MacDonald, Hugh (AL, Edmonton-Gold Bar)
(An) Act Regulating Telecommunications Facilities to Support Investigations (Canada Bill C-52)
Provisions for police requests for information ... 1061
(An) Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (Canada, Bill C-619, 2011)
Motion to support (Government Motion 11, Hayden: carried) ... 371-72
Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police
Input to Bill 8, Missing Persons Act ... 1060
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC)
Response to Bill 23, Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act ... 1370
Alberta Cancer Board
CEO severance payment ... 423
Alberta Capital Finance Authority (ACFA)
Debt-servicing costs ... 159-60
Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)
Alberta Get Outdoors Weekend Act (Bill 203)
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Centralization of services ... 366 Financial reporting ... 356, 506 Financial reporting, Auditor General recommendations on ... 298-99, 366, 511 Senior executive bonuses ... 171
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 12)
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Executive Council authority under act ... 879 PC party leadership candidate positions ... 1369-70
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 254 Committee ... 879-80 Committee, amendment A2 (mandatory review of ALSA) ... 925-26 Public consultation on bill ... 879-80 Time allocation on debate ... 880, 890 Time allocation on debate (Government Motion 15: carried) ... 903
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Health care system investigation, position on ... 695
Alberta Motor Association (AMA)
Education programs ... 1673
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amendment Act , 2008
Royal Assent, timeline on ... 1395
Alberta sustainability fund
Transfer of nonrenewable resource revenue, legislation re ... 172 Value of fund ... 119
Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC)
Governing legislation ... 821
Apprenticeship training
Postsecondary spaces ... 306
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)
Architects Act
Dept. of Human Services administration of ... 1530
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 557 Third reading ... 1067
Aspen View public schools division no. 19
Auditor General
AIMCo, recommendations on ... 677 Alberta Health Services financial reporting, recommendations on ... 298-99, 366, 511 Alberta Health Services IT expenditures, recommendations on ... 434 Capital health region financial reporting, report on ... 264-65, 270, 298-99 Letter re departure (SP205/11: tabled) ... 551 Mental health services, recommendations on ... 1291 Reports, reference to in OQP ... 270-71 Sand and gravel mining, recommendations on ... 1458
Bitumen
Valuations (Motion for a Return 6/11: accepted with amendment) ... 577-78
Bitumen - Royalties
Forecasts ... 156 Suncor and Syncrude Canada royalty rebates ... 16-17, 64, 158
Budget 2010
Unexpended amounts ... 904-5
Budget 2011
CIBC report (SP29/11: tabled) ... 122 Financial reporting ... 159 Original estimates, restatement of ... 1528-29
Budget process
Deficit budgets ... 185, 432-33, 905 Economic forecasts used in calculations ... 170 General remarks ... 1528-29
Burial of the Dead Act
Dept. of Human Services administration ... 1530
Cabinet Policy Committee on the Economy
Cabinet policy committees
Calgary & Area Physician's Association (CAPA)
President's remarks on proposed investigation of health care system, letter on (SP117/11: tabled) ... 363
Calgary health region (former authority)
Financial reporting ... 321
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1529
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Input to Bill 8, Missing Persons Act ... 1060
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Testing of farmed cervids for CWD ... 623
Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
Input to Bill 8, Missing Persons Act ... 1060-61
Cantos national music centre
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1529
Capital health region (former authority)
Board meeting minutes, June 26, 2002 (SP204/11: tabled) ... 551 Financial reporting ... 321, 505, 511, 544 Financial reporting, Auditor General report re ... 264-65, 270, 298-99 Financial reporting, letters re 2005-06, 2006-07 audits of financial statements and capital projects (SP202, 203/11: tabled) ... 551 FOIP request re Mr. MacDonald's records, correspondence on (SP201/11: tabled) ... 551 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, terms of settlement ... 422-23 Request for Mr. MacDonald's health information, correspondence on (SP205/11: tabled) ... 551 Severance settlements with former employees ... 321, 422-23
Capital projects - Edmonton
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Technology development ... 155
Cervid farming
Cloning of animals ... 622-24 Inspection of animals ... 623 Predator control ... 623
Chief Electoral Officer
Oversight of political party expenses ... 1574, 1663 Recommendations ... 1539-40
Chief Electoral Officer , office of
Funding ... 905 Funding from interim supply ... 365
Child and Family Services Authorities Act
Administration by Dept. of Human Services ... 1530
Child welfare
Programs and services ... 97
Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Monitoring of farmed cervids ... 623
Climate change
Federal transfer funding ... 1530
Coal
Legislative definition of ... 822 Regulations on conventional deposit development ... 821
Committee on Members' Services , Standing
MLA compensation review ... 1535
Committee on Public Accounts , Standing
Report on 2010 activities (SP61/11: tabled) ... 243 Role of committee ... 270
Conflicts of interest
Investigation of True Blue Alberta ... 1450
Conflicts of Interest Act
Dept. of Justice administration of ... 1450, 1460
Corporations - Taxation
Rates paid by U.S.-owned companies ... 836
Corrections Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 7)
Covenant Health Group
Financial reporting ... 321 Financial reporting of ... 299
Criminal Injuries Review Board
Application process for benefits ... 681-82 Eligibility for benefits ... 1023
Debt , personal
Credit rating organizations, regulation of ... 861
Dept. of Aboriginal Relations (Ministry to October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 91-92
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 92-94
Dept. of Children and Youth Services (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Funding ... 185 Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 97
Dept. of Culture and Community Services (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1529
Dept. of Employment and Immigration (ministry to October 12, 2011)
External consultants expenditures (Written Question 15/10: response tabled as SP131/11) ... 398 Funding ... 185 Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 100
Dept. of Energy
Minister's letter to AUC requesting suspension or adjournment of consideration of pipeline projects (SP476/11: tabled) ... 1150
Dept. of Environment (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 102
Dept. of Environment and Water (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1530
Dept. of Finance (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Changes in responsibility ... 1462
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 154-60, 167-72 Non cash expenses, change in reporting of ... 159
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Annual reports ... 365 Annual reports, differences between health regions' financial reporting ... 321 Financial reporting of operating expenses ... 159 Funding from interim supply ... 365-66
Dept. of Human Services (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1530 Mandate of ministry ... 1530
Dept. of Infrastructure
Budget transfers between capital investment and expenses ... 904-5 Consultants, cost of ... 170 Funding from supplementary supply ... 244
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 244-45 Hiring of former Alberta Liberal caucus researchers ... 434 Oversight of political party finances ... 1574, 1663
Dept. of Transportation
Budget transfers between capital investment and expenses ... 904-5 Consultant contracts ... 170
Domestic violence
Victim protection ... 438
Dunvegan Hydro Development Act
EcoTrust fund (federal program)
Edmonton clinic north
Funding ... 93 Funding from supplementary supply ... 92, 94
Edmonton-Gold Bar (constituency)
Request for member's health information, correspondence on (SP205/11: tabled) ... 551
