Benito, Carl (PC, Edmonton-Mill Woods)
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
Active anytime anywhere program
Affordable housing
Provincial strategy ... 393, 394 Rent supplements ... 393
Affordable housing - Edmonton
Agrifood industry
Oversight of industry ... 229
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Alberta Get Outdoors Weekend Act (Bill 203)
Alberta Sport , Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA)
Partnership with Come Together Alberta ... 1448
Alcohol - Retail sales
Mandatory warning labels (Motion Other Than Government Motion 502: Amery) ... 228-29
Building healthy lifestyles program
Children and poverty
Letters re (SP509/11: tabled) ... 1233 Provincial strategy ... 1386-87
Come Together Alberta initiative
Members' statements ... 1448
Communities ChooseWell program
Community centres
Sources of funding ... 549
Community centres - Edmonton
Ghana Friendship Centre ... 328
Community facility enhancement program (CFEP)
Grant administration ... 548-49 Grant allocation, presentations of cheques ... 548 Members' statements ... 327-28
Court case management program
Criminal Code
Workplace violence provisions ... 13
Economic development
Provincial strategy ... 302
Edmonton-Millwoods (constituency)
Awards program (SP510/11: tabled) ... 1233
Education - Finance
3-year funding plan (proposed) ... 205
Emergency medical services - Edmonton
Meadows fire and EMS station, member's statement on ... 242-43
Employment and training programs
Programs and services for older workers ... 1046 Training initiatives ... 302
Employment standards branch
Response to reports of workplace bullying ... 13
Fire stations - Edmonton
Meadows fire and EMS station, member's statement on ... 242-43
Freehold lands
Adverse possession (squatters' rights) (Motion Other Than Government Motion 507: carried) ... 1408-9 Landowner rights, repeal of legislation on (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 1623-24 Torrens system ... 1408-9
Grey Nuns community hospital
Emergency room wait times ... 727-28 Members' statements ... 1715
Health and wellness
Provincial strategy ... 1397
Health care system
Initiatives, member's statement on ... 506
Hockey
Fatalities, member's statement on Kyle Fundytus ... 1203
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Wait times, performance measures on ... 727-28
Income tax , provincial
Child tax benefits ... 1386 Tax credits for low-income families ... 1386-87
Infrastructure
Provincial strategy ... 308-9
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice innovation and modernization of services (JIMS)
Justice System Monitoring Act (Bill 204)
Labour force planning
Projected worker shortfall ... 1046
Members' Statements (current session)
Cassandra Budd ... 1133-34 Child care access ... 198-99 Community facility enhancement program ... 327-28 Edmonton Southside primary care network ... 1581 Grey Nuns community hospital ... 1715 Health care system ... 506 Initiative for welcoming and inclusive communities ... 1448 Kyle Fundytus ... 1203 Meadows fire and EMS station ... 242-43
Municipal sustainability initiative (MSI)
Funding for Edmonton fire and EMS station ... 242-43
Nutrition and diet
Heart and Stroke Foundation food information program ... 452-53 Public awareness programs ... 452-53
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Affordable housing ... 393-94 Child poverty ... 1386-87 Community facility enhancement program ... 548-49 Economic recovery initiatives ... 302 Electricity prices ... 429-30 Healthy food choices ... 452-53 Labour supply ... 1046 Primary care networks ... 1182-83 Relief for emergency wait times ... 727-28 Royal Alberta Museum development ... 1144-45 School board funding ... 205 Workplace bullying and harassment ... 13
Organ and tissue donation
Donor leave of absence, motions re (Motion Other Than Government Motion 501: carried) ... 88
Organ and tissue transplantation
Statistics ... 88 Wait-lists ... 88
Persons Case scholarship program
Physicians - Education
Additional spaces created ... 506
Physicians - Supply
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 506
Primary health care networks
Funding ... 1183 Impact on health care delivery ... 1182-83
Primary health care networks - Edmonton
Members' statements ... 1581
Property tax - Education levy
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
School boards
Provincial policy on borrowing ... 205 Sources of revenue ... 205
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 207)
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 308-9
Workplace health and safety
Employer risk assessments re workplace violence ... 13 Legislation, bullying/harassment not included ... 13
Berger, Evan (PC, Livingstone-Macleod; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development effective October 12, 2011)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)
Administration of cattle price insurance program ... 240 Loans to Slave Lake area businesses ... 1517
Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council
Annual report 2010-11 (SP495/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 9 Nov. 2011
Alberta Beef Producers (ABP)
Resolutions on land-use legislation ... 1719
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Alberta Property Rights Initiative statement ... 251-52 Public response to bill ... 251 Wildrose Party position ... 251-52
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 250-52 Committee ... 913-14 Definition of statutory consent ... 913 Grazing lease holder provisions ... 913-14 Landowner rights provisions ... 251, 913
Barley
Marketing issues ... 1361
Beef - Export
Country of origin labelling, World Trade Organization ruling ... 1659
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
Grain transportation delays ... 427
Canadian Transportation Agency
Role in grain transportation facilitation ... 427
Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
Impact on grain marketing ... 427, 1361
Cattle price insurance program
Crime prevention and reduction
Framework on, announcement of ... 1127
Curling - Coaldale
Optimist International juvenile curling provincial championship, member's statement on ... 199
Farm safety
Task force recommendations ... 1660 Workers' exclusion from workplace legislation ... 1660
Farm Safety Advisory Council
Grain - Export
Transportation delays ... 427
Grasslands
Protection, South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council report re ... 914
Hog price insurance program
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act (Bill C-18)
Provincial position ... 1361
Members' Statements (current session)
Juvenile curling provincial championships ... 199
Municipalities
Land use, discretionary vs. permitted use ... 1377
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Cattle price insurance program ... 240 Country of origin labelling ... 1659 Crime prevention ... 1127 Disaster assistance benefit for Slave Lake ... 1517 Farm Safety Advisory Council ... 322-23 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... 1660 Grain marketing ... 1361 Grain transportation ... 427 Landowner private property rights ... 1719
Organ and tissue donation
Donor leave of absence, motions re (Motion Other Than Government Motion 501: carried) ... 89
Organ and tissue transplantation
Pork - Export
Country of origin labelling, World Trade Organization decision on ... 1659
Safe communities initiative
South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council
Report re grasslands protection ... 914
Wheat
Marketing following end of Canadian Wheat Board monopoly ... 1361
Wildfires - Slave Lake
Assistance to businesses ... 1517
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Decision on country of origin labelling ... 1659
Bhardwaj, Naresh (PC, Edmonton-Ellerslie)
Aboriginal children - Education
Funding ... 1184 Initiatives, on-reserve (federal) and off-reserve (provincial) ... 1184
Addiction and mental health strategy (proposed)
Agriculture - India
Partnerships and trade agreements ... 194
Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Annual report 2010 (SP630/11: tabled) ... 1724
Apprenticeship training
Red seal certification ... 14 Supervisor-apprentice ratios ... 206
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Budget 2011 (federal)
Provincial response ... 545
Capital projects
Funding ... 147 Project scheduling ... 147 Provincial strategy ... 146-47
Child abuse
Prevention initiatives ... 260
Children with disabilities - Education
Programs and services ... 70 Public consultations ... 70 Timeline on formula ... 70
Climate change and emissions management fund
Funding for industrial energy efficiency projects ... 72
College of Dieticians of Alberta
Annual report 2010 (SP631/11: tabled) ... 1724
Committee on the Economy , Standing
Main estimates 2011-12 debate, report presented re dept. of Advanced Education and Technology, Employment and Immigration, and Transportation ... 787
Committees of the Legislative Assembly , standing and policy field
Main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates 2011-12 considered in standing committees, reports presented ... 787
Community initiatives program (CIP)
Wild Rose Foundation inclusion ... 724
Construction industry
Employment levels ... 146
Corporations - Calgary
