Hancock, Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud; Minister of Human Services effective October 12, 2011; previously Minister of Education)
Aboriginal children
Child and Youth Advocate responsibilities ... 1427
Aboriginal children - Education
(An) Act to Amend the Canada Shipping Act , 2001 (Canada, Bill C-606, 2005)
Western Premiers' response, letter to Prime Minister re (SP6/11: tabled) ... 19
(An) Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (Canada, Bill C-619, 2011)
Motion to support (Government Motion 11, Hayden: carried) ... 371
Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors. Radiation Health Administrative Organization
Annual report, year ended June 30, 2011 (SP639/11: tabled) ... 1725
Alberta College of Social Workers
Annual report 2010 (SP331/11: tabled) ... 841
Alberta Dental Association and College
Radiation health and safety program, annual report 2010 and financial statements (SP640/11: tabled) ... 1725
Alberta Human Rights , Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act
Student exclusion from courses of study, statistics on (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 460
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Alberta initiative for school improvement (AISI)
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Events regarding Dr. Sherman and Mr. Horne, point of order on ... 1280-81
Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness
Report to minister (SP561/11: tabled) ... 1523
Alberta sustainability fund
Utilization of fund ... 736, 752
Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA)
5-year agreement ... 732, 752 Annual report 2010 (SP413/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 8 June 2011 Relationship with Dept. of Education ... 751
Alberta Veterinary Medical Association
Radiation protection program, annual report 2010 and auditor's report (SP641/11: tabled) ... 1725
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Recommendations ... 752 Recommendations on class size ... 450
Alberta's Promise
Annual report 2011 (SP610/11: tabled) ... 1662
Appropriation Act , 2011 (Bill 17)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act , 2011 (No. 2) (Bill 27)
Bedbugs
Funding for affected persons ... 1363
Bills (procedure)
Amendments ... 1701 Amendments, criteria for vs. subamendments ... 1484 Premier's remarks on process ... 1717-18
Black Gold regional school division
Calgary public school board (CPSB)
Budgetary shortfall ... 510, 545, 547, 733, 758-59 Funding ... 450 Purchasing adjustments, relative cost of ... 764 Trustee participation in budget debates ... 897
Cancer
Statistics on work-related disease, letter and report on (SP572/11: tabled) ... 1582
Cancer , work-related
Statistics on (Motion for a Return 17: defeated) ... 1210
Capital projects
Provincial strategy ... 14-15
Cellular telephones
Radiation exposure from ... 17
Certified General Accountants' Association of Alberta
Annual report 2011 (SP638/11: tabled) ... 1725
Chief Electoral Officer
Oversight of political party expenses ... 1584
Child abuse
Deaths resulting from ... 1436 Investigations, Motion for a Return 18 (accepted as amended) ... 1609
Child and family services council for quality assurance
Child and family services review panel
Child and Youth Advocate role ... 1426-27
Child and Youth Advocate
Annual report 2010-11 (SP497/11: tabled) ... 1204 Client eligibility criteria ... 1427 Hiring transition period ... 1323, 1427 Reports, identification of personal information in ... 1427 Reports, no assessment of liability in ... 1303
Child and Youth Advocate Act (Bill 25)
First reading ... 1203 Second reading ... 1239-40, 1303, 1323 Committee ... 1426-44, 1428-44, 1432-33, 1433-34, 1436 Committee, amendment A1 (CYA considered as department head) (carried) ... 1428 Committee, amendment A2 (strike out section 26(4)) (defeated) ... 1428-31 Committee, amendment A3 (strike out section 24) (defeated) ... 1432-33 Committee, amendment A4 (strike out section 26(4)) (defeated) ... 1433-34 Third reading ... 1681-82, 1685 General remarks ... 1589
Child and Youth Advocate , office of the (future)
Child welfare
Impact of departmental restructuring ... 1143 Programs and services ... 1143, 1147
Child , Youth and Family Enhancement Act
Ages of children and youth served ... 1427 Privacy provisions ... 1239-40
Children
Injuries and deaths, disclosure of information on ... 1303
Children - Employment
Agricultural labour ... 1661
Children - Protective services
Apprehension of children ... 1143 Publication ban ... 1681
Children with disabilities
Programs and services ... 637
Children with disabilities - Education
Classroom placements ... 50 Community engagement ... 511 Framework implementation ... 511 Programs and services ... 50, 70, 733, 744, 1100 Public consultations ... 70 Timeline on formula ... 70
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Radiation Health Administrative Organization
Annual report 2010 (SP642/11: tabled) ... 1725
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Motion to resolve into (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 22 Main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates 2011-12 referred to (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 22-23 Supplementary estimates 2010-11 considered at evening sitting on February 28, 2011 (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 22
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Motion to resolve into (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 22
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund , Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 23-24 Membership changes (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1188
Committee on Community Development , Standing
Establishment (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89 Membership appointments (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1189
Committee on Community Services , Standing
Replacement (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89
Committee on the Economy , Standing
Memberships changes (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 23-24 Replacement (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89
Committee on Education , Standing
Establishment (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89 Membership appointments (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1189 Membership changes (Government Motion 28: carried) ... 1527
Committee on Energy , Standing
Establishment (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89 Membership appointments (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1189
Committee on Finance , Standing
Establishment (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89 Membership appointments (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1189
Committee on Health , Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 23-24 Replacement (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89
Committee on Legislative Offices , Standing
Membership change and change in chair (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1234 Membership changes (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1188 Selection of legislative officers ... 1323
Committee on Members' Services , Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 9: Hancock) ... 23-24 Membership changes (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1188
Committee on Private Bills , Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 23-24 Membership changes (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1188
Committee on Privileges and Elections , Standing Orders and Printing
Membership changes (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1188 Membership changes (Government Motion 29: carried) ... 1527
Committee on Public Accounts , Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 23-24 Membership changes (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1188 Role of committee ... 270-71
Committee on Public Health and Safety , Standing
Establishment (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89 Membership appointments (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1189
Committee on Public Safety and Services , Standing
Replacement (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89
Committee on Resources and Environment , Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 23-24 Replacement (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89
Committees of the Legislative Assembly , standing and policy field
Main estimates 2011-12 referred to (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 22-23 Membership appointments (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1189 Membership changes (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1188 Replacement of existing committees with new ones (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89
Counselling services - Bonnyville-Cold Lake
Services for sexual assault victims ... 1293-94
Criminal Code
Impaired driving provisions ... 1685
Criminal Injuries Review Board
Application process for benefits, time limitations ... 857
Dept. of Education
Annual report 2010-11 (SP425/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 29 June 2011 Appeal re secular public education in Morinville ... 10-11 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 731-54 Main estimates 2011-12, level of detail provided in ... 734 Minister's appearance on Alberta Primetime (television program) ... 14 Supplementary estimates 2011-12 , procedure for ... 1268