Education - Curricula
English as a second language ... 1097
Education - Finance
Additional funding for 2011-12 school year, from supplementary supply ... 1530 Funding, impact on service provision ... 1096-97, 1131 Members' statements ... 1051
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Committee ... 1473-74, 1474-75, 1534-35, 1539-40 Committee, amendment A1 (election date 2nd Monday in May ) (defeated) ... 1474-75 Committee, amendment A2 (consultation with opposition parties) (defeated) ... 1534-35 Committee, amendment A3 (election date 2nd Monday in March) (defeated) ... 1539-40
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Dept. of Justice administration ... 1450, 1459-60 Disclosure provisions ... 1598
Elections , provincial
Fixed date ... 1196, 1473-74 Fixed date, 90-day provision ... 1394-95 Fixed date, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1473-75 Returning officer appointments ... 1539 Timing ... 1473-74
Electric power
Land-use planning on hydroelectric power ... 1371
Electric power - Manitoba
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 371, 372
Electric power lines - Construction
Costs ... 372, 1141 Critical transmission infrastructure ... 1141 Documents prepared for Dept. of Energy re energy industry stimulus and incentives (Motion for a Return 19/11: defeated) ... 1609-10 Energy minister's letter to AUC requesting suspension or adjournment of consideration of pipeline projects ... 1141 Energy minister's letter to AUC requesting suspension or adjournment of consideration of pipeline projects (SP476/11: tabled) ... 1150
Electric power lines - Industrial Heartland
Approval process ... 1141
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
PC Party leadership candidate positions ... 1369-70
Electric Utilities Act
Oversight of Market Surveillance Administrator provisions ... 821
Energy industry
Exploration, land sales (leases) re ... 66 Incentives (Motion for a Return 19/11: defeated) ... 1609-10
Energy industry - International investment
Norwegian (Statoil) activity ... 157
Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)
Energy Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 16)
Engineering , Geological and Geophysical Professions Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 383 Third reading ... 439
Engineering professions
Offshore contracting ... 339
Executive Council
Responsibility for previous budgets, Speaker's ruling on ... 240 Size of council ... 168
Family and Community Support Services Act
Administration by Dept. of Human Services ... 1530
Farm produce - Export - Asia
Trade barriers ... 371, 623 Trade barriers re South Korea ... 186
Farm safety
Workers' exclusion from workplace legislation ... 951
Firefighters
WCB compensation for presumptive cancers ... 1055
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Restrictions on in-year operating expenses ... 93 Transfer of nonrenewable resource revenue to sustainability fund, provisions for ... 172
Freehold lands
Landowner rights, Eckville public meeting on ... 1369-71 Landowner rights, Kitscoty public meeting on ... 1370
Gas , natural
Provincial strategy ... 821 Syncrude Canada Ltd. northern joint venture ... 821 Valuation (Motion for a Return 8/11: accepted with amendment) ... 578-79
GO Community Centre
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1529
Government accountability
Budget 2011 statement on ... 905
Government borrowing
CIBC budget brief remarks re ... 156 General remarks ... 119 Reporting in financial statements ... 145
Government communications
Government Organization Act
Administrative structure provisions ... 1462 Application to supplementary estimates ... 1528-29 Ministerial responsibilities ... 422-23, 1450, 1459, 1460
Government savings policy
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 170-71 General remarks ... 172, 1194
Grey Nuns community hospital
Warm water pool closure, April 19, 2011, letter to Minister of Health and Wellness re (SP336/11: tabled) ... 841 Warm water pool closure, correspondence on (SP612/11: tabled) ... 1662
Health and wellness
Physical activity, research on ... 1395
Health care system - Finance
Administration costs ... 434 Administration fees ... 241 Allocation of funding ... 695-96 Financial reporting, Auditor General report on ... 264-65, 391 Financial reporting, changes in ... 240-41 Financial reporting, member's statement on ... 505-6 Funding ... 187 Funding from interim supply ... 433 Funding, historical trends in ... 433-34 IT costs ... 367 IT costs, Auditor General recommendations on ... 434 Legal fees, reporting of ... 241 One-time funding ... 201-2, 366
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
Advisory panel, membership ... 1666 Executive oversight ... 1666
Health care system - Private-sector delivery model
Cost-benefit analysis ... 178-79, 187 Cost of contracts ... 179
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Members' statements ... 695-96 Newspaper articles re (SP103-105, 117, 168, 318, 242, 297/11: tabled) ... 363 Petition presented ... 840
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1253-54 Committee ... 1666 Committee, amendment A2 (in camera hearings) (defeated) ... 1666
Health sciences professionals
Departures, settlement agreements re ... 598
Horse breeding renewal program
Horse Racing Alberta
Sources of revenue ... 244 Transfer to Dept. of Finance ... 1462
Hospitals
Utilization statistics, member's statement on ... 353
Hospitals - Construction
Provincial priorities ... 186-87
Housing - Construction
Building standards ... 837
Hunt farms
Provincial strategy ... 623
Hunt farms - United States
Cloning of animals for ... 622-24
Impaired driving
Education programs ... 1673
Imperial Oil
Letter from Minister of Finance and Enterprise re calculation of construction costs (SP130/11: tabled) ... 398 Use of Korean steel fabrication at Kearl Lake project ... 157, 186
Income support programs
Caseloads, forecasts for ... 100
Income tax , provincial
Political tax credits ... 1574
Inflation
Budgetary implications ... 764
Information and communications technology
Government IT services ... 169-70 Health care system costs ... 367, 434
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Order F2005-007, re disclosure under Maintenance Enforcement Act ... 1024-25
International offices - Washington , D.C.
International trade
General remarks ... 157 Initiatives ... 164
International trade - Asia
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice system
Wait times in criminal system ... 1401
Justice System Monitoring Act (Bill 204)
Labour Relations Board
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1530
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Second reading ... 1369-72 Committee, amendment A1 (wording change re landowner compensation) (defeated) ... 1468-69
Land assembly project areas
Land-use planning
Advocacy activities ... 1369-70, 1371 General remarks ... 879 Legislation re ... 890 Provincial strategy ... 254
Legislature Grounds
Memorial to Albertans killed in the workplace (proposed) ... 953-54
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Lodges ... 168 Maintenance and inspection ... 1297
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Private-sector delivery, cost of contracts ... 179
Maintenance Enforcement Act
Information and Privacy Commissioner order F2005-007 re ... 1024-25
Market Surveillance Administrator (electric power market)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation review ... 1535
Members' Statements (current session)
Education funding ... 1051 Fundraising for leadership campaigns ... 1572-73 Health services financial reporting ... 505-6 Hospital services utilization ... 353 Melody Singers ... 113 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 695-96
Mental health services
Access, memos on (SP526/11: tabled) ... 1291 Auditor General recommendations ... 1291
Ministerial Statements (current session)
National Day of Mourning, responses to ... 951
Missing Persons Act (Bill 8)
Committee ... 1024-25 Committee, amendment A1 (FOIP coverage) ... 1025 Third reading ... 1060-61
Motor vehicles - Insurance
Soft-tissue injury compensation ... 673
Motor vehicles - Registration and licence plates
Natural resources revenue
Forecasts ... 171 Transfer of nonrenewable resource revenue to sustainability fund ... 172
Nonprofit/charitable organizations
Fraudulent tax refund schemes ... 160 Registration fees for, increase in ... 64
North West Upgrading Inc.
