Hancock, Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud; Minister of Human Services)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Health Quality Council review report, request for debate (proceeded with) ... 272 Health Quality Council review report, debate ... 279-80 Work stoppages by hospital support staff, request for debate (not proceeded with) ... 181
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Works program on-site support ... 198 Alberta's representative in Asia ... 507 Bullying ... 579 Edith Cavell Continuing Care Centre collective bargaining ... 668-69 Education services for teen parents ... 172 Electricity prices ... 9 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... 44, 110 Farm worker labour protection ... 421 First Nations economic development ... 397 Homelessness in Calgary ... 13 Labour mobility barriers ... 235 Labour negotiations with hospital support staff ... 174-75 Parent link centres ... 365-66 Poverty reduction ... 9-10, 44-45 Private operation of continuing care centres ... 421 Provincially controlled funeral services ... 60 Rent regulation ... 578 Sexual assault services ... 579 Skilled labour shortage ... 15, 326 Skilled labour supply ... 450-51 Social assistance programs ... 46 Support for front-line social workers ... 396 Workforce employment services ... 324
St. Albert and Sturgeon Valley School Districts Establishment Act (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 486-88 Third reading ... 697
Aboriginal children
Programs and services ... 475
Aboriginal peoples
Programs and services ... 46, 457 Workforce strategy ... 397, 478
Aboriginal peoples - Economic development
First Nations development fund ... 397
Agreement on internal trade
Licensing of certified general accountants, Manitoba challenge to Ontario practices ... 235
Alberta Act (1905)
Separate school provisions ... 486-87
Alberta Foster Parent Association
Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness
Alberta Supports
Programs and services ... 46 Programs and services, contracted agencies ... 456
Alberta Vulnerable Infant Response Team
Alberta Works employment program
Services provided ... 324 Support worker deployment ... 198
Appeals Commission (workers' compensation)
Annual report ... 88 General remarks ... 87, 88
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2012 (Bill 3)
Appropriation Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Budget debate (procedure)
Schedule of debate ... 20-21 Speaking order, point of order on ... 122
Budget process
Revenue/cost forecasts used ... 691-92
Bullying
Prevention strategies ... 579
Chief Electoral Officer, office of the
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 89
Child and Family Services Council for Quality Assurance
Children
Employment as farm workers ... 110
Children - Protective services
Programs and services ... 456
Children with disabilities
Family supports ... 456, 466 Parenting programs ... 366
Cities and towns
Access to daycare ... 458
Committee of Supply
Motion to resolve into (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 18 Supplementary estimates, No. 2, considered on February 13, 2012 (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 21
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Motion to resolve into (Government Motion 2: accepted) ... 17
Committee on Energy, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 21
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Review of legislative officers' budgets ... 89
Committee on Public Health and Safety, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 21
Committee on the Economy, Standing (former policy field committee)
Recommendations on poverty reduction strategy ... 9
Construction industry
Workplace health and safety ... 476
Continuing/extended care facilities - Lethbridge
Edith Cavell centre collective bargaining ... 668-69
Daycare centres
Accreditation ... 458, 459, 473 Employee credentials and standards ... 87 Staff wages ... 87, 463
Dept. of Human Services
Departmental restructuring ... 476-77 Funding ... 474-75 Main estimates and business plan 2012-13 debate ... 455-78 Minister's communications with front-line staff ... 465-66, 476-77 Programs and services ... 455-56, 460-61, 464-65 Programs and services, use of contracted agencies ... 460, 463 Staff morale ... 460-61, 463-64 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 86-88
Education Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 560-61, 717-18 Committee, amendment A2 (elimination of tuition fees) (defeated) ... 560-61 Committee, amendment A6 (replace section 16, diversity and respect) (defeated) ... 717-18
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main estimates 2012-13, motion to consider (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 18, 20-21 Main estimates 2012-13, schedule of debate ... 20-21 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, considered in Committee of Supply on February 13, 2012 (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 21
Farm safety