GeoGlobal Resources international operations ... 194
Corporations - India
Bengal Energy international operations ... 194 Tata Consultancy Services partnership with University of Alberta ... 194
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Main estimates 2011-12 debate, committee report ... 787
Dept. of Employment and Immigration (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Main estimates 2011-12 debate, committee report ... 787
Dept. of Transportation
Main estimates 2011-12 debate, committee report ... 787
Discrimination - Prevention
Domestic violence
Housing for affected families ... 569
Economic development
Provincial strategy ... 146-47
Education - Morinville
Secular public education availability ... 894
Electric power lines - Construction
Approval process, addressing of health concerns re power line siting in ... 426
Electric power lines - Industrial Heartland
Approval process, health concerns addressed in ... 426
Emergency preparedness
Individual responsibility ... 956
Emergency preparedness - Rural areas
Initiatives on volunteer firefighters ... 956
Energy conservation
Industrial projects, member's statement on ... 72
Energy industry
International operations, Canoro Resources and Niko Resources ... 194
Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools (public school division)
Discussions re secular educational opportunities ... 894
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction strategies ... 72
Hate Crime Awareness Day
Members' statements ... 564-65
Health Insurance Premiums (Health Card Donor Declaration) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 201)
High school completion
Immigrant and aboriginal students ... 1184
Home care
Services provided ... 814
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 360, 1362
International trade - Asia
International trade - Asia - India
Premier's trade mission ... 194-95 Premier's trade mission, invitation of opposition MLAs ... 195
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Labour force planning
Role of immigration ... 360
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Edmonton
Medical research
Spondyloarthritis, member's statement on Dr. Walter P. Maksymowych ... 830
Members' Statements (current session)
Hate Crime Awareness Day ... 564-65 Industrial energy efficiency projects ... 72 Sexual Exploitation Awareness Week ... 260 Dr. Walter P. Maksymowych ... 830
Mental health services
Provincial strategy ... 237-38
Nonprofit/charitable organizations - India
Petrotech Society partnership with University of Alberta ... 194
Office of the Premier
Premier's trade mission to India ... 194-95 Premier's trade mission to India, invitation of opposition MLAs ... 195
Oil sands development - International investment
Indian corporations ... 194
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Aboriginal education ... 1184 Adult literacy ... 603 Alberta Research and Innovation Authority ... 670 Apprenticeship red seal certificates ... 14 Apprenticeship supervision ratio ... 206 Bullying prevention ... 1200-1201 Capital infrastructure benefits ... 146-47 Community spirit program ... 724 Continuing care strategy ... 814 Discrimination protection ... 513 Electricity transmission project for the Industrial Heartland ... 426 Emergency preparedness ... 956 Federal budget ... 545 Immigrant nominee program ... 1362 Online access to historical resources ... 765 Police car collisions ... 1293 Postsecondary education preparedness ... 1389 Provincial diploma examinations ... 1581 Safe and secure affordable housing ... 569 Secular public education in greater St. Albert ... 894 Social assistance programs ... 300 Special-needs education consultation ... 70 Temporary foreign workers ... 360 Villa Caritas geriatric mental health facility ... 237-38
Organ and tissue donation
Communication of intent ... 579-80 Public attitudes ... 580
Persons with disabilities - Housing
Police officers
Traffic collision involvement ... 1293
Postsecondary education
Student preparedness, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1389
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Impact of student grades in comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1389
Postsecondary educational institutions - India
Partnerships with University of Alberta ... 194
Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act
School achievement tests
Provincial diploma exams ... 1581
Sexual Exploitation Awareness Week
Members' statements ... 260
Social supports
Programs and services ... 300 Streamlining of service delivery ... 300
Special education framework
Implementation (Setting the Direction Framework: Government of Alberta Response) ... 70
Spondyloarthritis
Members' statements ... 830
Supportive living accommodations
Assisted living facilities ... 814
Temporary foreign workers (TFW)
Applications for permanent residency ... 360
Trades (skilled labour)
Verification of certification ... 14
Twinning of cities , provinces etc.
Calgary-Jaipur relationship ... 194
United Nations (UN)
Report on aboriginal education ... 1184
Universities - India
Partnerships with University of Alberta ... 194
University of Alberta
International partnerships, India ... 194
Villa Caritas
Repurposing as psychogeriatric facility ... 238 Transfer of patients from Alberta Hospital Edmonton ... 237-38
Waste management
Gas capture projects ... 72
Wild Rose Foundation
Inclusion in community initiatives program ... 724
Bhullar, Manmeet Singh (PC, Calgary-Montrose; Minister of Service Alberta effective October 12, 2011)
Agriculture - India
Partnerships and trade agreements ... 558-59
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC)
Resolution on contractor prequalification ... 1722
Alberta initiative for school improvement (AISI)
Diffusion of innovation role ... 181
Alberta SuperNet
Leveraging in rural service ... 1199
Alberta Vulnerable Infant Response Team (AVIRT)
Members' statements ... 327
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Calgary International Airport
Airport Trail tunnel (proposed), members' statements on ... 505
Calgary-Montrose (constituency)
Member's eulogy for former Indian army officer ... 25
Calgary public school board (CPSB)
Purchasing adjustments, relative cost of ... 764
Campus Alberta Quality Council
Role in degree granting approvals ... 361
Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Oversight of telecommunications infrastructure ... 420
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Provincial strategy ... 27
Charter schools
Mandate ... 181 Members' statements ... 175 Permanence ... 181
Child abuse
Prevention initiatives ... 1098
Class size initiative
Funding ... 748 Regional differences in elementary schools ... 764
Competitiveness , economic
Influencing factors ... 26-27
Continuing/extended care facilities
Increase in spaces ... 26
Corporations
Annual return fees ... 1455
Daycare centres
Increase in spaces ... 26
Dept. of Education
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 748-50
Education
School calendar alternatives ... 958
Education - Finance
Efficiency initiatives ... 958-59 Sustainability, role of innovation in ... 750
Education - India
Potential for partnerships ... 558
Energy resources - Export - India
Potential markets ... 558
Foster care
Members' statements ... 199
Hull Child and Family Services Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill Pr. 7)
International trade
Market diversification ... 26 Promotion, role of elected officials in ... 559
International trade - Asia - India
Premier's trade mission ... 558
Internet (computer network)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former cabinet minister and MLA for Calgary-Montrose ... 1039
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Students viewing televised proceedings, member's statement on ... 888
Members' Statements (current session)
Barlow Trail underpass ... 505 Charter schools ... 175 Foster parents ... 199 Health inspection regulations ... 1133 Monterey Park telecommunications tower ... 420-21 Taking the Legislature into the classroom ... 888 Vulnerable Infant Response Team ... 327
Municipalities
Contract tenders, prequalification of bidders ... 1722
Office of the Premier
Premier's service ... 25-26 Premier's trade mission to India ... 558
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Automobile theft ... 1657 Builders' liens ... 1576, 1720 Charter schools ... 181 Domestic violence ... 1098 Education funding ... 958-59 Education relative cost of purchasing adjustment ... 764 High-speed Internet service for rural Alberta ... 1199 Noise attenuation on Stoney Trail ... 604 Postsecondary degree granting approval process ... 361 Prequalification processes for bidders ... 1722 Private registry service fees ... 1455 Registry service fees for municipalities ... 1454-55 Workers' compensation ... 813
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary general hospital)
Physicians
Workers' Compensation Board fees for services ... 813
Postsecondary education
Provincial strategy ... 26-27
Postsecondary educational institutions
Degree granting approval process ... 361
Public Health Act
Enforcement, member's statement on ... 1133
Ring roads - Calgary
Funding ... 26 Noise attenuation on Stoney Trail ... 604
School achievement tests
Provincial achievement tests ... 750