General remarks ... 187 Value-added products, ethane ... 822
Notice to the Attorney General Act (Bill 5)
Office of the Premier
Remuneration to former Premier for party-related activities ... 1572 Remuneration to Premier for party-related activities ... 1654
Officers of the Legislative Assembly
Funding from interim supply ... 365
Oil
Enhanced recovery methods ... 187 Production forecasts, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers ... 154-55 Projections for production ... 154-55 Valuation of conventional sources (Motion for a Return 7/11: accepted with amendment) ... 578
Oil - Prices
Budgetary implications ... 764 Forecasts ... 66
Oil - Royalties
Impact of enhanced recovery methods on ... 154-55
Oral Question Period (OQP) (procedure)
Purpose of OQP ... 1460 Questions about detail, point of order on ... 270-71 Questions about political party activity, point of order on ... 1459-60 Questions about political party activity, Speaker's ruling on ... 1358 Reference to Auditor General reports in ... 270-71
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AIMCo employee bonuses ... 452 Alberta Health Services administrative expenses ... 240-41 Capital infrastructure planning ... 636 Dr. Ciaran McNamee settlement agreement ... 422-23 Compensation for soft-tissue injuries ... 673 Corporate tax advantage for American companies ... 836 Courthouse security ... 1723-24 Critical electricity transmission infrastructure ... 1141 Drilling stimulus program ... 66 Education funding ... 1096-97, 1131 Federal police officers recruitment fund ... 1226 Fixed election dates ... 1196 Gravel extraction management ... 1458 Health care services financial reporting ... 201-2, 264-65, 298-99, 321, 511, 544 Health care services private delivery ... 178-79 Inspection of long-term care facilities ... 1297 Land stewardship legislation ... 890 Memorial to fallen workers ... 953-54 Mental health services ... 1291 PC Party benefit plan trust ... 1358, 1382, 1450, 1514, 1574, 1598, 1654 Physicians' settlement agreements ... 391 Physicians' severance agreements ... 356 Police officer funding ... 481 Provincial borrowing ... 119, 144-45 Provincial budget forecasts ... 764 Provincial fees ... 64 Provincial fiscal policies ... 1194 Residential building inspections ... 816-17, 837 Settlement agreements with physicians ... 598 Syncrude joint venture royalties ... 16-17 Workers' compensation for injured transit driver ... 983-84
Patient advocacy by physicians
Pension plans
Proposal for provincial plan, documents (reports, studies, financial forecasts) re (Motion for a Return 13/11: accepted) ... 991
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Request for public inquiry into health care system ... 840
Physicians
Departure, settlement agreements re ... 356, 391, 598
Pipelines - Construction
Keystone XL pipeline, assessment of, letter to Premier Designate of (SP477/11: tabled) ... 1150
Points of order
Clarification ... 517 Factual accuracy ... 375, 989-90, 1585 Improper inferences ... 402-3 Questions about detail ... 270-71 Questions about political party activity ... 1459-60, 1585 Questions outside government responsibility ... 1662-63 Relevance ... 433
Police
Access to information, legislation on ... 1061 Funding ... 481
Police officers
Recruitment, federal funding for ... 1226 Statistics ... 481
Political parties
Constituency association expenses 2006-10 (SP581/11: tabled) ... 1583 Fundraising guidelines for leadership candidates, member's statement on ... 1572-73
Prisons
Population forecasts (Motion for a Return 10/11: accepted) ... 462
Private schools
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1530
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Benefit plan trust ... 1382, 1450, 1460, 1572, 1574, 1654 Benefit plan trust, benefits to former leader ... 1382 Benefit plan trust, Justice minister's knowledge of value of ... 1358 Benefit plan trust, questions deemed inadmissible ... 1514 Benefit plan trust, tax credits re ... 1598
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 380-81 Third reading ... 438
Public service
Cancellation of bonuses for senior employees ... 171 Staff size ... 169 Staff workload ... 169
Public transportation - Edmonton
LRT extension funding through GreenTRIP ... 636
Restaurants
Sale of fish and game in, inspection requirements ... 623-24
Revenue
Forecasts ... 764, 904 Sources ... 1462 Use of term “taxpayers' dollars” ... 1585
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Gravel, sand, and salt funding from supplementary supply ... 1462
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Drilling stimulus program ... 66, 158-59 Drilling stimulus program, reports on (Motion for a Return 19: defeated) ... 1609-10 Performance measures ... 155-56
Royalty structure (energy resources) - Newfoundland
General remarks ... 17, 158
Rules of Court Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 6)
Safe communities initiative
Funding from supplementary and interim supply ... 244 Implementation ... 244
Safety Codes Act
Treatment of breaches ... 816
Safety Codes Council
Role in construction safety regulation enforcement ... 816
Sand and gravel mining
Licence application process, outstanding Auditor General recommendations on reforestation ... 1458
Securities
Provincial regulation (passport system) ... 861 Single national regulator, Dept. of Finance and Enterprise materials on (defeated) ... 1610-11
Securities Act
Amendments, history of ... 861
Securities Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 4)
Seniors
Hospital utilization statistics ... 353
Seniors - Edmonton
Southeast Edmonton Seniors Association Melody Singers, member's statement on ... 113
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 207)
Siksika First Nation
Bassano dam settlement ... 102
Speaker - Rulings
Questions about a previous responsibility ... 240 Questions about political party activity ... 1358
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 186-87
Statutes (law)
Miscellaneous statutes ... 679-80
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Supplementary estimates (procedure)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11
Surgery
Private-sector delivery, cost of contracts ... 179
Surgery - Cataract surgery
Public vs. private delivery, cost-benefit analysis ... 178-79
Surgery - Joint surgery
Cost-benefit analysis, public vs. private delivery of hip surgery ... 178
Theatres - Edmonton
Citadel Theatre, funding from supplementary supply ... 1529
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Committee ... 1673-74 Implementation issues, police resources ... 1673 Public consultation (proposed) ... 1674 Public response to bill ... 1673 Time allocation on debate (Government Motion 33: carried) ... 1665
Treasury Board
Consultants, cost of ... 170 Funding ... 168 Interdepartmental budgetary transfers, role in ... 904-5 Main estimates 2011-12, minister's response to question (SP252, 335/11: tabled) ... 841 Meetings re supplementary estimates, public availability of minutes ... 306
Treasury Branches
CIBC report on provincial borrowing (SP29/11: tabled) ... 119, 122, 144-45 Financial reporting ... 145 Senior executive bonuses ... 172
True Blue Alberta Ltd.
