization annual report, 2008-09 (SP554/09: Tabled) ... 1643
University of Calgary
Radiation health administration organization annual report, 2008-09 (SP555/09: Tabled) ... 1643
Vision 2020; Health Care for Today and the Future
Wages - Minimum wage
Exemption to, for disabled employees ... 814-15 Increase of ... 238, 259
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 26, 2002)
Workers' Compensation Board
Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 338, 375, 760 Annual report, 2008 (SP460/09: Tabled) ... 1493 Appeals under ... 241 Contentious/long-standing claims review ... 1541 Investment portfolio ... 258
Workplace heath and safety committees
Young adults - Employment
Impact of global financial situation on ... 70
Griffiths, Doug (PC, Battle River-Wainwright)
Acupuncture - Research
Ethical guidelines for, legislation re (Bill 58) ... 1642
Acupuncturists
Scope of practice legislation re (Bill 58) ... 1642
Agribusiness
Government assistance programs re, member's statement re ... 849
Agricultural boards and commissions
Service fees of, refundability (Bill 43) ... 850
Agricultural Safety Week
Member's statement re ... 334-35
Alberta - Economic policy
Elimination of boom/bust cycles ... 1993
Alberta capital bonds
Issuing of (Motion 16: Evans) ... 1718-19
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy
General remarks ... 303, 427 Member's statement re ... 184-85
Alberta Livestock Information System
Mandatory age verification element ... 184 Traceability component ... 184
Animal Health Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 24)
Beef - Export
General remarks ... 1696 Importance of age verification of cattle to ... 184-85
Beef - Export - United States
Cattle - Export - United States
Member's statement re ... 426-27
Consumer protection
Re retail outlet closures ... 598-99
Corrections Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 58)
Dentistry - Research
Ethical guidelines for, legislation re (Bill 58) ... 1642
Dentists
Scope of practice legislation re (Bill 58) ... 1642
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Minister's trade mission to Asia ... 1695-96
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 45)
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50)
Fair Trading Act
Retail outlet closures and non-provision of goods ordered ... 599
Farm produce - Marketing
Legislation re (Bill 5) ... 17 Legislation re (Bill 43) ... 850
Farm safety
Member's statement re ... 334-35
Feeder Associations Guarantee Act (Bill 8)
Food and Agriculture Organization
H1N1 (swine flu)-related trade restrictions statement ... 924
Genome Alberta
Member's statement re ... 787
Government spending policy
Limitation laws re, effectiveness of ... 1993 Relation to GDP ... 1993
Growing Forward: The New Agricultural Policy Framework (Federal/provincial)
Member's statement re ... 849
H1N1 influenza virus
Appearance in central Alberta pig herd, member's statement re ... 924
Hospitals - Hannah
Retention of dialysis unit in, petition tabled re (SP352/09) ... 1208
Livestock diseases
Emergency response to, legislation re (Bill 24) ... 303
Livestock industry
Competitiveness/sustainability, member's statement re ... 426-27
Marketing of Agricultural Products Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 5)
First reading ... 17 Committee ... 506-07
Marketing of Agricultural Products Amendment Act, 2009 (No. 2) (Bill 43)
Members' Statements (2009)
Agricultural Safety Week ... 334-35 Alberta-Canada Growing Forward program ... 849 Genome Alberta ... 787 H1N1 virus in central Alberta pig herd ... 924 Livestock and meat strategy ... 184-85 Market access for cattle ... 426-27 National Soil Conservation Week ... 733 Student engagement initiative ... 282
Midwives and midwifery
Scope of practice legislation re (Bill 58) ... 1642
Midwives and midwifery - Research
Ethical guidelines for, legislation re (Bill 58) ... 1642
Minister of Education's student advisory council on education
National Farmers Union
Support for R-CALF organization in the U.S. ... 427
National Soil Conservation Week
Member's statement re ... 733
Oil recovery methods
Genetic research into microbes' involvement in ... 787
Oil sands tailings ponds
Reclamation of, use of microbes in ... 787
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
Business closure protection ... 598-99 Government spending relative to GDP ... 1993 Trade mission to Asia ... 1695-96
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2009)
Hanna hospital dialysis unit retention (SP352/09) ... 1208
Pine beetles - Control
Genetic methods for, research into ... 787
Prisoners
Electronic recording of nonprivileged communications of, legislation re (Bill 58) ... 1642
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.)
