Leskiw, Genia (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake)
Members' Statements (current session)
Bonnyville primary care network ... 297 Our Children, Our Future education consultation ... 114 Primco Dene rewarding partnerships award ... 68 Seniors' housing in Bonnyville ... 168-69 World Kidney Day ... 400
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Affordable housing ... 725-26 Athabasca Oil Sands Area Transportation Coordinating Committee ... 11-12 Keyano College land trust ... 364-65 Oil Sands Transportation Coordinating Committee ... 231 Parental choice in Edmonton ... 324-25 Productivity Alberta ... 669 Sale of Crown land in Fort McMurray ... 111 Social housing for seniors ... 143 Teachers' salary negotiations ... 65-66
Affordable housing
Access to housing ... 725-26 Repairs and maintenance ... 143
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Cold Lake First Nation
Primco Dene business development, member's statement on ... 68
Corporations - Red Deer
Productivity initiatives ... 669
Education
Public consultations, member's statement on ... 114
Education - Curricula
Children's exemptions from specific classes ... 325
Education Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 553-54 Committee, amendment A1 (addition to preamble on parental choice ) (carried) ... 553-54
Fort McMurray
Land development strategy ... 364-65 Memorandum of understanding on oil sands development ... 11
Health and wellness
World Kidney Day, member's statement on ... 400
Health care system - Bonnyville
Primary care networks, member's statement on ... 297
Home-schooling
Programs and services ... 324-25
Housing - Rental housing
Rent supplement program ... 725-26
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Lakeland Lodge and Housing Foundation
Oil sands development - Athabasca area
Transportation Coordinating Committee ... 11-12, 231
Productivity Alberta
Programs and services ... 669
Property Rights Advocate Act (Bill 6)
Public lands - Fort McMurray area
Schools - Bonnyville
Dr. Bernard Brosseau school students' participation in education consultation ... 114
Seniors - Housing - Bonnyville
Members' statements ... 168-69 Upgrades and addition of units ... 143
Social housing
Repair and maintenance ... 143
Teachers - Wages
Contract negotiations ... 65-66
Liepert, Ron (PC, Calgary-West; Minister of Finance)
Budget Address
Government Motion 7 ... 52-56
Budget 2012-13
Government advertisements ... 358-59, 391-92 Wage and salary allocations ... 212
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Advocacy to government ... 358 AIMCo investment in Viterra Inc. ... 725 AIMCo investments ... 600 Cost of Premier's swearing-in ceremony ... 395 Electricity exports ... 601 Land conservation trusts ... 295 Problem gambling ... 196 Provincial budget ... 48 Provincial budget advertisement ... 358-59, 391-92 Provincial fiscal framework ... 42 Provincial spending ... 174 Provincial tax policy ... 423-24, 453, 511, 670 Resource revenue projections ... 449 Revenue from VLTs and slot machines ... 172, 327
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Borrowing of money ... 600
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Programs for problem gamblers ... 203
Alberta Companies Act
Not-for-profit organization incorporation provisions (part 9 companies) ... 295
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Agreement on transmission line expansion and upgrade ... 205
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Accounting methods, Auditor General's recommendations on ... 172, 327 Administration ... 202 Problem gambling management ... 202
Alberta Gazette
Information published ... 395
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta in Canada
Budgetary impacts ... 216
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Borrowing money, constraints on ... 600 Investment in Viterra ... 725 Investment performance ... 202, 209, 600
Alberta Medical Association
Newspaper advertisement on health care system judicial inquiry ... 392
Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation
Borrowing of money for ... 600
Alberta sustainability fund
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Binding arbitration ... 212-13
Apprenticeship training
Registered apprenticeships, statistics on ... 54
Appropriation Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
First reading ... 513 Third reading ... 681-82
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Auditor General - Recommendations
Reporting of gaming revenue ... 327
Bioenergy industry
Producer credit program ... 217
Budget documents
Fiscal plan (tabled) ... 52 Ministry business plans ... 202-3, 207
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 48, 54, 206-7, 220-21 General remarks ... 56 Results-based budgeting ... 53, 174, 207 Revenue/cost forecasts used ... 202, 210, 212-15, 218, 222-23, 449, 682
Calgary-West (constituency)
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment - Red Deer
Carbon capture and storage
Provincial strategy ... 217, 220
Community facility enhancement program
Funding allocations ... 205
Corporations
Response to economic uncertainty ... 218
Corporations - Taxation
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 55-56 Provincial strategy ... 214 Revenue to province ... 53, 218 Tax credits ... 54, 203
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Dept. of Finance
Debt-servicing costs ... 202-3 Fiscal planning and economic analysis ... 219 Main estimates and business plan 2012-13 debate ... 202-23 Minister's provincial tour ... 53 Minister's remarks at Airdrie council meeting ... 358 Technology, funding for ... 203
Dept. of Treasury Board and Enterprise
Mandate ... 204 Minister's provincial tour ... 53
Edmonton and Area Land Trust
Casino licence application denial ... 295