Dept. of Human Services (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Mandate of ministry ... 1454
Dept. of Infrastructure
Ministry communications with stakeholders ... 734 Ministry support services ... 732 Program overview ... 732
Early childhood education
For children with severe disabilities ... 637 Junior kindergarten ... 738-39 Research ... 739
Edmonton public school board (EPSB)
Report on inner-city schools ... 180
Education
Community-based services ... 180 Inclusive education ... 50, 746-48 Local decision-making ... 50 Proposed legislation ... 10-11, 745 Provincial strategy ... 965-67, 1098, 1132 School calendar alternatives ... 395, 959 Student residency criteria ... 966
Education - Finance
3-year funding plan (proposed) ... 205 Efficiency initiatives ... 958-59 Funding ... 359, 450, 480, 544-45, 547, 566, 601, 690, 734-38, 812, 835, 891, 1098 Funding, impact on service provision ... 954-55, 1097, 1099-1100, 1127 Long-term planning ... 734, 812 Rural stabilization grants ... 480 Sources of revenue ... 732, 956 Sustainability, role of innovation in ... 752
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Dept. of Justice administration ... 1459
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (procedure)
Alberta's place in the global economy, consent to proceed with debate ... 1152 House leaders' agreement on motion to adjourn ordinary business on Oct. 24 (SP470/11: tabled) ... 1150 Health care system (proceeded with), request for extension of debate ... 348
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Financial disclosure by political party leadership candidates (not proceeded with) ... 20-21 Health care system (proposed) ... 334-35 Patient advocacy by health professionals (not proceeded with) ... 484 Patient advocacy by physicians (not proceeded with) ... 699
Employment and training programs
Alberta Works retention ... 1454 Role in elimination of child poverty ... 1386-87
Employment Standards Code
Administration by Dept. of Human Services ... 1530
English as a second language (ESL)
Funding for study and teaching ... 118, 265-66, 449 Reduction in enhanced funding ... 118
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates 2011-12 considered in Committee of Supply and policy field committees (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 22-23 Supplementary estimates and transfers 2010-11 considered at evening sitting on February 28, 2011 (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 22
Expropriation Act
Notices of objection provisions (section 10) ... 1423
Farm safety
Workers' exclusion from workplace legislation ... 1661
Financial Administration Act
Application to Child and Youth Advocate ... 1427-28
Foster care
Deaths of aboriginal children ... 1143
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information sharing provisions ... 1239, 1681
Government accountability
Government business
Scheduling of, point of order on ... 619
Government savings policy
Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools (public school division)
Discussions re secular educational opportunities ... 10-11, 202-3, 894
Hardisty
Resolution to send members to PC fundraising dinner, points of order re ... 1524
Health care system
Newspaper article (SP167/11: tabled) ... 482 Public satisfaction, Premier's response to ... 271
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Alberta Health Services March 16, 2011, letter on (SP120/11: tabled) ... 396-97 Premier's transition team member's reported remarks ... 1702
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
Committee ... 1484, 1669-70 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (defeated) ... 1484 Committee, amendment A2 (in camera hearings) (defeated) ... 1669-70 Third reading ... 1701-2 Appointment of judges, provisions for ... 1669 In camera meeting provisions ... 1669-70, 1702 Comparison to Public Inquiries Act ... 1701-2 General remarks ... 1589 Government members' remarks ... 1701 Time allocation on debate (Government Motion 32: carried) ... 1664
High school completion
Age cut-offs for public education ... 728, 966 Immigrant and aboriginal students ... 449 Impact of English language skills on ... 265 United Way report ... 728
Holy Spirit Catholic school board
Resolution to send members to Premier's dinner, points of order re ... 1524
House leaders
Agreement on House procedure (SP470/11: tabled) ... 1150
Housing - Construction
Safety inspections ... 1452
Human Rights , Citizenship and Multiculturalism Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 44)
Income tax , provincial
Child tax benefits ... 1386-87 Tax credits for low-income families ... 1386-87
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Appointment of Jill Clayton (Government Motion 30: carried) ... 1527
Internet (computer network)
Radiation exposure from wireless devices ... 17
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former MLA for Edmonton-Meadowlark ... 1651
Justice system
Child and Youth Advocate role in criminal system ... 1426
Kinship care
Deaths of aboriginal children in ... 1143
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings (Government Motion 13: carried) ... 675 Evening sittings (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 1234
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Adjournment
Fall 2011 sitting, adjournment of (Government Motion 27: carried) ... 1527 Fall 2011 sitting, temporary adjournment of (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 1188 Spring sitting 2011 adjournment (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 1053, 1136
Lethbridge public school board
Teacher and staff layoffs ... 835
Lieutenant Governor
Message re supplementary estimates, request to revert to government business for delivery of (unanimous consent denied) ... 1210
Motions for Returns (procedure)
New West Partnership
Response to proposed federal legislation banning west coast oil tanker traffic, letter on (SP6/11: tabled) ... 19
Northern Lakes College
Participation in Northland school division community engagement team ... 179
Northland school division no. 61
Community engagement team ... 179 Inquiry report recommendations ... 179
Ombudsman
Appointment of Peter Hourihan as (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 1187-88
Oral Question Period (OQP) (procedure)
Questions about detail, point of order on ... 270-71
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta initiative for school improvement ... 67 Bedbug infestation funding ... 1363 Bullying prevention ... 1201 Calgary board of education ... 510-11 Capital infrastructure planning ... 14-15 Catholic education ... 53 Charter schools ... 66-67, 121, 181 Child poverty ... 1294, 1386-87 Children in care ... 1143 Children's services ... 1147 Community-based education ... 180 Counselling for victims of sexual assault ... 1293-94 L'École Parkside ... 763 Education funding ... 359, 450, 480, 544-45, 547, 566, 601, 690, 758-59, 812, 834, 835, 891-92, 954-55, 956, 958-59, 1097-1100, 1127, 1132 Education inclusiveness ... 50 Education program unit funding ... 637 Education property tax ... 480 Education relative cost of purchasing adjustment ... 764 English as a second language program funding ... 118, 265-66 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... 1661 Financial literacy ... 729 Government accountability ... 957-58 High school completion ... 728 Human Services ministry mandate ... 1454 Immigrant integration services ... 449 Labour Relations Code review ... 1578-79 Legislative workload ... 1717-18 Métis history and culture in education curriculum ... 634-35 Northland community engagement team ... 179 Residential construction safety ... 1452 School board funding ... 205 School construction ... 546 School construction in Beaumont ... 325-26 School trustee pecuniary interest ... 897 School Wi-Fi ... 17 School year modification ... 395 Secular public education in greater St. Albert ... 10-11, 202-3, 894 Special-needs education consultation ... 70 Special-needs education funding ... 511
Patient advocacy by health care professionals
Patient advocacy by physicians
Alberta Health Services March 16, 2011, open letter (SP120/11: tabled) ... 396-97
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 332-33, 338, 1243, 1280, 1526-27 Allegations against nonmembers ... 1524 Factual accuracy ... 432, 457, 1584-85 Parliamentary language ... 330, 607, 1253, 1710 Question-and-comment period ... 557 Questions about detail ... 270-71 Questions about political party activity ... 1459, 1584-85 Referring to the absence of members ... 900-901 Relevance ... 433 Scheduling government business ... 619
Political parties
Questions about activity, point of order on ... 1459
Privilege (current session applications)
Late-evening sittings ... 1588-90 Misleading the House, application re (deferred) ... 1151-52
Property tax - Education levy
Protection Against Family Violence Act
Protection of Sexually Exploited Children Act
Child and Youth Advocate role in implementation ... 1426
Public Service Act
Application to Child and Youth Advocate ... 1427
Radiation - Measurement
Health Canada monitoring of electronic devices ... 17
Revenue
Use of term “taxpayers' dollars” ... 1584
St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic separate regional division no. 38
School achievement tests
Provincial achievement tests ... 742, 744
School Act
