Sandhu, Peter (PC, Edmonton-Manning)
Affordable housing
Impact of new federal mortgage regulations on ... 116
Alberta health care insurance plan
Podiatry surgery coverage ... 182
Alberta hospital, Edmonton
Overcrowding in, initiatives re ... 941
Alberta Regulations
Access to ... 793-94 Copyright fees for, cancelled ... 793-94
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Northwest portion (P3 project) ... 395 Northwest portion (P3 project), Manning Drive to Yellowhead Trail section ... 395-96
Bell Connections
Haiti earthquake relief efforts, member's statement re ... 574
Boutin, Ron
Member's statement re ... 178
Canada
Responsibilities of citizens, member's statement re ... 1010
Canadian Citizenship Week
Member's statement re ... 1010
Canadian Publishers' Council
Opposition to Queen's Printer copyright fees ... 793
Earthquakes - Haiti
Relief efforts for, members' statements re ... 574
Family Day
Member's statement re ... 143-44
Flag, Canadian
Member's statement re ... 212
Fraser community, Edmonton
Group home placement in ... 1263
Group homes
Licensing and inspection of, provincial responsibility re ... 1263 Placement of, process for community input re ... 1263
Group homes - Edmonton
Placement allocation, process for ... 1263
(Newsweekly)
Advertisements in, re Alberta oil sands image ... 607
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Additional beds announced to address ... 941
International Mother Language Day
Member's statement re ... 270
International Women's Day
Member's statement re ... 333
Introduction of Guests (School groups, individuals) ...
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Conversion to continuing care facilities ... 941
Members' Statements (Current session)
Canadian Citizenship Week ... 1010 Family Day ... 143-44 Haiti relief efforts ... 574 International Mother Language Day ... 270 International Women's Day ... 333 National Flag of Canada Day ... 212 Organ Donor Week ... 719 Ron Boutin ... 178 Vaisakhi Day ... 761-62 Workplace health and safety awards ... 840-41
Mortgages
Federal regulation changes re ... 116
Municipalities
Land-use bylaws, related to group home placement ... 1263
National Buyer/Seller Forum, Edmonton (March 2010)
Ontario/Quebec companies at, re oil sands supply contracts ... 608
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Public image of ... 607 Public image of, campaign to counteract ... 607-08
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
Access to laws and regulations ... 793-94 Edmonton ring road, Anthony Henday Drive ... 395-96 Federal housing finance regulations ... 116 Group home placement ... 1263 Oil sands image ... 607-08 Podiatry surgery ... 182 Villa Caritas long-term care facility ... 941
Organ and tissue donation
Member's statement re ... 719
Organ Donor Week
Member's statement re ... 719
Podiatry surgery
Coverage under health care plan ... 182
Queen's Printer
Copyright fees cancelled ... 793-94
Read In Week
MLA participation in ... 1010
Rental housing
Increase in supply ... 116
Roads - Construction - Finance
Social housing
Rent support programs ... 116
Statutes (Law)
Access to ... 793-94 Copyright fees for, cancelled ... 793-94
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Public awareness campaign ... 1168
Utilities Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 206)
Second reading ... 1167-68 Terms of office under ... 1168
Vaisakhi Day (Sikh celebration)
Member's statement re ... 761-62
Workplace health and safety awards
Member's statement re ... 840-41
Sarich, Janice (PC, Edmonton-Decore)
Aboriginal children - Education - Calgary
Pride program, member's statement re ... 1398
Affordable housing
Local concentrations of, community consultation re ... 1258 Statistics re ... 1258
Affordable housing - Construction
RFP process, community consultations re ... 1258
Alberta Health Services (Authority)
Villa Caritas lease agreement, Auditor General comment re ... 977
Alberta hospital, Edmonton
Transfer of staff to Villa Caritas facility ... 977
Alberta initiative for school improvement
10th anniversary, member's statement re ... 7
Alberta Works (Employment and training program)
Opening of new Edmonton office, member's statement re ... 1478-79 Services provided ... 1478-79
Archbishop O'Leary high school
50th anniversary, member's statement re ... 1308
Armenian genocide
Member's statement re ... 806
Auditor General
Villa Caritas lease agreement, comment re ... 977
Calgary Catholic school district
Aboriginal pride program, member's statement re ... 1398
Calgary public school board
Aboriginal pride program, member's statement re ... 1398
Capital Region Board
Member's statement re ... 452
Church of the New Jerusalem
Commonwealth Games, Edmonton (1978)
Opening ceremonies ... 1343
Community sports organizations
Covenant Health
Operation of Villa Caritas facility ... 977
Croatian Canadian Folklore Federation West
33rd annual festival ... 1343
Domagoj Croatian Folk Dance Ensemble
Edmonton Police Service
Community-based foot patrols ... 970 Retirement of Chief Mike Boyd ... 1053-54
Education
International focus ... 1254-55 Provincial strategy re, reports on (SP452/10: Tabled) ... 1651
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50, 2009)
Employment standards
Application to foreign workers ... 549
Excellence in Teaching Awards
2010 semifinalists, member's statement re ... 762
Foreign workers, Temporary
Treatment/safety of ... 549
Helping Hands of Hope
Member's statement re ... 599
Homeless - Housing
10-year plan for ... 60-61, 477 Community consultations re ... 1258 Member's statement re ... 477
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Impact of Villa Caritas conversion on ... 977
Inspiring Action on Education (June 2010 Dept. of Education report)
Document tabled (SP452/10: Tabled) ... 1651
International Education Week
Introduction of Guests (School groups, individuals) ...
Introduction of Visitors (Visiting dignitaries)
Edmonton city councillors ... 1741
Killarney community league, Edmonton
Member's statement re ... 970
League of Ukrainian Canadian Women
55th anniversary, member's statement re ... 718
League of Ukrainian Canadians
60th anniversary, member's statement re ... 718
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Croatian remarks in ... 1344
Mandatory Reporting of Child Pornography Act (Bill 202)
Members' Statements (Current session)
Aboriginal pride program ... 1398 Anaphylaxis readiness education in Canada ... 1001 Archbishop O'Leary high school anniversary ... 1308 Armenian genocide ... 806 Capital Region Board ... 452 Domagoj Croatian Folk Dance Ensemble ... 1343-44 Edmonton Police Chief Mike Boyd ... 1053-54 Excellence in teaching awards ... 762 Helping Hands of Hope antipoverty foundation ... 599 Homelessness initiatives ... 477 International Education Week ... 1254-55 Killarney Community League anniversary ... 970 League of Ukrainian Canadians Anniversary/League of Ukrainian Canadian Women Anniversary ... 718 Father Michael Joseph Troy, CSSp ... 664 North Edmonton Alberta Works office ... 1478-79 Safer Internet Day ... 38-39 School improvement, Alberta initiative for ... 7
Mentally ill - Housing - Edmonton
Conversion of Villa Caritas for ... 977
Nativity of Mary Croatian Catholic Church, Edmonton
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
Affordable housing, community consultation re ... 1258 Noninstructional postsecondary fees ... 691-92 Renter assistance ... 60-61 Temporary foreign workers ... 549 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 120 Villa Caritas long-term care facility ... 977
Poverty
Helping foundation re, member's statement re ... 599
Rexall Place, Edmonton
Opening ceremonies ... 1343
Safer Internet Day
Member's statement re ... 38-39
School boards
Anaphylaxis training for staff, member's statement re ... 1001
Social housing
Rent support programs ... 60-61
Speak Out (Alberta student engagement initiative)
Year in review 2009-10 (SP453/10: Tabled) ... 1651
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 76-77 Debate (comments and questions during) ... 109
Troy, Father Michael Joseph, CSSp
Memorial tribute to, member's statement re ... 664
Tuition and fees, Postsecondary
Market modifiers element (noninstructional fees) ... 691-92 Market modifiers element (noninstructional fees), student-drafted regulation proposal ... 692
Twinning of cities, provinces, etc.
Alberta-Hokkaido, Japan ... 1254
Ukraine famine and genocide (Holodomor)
University of Alberta
Noninstructional, mandatory fee levy ... 691-92
University of Calgary
Noninstructional, mandatory fee levy ... 691-92
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Change to governance model for ... 120 Role of ... 120
Utilities Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 206)
Villa Caritas (Long-term care facility)
Conversion to psychogeriatric facility ... 977
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 201)
Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day)
Sherman, Dr. Raj (Ind. effective Nov. 22, 2010, previously PC; Edmonton-Meadowlark)
Affordable housing - Fort McMurray
Parsons Creek development ... 603-04
Alberta Association of Optometrists
Children's vision program, Eye See, Eye Learn, member's statement re ... 1308
Alberta Health Act (Bill 17)
Alberta Health Services (Authority)
Appointment of Dr. Chris Eagle as acting president and CEO ... 1753 Executive VP of quality and service improvement statements on medical care system ... 1753 Joint partnership in pediatrics for kids in care program ... 846
Alberta Medical Association
Emergency medicine section, correspondence with Premier ... 1746 Emergency medicine section, recommendations re emergency services ... 1746
Alberta's Health Legislation: Moving Forward
Provincial strategy re ... 1692
Ambulance service - Rural areas
Calgary and area child and family services authority
Joint partnership in pediatrics for kids in care program ... 846
Calgary health region (Former authority)
Health Quality Council report on (2007) ... 1329
Canadian Diabetes Association
Child and youth health charter
Motion to adopt (Motion 509: Sherman/Rogers) ... 928
Children - Protective services
Children and poverty
Petition tabled re (SP387/10) ... 1318
Continuing/extended care facilities
Increase in beds ... 1746
Continuing/extended care facilities - Rural areas
Availability of spaces in ... 1746
Diabetes
Member's statement re ... 1153
Drugs, Prescription
Provincial pharmacare program, seniors' coverage ... 1746
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (Current session)
Emergency medical services (proceeded with) ... 1328-30
Eye See, Eye Learn (Children's vision program)
Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000)
Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 41, 2007)
Health Quality Council
Review of emergency services ... 1482, 1495
Home care program
Services following hospital discharge ... 1482
Hospitals - Emergency services
Member's statement re ... 1753 Multicasualty incident preparedness ... 1495
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Emergency services - Fort Saskatchewan
Hospitals - Emergency services - Lamont
Hospitals - Emergency services - Vegreville
Introduction of Guests (School groups, individuals) ...
