MacDonald, Hugh (AL, Edmonton-Gold Bar)
Members' Statements (current session)
Donations to leadership campaigns ... 454 Problem gambling ... 227
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Cost of Premier's swearing-in ceremony ... 395 Donations to leadership campaigns ... 447 Electricity prices ... 512-13, 730, 760 Health system restructuring ... 267-68 MLA remuneration ... 418 PC Party benefit plan trust ... 10 Problem gambling ... 195-96 Revenue from problem gambling ... 67, 112-13 Revenue from VLTs and slot machines ... 143-44, 172, 326-27
Aboriginal peoples - Economic development
First Nations development fund ... 90
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Programs for problem gamblers ... 203
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Agreement on transmission line expansion and upgrade ... 205
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Accounting methods ... 144 Accounting methods, Auditor General's recommendations on ... 172, 326-27 Exemption from Lobbyists Act ... 67 Problem gambling management ... 67, 112-13
Alberta Gaming Research Institute
Research project ... 202-3
Alberta Gazette
Information published ... 395
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Centralization of services ... 206 Centralization of services, Health Quality Council report comments on ... 267-68
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Christmas party ... 209 Investment performance ... 209
Alberta sustainability fund
Appeals Commission (workers' compensation)
Annual report ... 88 General remarks ... 88
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2012 (Bill 3)
Appropriation Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Funding from supplementary supply ... 85-86
Auditor General - Recommendations
General remarks ... 92 Reporting of gaming revenue ... 326-27
Budget documents
Ministry business plans ... 207
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 205-7 Budgetary surpluses ... 185 General remarks ... 203 Results-based budgeting, performance measures re ... 207 Revenue/cost forecasts used ... 217-18
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Religious freedom provisions ... 530-31
Chair - Rulings
Decorum ... 657 Relevance ... 208
Chief Electoral Officer, office of the
Community facility enhancement program
Funding allocations ... 205
Corporations
Impact of electric power prices ... 91-92 Response to economic uncertainty ... 218
Corporations - Taxation
Revenue to province ... 218
Dept. of Finance
Appearance before Public Accounts Committee ... 204 Fiscal planning and economic analysis ... 219 Main estimates and business plan 2012-13 debate ... 203-10, 217-19
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Dept. of Human Services
Financial reporting ... 587 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 88
Dept. of Infrastructure
Budgetary transfers ... 633
Dept. of Intergovernmental, International and Aboriginal Relations
Financial reporting ... 587 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 89-90
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 82
Dept. of Seniors
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 85-86
Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security
Money transferred to general revenue fund ... 88
Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Staff wages and salaries, AUPE settlement impact ... 90 Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 90
Dept. of Treasury Board and Enterprise
Budgetary transfers from ... 633 Donations to minister during PC leadership campaign ... 447 Mandate ... 204
Education - United States
Education Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 182-84, 408 Committee ... 530-31, 768-69 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (insertion of phrase "paramount right and responsibility" of parents) (defeated) ... 530-31 Committee, amendment A8 (charter school restrictions, registration/accreditation of private schools, school division creation, francophone school trustee candidate criteria, shared school spaces) (not voted) ... 768-69
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Limits on donations under ... 447
Electric power - Regulations
Electric power - Retail sales
Regulated-rate option ... 512-13 Rural consumers ... 730
Electric power lines - Construction
Impact on power prices ... 92, 205
Electric utilities
Corporate political donations ... 512-13
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Budget documents, financial reporting ... 587-88, 632
Executive Council
Compensation for committee work ... 418
Farmers' Advocate
Funding ... 657 General remarks ... 650
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Provisions for deficit budgets ... 207
Freehold lands
Eckville public meeting on land legislation ... 649, 650 Landowner rights ... 91
Gaming (gambling)
Commissions to VLT licence holders ... 327 Problem gambling ... 67, 112-13, 143, 195-96, 203-4 Problem gambling, member's statement on ... 227 Problem gambling, relevance to budget debate ... 204 Revenue (cash in and out) ... 67, 143-44, 172, 227, 327, 632-33 Revenue (cash in and out), Auditor General's recommendations on reporting ... 326-27 Revenue from First Nations casinos ... 90 Revenue from horse racing ... 205