Deaths and serious incidents ... 44, 110, 462 Worker exclusion from workplace legislation ... 44, 110, 462 Worker transportation ... 421
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Treatment and services ... 475
Foster care
Programs and services ... 456
Funeral industry
Provincial contracts ... 60
Health care system - Health Quality Council review (2011)
Final report recommendations ... 279-80
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Homelessness - Calgary
10-year plan to end ... 472 Statistics ... 13
Hospitals
Support staff labour negotiations ... 174-75
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Full capacity protocol ... 279-80
Housing - Rental housing
Consumer protection ... 578
Immigrants
Programs and services ... 456
Immigration
Federal regulations ... 450-51, 477-78 Immigrate to Alberta (Internet portal), surplus funds ... 87 Provincial strategy ... 326
Impaired driving
Coasters with message on legislation, point of order on ... 237
Income support programs
Client benefits ... 324, 468-69, 478 Statistics ... 456 Supports for independence program ... 324
International offices - Hong Kong
Suspension of representative ... 507
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Labour force planning
Input from business ... 450 Recruitment and retention of skilled workers ... 15, 326, 450-51, 478
Labour market agreement
Decrease in number of learners ... 87-88
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 21
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Labour disputes ... 421 Private facilities ... 421
Man in Motion 25th anniversary relay
Address to Assembly by Rick Hansen, Government Motion 11 (Hancock: carried) ... 402
National Social Work Week
Office of the Premier
Premier's meeting with Braemar school students ... 172
Officers of the Legislative Assembly
Debate of estimates, traditions and practices on ... 89
Parenting
Parent link centres ... 365-66 Teenaged mothers, programs and services for ... 172, 456
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 179, 749 Imputing motives ... 71, 237 Parliamentary language ... 675-76 Referring to the absence of members ... 674-75 Relevance ... 558, 563-64 Speaking order in budget debate ... 122
Privilege
Obstructing a member in performance of duty ... 681
Property Rights Task Force
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act
Apprehension of children under ... 459
Results-based Budgeting Act (Bill 1)
Committee ... 127 Committee, amendment A1 (mandatory 1-year review) (defeated) ... 127
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Provincial strategy ... 560-61
Schools - Calgary
Louise Dean school, supports for pregnant and parenting teens ... 456
Schools - Construction - Edmonton
Schools - Edmonton
Braemar school, supports for pregnant and parenting teenagers ... 172, 456
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 5)
Sexual assault centres
Counselling services ... 579
Social policy framework (proposed)
Speech from the Throne
Motion to consider, addresses in reply (Government Motion 10) ... 348
Standing Orders
Provisions for budget debates ... 20-21
Supplementary estimates
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 86-88, 89
Temporary foreign workers
Programs and services ... 326
Tobacco Reduction (Protection of Children in Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Committee ... 619-20 Committee, amendment A1 (replace "January 1, 2013" with "Proclamation") (carried) ... 619-20
Trades
Workforce incentives ... 478
Traffic safety
Farm worker transportation ... 421
Workers' Compensation Board
Complaints ... 461 Executive remuneration ... 466 Funding from supplementary supply ... 87 Supports for injured workers ... 461-62
Workplace health and safety
Labour legislation, compliance with United Nations conventions ... 174-75 Programs and services ... 475, 476 Workplace standards ... 456
Hansen, Rick (Co-chair, Board of Directors, Rick Hansen Foundation)
Man in Motion 25th anniversary relay
Address to the Assembly by Rick Hansen ... 413-14
Hayden, Jack (PC, Drumheller-Stettler; Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Land conservation trusts ... 266 Online camping reservation system ... 234 Support for tourism ... 65
Campgrounds, provincial
Online reservation system ... 234
Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Staff wages and salaries, AUPE settlement impact ... 90 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 90
Education Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 748 Committee, amendment A7 (establishment of charter schools) (carried) ... 748
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land trusts
Eligibility for grant funding ... 266
Parks, provincial
Provincial strategy ... 65
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 5)
Supplementary estimates
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 90
Tourism
Industry in Alberta ... 65
Travel Alberta
Funding by hotel industry ... 65
Hehr, Kent (AL, Calgary-Buffalo)
Members' Statements (current session)
Provincial fiscal policy ... 15 Saving for the future ... 296
