Barner, Aaron (Senior Executive Officer, Métis Nation of Alberta)
Aboriginal peoples
Aboriginal skills and employment training strategy ... RS107
Aboriginal peoples - Consultation
Consultation process ... RS106-7 Policy on land management and resource development ... RS104
Aboriginal peoples - Economic development
Participation in hydroelectric power development, federal capital funding ... RS105-6
Hydroelectric power
Traditional impact assessments ... RS105
Hydroelectric power - British Columbia
Site C clean energy project ... RS107-8
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta
Impact on Métis ... RS106
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential - Public input
Stakeholder list, aboriginal stakeholders ... RS104
Métis
Definition of Métis interests ... RS109 Governance (MNA, Métis settlements) ... RS106 Legal rights ... RS107, 109 Participation in hydroelectric power development, potential for ... RS104, 106-107 Population statistics ... RS103-4, 107, 109
Pipelines
Northern Gateway pipeline, designated aboriginal ownership ... RS106
Traditional land-use studies
Barnes, Drew (W, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
Aboriginal peoples - Economic development
Participation in hydroelectric power development ... RS118-19, 123
Alberta Transportation Safety Board
Funding ... RS227 Funding, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS226
Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS487
Bridges - Maintenance and repair
Bridges - North Saskatchewan River
Highway 831 bridge repair ... RS241
Bridges - Wandering River
Construction/enhancement ... RS238
Calgary Transit
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS493
Capital plan
Contract terms ... RS227 Prioritization ... RS225-26 Private-sector (developer pay) investment (proposed) ... RS229 Projects deferred ... RS238-39 Strategic transportation infrastructure program ... RS225
Compressed natural gas
Public transit use ... RS502
Debts, public
Provincial debt, servicing costs ... RS223
Dept. of Transportation
Communications, funding for, amendment presented ... RS226 Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... RS223-29, 238-239, 240-241 Main estimates 2013-14 debate, amendment presented ... RS226 Mandate re multimodal transportation network ... RS241 Minister's office, funding for, amendment presented ... RS226 Minister's office, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS226, 228 Results-based budgeting application ... RS238 Strategic services, funding for, amendment presented ... RS226
Edmonton Transit System
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS493
Electric power
Generation sources ... RS82
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... RS68
EnCana Corporation
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS473, 476-477
Estimates of supply, main
Schedule, motion to accept proposal (Allen: carried), amendment that committee not meet in the morning or concurrently (Barnes: defeated) ... RS155-56 Time allotted, motion to accept proposal (Lemke: carried) ... RS155
Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 205)
Gas - Export
Market development ... RS477
Gas - Royalties
Cost-recovery structures ... RS477
Gas industry
International investment ... RS487 Value-added products ... RS473
Highway 63
Twinning ... RS226, 241 Twinning, financing of ... RS223 Work on associated bridges ... RS238
Highway 881
Deferral of enhancement ... RS226
Hydroelectric power
Other jurisdictions, provincial loan guarantees ... RS97, 135 Potential ... RS82 Public- vs. private-sector development ... RS72, 97 Traditional impact assessments ... RS105
Hydroelectric power - Environmental aspects
Impact assessments ... RS123
Hydroelectric power - Manitoba
General remarks ... RS72 Provincial loan guarantees ... RS68
Hydroelectric power - Newfoundland and Labrador
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential
Deliberation procedure ... RS74 Economic feasibility, panel discussion ... RS97-98
Hydroelectric power - Slave River
Environmental impacts ... RS123
Impaired driving
Roving checkstops (proposed) ... RS238
Liquefied natural gas
Government role (proposed) ... RS502
Liquefied natural gas - Export
Market development, provincial strategy ... RS476
Liquiline North America
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS502
Métis
Participation in hydroelectric power development, potential for ... RS117
Métis - Consultation
Natural resource development ... RS105
Paddle Prairie Métis Settlement
Potential impact of hydroelectric projects ... RS118-19
Points of order
Amendment declared out of order ... RS155
Railways
Fort McMurray service (proposed) ... RS229
Ring roads - Calgary
Land negotiations with Tsuu T'ina ... RS226
Roads - Calgary
Macleod Trail and highway 22X interchange ... RS226
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Condition of roads ... RS241 Projects deferred ... RS228 Public-private partnership (P3) contract costs ... RS223, 228 Public-private partnership (P3) contract terms ... RS241
Sasol Canada
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS487
Shell Canada Ltd.