School board roles and responsibilities ... 10-11
School boards
Administrative cost guidelines ... 749 Budget preparation ... 734 Budgetary surpluses ... 511, 544, 547, 736 Capital plan input ... 14 Efficiency measures ... 958-59 Funding allocation ... 480, 732-33, 737-38, 749, 891-92 Funding allocation for special-needs students ... 50 Natural person powers under Education Act (Bill 18) ... 966 Provincial policy on borrowing ... 205 Relative costs of purchasing adjustments ... 748, 764 Reserve funds, utilization of ... 834-35 Sources of revenue ... 205
Schoolchildren
Legal age for leaving school ... 966
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Funding ... 733, 737 Funding for charter schools ... 740
Schools
Co-location of children's and health services in ... 180 Community connections ... 750 Laptop computer use ... 749-50 Specialists available (psychologists, speech pathologists, etc.) ... 746 Textbook vs. electronic device use ... 749-50 Wireless Internet device use, safety aspects ... 17
Schools - Construction - Airdrie
Provincial strategy ... 740
Schools - Construction - Beaumont
Schools - Edmonton
Infrastructure needs ... 180
Separate schools
Abolishment, petition on ... 53 Catholic education, postcards to MLAs from Catholic Women's League on ... 53
Sexual assault
Counselling services in Bonnyville-Cold Lake area ... 1293-94
Social policy framework (proposed)
Social supports
Client benefits, supports re bedbug infestations ... 1363 Retention of Alberta Supports program ... 1454
Speak Out Alberta student engagement initiative
Speaker - Statements
Election anniversaries ... 1221
Special education framework
Implementation (Setting the Direction Framework: Government of Alberta Response) ... 70, 511, 744
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply (Government Motion 10: carried) ... 344
Standing Orders
Amendments to section 52.01 (policy field committees) (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1188-89 Provisions for election of Deputy Chair of Committees ... 1204-5
Statutes (law)
Timelines on proclamation ... 958
Supplementary estimates (procedure)
Permissible questions ... 1268
Supplementary estimates 2010-11
Consideration at evening sitting on February 28, 2011 (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 22
Teachers - Education
Opportunities for new graduates ... 892
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1313-14 Committee ... 1446, 1558 Third reading ... 1685 General remarks ... 1589 Implementation issues ... 1313-14 Implementation issues, police resources ... 1685 Penalty provisions, .05 vs. .08 blood-alcohol level ... 1526-27, 1685 Time allocation on debate (Government Motion 33: carried) ... 1665
Transportation/utility corridors
Planning, history of ... 1424
University of Alberta. Authorized Radiation Health Administrative Organization
Annual report 2010-11 (SP643/11: tabled) ... 1725
University of Calgary. Radiation Health Administration Organization
Annual report for year ended March 31, 2011, and financial statements (SP644/11: tabled) ... 1725
Victims of Crime Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 15)
Committee ... 857 Committee, amendment A1 (time limits on applications) (defeated) ... 857
Wages - Teachers
Funding for salaries and pensions ... 732, 734, 748 Incentives for superior performance ... 750 Increase in ... 732
Workplace health and safety
Prosecutions, statistics on Dept. of Justice review of files for evidence supporting, 2003-10 (Written Question 6/11: response tabled as intersessional deposit SP651/11) ... 11 Jan. 2012 (reported in Votes and Proceedings Feb. 7, 2012)
Written questions (procedure)
Hayden, Jack (PC, Drumheller-Stettler; Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation effective October 12, 2011; previously Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development)
(An) Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (Canada, Bill C-619, 2011)
Motion to support (Government Motion 11, Hayden: carried) ... 367-68
(An) Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act and Chapter 17 of the Statutes of Canada , 1998 (Canada, Bill C-46, 2008)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)
Administration of cattle price insurance program ... 240 Annual report 2010-11 (SP417/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 23 June 2011
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Pump provision for southern Alberta producers ... 424
Alberta Get Outdoors Weekend Act (Bill 203)
Alberta Sport , Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation
Annual report 2010-11 (SP493/11: tabled) ... 1187
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Testing of exported meat ... 624
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
Canadian Wheat Board Payments and Election Reform Act (Canada, Bill C-27, 2010)
Cattle price insurance program
Cervid farming
Cloning of animals ... 624 Health of animals ... 449 Inspection of animals ... 620 Predator control ... 621, 624 Slaughter and meat processing ... 622 Subsidies ... 622
Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Monitoring of farmed cervids ... 620-22
Cypress Hills provincial park
Wildfire prevention measures ... 1387
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Annual report 2010-11 (SP422/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 29 June 2011
Elk farming
Market for products ... 622
Farm produce - Export
Agricultural research ... 269
Farm produce - Export - Asia
Initiatives re China ... 836 Market development ... 1132
Farm safety
Investigation of serious incidents ... 323 Provincial strategy ... 358
Farm Safety Advisory Council
Floods
Livestock tracing used in emergency response ... 892 Mitigation efforts ... 424, 669 Pumps provided to producers ... 424
Forest management - Castle special management area
Freehold lands
Restricted development area regulations ... 1415
Grain - Export
Transportation delays ... 427
Hog price insurance program
Hunt farms
Provincial strategy ... 448-49
Hunt farms - United States
Cloning of animals for ... 624
International trade - Asia - China
Initiatives on agriculture ... 836
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Airdrie & District Agricultural Society president ... 973 CEO of the Canadian International Training & Education Corporation ... 61 Former cabinet minister and MLA for Calgary-Glenmore ... 973 Solomon Islands government representatives ... 61
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Livestock Identification Services Ltd.
Financial statements and summary of activities, 2009-10 (SP112/11: tabled) ... 330 Summary of activities and financial statements 2010-11 (SP453/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 2011, ly 27
Livestock industry
Selective breeding ... 624 Traceability pilot project ... 892, 1099
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Oilseeds
Phytola and bioactive oils program, University of Alberta ... 269
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Agricultural research ... 269 Agricultural trade with China ... 836 Cattle price insurance program ... 240 Cypress Hills provincial park ... 1387 Disaster recovery program for flood damage ... 669 Farm Safety Advisory Council ... 322-23 Farm worker safety ... 323, 358 Grain transportation ... 427 Hunt farms for cervids ... 448-49 Livestock traceability pilot project ... 892, 1099 Logging in the Castle special management area ... 1230-31 Spring flooding in southern Alberta ... 424 Support for agriculture ... 1132 XL Foods meat processing plant closure ... 695
Parks , provincial
Wildfire prevention measures ... 1387
Restaurants
Sale of fish and game in, inspection requirements ... 624
Tourism industry
Promotion of internal tourism ... 1393-94
Transportation/utility corridors
Expropriation of land for ... 1416, 1419
Travel Alberta
Annual report 2010-11 ... 1187
University of Alberta. Faculty of Agricultural , Life and Environmental Sciences
Agricultural research ... 269
Wildfires
Prevention measures ... 1387
Hehr, Kent (AL, Calgary-Buffalo)
Access to the future fund
Impact of recession on value ... 178 Suspension of fund ... 177-78
(An) Act to Amend the Canada Shipping Act , 2001 (Canada, Bill C-606, 2005)
Impact on energy resources export ... 277
Air quality - Monitoring
Radiation from Japanese nuclear reactor incident ... 322, 356
Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)
Electric power supply report (SP9/11: tabled) ... 55 Energy supply forecasts ... 147 Independence of ... 1011-12
Alberta Get Outdoors Weekend Act (Bill 203)
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Centralization of services ... 277
Alberta heritage savings trust fund (AHSTF)
Investment strategy ... 803-4
Alberta Human Rights , Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act
Student exclusion from courses of study, statistics on (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 459-61
Alberta initiative for school improvement (AISI)
Diffusion of innovation role ... 67 Funding ... 450, 480, 739 Funding criteria ... 737
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
Financial reporting, Auditor General recommendations on ... 804
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 12)
Alberta Law Reform Institute
Input on Bill 6, Rules of Court Statutes Amendment Act, 2011 ... 800
Alberta new home warranty program
Budget surplus (Written Question 12/11: defeated) ... 462
Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA)
Response to supplementary estimates ... 1261
