Sandhu, Peter (PC, Edmonton-Manning)
Capital projects
Project scheduling ... 188
Competitiveness , economic
Discrimination
Race discrimination impact on earning potential ... 480-81
Health Insurance Premiums (Health Card Donor Declaration) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 201)
First reading ... 55 Second reading ... 73-74, 86 Committee ... 465, 587-88 Committee, amendment A1 (situations where individuals do not make choice) ... 465 Purpose of bill ... 756
Human Rights Day
Members' statements ... 1573
Immigrants - Employment
Recognition of credentials ... 480-81
International trade - Asia - India
Premier's trade mission ... 188
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Labour force planning
Role of immigration ... 480-81
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Members' Statements (current session)
Human Rights Day ... 1573 Organ Donor Week ... 756 Our Lady Queen of Peace Ranch ... 1652-53 University of Alberta Punjabi language program ... 1365 Vaisakhi Day ... 629-30
North West Redwater Partnership
Processing and marketing agreements ... 188
Office of the Premier
Premier's trade mission to India ... 188
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Anthony Henday Drive ... 1364 Foreign qualifications and credentials ... 480-81
Organ and tissue donation
Communication of intent ... 587-88 Public attitudes ... 86, 756
Organ and tissue transplantation
General remarks ... 74 Wait-lists ... 86
Organ Donor Week
Members' statements ... 756
Our Lady Queen of Peace Ranch
Professions
Recognition of foreign credentials ... 481
Punjabi language
University of Alberta program, member's statement on ... 1365
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 188-89
University of Alberta
Punjabi language program, member's statement on ... 1365
Vaisakhi Day
Members' statements ... 629-30
Sarich, Janice (PC, Edmonton-Decore)
Advisory Task Force on Building Financial Capacity for School Board Trustees and Superintendents
Report (SP85/11: tabled) ... 305
Alberta Get Outdoors Weekend Act (Bill 203)
Alberta mentoring partnership (AMP)
Members' statements ... 184
Catholic Social Services
Members' statements ... 1389
Child welfare
Mentorship programs, member's statement on ... 184
Children - Protective services
Health care services ... 669-70
Community centres - Edmonton
Belle Rive Jamatkhana and Centre, member's statement on ... 1289
Dept. of Culture and Community Services (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1260 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, flow-through money (federal-provincial transfers) ... 1260
Edmonton Catholic school board
Holodomor Memorial Day, documentation on (SP592/11: tabled) ... 1607 Holodomor Memorial Day, member's statement on ... 1597
Education - Curricula
Mathematics, member's statement on ... 260
Education Act (Bill 18)
Members' statements ... 962
Education Week
Members' statements ... 830-31
Federal Public Building
Employment created ... 202 Redevelopment ... 202
High school flexibility enhancement project
Members' statements ... 549
Holodomor Memorial Day
Edmonton Catholic school board observance, member's statement on ... 1597
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Members' Statements (current session)
Alberta mentoring partnership ... 184 Belle Rive Jamatkhana and Centre ... 1289 Catholic Social Services ... 1389 Edmonton Catholic schools Holodomor memorial day ... 1597 Education Act ... 962 Education Week ... 830-31 Excellence in teaching awards ... 597 High school flexibility enhancement project ... 549 Math curriculum ... 260 Mee-Yah-Noh elementary school 50th anniversary ... 1223 Queen Elizabeth high school 50th anniversary ... 1103 Ukraine's 20th anniversary of independence ... 1148
Municipal Government Act (MGA)
Designated officers ... 1615
Municipal Government (Delayed Construction) Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 205)
Municipal sustainability initiative (MSI)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Federal Public Building renovations ... 202 Municipal funding ... 1723 Pediatric services for children in care ... 669-70 Royal Alberta Museum development ... 571 Securities regulation ... 117
Protection Against Family Violence Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 2)
Public transportation
Incentive programs (GreenTRIP), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... 1723
Revenue
Flow-through money (federal-provincial transfers) ... 1260
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
School boards
Trustee and superintendent financial capacity, advisory task force report re (SP85/11: tabled) ... 305
Schools
Technology use, awards for ... 597
Schools - Edmonton
Mee-Yah-Noh elementary school 50th anniversary, member's statement on ... 1223 Queen Elizabeth high school 50th anniversary, member's statement on ... 1103
Securities
Single national regulator (proposed) ... 117
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Estimates debate ... 1260
Supreme Court of Canada
Statement on level of government decision-making ... 1615
Teachers
Awards, member's statement on ... 597 Excellence in teaching awards, programs from semifinalist celebrations (SP278/11: tabled) ... 766
Ukraine
20th anniversary of independence, member's statement on ... 1148
Ukrainian Canadian Congress , Edmonton branch
Youth at risk
Pediatric care at Youth Emergency Shelter ... 670
Sherman, Dr. Raj (AL effective September 13, 2011, previously Ind.; Edmonton-Meadowlark)
Affordable housing
Provincial strategy ... 1382
Aging population policy framework
Alberta
Core values ... 1161 Provincial assets ... 1158
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Creation, news release announcing (SP484/11: tabled) ... 1151
Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL)
Gender equality statement ... 386
Alberta Gazette
Excerpt re Alberta Regulation 43/2011, Mines and Minerals Act (ethane extraction) (SP483/11: tabled) ... 1151
Alberta Health Act (Bill 17, 2010)
Draft document “Alberta Health Act, Timing and Process Map” (SP341/11: tabled) ... 841
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Article by former CEO (Dr. Duckett) (SP249/11: tabled) ... 655-56, 675 Code of conduct ... 201 Code of conduct, 2010 (SP47/11: tabled) ... 209 Financial reporting ... 656-57 Policy on employee responsibility to report improper activities ... 201
Alberta heritage savings trust fund (AHSTF)
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Schedule of upcoming tribunal hearings (SP319/11: tabled) ... 819 Transfer to Dept. of Justice (proposed) ... 1653
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Emergency medicine section, correspondence with Premier ... 201 Emergency medicine section, correspondence with Premier (SP50/11: tabled) ... 209
Alberta's Health Legislation: Moving Forward (July 12, 2010, report)
Copy tabled (SP340/11: tabled) ... 841
Assured income for the severely handicapped (AISH)
Auditor General
Capital health region financial reporting, report on ... 567, 656 Capital health region financial reporting, report on, newspaper article on (SP225, 251/11: tabled) ... 576, 675 Mental health services, recommendations on ... 1358
Bitumen - Upgrading
Provincial strategy ... 1160
Calgary health region (former authority)
Health Quality Council report re emergency services (SP314/11: tabled) ... 819
Canada health transfer (federal government)
Federal-provincial agreement ... 1654
Cancer
Survival rates, The Lancet article on (SP187, 648/11: tabled) ... 1725
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Out-of-country care ... 1716 Wait times ... 567
Capital health region (former authority)
Chief executive's awareness of assertions re patient care ... 65, 201 Financial reporting ... 65 Financial reporting, Auditor General report re ... 567, 656 Financial reporting, Auditor General report re, newspaper articles on (SP225, 251/11: tabled) ... 576, 675 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 65 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 65 Patient advocacy by physicians, e-mails re (SP141, 144/11: tabled) ... 398 Physician's (C. McNamee) presentation to caucus, list of MLAs present for (SP224/11: tabled) ... 576 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim ... 319-20, 567, 1671-72 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim (SP113/11: tabled) ... 330 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, correspondence list (SP259/11: tabled) ... 698 Physician's (D. Candler) statements of claim and defence (SP320-21/11: tabled) ... 819 Physician's (I. Chohan) Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal decisions documentation (SP323-27/11: tabled) ... 819
Capital Region Medical Staff Association
December 2006 president's letter (SP142/11: tabled) ... 398
Caritas Health Group (former authority)
Advocacy by physicians, e-mail re (SP142/11: tabled) ... 398
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Code of conduct, April 2010 (SP54/11: tabled) ... 209 Committee April 15, 2010, report “Disruptive Behaviour” (SP53/11: tabled) ... 209 Former registrar's awareness of assertions re patient care ... 65, 201 New president's relationship with Alberta Health Services ... 688
Committee on Members' Services , Standing
MLA compensation review ... 1573
Continuing/extended care facilities
Courts , provincial
Court psychiatrists, 2007 newspaper article on (SP322/11: tabled) ... 819
Covenant Health Group
Advocacy by physicians, e-mail re (SP142/11: tabled) ... 398
Democracy
General remarks ... 1159 Global situation ... 1158
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Edmonton City Centre Airport, reports on (SP311,313/11: tabled) ... 819 Former ministers' awareness of assertions on patient care ... 65, 201 Former ministers' awareness of assertions on patient care, notice of July 5, 2007, meeting (SP342/11: tabled) ... 841 Former minister's statements on health care funding (SP633/11: tabled) ... 1724 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 655-57 Minister's remarks on plan to reduce wait times, newspaper article on (SP/11: tabled) ... 1724
Discrimination
Canadian historical events ... 454
Edmonton City Centre Airport
Air ambulance, Donna L. Towers Consulting Ltd. report to the city of Edmonton re (SP310/11: tabled) ... 819 Alberta Health and Wellness reports on (SP311,313/11: tabled) ... 819 Closure, Fitch & Associates report re (SP312/11: tabled) ... 819 Closure, news media reports on (SP308,309/11: tabled) ... 308, 819
Edmonton-Meadowlark (constituency)
Letters re member's hospital privileges (SP107-109/11: tabled) ... 329 Member's expulsion from Conservative caucus ... 1223 Member's statement, memorial tribute to father ... 454
Education
Provincial strategy ... 1159
Education - Finance
Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 1161
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Committee ... 1504-5 Committee, amendment A1 (election date 2nd Monday in May ) (defeated) ... 1504-5
Elections , provincial
Fixed date ... 1223-24 Fixed date, Premier's remarks on ... 1504-5
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Alberta's place in the global economy (proceeded with) ... 1157-61
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Medevac, Donna L. Towers Consulting Ltd. report to the city of Edmonton on (SP310/11: tabled) ... 819 Medevac, Health Quality Council report on ... 832
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Impact on competitiveness ... 1160
Energy resources - Export - Asia
Market development ... 1160
Energy resources - Export - United States
Impact of economic downturn ... 1160
Environmental disasters - Japan
Ministerial statement, responses to ... 318
Farm produce - Export
Market development ... 1160
Forest products - Export
Market development ... 1160
Government accountability
Government innovation and change
Members' statements ... 143
Government savings policy
Historical trends ... 1159
Government spending
General remarks ... 1043 Historical trends ... 1158-61 Relation to provincial deficit ... 1224
Grey Nuns community hospital
Emergency room wait times ... 1600
Hardisty
Council meeting minutes, February 28, 2007 (SP564/11: tabled) ... 1523 Resolution to send members to PC fundraising dinner ... 1513
Health care system
E-mail correspondence and agendas for meetings re (SP286/11: tabled) ... 766 Historical trends ... 1159 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 65, 201 Patient experiences, letter on (SP139/11: tabled) ... 398 Provincial strategy ... 832 Sustainability ... 656 Value for money, article by former CEO (S. Duckett) on ... 655-56 Value for money, article by former CEO (S. Duckett) on (SP249/11: tabled) ... 675
Health care system - Finance
Former Health and Wellness minister's remarks in news article (SP633/11: tabled) ... 1724 Funding ... 1159 Health news publication article (SP632/11: tabled) ... 1724 Institute for Public Economics graph of expenditures (SP344/11: tabled) ... 841 Out-of-province care ... 1716 Public vs. private funding ... 1160-61, 1193-94, 1223 Regional health authorities' deficit ... 1716