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Aboriginal education ... 12 Bitumen upgrading ... 416-17, 448 Bullying in private schools ... 232-33 Education funding ... 62, 109, 268, 603 Full-day kindergarten programs ... 322 Funding for private schools ... 195, 231, 292-93, 394-95, 578-79 Home-schooling ... 669, 725, 756-57 MLA remuneration ... 362 Provincial tax policy ... 453, 511, 581-82 School fees ... 142-43 School fees collection ... 726
St. Albert and Sturgeon Valley School Districts Establishment Act (Bill 4)
Aboriginal children - Education
Memorandums of understanding ... 12 Programs and services ... 12
Alberta Bill of Rights
Landowner rights provisions ... 304
Alberta Bill of Rights (Property Rights Protection) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 201)
Alberta First Nations Energy Centre
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta Land Stewardship Act
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2012 (Bill 3)
Appropriation Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client benefits ... 35 Funding from supplementary supply ... 84, 86
Bitumen - Upgrading
Alberta industry ... 416-17 North West Upgrading project ... 448
Budget process
Results-based budgeting ... 33-34 Use of supplementary supply ... 251-52
Bullying
Public vs. private school incidence ... 232-33
Calgary public school board
Deferred maintenance ... 338
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 24)
Charter schools
Provincial strategy ... 346
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Compensation to members ... 362
Condominiums
Reserve funds, standards for assessment studies, Motion Other than Government Motion 502 (Quest: carried) ... 313-14
Correctional services
Federal prisons ... 12 Funding from supplementary supply ... 89
Dept. of Education
Main estimates and business plan 2012-13 debate ... 331-39, 344-47
Dept. of Human Services
Funding from supplementary supply ... 251
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 80-82
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 83
Dept. of Seniors
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 84, 86
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 89
Dept. of Transportation
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 80
Early childhood education
Funding ... 346 Kindergarten and junior kindergarten ... 322, 331-32
Education
Parental choice ... 158 Public system ... 689
Education - Curricula
Children's exemptions from specific classes ... 725 English as a second language ... 344-45
Education Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 158-59 Committee ... 540-42, 544-45, 551, 553, 557-58, 561, 743 Committee, amendment A1 (addition to preamble on parental choice ) (carried) ... 544-45, 551, 553 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (insertion of phrase "paramount right and responsibility" of parents) (defeated) ... 540-42 Committee, amendment A2 (elimination of tuition fees) (defeated) ... 557-58, 561 Committee, amendment A7 (establishment of charter schools) (carried) ... 743 Preamble ... 158
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50)
Fiscal policy
Fiscal conservatism vs. progressivism ... 252 Members' statements ... 15
Government savings
Members' statements ... 296
Government spending
Provincial strategy ... 34, 336
Health and wellness
Programs and services ... 35
Health care system - Finance
Home-schooling
Curriculum content ... 669, 725 Funding ... 669 Student assessment ... 756-57
Homeowner Protection Act (Bill 209)
Housing - Construction
Provincial strategy ... 314
Housing - Slave Lake
Construction standards for new buildings ... 83
Income support programs
Supports for independence program ... 86
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Judges, provincial
Compensation ... 81-82 Compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 80-81
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Masters in chambers
Compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 80-81
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation review ... 362
Peace officers
Number of sheriffs ... 89
Persons with developmental disabilities
Programs and services, funding from supplementary supply ... 84, 86
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services ... 33, 34-35
Points of order
Factual accuracy ... 337 Parliamentary language ... 675
Public transportation
GreenTRIP incentives program ... 80
Results-based Budgeting Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 33-35 Committee ... 126-27, 131-32 Committee, amendment A1 (mandatory 1-year review) (defeated) ... 126-27
Revenue
Fluctuations in revenue ... 34 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 15, 252, 687-88
School boards and districts
Financial decision-making ... 334-35 Publicly available information ... 331
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Local decision-making ... 142-43 Provincial strategy ... 268, 335, 557-58, 561 School board use of collection agencies ... 726
Schools - Construction
Long-term planning ... 345
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Deferred maintenance ... 268, 338