Alberta sustainability fund
Utilization of fund ... 736
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Recommendations on class size ... 450
Alcohol - Retail sales
Mandatory warning labels (Motion Other Than Government Motion 502: Amery) ... 227
Apprenticeship training
Postsecondary spaces ... 94
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act , 2011 (No. 2) (Bill 27)
Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA)
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Assured income for the severely handicapped (AISH)
Letter on payments (SP338/11: tabled) ... 841
Auditor General
AIMCo, recommendations on ... 804 Oil sands royalty regime, recommendations on ... 723 Provincial financial reporting, recommendations on ... 276-77
Barrhead (county)
Political contributions by municipal officials ... 236-37 Political contributions by municipal officials, letter on (SP68/11: tabled) ... 243
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind (BRIK) program ... 275-76, 1360-61 Bitumen royalty-in-kind (BRIK) program, breakdown of monetary values of companies' bitumen (Written Question 7/11: defeated) ... 458-59 Forecasts ... 276 Performance targets, Auditor General's recommendations re ... 723
British Columbia
Impaired driving legislation ... 1560 Impaired driving legislation, Supreme Court decision on ... 1560
Bruce Power
Nuclear power plant proposal ... 322 Nuclear power plant proposal, documents re (Motion for a Return 3/11: defeated) ... 463
Budget process
Balanced budgets ... 1531-32 General remarks ... 1530 Transportation minister's remarks ... 1531-32
Calgary Homeless Foundation
FOIP Act provisions ... 150
Calgary public school board (CPSB)
Budgetary shortfall ... 733, 758 Funding ... 450 Funding, petitions on (SP183, 235/11: tabled) ... 607
Calgary Stampede
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1531
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1531
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Impact on legislation ... 1560
Cantos national music centre
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1260, 1531
Capital health region (former authority)
Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, terms of settlement ... 388-89
Chief Electoral Officer
Oversight of political donations ... 236, 265, 1599
Child abuse
Task force (proposed), motion re creation of (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 593
Child and Youth Advocate Act (Bill 25)
Child and Youth Advocate , office of the (future)
Children with disabilities - Education
Assessments and reports, statistics on appeals (Written Question 14/11: accepted) ... 990
Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Impact on farmed cervids ... 796
Class size initiative
Funding ... 1127 Guidelines for elementary schools ... 450 Reprofiling of funding ... 738
Coal
Future use ... 1113 Legislative definition of ... 1011
Corrections Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 7)
Criminal Code
Impaired driving provisions ... 1312, 1695
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 93-94
Dept. of Culture and Community Services (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1531 Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1260
Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 97
Dept. of Education
Appeal re secular public education in Morinville ... 10 Documentation re attempts to work with Northland school trustees before January 2010 (Motion for a Return 14/11: accepted) ... 991 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 733-40 Main estimates 2011-12, level of detail provided in ... 733-34 Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1261-62, 1270
Dept. of Employment and Immigration (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 100
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 272-75
Dept. of Infrastructure
Ministry communications with stakeholders ... 733-34
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 103
Dept. of Municipal Affairs (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 104
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 105
Early childhood education
Junior kindergarten ... 738-39 Research ... 739
Education
Proposed legislation ... 10
Education - Finance
Additional costs re changes in funding ... 1261 Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 1270 Additional funding for 2011-12 school year, from supplementary supply ... 1261, 1530 E-mails and letters re (SP279, 391/11: tabled) ... 766, 1106 Funding ... 450, 480, 566, 601, 690, 730, 737, 812, 891-92, 1095 Funding, impact on service provision ... 1127 Funding, petition presented on ... 1105 Long-term planning ... 734, 812 Members' statements ... 1134 Rural stabilization grants ... 480 Sources of revenue ... 956
Education - Morinville
Secular public education availability ... 10, 202, 1228-29, 1516-17 Secular public education availability, Canadian Civil Liberties Association award to parents, member's statement on ... 1521 Secular public education availability, Canadian Civil Liberties Association letter to Greater St. Albert Catholic school board chair re (SP527/11: tabled) ... 1298
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Committee ... 1535-36 Committee, amendment A2 (consultation with opposition parties) (defeated) ... 1535-36 Restriction on political donations by municipal officials ... 236
Elections , provincial
Fixed date, Premier's remarks on ... 1535
Electric power
Reliance on nonrenewable sources ... 276 Wholesale vs. retail market ... 1576
Electric power - Ontario
Provincial strategy ... 51
Electric power - Prices - Ontario
Electric power - Regulations
Electric power , coal-produced
Electric power lines - Construction
Approval process, addressing of health concerns re power line siting in ... 424-25 Citizens Advocating Use of Sustainable Energy December 23, 2010, letter on (SP339/11: tabled) ... 841 Critical transmission infrastructure ... 1012 Critical transmission infrastructure, information on (Motion for a Return 20/11: defeated) ... 1610 Information on electricity grid expansion (Motion for a Return 20/11: defeated) ... 1610 Letter to minister, December 23, 2010, re (SP339/11: tabled) ... 841
Electric power lines - Industrial Heartland
Approval process, health concerns addressed in ... 424-25
Electric power plants
Capacity of TransAlta Sundance and Keephills plants ... 50-51, 147 Closure of TransAlta Sundance 1 and 2 generating units ... 50-51, 147, 634 Closure of TransAlta Sundance 1 and 2 generating units, AESO report on impact on electric power supply (SP9/11: tabled) ... 55
Electric power plants - Construction
Approval process ... 634 Enmax proposal ... 634 General remarks ... 51 TransAlta Keephills 3 power plant opening ... 147
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
Energy industry
Competitiveness review ... 273 Donations to political parties ... 1140 Forecasts ... 276 Incentives (Motion for a Return 19/11: defeated) ... 1609 Investments ... 273-74
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Technology choices ... 1011
Energy industry - History
History of Petro-Canada ... 275
Energy industry - Regulations
Single regulator (proposed) ... 977
Energy resources
New technologies, decision-making re ... 1011
Energy resources - Export - Asia
Market development ... 864
Energy Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 16)
English as a second language (ESL)
Funding for study and teaching ... 118, 265-66 Reduction in enhanced funding ... 117-18
Environmental disasters - Japan
Nuclear radiation, provincial monitoring of ... 322, 356-57
Ethane
Extraction from oil sands ... 1178
Ethics Commissioner
Oversight of political party finances ... 1599
Film and television industry - Calgary
Calgary Scope Society film festival ... 174
Fort Calgary
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1531
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information sharing provisions ... 150
Gas , natural
International competition ... 274-75 Provincial strategy ... 277
GO Community Centre
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1531
Government savings policy
Government spending
General remarks ... 276 Members' statements ... 730
Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools (public school division)
Discussions re secular educational opportunities ... 10, 202
Health care system
Letters re (SP392/11: tabled) ... 1106
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Health Information Act
Application in prison populations ... 801
Health Insurance Premiums (Health Card Donor Declaration) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 201)
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
High school completion
Impact of English language skills on ... 265
Homeless management information system (HMIS)
Protection of privacy ... 150
Homelessness
10-year plan to end ... 150
Hospitality industries
Response to impaired driving legislation ... 1313
Housing - Construction
Visitability design, incentives re (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried) ... 1002
Human Rights , Citizenship and Multiculturalism Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 44)
Hunt farms
Provincial strategy ... 796
Impaired driving
Roadside screening, checkstops ... 1312-14
Income support programs
Caseloads, forecasts for ... 100
Incremental ethane extraction program
Energy dept. communications with corporations ... 1140, 1657 Funds disbursed ... 1178 Letter to Energy minister on (SP586/11: tabled) ... 1583