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
General remarks ... 321 Independence ... 320, 687-88 Interim reports, AMA president's letter on (SP525/11: tabled) ... 1298 Legislation ... 1289 Premier's remarks, news media reports on (SP507, 508/11: tabled) ... 1233 Procedure ... 1223 Terms of reference ... 688, 1193 Testimony , newspaper article reprint on (SP649/11: tabled) ... 1725
Health care system - Private-sector delivery model
Expenditures, Canadian Institute for Health Information graph re (SP348/11: tabled) ... 841 Expenditures, OECD graph re (SP347/11: tabled) ... 841 Networc Health company overview (SP261/11: tabled) ... 698 WCB use of, 1997 newspaper article re (SP262/11: tabled) ... 698
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Access to information covered in nondisclosure agreements ... 687-88 Association of American Physicians and Surgeons March 24, 2011, web article re peer review (SP275/11: tabled) ... 730 General remarks ... 321 Newspaper articles re (SP103-105, 117, 168, 318, 242, 297/11: tabled) ... 819 Provincial strategy ... 1289, 1357-58, 1573, 1597
Health care system - Rural areas
Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA)
Calgary health region emergency services, report re (SP314/11: tabled) ... 819
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
Committee ... 1671-72 Committee, amendment A4 (strike out section 19(2)) (defeated) ... 1671-72 In camera meeting provisions ... 1672 Comparison to Public Inquiries Act ... 1357-58
Health sciences professionals
Responsibility to report evidence of criminal activity or financial mismanagement ... 320-21
Health sciences professionals - Supply
Holy Spirit Catholic school board
Meeting minutes, September 23, 2009 (SP565/11: tabled) ... 1523 Resolution to send members to Premier's dinner ... 1513
Home care
Funding ... 1381 Services provided ... 1160
Hospitals
Acute-care beds, e-mails re (SP289, 290/11: tabled) ... 766
Hospitals - Calgary
Acute-care beds, use by individuals waiting for long-term care, graph entitled “Increasing ALC [alternative level of care] Days (Calgary Hospitals 1999-2010)” (SP345/11: tabled) ... 841
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Department of Health, England, document and presentation (SP292/11: tabled) ... 766 E-mails on (SP46, 259, 287, 288/11: tabled) ... 209, 697-98, 766 Emergency physicians' 2008 e-mails on (SP49, 51/11: tabled) ... 209 Emergency physicians' letter on ... 1671 Facebook posting re (SP80/11: tabled) ... 269 Health and Wellness minister's remarks on plan to reduce wait times, cited in newspaper article (SP/11: tabled) ... 1724 Health Quality Council September 2007 report on Calgary health region (SP314/11: tabled) ... 819 Newspaper article (SP250/11: tabled) ... 675 Overcrowding, September 10, 2006, letter on (SP48/11: tabled) ... 209 Wait times ... 1160, 1600-1601 Wait times, Alberta Health Services October 12, 2010, document “TIP2 ED Wait Time Drivers” (SP291/11: tabled) ... 766 Wait times, newspaper article on (SP524/11: tabled) ... 1298 Web article, March 6, 2011 (SP58/11: tabled) ... 209
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues - Edmonton
Triage rate graph, January 27, 2011 (SP346/11: tabled) ... 841
Hospitals - Emergency services - United Kingdom
Document and presentation (SP292/11: tabled) ... 766
Incremental ethane extraction program
Alberta Gazette entry re order in council (SP483/11: tabled) ... 1151 Energy dept. communications with corporations ... 1139-40, 1177-78 Energy dept. communications with Williams Energy re (SP478/11: tabled) ... 1151 Energy dept. news release announcing creation of Alberta Competitiveness Council (SP479/11: tabled) ... 1151
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
? ... 259, 419-20, 443, 830, 1041, 1138, 1175, 1191, 1221, 1571, 1713
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods, medical students, and seniors group ... 1379
Lobbyists registry
Entry re registration and deregistration of NOVA Chemicals lobbyist (SP485/11: tabled) ... 1151
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Addition of beds ... 1044 Cap on residence fees ... 1382 Continuum of care ... 1381 Provincial strategy ... 1382 Wait-lists ... 1044
Lougheed , Peter
Economic policies ... 1159
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation review ... 1573 Independent members, Wikipedia articles re (SP137, 138/11: tabled) ... 398
Members' Statements (current session)
Gender equality ... 386 Government accountability ... 888 Innovation and change in government ... 143 Kirti Kumar Sherman, 1939 to 2011 ... 454 Physician supply in rural Alberta ... 1380-81 Sikh community annual blood drive ... 1288-89
Mental health services
Access ... 1358 Access, memos on (SP526/11: tabled) ... 1290, 1298 Auditor General recommendations ... 1358 Discharge of patients from facilities ... 1358
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Japanese earthquake and tsunami, responses to ... 318
Municipalities
Political donations by councillors and administrators ... 1513 Provincial relations ... 1161
National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims
Natural resources revenue
Impact of global economy ... 1160
NOVA Chemicals
News release on Williams Energy and IEEP (SP482/11: tabled) ... 1151
Office of the Premier
Welcome to new Premier ... 1157
Official Opposition
Excerpt from policy re MLA floor crossing (SP136/11: tabled) ... 398
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Health Services budget ... 1716 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission ... 1653-54 Cancer care wait times ... 65 Dr. Ciaran McNamee ... 319-20 Emergency health services delays ... 1600-1601 Federal transfer payments for health ... 1654 Fiscal accountability ... 1224 Fixed election dates ... 1223-24 Government policies ... 1043-44 Health care privatization ... 1193-94 Health care services decision-making ... 832 Health care services delays ... 201 Health Quality Council review ... 321, 1193 Impaired driving legislation ... 1715 Incremental ethane extraction program ... 1139-40, 1177-78 Long-term care for seniors ... 1381-82 Mental health services ... 1290, 1358 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 567, 687-88 PC leadership race vote solicitation ... 1449-50 PC Party benefit plan trust ... 1514, 1574, 1598 Political contributions by municipal officials ... 1513 Public health inquiry ... 1223, 1289, 1357-58, 1573, 1597-98 Services for seniors ... 1716
Orders in council
Changes to incremental ethane extraction program, Alberta Gazette entry (SP483/11: tabled) ... 1151
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Graph of private-sector health care expenditures (SP347/11: tabled) ... 841
Patient advocacy by health care professionals
Patient advocacy by physicians
Physician (I. Chohan) October 23, 2007, letter on (SP323/11: tabled) ... 819
Persons with disabilities
E-mail addressed to Premier re (SP635/11: tabled) ... 1725
Physicians
Departure, settlement agreements re ... 656
Physicians - Supply
Family physicians ... 1044 Geriatrics specialists ... 1044
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 333, 1671 Parliamentary language ... 331
Political parties
Disclosure of expenses ... 1574
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
March 13, 2008, document re progress in implementing recommendations (SP343/11: tabled) ... 841
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Leadership campaign vote solicitation ... 1449-50
Rocky Mountain Turf Club
E-mail re (SP405/11: tabled) ... 1135
Royal Alexandra hospital
Emergency room wait times ... 1600 Suicide of patient, inquiry into ... 1600-1601
School boards
Members' attendance at political functions ... 1513
Seniors
Programs and services ... 1161, 1654, 1716 Programs and services, private-sector role in ... 1382
Seniors - Housing
Affordable housing ... 1382 Provincial strategy ... 1381-82
Sex discrimination
Members' statements ... 386
Sikh community
Annual blood drive, member's statement on ... 1288-89
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Implementation issues ... 1715
University of Alberta. Institute for Public Economics
Graph of health expenditures (SP344/11: tabled) ... 841
University of Alberta hospital
E-mail documenting 322 situations in emergency room ... 1671
Wages
Differential between genders ... 386
Water quality - Monitoring
Williams Energy
Capital guidance filing, February 2011 (SP481/11: tabled) ... 1151 Correspondence with Energy dept. re incremental ethane extraction program (SP478/11: tabled) ... 1151 News release re changes to incremental ethane extraction program (SP480/11: tabled) ... 1151
Women
Contribution to public life ... 386
Workers' Compensation Board (WCB)
CEO retirement, newspaper articles on (SP263-65/11: tabled) ... 698 Use of private medical care services, newspaper article re (SP262/11: tabled) ... 698
Snelgrove, Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster, to January 25, 2012; Ind. from January 26, 2012; President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Finance and Enterprise to October 12, 2011)
Agricultural research
Research stations ... 58-59
Agriculture
Provincial programs ... 58
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)
Financial reporting, Auditor General recommendations re ... 803
Alberta Automobile Insurance Rate Board
Annual report 2010 (SP349/11: tabled) ... 898
Alberta cancer prevention legacy fund
Alberta Capital Finance Authority (ACFA)
Annual report 2010 (SP418/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 28 June 2011 Debt-servicing costs ... 160 Dept. of Finance and Enterprise oversight ... 154 Women's representation on board ... 268
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Alberta Court of Appeal
Decision re federal securities regulation ... 236
Alberta Economic Development Authority (AEDA)
Activity report 2010 (SP81/11: tabled) ... 269
Alberta Gazette
Listing of electoral returning officers ... 403
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Financial reporting ... 356 Senior executive bonuses ... 171
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR)
Alberta heritage savings trust fund (AHSTF)
Business plan 2011-14 ... 154 General remarks ... 161-62, 165
Alberta heritage science and engineering research endowment fund
Alberta Innovates
General remarks ... 165-66 Operating budget ... 58 Women's representation on boards ... 268
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
Executive compensation ... 171, 452 Financial reporting, Auditor General recommendations on ... 803 Governance ... 153-54, 452 Investment strategy ... 803
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 12)
Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA)
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Proclamation, timeline on ... 268
Alberta Securities Commission
Annual report 2011 (SP466/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 30 Sept. 2011
Alberta sustainability fund
Provincial strategy ... 165 Transfer of nonrenewable resource revenue, legislation re ... 172 Utilization of fund ... 162-63 Value of fund ... 119, 160-61
Appropriation Act , 2011 (Bill 17)
First reading ... 818 Second reading ... 841 Committee ... 904
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act , 2011 (Bill 13)
First reading ... 328 Second reading ... 365 Committee ... 403, 405-6 Third reading ... 432
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act , 2011 (Bill 9)
First reading ... 113 Second reading ... 185 Committee ... 244 Third reading ... 305
Aspen View public schools division no. 19
Assured income for the severely handicapped (AISH)
Auditor General
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation, recommendations re ... 803 AIMCo, recommendations on ... 803 Government IT services, recommendations on ... 839 Provincial financial reporting, recommendations on ... 115 Report, April 11, government response to ... 690-91 Tax cuts, remarks on purpose of ... 164 Treasury Branches, recommendations on ... 803
Bitumen - Royalties
Forecasts ... 57, 156-57 Suncor and Syncrude Canada royalty rebates ... 64, 158
Bitumen - Upgrading
Provincial strategy ... 157-58
Budget 2010
Third-quarter fiscal update (SP12/11: tabled) ... 56
Budget 2011
Advertising costs ... 115 Financial reporting ... 159, 405 Financial reporting, Auditor General recommendations on ... 115 Fiscal plan (SP17/11: tabled) ... 56 Overview ... 65 Wildrose Party response ... 64
Budget Address
Government Motion 8: Snelgrove ... 57-59
Budget 2011 (federal)
Provincial response ... 545
Business plan , provincial
Measuring Up, annual report 2009-10 (SP209/11: tabled) ... 552 Measuring Up, annual report 2010-11 (SP444/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 11 July 2011
Cabinet Policy Committee on the Economy
Cabinet policy committees
Calgary health region (former authority)
Financial reporting ... 321-22