Retail outlets
Closure, consumer protection re ... 598-99
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Remissions granted for, legislation re (Bill 58) ... 1642
Soil conservation
Member's statement re ... 733
Speak Out (Alberta student engagement initiative)
Member's statement re ... 282
Trade missions - Asia
Agriculture minister's trip re ... 1695-96
World Health Organization
H1N1 (swine flu)-related trade restrictions statement ... 924
Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood)
Abattoirs, Mobile - Inspection
Auditor General's comments re ... 619 Transfer to Agriculture dept. ... 619
Ag-Info Centre (Telephone information line)
Agribusiness
Government assistance programs re ... 817, 843-44
Agricultural boards and commissions
Agricultural land
Preservation of ... 1574 Protection for, under land-use framework ... 1574
Agricultural service boards
Co-ordination with Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development ... 701
Agricultural workers
Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 372, 817 Inclusion under workplace safety laws, influence of political donations on ... 372
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Alberta Beef Producers application for drought assistance consideration ... 2042 Alberta farm recovery program administration ... 233, 551-52 Annual report, 2008-09 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP488/09) ... 26 Oct./09 (reported in Votes and Proceedings) Cattle price insurance program administration ... 1695 Lending limit increase ... 678-79
AgriInsurance (Federal/provincial initiative)
AgriRecovery (Federal/provincial initiative)
AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative)
Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council
Annual report, 2008-09 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP493/09) ... 26 Oct./09 (reported in Votes and Proceedings) Sponsorship of PC party annual convention ... 1992
Alberta Beef Producers
Drought assistance application ... 2042
Alberta farm fuel benefit program
Administration of applications to, 1997-2008 (M16/08: Response tabled as SP62/09) ... 162 New applicants to, 1997-2008 (Q20/08: Response tabled as SP61/09) ... 162
Alberta farm recovery program
Funding for ... 231-35 Funding from, for cattle age verification procedures ... 342 Overpayments under ... 551-52 Payouts under ... 397-98
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
General remarks ... 1696 Grants to supply management entities ... 1992 New grant programs, administration of ... 795 Role re impact of COOL regulation on Alberta meat exports ... 462
Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy
Alberta Livestock Information System
Mandatory age verification element ... 75, 225, 342, 397-98, 929, 1606-07, 1696 Traceability component ... 342, 397, 927-28, 1606-07, 1696, 1810
Alberta Milk
Sponsorship of PC party annual convention ... 1992, 2035
Alberta Turkey Producers Board
Provincial grants to ... 1992
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
General remarks ... 236 Length of coverage under ... 1128
Animal Health Act
Cattle age verification requirement under ... 225 Flu in pigs as notifiable disease under ... 927 Relation to livestock and meat strategy ... 342
Auditor General
Food safety programs auditing ... 235, 619 Mobile abattoirs safety programs comments ... 619
Beef - Export - United States
Beef industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 232
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Cattle - Prices
Impact of packer ownership of cattle on ... 234, 373
Cattle price insurance program
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Annual report, 2008-09 (SP590/09: Tabled) ... 1787 Main estimates 2009-10: Responses to questions during (SP347/09: Tabled) ... 1186 Minister's trade mission to Asia ... 1696, 1810 Rural hub offices ... 701 Supplementary estimates 2008-09, No. 2: Debated ... 231-35
Diversification in agriculture
Drought
Assistance programs for ... 2042
Elk antler velvet-Health aspects
Farm fatalities
Statistics on, comparison of ... 375
Farm produce - United States
Country of origin label regulation for ... 234, 462-63
Farmers' Advocate
Annual report, 2008-09 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP498/09) ... 26 Oct./09 (reported in Votes and Proceedings)
Feeder associations
Creation of (Bill 8) ... 18
Feeder Associations Guarantee Act (Bill 8)
First reading ... 18 Second reading ... 203, 207-08 Third reading ... 610
Food and Agriculture Organization
H1N1 (swine flu)-related trade restrictions statement ... 927
Food industry and trade
Provincial funding for, usage for Balzac race track/mall project ... 460
Game farming
Phasing out of, compensation re ... 553
Growing Forward: The New Agricultural Policy Framework (Federal/provincial)
Hail and crop insurance program
Hog industry
Impact of H1N1 influenza virus on ... 927, 932-33
Horse racing tracks - Rocky View MD
Waste-water disposal for Balzac project, funding re ... 460
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1695
Land-use framework
Application to agricultural land ... 1574
Livestock diseases
Emergency response to ... 342
Livestock Identification Services Ltd.