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Punjabi remarks in ... 128
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Construction
Medical care system
5-year action plan re ... 1692 Lawsuits re ... 1620 Legislation re, history of ... 1734-35 Performance measures for, other jurisdictions ... 1560-62 Subacute care ... 1482
Medical care system - Capacity issues
Access to, wait times ... 1482
Medical care system - Donnelly
Medical care system - Falher
Medical care system - Finance
Public funding of, provincial strategy re ... 1692
Medical care system - McLennan
Medical care system - Rural areas
Medical profession - Education
Additional spaces created for ... 1746
Members' Statements (Current session)
Children's vision initiative ... 1308-09 Diabetes ... 1153 Emergency medical services ... 1753 World Health Day ... 794-95
Multicultural Health Brokers Co-operative
News media
Calgary Herald reporter's communication with MLAs re Dr. Sherman ... 1662
Obesity
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 102
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
Affordable housing, in Fort McMurray ... 603-04 Emergency medical services ... 1746 Health care, public funding of ... 1692 Pediatrics for kids in care program ... 845-46
Pediatrics for kids in care program
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (Current session)
Child poverty elimination (SP387/10) ... 1318
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 1737 Criticizing members ... 1562 Factual accuracy ... 1584-85 Improper questions ... 1660, 1661-62
Professional Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 2)
Rehabilitation facilities
Royal Alexandra hospital
Suicide of patient at ... 1554
Senior citizens
Benefits, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1746
Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network
Joint partnership in pediatrics for kids in care program ... 846
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 101-03 Debate (comments and questions during) ... 128
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 201)
World Health Day
Member's statement re ... 794-95
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster; President of the Treasury Board)
Affordable housing - Fort McMurray
Parsons Creek development ... 164-65
Airdrie-Chestermere (Constituency)
Member for, letter to newspaper re new royalty framework (SP71/10: Tabled) ... 366
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Competitiveness Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Health Act (Bill 17)
Alberta Health Services (Authority)
Administrative savings from creation of ... 99, 156 Deficits inherited from former regional boards, retirement of ... 156 Funding for ... 181 Senior executive severance payments ... 98, 99
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta Social Housing Corporation
Road access funding for Parsons Creek development, Fort McMurray ... 164, 165
Alberta sustainability fund
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Response to New West Partnership ... 1226
Alberta Works (Employment and training program)
Appropriation Act, 2010 (Bill 15)
First reading ... 576 Second reading ... 608 Committee ... 643-46
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2010 (Bill 5)
Asset-backed commercial paper
Documents prepared by Treasury Board re (M7/10: Defeated) ... 466
Auditor General
Capital planning, recommendations re ... 1026 Former Auditor General ... 732 Main estimates 2010-11: Transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 Main estimates 2010-11, referred to Committee of Supply ... 49 New Auditor General appointment, report concurred in (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 732 Review of program expenditures ... 1697
Auditor General Search Committee, Select Special
Report recommending Merwan N. Saher appointment concurred in (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 732
Bitumount, Alberta (Historic site)
Reclamation funding for ... 173
Brand campaign for Alberta
Budget 2009
Third-quarter fiscal update (SP13/10: Tabled) ... 123
Budget 2010
Business plan 2010-13 (SP17/10: Tabled) ... 49 Capital investment reporting method in ... 57 General remarks ... 1338
Budget debate
Time allotted for ... 925
Calgary health region (Former authority)
Severance package/pension for former CEO ... 98
Campgrounds, Provincial
Private operators for ... 171-73
Canada - Economic policy
Stimulus funding for Alberta ... 175
Canada health transfer (Federal government)
Imbalance in payments made to Alberta ... 925-26
Canada pension plan
Proposed reforms re, provincial response to ... 1747
Capital projects
20-year strategic plan, Auditor General recommendations re ... 1026 Accounting process re ... 57 Public-private partnerships re ... 146, 183 Public-private partnerships re, accounting methods for ... 183
Capital projects - Airdrie
Provincial strategy re ... 926
Capital projects - Finance
Provincial funding for ... 146 Provincial strategy re ... 926
Capital projects - Fort McMurray
Provincial strategy re ... 926
Capital projects - Grande Prairie
Provincial strategy re ... 926
Capital projects - Lloydminster
Provincial strategy re ... 926
Chief Electoral Officer
Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 Main estimates 2010-11, referred to Committee of Supply ... 49
Child welfare
Government programs, impact of economic downturn on ... 925
Climate change and emissions management fund
Committee of Supply
Main estimates referred to, via policy field committees (Motion 4: Snelgrove) ... 49 Supplementary estimates 2009-10 considered for one day (Motion 9: Snelgrove) ... 123 Supplementary estimates 2009-10 referred to (Motion 8: Snelgrove) ... 123
Committees, Cabinet policy
Government members on, appointment of ... 185 Government members on, remuneration for ... 545, 574, 757
Committees, Standing and policy field
Main estimates 2010-11 referred to (Motion 4: Snelgrove) ... 49
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit
Supplementary estimates 2009-10, debated ... 173-74
Dept. of Employment and Immigration
Supplementary estimates 2009-10, debated ... 161-62
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise
External consultants expenditures (Q16/10: Response tabled as SP428/10) ... 1649
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Supplementary estimates 2009-10, debated ... 156
Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs
Supplementary estimates 2009-10, debated ... 164-65
Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Supplementary estimates 2009-10, debated ... 170-73
Dept. of Transportation
Supplementary estimates 2009-10, debated ... 174-76
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 7)
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 28)
Employment and training programs
Energy industry - Competitiveness review
Report (March 11, 2010), copy tabled (SP95/10) ... 434
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15-16/10: Tabled) ... 49 Main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates 2010-11, referred to Committee of Supply via policy field committees (Motion 4: Snelgrove) ... 49 Supplementary estimates 2009-10, transmitted to Assembly (SP33/10: Tabled) ... 122-23 Supplementary estimates 2009-10, referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 8: Snelgrove) ... 123 Supplementary estimates 2009-10, considered for one day (Motion 9: Snelgrove) ... 123
Ethics Commissioner, Office of
Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 Main estimates 2010-11, referred to Committee of Supply ... 49
Executive Council
Budget decrease for ... 63
Fiscal Responsibility (Spending Limit) Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 204)
Foreign workers, Temporary
Pause in recruiting ... 161
Government departments
Spending in, review of ... 186
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 18)
Government programs
Review of ... 186 Review of, performance measures re ... 1698
Government spending policy
Greenhill mine (Historic site)
Reclamation funding for ... 173
Health workforce planning
Highway 16
Highway 897 intersection, petition presented re ... 1479
Historic sites
Funding for reclamation work at ... 173-74
Homeless
Programs for, review of ... 1697
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 162
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 Main estimates 2010-11, referred to Committee of Supply ... 49
Internal trade
Public consultation re ... 1226
International trade
Container ports, impact of free trade agreements on ... 1227
Introduction of Guests (School groups, individuals) ...
Legislative Assembly Office
Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 Main estimates 2010-11, referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 4: Snelgrove) ... 49
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Transmittal of 2009-10 supplementary estimates (SP33/10: Tabled) ... 123 Transmittal of 2010-11 main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates ... 48-49
Meade, Paddy (Former Alberta Health Services executive officer)
Medical care system - Capacity issues
Cost-benefit analysis of wait times ... 156
Medical care system - Finance
General remarks ... 181 Impact of global economic situation on ... 925
Medical care system - Saskatchewan
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Payments to, report pursuant to Conflicts of Interest Act for year ended March 31, 2010 (SP520/10: Tabled) ... 1811
Modified royalty framework (2010)
Copy tabled (SP94/10) ... 434
Municipalities
Programs for, amalgamation of ... 1697
Natural resources revenue
Fluctuations in ... 925 Saving of percentage of ... 150
New royalty framework (2007)
Airdrie-Chestermere member's comments on (SP71/10: Tabled) ... 366
Ombudsman
Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 Main estimates 2010-11, referred to Committee of Supply ... 49
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
Alberta Health Services Board ... 99 Cabinet policy committees ... 185, 757 Canada pension plan ... 1747 Executive Council budget ... 63 Fiscal responsibility ... 693-94 Government borrowing ... 120-21 Government departments, value review of ... 186 Government liabilities ... 115-16 Government programs, review of ... 1697-98 Government spending ... 150 Infrastructure capital planning ... 1026 MLA remuneration ... 545, 574 Provincial borrowing ... 146 Provincial deficit ... 57, 1338 Provincial fiscal policy ... 181 Provincial sales tax ... 1026 Public-private partnerships ... 183 Severance payments for senior executives ... 98
Parks, Provincial
Federal funding for ... 171 Transfer to municipalities ... 170-71
Points of order
Referring to the absence of members ... 643
Public Affairs Bureau
Budget decrease for ... 63
Public utilities - Rates
Impact of free trade agreements on ... 1227
Rental housing - Fort McMurray
Returning officers (Provincial elections)
Appointment process for ... 1235
Ring roads - Calgary
Public-private partnership model (P3) for ... 183
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Safe communities initiative
Sales tax, Harmonized
Impact of internal trade agreements on ... 1226
Senior citizens
Government programs, impact of economic downturn on ... 925
Senior citizens - Housing
Funding for, by Alberta capital bonds ... 120-21
Spring Beach resort, Muriel Lake
Supplementary estimates
Erratum for page 12 of 2009-10 supplementary estimates (SP34/10: Tabled) ... 154
Surgery waiting lists
Reduction strategy re, cost-benefit analysis of ... 156
Sylvan Lake provincial park
Agreement with town of Sylvan Lake re ... 170
Treasury Board
Annual report 2009-10 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP259/10) ... 1 Oct./10 (reported in Votes and Proceedings 25 Oct./10) Documents prepared re asset-backed commercial paper (M7/10: Defeated) ... 466 External consultants expenditures: Response to Q17 (SP429 /10: Tabled) ... 1649
Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site)
Dingman No. 2 gas well flare containment ... 174 Reclamation funding for ... 173-74
Western Economic Diversification Canada
Provincial parks funding ... 171
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.)
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
2010 convention delegates, introduction of ... 1360
Alger, Harry Elliott (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 5
Auditor General
Main estimates 2010-11: Transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 New Auditor General appointment, report concurred in (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 732 Role of, report on ... 632
Auditor General Search Committee, Select Special
Report recommending Merwan N. Saher appointment concurred in (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 732
Babcock, Jack (World War I veteran)
Broda, Dave (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 901
Calgary-Currie (Constituency)
Member for, membership on standing committees ... 729-30, 767
Calgary-Egmont (Constituency)
Member's resignation from three standing committees, letter re (SP11/10: Tabled) ... 48
Canadian royal heritage award 2010
Presented to Legislative Assembly of Alberta ... 1132-33
Cataract surgery
Contracting to private clinics, request for emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 819
Cellular telephone cameras in Chamber
Chief Electoral Officer
Annual report 2008 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP718/09) ... 4 Feb./10 (reported in Votes and Proceedings) Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 Role of ... 240
Clerk Assistant of the Legislative Assembly and Director of House Services
Retirement of, Speaker's statement re ... 1009
Committee on Community Services, Standing
Membership change (Motion 13 as amended: Hancock) ... 729-30, 767
Committee on the Economy, Standing
Membership change (Motion 13 as amended: Hancock) ... 729-30, 767
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Membership change (Motion 13 as amended: Hancock) ... 729, 767
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Membership change, not proceeded with (per Votes, Apr.13-14) (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 730, 767
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Chair of, restriction on authority of, request for emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 766-67
Committee on Public Safety and Services, Standing
Membership change (Motion 13 as amended: Hancock) ... 729-30, 767
Committees, Cabinet policy
Government members on, appointment of ... 204
Commonwealth Day
Message from Queen Elizabeth II ... 321
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Alberta Branch and Interparliamentary Relations
Annual report 2009 (SP462/10: Tabled) ... 1652
Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 4)
Debate (Parliamentary procedure)
Adjournment of, and adjournment of Assembly, by same member, Speaker's statement re ... 189-90
Democracy in Alberta
Member's statement re, point of order on ... 1754-55
Dept. of Children and Youth Services
Funding cuts impact on front-line services, point of order re ... 642-43
Edmonton-Castle Downs (Constituency)
Member's resignation from three standing committees, letter re (SP10/10: Tabled) ... 48
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood (Constituency)
Member for, distribution of report to members without permission ... 247, 250
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP225/10) ... 24 June/10 (reported in Votes and Proceedings 25 Oct./10) Final report, concurrence in (Motion 18: Hancock/Redford), scope of motion ... 951 Interim report 2009-10 (SP52/10: Tabled) ... 271 Mandate of ... 951
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 45, 2009)
Electoral divisions
Number of, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 305
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (Procedure)
Procedure for, once request has been ruled in order ... 920 Waiver of standing orders re conclusion of debate ... 1328
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (Current session)
Cataract surgery contracting procedure (not proceeded with) ... 819 Emergency medical services (not proceeded with) ... 919-20 Emergency medical services (proceeded with) ... 1321 Public Accounts Committee chair, signing authority of (not proceeded with) ... 766-67 Sale of public land for commercial use (not proceeded with) ... 921-22
Emergency Management Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 6)
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15-16/10: Tabled) ... 49 Supplementary estimates 2009-10, transmitted to Assembly (SP33/10: Tabled) ... 122-23
Ethics Commissioner, Office of
Annual report 2009-10 (Tabled as intersessional document SP236/10) ... 30 Sept./10 (reported in Votes and Proceedings 25 Oct./10) Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (Constituency)
Member for, membership in Wildrose Alliance ... 917
Governor General
Address to Legislative Assembly by (Motion 20: Hancock) ... 1633 Welcome to Legislative Assembly ... 1631-32
Gruenwald, Richard (Dick) (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 321
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Emergency debate re (proceeded with) ... 1321 Request for emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 919-20
Hunley, Wilma Helen (Former MLA/Lieutenant Governor)
Memorial tribute to ... 901, 935
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Annual report 2008-09 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP721/09) ... 4 Feb./10 (reported in Votes and Proceedings) Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Office of
Annual report, 2009-10 (Tabled as intersessional document SP525/10) ... Jan. 13/11 (reported in Votes and Proceedings 22 Feb./11)
Introduction of Guests (School groups, individuals) ...