Canada health transfer (federal government)
Comparison with other provinces ... 57-58
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Capital health region (former authority)
Financial reporting ... 321-22, 340-41 Severance settlements with former employees ... 322
Capital projects
3-year funded plan ... 119-20, 176 20-year strategic plan ... 120, 176 Funding ... 57, 58, 119 Project scheduling ... 145, 162 Project scheduling, publication of list re ... 176-77
Capital projects - Edmonton
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Chief Electoral Officer , office of
Funding from interim supply ... 403 Listing of returning officers in Alberta Gazette ... 403
Child welfare
Programs and services ... 58
Children with disabilities
Programs and services ... 58
Children with disabilities - Education
Programs and services ... 58
Climate change and emissions management fund
Funding allocation ... 59
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary estimates and transfers 2010-11 considered for one day (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 56 Supplementary estimates and transfers 2010-11 referred to committee (Government Motion 6) ... 56 Supplementary estimates and transfers 2010-11 considered for one day (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 56
Competitiveness , economic
Provincial strategy ... 1128
Continuing/extended care facilities
Increase in spaces ... 58
Corporations
Productivity ... 302 Registration fees ... 64
Corporations - Taxation
Rates paid by U.S.-owned companies ... 836, 892-93, 960 Revenue from ... 57
Covenant Health Group
Financial reporting ... 321
Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation
Annual report 2010 (SP283/11: tabled) ... 766
Crime prevention and reduction
Initiatives ... 58 Programs for repeat or high-risk offenders ... 58
Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology
Dept. of Finance and Enterprise (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Annual report 2010-11 (SP429/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 2011, ne 29 Enterprise division ... 154 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 153-72 Main estimates 2011-12, amounts not voted on ... 166-67 Non cash expenses, change in reporting of ... 159
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Annual reports, differences between health regions' financial reporting ... 321 Financial reporting of operating expenses ... 159
Dept. of Infrastructure
Consultants, cost of ... 170
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11 debate ... 103
Dept. of Service Alberta
IT services, Auditor General recommendations re ... 839
Dept. of Transportation
Consultant contracts ... 170
Disaster relief
Agriculture relief support in 2010 ... 58 Funding ... 172
Economic development
Industry and market diversification ... 165-66 Provincial strategy ... 302, 600
Edmonton clinic south
Urology centre and prostate clinic ... 58
Education - Finance
Funding ... 58, 601, 1095 Funding, impact on service provision ... 1131 Sources of revenue ... 480
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Health care system (proceeded with) ... 340-41
Employment and training programs
Training initiatives ... 302
Energy industry
Exploration, land sales (leases) re ... 66
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Sustainable development ... 58
Energy industry - International investment
Norwegian (Statoil) activity ... 157
Energy resources , alternate/renewable
English as a second language (ESL)
Reduction in enhanced funding ... 58
Environmental Appeals Board
Women's representation on ... 268
Environmental protection - Industrial Heartland
Environmental protection - Oil sands areas
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates 2011-12, transmitted to Assembly (SP14,15/11: tabled) ... 56 Supplementary estimates and transfers 2010-11 considered for one day (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 56 Supplementary estimates and transfers 2010-11 referred to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 56 Supplementary estimates and transfers 2010-11 transmitted to the Assembly (SP13/11: tabled) ... 56
Financial statements , provincial
Consolidated statements, annual report 2009-10 (SP210/11: tabled) ... 552 Consolidated statements, annual report 2010-11 (SP445/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 11 July 2011
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Transfer of nonrenewable resource revenue to sustainability fund, provisions for ... 172
Forest industries
Value-added production, wood fibre products ... 166
Foster care
Programs and services ... 58
Fuel tax
Changes to rebate programs ... 180
Gas , natural - Royalties
Government borrowing
CIBC budget brief remarks re ... 156 General remarks ... 119 Reporting in financial statements ... 145
Government communications
Government programs
General remarks ... 57, 154
Government savings policy
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 170-71 General remarks ... 57, 59, 162-63, 172 Timeline on savings ... 165
Health care system - Finance
5-year guaranteed plan ... 58 One-time funding ... 58, 403 Operational funding ... 58
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Health facilities - Construction
Provincial strategy ... 58
Health facilities - Maintenance and repair
Homelessness
10-year plan to end ... 58
Horse breeding renewal program
Horse Racing Alberta
Sources of revenue ... 1102
Hospitals - Construction
Funding ... 57, 58 General remarks ... 58
Hospitals - Grande Prairie
Imperial Oil
Use of Korean steel fabrication at Kearl Lake project ... 157
Income tax , provincial
Basic personal exemption ... 162 Provincial strategy ... 163 Revenue from ... 57
Inflation
Budgetary implications ... 764
Information and communications technology
Government IT services ... 170, 839
International offices - Washington , D.C.
International trade
General remarks ... 157 Initiatives ... 164
International Women's Day
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Irrigation districts
Rehabilitation grants ... 59
Justice system
Increase in number of probation officers ... 58
Labour force planning
Provincial strategy ... 58
Lieutenant Governor
Transmittal of 2010-11 supplementary estimates (SP13/10: tabled) ... 56 Transmittal of 2011-12 main and Legislative Assembly offices estimates ... 56
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Lower Athabasca region land-use plan (LARP)
Impact on industrial leases ... 632, 672
Motor vehicles - Insurance
Soft-tissue injury compensation ... 673
Motor vehicles - Registration and licence plates
Municipal sustainability initiative (MSI)
Municipalities - Finance
Water/waste-water partnership grants ... 59
Nanotechnology
Research and development ... 58
Natural resources revenue
Forecasts ... 57, 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 Redwater Partnership
Processing and marketing agreements ... 165
Northern Alberta Development Council (NADC)
Annual report 2010-11 (SP460/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 6 Sept. 2011
Nurses
Advocacy role, letter on ... 1094-95
Officers of the Legislative Assembly
Funding from interim supply ... 403 Main estimates 2011-12 transmitted to Assembly (SP14/11: tabled) ... 56
Oil
Production forecasts, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers ... 155 Projections for production ... 155
Oil - Prices
Budgetary implications ... 764 Forecasts ... 66
Oil - Royalties
Forecasts ... 57 Impact of enhanced recovery methods on ... 155
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AIMCo employee bonuses ... 452 Auditor General recommendations on IT services ... 839 Budget 2011 ... 64-65, 114 Budget 2011 advertisements ... 115 Capital infrastructure funding ... 120 Capital infrastructure planning ... 176-77, 636 Compensation for soft-tissue injuries ... 673 Competitiveness initiatives ... 1128 Corporate tax advantage for American companies ... 836, 892-93, 960 Drilling stimulus program ... 66 Economic recovery ... 600 Economic recovery initiatives ... 302 Education funding ... 601, 956, 1095, 1098, 1131 Education property tax ... 480 Federal budget ... 545 Federal Public Building renovations ... 145 Financial literacy ... 728 Gender equality ... 234-35, 268 Health care services financial reporting ... 321-22 High-speed rail station ... 729 Lower Athabasca regional plan ... 632, 672 Motor vehicle registry database access fee ... 1101 Off-road fuel tax ... 180 Patient advocacy by health professionals ... 1094-95 Physicians' severance agreements ... 356 Provincial borrowing ... 119, 144-45 Provincial budget forecasts ... 764 Provincial fees ... 64 Registry service fees for municipalities ... 570 Response to the Auditor General's report ... 690-91 Royal Alberta Museum development ... 691 School construction in Airdrie ... 68 Securities regulation ... 117, 236 Support for the horse-racing industry ... 1102 Syncrude joint venture royalties ... 17 Taxation policy ... 1096
Pension plans
Proposal for provincial plan, documents (reports, studies, financial forecasts) re (Motion for a Return 13/11: response tabled as intersessional deposit SP412/2011) ... 27 May 2011
Persons with disabilities
Points of order
Improper inferences ... 402
Police officers
Increase in number ... 58
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Prescribed rebate off-road percentages (PROP) program
Program cancellation ... 180
Provincial Environmental Monitoring Panel
Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension Plans
Annual report for the year ended March 31, 2009 (SP33/11: tabled) ... 123 Annual report for the year ended March 31, 2010 (SP34/11: tabled) ... 123
Public service
Cancellation of bonuses for senior employees ... 171 Gender equality ... 268 Staff size ... 169 Staff workload ... 169
Public transportation - Edmonton
High-speed rail station (proposed) ... 729 LRT extension funding through GreenTRIP ... 636
Regional economic development alliances (REDAs)
Reduction in funding for ... 154
Registry offices
Fees ... 64 Municipal search fees ... 570
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Funding for highway rehabilitation ... 59
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
Redevelopment ... 636 Redevelopment, termination of contract re ... 691
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Drilling stimulus program ... 66, 158-59 Performance measures ... 156 Provincial strategy ... 164
Royalty structure (energy resources) - Newfoundland
Safe communities initiative
Implementation ... 58 Transfer of funds re ... 103
St. Albert
Agricultural research station ... 58-59
School boards
Capital plan input ... 58
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Schools
New spaces for students ... 58
Schools - Construction
Funding ... 57, 58 Long-term planning ... 162, 1098 Public-private partnerships (P3) (ASAP initiative) ... 58
Schools - Construction - Airdrie
Provincial strategy ... 68
Securities
Single national regulator (proposed) ... 117, 236
Seniors
Programs and services, health benefits ... 58
Sex discrimination
Women's representation in government agencies, boards, and commissions ... 234-35, 268
South Calgary health campus
Operational funding ... 58
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Trades and technology complex ... 58
Speech from the Throne
Forecast oil production and revenue in ... 156
Supplementary estimates (procedure)
Supplementary estimates 2010-11
Consideration for one day (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 56 Estimates transmitted to the Assembly (SP13/11: tabled) ... 56 Referral to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 56 Estimates debate ... 91, 103 Need for ... 244
Tax-exempt fuel use program
Taxation
Auditor General remarks re ... 164 Policy development ... 960 Provincial strategy ... 163-64, 1096 Registry fees as ... 64
Technology commercialization
Travel at public expense
Funding ... 169 Provincially leased or owned aircraft use (Motion for a Return 2/11: response tabled as SP317/11) ... 819
Treasury Board
Consultants, cost of ... 170 Funding ... 168 Main estimates 2011-12, minister's response to question (SP252, 335/11: tabled) ... 697
Treasury Branches
CIBC report on provincial borrowing (SP29/11: tabled) ... 119, 144-45 Financial reporting ... 145 Financial reporting, Auditor General recommendations on ... 803 General remarks ... 154 Senior executive bonuses ... 172
University of Alberta. Faculty of Agricultural , Life and Environmental Sciences
Kinsella and St. Albert agricultural research facilities ... 58-59
Wages
Differential between employment sectors ... 234 Differential between genders ... 234
Wages - Teachers
Funding for salaries and pensions ... 58
Water for life strategy and action plan
Water quality - Monitoring
Water/waste-water management
Funding ... 59 Waste-water management ... 59
Wildrose Party
Alternative budget ... 120, 171
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Kenneth R.)