Gas, natural - Prices
Fluctuations ... 186 Impact on electric power prices ... 92
General revenue fund
Transfers of unexpended funds to ... 96, 633
Government accountability
Government Organization Act
Provisions for government spending ... 97
Government savings
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 209 Provincial strategy ... 206
Health care system - Finance
Health care system - Health Quality Council review (2011)
Home-schooling
Programs and services ... 530
Horse Racing Alberta
Agreement with province ... 205 Funding ... 186
Horse-racing industry
Horse-racing and breeding renewal program ... 205
Housing - Rental housing
Rent supplement program ... 588
Immunization
Financial reporting ... 587-88
Income support programs
Supports for independence program ... 85
Income tax, provincial
Revenue to province ... 218
Infrastructure
Provincial strategy ... 631
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Ministerial statement ... 721
International offices - Hong Kong
Suspension of representative ... 447
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Judges, provincial
Compensation ... 82 Compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 82
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Standards of care ... 588
Lottery fund
Administration ... 632-33 Allocation of funds ... 204-5
Masters in chambers
Compensation ... 82 Compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 82
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation review ... 418
Ministerial Statements
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ... 721
Office of the Premier
Premier's remarks on PC Party benefit plan trust ... 10 Premiers' swearing-in ceremony costs (Mr. Stelmach and Ms. Redford) ... 395
Persons with developmental disabilities
Inspection of accommodations ... 588 Programs and services, funding from supplementary supply ... 85-86
Pipelines - Construction
Enbridge Northern Gateway project (proposed) ... 208
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Benefit trust plan, tax credits re ... 10 Donations to leadership candidates ... 447, 512-13 Donations to leadership candidates, member's statement on ... 454
Property rights advocate (proposed)
Alberta Surface Rights Group response ... 657-58 Mandate ... 650
Property Rights Advocate Act (Bill 6)
Property Rights Task Force
Public lands
Revenue from lease sales ... 218
Public service
Pension administration ... 209-10
Pulp and paper industry - Whitecourt
Impact of electric power prices ... 91
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Public Accounts Committee ... 270
Results-based Budgeting Act (Bill 1)
Revenue
Fluctuations in revenue ... 186 Forecasts ... 207 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 207, 631-32
School boards and districts
Financial decision-making ... 408
Schools - Construction
Project scheduling ... 94
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 5)
Separate school districts
Constitutional guarantees re ... 184
Speaker
Retirement of current Speaker ... 762-63
Speech from the Throne
Motion to consider (Fawcett/Rodney), addresses in reply (Government Motion 10) ... 91-93 Motion to consider (Fawcett/Rodney), addresses in reply (questions and comments) ... 94
Substance abuse and addiction
Dept. of Health and Wellness responsibility ... 203
Suicide
Underlying factors ... 203
Supplementary estimates
Supplementary estimates 2011-12, No. 2, debate ... 82, 85-86, 88-90
Tobacco Reduction (Protection of Children in Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Wildfires - Slave Lake
Recovery program, funding from supplementary supply ... 185
Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, to March 16, 2012)
Members' Statements (current session)
Donation to Olds College by Jack Anderson ... 297
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Olds College
Donation to by J.C. (Jack) Anderson, member's statement on ... 297
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood)
Budget 2012-13
Wage and salary allocations ... 212
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Health Quality Council review report, debate ... 273-74
Members' Statements (current session)
Health Quality Council review report ... 261 Labour negotiations with hospital support staff ... 168
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta's representative in Asia ... 417 Criticism of government ... 289 Drilling stimulus program ... 393 Electricity exports ... 601 Electricity prices ... 9, 61, 107 Emergency health services ... 141 General hospital long-term care centre ... 193 Health services for north Edmonton ... 43 Health system restructuring ... 263-64 Judicial inquiry into health services ... 321-22 Labour negotiations with hospital support staff ... 171 Long-term care ... 447-48 Pre-election commitments ... 667-68 Private operation of long-term care facilities ... 507-8
St. Albert and Sturgeon Valley School Districts Establishment Act (Bill 4)
Alberta Act (1905)
Separate school provisions ... 484
Alberta College of Physicians & Surgeons
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Centralization of services, Health Quality Council report comments on ... 261, 263-64, 273-74