Introduction of Visitors (Visiting dignitaries)
Alberta Legislature Clerk Assistant and Director of House Services' family ... 1467 CEO of Commissionaires Northern Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and executive assistant ... 1119 Constituency staff ... 1799 Family of Richard Gruenwald ... 321 Family of the late Dave Broda, former MLA ... 901 Honorary president of the Italian Naval Association, Alberta branch ... 1799 Italian Naval Reserve commander and former diplomat ... 1799 Representatives from Canadian Forces Alberta regiments that served at Vimy Ridge, World War I ... 685 School at the Legislature community sponsors and volunteer ... 1397 School at the Legislature participants from inaugural year ... 1397 World War II naval veteran ... 1119
Legislative Assembly Act
Section 37, re cabinet policy committees ... 204
Legislative Assembly Chamber
Seating plan changes ... 19
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
All-night sitting, Hansard transcript, Speaker's statement re ... 1752 Broadcast of proceedings of ... 904 Broadcast of proceedings of, in Montana ... 904 Canadian royal heritage award 2010 presented to ... 1132-33 Constituency staff, Speaker's statement re ... 1752 Projected sitting days calendar, 2010 fall sitting (SP272/10: Tabled) ... 917 Remarks in languages other than English, translation requirements ... 126 Sessional statistics, Speaker's statement re ... 1811-12 Spring sittings calendar, revised/OQP rotation (SP82/10: Tabled) ... 401
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Adjournment
By same member who previously adjourned debate on a motion, Speaker's statement re ... 189-90
Legislative Assembly Office
Annual report 2009 (SP462/10: Tabled) ... 1652 Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49
Legislature Building
Royal cyphers installed in front door glass panels ... 1132-33
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Former Lieutenant Governor, Helen Hunley, memorial tribute to ... 935 Transmittal of 2009-10 supplementary estimates (SP33/10: Tabled) ... 123 Transmittal of 2010-11 main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates ... 49
Lobbyists Act Registrar
Report into allegations involving Ian Murray and Company Ltd. (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP260) ... 6 Oct./10 (reported in Votes and Proceedings 25 Oct./10)
MacDonald-Webber, Heather
Memorial tribute to ... 321
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Anniversary (electoral) of several members ... 335, 418, 553, 1342 Birthday congratulations to a member ... 418, 719, 785, 1342 Distribution of report to, without permission ... 247, 250 Government members' position in Question Period rotation ... 17-18 Hockey jerseys for ... 640 Home-baked pies for ... 423, 427, 451, 456 Independent members' position in Question Period rotation ... 18 Memorial tribute to former Lieutenant Governor ... 935 Memorial tribute to former members ... 5, 143, 321, 389, 901, 935 Requirement to be at his/her own seat for vote ... 1266-67
Members' Statements (Procedure)
Increase in number of, by two, via House leaders' agreement (re first Independent member) ... 391-92 Change in rotation of, re second Independent member ... 719, 917-18 Points of order during ... 785, 796-97, 1754-55 Changes to over time ... 1755 Rotation of, Speaker's statement re ... 1644-45
Ministerial Statements (Procedure)
Procedure with, consent to ... 903
Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day program
Moore, Ronald Armor (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 5
Motions for Returns (Procedure)
New Democratic opposition
Change in opposition status ... 16 Position in Question Period rotation ... 17-18 Report by (Alberta's Health Care - What People Want), distribution to members without permission ... 247, 250
Office of the Speaker
Speaker's welcome to Governor General ... 1631
Official Opposition Leader
Position in Question Period rotation ... 17-18
Ombudsman
Annual report 2009-10 (SP271/10: Tabled) ... 917 Main estimates 2010-11, transmitted to Assembly (SP15/10: Tabled) ... 49 Resignation of, letter re (SP509/10: Tabled) ... 1702
Ombudsman, Former
Memorial tribute to Aleck Trawick, QC ... 1700
Opposition parties
Recognition of, requirements for ... 18, 19
Oral Question Period (Procedure)
35-second rule ... 18, 392 Preambles to supplementary questions eliminated ... 392 Rotation chart, effective October 25, 2010 (SP273/10: Tabled) ... 917 Rotation of questions in, other provinces' experiences ... 18 Rotation of questions in, revised (SP82/10: Tabled) ... 401 Rotation of questions in, Speaker's statement re ... 1644-45 Rotation of questions in, statements by Speaker re ... 16-19, 391-92, 719, 917-18 Televised on Montana Access channel, Speaker's statement re ... 904
Ouellette, Jerry J. (Ontario MPP for Oshawa)
Season's Greetings (poem) ... 1812
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Biographies of, 27th Legislature, Third Session, Fall 2010 (SP308/10: Tabled) ... 1034 Biographies of, 27th Legislature, Third Session, Spring 2010 (SP6/10: Tabled) ... 16 Delivery of report to members without permission ... 247 Presentation of gifts to retiring pages ... 841
Peace River (Constituency)
Member's resignation from two standing committees, letter re (SP12/10: Tabled) ... 48
Peacock, Frederick Haliday (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 143
Pengelly, Nigel Ian (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 901
Poems
Season's Greeting by hon. Jerry J. Ouellette ... 1812
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 642-43 Clarification re motion to extend sitting time ... 1328 Factual accuracy ... 246, 250 First reading of bills ... 1011 First reading of bills, explanation of Speaker's ruling re ... 1011 Improper questions ... 1662 On members' statements ... 785, 796-97, 1754-55 On members' statements, explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 797 Parliamentary language ... 1210 Questions about caucus matters ... 1663 Referring to the absence of members ... 1664-66 Relevance ... 951
Privilege
Legislature procedure re ... 1319 MLA responsibilities re ... 1478 Prima facie cases ... 1666
Public lands - Southern Alberta
Sale for commercial agricultural use, request for emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 921-22
Queen Elizabeth II
Commonwealth Day message ... 321
Resolutions (Procedure)
Exchange of position of Motion Other Than Government Motion 507 with 508 ... 577
School at the Legislature (Educational program)
Report card 2008-09 (SP134/10: Tabled) ... 577 Report card 2009-10 (SP405/10: Tabled) ... 1409
Sergeant-at-Arms
Report distributed to members without permission, return of ... 250
Speaker - Rulings
Adjournment of debate and Assembly by same member ... 189-90 Cellphone cameras in the Chamber ... 1478 Consuming food (pies) in the Chamber ... 456 Decorum ... 1003, 1131 Distribution of items to members ... 247, 250, 632 Explanation of Question Period rotation statement (official party recognition) ... 19 Members' statements ... 785, 797 Motions for returns ... 336 Questions about legislation ... 305 Questions about officers of the Assembly ... 240 Tabling documents ... 1265 Talking stick ... 1700
Speaker - Statements
Anniversary (electoral) of some Members ... 335, 418, 553 Birthday congratulations to a member ... 418, 719, 785 Calendar of special events ... 915, 1155 Canadian royal heritage award 2010 ... 1132-33 Committee membership changes, cost implications ... 66 End of an era (Battle of Vimy Ridge commemoration) ... 685 Hansard transcript of all-night sitting ... 1752 Hockey jerseys for members ... 640 Home-baked pies for members ... 423, 427, 451 Introduction of AUMA convention delegates ... 1360 Introduction of constituency staff ... 1752 Legislative Assembly proceedings broadcast ... 904 Ministerial Statements, procedure with ... 903 Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day program ... 517 Page recognition ... 841 Retirement of Clerk Assistant of the Legislative Assembly/Director of House Services ... 1009 Rotation of questions ... 16-19 Rotation of questions and members' statements ... 391-92, 719, 917, 1644-45 Sessional statistics, fall sitting ... 1811-12 Sessional statistics, spring sitting ... 900 Welcome to Governor General ... 1631
Speech from the Throne
Copy tabled (SP1/10) ... 4
Standing Order 30 motions
Motion to waive time limit on debate (Denied) ... 1328
Standing Orders
Motion to waive 30(5)(a) and (b) ... 1328 Motion to waive 30(5)(a) and (b), point of order re ... 1328 Rotation of questions in Question Period absent from ... 17 Waiver of SO 35(a) and (b), 4(2), re conclusion of emergency debate ... 1328
Talking stick
Speaker's statement re ... 1700
Thurber, Thomas (Tom) George
Memorial tribute to ... 389
Traffic Safety (Distracted Driving) Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 16)
Trawick, Aleck, QC (Former Ombudsman)
Memorial tribute to ... 1700
Vote - Procedure
Requirement for member to be at his/her seat ... 1266-67
Voting in provincial elections
Participation rate, role of Chief Electoral Officer in increasing ... 240
Water allocation
For potato farm on public lands, request for emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 921-22
Wildrose Alliance opposition
Increase in caucus size ... 16 Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo's membership in ... 917 Official party status received ... 903 Position in Question Period rotation ... 17-18
Yurko, William (Bill) John (Former MLA)
Memorial tribute to ... 5
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal consultation policy (Land and resource issues) (2005)
Agricultural value-added production
Provincial initiatives re ... 3, 4
Agriculture
Provincial initiatives re ... 3, 4
Airlines
Expansion of service to Alberta ... 2
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta - Economic policy
Elimination of boom/bust cycles ... 1 General remarks ... 1-2, 4