Alberta Health Services Board (AHSB)
Chair's March 24, 2011, letter on remarks made in the Assembly (SP274/11: tabled) ... 730
Alberta Party
Member's entitlement to OQP questions, Speaker's statement on ... 7
Auditor General
Reports, reference to in OQP ... 270-71
Calendar of Special Events
Canada - History
Commemoration of 1967 centennial ... 6
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
Ethics Commissioner report, November 28, 2011 (SP539/11: tabled) ... 1391
Chief Electoral Officer
Oversight of political donations ... 1525-26
Committee on Legislative Offices , Standing
Review of Ombudsman's request for resignation date revision ... 19-20 Role of committee ... 1461
Committee on Members' Services , Standing
Members' allowances amendment order (SP11/11: tabled) ... 55 MLA compensation review, Speaker's ruling re ... 1573 Order No. MSC 01/10, Records Management Order (No. 2) (SP27/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 02/10, Executive Council Salaries Order (No. 6) (SP20/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 03/10, Members' Allowances Amendment Order (No. 19) (SP21/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 04/10, Members' Committee Allowances Amendment Order (No. 7) (SP22/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 05/09, Constituency Services Amendment Order (No. 22) (SP26/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 06/09, Executive Council Salaries Amendment Order (No. 5) (SP23/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 07/09, Members' Allowances Amendment Order (No. 18) (SP24/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 08/09, Members' Committee Allowances Amendment Order (No. 6) (SP25/11: tabled) ... 73 Revised Order No. MSC 02/11, Constituency Services Amendment Order (No. 23) (SP511/11: tabled) ... 1233 Revised Order No. MSC 03/11, Members' Allowances Amendment Order (No. 21) (SP512/11: tabled) ... 1233 Revised Order No. MSC 04/11, Constituency Services Amendment Order (No. 24) (SP513/11: tabled) ... 1233
Committee on Public Accounts , Standing
Role of committee ... 271
Committees of the Legislative Assembly , standing and policy field
Questions asked by chair ... 517-18 Statistics for standing committees ... 1725
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Alberta Branch and Interparliamentary Relations
Annual report 2010 (SP487/11: tabled) ... 1151
Conflicts of interest
Mechanisms for dealing with ... 1460-61
Constituency offices
Order No. MSC 05/09, Constituency Services Amendment Order (No. 22) (SP26/11: tabled) ... 73 Revised Order No. MSC 02/11, Constituency Services Amendment Order (No. 23) (SP511/11: tabled) ... 1233 Revised Order No. MSC 04/11, Constituency Services Amendment Order (No. 24) (SP513/11: tabled) ... 1233
Debt , provincial
Minister's remarks, point of order on ... 1208
Dept. of Education
Minister's remarks on drinking and driving quoted in newspaper, point of order re ... 1688
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Minister's presentation to caucus on health care (July 12 PowerPoint) ... 1367, 1368 Report to minister (May 2010) ... 1368
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Report to standing committee on party leadership finances ... 1663
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election of Member for Edmonton-Mill Creek ... 1209-10 Election of, procedure for ... 1208
Edmonton
Donation of Legislature Building window ... 6
Education Act (Bill 18)
Change in sponsorship ... 1175
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Chief Electoral Officer role under ... 1525
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (procedure)
Alberta's place in the global economy, House leaders' agreement on ... 1152, 1153 General remarks ... 1153 Health care system (proceeded with), request for extension of debate ... 345, 348 Recognition of speakers ... 699 Rotation of speakers ... 1168
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Financial disclosure by political party leadership candidates (not proceeded with) ... 21-22 Health care system (proposed) ... 334-35 Patient advocacy by health professionals (not proceeded with) ... 484, 485 Patient advocacy by physicians (not proceeded with) ... 699, 700
Ethics Commissioner
Reference to in Legislature, Speaker's ruling on ... 1602 Report on Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers activities (SP539/11: tabled) ... 1391 Role ... 1461
Ethics Commissioner , office of the
Annual report 2010-11 (SP515/11: tabled) ... 1233
Executive Council
Order No. MSC 02/10, Executive Council Salaries Order (No. 6) (SP20/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 06/09, Executive Council Salaries Amendment Order (No. 5) (SP23/11: tabled) ... 73 Responsibility for previous budgets, Speaker's remarks on ... 320 Responsibility for previous budgets, Speaker's ruling on ... 240
Hardisty
Resolution to send members to PC fundraising dinner, points of order re ... 1525-26
Health care system
Public satisfaction, Premier's response to ... 271
Health care system - Finance
Public vs. private funding, Proposed Alberta Health Act report on (SP486/11: tabled) ... 1367
Health care system - Private-sector delivery model
Health Quality Council CEO April 20, 2011, letter on (SP316/11: tabled) ... 819 Networc Health company overview, former CEO's letter re (SP315/11: tabled) ... 819
Hockey
British Columbia Hockey League Doyle Cup playoffs ... 574
Holy Spirit Catholic school board
Resolution to send members to Premier's dinner, points of order re ... 1525-26
Information and Privacy Commissioner, office of
Annual report 2010-11 (SP492/11: tabled) ... 1187
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former U.S. ambassador to Canada and colleague ... 719 Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day program participants ... 1039 MLAs' spouses and partners ... 887 Royal Canadian Legion, Alberta-NWT Command representatives ... 1039
Legislative Assembly Act , 1972
Provision for full-time tenure of the Leader of the Opposition ... 1137
Legislative Assembly Chamber
Unsolicited items on members' desks, Speaker's ruling on ... 1367
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Decorum ... 1148 Election of female members, history of ... 1137 Fall 2011 sitting, sessional statistics, Speaker's statement on ... 1725 First Session of First Legislature 105th anniversary, Speaker's statement on ... 351 Manager of House services, memorial tribute to ... 563 Reference to nonmembers in, Speaker's ruling on ... 507 Sitting day, method of counting ... 1590
Legislative Assembly Office (LAO)
Annual report 2010 (SP487/11: tabled) ... 1151 Annual report 2010 (SP487/11: tabled), correction to ... 1187 Order No. MSC 01/10, Records Management Order (No. 2) (SP27/11: tabled) ... 73
Legislature Building
Carillon ... 6 Centennial ... 6 Window donated by city of Edmonton ... 6
Lieutenant Governor
First female ... 1137 Former Official Opposition Leaders' service as ... 1137
Lorieau , Paul
Retirement from national anthem singing at Edmonton Oilers games ... 563
Lougheed , Peter
As Leader of Official Opposition ... 1137
Louise Caroline Alberta , Princess
Depiction in Legislature Building window ... 6
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Birthdays ... 233, 294, 631 Compensation review, news release on (SP569/11: tabled) ... 1524 Compensation review, Speaker's ruling on questions ... 1573 Election anniversaries, Speaker's statement on ... 174, 294, 420 Leader, history of ... 1137 Members' allowances amendment order (SP11/11: tabled) ... 55 Members' entitlement to OQP questions, Speaker's statement on ... 7 Order No. MSC 03/10, Members' Allowances Amendment Order (No. 19) (SP21/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 04/10, Members' Committee Allowances Amendment Order (No. 7) (SP22/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 07/09, Members' Allowances Amendment Order (No. 18) (SP24/11: tabled) ... 73 Order No. MSC 08/09, Members' Committee Allowances Amendment Order (No. 6) (SP25/11: tabled) ... 73 Reference by name in Legislature, point of order on ... 270 Responsibilities ... 66 Revised Order No. MSC 03/11, Members' Allowances Amendment Order (No. 21) (SP512/11: tabled) ... 1233 Speaker's procedural letter re 27th Legislature, Fourth Session ... 7
Members' Statements (procedure)
Assignment of second member's statement, Speaker's statement on ... 7 Rotation, Speaker's statement on ... 1175
Motions (procedure)
No. 504, Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009, motion to repeal (defeated), request to shorten bells in case of division ... 717 Anticipation and possible duplication of Private Member's Motion 508 and Bill 23, Speaker's statement on ... 1622 Withdrawal of Motions Other Than Government Motions 514, 530, 547, 571, 579, 582, and 589 ... 1175
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
Office of the Premier
Welcome to new Premier, Speaker's statement on ... 1137
Official Opposition
First female leader ... 1137 Increase in membership, reflection in OQP and Members' Statements rotations ... 1175
Ombudsman
Resignation of, revision of resignation date, letter and supporting documentation re (SP8/11: tabled) ... 19-20
Ombudsman , office of the
Annual report 2010-11 (SP459/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 2 Sept. 2011
Oral Question Period (OQP) (procedure)
Asking legal opinions, Speaker's ruling on ... 388 Brevity and clarity of Premier's and Leader of the Official Opposition's questions in, Speaker's remarks on ... 1147-48 Guidelines for ... 183 Number of questions and responses, Speaker's remarks on ... 1186 Preambles to questions, Speaker's remarks on ... 1148 Preambles to supplementary questions, House leaders' document on ... 17-18, 1052 Preambles to supplementary questions, Speaker's ruling on ... 601, 602 Questions about detail, point of order on ... 271 Questions about detail, Speaker's ruling on ... 202 Questions about political party activity, Speaker's ruling on ... 1358 Questions outside government responsibility, Speaker's ruling on ... 1367 Questions re policy ... 1527 Questions requiring or involving legal opinions, Speaker's ruling on ... 150 Reference to Auditor General reports in ... 270-71 Role of Speaker, House of Commons Procedure and Practice ... 1366-67 Rotation of questions in, Speaker's statement on ... 7, 1175 Rules, Speaker's statement on ... 421-22 Speaker's statement on ... 121-22 Tabling of documents cited ... 362, 1292, 1363 Timing in, Speaker's ruling on ... 144
Order Paper
Schedule changes, Speaker's statement on ... 1175
Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER)
Conference delegates ... 1187
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Biographies of, 27th Legislature, Fourth Session, Fall 2011 (SP514/11: tabled) ... 1233 Biographies of, 27th Legislature, Fourth Session, Spring 2011 (SP7/11: tabled) ... 19 Recognition ... 1102
Parliamentary language
Speaker's remarks ... 1599
Patient advocacy by physicians
Persons with Developmental Disabilities Appeal Panel
Judicial appeal of ruling, Speaker's ruling on discussion in Legislature ... 1517-18
Points of order
Advance notice of ministerial statements ... 1107 Allegations against a member ... 333, 1527 Allegations against nonmembers ... 1525-26 Answers to oral questions ... 122 Clarification ... 517-18, 1586 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 399-400, 1053, 1526 Factual accuracy ... 432, 457, 731, 1208, 1585-86 False allegations ... 1391-92 Improper inferences ... 403 Imputing motives ... 402, 1459 Parliamentary language ... 331-32, 607-8, 902, 1253 Questions about detail ... 271 Questions about political party activity ... 1460-61, 1585-86 Questions outside government responsibility ... 1663 Referring to a member by name ... 270 Referring to the absence of members ... 899, 900-901 Reflections on the Speaker ... 332 Relevance ... 433, 457
Political parties
Discussion of internal political party matters in Legislature, Speaker's ruling on ... 1598 Financial benefits to leaders and sitting MLAs, point of order on ... 1586
Privilege (procedure)
Misleading the House, Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand test on ... 1367-68 Timeliness of applications ... 1368
Privilege (current session applications)