School boards
Administrative cost guidelines ... 749 Efficiency measures ... 958-59 Funding allocation ... 749 Relative costs of purchasing adjustments ... 748, 764
Schoolchildren
Viewing of televised Legislature proceedings, member's statement on ... 888
Schools
Community connections ... 750 Textbook vs. electronic device use ... 749-50
South Calgary health campus
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 25-27
Telecommunications - Calgary
Siting of transmission towers, member's statement on ... 420-21
Victims of Crime Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 15)
Committee ... 1022 Committee, amendment A2 (time limits on application) (carried unanimously) ... 1022
Wages - Teachers
Incentives for superior performance ... 750
Water quality - India
Potential for partnerships ... 559
Blackett, Lindsay (PC, Calgary-North West; Minister of Culture and Community Spirit to October 12, 2011)
Air shows - Airdrie
Funding ... 450 Funding, cheque presentation re ... 527
Alberta - History
Black history ... 61-62 Online resources ... 765
Alberta Arts Days
Activities ... 34, 525 Grande Prairie events ... 975
Alberta Craft Council
Exhibit in response to arts funding strategies ... 524
Alberta Creative Hub
Business plan ... 97-98, 536 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit involvement ... 536 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit involvement (Motion for a Return 4/11: response tabled as intersessional deposit SP469/11) ... 7 Oct. 2011 Information on status (Written Question 19/11: response tabled as SP386/11) ... 1106
Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA)
Administrative costs ... 521 Funding for ... 521, 523, 639 Grant application process ... 520-22 Grants to students ... 522
Alberta Historical Resources Foundation
Alberta Human Rights , Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act
Exclusion of discrimination based on genetic information ... 545
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Administrative changes ... 449 Caseload ... 530 Complaints filed ... 444, 537 Funding ... 518-19 Mandate ... 545
Alberta SuperNet
Film and television industry applications ... 35
Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA)
Artists and education in-school program
Arts and culture
Black Albertans' contributions ... 62 Creative and cultural industries ... 524-25, 531 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit March 2011 report “A Dialogue with Alberta's Arts Sector” (SP230/11: tabled) ... 606 Federal labour market review ... 525 Funding ... 425-26, 520 Provincial strategy ... 33-34 Tax credits (proposed) ... 119
Arts and culture - Manitoba
Arts and culture - Quebec
Journées de la culture ... 34
Book-publishing industry
Grant eligibility ... 522
Bullying - Prevention
Members' statements ... 1232
Business revitalization zones
CIP grant eligibility ... 529, 894
Calgary Economic Development
Oversight of Alberta Creative Hub ... 97, 536
Calgary Flames hockey club
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies
Alberta hosting of ... 537
Canadian country music awards
Capital projects - Edmonton
Funding for Varscona Theatre renovations ... 528, 536
Caribbean community
Festivals (Carifest and Cariwest) ... 62
Cerebral Palsy Association , Calgary
Children
Volunteer conferences ... 817
Coalition of Municipalities against Racism and Discrimination
Community centres
Sources of funding ... 549
Community centres - Two Hills
Community facility enhancement program (CFEP)
Funding ... 518 Grant administration ... 526-28, 533-35, 548-49 Grant allocation, notification of opposition MLAs ... 527-28, 532 Grant allocation, presentations of cheques ... 530, 532, 548 Minister of Culture and Community Spirit's communication with opposition MLAs re (SP193-96/11: tabled) ... 550-51 Online application system (GATE) ... 520
Community initiatives program (CIP)
Eligibility criteria ... 894 Funding for ... 518 Grant administration ... 526-28, 533-35 Grant allocation, notification of opposition MLAs ... 527-28, 532 Grant allocation, presentations of cheques ... 530, 532 Minister of Culture and Community Spirit's communication with opposition MLAs re (SP193-96/11: tabled) ... 550-51 Online application system (GATE) ... 520 Wild Rose Foundation inclusion ... 724
Community spirit program
Grant awards ... 724, 1130 Online application system (GATE) ... 520
Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta)
Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Annual report 2010-11 (SP424/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 29 June 2011 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 518-38 Main estimates 2011-12, minister's responses to questions re (SP266/11: tabled) ... 730 Mandate ... 522 Minister's visit to Los Angeles re film and television industry ... 119 Online grant application system (GATE) ... 520 Opposition MLAs' access to information ... 538 Stakeholder dialogue sessions ... 523 Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 97-98
Discrimination
Genetic information use ... 545
Discrimination - Prevention
Drug Awareness Foundation Calgary
Members' statements ... 1288
Economic development
Black Albertans' contributions ... 62
Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL)
Participation in Alberta Arts Days ... 975
Edmonton Oilers hockey club
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Highway 63 area services ... 896
Film and television industry
Film and television industry - Calgary
Film and television industry - United States
Walt Disney Studies and Warner Bros. Entertainment meetings with Minister of Culture and Community Spirit ... 119
Historic resources fund
Funding allocation, other initiatives ... 535
Homeless persons - Calgary
Funding nonprofit service organizations ... 450
Horse racing
Provincial strategy ... 522
Human rights agencies
Alberta hosting of ... 537
Human rights education fund
Hunger - Calgary
Funding for Community Kitchen Program ... 450
Immigrants
Programs and services ... 449
Immigrants - Calgary
Funding for nonprofit service organizations ... 450
Immigration
Provincial strategy ... 33
Income tax , provincial
Tax credits for arts and culture (proposed) ... 119
Information and communications technology
Government IT services ... 519-20
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Report on ministerial e-mail management (SP560/11: tabled) ... 1523 Report on use of paramountcy clauses to override FOIP act (SP559/11: tabled) ... 1523
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International trade
Market diversification ... 33
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Libraries
Participation in Alberta Arts Days ... 975
Major community facilities program
Minister of Culture and Community Spirit's communications re (SP192/11: tabled) ... 550-51
Medical research
Black Albertans' contributions ... 62
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Members' Statements (current session)
Bullying awareness and prevention ... 1232 Drug Awareness Foundation Calgary ... 1288
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Black History Month ... 61-62 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ... 444 National Culture Days, Alberta Arts Days ... 975
Multimedia development fund
Funding ... 518, 520-21, 525 Online application system (GATE) ... 520 Role in film, television, and new media industries competitiveness ... 119
Municipal sustainability initiative (MSI)
Eligibility criteria for funding ... 529
Municipalities
Participation in Alberta Arts Days ... 975
Museums and heritage sites
Distance learning initiatives ... 520 Funding ... 518, 535 Land remediation ... 537-38
Nonprofit/charitable organizations
Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit partnerships ... 525 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit report “A Dialogue with Alberta's Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector” (SP231/11: tabled) ... 606 Funding ... 450, 518 Private-sector support ... 450-51 Staff wages and salaries ... 535
Office of the Premier
Tributes to former Premier on retirement ... 33
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Artists and education program ... 762-63 Arts funding ... 425-26, 639 Business revitalization zones ... 894 Community facility enhancement program ... 548-49 Community spirit program ... 724 Discrimination protection ... 513, 545 Film and television tax credit ... 119 Highway 63 emergency services ... 896 Immigrant integration services ... 449 Municipal sustainability ... 1130 Noninstructional postsecondary fees ... 1365 Nonprofit organization funding ... 450-51 Online access to historical resources ... 765 Regulatory review ... 1185 Royal Alberta Museum development ... 570-71, 691 Vitalize volunteer-sector conference ... 817
Parliament of Canada
Recognition of Black History Month ... 61-62
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
Protection of genetic information ... 545
Premier's Council on Arts and Culture
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Ranching
Black Albertans' contributions ... 62
Red Tape Reduction Task Force
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
Public access to collections during renovations ... 537 Redevelopment ... 538, 570, 571 Redevelopment, termination of contract re ... 691 Two-museum concept ... 535-36