Schools - Maintenance and repair - Grimshaw
Speaker
Retirement of current Speaker ... 34, 756
Speech from the Throne
Motion to consider (Fawcett/Rodney), addresses in reply (Government Motion 10) ... 95-96
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Provincial achievement tests, student exemption from ... 756-57
Supplementary estimates
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 80-84, 86, 89
Hinman, Paul (W, Calgary-Glenmore)
Members' Statements (current session)
Integrity in government leadership ... 445 Municipal funding ... 138-39
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Speaking time, point of order on ... 763-64
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta First Nations Energy Centre ... 392-93 Alberta's representative in Asia ... 422, 507 Critical Transmission Review Committee report ... 107 Judicial inquiry into health services ... 325 Landowner property rights ... 192-93 Municipal financing ... 176, 755 Provincial budget ... 48 School council teleconference remarks ... 671
St. Albert and Sturgeon Valley School Districts Establishment Act (Bill 4)
Aboriginal peoples - Economic development
First Nations development fund ... 255
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Premier's address to meeting ... 755
Alberta Bill of Rights
Former Premier Peter Lougheed's remarks ... 300 Landowner rights provisions ... 311
Alberta Bill of Rights (Property Rights Protection) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 201)
Alberta Electric System Operator
Alberta First Nations Energy Centre
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Provincial strategy ... 26
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Investment strategies ... 28
Alberta Land Stewardship Act
Alberta Medical Association
Newspaper advertisement on health care system judicial inquiry ... 325
Alberta sustainability fund
Utilization of fund ... 684
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Breakfast meetings ... 176 Relations with provincial government ... 138-39, 176
Alberta Utilities Commission
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2012 (Bill 3)
Appropriation Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Bioenergy industry
Ethanol production ... 27, 28
Budget documents
Level of detail provided ... 19-20
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 26, 48, 99, 254-56, 685 Results-based budgeting ... 19, 26, 28 Use of supplementary supply ... 254 Zero-based budgeting ... 99-100
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
General remarks ... 529 Religious freedom provisions ... 551
Carbon capture and storage
Provincial strategy ... 26, 28
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 24)
Chief Electoral Officer, office of the
Funding from supplementary supply ... 255
Condominium Property Act
Homeowner protection ... 312
Condominiums
Reserve funds, standards for assessment studies, Motion Other than Government Motion 502 (Quest: carried) ... 312-13
Constitution of Canada
Rights and freedoms ... 654
Corporations
Programs and services for businesses ... 27-28
Dept. of Human Services
Funding from supplementary supply ... 255
Dept. of Intergovernmental, International and Aboriginal Relations
Funding from supplementary supply ... 255
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Funding from supplementary supply ... 255
Dept. of Seniors
Funding from supplementary supply ... 255
Education
Public consultations ... 671
Education - Finance
Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 255 Funding sources ... 255
Education Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 528-30, 539-40, 551-53, 561, 569, 714-17, 771-74 Committee, amendment A1 (addition to preamble on parental choice ) (carried) ... 551-53 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (insertion of phrase "paramount right and responsibility" of parents) (defeated) ... 528-30, 539-40 Committee, amendment A2 (elimination of tuition fees) (defeated) ... 561 Committee, amendment A4 (definition of bullying to include entire school community) (carried unanimously) ... 569 Committee, amendment A6 (replace section 16, diversity and respect) (defeated) ... 714-17 Committee, amendment A8 (charter school restrictions, registration/accreditation of private schools, school division creation, francophone school trustee candidate criteria, shared school spaces) (not voted) ... 771-74
Electric power lines - Construction
Critical Transmission Review Committee report ... 107 North-south transmission line reinforcement ... 107, 499 Procurement process ... 107
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50)
General remarks ... 300 Repeal of legislation (proposed) ... 107, 192-93
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main estimates 2012-13, motion to consider (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 19-20
Ethics Commissioner, office of the
Investigations re international office representative in Hong Kong ... 422
Executive Council
Compensation ... 26 Ministers' provincial tour ... 19, 26