Late-evening sittings ... 1590 Misleading the House, application re (deferred) ... 1151 Misleading the House, application re ... 1206, 1207, 1233-34, 1367-68
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
Benefit plan trust, Justice minister's knowledge of value of ... 1460-61
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Leadership campaign vote solicitation, point of order on ... 1459
Revenue
Use of term “taxpayers' dollars” ... 1585-86
Royal Canadian Artillery Band
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 207)
Transfer of sponsorship (unanimous consent granted) ... 1392
Speaker - Rulings
Anticipation ... 513 Application for emergency debate on Alberta's place in the global economy ... 1153 Challenging the chair ... 1366-67 Decorum ... 235, 395, 447, 603, 903, 1362 Explanation, point of order on ... 399-400 Legal opinions ... 388, 1657 MLA compensation review ... 1573 Oral Question Period, preambles to supplementary questions ... 601, 602 Parliamentary language ... 597, 833, 890, 978, 979 Questions about a previous responsibility ... 240 Questions about detail ... 202 Questions about political party activity ... 1358, 1514, 1598 Questions involving or requiring legal opinions ... 150 Questions outside government responsibility ... 1367 Referring to an absent member ... 1688 Referring to an officer of the Legislature ... 1513, 1602, 1608 Referring to nonmembers ... 507 Sub judice rule ... 1517-18 Tabling cited documents ... 390 Timing in question period ... 144 Unsolicited items on members' desks ... 1367
Speaker - Rulings (previous sessions)
Tabling cited documents (2007) ... 1367
Speaker - Statements
105th anniversary of First Session of First Legislature ... 351 Anticipation and possible duplication of Private Member's Motion 508 and Bill 23 ... 1622 Assignment of second member's statement ... 7 Election anniversaries ... 1221 Fall session, sessional statistics ... 1725 MLA election anniversaries ... 174, 294, 420 Oral Question Period guidelines ... 121-22 Oral Question Period guidelines, request for clarification ... 122 Oral Question Period rotation of questions ... 7 Oral Question Period rotation of questions, Alberta Party member's entitlement ... 7 Oral Question Period rotation of questions, Official Oppositions' entitlement ... 7 Oral Question Period rules ... 421-22 Order Paper changes ... 1175 Rotation of questions and members' statements ... 1175 Sessional statistics ... 1136 Welcome to the Leader of the Official Opposition ... 1137 Welcome to the Premier ... 1137
Speech from the Throne
Copy tabled (SP1/11) ... 6 Debate (addresses in reply), adjournment ... 344
Standing Orders
Provisions for election of Deputy Chair of Committees ... 1204-5 SO 30(2), on emergency debate ... 1152 SO 114, tablings under ... 1151
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
General remarks ... 201 Newspaper articles ... 397 Requirements ... 396, 397 Speaker's ruling ... 390
Wildrose Party
Leader's presence in the Speaker's Gallery ... 1148
Women
Election of, history of ... 1137
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
Aboriginal peoples - Urban areas
Addiction and mental health strategy (proposed)
Affordable housing
Competitive tendering of projects ... 5 Partnerships ... 5
Agriculture
Economic significance ... 3, 5 Industry competitiveness ... 2
Agrifood industry
Importance to rural economy ... 3
Airlines
Need for increased direct service ... 2
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Alberta Court of Appeal
Provincial challenge to federal legislation on securities regulation ... 2
Alberta Geological Survey
Groundwater mapping and inventory program ... 4
Alberta Health Act (Bill 17, 2010)
Alberta in Canada
Western provinces' role in Canadian economy ... 2
Alberta Innovates: Health Solutions
Technology commercialization role ... 3
Alberta sustainability fund
Utilization of fund ... 2
Anthony Henday Drive
Completion of ring road ... 2 Interchanges ... 2 Northeast portion ... 2 Southwest portion ... 2
Bioenergy industry
Wood fibre use as feedstock ... 3
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty-in-kind (BRIK) program ... 3
Campus Alberta
Role in technology commercialization ... 3
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Access to care ... 2, 4-5 Provincial strategy ... 4-5
Capital projects
20-year strategic plan ... 2 Funding ... 2, 3 Provincial strategy ... 5
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Pilot projects ... 4 Technology development ... 4
Caribou
Recovery and stabilization of populations ... 4
Child welfare
Programs and services ... 5
Children with disabilities - Education
Programs and services ... 3
Clean energy
Provincial strategy ... 4, 5 Technology development ... 4
Climate change and emissions management fund
Competitiveness , economic
Influencing factors ... 2 Provincial strategy ... 2, 5
Continuing/extended care facilities
Corporations
Affordable housing creation by ... 5 Productivity ... 2
Economic development
Industry and market diversification ... 2, 5 Landowners' role ... 4 Provincial strategy ... 1-2
Education
Economic significance ... 5 Provincial strategy ... 3
Employment opportunities
Energy industry growth ... 3 Prioritization of Albertans ... 3
Energy industry
Competitiveness ... 2 Exploration, land sales (leases) re ... 3 General remarks ... 5 Investments ... 3
Energy industry - Regulations
Provincial strategy ... 2 Review (proposed) ... 2
Energy resources - Export - Asia
Economic significance ... 2
Energy resources , alternate/renewable
Environmental protection - Industrial Heartland
Cumulative effects approach ... 4 Landowner rights considerations ... 4 Provincial strategy ... 3-5 Regulations ... 2
Environmental protection - Oil sands areas
Cumulative effects approach ... 4 Monitoring ... 4
Families
Programs and services for families at risk ... 5
Farm produce - Export - Asia
Initiatives re China ... 3 Market development ... 2
Farm produce - Export - India
Demand for, impact on prices ... 3
Film and television industry
Forest industries
General remarks ... 2, 3, 5
Forest products - Export - Asia
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction strategies, industrial regulations on ... 4
Health advocate (proposed)
Health care system
Performance measures ... 4
Health care system - Finance
5-year guaranteed plan ... 4, 5 Public vs. private funding ... 4
Health charter (proposed)
Health facilities - Construction
Provincial strategy ... 2
Health facilities - Maintenance and repair
Hospitals - Construction
Provincial priorities ... 2 Provincial strategy ... 2
Industrial development
Environmental aspects ... 4
International trade
Infrastructure needed ... 2 Initiatives ... 3 Market diversification ... 2
International trade - Asia
International trade - Asia - China
International trade - Asia - India
International trade - Asia - Japan
International trade - Asia - South Korea
International trade - United States
Economic significance ... 2
Internet (computer network)
Labour force planning
Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce strategy, review of ... 3 Programs and services for mature workers ... 3 Programs and services for underrepresented populations ... 3 Projected worker shortfall ... 3
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Addition of beds ... 4 Provincial strategy ... 2
Lower Athabasca region land-use plan (LARP)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Mental health services
Integration with health care system ... 5
Missing persons
Police access to information ... 5
Municipal sustainability initiative (MSI)
Infrastructure projects ... 5
Municipalities
Initiatives on urban aboriginal people ... 5
Natural resources revenue
Impact of enhanced recovery methods ... 3
Nonprofit/charitable organizations
Affordable housing initiatives ... 5 Initiatives on urban aboriginal people ... 5
Nonprofit/charitable organizations - Africa
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta's experience in ... 1
Oil
Enhanced recovery methods ... 3
Oil - Royalties
Impact of enhanced recovery methods on ... 3
Oil sands development - Cold Lake
Comprehensive regional infrastructure plan ... 3
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Oil sands development - International investment
Peace and police officer training centre (future)
Pension plans
For self-employed individuals, federal-provincial-territorial standards re ... 5
Persons with disabilities
Employment supports ... 3
Pine beetles - Control
Provincial strategy ... 3
Pipelines - Construction
Need for increased capacity ... 2
Police
Access to information, legislation on ... 5
Primary health care networks
Provincial Environmental Monitoring Panel
Quebec Court of Appeal
Provincial challenge to federal legislation re securities regulation ... 2
Rail services
Need for increased capacity ... 2
Responsible Actions: A Plan for Alberta's Oil Sands
Ring roads - Calgary
Northwest portion ... 2 Southeast portion ... 2
Road construction
Provincial strategy ... 2
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Change in configuration of sources ... 3
Safe communities initiative
Securities
Provincial regulation (passport system) ... 2 Single national regulator (proposed) ... 2
Seniors at risk
Programs and services ... 5
Soils - Quality
Monitoring of oil sands area ... 4
Speech from the Throne
Introductory remarks ... 1
Substance abuse - Treatment
Integration with health care system ... 5
Supreme Court of Canada
Provincial challenge to federal legislation on securities regulation ... 2
Teachers
Provincial strategy ... 3
Technology commercialization
Initiatives ... 3 Initiatives on clean energy ... 4
Water - Supply
Conservation initiatives ... 4
Water for life strategy and action plan
Groundwater enhancement ... 4 Groundwater mapping and inventory program ... 4
Water quality - Monitoring - Oil sands areas
Watershed planning and advisory councils
Input on groundwater management strategy ... 4
Workplace health and safety
Initiatives ... 3 Monitoring and enforcement ... 3
World Bank
Rating of Alberta's passport system for securities regulation ... 2
Youth
Employment supports for young adults ... 3
Youth at risk
Programs and services ... 5
Stelmach, Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville; Premier to October 8, 2011)
(An) Act to Amend the Canada Shipping Act , 2001 (Canada, Bill C-606, 2005)
Impact on energy resources export ... 12 Western Premiers' response, letter to Prime Minister re (SP6/11: tabled) ... 19
Addiction and mental health strategy (proposed)
Ag society program
Funding for Edmonton Northlands ... 567
Agency Governance Secretariat
Transfer to Treasury Board ... 611
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC)
Alberta Cancer Board
CEO severance payment ... 423 Replacement by single Health Services Board ... 10
Alberta Diabetes Institute
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Administration of ambulance service ... 543 Centralization of services ... 10 Centralization of services, accounting controls during transition re ... 144 Code of conduct ... 201, 262 Ethics and compliance officer's role in addressing complaints ... 446, 474 Financial reporting, Auditor General recommendations on ... 144 Internal review of emergency services, emergency physicians' response to ... 262-63, 295-96 Joint statement (with College of Physicians and Surgeons and AMA) on patient advocacy by physicians ... 387 Policy on employee responsibility to report improper activities ... 199-201 Practitioner responsibilities and accountability, bylaws re ... 953
Alberta Health Services Board (AHSB)
Chair's remarks on operational funding for south Calgary health campus ... 199-200 Membership ... 615
Alberta heritage savings trust fund (AHSTF)
General remarks ... 114 Impact of recession ... 176
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Landowner rights provisions ... 146, 954
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Landowner rights provisions ... 146 Time allocation on debate ... 890
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Emergency medicine section, correspondence with Premier ... 201 Emergency medicine section, response to Alberta Health Services internal review ... 262 Events regarding Dr. Sherman and Mr. Horne (contact re Dr. Sherman's mental state) ... 422 Health care system investigation, position on ... 446, 598-99, 687-88, 722 Health care system investigation, president's March 17, 2011 letter on ... 423 Master agreement with province ... 355