Alberta Competitiveness Act (Bill 1)
Alberta health act (Proposed)
Alberta Health Services (Authority)
Alberta Innovates
Research funding under ... 2
Alberta sustainability fund
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind (BRIK) policy ... 3
Capital projects - Finance
Provincial funding for ... 1-2
Carbon capture and storage
Competitiveness, Economic
Provincial initiatives re ... 3, 4
Continuing/extended care facilities - Finance
By Alberta capital bonds ... 2
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Employment insurance program (Federal)
Application in Alberta ... 4
Employment opportunities
Provincial initiatives re ... 3
Energy, Clean
Provincial initiatives re ... 3, 4
Energy industry
Impact on Alberta ... 3 Sustainability of ... 3
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Energy industry - Regulations
Energy resources - Export - United States
Energy resources, Alternate/renewable
Environmental protection
Provincial initiatives re ... 3 Technology development ... 3
Farm produce - Export
Provincial initiatives re ... 3
Food industry and trade
Provincial initiatives re ... 3
Forest industries
Competitiveness/sustainability of ... 3, 4
Government spending policy
Greenhouse gas emissions
North American harmonization of regulations re ... 3
Health care facilities - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 2
Hospitals - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 2
Industrial development
Provincial initiatives re ... 3
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2
International trade
Importance of direct airline service to ... 2
International trade - China
General remarks ... 3 Joint western provinces trade missions to ... 2
International trade - India
International trade - Japan
Joint western provinces trade missions to ... 2
Investments, International
Provincial initiatives re ... 3
Medical care system - Capacity issues
Access to, improvement of ... 2 Improvement in wait times ... 2
Medical care system - Finance
5-year guaranteed plan re ... 2 General remarks ... 2
Mines and minerals industry
Minister's Advisory Committee on Health
Report, recommendations ... 2
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for ... 1
North American free trade agreement
Oil sands development
Value-added opportunities ... 3
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oil sands development - Research
Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
Pension plan, Western trilateral (Alberta-B.C.-Saskatchewan)
Pensions
Pan-Canadian reforms re ... 2
Petrochemical industry
Usage of upgraded bitumen products ... 3
Police
Increase in numbers of ... 2
Postsecondary educational institutions - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 2
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Provincial funding for ... 1
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Recommendations from ... 4
Public assistance
Provincial funding for ... 1, 2
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Schools
Provincial funding for ... 1
Schools - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 2
Senior citizens - Housing
Funding for, by Alberta capital bonds ... 2
Solar Decathlon competition 2011 (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
Team Alberta participation in ... 3
Solar powered homes
Student participation in competition re ... 3
Supportive living facilities
Funding for, by Alberta capital bonds ... 2
Technology
Provincial initiatives re ... 3
Technology commercialization
Tourism
Importance of direct airline service to ... 2
Transfer payments to provinces
Transportation - Northern Alberta
United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen (December 2009)
Universities and colleges
Western economic partnership (Alberta-B.C.-Saskatchewan)
Witness protection
Provincial program re ... 2
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville; Premier)
Agency Governance Secretariat
Air quality - Monitoring
Fort Saskatchewan/Fort McMurray areas ... 358
Airdrie-Chestermere (Constituency)
Member for, letter to newspaper re new royalty framework (SP71/10: Tabled) ... 359, 366
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Building Code
High-intensity fire prevention additions ... 565-66
Alberta Cancer Board
Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board ... 565, 1001
Alberta Children's hospital
Alberta Competitiveness Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Continuing Care Association
Alberta Economic Development Authority
Policy input to province ... 373, 378
Alberta Electric System Operator
Transmission system capacity forecasts ... 721
Alberta Fire Code
High-intensity fire prevention additions ... 565-66
Alberta health act (Proposed)
Future review of, by Health policy field committee ... 385 General remarks ... 8, 56
Alberta Health Act (Bill 17)
Public consultation re ... 1636, 1637 Publicly funded health care provisions in ... 1743-44 Time allotted for debate ... 1636
Alberta Health Services (Authority)
Administrative savings from creation of ... 56, 1469-70, 1471 Ambulance service administration ... 508 Centralization of services under ... 1309, 1335-36, 1399, 1469, 1471, 1744, 1745 Centralization of services under, public input into ... 1802 CEO of, future ... 1001, 1469, 1471 CEO of, performance review of ... 1399-1400, 1401 Code of conduct (speaking publicly policy) ... 1335 Communications plan ... 1335 Conflict of interest situations in ... 383 Decision-making authority ... 358, 370, 508, 1744 Deficit, elimination of ... 56, 205 Executive VP of quality and service improvement, role in emergency services protocols ... 1400 Executive VP of quality and service improvement statements on medical care system ... 1335 Financial operations, Auditor General's report on ... 971 Funding for ... 7, 8, 181, 205, 358 Governance of, accountability within ... 1335 Governance of, provincial strategy re ... 1335 Senior executive bonuses/contracts ... 753, 891-92 Senior executive bonuses/contracts, AHSB review of ... 720 Senior executive bonuses/contracts, standardization of ... 720 Senior executive contracts, negotiation of ... 720 Senior executive contracts, review of ... 720 Senior executive contracts, standardization of ... 720 Termination provisions in contracts for staff in ... 375
Alberta Health Services Board
Role of ... 1469, 1471 Role of, in implementation of emergency services protocols ... 1335
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
General remarks ... 386, 665 Increasing the value of ... 384 Inflation-proofing of ... 386 Transfer of nonrenewable resource revenue into ... 384 Utilization of ... 39, 113
Alberta hospital, Edmonton
Provincial strategy re ... 1255 Transfer of patients to community-based beds ... 1255-56 Transfer of patients to community-based beds, policy decision re ... 370 Transfer of patients to Villa Caritas facility ... 937-38, 972
Alberta House (Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler 2010, hospitality venue)
Alberta Medical Association
Emergency medicine section, correspondence with Premier ... 1309-10, 1746 Emergency medicine section, recommendations re emergency services ... 1310, 1335, 1746 Emergency physicians' letter to the editor, Dec. 2, 2010 ... 1803 Events regarding Dr. Sherman and Mr. Horne ... 1637
Alberta Order of Excellence Council
Alberta Parks Act (Bill 29)
General remarks ... 1200-01 Public consultation re ... 1200
Alberta Plaza (2010 Olympic Winter Games cultural venue)
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Implementation of ... 383 Regulations re compensation and terminations benefits under ... 376
Alberta seniors' benefit program
Alberta sustainability fund
Alberta Utilities Commission
Power line routes, compensation rate for ... 721 Power line routes, siting of ... 721
Ambulance service
Provincial governance of, dispatch service re ... 508
Ambulance service - Rural areas
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Hospitalization of clients of, process re ... 543
Asthma - Treatment
Role of primary care networks in ... 1310-11
Auditor General
Agency executive termination benefits recommendation ... 375-76 Alberta Health Services financial operations, report on ... 971 Mental health services, recommendations re ... 1255 Recommendations ... 384 Role of ... 55-56 Role of, report on ... 631
Bitumen
Upgrading, impact of foreign investment on ... 755
Brand campaign for Alberta
Costs ... 372, 375 Funding for, redirected to health care ... 906 Funding for, reduction in ... 367, 382 General remarks ... 372, 377, 379, 381
Budget 2010
Capital investment reporting method in ... 57 General remarks ... 7-8, 55-56 PC caucus input into ... 205, 238, 386 Strategic business plan (SP18/10: Tabled) ... 49
Calgary-Mountain View (Constituency)
Member for, dismissal as medical officer of health ... 1638
Canada Health Act
Relation to proposed Alberta health act ... 56
Canada health transfer (Federal government)
Cutbacks to ... 387 Imbalance in payments made to Alberta ... 974
Cancer - Treatment
General remarks ... 1744 Impact of health system reform on ... 565-66 Patient satisfaction re ... 1312 Radiation, wait times for ... 567 Wait times for ... 565, 567
Cancer - Treatment - Calgary
Cancer radiation treatment corridor (Lethbridge, Red Deer, Grande Prairie)
General remarks ... 1336 Initiatives re ... 1201, 1311, 1401 Wait times for, initiatives re ... 1311
Cancer, Work-related
Coverage under workers' compensation ... 892
Capital projects
20-year strategic plan ... 13, 358, 367 Accounting process re ... 57
Capital projects - Finance
Provincial funding for ... 56, 302
Capital projects, Municipal - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 56
Carbon capture and storage
Commercial projects ... 1201 General remarks ... 544
Carbon dioxide emissions
Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 358
Cataract surgery - Calgary
Contracting to private clinics ... 383 General remarks ... 689, 690-91
Chantelle Management Ltd.