Edmonton clinic south
Operational funding ... 54
Education Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 742-43 Committee, amendment A7 (establishment of charter schools) (carried) ... 742-43
Electric power - Export
Licence applications ... 601
Electric power lines - Construction
Impact on power prices ... 205
Energy industry
General remarks ... 217 Land sales (leases) ... 219 National strategy (proposed) ... 55 Provincial strategy ... 53
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
International perceptions ... 55
Executive Council
Ministers' provincial tour ... 53
Families
Programs and services ... 54
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Provisions for deficit budgets ... 207
Gaming (gambling)
Commissions to VLT licence holders ... 327 Problem gambling ... 196, 203-4 Problem gambling, relevance to budget debate ... 204 Revenue (cash in and out) ... 172, 327 Revenue (cash in and out), Auditor General's recommendations on reporting ... 327 Revenue from horse racing ... 205
Gas, natural - Royalties
Decline in revenue ... 53
Government savings
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 209 Provincial strategy ... 206, 215-16
Government spending - Ontario
Don Drummond report ... 174
Health care system - Delivery models
Family care clinics ... 54 Primary care networks ... 54
Health care system - Finance
Health facilities
Infrastructure funding ... 55
Health sciences professionals - Wages
Homelessness
Housing First program ... 54
Horse Racing Alberta
Agreement with province ... 205
Horse-racing industry
Horse-racing and breeding renewal program ... 205
Hospitals
Support staff labour negotiations ... 212-13
Hospitals - Construction - High Prairie
Income tax, provincial
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 55-56 Revenue to province ... 218 Tax credits ... 54
International trade
Economic risks ... 208, 215-16 Provincial strategy ... 55
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land trusts
Eligibility for grant funding ... 295
Lottery fund
Allocation of funds ... 204-5
Medical research
Funding ... 54 Prion research ... 54
Municipal sustainability initiative
Nonprofit, not-for-profit, voluntary, and charitable organizations
Eligibility for casino licences ... 295
Office of the Premier
Premiers' swearing-in ceremony costs (Mr. Stelmach and Ms. Redford) ... 395
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Advocacy re ... 55, 215 Federal-provincial monitoring ... 217
Pipelines - Construction
Enbridge Northern Gateway project (proposed) ... 208 TransCanada Keystone XL project ... 55
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Public lands
Revenue from lease sales ... 218
Public service
Pension administration ... 209-10, 212-13 Pension administration, investment performance ... 600 Wages and salaries ... 212
Public transportation
GreenTRIP incentives program ... 217
Research and development
Facilities, funding for ... 54 Tax credits for scientific research ... 54
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Provincial strategy ... 213-14
Schoolchildren - Transportation
South Calgary health centre
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Trades and technology complex ... 54
Speaker
Retirement of current Speaker ... 52
Substance abuse and addiction
Dept. of Health and Wellness responsibility ... 203-4 Funding ... 54
Treasury Branches (ATB Financial)
University of Alberta. Faculty of Agriculture
Kinsella and St. Albert facilities ... 54
Lindsay, Fred (PC, Stony Plain)
Members' Statements (current session)
Alberta Winter Games 2012 ... 68-69 Fallen Four memorial ... 227
Alberta Summer Games (Lethbridge 2012)
Alberta Winter Games (Stony Plain 2012)
Members' statements ... 68-69
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Memorial tribute to four officers killed near Mayerthorpe, member's statement on ... 227
Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs; Minister of Education)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Health Quality Council review report, debate ... 281-83
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
A. Blair McPherson school ... 453-54 Aboriginal education ... 12, 64 Advocacy to government ... 287, 358 Bullying ... 579 Bullying in private schools ... 232-33 Charter schools ... 199-200, 421-22 Childhood hunger ... 45-46 Education 10-point plan ... 112 Education consultation ... 605 Education funding ... 62, 109, 268, 603-4 Education of Mennonite children from Mexico ... 197-98 Education property taxes ... 113 Education services for teen parents ... 172-73 First Nations education ... 671 Full-day kindergarten programs ... 322, 360 Funding for private schools ... 195, 231, 292-93, 394-95, 578-79 Grimshaw Holy Family school ... 146, 292, 362-63 Heartland electricity transmission project ... 269 Home-schooling ... 231-32, 602, 669-70, 725, 756-57 New school construction in Calgary ... 512 Parental choice in Edmonton ... 325 School board funding ... 177, 293-94 School capital construction ... 604 School council teleconference remarks ... 671 School fees ... 143, 394 School fees collection ... 726, 755 School infrastructure funding ... 145, 420, 449, 581 Teachers' salary negotiations ... 65-66
St. Albert and Sturgeon Valley School Districts Establishment Act (Bill 4)
St. Albert Protestant separate school division
Replacement of board ... 403-4
Aboriginal children - Education
Federal-provincial-First Nations co-operation ... 64, 671 Programs and services ... 12, 153, 330
Alberta initiative for school improvement
Alberta School Councils' Association
Support for Bill 2, Education Act ... 712
Alberta school foundation fund
Alberta Teachers' Association
Response to Bill 2, Education Act ... 712
Alberta Works employment program
Bills (procedure)
Voting on amendments, point of order on ... 765