Investigation under Conflicts of Interest Act ... 1450, 1460, 1572 Provision of allowance to former Premier and spouse ... 1662-63
Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1529
Victims of Crime Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 680-81 Committee ... 1018-19, 1023 Committee, amendment A2 (time limits on application) (carried unanimously) ... 1018-19 Third reading ... 1061-62
Victims of Crime Programs Committee
Wildrose Party
Alternative budget ... 171 Response to Budget 2011 in Legislature ... 186
Wills and Succession Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 14)
Workers' compensation
Claim duration, statistics on, Employment and Immigration minister's letter (SP158/11: tabled) ... 431
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 20)
Workers' Compensation Board (WCB)
Employer special dividend 2010, letter to former employment and immigration minister on (SP582/11: tabled) ... 1583 Funding from supplementary supply ... 1530 Occupational disease reserve fund ... 1055 Review of case involving assaulted bus driver ... 983-84
Workplace fatalities
Memorial to (proposed) ... 953-54
Workplace health and safety
Employment and Immigration minister's January 21, 2011, letter and documents re (SP180/11: tabled) ... 516 Funding from supplementary supply ... 1530 Statistics on stop work orders (SP181/11: tabled) ... 516
Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills)
Alberta Law Reform Institute
Reports on landownership legislation ... 1408
Alcohol-Crash Problem in Canada (2008 report)
Assured income for the severely handicapped (AISH)
Transition from PDD program, pilot project re ... 548
British Columbia
Impaired driving legislation, impact of ... 1632
Calgary
Adverse possession (squatting), land loss through ... 1408
Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators
Reports on impaired driving accidents ... 1686
Court case management program
Dept. of Transportation
Minister's meeting with hospitality industry on Bill 26 ... 1685
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election of Member for Edmonton-Mill Creek ... 1209
Education - Finance
Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 1292
Freehold lands
Adverse possession (squatters' rights) (Motion Other Than Government Motion 507: carried) ... 1407-8 Lawsuits ... 1407, 1408
Health Insurance Premiums (Health Card Donor Declaration) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 201)
Impaired driving
Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators report on alcohol-crash problem in Canada (SP590/11: tabled) ... 1607 Education programs ... 1685 Research ... 1631-32
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice innovation and modernization of services (JIMS)
Justice system
Wait times in criminal system ... 1400
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Members' Statements (current session)
Highway cleanup program ... 1050
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Advocacy re drinking and driving ... 1686
Motor vehicles
Towing services, government rate paid ... 1632
Motor vehicles - Drivers' licences
Municipal Government Act (MGA)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Additional school board funding ... 1292 MRI wait-list ... 68 PDD transition funding ... 548
Organ and tissue donation
Communication of intent ... 84-86
Organ and tissue trafficking
General remarks ... 84-85
Persons with developmental disabilities (PDD)
Transition to AISH, pilot project re ... 548
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Highway cleanup program, member's statement on ... 1050
Schools - Trochu
Enhancement of, letters re ... 1106
Surgery - Cataract surgery
Teachers
Number of positions ... 1292
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Committee ... 1631-32 Third reading ... 1685-86 Implementation issues ... 1632 Penalty provisions, .05 vs. .08 blood-alcohol level ... 1632, 1686 Public response to bill ... 1686
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood)
(An) Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (Canada, Bill C-619, 2011)
Motion to support (Government Motion 11, Hayden: carried) ... 374, 375-76, 377
Ag society program
Funding for Edmonton Northlands ... 567
Alberta Direct Connect Consumer Association
Presentation on Alberta competitiveness (SP299/11: tabled) ... 818-19
Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)
Complaint process ... 1010 Energy demand forecasts ... 282
Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL)
Gender equality report (SP135/11: tabled) ... 398
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Opposition to hunt farms ... 626
Alberta health care insurance plan (AHCIP)
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Code of conduct ... 390 Code of conduct, 2009 (SP133/11: tabled) ... 389, 398 Policy on employee responsibility to report improper activities ... 145-46
Alberta hospital Edmonton
Patient transfers to other facilities ... 263
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Executive Council authority under act ... 252-53 General remarks ... 1421-22 Wildrose Party position ... 251
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 251-54 Definition of statutory consent ... 253
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Events regarding Dr. Sherman and Mr. Horne (contact re Dr. Sherman's mental state) ... 340, 1281 Events regarding Dr. Sherman and Mr. Horne, point of order on ... 1281 Health care system investigation, position on ... 689, 698 Master agreement with province ... 355 Master agreement with province, president's letter on (SP122/11: tabled) ... 389
Alberta Mental Health Act
Care facility designations ... 263
Alberta sustainability fund
Utilization of fund ... 162-63 Value of fund ... 183
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE)
Reports on staffing in health sector workplaces (SP337, 364/11: tabled) ... 964
Alberta Wilderness Association
Position on game farming ... 626
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act , 2011 (Bill 13)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act , 2011 (No. 2) (Bill 27)
Arenas - Edmonton
Downtown arena (proposed) ... 201, 567 Downtown arena (proposed), e-mail re (SP134/11: tabled) ... 398
Arts and culture
Black Albertans' contributions ... 63
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
Assured income for the severely handicapped (AISH)
Women Together Ending Poverty petition on (SP528/11: tabled) ... 1298
Auditor General
School construction reporting, recommendations on ... 776-77 Tax cuts, remarks on purpose of ... 163-64
Banks
Loans to landowners ... 1420 Role in economy ... 1464
Bills (procedure)
Premier's remarks on process ... 1717
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind (BRIK) program ... 282 Calculation formula ... 281-82 Forecasts ... 281-82 Members' statements ... 183-84 Relation to corporations' profits ... 281 Suncor and Syncrude Canada royalty rebates ... 281-82
British Columbia
Impaired driving legislation ... 1317 Impaired driving legislation, Supreme Court decision on ... 1556
Bruce Power
Donations to Progressive Conservative Party ... 423 Nuclear power plant proposal ... 423
Budget process
Deficit budgets ... 162-63, 1164 Economic forecasts used in calculations ... 184
Calgary & Area Physician's Association (CAPA)
President's remarks on proposed investigation of health care system ... 340
Calgary health region (former authority)
Former employee's remarks re public inquiry into health care system ... 698
Canada - History
Black Canadians' contributions ... 63
Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
Elimination of single desk ... 1164 Support for ... 374-75 Voting process ... 374-75
Cancer
Survival rates, The Lancet article on (SP187, 648/11: tabled) ... 703
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Capital health region (former authority)
Patient advocacy by physicians ... 115-16 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim ... 340, 703
Capital projects
20-year strategic plan ... 47, 776 Land expropriation ... 1426 Project scheduling ... 47, 776
Caribbean community
Festivals (Carifest and Cariwest) ... 63
Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury
Cervid farming
Legislative treatment of stray animals ... 627
Child and family services council for quality assurance
Child and Youth Advocate Act (Bill 25)
Committee ... 1429-32, 1431-32, 1435 Committee, amendment A2 (strike out section 26(4)) (defeated) ... 1429-31 Committee, amendment A3 (strike out section 24) (defeated) ... 1431-32
Child and Youth Advocate , office of the (future)
Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Impact on farmed cervids ... 626-27
Clean energy
Provincial strategy ... 1163
Coal gasification
Pembina Institute report ... 1009
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Representative's assessment of Dr. Sherman ... 1281 Response to assertions re deaths of patients on surgery wait-lists ... 116
Committee on the Economy , Standing
Minimum wage report ... 421
Competitiveness , economic
Influencing factors ... 811
Continuing care strategy
Relation to long-term care ... 651
Continuing/extended care facilities
Provincial strategy ... 47
Corporations