Alberta Mental Health Board
Replacement by single Health Services Board ... 10
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Proclamation, timeline on ... 611
Alberta sustainability fund
Utilization of fund ... 114
Alberta's Health Legislation: Moving Forward (July 12, 2010, report)
Arenas - Edmonton
Downtown arena (proposed) ... 567
Asia Advisory Council Act (Bill 1)
First reading ... 6 Second reading ... 132-33
Auditor General
Alberta Health Services financial reporting, recommendations on ... 144
Autism spectrum disorder
Programs and services ... 45
Branding campaign for Alberta
Arts aspect ... 609 Economic benefits ... 612-13 Energy sector component ... 63
Budget 2011
Strategic business plan and ministry business plans (SP16/11: tabled) ... 56
Budget process
Deficit budgets ... 114, 176 Economic forecasts used in calculations ... 610
Calgary & Area Physician's Association (CAPA)
President's advocacy on mental health services ... 446-47 President's remarks on proposed investigation of health care system ... 264, 354, 422
Calgary-Mountain View (constituency)
Member's dismissal as medical officer of health ... 354
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
Investigation of complaints re University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry ... 831
Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
President's statements on health care system ... 615
Cancer
Survival rates, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 541 Survival rates, The Lancet article on (SP187, 648/11: tabled) ... 508, 541
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Capital health region (former authority)
Chief executive's awareness of assertions re patient care ... 201 Departure of chief of thoracic surgery, settlement agreement re ... 597-98 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 387, 422, 446 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim ... 318, 319, 446, 508, 567 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, correspondence list ... 688 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, statement of defence in response to (T. Winton) ... 953 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, terms of settlement ... 422-23 Severance settlements with former employees ... 422-23
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Former registrar's awareness of assertions re patient care ... 201 Joint statement (with Alberta Health Services and AMA) re patient advocacy by physicians ... 387 New president's relationship with Alberta Health Services ... 688 Physician psychiatric review procedures ... 422
Continuing care strategy
Private-sector delivery of services ... 46
Continuing/extended care facilities
Increase in spaces ... 46, 980
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Former ministers' awareness of assertions on patient care ... 201
Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Economic development
Provincial strategy ... 146-47
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 509
Electric power lines - Construction
Approval process ... 833 Critical transmission infrastructure ... 508-9, 833 Industrial Power Consumers and Cogenerators Association position ... 509
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
Electric power line construction provisions ... 833 General remarks ... 509 Landowner rights provisions ... 146, 954
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Medevac, Health Quality Council report on ... 832
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Airdrie
Integration under Alberta Health Services, response times ... 543
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Alberta branding campaign re ... 613
Executive Council
Annual report 2010-11 (SP428/11: tabled as intersessional deposit) ... 2011, ne 29 Communications role ... 617-18 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 608-18 Role in policy development ... 610-11 Size of council ... 63
Farm produce - Export
Alberta branding campaign re ... 613
Farm produce - Export - Asia
Market development ... 1132
Government accountability
Government communications
Advertising budget ... 614 Performance measures ... 611
Government Organization Act
Ministerial responsibilities ... 422-23
Government savings policy
Health care system
Governance ... 144, 509, 979 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 200-201, 263-64, 296 Investigation of patient care (proposed), CAPA president's remarks on ... 264 Investigation of patient deaths (proposed), Health Quality Council chair's remarks re ... 263 Newspaper article (SP167/11: tabled) ... 482 Provincial strategy ... 832 Public satisfaction ... 9-10, 11, 144, 261-64 Public satisfaction, Environics survey on (SP4/11: tabled) ... 9-11 Statistics ... 611 Support for, letters to the editor on ... 475
Health care system - Capacity issues
Health care system - Finance
5-year guaranteed plan ... 10, 11, 45
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
Advisory panel, membership ... 509 Albera Medical Association president's March 17, 2011, letter ... 423 Announcement ... 296 General remarks ... 318-19, 390, 446-47 Independence ... 354, 355, 388, 447, 688, 832-34 Public input ... 599 Reporting authority ... 688, 689 Terms of reference ... 353, 355, 422-23, 446-47, 473-74, 510, 688, 723, 1125 Terms of reference, tabling in the Legislature of related documents ... 509 Testimony ... 446-47, 508, 721 Testimony by physicians ... 387, 953, 1125 Testimony by physicians, impact of pre-existing nondisclosure agreements on ... 721-22 Testimony by physicians, legal protection re ... 565-66, 597-98 Testimony by previous ministers of health (proposed) ... 475, 509 Testimony , privacy issues vs. transparency ... 507-8
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Access to information covered in nondisclosure agreements ... 687-88 Alberta Health Services March 16, 2011, letter on (SP120/11: tabled) ... 396-97 Alberta Medical Association position ... 598-99 General remarks ... 353, 387-88, 422, 473-74, 507-8, 542, 832-33, 953, 978-79 Dr. C. McNamee's remarks ... 565, 598 Stakeholder positions re ... 889-90
Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA)
CEO's radio interview transcript (SP111/11: tabled) ... 330 Quality Council of Alberta evaluation of reviews ... 390 Review of public satisfaction with health care system ... 9
Health sciences professionals
Departures, settlement agreements re ... 598 Responsibility toward patients ... 262
Homelessness
10-year plan to end ... 608, 612
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Emergency physicians' letter on ... 295-96 Emergency physicians' response to changes in ... 10 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 199-200, 261-62, 295-96, 319 Provincial strategy ... 11 Wait times ... 475-76 Wait times, performance measures on ... 64, 114
International offices - Washington , D.C.
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Premier's family ... 1119 Rick Hansen and party ... 385
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Landowner rights provisions ... 146, 954
Land-use framework
Impact on industrial leases ... 566 Land conservation provisions ... 146
Land-use planning - Ontario
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Provincial strategy ... 46, 980 Spousal cohabitation ... 46 Wait-lists ... 46, 980
Lower Athabasca region land-use plan (LARP)
Impact on industrial leases ... 566 Land conservation provisions ... 146
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
General remarks ... 10 Mechanical heart installation ... 11
Mental health services
Access to psychiatric care ... 45
Mental health services - Children
Residential psychiatric services ... 45
Motions (current session)
No. 1, Speech from the Throne, motion to consider ... 6
New West Partnership
Response to proposed federal legislation banning west coast oil tanker traffic ... 12 Response to proposed federal legislation banning west coast oil tanker traffic, letter on (SP6/11: tabled) ... 19 Role in market development ... 1132
Northern Lights health region (former authority)
Physician's (I. Qureshi) statement of claim (SP363/11: tabled) ... 954 Physician's (M. Sauvé) statement of claim (SP269/11: tabled) ... 721
Office of the Premier
Tributes to former Premier on retirement, response ... 1124
Official Opposition
Tributes to leader on retirement ... 1120-21
Oil - Export - Asia
Impact of federal legislation on ... 12
Oil sands development
Corporate financial security obligations ... 65
Olympic Winter Games , Vancouver/Whistler (2010)
As part of provincial branding campaign ... 609
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Ambulance service in Airdrie ... 543 Budget 2011 ... 114, 176 Cabinet size ... 63 Calgary south health campus operational funding ... 199, 200 Cancer care wait times ... 508, 541-42, 723 Capital infrastructure benefits ... 146-47 Dr. Ciaran McNamee ... 319 Dr. Ciaran McNamee settlement agreement ... 422-23 Electricity transmission lines, critical infrastructure ... 508-9, 833 Emergency health services ... 199-200 Emergency health services wait times ... 64, 114, 261-64, 295-96, 475-76 Health care ethics and compliance ... 474 Health care services ... 9-11, 144 Health care services centralization ... 10 Health care services decision-making ... 832 Health care services delays ... 201 Health care services local decision-making ... 979 Health care system ... 509 Health care system governance ... 144 Health Quality Council review ... 318-19, 353, 355, 388, 390, 446-47, 473-75, 509-10, 598-99, 833-34, 953 Land stewardship legislation ... 890-91 Long-term and continuing care ... 46 Long-term care ... 980 Lower Athabasca regional plan ... 566 Memorial to fallen workers ... 953 NHL arena funding ... 567 Oil sands reclamation ... 65 Oil tanker transportation on the west coast ... 12 Patient advocacy by health professionals ... 475, 507-8, 831-33, 889-90, 953, 978-79, 1125 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 354, 387-88, 422-23, 446-47, 565-67, 597-98, 687-89, 721-22 Property rights ... 954 Psychiatric care access ... 45 Regional planning ... 146 Settlement agreements with physicians ... 598 Storage of nuclear waste ... 599 Support for agriculture ... 1132 Water marketing ... 1126
Patient advocacy by health care professionals
Patient advocacy by physicians
Alberta Health Services bylaws ... 387, 953 Alberta Health Services/College of Physicians and Surgeons/AMA joint statement ... 387 Alberta Health Services March 16, 2011, open letter ... 387 Alberta Health Services March 16, 2011, open letter (SP120/11: tabled) ... 396-97 Alberta Medical Association position ... 387 Alberta Medical Association president's March 17, 2011, letter ... 422 Allegations of intimidation ... 831-32, 889-90 General remarks ... 354
Physicians
Departure, nondisclosure agreements on settlements ... 566 Departure, settlement agreements re ... 598 Licensing of, procedure for ... 422 Responsibility toward patients ... 262
Places to Grow Act (Ontario, 2005)
Comparison to Alberta legislation ... 146
Police officers
Increase in number ... 611, 612
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Promoting Alberta program
Public Affairs Bureau (PAB)
Funding ... 614 Performance measures ... 611
Quality Council of Alberta
Evaluation of Health Quality Council reviews ... 390
Royal Alexandra hospital
Emergency psychiatric services, access to ... 45
Safe communities initiative
Funding ... 611 Performance measures ... 612
Schools - Construction
Long-term planning ... 616
Seniors
Programs and services ... 980
South Calgary health campus
Cancellation of dedicated psychiatric wing ... 446 Operational funding ... 199, 200
Speech from the Throne
Motion to consider (carried) ... 6
Surgery - Thoracic surgery
Tourism industry
Factors influencing ... 613
Tuberculosis testing and treatment program (public health)
Departure of program director ... 354, 422
United Nurses of Alberta
Complaint to Alberta Health Services, 2009 ... 446
University of Alberta. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