Expropriation Act
Executive Council authority ... 311
Freehold lands
Landowner rights ... 26-27, 192-93 Landowner rights advocacy ... 26
Government integrity
Members' statements ... 445
Government programs and services
Provincial strategy ... 684-85
Government savings
Provincial strategy ... 26
Government spending
Provincial strategy ... 25-28, 48 Public input on ... 132-34 Wildrose position ... 27
Health care system - Delivery models
Private delivery model ... 685-86
Health care system - Health Quality Council preferential services inquiry (2012)
Terms of reference ... 325
Health care system - Health Quality Council review (2011)
Final report recommendations ... 325
Health Quality Council of Alberta
International offices - Hong Kong
Suspension of representative ... 422, 507
Irrigation
Provincial strategy ... 659
Judges, provincial
Compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 255
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Land-use framework
Implementation ... 498 Industrial development in regions ... 654-55, 659-61
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Lower Athabasca regional plan (land-use framework)
Industrial development in region ... 644-45 Landowner rights impacts ... 310-11
Mandatory Reporting of Child Pornography Act
Proclamation of act ... 436
Masters in chambers
Compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 255
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation ... 26 Compensation review ... 26
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities - Finance
Members' statements ... 138-39 Wildrose Party strategy ... 755
Northern Alberta development strategy
Office of the Premier
Premier's chief of staff's comments on AUMA ... 139 Premier's leadership ... 755
Opposition caucuses
Time allotted in budget debates ... 19
Patient advocacy by physicians
Allegations of intimidation, Health Quality Council report findings ... 325
Persons with developmental disabilities
Programs and services ... 255
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 527 Inflammatory language ... 712 Referring to the absence of members ... 675 Relevance ... 660 Speaking time in Oral Question Period ... 763-64
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Executive appointments ... 507
Property Rights Advocate Act (Bill 6)
Property Rights Task Force
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Amendment Act (Bill 6, 2009)
Public transportation
GreenTRIP incentives program ... 27
Research and development
Recruitment and retention of professionals ... 27
Results-based Budgeting Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 99-101 Committee ... 126-28, 132-34 Committee, amendment A1 (mandatory 1-year review) (defeated) ... 126-28
Revenue
Fluctuations in revenue ... 26
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Provincial strategy ... 561
Schools - Construction
Project scheduling ... 684
Schools - Construction - Airdrie
Alternative financing models, minister's remarks during teleconference ... 671
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 491-94 Determination of interest rate and home value ... 491-92, 494 Eligibility criteria ... 491-92
Speech from the Throne
Motion to consider (Fawcett/Rodney), addresses in reply (Government Motion 10) ... 25-28
Tobacco Reduction (Protection of Children in Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Departure of former pathology laboratory director (Dr. Tony Magliocco) ... 27
Water management
Aquifer protection ... 660 Statutory consents for water use ... 653
Horne, Fred (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford; Minister of Health and Wellness)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Health Quality Council review report, debate ... 276-78 Work stoppages by hospital support staff, request for debate (not proceeded with) ... 179-80
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Centralization of services ... 10, 109, 173 Funding ... 368 Health Quality Council review ... 372 Wait times ... 372
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Edmonton
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - St. Albert
Centralization of services ... 109
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Health Services third-quarter report ... 754 Alberta Works program on-site support ... 198 Alleged intimidation of physicians ... 229, 451 Ambulance services ... 10 Ambulance services in St. Albert ... 109 Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 510 Cancer drug shortage ... 360-61 Diagnostic billing code for sexual orientation ... 230-31 Edmonton General continuing care incident ... 289-90 Emergency health services ... 141-42, 170, 173 Emergency room wait times ... 170-71, 175-76 Enhanced support for home care ... 419 Expanded role for pharmacists ... 63 Family care clinics ... 327, 452 Funding for diabetes self-management supplies ... 176-77 General hospital long-term care centre ... 193 Health care system ... 267 Health Quality Council review report ... 233-34, 268 Health services for north Edmonton ... 43 Health services labour negotiations ... 