Donations to political parties ... 45
Criminal Injuries Review Board
Right of appeal of decisions ... 1021
Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
Response to Bill 26, Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2011 ... 1556
Daycare
Funding ... 602 Subsidies ... 602
Daycare centres
Increase in spaces ... 602
Dept. of Energy
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 280-83
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 162-64
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Budget, level of detail provided in ... 651 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 651-53 Minister's presentation to caucus on health care (July 12 PowerPoint) ... 1140-41 Report to minister (May 2010) ... 1140-41
Dept. of Infrastructure
Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 776-77 Main estimates 2011-12, tabling of cited documents, point of order on ... 782
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1257-58
Domestic violence
Alberta Council of Women's Shelters position paper ... 1015 Housing for affected families ... 413
East Edmonton health centre
Funding, petition presented re ... 1105 Funding, postcards re (SP490/11: tabled) ... 1187
Economic development
Industry and market diversification ... 191
Economy , global
Causes of downturn ... 1162
Edmonton Oilers hockey club
Forbes valuation of, documents on (SP574, 575/11: tabled) ... 1583
Education
Provincial strategy ... 40-41
Education - Curricula
African history not included ... 63
Education - Finance
Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 1162, 1265-66, 1272-73 Funding ... 891 Funding, impact on service provision ... 954-55 Members' statements ... 962
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Committee ... 1475, 1508, 1644-45, 1648 Committee, amendment A1 (election date 2nd Monday in May ) (defeated) ... 1475 Committee, amendment A2 (consultation with opposition parties) (defeated) ... 1508 Committee, amendment A3 (election date 2nd Monday in March) (defeated) ... 1644-45
Electric power - Export
Provincial strategy ... 282
Electric power - Regulations
Deregulation ... 42, 715, 1599 Deregulation, impact on generation capacity ... 177
Electric power lines - Construction
AltaLink application transmission project ... 177 Approval process ... 177, 253, 833, 1043 Costs to consumer ... 282-83, 715 Critical transmission infrastructure ... 811, 833, 980, 1043, 1421-22 Land expropriation ... 1426 Provincial strategy ... 42, 177, 252, 282 Requirements under Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50) ... 714-15
Electric power plants
Closure of TransAlta Sundance 1 and 2 generating units ... 633
Electric power plants - Construction
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
Electric power line construction provisions ... 833 General remarks ... 1421-22 Implementation ... 253 Motion to repeal (Motion Other Than Government Motion 504: defeated) ... 714-15
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (procedure)
Alberta's place in the global economy, use of time usually reserved for private members' business ... 1162, 1164
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Alberta's place in the global economy (proceeded with) ... 1162-64 Financial disclosure by political party leadership candidates (not proceeded with) ... 20 Health care system (proceeded with) ... 339-40 Patient advocacy by physicians (not proceeded with) ... 698-99
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Ambulance response times ... 653
Employment and training programs
Women Together Ending Poverty petition on (SP528/11: tabled) ... 1298
Energy industry
Donations to political parties ... 45 ND opposition policy ... 191
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Energy industry - Regulations
Single regulator (proposed) ... 978
Energy resources , alternate/renewable
Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)
Bitumen production estimates ... 1359 Rimbey transmission line hearings ... 252, 1421
Energy Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 16)
Executive Council
Ministerial appointments ... 1164
Farm produce
Marketing development ... 377
Gas , natural - Royalties
Government caucus
Relations with opposition parties ... 1164
Government savings policy
Government spending
General remarks ... 162-63 ND Party position ... 1162
Health care system
Access, allegations of queue jumping ... 1140-41 Accountability ... 651 Governance ... 509 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 115-16, 145-46 Investigation of patient deaths (proposed), Health Quality Council chair's remarks re ... 145-46 Provincial strategy ... 1162-63 Public satisfaction ... 11, 389-90 Public satisfaction, Environics survey on (SP4/11: tabled) ... 11, 19 Support for, letters to the editor on ... 475
Health care system - Finance
5-year guaranteed plan ... 11 Former minister of Health and Wellness July 12 PowerPoint presentation ... 1140-41 Public vs. private funding ... 1140-41, 1163-64 Public vs. private funding, Proposed Alberta Health Act report on (SP486/11: tabled) ... 1151
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
Advisory panel, membership ... 509 Independence ... 320-21, 355, 447 Independence of chair ... 340 Terms of reference ... 340, 355, 447, 702-3, 723 Testimony ... 447, 508 Testimony by previous ministers of health (proposed) ... 475, 509
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Access to information covered in nondisclosure agreements ... 689 Alberta Medical Association position ... 698-99 General remarks ... 320, 339-40, 389-90, 1282-83 Newspaper articles re (SP103-105, 117, 168, 318, 242, 297/11: tabled) ... 329 Opposition parties' letter to Premier, March 14, 2011 (SP102/11: tabled) ... 329
Health facilities - Construction
Operationalization ... 777
Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA)
Response to allegations re deaths of patients on surgery wait-lists ... 116
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
Health Statutes (Canada Health Act Reaffirmation) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 208)
First reading ... 1105 General remarks ... 1163 Petition on (SP553/11: tabled) ... 1458
High school completion
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1163
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Provincial strategy ... 11
Hunt farms
ND Party position ... 626 Other jurisdictions ... 627 Public attitudes ... 625-26
Hunt farms - United States
Immigrants
From Africa, challenges faced by ... 63 Health services , refugees' access to ... 63 Programs and services ... 63
Impaired driving
Roadside screening, breathalyzer reliability ... 1556
Income tax , provincial
Provincial strategy ... 163
International offices - Hong Kong
Representative appointment ... 1164
International trade - Asia
General remarks ... 191 Initiatives ... 191-92
International trade - Asia - China
International trade - Asia - India
Initiatives ... 193 Premier's trade mission ... 192 Premier's trade mission, invitation of opposition MLAs ... 195
International trade - European Union
Impact of free trade ... 41
International trade - United States
Economic significance ... 191
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kyoto protocol on climate change
Canadian withdrawal from, provincial response to ... 1451
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Expropriation of land, provisions for ... 1426 General remarks ... 1421-22 Purpose ... 252-53
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Second reading ... 1420-23, 1426 Committee, amendment A1 (wording change re landowner compensation) (defeated) ... 1470
Land-use planning
Provincial strategy ... 254
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings ... 1291 Fall 2011 sitting ... 1164 Fall 2011 sitting, newspaper editorial on hours (SP637/11: tabled) ... 1725
Lieutenant Governor
Official residence ... 777
Lieutenant Governor in Council
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Addition of beds ... 47 Cap on residence fees ... 1383 Costs to residents, weblog on (SP538/11: tabled) ... 1391 Provincial strategy ... 41, 47, 294, 651-62 Staff shortages, worker reports re (SP379/11: tabled) ... 1052 Statistics ... 47 Wait-lists ... 47
Long-term care strategy
Members' statements ... 294
Market Surveillance Administrator (electric power market)
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Mechanical heart installation ... 11
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Reference by name in Legislature, point of order on ... 270
Members' Statements (current session)
Education funding ... 962 Long-term care ... 294 Minimum wage ... 421 Oil sands royalties ... 183-84 Political leadership campaign donations disclosure ... 45 Reliance on nonrenewable resources ... 1133
Mental health services
Access ... 1163 Provincial strategy ... 41
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Black History Month, responses to ... 63 Homelessness initiatives, responses to ... 1094 Oil and gas regulatory system, responses to ... 978
Missing Persons Act (Bill 8)
Natural resources revenue
General remarks ... 164 Members' statements on ... 1133
New Democratic opposition
Energy regulation policy ... 978
North West Upgrading Inc.