International trade - Asia
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Legislative Assembly (Transition Allowance) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 202)
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Lobbyists Act
Energy industry use of ... 1140
Market Surveillance Administrator (electric power market)
Investigation of electric power market irregularities ... 1198
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation ... 213 Compensation review, Motion Other than Government Motion 501 (2010) ... 213
Members' Statements (current session)
Civil liberties award for Morinville mothers ... 1521-22 Education funding ... 1134 Health care system public inquiry request ... 326-27 International disability film festival ... 174 Provincial fiscal policies ... 730 Provincial revenues ... 1448-49
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Homelessness initiatives, responses to ... 1093 Oil and gas regulatory system, responses to ... 977
Missing Persons Act (Bill 8)
Committee, amendment A3 (mandatory review of act) ... 1032
Motions (previous sessions, 2010)
No. 501, MLA salaries and benefits review ... 213
Multiple sclerosis - CCSVI (Zamboni) treatment
Municipal Government (Delayed Construction) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 205)
Municipalities
Assessment review boards ... 104 Political donations by councillors and administrators ... 236-37 Political donations by councillors and administrators, letter from Barrhead county manager re (SP68/11: tabled) ... 243
Museums and heritage sites
Natural resources revenue
New West Partnership
Harmonization of energy industry through ... 277
Northland school division no. 61
Documentation of Dept. of Education attempts to work with trustees before January 2010 (Motion for a Return 14/11: accepted) ... 991
Notice to the Attorney General Act (Bill 5)
Office of the Premier
Premier's party leadership campaign ... 1250-51
Official Opposition
Energy regulation policy ... 977
Oil - Export
West coast ban on oil tankers ... 277
Oil sands development
Ethane extraction from oil sands ... 1178 International competitiveness ... 274-75
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Access to the future fund ... 177-78 Air quality monitoring for radiation ... 356-57 Bitumen royalty in kind program ... 1360-61 Charter schools ... 66-67 Education funding ... 450, 480, 566, 601, 690, 758, 812, 834, 891-92, 956, 1095, 1127 Electricity generation ... 147 Electricity prices ... 634, 1515-16 Electricity regulation ... 1198 Electricity supply ... 50-51 Electricity transmission project for the Industrial Heartland ... 424-25 English as a second language program funding ... 117-18, 265-66 Homeless management information system ... 150 Incremental ethane extraction program ... 1140, 1178, 1657 New school construction ... 982 Nuclear power ... 322 Oil sands royalties ... 723 PC Party benefit plan trust ... 1599-1600 Physicians' settlement agreements ... 388-89 Political contributions by municipal officials ... 236-37 Private school funding ... 1182, 1296, 1361, 1388, 1453, 1579-80 Regulated rate option for electricity ... 1576 Secular public education in greater St. Albert ... 10, 202, 1228-29, 1516-17 Teacher retention ... 1045
Organ and tissue donation
Patient advocacy by health care professionals
Allegations of intimidation ... 1250
Patient advocacy by physicians
Allegations of intimidation ... 1250
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Education funding ... 1105 Expedited approval of liberation treatment (Zamboni procedure) for MS ... 152 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2011, removal of sanctions for blood-alcohol level between .05 and .08 ... 1661
Physicians
Departure, settlement agreements re ... 388-89
Picture This (international disability film festival)
Members' statements ... 174
Pipelines - Construction
Northern Gateway pipeline ... 277
Political parties
Fundraising, oversight of ... 1599
Postsecondary educational institutions
Transfer of credits ... 94
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Affordability issues ... 94 Applications, increase in ... 94 Applications, vacancies in trades ... 94
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Institutional fundraising, matching of donations through access to the future fund ... 177-78
Private schools - Airdrie-Chestermere constituency
Airdrie Koinonia Christian school parent form (SP1548/11: tabled) ... 548 Airdrie Koinonia Christian school student eligibility ... 1453
Private schools - Calgary
Webber Academy admission criteria ... 1579
Private schools - Edmonton
Edmonton Islamic Academy admissions criteria (SP551/11: tabled) ... 1458
Private schools - Lethbridge
Immanuel Christian school webpage (SP549/11: tabled) ... 1458 Mission statements ... 1453
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Benefit plan trust ... 1599-1600 Donations from energy industry ... 1140
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta - Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
Fundraising events, return of contributions by municipal officials ... 236-37
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Leadership campaign, excerpt from debate (SP550/11: tabled) ... 1458
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 2)
Public utilities
Regulation harmonization ... 1113
Radiation - Measurement
Health Canada monitoring of electronic devices ... 424-25
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Change in configuration of sources ... 273, 276 Drilling incentives, financial reporting of royalty credits, Auditor General recommendations on ... 276-77 Drilling stimulus program ... 273 Drilling stimulus program, reports on (Motion for a Return 19: defeated) ... 1609 Drilling stimulus program, value of royalty credits expended (Written Question 8/11: accepted as amended) ... 576-77 Performance measures ... 273-74
Royalty structure (energy resources) - Saskatchewan
Impact on Alberta industry competitiveness ... 277
Rules of Court Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 6)
Safe communities initiative
Transfer of funds re ... 103
School Act
School board roles and responsibilities ... 10
School boards
Budget preparation ... 734 Budgetary surpluses ... 736 Funding allocation ... 480, 737-38, 891-92 Reserve funds, utilization of ... 834
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Funding ... 737 Funding for charter schools ... 740 School buses ... 982
Schools - Construction
10-year capital plan ... 736-37 Long-term planning ... 982
Shale gas
International competitiveness ... 274-75
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Teachers - Education
Opportunities for new graduates ... 892, 1045 Regional training of (proposed) ... 1045
Theatres - Edmonton
Citadel Theatre, funding from supplementary supply ... 1531
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1312-14 Committee ... 1560-61 Third reading ... 1695-96 Implementation issues ... 1312-14 Implementation issues, police resources ... 1695-96 Penalty provisions ... 1312-13, 1560-61 Penalty provisions, .05 vs. .08 blood-alcohol level ... 1560-61, 1695-96 Penalty provisions, .05 vs. .08 blood-alcohol level, petition presented on ... 1661 Penalty provisions, application of Oakes test of proportionality to ... 1560-61
University of Alberta. Haskayne School of Business
Victims of Crime Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 15)
Committee ... 1016-17, 1020 Committee, amendment A1 (time limits on applications) (defeated) ... 1016-17 Committee, amendment A2 (time limits on application) (carried unanimously) ... 1020
Wills and Succession Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 14)
Workers' compensation
Extension of coverage for occupational health and safety risks ... 1111
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 20)
Hinman, Paul (W, Calgary-Glenmore)
(An) Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (Canada, Bill C-619, 2011)
Motion to support (Government Motion 11, Hayden: carried) ... 377-80
Alberta
Provincial assets ... 1172
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (AEUB)
Use of private investigators at public hearings ... 287
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Internal review of emergency services, emergency physicians' response to ... 262-63
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Amendments to bill ... 1376 Executive Council authority under act ... 916 General remarks ... 253, 1472 Landowner compensation provisions ... 636, 1468 Landowner rights provisions ... 9, 11 Public response to bill ... 392-93
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Health care system investigation, president's March 17, 2011 letter on ... 423
Appropriation Act , 2011 (Bill 17)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act , 2011 (Bill 13)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act , 2011 (Bill 9)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act , 2011 (No. 2) (Bill 27)
Asia Advisory Council
Cost of implementation ... 871 General remarks ... 559
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 559-62 Second reading, amendment (referral of bill to committee) ... 560-62 Committee ... 871-72 Third reading ... 1065-68
Auditor General
School construction reporting, recommendations on ... 774
Beef industry
Impact of grain freight charges on producer costs ... 380
British Columbia