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Schools
Funding for playgrounds on premises ... 522
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 33-34 Debate (comments and questions during) ... 34-35
Suicide
Bullying as a related factor ... 1232
Supplementary estimates 2010-11
Estimates debate ... 97-98
Theatres - Edmonton
Citadel Theatre renovations ... 518
Tourism industry
Factors influencing ... 525
Tuition and fees , postsecondary
Mandatory noninstructional fees ... 1365
Universities
Artists associated with ... 425-26
Volunteers
Vitalize conference ... 817
Western Canadian Music Awards
Wild Rose Foundation
Funding for previous grant recipients (Written Question 2/11: response tabled as SP385/11) ... 1106 Inclusion in community initiatives program ... 724 Sources of revenue ... 535
WinSport Canada
Negotiations re use of Calgary Olympic Park for arts facilities ... 97-98
Blakeman, Laurie (AL, Edmonton-Centre)
Addiction and mental health strategy (proposed)
Administration of Estates Act
Advisory Council on Women's Issues
Agriculture
Black Albertans' contributions ... 62 International ownership of farms ... 190
Air quality
Policy development and management ... 487
Air quality - Monitoring
Funding by industry ... 179 Three Creeks area emissions and odours ... 179
Alberta Building Code
E-mail concerning (SP566/11: tabled) ... 1523
Alberta Capital Finance Authority (ACFA)
Women's representation on board ... 268
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Appointment of former NOVA Chemicals lobbyist ... 1151 Creation, news release announcing (SP484/11: tabled) ... 1151
Alberta Craft Council
Exhibit in response to arts funding strategies ... 524
Alberta Creative Hub
Business plan ... 536 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit involvement ... 535 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit involvement (Motion for a Return 4/11: accepted) ... 462 Information on status (Written Question 19/11: accepted) ... 990
Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)
Alberta Evidence Act
Provisions for testimony ... 699, 957
Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA)
Administrative costs ... 519-20 Assessments of new grant structure (Motion for a Return 5/11: defeated) ... 463 Educational touring grant program ... 522 Funding for ... 520, 524 Grant application process ... 520-22 Grants to students ... 522
Alberta Gazette
Excerpt re Alberta Regulation 43/2011, Mines and Minerals Act (ethane extraction) (SP483/11: tabled) ... 1151
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Code of conduct, 2009, letter on report re (SP163/11: tabled) ... 482 Data security provisions ... 361 Policy on safe disclosure (SP35, 186/11: tabled) ... 517
Alberta Historical Resources Foundation
Alberta Human Rights , Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act
Exclusion of discrimination based on genetic information ... 545
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Administrative changes ... 449 Complaints filed ... 537 Mandate ... 545
Alberta Innovates
Women's representation on boards ... 268
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Expropriation of land under section 9(2)(h) (Written Question 11/11: accepted) ... 458 Public input on bill ... 249
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 248-50 Committee ... 921-26, 935-37 Committee, amendment A2 (mandatory review of ALSA) ... 925-26 Environmental protection provisions ... 813-14 Landowner rights provisions ... 250, 924 Public consultation on bill ... 924-25
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Health care system, public inquiry vs. review, president's April 15, 2011, letter on (SP254/11: tabled) ... 697 Master agreement with province, e-mail re (SP153/11: tabled) ... 431
Alberta police integrated information initiative (API3)
Privacy impact assessment ... 13-14, 53 Scope of database ... 14
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Proclamation, timeline on ... 268, 474 Provisions for appointments to agencies, boards, and commissions ... 514
Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA)
Education legislation, e-mail re discussion with ATA and government (SP57/11: tabled) ... 208-9
Alberta sustainability fund
Provincial strategy ... 39
Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA)
Education act (proposed), e-mail re discussion with ASBA and government (SP57/11: tabled) ... 208-9
Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC)
Gas utilities regulatory powers ... 970
Alberta Water Research Institute
Apprenticeship training
Provincial strategy ... 38
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act , 2011 (Bill 13)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act , 2011 (Bill 9)
Arenas - Edmonton
Downtown arena (proposed), letter on provincial support for (SP502/11: tabled) ... 1204
Artists and education in-school program
Arts and culture
Black Albertans' contributions ... 62 Creative and cultural industries ... 524-25, 531 Federal labour market review ... 524, 530 Funding ... 40, 425-26, 520, 975-76 Postcards on the arts, report on (SP401/11: tabled) ... 1135
Asia Advisory Council
Cost of implementation ... 189, 190
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Assured income for the severely handicapped (AISH)
Indexing to average weekly earnings (proposed) ... 39
Auditor General
Land reclamation liability, review of ... 725 Mental health services, recommendations on ... 722 Sand and gravel mining, recommendations on ... 893 Suicide prevention, recommendations on ... 722
Bedbugs
Funding for affected persons ... 1363
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind (BRIK) program ... 39
Bitumen - Upgrading
Carbon dioxide sequestration use ... 48-49 Environmental aspects ... 39
Book-publishing industry
Grant eligibility ... 521
British Columbia
Impaired driving legislation ... 1547, 1549 Impaired driving legislation, impact of ... 1311-12
Budget 2011
Financial reporting ... 404
Budget process
General remarks ... 404-5 Timeline ... 404
Calgary - Construction
Building envelope survey 2008 ... 1227
Calgary public school board (CPSB)
Funding, petitions on (SP183, 235/11: tabled) ... 607
Canada School of Energy and Environment
Cancer
Survival rates, The Lancet article on (SP187, 648/11: tabled) ... 517
Capital health region (former authority)
Physician's (D. Candler) statement of claim, documents re (SP296/11: tabled) ... 818
Capital projects - Edmonton
Funding for Varscona Theatre renovations ... 531, 536
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Enhance Energy Inc. Alberta Carbon Trunk Line project ... 48 Funding ... 492 Pilot projects ... 48-49
Caribou
Designation as endangered vs. threatened species ... 148 Recovery and stabilization of populations ... 148
Chief Electoral Officer
Oversight of political donations ... 1525
Child and Youth Advocate
Hiring transition period ... 1322 Reports, no assessment of liability in ... 1301-2, 1303
Child and Youth Advocate Act (Bill 25)
Child and Youth Advocate , office of the (future)
Children
Injuries and deaths, disclosure of information on ... 1302-3
Children - Protective services
Child and Youth Advocate reports ... 1301-2
Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Impact on farmed cervids ... 662
Climate change and emissions management fund
Flow-through money ... 487 Funding allocation ... 500 Value of fund ... 205-6, 500
Coal
Legislative definition of ... 969-70
Coal gasification
Legislation and regulations ... 970
Committee on Legislative Offices , Standing
Selection of legislative officers ... 1322
Community centres - Edmonton
Africa Centre, Black History Month events ... 62
Community facility enhancement program (CFEP)
Eligibility criteria ... 521 Grant allocation, notification of opposition MLAs ... 530-32 Grant allocation, presentations of cheques ... 531 Online application system (GATE) ... 520
Community initiatives program (CIP)
Eligibility criteria ... 521 Grant allocation, notification of opposition MLAs ... 530-32 Grant allocation, presentations of cheques ... 531 Online application system (GATE) ... 520
Community spirit program
Online application system (GATE) ... 520
Corporations
Small business, impact of impaired driving legislation on ... 1547
Court of Queen's Bench Act
Crime prevention and reduction
Strategy re Sudanese community ... 62
Criminal Code
Impaired driving provisions ... 1310
Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta)
Debt , personal
Legislation re bankruptcy ... 1350
Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 519-25, 530-32, 535-38 Mandate ... 521-22 Online grant application system (GATE) ... 520 Opposition MLAs' access to information ... 537
Dept. of Environment (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Dept. of Environment and Water (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Role of ministry ... 1144
Dept. of Service Alberta
Oversight of government administration functions ... 520
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election of Member for Edmonton-Mill Creek ... 1209
Diabetes
Publicly funded insulin pump program, letter on (SP529/11: tabled) ... 1299
Discrimination
Genetic information use ... 545
Discrimination - Prevention
General remarks ... 62, 449