Alberta Land Stewardship Act
Alberta Medical Association
Newspaper advertisement on health care system judicial inquiry ... 321-22
Alberta Teachers' Association
Response to Bill 2, Education Act ... 405
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Binding arbitration ... 213
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Relations with provincial government ... 289
Appropriation Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Arts and culture
Provincial strategy ... 30
Bitumen - Export
Unprocessed bitumen ... 29
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 29 Revenue/cost forecasts used ... 212-13, 214, 690, 691
Bullying
Gender identity/sexual orientation as a factor ... 406
Canada Health Act
Health professional compensation provisions ... 378
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Charter schools
Provincial strategy ... 405, 406
Continuing/extended care facilities
Corporations - Taxation
Provincial strategy ... 29, 214
Crime
Federal legislation ... 29
Dept. of Finance
Main estimates and business plan 2012-13 debate ... 212-15
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Main estimates and business plan 2012-13 debate ... 378-81 Ministerial accountability ... 264
Early childhood education
Kindergarten and junior kindergarten ... 406
East Edmonton health centre
Edmonton General hospital
Edmonton public school board
Report on school fees ... 406
Education
Public consultations ... 406 Public system ... 691
Education - Curricula
Content re sexual orientation ... 406
Electric power
Service disruptions ... 30
Electric power - Export
Licence applications ... 601
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 61, 107 Rates ... 9, 29, 30, 61, 690-91 TransAlta price manipulation ... 30
Electric power - Regulations
Electric power - Retail sales
Regulated-rate option ... 61
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities ... 30
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50)
Energy industry
Drilling incentive program ... 393 National strategy (proposed) ... 28
Environmental protection
Kyoto protocol ... 29 Provincial strategy ... 30
Ethics Commissioner, office of the
Investigations re international office representative in Hong Kong ... 417
Government programs and services
Provincial strategy ... 689-90
Health care system - Delivery models
Primary care networks ... 43, 378 Private delivery model ... 29, 274, 691 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... 29 Urgent care centres ... 378, 380-81
Health care system - Edmonton
North Edmonton services ... 43
Health care system - Health Quality Council preferential services inquiry (2012)
General remarks ... 273 Terms of reference ... 321-22
Health care system - Health Quality Council review (2011)
Final report ... 273 Final report recommendations ... 379 Interim report ... 273 Members' statements ... 261
Health Resource Centre
Closure, cost to province of ... 379
Health sciences professionals - Wages
Hospitals
Support staff labour negotiations ... 171, 213 Support staff labour negotiations, member's statement on ... 168
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Health Quality Council report findings ... 273 Performance measures ... 141 Wait times ... 273, 379, 380-81
International offices - Hong Kong
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation review ... 667-68
Oil sands development
Provincial strategy ... 28-29
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Advocacy re ... 28 Federal-provincial monitoring ... 28
Patient advocacy by physicians
Allegations of intimidation, events regarding Mr. Horne and Dr. Sherman (contact re Dr. Sherman's mental state) ... 289 Allegations of intimidation, Health Quality Council report findings ... 261, 273-74
Physicians - Wages
Compensation and development funding ... 378
Private schools
Legislative provisions ... 405
Property Rights Advocate Act (Bill 6)
Public lands
Revenue from lease sales ... 213
Public service
Wages and salaries ... 212
Revenue
Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 213
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Provincial strategy ... 213-14
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Deferred maintenance ... 406
Schools - Maintenance and repair - Grimshaw
Letter from Mr. Goudreau to school board ... 289
Seniors' Property Tax Deferral Act (Bill 5)
Sexual orientation/identity
Bullying of individuals based on ... 406
Speech from the Throne
Motion to consider (Fawcett/Rodney), addresses in reply (Government Motion 10) ... 28-30 Motion to consider (Fawcett/Rodney), addresses in reply (questions and comments) ... 25
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Provincial achievement tests ... 406
Supportive living accommodations
Private vs. public facilities ... 447-48 Resident health, comparison to long-term care facilities ... 447-48
Surgery procedures - Eye surgeries
Cataract surgery, wait times for ... 379
Surgery procedures - Joint surgeries
Tax policy
Flat tax rate vs. progressive rate ... 29 General remarks ... 214-15, 690-91
Teachers - Supply
Number in education system ... 406
Tranquility Care Homes Inc.