229-30 Health system restructuring ... 264, 267-68 High Prairie hospital construction ... 198-99 Judicial inquiry into health services ... 320-22, 325, 358, 360 Long-term and continuing care ... 232 Long-term care ... 319-20, 416, 446, 447-48, 505-6, 508, 575-76, 580, 754, 756 Mental health and addiction services ... 293 Midwifery services ... 423 Minimum housing and health standards ... 110-11 Organ and tissue donations ... 196 Patient advocacy by health professionals ... 508-9 Pharmaceutical benefit for seniors ... 361 Physician services agreement ... 63, 290 Primary care networks ... 142, 605 Private operation of continuing care centres ... 421 Private operation of long-term care facilities ... 507-8 Proclamation of health legislation ... 364 Public health inquiry ... 264 Review of medical examiner cases ... 194 Safe Communities Resource Centre ... 294 Sexual assault services ... 580 South Calgary health campus ... 145 Tobacco reduction strategy ... 419 Urgent care services ... 45 Westlawn Courts seniors' residence ... 323
Aboriginal peoples
Wellness strategy ... 371
Affordable housing
Access to housing ... 373
Alberta health care insurance plan
Client benefits ... 293 Supplemental benefits ... 368
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Centralization of services ... 109, 370 Centralization of services, Health Quality Council report comments on ... 264, 267-68 Local health advisory councils ... 386-87 Third-quarter report ... 754, 756
Alberta Health Services Board
Relation to Dept. of Health and Wellness ... 370, 377-78
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Discontinuation of endowment fund ... 375
Alberta Hospital Edmonton
Capacity ... 293, 509 Forensic patients, physician advocacy re (Dr. Peter Rodd) ... 451
Alberta Medical Association
Newspaper advertisement on health care system judicial inquiry ... 320, 321-22, 358 Participation in family care clinic advisory board ... 327
Alberta Works employment program
Support worker deployment ... 198
Assisted living accommodations
Private facilities ... 386
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client benefits ... 510 Client benefits, institutional residents ... 510 Rent protection for clients ... 510
Calgary Lab Services
Review of pathology services ... 194
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Report on private health care delivery ... 385
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Children
Mental health and addictions services ... 293, 371-72
College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta
Participation in family care clinic advisory board ... 327
Continuing care strategy
Demonstration projects ... 277, 756
Continuing/extended care facilities
Continuing/extended care facilities - Calgary
Demonstration project ... 386
Continuing/extended care facilities - Red Deer
Villa Marie demonstration project ... 277, 386
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates and business plan 2012-13 debate ... 367-88 Mandate ... 580 Minister's letter to physicians on one-year settlement ... 290
Diabetes
Prevention initiatives ... 176-77 Self-management supports ... 176
Diagnostic imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging ... 387
Drugs, prescription
Funding ... 368 Generic drugs ... 63, 375, 377 Seniors' benefits ... 361
East Edmonton health centre
Timeline on ... 43, 141 Urgent care facilities delay ... 379, 380
Edmonton General hospital
Long-term care ... 193, 575-76 Long-term care, Auditor General's recommendations on ... 289-90, 319-20 Long-term care, incident involving Audry Chudyk ... 289-90
Grey Nuns hospital
Long-term care in ... 505-6
Health and wellness
Health indicators ... 371-72 Life expectancy ... 382 Programs and services ... 371-72
Health care system
Access to services ... 277 Primary care ... 380, 383 Provincial strategy ... 388 Public confidence ... 275-76 Quality assurance ... 370 Rehabilitation care ... 368, 419 Statistics ... 382 Support service providers (cooks, housekeepers, etc.) ... 372
Health care system - Delivery models
Family care clinics ... 277, 327, 368, 374, 377, 383, 452 Integration with community services ... 382-83 Not-for-profit delivery model ... 385 Primary care networks ... 43, 63, 142, 277, 327, 368, 373-74, 377-78, 383, 605 Primary care networks, delivery of psychology services (proposed) ... 293 Private delivery model ... 171, 385 Urgent care centres ... 45, 379, 380
Health care system - Edmonton
North Edmonton services ... 43 Primary care networks ... 142
Health care system - Finance
Evidence-based decision-making ... 387 Funding ... 382 Increased costs ... 387-88
Health care system - Health Quality Council preferential services inquiry (2012)
Alberta Medical Association response ... 358 Inclusion of physician advocacy and allegations of bullying (proposed) ... 369-70 Legislative provisions ... 233-34, 264 Terms of reference ... 320, 321-22, 358, 360
Health care system - Health Quality Council review (2011)
Health care system - Rural areas
Access to services ... 45
Health sciences professionals
Home care