Provincial liabilities ... 1359 Provincial support ... 1359
Northern Alberta Development Council (NADC)
International trade initiatives ... 192
Nova Scotia - History
Black community history ... 63
Nuclear energy industry
Provincial strategy, statement by Minister of Infrastructure re ... 253
Nuclear power plants
Approval process ... 423 Publication of documents re ... 423
Occupational Health and Safety Code 2009
Excerpt (SP76/11: tabled) ... 261
Occupy Wall Street movement
Office of the Premier
Premier's trade mission to India ... 192 Premier's trade mission to India, invitation of opposition MLAs ... 195 Tributes to former Premier on retirement ... 1123-24 Welcome to new Premier ... 1162
Official Opposition
Tributes to leader on retirement ... 1121
Oil sands development
Land sales (leases) ... 281
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Cancer care wait times ... 115-16, 145-46, 723, 759 Cataract surgery wait times ... 543 Education funding ... 891, 954-55 Electricity prices ... 633, 667-68, 1575, 1599 Electricity transmission lines ... 177 Electricity transmission lines, critical infrastructure ... 811, 833, 980, 1043 Fixed election dates ... 1179, 1225 Health care premiums ... 1195 Health care privatization ... 1140-41 Health care services ... 11 Health care system ... 509 Health Quality Council review ... 320-21, 355, 447, 475 Kyoto climate change agreement ... 1451 Legislative workload ... 1291, 1717 Long-term care beds ... 47 Long-term care for seniors ... 1383 NHL arena funding ... 201, 567 Northern Gateway pipeline ... 1359 Nuclear power, Bruce Power proposal ... 423 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 389-90, 689 Proposed mandatory minimum sentences ... 1515 Storage of nuclear waste ... 599 Support for child care ... 602 Villa Caritas geriatric mental health facility ... 235, 263, 297 Water marketing ... 1096, 1126
Patient advocacy by health care professionals
Patient advocacy by physicians
Alberta Health Services bylaws ... 390 General remarks ... 339-40
Peace and police officer training centre (future)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
East Edmonton health centre funding ... 1105
Pipelines - Construction
Approval and monitoring ... 1359 Keystone XL pipeline, U.S. State Dept. report on ... 1163 Northern Gateway pipeline ... 1359
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 964, 1281 Clarification ... 1586 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1281 Factual accuracy ... 257-58, 1284 Referring to a member by name ... 270 Tabling cited documents ... 782
Political parties
Financial benefits to leaders and sitting MLAs, point of order on ... 1586 Financial disclosure by leadership candidates ... 1164 Financial disclosure by leadership candidates, member's statement on ... 45 Leaders' reimbursement for expenses ... 1586
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Poverty
Petition re initiatives (SP528/11: tabled) ... 1298
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Shaping Alberta's Future (report), recommendations ... 1070
Privilege (current session applications)
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 2)
Public Agencies Governance Act
Notification of ministers of adverse events, provisions for ... 297
Public lands
Landowner rights ... 41-42
Regulatory Enhancement Task Force
Report and recommendations to Minister of Energy (Enhancing Assurance) ... 1009
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Corporate recovery of capital costs ... 281 Members' statements ... 183-84 New royalty framework (2007) ... 281
Safe Streets and Communities Act (federal)
Provincial response ... 1515
School boards
Funding allocation ... 891
Schools
Infrastructure funding from supplementary supply ... 1273
Schools - Construction
Public-private partnerships (P3) (ASAP initiative) ... 1273-74 Public-private partnerships (P3) (ASAP initiative), Auditor General recommendations re reporting of ... 776-77 Public-private partnerships (P3) (ASAP initiative), reprofiling for ASAP 2 from supplementary supply ... 1273-74
Seniors
Programs and services, health benefits ... 652-53
Sex discrimination
Alberta Federation of Labour report re (SP135/11: tabled) ... 398
Slavery
Canadian role in Underground Railroad ... 63
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 40-42 Debate (comments and questions during) ... 42
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Suicide
Deaths in health facilities ... 235, 263, 297
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Surgery - Cataract surgery
Surgery - Thoracic surgery
Wait times ... 703, 723, 759 Wait times, motion for a return re (Motion for a Return 11/11: defeated) ... 700, 702
Taxation
Auditor General remarks re ... 163-64 ND Party position ... 1164 Provincial strategy ... 40, 163-64
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Tuition and fees , postsecondary
Differential fees in professional faculties ... 1163 Mandatory noninstructional fees ... 1163 Provincial strategy ... 41
United Nurses of Alberta
Remarks on investigation of health care system ... 389
Victims of Crime Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 15)
Committee ... 1014-15, 1021 Committee, amendment A1 (time limits on applications) (defeated) ... 1014-15 Committee, amendment A2 (time limits on application) (carried unanimously) ... 1021
Villa Caritas
Opening of ... 263 Patient safety ... 235, 263, 297 Repurposing as psychogeriatric facility ... 262-63 Suicide of resident ... 235, 263 Suicide of resident, notification of minister re ... 297
Wages - Minimum wage
Members' statements ... 421 Women Together Ending Poverty petition on (SP528/11: tabled) ... 1298
Waste management - Big Lakes municipal district
Storage and disposal of nuclear waste (proposed) ... 599
Wildfires - Slave Lake
Environmental conditions re ... 1258 Municipal and organizational response ... 1258
Written questions (procedure)
McFarland, Barry (PC, Little Bow)
(An) Act to Amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (Canada, Bill C-619, 2011)
Motion to support (Government Motion 11, Hayden: carried) ... 370-71, 378-79
Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
Impact on grain marketing ... 370-71
Committee on Health , Standing
Main estimates 2011-12 debate, report presented re ... 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
Curling
Senior men's championship, member's statement on ... 631
Dept. of Children and Youth Services (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Main estimates 2011-12 debate, committee report ... 787
Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Main estimates 2011-12 debate, committee report ... 787
Diesel fuel
Renewable fuel standard ... 761-62
Gasoline
Renewable fuel standard ... 761-62
Hockey
Lomond Stars women's peewee B hockey team championship, member's statement on ... 631
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Lomond Stars female hockey team, Lance Dealy ... 631 Prostate health campaign ... 665 Remembrance Day service in Vulcan ... 1357 St. Patrick's Day ... 420
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Grass fires in southern Alberta ... 1661 Highway 529 ... 673 Renewable diesel fuel ... 761-62