Domestic violence
Housing for affected families ... 411 Initiatives ... 410-12 Social costs ... 411-12 Statistics ... 412 Victim response ... 1015, 1023
Economic development
Industry and market diversification ... 190
EcoTrust fund (federal program)
Federal funding for ... 487
Edmonton
Black History Month events ... 62
Education
Proposed legislation, e-mail on ATA, ASBA, and government discussions (SP57/11: tabled) ... 208-9
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Chief Electoral Officer role under ... 1526
Elections
Fixed date, history and purpose of ... 1337-39
Elections , provincial
Fixed date, 90-day provision ... 1338-39 Fixed date, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1338
Electric power , coal-produced
Magnetite mining in Livingstone Range re ... 68-69 Provincial strategy ... 69
Electric power lines - Construction
Approval process ... 970 Critical transmission infrastructure, Strathcona county mayor letter to Premier on (SP531/11: tabled) ... 1366
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (procedure)
Alberta's place in the global economy, consent to proceed with debate ... 1152
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Financial disclosure by political party leadership candidates (not proceeded with) ... 21 Health care system (proposed) ... 333-34 Health care system (proceeded with) ... 335-36 Patient advocacy by health professionals (not proceeded with) ... 484-85 Patient advocacy by physicians (not proceeded with) ... 699-700
Endangered Species Conservation Committee
Consideration of woodland caribou risk status ... 148
Energy industry - Regulations
Energy resources , alternate/renewable
Funding ... 501, 503 Resource development ... 69
Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)
Energy Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 16)
English as a second language (ESL)
Funding for study and teaching ... 449
English Express (ESL program)
Discontinuation, e-mail on (SP474/11: tabled) ... 1150
Environmental Appeals Board
Women's representation on ... 268
Environmental protection
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 179 Cumulative effects approach ... 48, 488, 501, 503-4 Monitoring ... 179-80, 490, 503 Provincial strategy ... 39
Environmental protection - Industrial Heartland
Cumulative effects approach ... 488 Monitoring ... 179-80, 490 Monitoring, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 179 Policy development ... 487 Research ... 812-13
Eugenics
Collective Memory Project: Response to Eugenics in Alberta ... 1186-87
Families
Adult interdependent partners, definition of ... 1498
Film and television industry
Employment standards ... 531 Promotion ... 531
Financial Administration Act
Application of regulations to Child and Youth Advocate ... 1303
Floods
Impact on South Saskatchewan River water quality ... 488
Food security
Water requirements ... 491
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information sharing provisions ... 13
Freehold lands
Landowner rights ... 249 Municipal variance applications ... 249-50 Wetlands policy applications ... 448
Galt Scholarship Fund Transfer Act (Bill Pr. 2)
Gas , natural
Utilities regulations ... 970
Government agencies , boards, and commissions
Hardisty
Council meeting minutes, February 28, 2007 (SP564/11: tabled) ... 1523 Resolution to send members to PC fundraising dinner, points of order re ... 1524-26
Health care system
Accountability ... 335-36 Black Albertans' contributions ... 62 Performance measures ... 354 Public satisfaction ... 354
Health care system - Capacity issues
Wait times ... 354 Wait times, Canadian Institute for Health Information March 2011 report on (SP164, 256/11: tabled) ... 482, 697
Health care system - Finance
Funding, e-mail re (SP152/11: tabled) ... 431 Public vs. private funding, Friends of Medicare rally notice (SP166/11: tabled) ... 482
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
In camera meetings ... 1488-89 Interim reports, AMA president's letter on (SP525/11: tabled) ... 1298 Premier's remarks, news media reports on (SP507, 508/11: tabled) ... 1233 Testimony by physicians ... 957 Testimony , privacy issues re personal medical information ... 1561-62 Testimony , privacy issues vs. transparency ... 1560-61
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Alberta Medical Association president April 15, 2011, newsletter on (SP254/11: tabled) ... 697 General remarks ... 334, 957 Letter re (SP126/11: tabled) ... 397 Newspaper articles re (SP103-105, 117, 168, 318, 242, 297/11: tabled) ... 818 Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association letters re (SP255/11: tabled) ... 697
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Negotiation of agreement re study ... 489
Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA)
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
Committee ... 1481, 1488-89, 1561-62 Committee, amendment A1, request for separate vote on parts A and B ... 1481 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (defeated) ... 1488-89, 1561-62
High school completion
Immigrant and aboriginal students ... 449
Historic resources fund
Funding allocation, other initiatives ... 532
Holy Spirit Catholic school board
Meeting minutes, September 23, 2009 (SP565/11: tabled) ... 1523 Resolution to send members to Premier's dinner, points of order re ... 1524-26
Hospitality industries
Response to impaired driving legislation ... 1311-12
Hospitals
Patient data security ... 360-61
Hospitals - Edmonton
Patient data security ... 360-61
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Canadian Institute for Health Information March 2011 report re (SP164, 256/11: tabled) ... 482, 697 Wait times, newspaper article on (SP524/11: tabled) ... 1298
Housing - Construction
Building standards ... 1227
Human rights education fund
Hydraulic fracturing
Availability of information on fluid ingredients ... 1519 General remarks ... 1519
Immigrants
Programs and services ... 444, 449
Impaired driving
Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research position paper on blood alcohol concentrations (SP530/11: tabled) ... 1366 Repeat offenders ... 1549
Incremental ethane extraction program
Alberta Competitiveness Council recommendations ... 1151 Alberta Gazette entry re order in council (SP483/11: tabled) ... 1151 Energy dept. communications with Williams Energy re (SP478/11: tabled) ... 1151 Energy dept. news release announcing creation of Alberta Competitiveness Council (SP479/11: tabled) ... 1151
Industrial development
Approval process ... 970 Environmental aspects ... 148 Land-use prior to land-use framework completion ... 69, 504, 569
Information and communications technology
Data security, encryption of portable devices ... 682 Government IT services ... 520
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Oversight of information collection by law enforcement agencies ... 13 Response to Bill 8, Missing Persons Act ... 1028
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International trade
Market diversification ... 39
International Women's Day
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Leader of the Official Opposition's spouse ... 1119
Justice and Court Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 22)
Justice of the Peace Act
Amendments to act ... 1496
Labour force planning
New job creation ... 38-39
Labour relations
Replacement worker legislation, proposal for ... 38
Land Stewardship Act
Suspension of amendments to (proposed) ... 1181
Land titles
Information on abandoned well sites ... 599
Land-use framework
Impact on industrial leases ... 69 Land conservation provisions ... 249 Process ... 1181 Public consultation ... 1181 Regional plans, tabling in Legislature of ... 249
Land-use planning
Municipal responsibilities ... 813
Legal Education and Action Fund
Women's issues, awareness events ... 1186-87
Legal Profession Act
Amendments to act ... 1497
Legislative Assembly (Transition Allowance) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 202)
Lieutenant Governor in Council
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Lobbyists Act
Review by Standing Committee on Legislative offices (Government Motion 14: carried) ... 790
Lobbyists registry
Entry re registration and deregistration of NOVA Chemicals lobbyist (SP485/11: tabled) ... 1151
Lower Athabasca region land-use plan (LARP)
Cumulative effects approach ... 503 Draft report ... 503 Land conservation provisions ... 568-69
Maintenance enforcement (family support)
Interprovincial orders ... 1353
Market Surveillance Administrator (electric power market)
General remarks ... 970 Report to Minister of Energy 2010 ... 970
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Transition allowances ... 210
Members' Statements (current session)
Volunteer Week ... 606 Western Cup ... 961 Women's equality ... 1186-87
Mental health services
Access, memos on (SP526/11: tabled) ... 1298 Auditor General recommendations ... 722
Mine financial security program
Liability for reclamation ... 499, 725
Minerals - Livingstone Range
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Black History Month, responses to ... 62 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, responses to ... 444 International Women's Day, responses to ... 232 National Culture Days, Alberta Arts Days, responses to ... 975-76