Long-term care centre project in Grande Prairie, funding for ... 477, 507
Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations
Funding restrictions ... 666
Child and Youth Advocate
Reporting mechanism for ... 324
Child welfare workers
Increase in numbers of ... 325
Children - Protective services
Case reviews of incidents re ... 324, 325 Death of Morinville area foster child, inquiry into ... 324, 325 Funding for ... 203, 325 General remarks ... 324
Children's services agencies (Nonprofit)
Funding restrictions ... 666
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Physician psychiatric review procedures ... 1637
Committee on Health, Standing
Future review of proposed health act ... 385
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Chair of, restriction on authority of ... 754, 842
Committees, Cabinet policy
Government members on, appointment of ... 204, 238, 302 Government members on, remuneration for ... 392 Input into health policy decisions ... 370, 385
Competitiveness, Economic
General remarks ... 367, 632 Legislation re (Bill 1) ... 4, 8 Provincial initiatives re ... 8, 303
Condominiums - Construction
Review of methods in ... 565-66
Conflict of interest
Health care contracts, awarding of ... 383
Construction industry
Employment levels in ... 444 Employment levels in, impact of outsourcing abroad on ... 444
Continuing care strategy
General remarks ... 1310 Priorities re ... 1200
Continuing/extended care facilities
Increase in beds ... 1746 Increase in beds, funding for ... 1335
Continuing/extended care facilities - Construction
Continuing/extended care facilities - Rural areas
Availability of spaces in ... 1746
Covenant Health
Operation of Villa Caritas facility ... 937, 972
Cytology lab services, Centralized
Creation of ... 478 Creation of, minister's meetings with medical staff re ... 478
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Deficit financing
General remarks ... 113, 386 Private-sector report on ... 444
Dept. of Children and Youth Services
Funding cuts to, impact on front-line services ... 601, 633, 666 Minister's/deputy minister's budget cuts ... 601 Minister's instructions re foster care funding ... 601, 632-33, 666
Dept. of Environment
Investigation of oil sands tailings pond containment ... 1145-46 Minister's response to waterfowl death on tailing ponds ... 937
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise
Minister's role in budget finalization ... 386 Minister's role in Canada health transfer review ... 387
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister's accountability re emergency room wait times ... 973, 1001 Policy decision-making authority ... 370, 508
Deputy ministers (Provincial government)
Deputy Premier
Submission to Electoral Boundaries Commission ... 842-43 Submission to Electoral Boundaries Commission, withdrawal of ... 843
Developmentally disabled - Calgary
Funding to service providers for programs for ... 542
Diversification, Economic
Domestic violence
Funding for programs re ... 324-25
Drugs, Prescription
Provincial pharmacare program, seniors' coverage ... 599-600, 632, 1746
Economic development - Environmental aspects
Edmonton and area child and family services authority
Edmonton-Meadowlark (Constituency)
Member for ... 1638 Member for, as parliamentary assistant for Health and Wellness, communications re emergency services ... 1309-10, 1311, 1334-35 Member for, licence to practice medicine ... 1637
Education - Finance
Impact of fluctuating energy revenues on ... 665 User fees ... 41
Elections, Municipal
Senate nominee elections in conjunction with ... 509, 543
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Interim report 2009-10 ... 541-42 Interim report 2009-10, submission from Deputy Premier re ... 842-43 Interim report 2009-10, submission from Deputy Premier re, withdrawal of ... 843
Electoral divisions
Number of, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 541-42 Urban-rural balance ... 541-42
Electric power lines - Construction
Electric power purchase agreements
Need for, by nuclear power plant proponent ... 721
Electric utilities - Regulations
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (Current session)
Emergency medical services (not proceeded with) ... 938
Energy industry - Competitiveness review
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Initiatives re ... 443, 445 Public image of ... 754
Energy industry - India
Trade missions re ... 1146
Energy resources - Extraction
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Oil sands tailings pond containment, investigation of ... 1145-46 Oil sands tailings pond containment, meetings with cabinet ministers re ... 1200
Enterprise Universal Incorporated
Contract for insured surgical services ... 383
Environmental protection
Provincial initiatives re ... 1200-01 Provincial initiatives re, public perception of ... 754 Technology development ... 378
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
Syncrude prosecution under ... 358
Executive Council
Annual report 2009-10 (Tabled as intersessional deposit SP245/10) ... 1 Oct./10 (reported in Votes and Proceedings 25 Oct./10) Budget decrease for ... 56, 367, 382 Business plan ... 367 Chief of staff's role ... 385, 386 Chief of staff's salary ... 371, 373, 377, 384, 385, 386 Chief of staff's salary, comparison to B.C. equivalent ... 380, 384 Communications function ... 376 Deputy minister's office ... 367 Deputy minister's salary ... 371, 373, 377, 384, 386 Deputy minister's salary, comparison to B.C. equivalent ... 380 External consultants expenditures (Q21/10: Response tabled as SP471/10) ... 1652 General remarks ... 367, 376-77 Main estimates 2010-11, debated ... 367-87 Policy development role ... 370, 386 Public Affairs Bureau administration ... 368-69
Family physicians - Supply
General remarks ... 8, 56 Increase in, provincial strategy re ... 1400
Farm produce - Export - European Union
Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Commission
Fort McMurray (City)
Impact of oil sands expansion on, funding to alleviate ... 325-26
Foster care
Disabled children's placement in, funding level for ... 601, 632-33, 666, 667
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive termination benefits, Auditor General's recommendation re ... 375-76 Governance standards for ... 367, 383-84
Government departments
Communications budget ... 369-70 Communications function ... 369, 377 Internal communications ... 379
Government programs
Cuts to ... 689 Decision-making re ... 689
Government spending policy
General remarks ... 55-57, 113, 181, 386 Management of ... 507 PC caucus input into ... 205 Value-for-money consideration re ... 56
Governor General
Welcome to Legislative Assembly ... 1631
Grande Prairie care centre
Groundwater - Oil sands areas
Monitoring of quality of, federal review of ... 1200
Health care facilities - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 358, 567
Health care facilities - Edmonton (Capital health area)
Provincial funding for ... 358
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
General remarks ... 1638 Premier's air ticket re ... 1002 Research study into ... 1002
Health sciences personnel
Impact of centralization of health services on ... 1469 Responsibility re quality of health delivery ... 1399 Suggestions of, as input into health system organization ... 1335
Health sciences personnel - Education
Additional spaces created for ... 56, 906 Funding for ... 1310
Hip and knee surgery
Contracting to private clinics ... 113-14, 906
Hip and knee surgery - Calgary
Contracting to private clinics ... 383
Home care program
Services following hospital discharge, funding for ... 1310 Services following hospital discharge, role of primary care networks in ... 1310-11
Hospital beds
Addition of ... 1146 Addition of, funding for ... 1311 Closure of, policy re ... 370 Mental health services, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1201 Reopening of ... 1400 Statistics re, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1146
Hospitals
Decision-making authority within ... 1744 Suicide in ... 1201, 1310
Hospitals - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Emergency services
Fee for service, Wildrose Alliance policy re ... 1745 General remarks ... 1004 Task force (proposal) ... 1335-36
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Additional acute-care beds to address ... 1256, 1310, 1470 Additional beds announced to address ... 905, 938, 939, 1145, 1201, 1744 Additional continuing care beds to address ... 1310, 1337, 1746 Additional home care services to address ... 1310 Additional long-term care beds to address ... 1200, 1336 Additional mental health services to address ... 1310 Additional staff to address ... 1145, 1256, 1309, 1470 AMA president's letter re ... 1335-36 Calgary Sun article re ... 1003 Consultation with public re ... 1336 Consultation with stakeholders re ... 1335, 1336 Dept. of Health and Wellness parliamentary assistant e-mail re ... 1309-10, 1311 Emergency physicians' letter re ... 1746 Expert panel to address ... 906 New directives re ... 1003 Overcapacity protocols, consultation re ... 1310, 1334-35, 1399 Overcapacity protocols, implementation of ... 1336, 1337, 1399-1400, 1470, 1744 Overcrowding ... 905, 938-39, 1003 PC caucus response to ... 1309-10 Performance measures re ... 1145, 1201 Performance measures re, public reporting of ... 1003 Premier's February 23, 2008, letter re ... 1309-10 Premier's receipt of documents re ... 973, 1003 Provincial strategy re ... 906-07, 1004, 1335, 1803 Reduction in utilization of, impact on wait times ... 1310 Request for emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 938 Statistics re ... 973 Utilization of for mental health services ... 1201 Wait times directives ... 1003, 1145, 1309
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues - United Kingdom
Wait times in, legislation re ... 1470
Hospitals - Emergency services - Fort Saskatchewan
Hospitals - Emergency services - Lamont
Hospitals - Emergency services - Vegreville
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
HRG Healthcare Resource Group Inc.
Contract for insured surgical services ... 383
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Kearl Lake project production modules, import from S. Korea ... 444
Industrial development
Value-added industries ... 632
Industrial development - Provincial parks
Infant mortality rates - Edmonton
Variations between communities ... 1257
Institute for Public Sector Accountability
Alberta deficit report ... 444
Insurance, Health (Private)
International finance
Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 4, 9, 40, 444, 445
International trade - Asia Pacific area
Future opportunities re ... 1146
International trade - European Union
International trade - India
Negotiations of agreements re ... 1146 Trade missions ... 1002, 1146
Introduction of Guests (School groups, individuals) ...
Introduction of Visitors (Visiting dignitaries)
Mayors of Calgary and Edmonton ... 999 Visitors from Saxony, Germany ... 235
Investments, International
General remarks ... 632 Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Katyn massacre 1940, western Russia
Land reclamation and remediation
Oil sands tailings ponds ... 972
Land sales (Oil and gas exploration)
Land-use framework
Regional plans for, timeline re ... 1470
Legislative Assembly Act
Section 37, re cabinet policy committees ... 204, 238, 302
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Fall session 2010 ... 1803 Sitting calendar, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1146
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Administrative support to office of ... 367, 382
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Addition of beds ... 1199, 1256 Nursing home beds, opening of ... 1147 Overcrowding in ... 1256 Waiting list length, impact on hospital bed utilization ... 906-07
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Construction
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Edmonton
Reduction in number of, by conversion of Villa Caritas to psychogeriatric facility ... 937-38
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Fort McMurray
Low-carbon fuel standards
Impact on Alberta ... 378
Manufacturing
Employment levels in, impact of outsourcing abroad on ... 444
Mayor of Calgary
Meeting with Premier re medical care system ... 1003-04
Mayor of Edmonton
Meeting with Premier re medical care system ... 1003-04
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Medical care - Private-sector delivery
Medical care, Primary
Networks for ... 906, 939 Networks for, provision of mental health services through ... 1201 Provincial strategy re ... 1400 Public satisfaction with ... 1311 Role in care following release from hospital ... 1310-11
Medical care system
5-year action plan re ... 1401, 1744, 1802 Accountability in ... 1469-70 Community-based, provincial strategy re ... 1310, 1336 Governance of ... 1744 Governance of, provincial strategy re ... 1335-36, 1399-1400 Growth in demand for, impact of demographic changes on ... 1311-12 Improvements to ... 905 Improvements to, timeline re ... 1312 Infrastructure, funding for ... 1311 Local decision-making, provincial strategy re ... 1335-36 Policy development re ... 370 Prenatal care, initiatives re ... 1257 Provincial strategy re ... 1146, 1311, 1401, 1638, 1802-03 Public input re ... 7, 8, 370 Public perceptions of ... 1803
Medical care system - Calgary
Capital plan for ... 1744
Medical care system - Capacity issues
Access to, improvement of ... 114-15
Medical care system - Donnelly
Medical care system - Edmonton
Capital plan for ... 1744
Medical care system - Europe
Medical care system - Falher
Medical care system - Finance
5-year guaranteed plan re ... 56, 113-14, 181, 205, 358, 567, 689, 691, 905, 938, 939, 1310 General remarks ... 7, 8, 40, 181, 507, 905, 939, 1001, 1003, 1335 Impact of fluctuating energy revenues on ... 665 Public funding of, provincial strategy re ... 1636-37, 1743-44, 1802 Value-for-money consideration re ... 56
Medical care system - McLennan
Medical care system - Northeast Edmonton
Medical care system - Rural areas
Access to diagnostic equipment ... 1310 General remarks ... 1746
Medical care system - Utilization
Access to diagnostic equipment ... 1310
Medical profession
Practitioners opting out of publicly funded system ... 1743
Medical profession - Education
Additional spaces created for ... 56, 906, 1746 Graduates, targets for ... 1400
Medical profession - Supply
General remarks ... 1003 Immigration to Alberta by ... 1803
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Role of, in democratic process ... 1336 Salaries/benefits of ... 376 Salaries/benefits of, independent commission to review ... 237, 380, 392 Salaries/benefits of, independent commission to review (Motion 501: Pastoor) ... 237, 392
Mental health services
Access to ... 1201 Auditor General recommendations re ... 1255 Deaths of patients receiving ... 1255 Funding for ... 1201 Provincial strategy re ... 1255
Mental health services agencies (Nonprofit)
Mentally ill - Housing - Edmonton
Conversion of Villa Caritas for ... 937-38
Ministerial Statements (Current session)
Loss of Polish leadership in plane crash ... 688
Ministers (Provincial government)
Attendance at 2010 Winter Olympics events ... 114 Reduction in number of ... 56-57 Salary levels for ... 371, 601, 633
Minister's Advisory Committee on Health
Report, public consultation re ... 7, 8
Modified royalty framework (2010)
Municipal Government Act
Municipal autonomy under ... 1470
Municipal sustainability initiative
Calgary funding from ... 238-39 Funding for ... 302, 1470 General remarks ... 367
Municipalities
Funding for, provincial strategy re ... 1470
(Magazine)
The Canadian Oil Boom: Scraping Bottom (article) ... 381
Natural resources revenue
Decline in ... 1401 Fluctuations in, impact on public assistance programs funding ... 665 General remarks ... 543-44, 601 Transfer of portion of, into Heritage Fund ... 384
Networc Health Inc.