CAUT investigation of complaints ... 831 Departure of physician (A. Thomson) ... 889
Waste management - Big Lakes municipal district
Storage and disposal of nuclear waste (proposed) ... 599
Water licences
Sale of water, Nestlé proposal for ... 1126 Sale of water, provincial strategy on ... 1126
Workplace fatalities
Memorial to (proposed) ... 953
Swann, Dr. David (AL, Calgary-Mountain View)
Addiction and mental health strategy (proposed)
General remarks ... 28 Timeline ... 10
Affordable housing
Funding ... 63 Provincial strategy ... 1720 Special-needs housing ... 1720
Agency Governance Secretariat
Transfer to Treasury Board ... 609-10
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC)
Alberta Building Code
Enforcement issues ... 610
Alberta Cancer Board
Replacement by single Health Services Board ... 10
Alberta Diabetes Institute
Alberta Health Services (authority) (AHS)
Auditor General report ... 689-90 Auditor General report, newspaper article re (SP271/11: tabled) ... 730 Centralization of services ... 10, 124, 642-43 Centralization of services, accounting controls during transition re ... 143-44 Code of conduct ... 262 Code of conduct, 2009, letter on report re (SP163/11: tabled) ... 482 Ethics and compliance officer's role in addressing complaints ... 446, 474, 508 Financial reporting, Auditor General recommendations on ... 143-44 Internal review of emergency services ... 236 Internal review of emergency services, emergency physicians' response to ... 262, 295-96, 1146 Joint statement (with College of Physicians and Surgeons and AMA) on patient advocacy by physicians ... 387 Patient advocacy committee ... 1042 Physician's (A. Thomson) statement of claim (SP350/11: tabled) ... 898 Physician's (M. Al-Ghamdi) statement of claim (SP282/11: tabled) ... 766 Policy on employee responsibility to report improper activities ... 200 Policy on safe disclosure (SP35, 186/11: tabled) ... 517 Practitioner responsibilities and accountability, bylaws re ... 953
Alberta Health Services Board (AHSB)
Chair's remarks on operational funding for south Calgary health campus ... 199 Membership ... 614
Alberta heritage savings trust fund (AHSTF)
General remarks ... 114 Impact of recession ... 176
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Hearings on dismissal of Capital health physician (D. Candler) ... 809-10
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Landowner rights provisions ... 912
Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 10)
Committee ... 912-13 Landowner rights provisions ... 912 Time allocation on debate ... 912-13
Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
Emergency medicine section, response to Alberta Health Services internal review ... 262 Events regarding Dr. Sherman and Mr. Horne (contact re Dr. Sherman's mental state) ... 422 Health care system investigation, position on ... 446, 687, 722 Health care system, public inquiry vs. review, president's April 15, 2011, letter on (SP254/11: tabled) ... 697 Master agreement with province ... 28, 1200
Alberta Mental Health Board
Replacement by single Health Services Board ... 10
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Proclamation, timeline on ... 611
Alberta sustainability fund
Provincial strategy ... 71 Utilization of fund ... 114
Assured income for the severely handicapped (AISH)
Client benefits ... 1720 Funding for ... 29, 124 Indexing to average weekly earnings (proposed) ... 1720
Auditor General
Alberta Health Services financial reporting, recommendations on ... 143-44 Implementation of recommendations on Alberta Health Services ... 689-90 Report, April 2011, newspaper article on (SP271/11: tabled) ... 730
Autism spectrum disorder
Programs and services ... 45
Bills (procedure)
Amendments, criteria for vs. subamendments ... 1484
Bioenergy industry
Wood fibre use as feedstock ... 1259
Branding campaign for Alberta
Energy sector component ... 63
British Columbia
Impaired driving legislation, impact of ... 1328, 1329, 1692
Budget 2011
Financial reporting ... 609 Members' statements ... 71
Budget 2011 debate
Government Motion 8 (Snelgrove: carried) (debate participants) ... 123-25 Government Motion 8 (Snelgrove: carried) (questions and comments during) ... 125-26
Budget process
Balanced budgets ... 125 Balanced budgets, parliamentary financial officer's report re ... 125 Deficit budgets ... 114, 175-76
Calgary & Area Physician's Association (CAPA)
President's advocacy on mental health services ... 446-47, 1359 President's advocacy on mental health services, Calgary region head of psychiatry response to ... 508 President's remarks on proposed investigation of health care system ... 354, 422
Calgary Laboratory Services
Health Quality Council 2011 review ... 1601
Calgary-Mountain View (constituency)
Member's dismissal as medical officer of health ... 344, 354
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
Executive director's January 13, 2011, letter to University of Alberta president (SP333/11: tabled) ... 841 Investigation of complaints re University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry ... 831
Canadian Medical Protective Association
Assistance to physicians re patient advocacy ... 631-32
Cancer
Survival rates, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 541-42 Survival rates, The Lancet article on (SP187, 648/11: tabled) ... 508, 517
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Cantos national music centre
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1260
Capital health region (former authority)
Departure of chief of thoracic surgery ... 507 Departure of chief of thoracic surgery, settlement agreement re ... 597-98 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 175 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 387, 422, 445-46 Patient advocacy by physicians, e-mails re (SP141, 144/11: tabled) ... 430 Patient advocacy by physicians, news report re (SP146/11: tabled) ... 430 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim ... 318, 446, 508 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, correspondence list ... 688 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, statement of defence in response to (T. Winton) ... 953 Physician's (C. McNamee) statement of claim, terms of settlement ... 353-54 Physician's (D. Candler) statement of claim, documents re (SP296/11: tabled) ... 818 Physician's (I. Chohan) 2003-04 correspondence re workplace issues (SP270/11: tabled) ... 730
Capital projects
Provincial strategy ... 125
Capital projects - Calgary
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Child and family services authorities (CFSA)
Aboriginal clients ... 1682 Public inquiry provisions ... 1320
Child and family services council for quality assurance
Child and Youth Advocate Act (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1283, 1320 Committee ... 1428, 1431-33, 1432 Committee, amendment A1 (CYA considered as department head) (carried) ... 1428 Committee, amendment A2 (strike out section 26(4)) (defeated) ... 1428, 1431 Committee, amendment A3 (strike out section 24) (defeated) ... 1432 Committee, amendment A4 (strike out section 26(4)) (defeated) ... 1433 Third reading ... 1682
Child and Youth Advocate , office of the (future)
Chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Impact on farmed cervids ... 790-92
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Joint statement (with Alberta Health Services and AMA) re patient advocacy by physicians ... 387 Physician psychiatric review procedures ... 422 Position on patient advocacy by physicians, letter on ... 354
Committee on Public Accounts , Standing
Continuing/extended care facilities
Addition of beds through public-private partnerships (P3) ... 1184 Wait times (Written Question 18/11: accepted) ... 991
Court of Queen's Bench Act
Amendments to act ... 1352
Dept. of Culture and Community Services (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1259-60 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, flow-through money (federal-provincial transfers) ... 1260
Dept. of Environment and Water (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1274-76
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Auditor General recommendations ... 689-90 Former ministers' awareness of assertions on patient care ... 236 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 641-44, 646-48
Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs (ministry to October 12, 2011)
Program funding ... 63, 125
Dept. of Human Services (new ministry effective October 12, 2011)
Mandate of ministry ... 1714
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary estimates 2011-12 debate ... 1259
Distracted driving
Sources of distraction ... 1328
East Edmonton health centre
Funding ... 646, 647 Operating budget for ... 46
EcoTrust fund (federal program)
Deferred funding, from supplementary supply ... 1274-75
Education
Liberal Party position ... 29
Election Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 21)
Electric Statutes Amendment Act , 2009 (Bill 50)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (procedure)
Health care system (proceeded with), request for extension of debate ... 345, 348
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Health care system (proposed) ... 318-19 Health care system (proceeded with) ... 344-45
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Ambulance response times, letter on (SP613/11: tabled) ... 1662 Consolidation of services, data on ... 1577 Transfer from municipalities to Alberta Health Services ... 1456
Employment Standards Code
Environmental protection
Cumulative effects approach ... 1276 Liberal Party position ... 29
Environmental protection - Industrial Heartland
Executive Council
Communications role ... 611-12 Main estimates 2011-12 debate ... 609-15 Role in policy development ... 610 Size of council ... 27, 63, 124-26
Family Law Act
Amendments to act ... 1353
Farm safety
Task force recommendations ... 1660 Workers' exclusion from workplace legislation ... 29, 1660-61
Financial Administration Act
Application to Child and Youth Advocate ... 1427-28
Freehold lands
Landowner rights, repeal of legislation on (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 1624-25
Government accountability
General remarks ... 609 Liberal Party clean government initiative ... 30
Government communications
Government savings policy
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction strategies ... 29
H1N1 influenza
Outbreak management ... 642
Health and wellness
Preventive care ... 28-29 Provincial strategy ... 642
Health care system
Access, allegations of queue jumping ... 1142 Accountability ... 643-44 Governance ... 143-44, 979 Improvements ... 642 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 175, 200, 236, 261-62, 296 Members' statements ... 198, 549-50 Physician confidence in system ... 1042 Provincial strategy ... 27-29, 641-44 Public satisfaction ... 9-10, 144, 236, 261-62, 641-43, 689-90, 1703, 1705 Public satisfaction, Environics survey on (SP4/11: tabled) ... 10, 144
Health care system - Capacity issues
Initiatives ... 262 Wait times, Canadian Institute for Health Information March 2011 report on (SP164, 256/11: tabled) ... 482, 697
Health care system - Finance
5-year guaranteed plan ... 10 Funding ... 124 Operational funding ... 642-43
Health care system - Health Quality Council 2011 review
Advisory panel, membership ... 508 Alberta Medical Association/Canadian Medical Association presentation on allegations of physician intimidation ... 1200 Announcement ... 296 General remarks ... 318-19, 445-46 Independence ... 354, 388, 831-34, 1179-80 Members' statements ... 1232 Reporting authority ... 1142 Terms of reference ... 344-45, 353-54, 422, 424, 446, 473-74, 1125 Testimony ... 446-47, 508, 721 Testimony by physicians ... 424, 809-10, 953, 1125 Testimony by physicians, impact of pre-existing nondisclosure agreements on ... 721, 758, 1041 Testimony by physicians, legal protection re ... 565-66, 597-98, 631-32, 666 Testimony by physicians, legal protection re, documents re (SP233/11: tabled) ... 606 Testimony by physicians (T. Winton), newspaper article on (SP281/11: tabled) ... 766 Testimony , privacy issues vs. transparency ... 507-8, 1142 Timeline ... 446 Web news article on (SP145/11: tabled) ... 430
Health care system - Public inquiry vs.