Misericordia hospital
Patient data security ... 360-61
Missing Persons Act (Bill 8)
Committee ... 1027-29, 1031-34 Committee, amendment A1 (FOIP coverage) ... 1025-26 Committee, amendment A2 (police reporting requirement) ... 1029 Committee, amendment A3 (mandatory review of act) ... 1032 Committee, amendment A4 (emergency circumstances) ... 1032-33 Committee, amendment A5 (removal of emergency circumstances) ... 1033 Committee, amendment A6 (police application to justice of the peace re compliance) ... 1033-34 Committee, amendment A7 (amendment to section 4(3), compliance in emergency situations) ... 1034 Third reading ... 1058-60
Multimedia development fund
Funding ... 520 Online application system (GATE) ... 520
Museums and heritage sites
Natural resources revenue
General remarks ... 404-5
New West Partnership
Information sharing provisions ... 1519
Nonprofit/charitable organizations
Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations report ... 532 Funding ... 519, 606 Staff wages and salaries ... 532
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
Cancellation of the avionics engineering technology program, March 2, 2011, e-mail re (SP58/11: tabled) ... 208-9
Northern Lights health region (former authority)
Physician's (I. Qureshi) statement of claim (SP363/11: tabled) ... 963
NOVA Chemicals
Former lobbyist's appointment to Alberta Competitiveness Council ... 1151 News release on Williams Energy and IEEP (SP482/11: tabled) ... 1151
Oil sands development
Influence of new technology ... 499
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Devon Energy Corporation Jackfish oil sands wellhead failure, amount of oil spilled (Written Question 1/11: accepted) ... 457 Federal-provincial co-operation on monitoring ... 1197 Tailings ponds ... 1105-6
Oil sands products
Definition of under Bill 16, Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2011 ... 970
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Abandoned wells ... 325, 599, 632, 669 Artists and education program ... 762-63 Arts funding ... 425-26 Bedbug infestation funding ... 1363 Carbon capture and storage upgrader project ... 48-49 Caribou conservation ... 148 Climate change ... 1580-81 Discrimination protection ... 545 Environment department budget ... 205-6 Environmental monitoring ... 179-80 Environmental monitoring of oil sands ... 1197 Environmental monitoring panel ... 474, 513-14 Financial security for land disturbances ... 725 Gender equality ... 234, 268 Gravel extraction management ... 1388-89 Greenhouse gas emission standards ... 1292 Health care system ... 354 Health data security ... 360-61 Health Quality Council review ... 957 Hydraulic fracturing for gas in shale ... 1519 Immigrant integration services ... 449 Industrial development in the Eastern slopes ... 68-69 Integrated police information system (TALON database) ... 13-14, 53 Land stewardship legislation ... 813-14 Land-use planning ... 1181 Lower Athabasca regional plan ... 568-69 Mental health services ... 722 Oil and gas regulatory system ... 1098-99 Plains Midstream Canada pipeline leak ... 979-81, 1042 Residential construction standards ... 1227 Royal Alberta Museum development ... 691 Sand and gravel extraction management ... 893 Water allocation ... 394-95, 1049 Water management ... 448, 1144 Water marketing ... 1095, 1125-26 Water quality monitoring in the oil sands ... 296-97 Water research ... 812-13
Orders in council
Changes to incremental ethane extraction program, Alberta Gazette entry (SP483/11: tabled) ... 1151
Parks , provincial
Oil spills, provincial response to ... 1042
Patient advocacy by health care professionals
Patient advocacy by physicians
Alberta Medical Association position ... 699-700
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
Protection of genetic information ... 545
Physician and family support program
Funding, e-mails and letters on (SP31, 38, 74, 75, 100, 127, 128, 149, 150, 154, 165, 234/11: tabled) ... 397, 431, 482, 606-7
Physicians - Supply
Family physicians ... 354
Pipelines - Construction
Approval and monitoring ... 1042
Pipelines - Environmental aspects
Points of order
Advance notice of ministerial statements ... 1107 Allegations against nonmembers ... 1524-25 Answers to oral questions ... 122 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 398-400, 1526 Factual accuracy ... 731, 1584-85 Parliamentary language ... 330-31, 607 Questions about political party activity ... 1584-85 Referring to the absence of members ... 899-900
Police
Access to information, FOIP and PIPA provisions ... 13, 1028
Premier's Council on Arts and Culture
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Shaping Alberta's Future (report), recommendations ... 1049
Primary health care networks
Funding, e-mail re (SP153/11: tabled) ... 431 Provincial strategy ... 354
Privilege (current session applications)
Late-evening sittings ... 1587
Proceedings Against the Crown Act
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 2)
Provincial Environmental Monitoring Panel
Public Service Act
Administration of, re Child and Youth Advocate ... 1301, 1303
Public Trustee
Responsibilities ... 1349
Reclamation of land
Costs ... 669 General remarks ... 632, 669 Liability for ... 499-500 Liability for, Auditor General review of ... 725 Oil sands vs. oil and gas development ... 325 Progressive reclamation strategy ... 325, 499-500
Regional aquatics monitoring program (RAMP)
Revenue
Administration ... 40 Long-term planning ... 405-6 Use of term “taxpayers' dollars” ... 1584-85
Rivers - Monitoring
Performance measures ... 488-89
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
Public access to collections during renovations ... 536 Redevelopment ... 536, 538 Redevelopment, letter on (SP501/11: tabled) ... 1204 Redevelopment, termination of contract re ... 691 Two-museum concept ... 532
Safety Codes Act
Treatment of breaches ... 1227
Sand and gravel mining
Extraction management, Auditor General recommendations re ... 893 Licence application process ... 893, 1388-89
Schools
Funding for playgrounds on premises ... 521
Schools - Edmonton
Member's statement, remarks on ... 1337
Seniors
Benefits, e-mail re (SP475/11: tabled) ... 1150
Seniors - Housing
Life lease facilities, letter on (SP473, 500, 584/11: tabled) ... 1150, 1204, 1583
Separate schools
Catholic education, postcards on (SP41, 395, 402, 405/11: tabled) ... 1135 Catholic education, report on (SP585/11: tabled) ... 1583
Sex discrimination
Women's representation in government agencies, boards, and commissions ... 234, 268
Siksika First Nation
Bassano dam settlement, funding from supplementary supply ... 487
Social supports
Client benefits, supports re bedbug infestations ... 1363
Soils - Quality
Policy development ... 487
Speaker - Rulings
Explanation, point of order on ... 398-400
Speaker - Statements
Oral Question Period guidelines, request for clarification ... 122
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 38-40 Debate (comments and questions during) ... 40
Sports
Black Albertans' contributions ... 62
Statutes (law)
Amending of via Henry VIII clause ... 249, 924 Impact on women ... 1187
Suicide - Prevention
Auditor General recommendations ... 722
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Newspaper articles ... 397 Requirements ... 396
Tailings Ponds Reclamation Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 209)
Theatre Alberta
Artstrek program, letter to Culture and Community Services minister on (SP567/11: tabled) ... 1523
Tourism industry
Factors influencing ... 531
Trade unions
Role in apprenticeship training ... 38
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1310-12, 1332, 1334 Committee ... 1443, 1545-47, 1548-49 Committee, amendment A2 (time limit on proceedings) (defeated) ... 1443 Implementation issues ... 1310-12, 1548-49 Implementation issues, rural areas ... 1334, 1546, 1548 Penalty provisions ... 1310-11, 1546-47 Penalty provisions, .05 vs. .08 blood-alcohol level ... 1332, 1546-47 Public response to bill ... 1334, 1545-46 Public response to bill, messages on (SP583,616,617/11: tabled) ... 1583 Regulations re number of passengers permitted under provisional drivers' licences ... 1310
Tuberculosis testing and treatment program (public health)
Departure of program director, e-mail re (SP151/11: tabled) ... 430
United Nurses of Alberta
Code of conduct report, December 4, 2009, letter on (SP163/11: tabled) ... 482
Universities
Artists associated with ... 425-26
Victims of Crime Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 681-82 Committee ... 1015-16, 1022-23 Committee, amendment A1 (time limits on applications) (defeated) ... 1015-16 Committee, amendment A2 (time limits on application) (carried unanimously) ... 1022-23
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act
Volunteer Week
Members' statements ... 606
Wabamun Lake provincial park
Oil spill, provincial response to ... 1042
Wages
Differential between employment sectors ... 234 Differential between genders ... 234 Differential between visible minorities and whites ... 62 Garnisheeing ... 1350-51
Waste management
Policy development ... 487 Too good to waste reduction plan ... 487
Water
Policy development ... 487 Provincial strategy ... 448
Water Act