Impaired driving legislation ... 1551 Impaired driving legislation, impact of ... 1445
Budget 2011
Financial reporting ... 407-8
Budget 2011 debate
Government Motion 8 (Snelgrove: carried) (questions and comments during), procedure, rotation of speakers ... 906
Calgary & Area Physician's Association (CAPA)
President's advocacy on mental health services, Calgary region head of psychiatry response to ... 479 President's remarks on proposed investigation of health care system ... 352
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Out-of-country care ... 1305
Capital health region (former authority)
Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim ... 352 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, correspondence list ... 702
Capital projects
3-year funded plan ... 119-20, 176 20-year strategic plan ... 119-20, 176, 775 Contract tendering process ... 774, 776, 780-82, 906-7 Funding ... 254-55 Project scheduling ... 239-40, 774, 780, 907 Project scheduling, publication of list re ... 51-52, 176-77, 240, 775
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act , 2010 (Bill 24)
General remarks ... 9, 11
Cervid farming
Farm gate consumption and sales ... 874-77 Inspection of animals ... 620-21, 874-75 Legislative treatment of stray animals ... 627 Licensing of ranches ... 874 Predator control ... 621 Slaughter and meat processing ... 662, 793-94, 876-77
Chair - Rulings
Inflammatory language ... 1528
Child abuse
Deaths resulting from ... 1306, 1434-35 Serious incident review team (proposed) ... 1306
Child and Youth Advocate Act (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1305-6 Committee ... 1433-36 Committee, amendment A3 (strike out section 24) (defeated) ... 1433
Child and Youth Advocate , office of the (future)
Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Monitoring of farmed cervids ... 620-21
Clean energy
Funding ... 288 Provincial strategy ... 280
Climate change
Reports on CO 2 emissions and global temperature (SP488, 489/11: tabled) ... 1187
Climate change and emissions management fund
Levy on polluters (price on carbon), other jurisdictions ... 288
Committee on Members' Services , Standing
MLA compensation review ... 221
Committees of the Legislative Assembly , standing and policy field
Role of committee ... 562
Corporations
Small business, impact of impaired driving legislation on ... 1551-52
Dept. of Education
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1270-72
Diesel fuel
Provincial strategy on supply ... 1272
Education - Finance
Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 1270-71, 1295
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 1339-41, 1343 Committee ... 1506-8, 1533-34, 1540-42 Committee, amendment A1 (election date 2nd Monday in May ) (defeated) ... 1506-8 Committee, amendment A2 (consultation with opposition parties) (defeated) ... 1533-34 Committee, amendment A3 (election date 2nd Monday in March) (defeated) ... 1540-42
Elections
Fixed date, history and purpose of ... 1339-40
Elections , provincial
Fixed date ... 1343 Fixed date, 90-day provision ... 1340-41 Fixed date, former Premier's remarks on (Mr. Stelmach) ... 1507 Fixed date, Premier's remarks on ... 1506-7, 1534, 1540-41 Timing ... 1343
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 509
Electric power - Regulations
Electric power lines - Construction
Approval process ... 278-79, 279-80, 286-87, 1177, 1454 Costs ... 286 Critical transmission infrastructure ... 278-79, 508-9, 1140, 1454, 1575 Critical transmission infrastructure, member's statement on ... 1177 Energy minister's letter to AUC requesting suspension or adjournment of consideration of pipeline projects ... 1172, 1177 Industrial Power Consumers and Cogenerators Association position ... 287, 509 Provincial strategy ... 279 Reports ... 287, 716 Reports on east DC project, heartland, and western Alberta projects (SP578-580/11: tabled) ... 1583
Electric power lines - Industrial Heartland
Approval process ... 1140
Electric power plants
Transition from coal to natural gas ... 278-79
Electric power plants - Calgary area
Electric power plants - Construction
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
General remarks ... 9, 11, 509, 1140, 1177, 1472 Guarantees to corporations ... 1454 Implementation ... 253 Interrelation with other legislation ... 1413 Motion to repeal (Motion Other Than Government Motion 504: defeated) ... 715-17
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Alberta's place in the global economy (proceeded with) ... 1172-73
Energy industry
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers booklet “Responsible Canadian Energy” (SP207/11: tabled) ... 551 Competitiveness review ... 287 Global competition, ethical issues re ... 1173 Infrastructure needs ... 286-87
Energy industry - Regulations
Provincial strategy ... 288 Regulatory enhancement project ... 287 Single regulator (proposed) ... 977-78
Energy resources
Development and management ... 288
Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)
Financial reporting ... 287 Rimbey transmission line hearings ... 1413
Energy Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 824 Committee ... 1069
Entrepreneurship
Agricultural businesses ... 377-78 General remarks ... 1173
Environmental protection - Industrial Heartland
Landowner rights considerations ... 11
Executive Council
Decision-making authority ... 1466
Expropriation Act
Amendments ... 1376 General remarks ... 253, 1465-66, 1471 Notices of objection provisions (section 10) ... 1423
Forest management - Castle special management area
Logging activity ... 1078
Freehold lands
Landowner rights ... 11, 253, 945-46, 1422 Landowner rights, member's statement on ... 9
Government accountability
General remarks ... 946 Members' statements ... 1104-5
Government integrity
Members' statements ... 765-66
Health care system
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1173 Governance ... 984-85 Governance, member's statement on ... 352 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 263 Investigation of patient deaths (proposed), Health Quality Council chair's remarks re ... 263 Public satisfaction ... 262-63
Health care system - Finance
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
Albera Medical Association president's March 17, 2011, letter ... 423 Interim reports ... 1253, 1565 Terms of reference ... 423, 479, 702
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1251-54 Committee ... 1564-66, 1565-66 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (defeated) ... 1564-66 In camera meeting provisions ... 1252 Comparison to Public Inquiries Act ... 1565
Hospitals - Construction
Provincial priorities ... 51-52
Hospitals - Maintenance and repair
Housing - Construction
Visitability design, incentives re (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried) ... 1005-7
Human rights
Frédéric Bastiat's views ... 9, 11 John Locke's and Thomas Hobbes' views ... 9
Hunt farms
Other jurisdictions ... 626-27 Provincial strategy ... 624 Public attitudes ... 624-25
Immigrant Services Calgary
Immigrants of distinction masquerade gala program, March 18, 2011 (SP174/11: tabled) ... 483
Impaired driving
Enforcement of legislation ... 1445 Enforcement of legislation, convictions and licence suspensions ... 1552 Government November 21, 2011, press release ... 1325 Repeat offenders ... 1551 Repeat offenders, ignition interlock use for ... 1551, 1552 Research ... 1327 Statistics ... 1444-45
Information and communications technology
Health care system costs ... 367
Infrastructure
Provincial strategy ... 435
International offices - Hong Kong
Representative appointment ... 1173
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Wildrose Party leader ... 1138
Justice system
Wait times in criminal system ... 1000
Justice System Monitoring Act (Bill 204)
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Amendments ... 1466, 1471, 1472 Development restrictions on designated land ... 1465 General remarks ... 1413 Landowner compensation provisions ... 1468 Public response ... 1376 Purpose ... 253
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Land assembly project areas
Land-use framework
Impact on industrial leases ... 566, 932 Legislation ... 1376 Process ... 392-93, 916 Regional plans, compliance with ... 944-45
Legislative Assembly (Transition Allowance) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 202)
Livestock industry
Impact of grain freight charges on producer costs ... 380
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Fort McMurray
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Strathmore
Lower Athabasca region land-use plan (LARP)
Mandatory Reporting of Child Pornography Act (Bill 202, 2010)
Proclamation, timeline on ... 412
Market Surveillance Administrator (electric power market)
General remarks ... 824 Independence ... 1069
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation ... 221 Compensation, comparison with other jurisdictions and employment sectors ... 222 Compensation review ... 221 Compensation review, Motion Other than Government Motion 501 (2010) ... 221-22 Member's apology ... 1528 Pension plan, elimination of ... 222 Recall of members ... 946
Members' Statements (current session)
Critical electricity transmission infrastructure ... 1177 Democratic reform ... 1522 Government accountability ... 1104-5 Health care system administration ... 352 Integrity in government ... 765-66 Property rights ... 9
Minerals
Rare earths mining ... 1066