Destination home (home care and rehabilitation program) ... 419 Funding ... 380 Services provided ... 368
Hospitals - Construction - High Prairie
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Full capacity protocol ... 277 Health Quality Council report findings ... 277 Increase in number of visits ... 10 Performance measures ... 141-42 Wait times ... 109, 170-71, 175-76, 380
Housing - Rental housing
Health and safety standards ... 110-11
Immunization
H1N1 influenza ... 371 Programs ... 371
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Labour Relations Board
Alberta Health Services application on hospital support staff labour negotiations ... 169-70
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Medical examiners - Calgary
Review of criminal files ... 194
Medical research
Funding ... 375 Reorganization of services ... 375-76
Mental health services
Access to services ... 293, 373, 509 Diagnostic billing codes ... 230-31 Funding ... 293 Provincial strategy ... 198, 368 Treatment beds ... 377
Midwifery
Certification of internationally trained midwives ... 423
Minister's Advisory Committee on Health
Recommendation re evidence-based decision-making ... 387
Nurses
Contract negotiations ... 229-30 Scope of practice ... 419
Nutrition
Guidelines ... 371 Healthy U food checker ... 371
Obesity
National initiatives ... 177
Paramedics - Education
Bridging programs for emergency medical technicians ... 373
Patient advocacy by physicians
Alberta Hospital Edmonton forensic patients ... 451 Allegations of intimidation, Health Quality Council report findings ... 229, 267, 277, 358 Allegations of intimidation, resources for affected physicians ... 508
Pharmacists
Scope of practice ... 63, 368, 375, 380 Transition funding re lower generic drug prices ... 63
Pharmacists - Rural areas
Programs and services for pharmacists ... 63, 368
Physicians
Family physicians ... 605 Internal hotline ... 63 Services agreement ... 63, 170, 230, 290, 320, 322, 377, 605 Services agreement, Alberta Medical Association president's January letter to members on ... 63 Services agreement, minister's letter to physicians on ... 290
Physicians - Wages
Compensation and development funding ... 367-68, 377
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 179-80
Protection for Persons in Care Act
Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Amendment Act (Bill 6, 2009)
Provincial Advisory Committee on Tobacco
Public Health Act
Amendments (proposed) ... 110-11
Safe communities initiative
Funding for community-based mental health and addictions services ... 373
Seniors
Continuum of care ... 386, 508
Seniors - Housing - Edmonton
Westlawn Courts residence, bedbug infestation ... 323
Sexual assault centres
Counselling services ... 580
Sexual orientation/identity
Use in medical diagnostic billing codes ... 230-31
South Calgary health centre
Substance abuse and addiction
Programs and services ... 368, 373 Treatment beds ... 377
Supportive living accommodations
Private vs. public facilities ... 448 Requests for proposals and supporting documentation for (Motion for a Return M4/12: defeated) ... 613 Resident health, comparison to long-term care facilities ... 447-48
Supportive living accommodations, affordable
Affordable supportive living initiative ... 386
Surgery procedures - Joint surgeries
Cost-benefit analysis ... 377
Tobacco Reduction (Protection of Children in Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Tobacco use
Reduction strategy ... 376, 419
Tranquility Care Homes Inc.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Organ and tissue registry (proposed) ... 196, 384 Statistics on transplantation ... 384
Villa Caritas
Utilization of facility ... 193
YMCA
Location in Calgary south health campus ... 378
Youville long-term care centre, St. Albert
Horner, Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert; President of the Treasury Board and Enterprise)
Budget 2012-13
Government advertisements ... 321
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Edmonton
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta First Nations Energy Centre ... 393, 576-77 Alberta Human Rights Act ... 606 Cost of Premier's swearing-in ceremony ... 395 Donations to political parties ... 723, 724 Emergency health services ... 170 Fixed election dates ... 724 Judicial inquiry into health services ... 321, 325, 392 Labour negotiations with hospital support staff ... 169-70, 171-72 Long-term care ... 576, 727 Long-term care serious incidents ... 723, 728 Medevac services ... 396 Medevac services at Namao Air Base ... 110 MLA remuneration ... 359, 362, 722-23 Municipal taxation ... 577 NOVA Chemicals Corporation expansion ... 581 PC caucus meeting and cabinet tour ... 12 Physician services agreement in principle ... 724-25 Productivity Alberta ... 669 Provincial budget ... 61-62 Provincial economic strategy ... 578 Provincial tax policy ... 144, 171, 321, 581-82 Revenue from problem gambling ... 67, 113 Revenue from VLTs and slot machines ... 143-44 School council teleconference remarks ... 671
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Alberta First Nations Energy Centre