Allocation of licences, provisions for ... 448 Review, timeline on ... 490-92
Water for life strategy and action plan
Budgetary reporting ... 490 General remarks ... 490 Groundwater mapping and inventory program ... 39
Water licences
FITFIR (first in time, first in right) system ... 39, 490 Impact of water events (droughts, floods, shortages) ... 487 Interbasin transfers ... 490-91 Premier's Council for Economy Strategy recommendations ... 1049 Public consultation (proposed) ... 1144 Sale of water, Nestlé proposal for ... 1095, 1126 Sale of water, provincial strategy on ... 1095, 1125-26, 1144 Transfer of licences ... 448, 490-91
Water quality
Contamination from natural gas hydraulic fracturing ... 1519 Research, administration of ... 812-13
Water quality - Monitoring
Industry responsibility ... 179-80
Water quality - Monitoring - Oil sands areas
Water Monitoring Data Review Committee report ... 296-97, 488
Water/waste-water management
Infrastructure construction by private entities ... 1049
Well sites , abandoned
Cost of cleanup, responsibility for ... 325 Oversight of ... 599
Western Cup (LGBT multisport event)
Members' statements ... 960-61
Wild Rose Foundation
Fund projections ... 519 Funding for previous grant recipients (Written Question 2/11: accepted) ... 458 Sources of revenue ... 532
Wildlife Act
Woodland caribou designation as endangered ... 148
Wildrose Party
Response to Budget 2011 in Legislature ... 186
Williams Energy
Capital guidance filing, February 2011 (SP481/11: tabled) ... 1151 Correspondence with Energy dept. re incremental ethane extraction program (SP478/11: tabled) ... 1151 News release re changes to incremental ethane extraction program (SP480/11: tabled) ... 1151
Wills and Succession Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 14)
Wind power
International investments ... 69 NaturEnergy generation ... 69
Women
Equality, member's statement on ... 1186-87
Boutilier, Guy C. (W, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo)
Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Internal review of emergency services ... 235
Alberta Health Services Board (AHSB)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
Executive compensation ... 679
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 12)
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Alberta Property Rights Initiative statement ... 252 Amendments to bill ... 1362 General remarks ... 1420 Public input on bill ... 257-58 Public response to bill ... 1126 Wildrose Party position ... 251-52, 494
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Events regarding Dr. Sherman and Mr. Horne (contact re Dr. Sherman's mental state) ... 1145 Master agreement with province, agreement in principle re, member's statement on ... 396 Master agreement with province, president's letter on (SP122/11: tabled) ... 396
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA)
Environmental initiatives ... 1277-78
Alberta's Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force
Keeping Communities Safe report and recommendations ... 1399
Appropriation Act , 2011 (Bill 17)
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 554-57, 562 Second reading, amendment (referral of bill to committee) ... 562 Committee ... 865-66 Third reading ... 1068-69
British Columbia
Impaired driving legislation, impact of ... 1331, 1332
Budget process
Economic forecasts used in calculations ... 64
Calgary & Area Physician's Association (CAPA)
President's advocacy on mental health services, Calgary region head of psychiatry response to ... 474-75
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Out-of-country care ... 1290-91 Out-of-country care, member's statement on ... 1724
Capital projects
Project scheduling ... 113 Provincial strategy ... 14
Capital projects - Fort McMurray
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act , 2010 (Bill 24)
Child abuse
Serious incident review team (proposed) ... 1284 Serious incidents review, Premier's remarks on ... 1684
Child and Youth Advocate Act (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1283-85 Committee ... 1429 Committee, amendment A2 (strike out section 26(4)) (defeated) ... 1429 Third reading ... 1683-85
Child and Youth Advocate , office of the (future)
Children with disabilities - Education
Programs and services ... 844
Committees of the Legislative Assembly , standing and policy field
Role of committee ... 562
Criminal Injuries Review Board
Application process for benefits, time limitations ... 856
Dept. of Education
Minister's appearance on Alberta Primetime (television program) ... 14
Dept. of Environment (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 492-94 Premier's mandate letter ... 492-93 Relation to Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development ... 493
Dept. of Environment and Water (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1277-78
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister's past experience as associate minister ... 815-16 Minister's role ... 512, 722-23
Dept. of Service Alberta
Service fees for municipalities, March 29, 2011, letter on (SP248/11: tabled) ... 675
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election of Member for Edmonton-Mill Creek ... 1209
Disaster relief
Criteria for declaration of disaster ... 427-28
Economic development
Provincial strategy ... 309
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Committee ... 1475-77, 1505 Committee, amendment A1 (election date 2nd Monday in May ) (defeated) ... 1475-77, 1505 Third reading ... 1711
Elections , provincial
Fixed date, Premier's remarks on ... 1476, 1505
Electric power lines - Construction
Energy minister's letter to AUC requesting suspension or adjournment of consideration of pipeline projects ... 1184-85
Electric power lines - Industrial Heartland
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Alberta's place in the global economy (proceeded with) ... 1171-72
Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)
Rimbey transmission line hearings ... 1417
Energy Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 16)
Environmental disasters - Japan
Ministerial statement, responses to ... 317-18
Executive Council
Ministerial appointments ... 493, 1172
Freehold lands
Landowner rights ... 1362 Landowner rights, Eckville public meeting on ... 1421 Landowner rights, minister's remarks in Athabasca Advocate on (SP532/11: tabled) ... 1366 Landowner rights, minister's remarks in news media on ... 1362, 1469 Landowner rights, repeal of legislation on (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 1622-23
Government accountability
Health care system
Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 235, 266-67 Public satisfaction, Premier's response to ... 266
Health care system - Finance
Legal fees, reporting of ... 266 One-time funding ... 266 Out-of-province care ... 1290-91 Severance pay re contract terminations ... 266
Health care system - Fort McMurray
Public confidence in ... 759
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
General remarks ... 722-23, 815-16, 1248-50, 1249, 1282 Newspaper articles re (SP103-105, 117, 168, 318, 242, 297/11: tabled) ... 482 Premier's transition team member's reported remarks ... 1702 Provincial strategy ... 1145
Health Insurance Premiums (Health Card Donor Declaration) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 201)
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 235
Hospitals - Fort McMurray
Acute-care beds, use by individuals waiting for long-term care ... 845-46, 1172
Housing - Fort McMurray
Evacuations re safety issues, assistance for affected persons ... 427-28 Evacuations re safety issues, assistance requests for affected persons (SP140, 159/11: tabled) ... 398, 431
Impaired driving
Enforcement of legislation ... 1331-33 Prevention strategies ... 1450-51
International trade - Asia
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice System Monitoring Act (Bill 204)
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Amendments ... 1362 Development restrictions on designated land ... 1419-20 General remarks ... 1420
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Second reading ... 1412, 1415-17, 1419-21 Committee, amendment A1 (wording change re landowner compensation) (defeated) ... 1469-70 General remarks ... 1362
Legislative Assembly (Transition Allowance) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 202)
First reading ... 55 Second reading ... 218-19
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Wait-lists ... 843-44 Wait-lists, member's statement on ... 830
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Fort McMurray
Lower Athabasca region land-use plan (LARP)
Impact on industrial leases ... 632-33
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation review, Motion Other than Government Motion 501 (2010) ... 218 Pension plan, elimination of ... 219 Responsibilities ... 557
Members' Statements (current session)
Keystone XL pipeline approval ... 597 Long-term care for seniors ... 830 Out-of-country health services ... 1724 Physicians' agreement in principle ... 396 Tom Baker cancer centre pathology lab ... 1231 Wildrose Party alternative budget ... 112-13
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Japanese earthquake and tsunami, responses to ... 317-18