Mines and Minerals Act
Compensation for rescinded leases, provisions for ... 636
Ministerial Statements (current session)
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, responses to ... 444-45 Oil and gas regulatory system, responses to ... 977-78
Motions (previous sessions, 2010)
No. 501, MLA salaries and benefits review ... 221, 222
Municipal Government Act (MGA)
Land-use plan enforcement ... 944-45
Natural resources revenue
Energy industry levies and licences ... 287-88
Office of the Premier
Premier's party leadership campaign ... 1252, 1295 Tributes to former Premier on retirement ... 1123 Welcome to new Premier ... 1172
Official Opposition
Tributes to leader on retirement ... 1121
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oil sands development - Lower Athabasca region
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Additional school board funding ... 1295 Capital infrastructure funding ... 119-20 Capital infrastructure planning ... 51-52, 176-77, 239-40 Critical electricity transmission infrastructure ... 1140, 1454, 1575 Electricity transmission lines, critical infrastructure ... 508-9 Emergency health services wait times ... 262-63 Health care services local decision-making ... 984-85 Land stewardship legislation ... 392-93, 890-91 Lower Athabasca regional plan ... 566-67, 603, 636, 672 Motor vehicle registry database access fee ... 1129 Patient advocacy by health professionals ... 479, 832-33 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 423 Property rights ... 11 Provincial tax alternatives ... 1358-59 Taxation policy ... 1096
Patient advocacy by health care professionals
Allegations of intimidation ... 1251-52
Patient advocacy by physicians
Allegations of intimidation ... 1251-52 Allegations of intimidation, Health minister's remarks on ... 1565 General remarks ... 352
Peace and police officer training centre (future)
Pipelines - Construction
Keystone XL pipeline, advocacy for ... 1173 Northern Gateway pipeline ... 1173
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 795 Parliamentary language ... 1253, 1468
Police
Access to information, through registry offices ... 1129
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Shaping Alberta's Future (report), recommendations ... 1066-68
Private schools
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1271
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 2)
Public inquiries
Other jurisdictions ... 1566
Public lands - Fort McMurray
Release for truck stop construction ... 774
Ranching
Black Albertans' contributions ... 445
Registry offices
Municipal search fees ... 1129
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
President's remarks on physician advocacy ... 352
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Change in configuration of sources ... 1326 Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 280 New royalty framework (2007) ... 280, 286-87 Provincial strategy ... 288
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Fuel subsidy program ... 1272 Funding from supplementary supply ... 1271 School buses, diesel fuel supply for ... 1272
Schools
Procurement process ... 1272
Schools - Calgary
Technology provision by school board ... 781
Schools - Construction
Long-term planning ... 51-52, 239 Public-private partnerships (P3) (ASAP initiative) ... 780-81 Public-private partnerships (P3) (ASAP initiative), Auditor General recommendations re reporting of ... 774 Public-private partnerships (P3) (ASAP initiative), reprofiling for ASAP 2 from supplementary supply ... 1271, 1272
Seat belts
Enforcement of legislation ... 1444-45
Securities
Provincial regulation (passport system) ... 441
Securities Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 441 Third reading ... 947
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 309-10
Supplementary estimates 2010-11
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Surgery - Thoracic surgery
Wait times, motion for a return re (Motion for a Return 11/11: defeated) ... 702
Tom Baker cancer centre
Pathology services transfer, physician advocacy re ... 1252 Pathology services transfer, physician departure re ... 1565
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1309, 1325-27, 1329, 1333-34 Committee ... 1444-46, 1550-52 Implementation issues ... 1325-27, 1329, 1551-52 Implementation issues, rural areas ... 1327 Penalty provisions ... 1326, 1327, 1446, 1552 Penalty provisions, .05 vs. .08 blood-alcohol level ... 1445, 1551 Public response to bill ... 1334
Transmission Facility Cost Monitoring Committee
Transportation/utility corridors
Planning, history of ... 1424
Tuberculosis testing and treatment program (public health)
Departure of program director ... 352
Water
Provincial strategy ... 1466
Wheat - Export - United States
Criminal convictions ... 379-80
Wildfires - Control
Requests for proposals for contracts ... 908
Wildrose Party
Alternative budget ... 120 Vision for Alberta ... 309-10
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Remarks on single-desk selling ... 380
Horne, Fred (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford; Minister of Health and Wellness effective October 12, 2011)
Academic health sciences network
Members' statements ... 687
ACT Foundation
High school CPR training, member's statement on ... 143
Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Annual report 2010 (SP630/11: tabled) ... 1724
Alberta Evidence Act
Provisions for testimony ... 343 Quality assurance review provisions ... 343
Alberta Health Care Insurance Act
Physician billing review provisions ... 1515
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Annual report 2010-11 (SP647/11: tabled) ... 1725
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Events regarding Dr. Sherman and Mr. Horne (contact re Dr. Sherman's mental state) ... 1145 Health care system investigation, position on ... 1706 Master agreement with province ... 1200
Auditor General
Mental health services, recommendations on ... 1655
Brain injury
Programs and services for affected persons ... 1225, 1451-52
Calgary Laboratory Services
Cancer pathology services relocation ... 1228, 1604 Cancer pathology services relocation, letter to the editor on (SP540/11: tabled) ... 1391 Health Quality Council 2011 review ... 1601-2, 1604
Canada health transfer (federal government)
Federal-provincial agreement ... 1457
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Health Quality Council review ... 1604 Out-of-country care ... 1716-17
Cardiac care
ACT Foundation high school cardiopulmonary resuscitation program, member's statement on ... 143
Children
Obesity, member's statement on ... 295
College of Dieticians of Alberta
Annual report 2010 (SP631/11: tabled) ... 1724
College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta
Annual report 2010 (SP629/11: tabled) ... 1724
Communities ChooseWell program
Continuing/extended care facilities
Addition of beds through public-private partnerships (P3) ... 1184 Funding for ... 1381 Provincial strategy ... 1717
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister's meetings with stakeholders on wait times ... 1146
Diabetes
Publicly funded insulin pump program ... 1516
Diagnostic equipment , medical
Review of insulin pump ... 1516
East Calgary health centre
Services provided at ... 1579
Education - Curricula
CPR training, member's statement on ... 143
Electronic health records
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Health care system (proceeded with) ... 342-44
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Consolidation of services, data on ... 1577 Transfer from municipalities to Alberta Health Services ... 1456-57
Grey Nuns community hospital
Emergency room wait times ... 1600
Health advocate (proposed)
Health and wellness
General remarks ... 295 Preventive care ... 295
Health care system
Access, allegations of queue jumping ... 1142
Health care system - Finance
Out-of-province care ... 1716-17 Public vs. private funding ... 1194
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
Alberta Medical Association/Canadian Medical Association presentation on allegations of physician intimidation ... 1200 In camera meetings ... 1479-80 Independence ... 1179-80 Interim reports ... 1706 Minister of Health and Wellness's letter of direction ... 343 Reporting authority ... 1142 Terms of reference ... 343-44 Testimony , privacy issues vs. transparency ... 1142
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Health Council of Canada
Alberta membership in ... 1457
Health Disciplines Board
Annual report 2010 (SP646/11: tabled) ... 1725
Health facilities - High Prairie
Upgrading of existing facility ... 1227-28
Health Information Act
Information disclosure provisions ... 1480
Health issues - Fort Chipewyan
Investigation scope ... 1659
Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA)
Annual report 2010 (SP628/11: tabled) ... 1724 Independence ... 1479 Mandate ... 1235-36
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
First reading ... 1203 Second reading ... 1235-36 Committee ... 1479-80, 1480-81 Committee, amendment A1 (authority to establish an inquiry, addition of Health Quality Council to Public Service Employee Relations Act) (carried) ... 1480-81 Third reading ... 1699, 1706 Appointment of judges, provisions for ... 1699, 1706 In camera meeting provisions ... 1236 Comparison to Public Inquiries Act ... 1387, 1479-80
Health sciences professionals
Departures, settlement agreements re, nondisclosure agreements ... 1236