Contract for insured surgical services ... 383
New royalty framework (2007)
Airdrie-Chestermere member's comments on ... 359 Airdrie-Chestermere member's comments on (SP71/10: Tabled) ... 366 General remarks ... 9, 272, 303, 359, 380, 393-94, 479, 509
Norwood-Glenrose long-term care facility
Postponement of expansion of ... 1199
Nuclear power plants
Power purchase agreement for ... 721
Nurses - Education
Additional spaces created for ... 56, 906 Funding for ... 1311 Graduates, targets for ... 1400
Nurses - Supply
Addition of ... 1400 Addition of, to address emergency services wait times ... 1309 General remarks ... 939, 1003
O'Connor, Dr. John (Fort Chipewyan physician)
Office of the Premier
Meetings with Calgary and Edmonton mayors re medical care system ... 1003-04 Premier's air ticket to visit Fort Chipewyan ... 1002 Premier's awareness of photos of waterfowl in tailings ponds ... 358 Premier's discussion with AMA president re emergency medical services ... 1335 Premier's meeting with mayors of Edmonton and Calgary ... 1003-04 Premier's receipt of documents re emergency room wait times ... 973, 1003 Premier's response to questions re PC caucus suspension of the Member for Edmonton-Meadowlark ... 1400 Premier's salary level ... 371-72, 601, 633 Premier's trade mission to India ... 1002, 1146 Premier's welcome to Governor General ... 1631 Weblog posting on public response to medical care system capacity issues ... 1334-35
Oil recovery methods - India
Oil sands (resource)
Ownership of, impact of foreign investment on ... 755-56
Oil sands development
International investment in (China) ... 755-56 Value-added opportunities, impact of foreign investment on ... 755
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Emissions, government monitoring of ... 358 General remarks ... 358, 378 Impact on water quality ... 1146 Public image of ... 358, 378, 754 Public image of, campaign to counteract ... 381 Water usage ... 358
Oil sands tailings ponds
Containment of ... 1145-46, 1200 Dry tailings ponds ... 378, 754 ERCB regulations re ... 754, 972 Horizon site ... 1200 Impact on wildlife ... 972 Public image of ... 754 Reclamation of ... 358, 378, 972 Waterfowl deaths on ... 937, 972 Waterfowl deaths on, Premier's awareness of photos of ... 358
Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
Alberta cabinet ministers' attendance at ... 114 Alberta participation in ... 368 Alberta participation in, costs ... 665-66
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
Alberta Health Services Board ... 1469-70, 1471 Alberta Health Services executive bonuses ... 720, 753, 891-92 Alberta Health Services financial operations ... 971 Alberta Health Services president and CEO ... 1471 Ambulance dispatch services, centralization of ... 508 Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 543 Budget process ... 7-8 Cabinet policy committees ... 204, 238, 302 Calgary cancer services ... 324 Cancer services ... 565, 567 Cataract surgery ... 689, 690-91, 893 Children and Youth Services budget ... 633, 666 Children in care, protection of ... 203, 324, 325 Competitiveness review of oil and gas industry ... 272-73, 393-94, 443, 445 Construction and manufacturing outsourcing ... 444 Cytology lab services, centralization of ... 478 Domestic violence ... 324-25 Economic diversification ... 632 Electoral boundaries ... 541-42 Electoral Boundaries Commission ... 842-43 Electric power transmission system ... 721 Emergency medical services ... 905-07, 938-39, 973, 1001-04, 1309-12, 1334-37, 1399, 1401, 1746 Emergency medical services wait times ... 1145, 1470 Emergency service capacity issues, additional beds to relieve ... 905, 939 Fall session encapsulation ... 1803 Federal transfer payments for health ... 974 Foster care funding ... 667 Foster care funding for special-needs children ... 601, 632-33 Government caucus consultation ... 238-39 Government decisions ... 689 Health care budget ... 56 Health care facilities infrastructure ... 358 Health care facilities security services ... 666 Health care public consultation ... 8 Health care, public funding of ... 1636-37, 1802 Health care services, private ... 113-14 Health care system ... 1802-03 Health care system acute-care beds ... 1146-47 Health care system governance ... 1744, 1745 Health care system governance, accountability in ... 1335, 1399-1400 Health care workforce shortages ... 1400 High-intensity residential fires ... 565-66 Hospital construction in Grande Prairie ... 357-58 Human services, funding for ... 665 Hydroelectric dam on the Peace River ... 892 International investments in the oil sands ... 755-56 Legislature fall session encapsulation ... 1803 Long-term care beds ... 1199-1200, 1256 Long-term care funding ... 40, 507 Long-term care in Fort McMurray ... 325-26 Long-term care in Grande Prairie ... 477 Member for Edmonton-Meadowlark ... 1637-38 Member for Edmonton-Meadowlark, suspension from PC caucus ... 1336, 1400 Mental health services ... 1201, 1255 MLA remuneration, review of ... 237, 392 Municipal planning ... 1470 Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 302 Northeast Edmonton health services ... 1257 Oil and gas revenues ... 509 Oil and gas royalties ... 479, 543-44, 601-02 Oil royalty framework ... 359 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 972 Oil sands tailings ponds containment ... 1145-46, 1200 Olympic Winter Games 2010, advertising costs for ... 665-66 Olympic Winter Games 2010, cabinet travel to ... 114 Parks and protected areas ... 1200-01 Persons with developmental disabilities funding ... 271, 304, 542 Pharmaceutical benefit for seniors ... 599-600, 632 Postsecondary education funding ... 179 Provincial budget ... 55-56, 56-57 Provincial budget, caucus approval of ... 205 Provincial deficit ... 57, 444, 1401 Provincial fiscal policy ... 41, 181 Provincial fiscal strategy ... 39-40 Provincial public image ... 754 Public Accounts Committee ... 842 Public land, sale of for commercial use ... 906 Publicly funded health care ... 1743-44, 1802 Role of Auditor General ... 631 Royalty framework ... 9, 303 School closures ... 393 School services in Airdrie ... 1201 Senate appointments ... 509, 543 Small-business assistance ... 720-21 Sustainability fund ... 113 Trade mission to India ... 1002, 1146 Villa Caritas long-term care facility ... 937-38, 972 Water allocation and management ... 842 Waterfowl deaths in oil sands tailings pond ... 358, 937 Workers' compensation for occupational cancers ... 892
Peace River dam, B.C.
Impact on Alberta ... 892
Persons with developmental disabilities community boards
Poland
Loss of leadership in plane crash, ministerial statement re, response to ... 688
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Provincial funding for ... 41, 179
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Executive members of, appearance in electricity transmission system ads ... 721
Protocol Office (Executive Council)
Public Affairs Bureau
Budget decrease for ... 369-70, 382 Communications function ... 369, 377 Communications function, contracting out of ... 377 Communications function, rebuttal of inaccurate media stories ... 381 Communications function, relation to Executive Council ... 368-69 General remarks ... 367, 377-78, 382-83, 385
Public assistance
Provincial funding for, dependent on fluctuating energy revenue ... 665 Review of programs for ... 543
Public lands - Southern Alberta
Sale of, for commercial agricultural use ... 906
Public service - Alberta
Senior officials' achievement bonuses, suspension of ... 384, 720, 891 Senior officials' salaries ... 372, 373, 376, 380 Senior officials' salaries, publication of ... 382
Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie
Code requirements upgrade, funding for ... 358
Radio communications system (first responder system)
Regional health authorities (Former)
Replacement by Health Services Board ... 370, 971, 1001
Residential fires - Calgary
High-intensity fires ... 565-66
Residential fires - Prevention
Building and fire code changes re high-intensity fires ... 565-66
Royal Alexandra hospital
Cataract surgeries ... 114 Hip and knee surgeries ... 113-14 Mental health services beds closed ... 1201
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Decline in oil royalties ... 1401 General remarks ... 380, 509
Schools - Construction
Prioritization of ... 1201
Schools - Construction - Airdrie
Senators
Election of Alberta nominees for ... 509, 543
Senior citizens
Benefits, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1746 Government programs ... 689 Increase in number of, impact on medical care system ... 1311-12 PC caucus input into seniors' issues ... 238
Shale gas - Duvernay formation
Small business
Government incentives for ... 720-21 Venture capital for ... 720
Social media (Online communication systems)
Government use of, for public information purposes ... 367, 379
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 11: Stelmach/Hancock) ... 257 Motion to consider (Motion 1: Stelmach) ... 4
Steel industry - Alberta
Competition for, from outside Canada ... 444
Stollery Children's hospital
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facilities, conversion of continuing care facilities to ... 8
Supportive living facilities, Affordable - Grande Prairie
Surgery, Elective
Reduction in, policy decision re ... 370
Surgery waiting lists
Reduction policy decision ... 370
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Chinese purchase of share of ... 755-56 Tailings ponds waterfowl deaths, court case re ... 358, 937
Taxation
General remarks ... 41, 368
Teachers' pension plan
Unfunded liability, funding for ... 386
Tourism
Promotion of, use of Alberta brand in ... 379, 381
Travel at public expense
Ministers' attendance at 2010 Winter Olympic Games events ... 114
Treasury Board
Government managers compensation and termination benefits review ... 376
Tuition and fees, Postsecondary
General remarks ... 41 Increase in ... 689
United Nurses of Alberta
Collective agreement ... 1311
University of Calgary. School of Public Policy
Oil and gas industry competitiveness report (Mintz and Chen) ... 272-73
Victims of crime fund
Domestic violence programs funding from ... 325
Villa Caritas (Long-term care facility)
Conversion to psychogeriatric facility ... 937-38, 972
Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre
Water allocation
General remarks ... 842 For oil sands development and enhanced oil recovery ... 358
Water power - Peace River
Run-of-the-river project (Dunvegan dam), impact of B.C. dam on ... 892
Water quality
Federal jurisdiction over ... 1146
Water quality - Athabasca River
Water quality - Monitoring
Near oil sands tailings ponds ... 754
Well drilling industry
Provincial incentive program re ... 9
Wildrose Alliance opposition
Energy competitiveness strategy ... 359 Senator election candidate ... 543 Tracking of activities of ... 380, 381
Women's shelters - Finance
Workers' compensation
Work-related cancer coverage under ... 892
Swann, Dr. David (AL, Calgary-Mountain View)
Alberta - Economic policy
Alberta Building Code
High-intensity fire prevention additions ... 565-66
Alberta Cancer Board
Replacement by single provincial Health Services Board ... 565, 1001
Alberta Children's hospital
General remarks ... 1744 Patient safety issues at, release of report on ... 419
Alberta Competitiveness Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Fire Code
High-intensity fire prevention additions ... 565-66
Alberta health act (Proposed)
General remarks ... 8, 56, 905
Alberta Health Act (Bill 17)
Alberta Health Services (Authority)
Administrative savings from creation of ... 56, 1469-70 Ambulance service administration ... 508 Calgary Children's hospital patient safety investigation, release of ... 419 Centralization of services under ... 1220, 1309, 1335, 1399, 1469, 1744 Centralization of services under, public input into ... 1802 CEO of, future ... 1001, 1469 CEO of, performance review of ... 1399-1400 Code of conduct (speaking publicly policy) ... 419, 1335 Communications plan ... 1335 Decision-making authority ... 358, 370, 419, 508, 1744 Deficit, elimination of ... 56 Deficits inherited from former regional boards, retirement of ... 1024 Executive VP of quality and service improvement, role in emergency services protocols ... 1400 Executive VP of quality and service improvement statements on medical care system ... 1335 Financial operations, Auditor General's report on ... 971 Funding for ... 7, 8 Governance of, accountability within ... 1335 Governance of, provincial strategy re ... 1335 Health facilities security improvements ... 666 Senior executive bonuses/contracts ... 719-20, 891-92 Senior executive bonuses/contracts, AHSB review of ... 753, 785, 786 Senior executive contracts, review of ... 753, 785, 786 Senior executive pensions ... 786 Termination provisions in contracts for staff in ... 375 Tom Baker cancer centre physicians, prohibition from speaking publicly by ... 419 Workforce engagement survey ... 891
Alberta Health Services Board
Board member's comments re AHSB governance ... 1692 Board member's resignation ... 1691-92 Chair's comments re medical care system governance ... 1692 Governance role ... 1691-92 Role of ... 1469 Role of, in implementation of emergency services protocols ... 1335
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
General remarks ... 665 Utilization of ... 39, 113
Alberta hospital, Edmonton
Provincial strategy re ... 1255 Transfer of patients to community-based beds ... 1255-56 Transfer of patients to community-based beds, policy decision re ... 370 Transfer of patients to Villa Caritas facility ... 937, 972
Alberta House (Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler 2010, hospitality venue)
Alberta Liberal Party
Hospital emergency services policy, member's statement re ... 1647
Alberta Medical Association
Emergency medicine section, correspondence with Premier ... 1309 Emergency medicine section, recommendations re emergency services ... 1310, 1335
Alberta Parks Act (Bill 29)
Second reading ... 1375-76 General remarks ... 1200 Public consultation re ... 1200
Alberta seniors' benefit program
Alberta sustainability fund
Utilization of ... 39-40, 113, 665, 689 Utilization of, for school construction ... 808
Alberta Utilities Commission
Power line routes, hearings on ... 1090 Power line routes, need for ... 1005
AltaLink Management Ltd.