Prostate health care
Public awareness events, member's statement on ... 665
Remembrance Day
Vulcan service, member's statement on ... 1357
St. Patrick's Day
Members' statements ... 420
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 1333-34 Implementation issues, rural areas ... 1334
University of Lethbridge
Research on impaired driving ... 1333
Wildfires
Liability for individual causing ... 1661
Wildfires - Southern Alberta
November 2011 grass fires ... 1661
McQueen, Diana (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar; Minister of Environment and Water effective October 12, 2011)
(An) Act to Amend the Canada Shipping Act , 2001 (Canada, Bill C-606, 2005)
Western Premiers' response ... 12
Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Definition of statutory consent ... 729 Members' statements ... 729-30 Public consultation on bill ... 729
Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC)
Governing legislation ... 820
Apprenticeship training
Postsecondary spaces ... 634
Cancer - Research
Tomorrow Project, member's statement on ... 574
Capital Region Board
Long-term growth plan ... 1130
Climate change
Durban conference, Alberta attendance at ... 1518 Provincial strategy ... 1518, 1580-81
Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta)
Dept. of Environment and Water (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Role of ministry ... 1144 Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1274-78
Earth Day
Members' statements ... 809
EcoTrust fund (federal program)
Deferred funding, from supplementary supply ... 1274
Edmonton
Climate change initiatives ... 1275
Electric power , coal-produced
Federal emissions regulations (proposed), provincial response to ... 1180-81
Emergency preparedness
Members' statements ... 962
Energy industry
Exploration, land sales (leases) re, member's statement on ... 541
Energy industry - Regulations
Single regulator (proposed), May 2011 discussion document re (SP367/11: tabled) ... 989
Energy resources - Export - Kuwait
Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)
Energy Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 16)
Environmental protection
Cumulative effects approach ... 1276-77
Fuel tax
Changes to rebate programs ... 180
Golf - Pigeon Lake
Ice golf tournament, member's statement on ... 455
Greenhouse gas emissions
Auditor General recommendations ... 1292 Global comparisons ... 1580-81 Standards ... 1292
Health Insurance Premiums (Health Card Donor Declaration) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 201)
Helmholtz Institute
Partnership with University of Alberta ... 1275
Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom ha-Shoah)
Members' statements ... 987
Holy Family Catholic regional school division no. 37
Participation in rural teacher practicum program ... 54
Horizon school division no. 67
Participation in rural teacher practicum program ... 54
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kyoto protocol on climate change
Canadian withdrawal from, provincial response to ... 1451
Labour force planning
Provincial strategy ... 54
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Land-use framework
Impact on industrial leases ... 671-72
Land-use planning
Landowner rights protection ... 729-30
Market Surveillance Administrator (electric power market)
Members' Statements (current session)
Alberta land stewardship legislation ... 729-30 Cancer research (Tomorrow Project) ... 574 Earth Day ... 809 Emergency preparedness ... 962 Holocaust Memorial Day ... 987 Petroleum and natural gas lease licence revenue ... 541 Pigeon Lake ice golf tournament ... 455 Rural teacher practicum program ... 54
Municipal Government Act (MGA)
Subdivision and development regulation, amendment to (proposed) ... 203
Municipalities
Environmental initiatives ... 1278 Procedures for abandoned well sites and pipelines ... 692 Sustainability ... 1130
Natural resources revenue
Members' statements on ... 541
New West Partnership
General remarks ... 12 Response to proposed federal legislation banning west coast oil tanker traffic ... 12
Northland school division no. 61
Participation in rural teacher practicum program ... 54
Oil - Export - Asia
Impact of federal legislation on ... 12
Oil - Import - Venezuela
East coast shipment of ... 12
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Federal-provincial co-operation on monitoring ... 1196, 1197 Public image ... 151
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Abandoned wells ... 203-4, 692 Climate change ... 1518, 1580-81 Coal-fired electricity generation ... 1180-81 Compensation for mineral rights in parks ... 671-72 Environmental monitoring of oil sands ... 1197 Gravel extraction management ... 1388-89 Greenhouse gas emission standards ... 1292 Hydraulic fracturing for gas in shale ... 1453, 1519 Keystone pipeline project ... 1196 Kyoto climate change agreement ... 1451 Municipal sustainability ... 1130 Off-road fuel tax ... 180 Oil sands image in the United States ... 151-52 Oil tanker transportation on the west coast ... 12 Pigeon Lake waste-water management project ... 604-5 Supply of skilled tradespeople ... 634 Water management ... 1144 Women in postsecondary education ... 515
Organ and tissue donation
Communication of intent ... 75
Parks , provincial - British Columbia
Decision on creation of provincial park impact on mineral rights (British Columbia vs. Tener) ... 671-72
Pipelines - Construction
Approval and monitoring ... 1196 Keystone XL pipeline ... 152
Pipelines - Environmental aspects
Approval process, importance of federal-provincial monitoring to ... 1196
Postsecondary education
Women's representation ... 515
Prescribed rebate off-road percentages (PROP) program
Program cancellation ... 180
St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic separate regional division no. 38
Rural teacher practicum program participation ... 54
Sand and gravel mining
Licence application process ... 1388-89
Sex discrimination
Women in postsecondary education ... 515
Strathcona (county)
Climate change initiatives ... 1275
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Supreme Court of Canada
Decision provincial park impact on mineral rights (British Columbia vs. Tener) ... 671-72
Tax-exempt fuel use program
Teachers - Education
Rural practicum program, member's statement on ... 54
Trades (skilled labour)
Forecast demand ... 634 Recruitment from other provinces ... 634
University of Alberta. Faculty of Education
Rural practicum program ... 54
Water licences
Public consultation (proposed) ... 1144 Sale of water, provincial strategy on ... 1144
Water quality
Contamination from natural gas hydraulic fracturing ... 1519
Water quality - Monitoring
Water/waste-water management - Pigeon Lake
Timeline on regional waste-water infrastructure ... 604-5
Well sites , abandoned
Changes in regulations, timeline on ... 692
Well sites , abandoned - Calmar
Imperial Oil well ... 203-4 Provincial strategy ... 203-4
Wetlands
Policy development ... 1144
Wood Buffalo
Environmental initiatives ... 1276, 1278
Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC)