Home care
Services provided ... 1601
Hospitals - Construction
Provincial priorities ... 1185
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues - Calgary
Expansion of services ... 1579
Hospitals - Emergency services - Slave Lake
Physician coverage ... 1182
Hospitals - Fort Saskatchewan
Immigrants
Health services for spouses ... 1660
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Report on electronic health records ... 1603
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Addition of beds, private vs. public ... 1184 Maintenance and inspection, Auditor General recommendations (2005) ... 1385 Provincial strategy ... 1717 Wait-lists ... 1144
Members' Statements (current session)
ACT high school CPR program ... 143 Alberta academic health sciences network ... 687 Childhood obesity initiatives ... 295 National cord blood bank ... 421 Primary care ... 961 Rutherford Heights Retirement Residence ... 1051
Mental Health Act
Information disclosure provisions ... 1480
Mental Health Patient Advocate
Mental Health Patient Advocate , office of the
Annual report 2010-11 (SP573/11: tabled) ... 1582
Mental health services
Auditor General recommendations ... 1655 Provincial strategy ... 1719
Mental health services - Children
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Health Services budget ... 1716-17 Alleged intimidation of physicians ... 1145, 1179-80, 1200 Children at risk ... 1045-46 Diabetes supplies ... 1516 Emergency health service delays, follow-up remarks ... 1661 Emergency health services ... 1456-57, 1577 Emergency health services delays ... 1600-1601 Emergency room wait times ... 1143-44, 1146-47 Fatality inquiry ... 1661 Fort Chipewyan health study ... 1659 Health accord negotiations ... 1457 Health care privatization ... 1194 Health care services for immigrants ... 1660 Health Quality Council review ... 1142 High Prairie health care centre ... 1227-28 Inspection of long-term care facilities ... 1385 International medical graduates ... 1457 Long-term and continuing care ... 1184 Long-term care for seniors ... 1381 Mental health services ... 1655, 1719 Misuse of electronic health records ... 1603 Omnibus questions to the Premier ... 1717 Pathology testing services ... 1601-2, 1604 Peter Lougheed Centre emergency services ... 1579 Primary care networks ... 1182-83, 1521 Protection of personal health information ... 1721 Public health inquiry ... 1387, 1515 Royal Alberta Museum development ... 570 Services for the brain injured ... 1225, 1451-52 Slave Lake interim housing and medical access ... 1181-82 Strathcona community hospital ... 1185 Support for home care ... 1601 Tom Baker cancer centre pathology lab ... 1228
Pathology testing services
Patient advocacy by physicians
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary general hospital)
Emergency services ... 1579
Physicians
Allegations of intimidation re billing review ... 1515
Physicians , internationally trained
Primary health care networks
Funding ... 1183 Impact on health care delivery ... 1144, 1182-83 Members' statements ... 961
Prostate cancer
Review of testing ... 1604
Public inquiries
Appointment of judges ... 1706 Appointment of judges, protocol on (SP591/11: tabled) ... 1607
Rockyview general hospital
Expansion, future ... 1579 Review of cancer testing ... 1604
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
Royal Alexandra hospital
Emergency protocol adherence ... 1144 Emergency room wait times ... 1600 Health Quality Council review of pathology services ... 1604 Review of cancer testing ... 1604 Suicide of patient, inquiry into ... 1601, 1661
Seniors - Edmonton
Rutherford Heights Retirement Residence day program, member's statement on ... 1051
Seniors - Housing
Provincial strategy ... 1381
Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre
Services provided ... 1579
Social media
Posting of personal health information on ... 1721
Strathcona community hospital
Services scheduled for ... 1185 Timeline on completion ... 1185
Suicide
Deaths in health facilities ... 1601, 1661
Tom Baker cancer centre
Pathology services transfer ... 1228, 1604
Umbilical cord blood banks
Members' statements ... 421
Horner, Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert; President of the Treasury Board and Enterprise effective October 12, 2011)
(An) Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (Canada, Bill C-619, 2011)
Motion to support (Government Motion 11, Hayden: carried) ... 369-71, 375-76
Alberta Economic Development Authority (AEDA)
Recommendations on fuel shortages ... 1360
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Amendments to bill ... 1362
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act , 2011 (No. 2) (Bill 27)
First reading ... 1366 Second reading ... 1461 Third reading ... 1590
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Auditor General
Provincial financial reporting, recommendations on ... 1295
Budget 2011
Financial reporting ... 1295
Calgary International Airport
Airport Trail tunnel (proposed), Dept. of Transportation documents on (Motion for a Return 1/11: response tabled as SP625/11) ... 1662
Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
Capital projects - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-Lac La Biche area
Memorandum of understanding ... 1458
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act , 2010 (Bill 24)
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 referred to committee (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 1234 Supplementary estimates 2011-12 to be considered for one day (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1234
Committee on Members' Services , Standing
MLA compensation review ... 1573-74
Diesel fuel
Provincial strategy on supply ... 1360
Education - Curricula
Sexual harassment video screening ... 1658
Education - Finance
Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 1295
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary estimates and transfers 2011-12 considered for one day (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1234 Supplementary estimates and transfers 2011-12 referred to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 1234 Supplementary estimates and transfers 2011-12 transmitted to the Assembly (SP522/11: tabled) ... 1234
Ethics Commissioner
Decision on shale gas ... 1602
Farm produce
Marketing development ... 369-70
Freehold lands
Landowner rights ... 1362 Landowner rights, minister's remarks in news media on ... 1363
Government accountability
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Hockey
Spruce Grove Saints junior A club, member's statement on ... 840
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Paramountcy clause use ... 1519 Report on information access ... 1519
International trade - Asia - India
Premier's trade mission ... 194
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Lieutenant Governor
Transmittal of 2011-12 supplementary estimates (SP522/11: tabled) ... 1234
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Cap on residence fees ... 1383
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation review ... 1573-74 Payments to members and former members, year ended March 31, 2011 (SP624/11: tabled) ... 1662
Members' Statements (current session)
Spruce Grove Saints hockey team ... 840
Municipalities
Political donations by councillors and administrators ... 1722
Office of the Premier
Premier's trade mission to India ... 194
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Access to information ... 1519 Additional school board funding ... 1295 Grain marketing ... 1385-86 Hydraulic fracturing for gas in shale ... 1602 Landowner private property rights ... 1362-63 Long-term care for seniors ... 1383 PC leadership race vote solicitation ... 1449-50 PC Party benefit plan trust ... 1574 Political contributions by municipal officials ... 1722 Public health inquiry ... 1573-74 Red Tape Reduction Task Force ... 1658 Regulatory review ... 1185 Sexual harassment video ... 1658 Supply of diesel fuel ... 1360 Water management ... 1720-21
PARTY program (grade 9 education on drinking and driving)
Political parties
Disclosure of expenses ... 1574 Financial benefits to leaders and sitting MLAs ... 1574 Financial benefits to leaders and sitting MLAs, point of order on ... 1586 Leaders' reimbursement for expenses ... 1586
Postsecondary educational institutions
International partnerships ... 555
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Benefit plan trust ... 1574
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Leadership campaign vote solicitation ... 1449-50 Leadership campaign vote solicitation, point of order on ... 1458-59
Red Tape Reduction Task Force
St. Paul
Political contributions by officials ... 1722
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Consideration for one day (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1234 Estimates transmitted to the Assembly (SP522/11: tabled) ... 1234 Referral to Committee of Supply ... 1234 Referral to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 1234
Traffic safety
Discussion during PC leadership campaign ... 1691-92
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1324, 1327 Third reading ... 1691-92 Penalty provisions ... 1327 Public response to bill ... 1692
Water licences
Deregulation, Parkland Institute report on ... 1720-21 Environmental aspects ... 1720-21
World Trade Organization (WTO)
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