Donation to PC party ... 1090
Ambulance service
Provincial governance of, dispatch service re ... 508 Response times for ... 1121
Arctic Winter Games, Grande Prairie (March 2010)
Member's statement re ... 390-91
Auditor General
Agency executive termination benefits recommendation ... 375-76 Alberta Health Services financial operations, report on ... 971 Mental health services, recommendations re ... 1255 Report, April 2010 ... 784-85 Role of ... 784-85 Role of, report on ... 631 Villa Caritas upgrading contract, comment re ... 972
Bitumen
Upgrading, impact of global economic situation on ... 1024 Upgrading targets for Alberta production ... 1024
Brand campaign for Alberta
Budget debate
Motion 5: Morton (debate participants) ... 66-67
Canada Health Act
General remarks ... 1802 Public funding provisions in ... 1691 Relation to proposed Alberta health act ... 56
Canada pension plan
Proposed reforms re, provincial response to ... 1256 Provincial strategy re ... 1256
Cancer - Treatment
General remarks ... 1744 Impact of health system reform on ... 565-66 Provincial strategy for ... 1090, 1122 Wait times for ... 565
Cancer - Treatment - Calgary
Cancer radiation treatment corridor (Lethbridge, Red Deer, Grande Prairie)
Capital projects
20-year strategic plan ... 358
Capital projects - Finance
Provincial funding for ... 56, 302
Capital projects, Municipal - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 56
Carbon capture and storage
Funding for, correspondence between government and business re (M14/10: Defeated) ... 1344 Pore space ownership ... 1180
Carbon capture and storage - Environmental aspects
Postclosure stewardship fund, sources of revenue ... 1181 Provincial liability re ... 1180
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1180-81 Committee ... 1386 Committee, amendment A1 (public input) (SP390/10: Tabled) ... 1386
Cataract surgery - Calgary
Cellular telephones in automobiles
Statistics re ... 1019 Use while driving, changes in attitudes re ... 1019
Chantelle Management Ltd.
Long-term care centre project in Grande Prairie, funding for ... 420, 477, 507
Chief Electoral Officer (Former)
Recommendations re violations of Election Act ... 203
Child and Youth Advocate
Reporting mechanism for ... 1308
Children - Protective services
Children - United States
Early childhood interventions programs, research re ... 1218
Children and poverty
Member's statement re ... 1308
Coalbed methane - Environmental aspects
Baseline water well testing near, science review panel report re ... 1106
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Chair of, restriction on authority of ... 754, 785, 807, 842
Committees, Cabinet policy
Government members on, remuneration for ... 392 Input into health policy decisions ... 370
Competitiveness, Economic
General remarks ... 632 Legislation re (Bill 1) ... 8 Provincial initiatives re ... 8
Condominiums - Construction
Review of methods in ... 565-66
Continuing/extended care facilities
Increase in beds, funding for ... 1335
Continuing/extended care facilities - Construction
General remarks ... 8, 40
Covenant Health
Operation of Villa Caritas facility ... 937, 972
Cytology lab services, Centralized
Dept. of Environment
Investigation of oil sands tailings pond containment ... 1145 Minister's response to waterfowl death on tailing ponds ... 937
Dept. of Health and Wellness
2010 capital plan, publication of ... 1692 Minister's accountability re emergency room wait times ... 1001 Policy decision-making authority ... 370, 508 Role of ... 1692
Deputy ministers (Provincial government)
Developmentally disabled
Funding for programs for ... 271-72, 301 Funding for programs for, member's statement re ... 270
Disabled children - Education - Finance
Coding system re ... 808 General remarks ... 808
Diversification, Economic
Drugs, Prescription
Provincial pharmacare program, seniors' coverage ... 632
East Edmonton health centre
Opening of, timeline re ... 1023
Edmonton-Meadowlark (Constituency)
Member for, as parliamentary assistant for Health and Wellness, communications re emergency services ... 1309-10, 1334-35
Edmonton public school board
Education - Finance
General remarks ... 808 Impact of fluctuating energy revenues on ... 665
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 7)
Elections, Provincial
Changes to legislation re ... 203
Electric power lines - Construction
Funding of, by consumers ... 1005
Electric power lines - Construction - Edmonton to Calgary (HVDC)
Provincial payment to AltaLink re ... 1090
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50, 2009)
Impact on transmission costs ... 1005 Transmission infrastructure upgrading related to ... 1090
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (Current session)
Emergency medical services (proceeded with) ... 1321-22
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Energy industry - India
Trade missions re ... 1146
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Oil sands tailings pond containment, investigation of ... 1145 Oil sands tailings pond containment, meetings with cabinet ministers re ... 1200 Water testing near CBM wells, science review panel recommendations re ... 1106
Environmental protection
Provincial initiatives re ... 1200 Provincial initiatives re, public perception of ... 754
Ethics Commissioner
Acceptance of gifts by members/ministers, ruling on ... 1055-56
Ethics, Political
Legislation re ... 1056 Members' acceptance of gifts ... 1055-56 Members' acceptance of gifts, member's statement re ... 1055
Executive Council
Business plan ... 370 Chief of staff's salary ... 372-73 Communications function ... 368, 376 Deputy minister's salary ... 372-73 External consultants expenditures (Q21/10: Accepted) ... 454 General remarks ... 368 Main estimates 2010-11, debated ... 368-70, 372-76 Policy development role ... 370 Public Affairs Bureau administration ... 368-69
Extendicare Michener Hill
Families
Government programs for, cuts to ... 1308
Family physicians - Supply
General remarks ... 8, 56, 91, 905 Increase in, provincial strategy re ... 1400
Farm produce - Export - European Union
Freehold lands
Impact of Bill 50, 2009, on property rights ... 1005
Freehold Mineral Rights Tax Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 25)
Government accountability
Member's statement re ... 784-85
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive termination benefits, Auditor General's recommendation re ... 375-76
Government caucus
Response to hospital emergency services wait times ... 1309-10
Government departments
Communications budget ... 369 Communications function ... 368, 369
Government programs
Cuts to ... 689 Decision-making re ... 689
Government spending policy
General remarks ... 55-56, 113, 368 Management of ... 507 Value-for-money consideration re ... 56
Grande Prairie care centre
Groundwater - Oil sands areas
Monitoring of quality of, federal review of ... 1200
Health care facilities - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 358
Health care facilities - Edmonton (Capital health area)
Provincial funding for ... 358
Health care facilities - Security aspects
Contracting out to private operators ... 666
Health care, Preventative
General remarks ... 1220 Programs re ... 1218
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Premier's air ticket re ... 1002 Research study into ... 1002
Health Quality Council
Calgary Children's hospital patient safety investigation, release of report ... 419 Emergency service wait times, report on ... 91 Review of HIN1 flu response, timeline re ... 1801
Health Resource Centre, Calgary
Joint surgeries performed at ... 1219
Health sciences personnel
Impact of centralization of health services on ... 1469 Responsibility re quality of health delivery ... 1399 Suggestions of, as input into health system organization ... 1335
Health sciences personnel - Education
Additional spaces created for ... 56
Health sciences personnel - Supply
General remarks ... 92, 238
Health workforce planning
Impact of AHS 5-year funding on ... 1024
Hip and knee surgery
Contracting to private clinics ... 145 General remarks ... 92
Home care program
Services following hospital discharge, funding for ... 1310
Hospital beds
Addition of ... 1121 Addition of, impact on staffing needs ... 1024 Closure of, policy re ... 370 Reopening of ... 1400
Hospitals
Decision-making authority within ... 1744 Suicide in ... 1310
Hospitals - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Construction
Provincial funding for ... 92
Hospitals - Emergency services
General remarks ... 91-92 Liberal Opposition policy re, member's statement re ... 1647 Task force (proposal) ... 1335
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Additional acute-care beds to address ... 1256, 1310, 1470 Additional beds announced to address ... 905, 938, 939, 1023, 1024, 1145, 1744 Additional home care services to address ... 1310 Additional long-term care beds to address ... 1199-1200 Additional staff to address ... 1145, 1256, 1309, 1470 AMA president's letter re ... 1335 Consultation with stakeholders re ... 1335 Dept. of Health and Wellness parliamentary assistant e-mail re ... 1309-10 Emergency debate re (proceeded with) ... 1321-22 Legislated solutions re ... 1470 New directives re ... 1001-02 Overcapacity protocols, consultation re ... 1310, 1334, 1399 Overcapacity protocols, implementation of ... 1399, 1470, 1744 Overcrowding ... 905 Paramedics' wait times in ... 1121 PC caucus response to ... 1309-10 Performance measures re ... 1001-02, 1145 Performance measures re, public reporting of ... 1001-02 Premier's February 23, 2008, letter re ... 1309 Provincial strategy re ... 938, 1335 Reduction in utilization of, impact on wait times ... 1310 Wait times directives ... 1145, 1309
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues - United Kingdom
Wait times in, legislation re ... 1470
Hospitals - Emergency services - Red Deer
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
Hospitals - Rural areas
Security services for ... 666
Industrial development
Value-added industries ... 632
Industrial development - Provincial parks
Provincial strategy re ... 1200
Insurance, Health (Private)
International trade - Asia Pacific area
Future opportunities re ... 1146
International trade - European Union
International trade - India
Introduction of Guests (School groups, individuals) ...