Resolution on contractor prequalification ... 1722
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Pump provision for southern Alberta producers ... 424
Auditor General
Report, April 2011 (SP241/11: tabled) ... 674 Report, November 2011 (SP503/11: tabled) ... 1233
Chief Electoral Officer , office of
Annual report 2010 (SP467/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 4 Oct. 2011
Committee on Legislative Offices , Standing
Auditor General April 2011 report (SP241/11: tabled) ... 674 Lobbyists Act review, report (SP496/11: tabled) ... 1203
Dams
Petition of Medicine Hat residents re Meridian dam feasibility study (SP240/11: tabled) ... 674 Spring flooding mitigation ... 357
Disaster relief
Claim settlements ... 357
Employment and training programs
Programs and services for older workers ... 72
Employment and training programs - Medicine Hat
Federal-provincial training program for older workers, member's statement on ... 72
Floods
Disaster recovery services ... 668-69 Livestock tracing used in emergency response ... 892 Mitigation efforts ... 207, 357, 424, 669 Pumps provided to producers ... 424
Information and Privacy Commissioner Search Committee , Select Special
Report dated November 28, 2011 (SP533/11: tabled) ... 1391
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former MLA for Edmonton-Glenora and U.S. trade and investment director and colleague ... 1511
Livestock industry
Traceability pilot project ... 892
Lobbyists Act
Review by Standing Committee on Legislative offices, report (SP496/11: tabled) ... 1203
Medicine Hat College
Partnership with Mount Royal University on business administration degrees, member's statement on ... 1390
Members' Statements (current session)
Mount Royal University-Medicine Hat College joint university degree program ... 1390 Snow conditions in southern Alberta ... 207 Tianna Rissling, Peter Schori ... 1104 Training program for older workers ... 72
Mount Royal University
Partnership with Medicine Hat College on business administration degrees, member's statement on ... 1390
Multiple sclerosis - CCSVI (Zamboni) treatment
Petition presented (SP267/11: tabled) ... 730
Municipal sustainability initiative (MSI)
Impact of agreement on internal trade on approval process ... 1722
Municipalities
Contract tenders, prequalification of bidders ... 1722 Flood-mitigation equipment provision ... 424
Ombudsman
Appointment of Peter Hourihan as (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 1187
Ombudsman Search Committee , Select Special
Overview of search process ... 1187 Report dated Aug. 23, 2011 (SP456/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 23 Aug. 2011
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Disaster recovery program for flood damage ... 668-69 Livestock traceability pilot project ... 892 Prequalification processes for bidders ... 1722 Spring flooding in southern Alberta ... 357, 424
Snowfall - Southern Alberta
Members' statements ... 207
Swimming
World championships (Shanghai 2011), Medicine Hat team members, member's statement on ... 1104
Morton, Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview; Minister of Energy effective October 12, 2011)
Alberta Economic Development Authority (AEDA)
Recommendations on fuel shortages ... 1360
Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC)
Role in monitoring electricity and natural gas markets ... 1198
Bitumen
Valuations (Motion for a Return 6/11: response tabled as SP598/11) ... 1608
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind (BRIK) program ... 1360-61
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL)
Provincial support ... 1360
Corporations
Purchase by international companies ... 1296
Diesel fuel
Prices ... 1577 Provincial strategy on supply ... 1360
Education - Finance
Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 1143
Electric power
Wholesale vs. retail market ... 1576
Electric power - Import
TransAlta manipulation of ... 1201
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1575 Fluctuations ... 1516 Regulated rate option ... 1576
Electric power - Regulations
Electric power lines - Construction
Approval process ... 1454 Critical transmission infrastructure ... 1454, 1575 Energy minister's letter to AUC requesting suspension or adjournment of consideration of pipeline projects ... 1143, 1185 Regulations, review of ... 1185
Electric power lines - Industrial Heartland
Approval process ... 1143, 1185 Burial of line (proposed) ... 1143
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
Guarantees to corporations ... 1454 Review (proposed) ... 1143
Energy industry - International investment
Chinese ownership of Alberta companies ... 1296
Environmental protection - Industrial Heartland
Federal jurisdiction ... 600
Ethane
Extraction from oil sands ... 1178
Gas , natural
Tight formation gas recovery ... 1722-23 Valuation of (Motion for a Return 8/11: response tabled as SP599/11) ... 1608
Gasoline
Price, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1577
Hydraulic fracturing
Availability of information on fluid ingredients ... 1519 General remarks ... 1519 Regulations ... 1453
Incremental ethane extraction program
Energy dept. communications with corporations ... 1140, 1657 Funds disbursed ... 1140, 1178
Investment Canada Act (federal)
Lower Athabasca region land-use plan (LARP)
Market Surveillance Administrator (electric power market)
Investigation of electric power market irregularities ... 1198, 1201
New West Partnership
Information sharing provisions ... 1519
North West Upgrading Inc.
Oil
Tight formation oil recovery ... 1722-23 Valuation of conventional sources (Motion for a Return 7/11: response tabled as SP598/11) ... 1608
Oil sands development
Ethane extraction from oil sands ... 1178
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Devon Energy Corporation Jackfish oil sands wellhead failure, amount of oil spilled (Written Question 1/11: response tabled as SP600/11) ... 1608
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Bitumen royalty in kind program ... 1360-61 Canadian energy company acquisition ... 1296 Critical electricity transmission infrastructure ... 1454, 1575 Electricity import manipulation ... 1201 Electricity prices ... 1516, 1575 Electricity regulation ... 1198 Gasoline prices ... 1577 Heartland electricity transmission project ... 1143, 1185 Hydraulic fracturing for gas in shale ... 1453, 1519 Incremental ethane extraction program ... 1140, 1178, 1657 Lower Athabasca regional plan ... 600-601 North West upgrader ... 1382-83 Northern Gateway pipeline ... 1359 Regulated rate option for electricity ... 1576 Supply of diesel fuel ... 1360 Tight gas and tight oil recovery ... 1722-23
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Charter schools, establishment and permanence of ... 1051
Potash industry - Saskatchewan
Prevention of PotashCorp sale to foreign company ... 1296
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Drilling stimulus program, value of royalty credits expended (Written Question 8/11: response tabled as SP601/11) ... 1608
Transmission Facility Cost Monitoring Committee
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