Chief Operating Officer's report, 2008-09 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP485/09) ... 26 Oct./09 (reported in Votes and Proceedings)
Livestock industry
Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1695 Competitiveness/sustainability, grant programs re ... 795, 817, 843-44
Livestock traceability program, National
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Food contamination situation ... 235
Marketing of Agricultural Products Act
Supply management organizations under, sponsorship of PC party annual meeting ... 1935, 1992
Marketing of Agricultural Products Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 5)
Marketing of Agricultural Products Amendment Act, 2009 (No. 2) (Bill 43)
Delay of ... 933 General remarks ... 911, 929
Massage therapists
Skills upgrading process for, petition presented re ... 1732
McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Ltd.
Source of beef purchases ... 1606-07
Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32, 2008)
Mobile abattoirs transfer to Agriculture dept. ... 619
Meat packing industry
Cattle ownership by, impact on cattle prices ... 234, 373
Obama, Barack (U.S. President)
Meat packer owned cattle comment ... 373
Office of the Premier
Premier's leadership campaign donors, comments re ... 911, 929
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
AFSC lending limits ... 678-79 Agricultural assistance ... 1910 Agricultural research and development ... 373 Agricultural support overpayments ... 551-52 Agriculture supply management sponsors ... 1935, 1992, 2035 AgriRecovery program ... 2042 Alberta-Canada Growing Forward program ... 843-44 Beef marketing ... 929 Cattle age verification ... 225, 1606-07 Cattle price insurance program ... 1695 Conversion of agricultural land ... 1574 Cost-shared crop and livestock funding ... 817 Country of origin labelling ... 462-63 Elk antler velvet ... 553 Farm recovery plan payouts ... 397-98 Farm worker safety ... 337 H1N1 virus in central Alberta pig herd ... 927-28, 932-33 Labour protection for paid farm workers ... 372, 375 Livestock and meat strategy ... 74-75, 342, 795 Marketing of agricultural products ... 911, 1184 Meat packer owned cattle ... 373 Mobile meat processing facilities ... 619 Rural extension and industry development ... 701 Support for the Peace Country ... 1204 Trade mission to Asia ... 1696, 1810 Water management ... 460
Peace Country
Government programs in ... 1204
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2009)
Massage therapists' qualifications upgrade process ... 1732
Plebiscites, Provincial
Fee check-off refundability for beef producers ... 911, 929
Pork industry
Biosecurity measures in ... 927
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Annual convention of, donation by agriculture supply management organizations to ... 1935, 1992, 2035
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.)
South Saskatchewan River basin
Supplementary estimates
Estimates 2008-09, No. 2: Debated ... 231-35 Estimates 2008-09: Response to questions during (SP2/09: Tabled) ... 19
Supply management in agriculture
Organizations re, sponsorship of PC party annual meeting ... 1935, 1992, 2035
Trade missions - Asia
Agriculture minister's trip re ... 1696, 1810
Water licences
Usage of allocated water under ... 460
Water licences - Rocky View MD
Usage of allocated water under ... 460
World Health Organization
H1N1 (swine flu)-related trade restrictions statement ... 927
World Trade Organization
Agricultural subsidies issue ... 232
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