Access to information covered in nondisclosure agreements ... 687-88 Alberta Medical Association position ... 666 Alberta Medical Association president April 15, 2011, newsletter on (SP254/11: tabled) ... 697 Comparison of (SP221/11: tabled) ... 575 General remarks ... 345, 353-54, 387-88, 422, 424, 473-74, 507-8, 542, 757-58, 953, 978-79, 1241-42 Health Sciences Association of Alberta position ... 810 Dr. C. McNamee's remarks ... 565, 598 Newspaper articles re (SP103-105, 117, 168, 318, 242, 297/11: tabled) ... 363, 674, 818 Provincial strategy ... 1142, 1179-80 Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association letters re (SP255/11: tabled) ... 697 Stakeholder positions re ... 889-90
Health facilities - Calgary
Maternal/newborn centre (proposed), documents re (Motion for a Return 15/11: defeated) ... 992
Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA)
Independence ... 1484 Review of public satisfaction with health care system ... 9
Health Quality Council of Alberta Act (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1241-42 Committee ... 1484-85, 1666-67, 1670-71, 1671-72 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (defeated) ... 1484-85 Committee, amendment A2 (in camera hearings) (defeated) ... 1666-67 Committee, amendment A3 (ruled out of order) ... 1670-71 Committee, amendment A4 (strike out section 19(2)) (defeated) ... 1671-72 Committee, proposed amendments read in ... 1670-71 Third reading ... 1703, 1705 In camera meeting provisions ... 1666-67
Health Sciences Association of Alberta
Statement re patient advocacy ... 810
Health sciences professionals
Responsibility toward patients ... 262
Home care
Services provided ... 648 Worker qualifications ... 648
Hospitals
Acute-care beds ... 64 Operating funds for ... 46 Supply ... 646
Hospitals - Calgary
Acute-care beds, statistics on wait times for ... 114
Hospitals - Edmonton
Occupancy rates (Written Question 16: accepted) ... 991
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Canadian Institute for Health Information March 2011 report re (SP164, 256/11: tabled) ... 482, 697 Emergency physicians' letter on ... 295-96 Emergency physicians' letter on, Alberta Health Services response to ... 233-34 Emergency physicians' response to changes in ... 10 Impact of mental health services access on ... 1719 Impact of primary care networks on ... 1356 Investigation of patient care (proposed) ... 199-200, 233-34, 236, 261-62, 295-96, 319 Investigation of patient care in former Capital health region (proposed) ... 175 Liberal Party policy on ... 114 Patient outcomes, assessment of ... 1147 Wait times ... 475-76, 1146 Wait times, additional long-term care beds to alleviate ... 1184 Wait times, performance measures on ... 63-64, 113-14
Housing - Construction
Building standards ... 610
Human services workers
Members' statements ... 1714
Impaired driving
Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research position paper on blood alcohol concentrations (SP530/11: tabled) ... 1366 Education programs ... 1692 Research ... 1327, 1328, 1692
Income support programs
Unemployment benefits ... 124
Income tax , provincial
Voter deduction (proposed) ... 30
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice and Court Statutes Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 22)
Justice of the Peace Act
Amendments to act ... 1353
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Land Assembly Project Area Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 23) (LAPAA)
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 11)
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 ... 647
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Maintenance enforcement (family support)
Interprovincial orders ... 1353
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation ... 124 Compensation review ... 27, 30
Members' Statements (current session)
Health care system ... 198, 549-50 Human services workers ... 1714 Primary care networks ... 1356 Provincial budget ... 71 Public health inquiry ... 1232
Mental health services
Access ... 1359-60 Access, memos on (SP526/11: tabled) ... 1290 Access to psychiatric care ... 45 Provincial strategy ... 1719
Mental health services - Children
Residential psychiatric services ... 45
Multiple sclerosis - CCSVI (Zamboni) treatment
Follow-up treatment ... 568 Research studies ... 568
Northern Lights health region (former authority)
Physician's (I. Qureshi) statement of claim (SP363/11: tabled) ... 953-54, 963 Physician's (M. Sauvé) statement of claim (SP269/11: tabled) ... 721, 730
Nurses
Advocacy role, letter on ... 1094-95
Nurses - Supply
Recruitment of internationally trained RNs, statistics on (Written Question 5/11: accepted) ... 576 RN turnover rate (Written Question 3/11: accepted) ... 576 Statistics ... 114
Office of the Premier
Tributes to former Premier on retirement ... 1123
Official Opposition
Fiscal policy ... 71 Tributes to leader on retirement, response to ... 1121
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alleged intimidation of physicians ... 1179-80, 1200 Budget 2011 ... 114, 175-76 Cabinet size ... 63 Calgary south health campus operational funding ... 199 Cancer care wait times ... 508, 541-42 CCSVI observational study ... 568 Emergency health services ... 175, 199-200, 233-34, 236, 1456, 1577 Emergency health services wait times ... 63-64, 113-14, 261-62, 295-96, 475-76 Emergency room wait times ... 1146-47 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... 1660-61 Health care ethics and compliance ... 474 Health care services ... 9-10, 144 Health care services centralization ... 10 Health care services local decision-making ... 979 Health care system governance ... 143-44 Health Quality Council review ... 318-19, 353-54, 388, 424, 445-46, 473-74, 833-34, 953, 1142 Hospital operating funds ... 46 Inspection of long-term care facilities ... 1385 Legal protection for physicians ... 632 Long-term and continuing care ... 1184 Mental health services ... 1290, 1359-60, 1719 Nondisclosure agreements with physicians ... 758, 1041 Pathology testing services ... 1601 Patient advocacy by health professionals ... 507-8, 757-58, 809-10, 831-32, 889-90, 952-53, 978-79, 1042, 1094-95, 1124-25 Patient advocacy by physicians ... 354, 387-88, 422, 446-47, 565-66, 597-98, 631, 666, 687-88, 721-22 Primary care networks ... 1521 Psychiatric care access ... 45 Public confidence in the health care system ... 689-90 Services for the disadvantaged ... 1719-20 Surgical wait times ... 666-67, 1125
Organ and tissue transplantation
Shoulder cartilage transplants ... 114
Palliser health region (former authority)
Dismissal of medical officer of health ... 344
Pathology testing services
Health Quality Council review ... 1601
Patient advocacy by health care professionals
Allegations of intimidation ... 1232 General remarks ... 318-19, 642
Patient advocacy by physicians
Alberta Health Services bylaws ... 387, 424, 953 Alberta Health Services/College of Physicians and Surgeons/AMA joint statement ... 387, 424 Alberta Health Services March 16, 2011, open letter ... 387, 424 Alberta Health Services policy ... 1042 Alberta Medical Association position ... 354, 387, 632 Alberta Medical Association president's March 17, 2011, letter ... 422 Alberta Medical Association president's March 17, 2011, letter (SP147/11: tabled) ... 430 Allegations of intimidation ... 809-10, 831-32, 889-90, 1179-80, 1200, 1703 General remarks ... 344, 354, 508 Legal protection for physicians ... 631-32 Letter re ... 354
Peace Country health region (former authority)
Physician's (M. Al-Ghamdi) statement of claim ... 757 Physician's (M. Al-Ghamdi) statement of claim (SP282/11: tabled) ... 766
Persons with developmental disabilities (PDD)
Program funding ... 29, 124
Persons with disabilities
Comprehensive legislation, other jurisdictions ... 1719-20 Tax deferral program for (proposed) ... 1618
Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary general hospital)
Bed availability ... 1290 Expansion ... 46
Physician and family support program
Funding, e-mails and letters on (SP31, 38, 74, 75, 100, 127, 128, 149, 150, 154, 165, 234/11: tabled) ... 329
Physicians
Departure, nondisclosure agreements on settlements ... 566, 1041 Licensing of, procedure for ... 422 Responsibility toward patients ... 262
Physicians - Crowsnest Pass
Published remarks re health care system ... 631-32, 666
Physicians , internationally trained
Recruitment, statistics on (Written Question 4/11: accepted) ... 576
Pine beetles
Timber salvage for biofuels industry ... 1259
Police officers
Increase in number ... 610
Political parties
Corporate and union donations, Liberal Party position ... 30
Postsecondary education
Liberal Party position ... 28
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Premier's Council for Economic Strategy
Membership ... 614 Report ... 613
Primary health care networks
Members' statements ... 1356 Reports ... 1521
Promoting Alberta program
Property tax
Deferral programs, other jurisdictions ... 1618
Public Affairs Bureau (PAB)
Funding ... 611-12 Government use of bureau ... 1348
Public Agencies Governance Act
Proclamation, timeline on ... 609-10
Rockyview general hospital
Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)
Royal Alexandra hospital
Emergency psychiatric services, access to ... 45
Safe communities initiative
Seniors
Health care ... 1146 Programs and services ... 124
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 207)
Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre
Funding ... 647 Operating budget ... 46
South Calgary health campus
Cancellation of dedicated psychiatric wing ... 446 Operational funding ... 46, 199, 646
Speech from the Throne
Debate (addresses in reply) ... 27-30
Supplementary estimates 2011-12
Surgery - Cataract surgery
Surgery - Gender reassignment
Health care coverage, e-mail re (SP99/11: tabled) ... 329
Surgery - Joint surgery
Cost of procedures, public vs. private service delivery (Written Question 17: accepted) ... 991 Knee surgery wait times ... 1125
Syphilis
Provincial response to outbreak ... 642
Taxation
Liberal Party position ... 30
Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada
Reports on impaired driving accidents ... 1692
Traffic Safety Amendment Act , 2011 (Bill 26)
Transportation/utility corridors
Expropriation of land for ... 1418, 1419
Tuberculosis testing and treatment program (public health)
Tuition and fees , postsecondary
Liberal Party position ... 29
United Nurses of Alberta
Code of conduct report, December 4, 2009, letter on (SP163/11: tabled) ... 482 Complaint to Alberta Health Services, 2009 ... 446
University of Alberta. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
CAUT investigation of complaints ... 831 Departure of physician (A. Thomson) ... 889
Villa Caritas
Bed reduction ... 1719 Opening of ... 200
Voter turnout
General remarks ... 1347, 1348 Tax deduction for voters, proposal for ... 30
Water quality - Monitoring
Wildfires - Slave Lake
Timber salvage from ... 1259
Workplace health and safety
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