Bullying
Prevention strategies ... 579 Public vs. private school incidence ... 232-33
Calgary Children's hospital
Cabinet ministers' visit ... 282
Child poverty
Nutrition programs ... 45-46
Cities and towns
Inner-city revitalization ... 581
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Minister's meeting with Education minister ... 12
Dept. of Education
Main estimates and business plan 2012-13 debate ... 329-47, 348-53 Program overview ... 330
Early childhood education
Edmonton public school board
Capital plan ... 341, 604 Student spaces ... 332
Education
Compulsory school attendance age ... 153 High school completion ... 153 Parental choice ... 152-54 Provincial strategy ... 112 Public consultations ... 605, 671 School support services ... 343 Student residency criteria ... 153
Education - Curricula
Children's exemptions from specific classes ... 325, 725 English as a second language ... 197-98, 330, 343, 345
Education - Finance
3-year funding cycle ... 62, 109, 333-34, 335-38 Additional funding for 2011-12 school year ... 333, 603-4 Funding ... 330 Funding for rural boards ... 177, 330 Funding sources ... 113 Voucher system ... 347
Education Act (Bill 2)
First reading ... 115 Second reading ... 152-54, 411 Committee ... 500-501, 526-28, 560, 562, 563, 568-69, 711-13, 743-44, 764-65 Committee, amendment A1 (addition to preamble on parental choice ) (carried) ... 500-501 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (insertion of phrase "paramount right and responsibility" of parents) (defeated) ... 526-28 Committee, amendment A2 (elimination of tuition fees) (defeated) ... 560, 562, 563 Committee, amendment A4 (definition of bullying to include entire school community) (carried unanimously) ... 568-69 Committee, amendment A6 (replace section 16, diversity and respect) (defeated) ... 711-13 Committee, amendment A7 (establishment of charter schools) (carried) ... 743-44 Committee, amendment A8 (charter school restrictions, registration/accreditation of private schools, school division creation, francophone school trustee candidate criteria, shared school spaces) (not voted) ... 764-65 Provisions re bullying ... 152, 579 Provisions re curriculum ... 232
Electric power lines - Construction
Heartland transmission project, proposed route ... 269
Executive Council
Ministers' provincial tour ... 282
Government spending
Provincial strategy ... 336
Health care system - Health Quality Council preferential services inquiry (2012)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Mennonites
Education of children from Mexico ... 197-98
Minister's Student Advisory Council
Parenting
Teenaged mothers, programs and services for ... 172-73
Physicians
Family physicians ... 282
Points of order
Allegations against a member ... 527 Clarification (main estimates debate) ... 331 Factual accuracy ... 337 Inflammatory language ... 712 Voting on amendments to bills ... 765
Postsecondary education
Provincial strategy ... 153
Privilege
Obstructing a member in performance of duty ... 679-81
Public School Boards' Association
Support for Bill 2, Education Act ... 712
School Act
Curriculum provisions ... 232 General remarks ... 112, 115
School boards and districts
Capital plans ... 339-40 Financial decision-making ... 334-35 Natural person powers ... 153 Publicly available information ... 330-31
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Local decision-making ... 143 Provincial strategy ... 268, 335, 394, 560, 563 School board use of collection agencies ... 726, 756
Schoolchildren - Transportation
Funding ... 346 Funding for rural boards ... 177 Pilot projects on ride times and in-bus Wi-Fi ... 330
Schools
Class size ... 346 Community role ... 580-81 Portable use ... 339-40 School closures ... 449, 581, 604 Technology use ... 153, 331 Wraparound service provision (proposed) ... 345-46
Schools - Calgary
Evanston community ... 512
Schools - Construction
Funding ... 331 Long-term planning ... 345-46 Playground development ... 112 Project scheduling, publication of production list ... 339-42, 351-53 Provincial strategy ... 145, 338, 420 Public-private partnerships (P3) (ASAP initiative) ... 330 School board requests for funding ... 293-94
Schools - Construction - Airdrie
Alternative financing models, minister's remarks during teleconference ... 671
Schools - Construction - Calgary
Schools - Construction - Edmonton
Summerside school ... 112
Schools - Edmonton
A. Blair McPherson school needs ... 453-54 Role in inner city renewal ... 581 School closures ... 604
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Deferred maintenance ... 268, 338 Funding ... 330-31 Local responsibility ... 145 School board requests for funding ... 294
Schools - Maintenance and repair - Grimshaw
Schools - Sherwood Park
Proximity to Heartland electric power transmission lines route ... 269
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 5)
Separate school districts
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Provincial achievement tests, student exemption from ... 756-57
Teachers - Education
Training in special-needs education ... 349-50
Lund, Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House)
Members' Statements (current session)
Rural integrated community clerkship for physicians ... 731
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Bear management ... 513 Gasoline and diesel prices ... 398
Bears
Education program (BearSmart) ... 513 Grizzly bear population counts ... 513
Fuel (gasoline and diesel)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Physicians - Rural areas
Rural integrated community clerkship, member's statement on ... 731
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 5)
Wildlife
Carcass composting facility, Cardston county ... 513
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