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Accounting methods ... 144 Problem gambling management ... 67, 113
Alberta Gazette
Information published ... 395
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Third-quarter report ... 725
Alberta Medical Association
Newspaper advertisement on health care system judicial inquiry ... 325
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2012 (Bill 3)
First reading ... 115 Second reading ... 150
Appropriation Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 587 Third reading ... 681
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Funding from supplementary supply ... 150
Budget documents
Government strategic plan and ministry business plans (tabled) ... 52
Budget process
Finance minister and Treasury Board president round-table discussions ... 32 Results-based budgeting ... 32 Value reviews ... 61-62
Committee of Supply
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, referred to (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 52 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, to be considered for one day (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 52
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Compensation to members ... 362 Members' return of payment for ... 722
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Payments to members ... 722
Corporations
Programs and services for businesses ... 32
Corporations - Red Deer
Productivity initiatives ... 669
Dept. of Treasury Board and Enterprise
Edmonton City Centre Airport
Closure of, alternatives for medevac services ... 110
Edmonton General hospital
Education
Public consultations ... 671
Education Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 745 Committee, amendment A7 (establishment of charter schools) (carried) ... 745 Parental rights provisions ... 605-6
Elections, provincial
Election 2012 date ... 724
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Assembly Offices estimates 2012-13 transmitted ... 52 Ministry business plans (tabled) ... 52 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, considered in Committee of Supply for one day (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 52 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, referred to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 52 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, transmitted to the Assembly ... 52
Executive Council
Compensation ... 171-72 Ministers' provincial tour ... 12
Fiscal policy
2011-12 fiscal plan ... 52
Gaming (gambling)
Charitable model ... 144 Problem gambling ... 67, 113, 143 Revenue (cash in and out) ... 67, 143-44
Government spending
Provincial strategy ... 32
Group homes
Whistle-blower legislation (proposed) ... 728
Health care system - Health Quality Council preferential services inquiry (2012)
Health care system - Health Quality Council review (2011)
Final report recommendations ... 321, 325, 396
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Medevac services review ... 110, 396
Home-schooling
Curriculum content ... 606
Immigrants
Attraction of U.S. skilled workers ... 578
Infrastructure
Federal-provincial discussions ... 578
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Brigadier-General and advocate for military families (husband and wife) ... 137
Labour force planning
Federal-provincial discussions ... 578
Legislative Assembly Office
Estimates 2012-13 transmitted to the Assembly ... 52
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Main estimates 2012-13 transmitted to the Assembly ... 52 Offices of the Legislative Assembly estimates 2012-13 transmitted to the Assembly ... 52
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Deaths and serious incidents ... 576, 723, 728 Funding ... 723 Private facilities ... 727 Residence fees ... 727 Standards of care ... 728
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Office of the Premier
Premiers' swearing-in ceremony costs (Mr. Stelmach and Ms. Redford) ... 395
Parenting
Parents' rights, legislation re ... 606
Patient advocacy by physicians
Allegations of intimidation, Health Quality Council report findings ... 325, 392
Persons with developmental disabilities
Programs and services, funding from supplementary supply ... 150
Petrochemicals industry
Industry incentives ... 581
Points of order
Parliamentary language ... 610
Postsecondary educational institutions
Donations to PC Party ... 723, 724
Productivity Alberta
Programs and services ... 669
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Donations, investigation of ... 723
Property tax - Education levy
Revenue to province ... 577
Public service
Operational funding ... 61-62
Public transportation
GreenTRIP incentives program, funding from supplementary supply ... 150
Results-based Budgeting Act (Bill 1)
Schools - Construction - Airdrie
Alternative financing models, minister's remarks during teleconference ... 671
Wildfires - Slave Lake
Recovery program, funding from supplementary supply ... 150
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