Eviction of resident ... 507-8
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Provincial strategy ... 29
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Villa Caritas
Repurposing as psychogeriatric facility ... 379 Utilization of facility ... 193
Water quality - Oil sands area
McFarland, Barry (PC, Little Bow)
Members' Statements (current session)
A life in politics ... 296
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Education of Mennonite children from Mexico ... 197-98 Electricity prices ... 44
Alberta Electric System Operator
Arts and culture
Tax incentives for cultural endeavours, Motion Other than Government Motion 503 (Benito: defeated) ... 440
Education - Curricula
English as a second language ... 197-98
Electric power
Balancing Pool mandate ... 44
Electric power plants
Scheduled maintenance ... 44
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Family and friends of the Member for Little Bow ... 285
Little Bow (constituency)
Member's political life and tribute to family and supporters, member's statement on ... 296
Mennonites
Education of children from Mexico ... 197-98
McQueen, Diana (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar; Minister of Environment and Water)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance ... 292 Energy demand-side management ... 364 Environmental monitoring ... 108, 452 Environmental monitoring of the oil sands ... 510-11 Environmental protection ... 14 Impact of oil sands development ... 195 Property rights public consultation ... 194-95 Sand and gravel extraction management ... 757-58 Water allocation ... 451-52
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Dept. of Environment and Water
Mandate ... 364 Minister's meeting with environmental scientists ... 511 Minister's meeting with federal Minister of Environment ... 14
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Electric power - Retail sales
Demand-side management ... 364
Environmental protection
Provincial strategy ... 14
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction strategies ... 364
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Strathmore mayor and chief administrative officer ... 167
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance ... 292 Federal-provincial monitoring ... 14, 108, 452, 510-11 Research ... 195
Property rights advocate (proposed)
Property Rights Advocate Act (Bill 6)
First reading ... 236 Second reading ... 404, 500
Property Rights Task Force
Sand and gravel mining
Extraction management ... 757-58
South Saskatchewan River basin
Water licence transfers, publication of ... 451-52
Water management
Aquifer protection ... 757-58 Conservation ... 451-52 Groundwater mapping ... 757
Wetlands
Reclamation projects ... 511
Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Disaster recovery program ... 420 Long gun registry ... 266 Promotion of Alberta energy industry ... 290
Energy industry
Provincial strategy ... 290
Floods - Southern Alberta
Labour force planning
Recruitment and retention of skilled workers, U.S. workers ... 290
Office of the Premier
Premier's travel re energy industry ... 290
Oil sands development
Provincial strategy ... 290
Pipelines - Construction
TransCanada line, Cushing to Port Arthur ... 290
Tobacco Reduction (Protection of Children in Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Tobacco use
Prevention programs ... 430-31
Morton, Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview; Minister of Energy)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta First Nations Energy Centre ... 393, 506, 576 Bitumen upgrading ... 448 Critical electricity transmission lines ... 583 Critical Transmission Review Committee report ... 107 Drilling stimulus program ... 393 Electricity prices ... 8, 9, 41, 44, 60, 61, 105, 107, 112, 140, 146-47, 199, 228, 506-7, 512-13, 728, 730, 760 Energy demand-side management ... 363-64 European Union fuel quality directive ... 265 Gasoline and diesel prices ... 398 Hydraulic fracturing practices ... 47 Impact of oil sands development ... 195 NOVA Chemicals Corporation expansion ... 581 Provincial budget projections ... 147-48 Provincial tax policy ... 144 Resource revenue projections ... 450 Water management ... 673
Alberta Electric System Operator
Alberta First Nations Energy Centre
Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures
Research on energy conservation ... 363-64
Alberta Utilities Commission
Bitumen - Upgrading
North West Upgrading project ... 448
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Religious freedom provisions ... 546-47
Corporations
Closures during electric power price increases ... 41
Dept. of Environment and Water
Minister's meeting with environmental scientists ... 673
Education Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 545-49 Committee, amendment A1 (addition to preamble on parental choice ) (carried) ... 545-49
Electric power
Balancing Pool mandate ... 44 Cogeneration ... 760
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 41, 60, 61, 107, 112, 140, 146-47, 199, 228, 506-7, 728 Rates ... 8, 9, 44, 61, 728, 730, 760 TransAlta price manipulation ... 8, 41
Electric power - Regulations
Electric power - Retail sales
Electric power lines - Construction
Critical Transmission Review Committee membership ... 506-7 Critical Transmission Review Committee report ... 107, 112 North-south transmission line reinforcement ... 583, 728 Procurement process ... 107
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities ... 195 Plant locations ... 583 Scheduled maintenance ... 44
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50)
Electric utilities
Corporate political donations ... 513
Energy industry
Drilling incentive program ... 393
Ethane
Incremental ethane extraction program ... 581
Forest industries - Castle-Crown area
Environmental issues ... 673
Fuel (gasoline and diesel)
Gas, natural
Development strategy for unconventional sources ... 195
International trade - European Union
Fuel quality directive ... 265
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Advocacy re ... 265 Federal-provincial monitoring ... 673 Research ... 195
Petrochemicals industry
NOVA Chemicals Corporation/Williams Feedstock Supply partnership ... 581
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Donations to leadership candidates ... 513
Property Rights Advocate Act (Bill 6)
Utilities Consumer Advocate
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