Missing Persons Act (Bill 8)
Motions (previous sessions, 2010)
No. 501, MLA salaries and benefits review ... 218
Municipal Government Board (MGB)
Municipalities
Environmental initiatives ... 1277-78
Northern Lights health region (former authority)
Physician's (M. Sauvé) statement of claim (SP269/11: tabled) ... 759
Office of the Premier
Premier's party leadership campaign ... 1280, 1284 Welcome to new Premier ... 1171
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alleged intimidation of physicians ... 1145 Budget 2011 ... 64-65 Capital infrastructure planning ... 14 Emergency health services ... 235 Emergency health services wait times ... 266-67 Fort McMurray apartment evacuations ... 427-28 Health Quality Council review ... 320 Heartland electricity transmission project ... 1184-85 Highway 63 ... 1047 Impaired driving ... 1450-51 Impaired driving legislation ... 1654-55 Land stewardship legislation ... 1126 Landowner private property rights ... 1362 Lower Athabasca regional plan ... 632-33 Minister of Health and Wellness ... 512 Motor vehicle registry database access fee ... 1101 Out-of-country health services ... 1290-91 Patient advocacy by health professionals ... 474-75, 815-16 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 722-23 Physician services in Fort McMurray ... 759 Registry service fees for municipalities ... 570
Organ and tissue donation
Communication of intent ... 82
Organ and tissue transplantation
General remarks ... 81-82
Patient advocacy by physicians
Pipelines - Construction
Keystone XL pipeline, Energy minister's remarks on, member's statement on ... 597
Points of order
Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1053 Factual accuracy ... 257-58, 1284 Relevance ... 1248
Police
Access to information, through registry offices ... 570, 1101
Registry offices
Municipal search fees ... 570, 1101
School boards
Capital plan input ... 14
Schools - Construction
Long-term planning ... 14
Securities
Provincial regulation (passport system) ... 859
Securities Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 4)
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 309
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Tom Baker cancer centre
Pathology services transfer, member's statement on ... 1231 Pathology services transfer, physician departure re ... 1248
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Victims of Crime Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 682-83 Committee ... 856, 1014-15, 1020-21 Committee, amendment A1 (time limits on applications) (defeated) ... 856, 1014-15 Committee, amendment A2 (time limits on application) (carried unanimously) ... 1020-21
Wildrose Party
Alternative budget, member's statement on ... 112-13
Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill)
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill Pr. 1)
Petition presented ... 304 Petition presented, compliance with standing orders ... 362 Standing Committee on Private Bills report and recommendation to proceed (motion carried) ... 840
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Landowner rights provisions ... 52
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act , 2011 (Bill 13)
Auburn Bay Residents Association Tax Exemption Act (Bill Pr. 3)
Petition presented ... 304 Petition presented, compliance with standing orders ... 362 Standing Committee on Private Bills report and recommendation not to proceed (carried) ... 840
Child abuse
Task force (proposed), motion re creation of (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 592-93
Child and Youth Advocate Act (Bill 25)
Committee, amendments A1 to A4 (SP541-544/11: tabled) ... 1446
Children
Sport fishing involvement ... 303
Committee on Private Bills , Standing
Report on bills, motion on recommendation not to proceed (bills Pr. 3, Pr. 4, Pr. 5, Pr. 6) (carried) ... 840 Report on bills, motion on recommendation to proceed on bills Pr. 1, Pr. 2, Pr. 7 (carried) ... 840 Report on review of March 20, 2011, petitions for bills Pr. 1 to 7 (carried) ... 362
Cranston Residents Association Tax Exemption Act (Bill Pr. 4)
Petition presented ... 304 Petition presented, compliance with standing orders ... 362 Standing Committee on Private Bills report and recommendation not to proceed (carried) ... 840
Dept. of Infrastructure
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 782-83
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1257
Domestic violence
Housing for affected families ... 439 Initiatives ... 415, 439 Victim protection ... 439
Environmental protection - Industrial Heartland
Cumulative effects approach ... 52
Executive Council
Communications role ... 617 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 617
Fish Creek provincial park
Preservation of fescue grass ... 394
Fisheries - Calgary
Bow Habitat Station ... 303
Foothills Fescue Research Institute
Preservation work in provincial parks ... 394
Galt Scholarship Fund Transfer Act (Bill Pr. 2)
Petition presented ... 304 Petition presented, waiver of Standing Order 94(1)(b) regarding (passed) ... 362 Standing Committee on Private Bills report and recommendation to proceed (passed) ... 840
Glenbow ranch provincial park
Health care system - Finance
Health Insurance Premiums (Health Card Donor Declaration) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 201)
Hull Child and Family Services Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill Pr. 7)
Petition presented ... 304 Petition presented, compliance with standing orders ... 362 Standing Committee on Private Bills report and recommendation to proceed (passed) ... 840
Hunt farms
Provincial strategy ... 793
Internet (computer network)
Use in child abuse ... 592
Land-use framework
Land conservation provisions ... 394 Public consultation ... 52
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Decorum in, member's statement on ... 630 French remarks ... 242
Lieutenant Governor
Official residence ... 783
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 793 Committee, amendment A1 (SP329/11: tabled) ... 828 Committee, report as amended ... 885
Lower Athabasca River watershed
Regional development ... 52
Medical research
Alberta achievements ... 473
Members' Statements (current session)
Decorum in the Legislative Assembly ... 630 Health care system ... 421, 472-73 Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie ... 242
Museums and heritage sites
Decentralization strategy ... 782-83
New Brighton Residents Association Tax Exemption Act (Bill Pr. 5)
Petition presented ... 304 Petition presented, compliance with standing orders ... 362 Standing Committee on Private Bills report and recommendation not to proceed (passed) ... 840
Office of the Premier
Official residence for Premier (proposed) ... 783
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Barbless fish hooks ... 303 Glenbow Ranch provincial park ... 394 Regional planning ... 52
Organ and tissue donation
Donor barriers ... 77 Next of kin role in decision-making ... 77-78, 587
Organ and tissue transplantation
General remarks ... 77 Wait-lists ... 77
Parks , provincial
Preservation work ... 394
Petitions for Private Bills (current session)
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Amendment Act, 2011 (Bill Pr. 1) ... 304, 362 Auburn Bay Residents Association Tax Exemption Act (Bill Pr. 3) ... 304, 362 Cranston Residents Association Tax Exemption Act (Bill Pr. 4) ... 304, 362 Galt Scholarship Fund Transfer Act (Bill Pr. 2) ... 304, 362 Hull Child and Family Services Amendment Act, 2011 (Bill Pr. 7) ... 304, 362 New Brighton Residents Association Tax Exemption Act (Bill Pr. 5) ... 304, 362 Tuscany Residents Association Tax Exemption Act (Bill Pr. 6) ... 304, 362
Pine beetles - Control
Provincial strategy ... 1257
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Admission standards ... 1220 Affordability issues ... 1219-20
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 2)
First reading ... 18 Second reading ... 133-34 Committee ... 415 Third reading ... 438-39
Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie 2011
Members' statements ... 242
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
Securities
Single national regulator (proposed) ... 135
Securities Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 4)
First reading ... 18 Second reading ... 135
Sport fishing
Barbless hook use ... 303 Barbless hook use, periodical articles re (SP86-88/11: tabled) ... 305 Children's involvement ... 303
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Part-time students ... 1219 Review (proposed) (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried) ... 1219-20 Scholarships, bursaries, and grants ... 1219-20
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Estimates debate ... 1257
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Committee, amendment A1,A2 (SP545, 546/11: tabled) ... 1446
Tuscany Residents Association Tax Exemption Act (Bill Pr. 6)
Petition presented ... 304 Petition presented, compliance with standing orders ... 262 Standing Committee on Private Bills report and recommendation not to proceed (carried) ... 840
Victims of Crime Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 15)
Committee, amendment A1 (SP330/11: tabled) ... 828
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