Investments, International
Land-use framework
Regional plans for, timeline re ... 1470
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Sitting calendar, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1146
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta
Local authorities pension plan
Membership of Health Services executives in ... 786
Lois Hole hospital for women
Utilization of beds in ... 1023
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Construction
General remarks ... 8, 40
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Edmonton
Reduction in number of, by conversion of Villa Caritas to psychogeriatric facility ... 937
Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Red Deer
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Medical care - Private-sector delivery
Medical care, Primary
Provincial strategy re ... 1400
Medical care system
5-year action plan re ... 1744, 1802 Accountability in ... 1469-70 Community-based, provincial strategy re ... 1310 Governance of ... 1744 Governance of, provincial strategy re ... 1335, 1399-1400 Improvements to ... 905 Legislation re ... 1217 Local decision-making, provincial strategy re ... 1335 Policy development re ... 370 Provincial strategy re ... 91-92, 1217-20 Public input re ... 7, 8, 370
Medical care system - Calgary
Medical care system - Capacity issues
Access to, improvement of ... 91 Improvement in wait times ... 91
Medical care system - Edmonton
2010 capital plan, publication of ... 1692 Capital plan for ... 1744
Medical care system - Finance
5-year guaranteed plan re ... 56, 689, 905, 1309 General remarks ... 7, 8, 40, 91-92, 145, 507, 905, 1335 Impact of fluctuating energy revenues on ... 665 Public funding of, provincial strategy re ... 1636-37, 1691-92, 1743, 1802 Value-for-money consideration re ... 56
Medical care system - Rural areas
Access to diagnostic equipment ... 1310
Medical care system - Utilization
Access to diagnostic equipment ... 1310
Medical officers of health
Medical profession
Practitioners opting out of publicly funded system ... 1743 Prohibition from speaking publicly on health system issues ... 419
Medical profession - Education
Additional spaces created for ... 56 Graduates, targets for ... 1400
Medical profession - Rural areas
Medical specialists
Access to, improvement of ... 91
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Apologies ... 1210 Gifts to ... 1055-56 Gifts to, member's statement re ... 1055 Salaries/benefits of, independent commission to review ... 237, 392 Salaries/benefits of, independent commission to review (Motion 501: Pastoor) ... 237, 392
Members' Statements (Current session)
Alberta Liberal emergency health care solutions ... 1647 Arctic Winter Games 2010 ... 390-91 Child poverty ... 1308 Distracted driving ... 1010 Gifts for government MLAs and cabinet ministers ... 1055 Government accountability ... 784-85 Persons with developmental disabilities, supports for ... 270 Sale of public land for commercial use ... 914 World Water Day ... 574-75
Mental health services
Auditor General recommendations re ... 1255 Deaths of patients receiving ... 1255 Provincial strategy re ... 1255
Mental health services agencies (Nonprofit)
Provincial strategy re ... 1309
Mentally ill - Housing - Edmonton
Conversion of Villa Caritas for ... 937
Mineral titles
Split-title ownership of ... 1106
Mines and Minerals (Coalbed Methane) Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 26)
Ministers (Provincial government)
Minister's Advisory Committee on Health
Report, public consultation re ... 7, 8
Municipal finance
Provincial funding for ... 302
Municipal Government Act
Municipal autonomy under ... 1470
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Funding for, provincial strategy re ... 1470
Natural resources revenue
Fluctuations in, impact on public assistance programs funding ... 665
Networc Health Inc.
Contract for insured surgical services ... 1219
Norwood-Glenrose long-term care facility
Postponement of expansion of ... 1199
Nuclear power plants
Proposals for, correspondence between government and Bruce Power re (M15/10: Defeated) ... 1345
Nurses
Prohibition from speaking publicly on health system issues ... 419
Nurses - Education
Additional spaces created for ... 56 Graduates, targets for ... 1400
Nurses - Supply
Addition of ... 1400 Addition of, to address emergency services wait times ... 1309 General remarks ... 238, 1121 Recruitment of, provincial strategy re ... 1024
Office of the Premier
Premier's air ticket to visit Fort Chipewyan ... 1002 Premier's discussion with AMA president re emergency medical services ... 1335 Premier's trade mission to India ... 1002, 1055, 1146 Weblog posting on public response to medical care system capacity issues ... 1334-35
Oil recovery methods - India
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Impact on water quality ... 1146 Public image of ... 754
Oil sands tailings ponds
Containment of ... 1145-46, 1200 Containment of, standards re ... 1146 Dry tailings ponds ... 754 Horizon site ... 1200 Public image of ... 754 Waterfowl deaths on ... 937
Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
Alberta participation in, costs ... 665-66
Oral Question Period (Current session topics)
5-year health action plan ... 1744 Alberta Health Services Board ... 1469-70 Alberta Health Services decision-making ... 419 Alberta Health Services executive bonuses ... 719-20, 753, 785, 891-92 Alberta Health Services executive pensions ... 786 Alberta Health Services financial operations ... 971 AltaLink electricity transmission line ... 1090 Ambulance dispatch services, centralization of ... 508 Bitumen upgrading ... 1024 Budget process ... 7-8 Cancer services ... 565 Cancer services in Calgary ... 1090, 1122 Cataract surgery ... 689 Children in care, protection of ... 203-04 Cytology lab services, centralization of ... 478 Economic diversification ... 632 Education funding ... 808 Electoral reform ... 203 Electric power, critical transmission infrastructure ... 1005 Emergency medical services ... 905, 938, 1001-02, 1309-10, 1334-35, 1399 Emergency medical services in Red Deer ... 1056-57 Emergency medical services response times ... 1121 Emergency medical services wait times ... 1145, 1470 Emergency service capacity issues, additional beds to relieve ... 905, 939, 1023 Gifts for government MLAs and cabinet ministers ... 1055-56 Government decisions ... 689 Health care budget ... 56 Health care facilities infrastructure ... 358 Health care facilities security services ... 666 Health care funding ... 91-92 Health care public consultation ... 8 Health care, public funding of ... 1636-37, 1691-92, 1802 Health care system governance ... 1744 Health care system governance, accountability in ... 1335, 1399-1400 Health care workforce shortages ... 1400 Health Quality Council ... 1801 High-intensity residential fires ... 565-66 Hip and knee surgeries ... 92 Hospital construction in Grande Prairie ... 357-58 Human services, funding for ... 665 Hydroelectric dam on the Peace River ... 892 International investments in Alberta ... 1089-90, 1122 Long-term care beds ... 1199-1200, 1256 Long-term care facility closures ... 907 Long-term care funding ... 40, 507 Long-term care in Grande Prairie ... 420, 477 Mental health services ... 1255 MLA remuneration, review of ... 237, 392 Municipal planning ... 1470 Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 302 Nursing recruitment ... 1024 Oil sands tailings ponds containment ... 1145-46, 1200 Olympic Winter Games 2010, advertising costs for ... 665-66 Parks and protected areas ... 1200 Pension reform ... 1256 Persons with developmental disabilities funding ... 271-72, 304 Peter Lougheed Centre beds ... 238 Pharmaceutical benefit for seniors ... 632 Postsecondary education funding ... 179-80 Provincial budget ... 55-56 Provincial fiscal strategy ... 39-40 Provincial public image ... 754 Public Accounts Committee ... 807, 842 Public land, sale of for commercial use ... 905-06 Publicly funded health care ... 1743, 1802 Role of Auditor General ... 631 School closures ... 392-93 Small-business assistance ... 720-21 Surgery wait time reduction strategy ... 145 Sustainability fund ... 113 Trade mission to India ... 1002, 1146 Villa Caritas long-term care facility ... 937, 972 Water allocation and management ... 842 Waterfowl deaths in oil sands tailings pond ... 937
Parks, Provincial
Plan for ... 1200 Plan for, relation to land-use framework ... 1376
Peace River dam, B.C.
Impact on Alberta ... 892
Persons with developmental disabilities community boards
Peter Lougheed centre (Calgary general hospital)
Emergency room expansion ... 92 Expansion of ... 92, 238 Opening of new transition beds at ... 1023 Reallocation of beds at ... 1023 Reopening of beds at ... 92, 238
Polling stations (Provincial elections)
Postsecondary educational institutions
Election polling stations location on ... 203
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Provincial funding for ... 179-80
Potash Corporation (Saskatchewan)
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Donation to, by Altalink ... 1090
Public Affairs Bureau
Branding initiative involvement ... 375 Budget decrease for ... 369 Communications function, relation to Executive Council ... 368-69 General remarks ... 368
Public assistance
Provincial funding for, dependent on fluctuating energy revenue ... 665
Public lands - Southern Alberta
Sale for commercial agricultural use, member's statement re ... 914 Sale of, for commercial agricultural use ... 905-06, 914
Public Lands Act
Conservation measures under ... 914
Public service - Alberta
Senior officials' salaries ... 372-73
Radio communications system (first responder system)
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Emergency room wait times ... 1056-57
Regional health authorities (Former)
Replacement by Health Services Board ... 370, 971
Residential fires - Calgary
High-intensity fires ... 565-66
Residential fires - Prevention
Building and fire code changes re high-intensity fires ... 565-66
Royal Alexandra hospital
Hip and knee surgeries ... 92 Opening of new transition beds at ... 1023 Staffing ... 92
School nutrition programs
Schools - Construction
Public-private projects re (ASAP initiative) ... 808 Use of sustainability fund for ... 808
Science Review Panel
Alberta Environment Standard for Baseline Water Well Testing for CBM Operations (Report) ... 1106
Senior citizens
Government programs ... 689 Retirement income, international ranking of ... 1256
Small business
Government incentives for ... 720-21 Impact of proposed CPP reforms on ... 1256 Venture capital for ... 720
South Saskatchewan River basin
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 22-26 Debate (comments and questions during) ... 26
Stollery Children's hospital
Supportive living facilities
Assisted living facilities, conversion of continuing care facilities to ... 8
Supportive living facilities, Affordable - Grande Prairie
Surgery, Elective
Reduction in, policy decision re ... 370
Surgery waiting lists
Reduction policy decision ... 370 Reduction strategy re, additional funding for ... 145 Wait times ... 1218-19
Tom Baker cancer centre
Capacity problems, physicians prohibited from speaking out re ... 419 Overcrowding in ... 1090
Towers Perrin
Health Services senior executive positions review ... 786
Traffic accidents
Cost to society of ... 1019 Driver distraction as a cause of ... 1010
Traffic fatalities
Driver distraction as a cause of ... 1010 General remarks ... 1019
Traffic Safety (Distracted Driving) Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1019 Exemption of hands-free communications devices under ... 1019
Tuition and fees, Postsecondary
Ukraine famine and genocide (Holodomor)
University of Alberta
Provincial funding reduction to ... 179
Valley Park Manor, Red Deer
Villa Caritas (Long-term care facility)
Conversion to psychogeriatric facility ... 937, 972
Voting in provincial elections
Participation rate ... 203
Wages - Teachers
Increase in, funding to cover ... 808
Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre
Water allocation
FITFIR system re ... 574, 842 General remarks ... 842
Water power - Peace River
Run-of-the-river project (Dunvegan dam), impact of B.C. dam on ... 892
Water quality
Federal jurisdiction over ... 1146, 1200
Water quality - Athabasca River
Water quality - Monitoring
Near coalbed methane wells, science review panel report re ... 1106 Near oil sands tailings ponds ... 754
Water resources development
Member's statement re ... 574-75
World Water Day
Member's statement re ... 574-75
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