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS446-47
In Situ Oil Sands Alliance
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS473, 476-477
Traffic safety
Services, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS226
Trucking industry
Conversion to natural gas ... RS502
Trucking industry - Regulations
Harmonization with other jurisdictions ... RS238
Trucking industry - United States
Conversion to natural gas ... RS446
Water for life
Interministerial co-ordination ... RS241
Water management
Provincial/territorial/federal jurisdiction ... RS82
Water/waste-water management
Treatment plants, municipal co-operation re ... RS229
Westport Innovations
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS446-47
Bendiak, Lance (Manager Western Region, Water and Wind Power, Hatch Energy)
Hydroelectric power - Environmental aspects
Mitigation costs ... RS29
Bernard, Dr. Jean-Thomas (Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa)
Electric power - Export
Feasibility ... RS98 Impact of prices ... RS93
Gas - Prices
Impact on electric power prices ... RS93
Hydroelectric power
Cost comparisons, existing and new development ... RS92-93 Feed-in tariffs ... RS100 Further development of existing projects ... RS99 Other jurisdictions ... RS93, 96 Other jurisdictions, provincial loan guarantees ... RS97 Public- vs. private-sector development ... RS92, 96, 97, 100-101
Hydroelectric power - Environmental aspects
Technology (run-of-river, run-of-reservoir, storage) ... RS93
Hydroelectric power - Export
Other jurisdictions ... RS101
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta
Sale to grid vs. local distribution ... RS99-100
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential
Hydroelectric power - Quebec
Agreements with aboriginal communities, Quebec ... RS101 Export ... RS101 Provincial loan guarantees ... RS100-101
Industrial development
Impact of electric power prices on ... RS92
Bikman, Gary (W, Cardston-Taber-Warner)
Automobile Insurance Rate Board
Funding, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193
Calgary Transit
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS494
Compressed natural gas
Public transit system use ... RS494
Corporations
Provincial grants ... RS193
Dept. of Treasury Board and Finance
Associate minister's office, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Budget development and reporting, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Communications, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Corporate internal audit services, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Deputy minister's office, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Fiscal planning and economic analysis, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... RS193 Main estimates 2013-14 debate, amendment presented ... RS193 Minister's office, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Office of the Controller, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Risk management and insurance, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193 Strategic and business services, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193
EnCana Corporation
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS475-76
Estimates of supply, main
Financial institutions
Regulation and policy, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193
Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 205)
Gas industry
Provincial strategy, committee recommendations ... RS513-14 Value-added products ... RS509
Gas industry - Environmental aspects
Comparison with other energy industries, inclusion in report (proposed) ... RS513-14
Gas industry - Regulations
Stakeholder recommendations ... RS511
Gas monetization review - Report
Government grants
Projects funded ... RS193
Liquefied natural gas - Export
Market development ... RS476
Liquefied natural gas - Transportation
Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation on provincial role in approval process ... RS525
Multimedia development fund
Projects funded ... RS193
Revenue
Management, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193
In Situ Oil Sands Alliance
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS476
Taxation
Management, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193
Travel at public expense
Air service, funding for, amendment to main estimates presented ... RS193
Trucking industry - Regulations
Weight allowance, Progressive Conservative caucus recommendations on ... RS522-23 Weight allowance, stakeholder recommendations on ... RS511
Bilous, Deron (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview)
Aboriginal children - Education
Memorandum of understanding ... RS214
Aboriginal children - Protective services
Children in care ... RS214
Aboriginal peoples
Impact of gas industry development ... RS510
Aboriginal peoples - Consultation
Consultation process ... RS113 Gas industry, New Democratic caucus recommendation on ... RS527-28 Gas industry, New Democratic caucus recommendation on, motion on acceptance (Bilous: defeated) ... RS528-29 Hydroelectric power development ... RS125 Policy on land management and resource development ... RS108, 212
Aboriginal peoples - Government relations
Protocol agreement ... RS220
Alberta Water Council
Presentation to committee (proposed) ... RS20, 34
Assisted living accommodations
Lodge assistance grants ... RS365
Bison Transport
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS445
Bitumen - Upgrading
General remarks ... RS8 Impact on natural gas demand ... RS404-5
C.D. Howe Institute
Presentation to committee (proposed) ... RS20
Calgary Transit
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS494
Canadian Energy Research Institute
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS404-5
Centre for Applied Business Research in Energy and the Environment, University of Alberta School of Business
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS420
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Meeting schedule ... RS39 Topic consideration ... RS8 Topic selection, motion to consider hydroelectric energy potential in northern Alberta (Rowe: carried) ... RS13 Topic selection, motion to consider hydroelectric energy potential in northern Alberta, amendment (change "First Nations" to "aboriginal people") ... RS13
Committee research
Hydroelectric power, best practices ... RS86-87
Compressed natural gas
Public opinion, committee recommendations on provincial role in education, motion on (carried) ... RS515 Public opinion, stakeholder recommendations on provincial role in education ... RS515 Transportation, Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation on interjurisdictional partnerships re ... RS519-20
Dept. of Aboriginal Relations
Internal core review ... RS213 Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... RS212-14, 220 Main estimates 2013-14 debate, time allotted and schedule ... RS152-53, 155
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Dept. of Transportation
Contracted services, evaluation of ... RS235 Main estimates 2013-14 debate ... RS233-35
Edmonton Transit System
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS494
Electric power
Generation sources, cost comparisons ... RS97
Electric power, coal-produced
Plant conversion to natural gas ... RS404
Energy industry - Regulations
Provincial strategy ... RS420 Single regulator ... RS96-97, 125 Stakeholder recommendations ... RS512
Estimates of supply, main
Time allotted ... RS152-53 Time allotted, motion to accept proposal (Lemke), amendment to review proposed time allotments (Stier: defeated) ... RS155
Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 205)
Gas
Market development, provincial strategy ... RS494
Gas - Export - California
Market development, Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation for study on ... RS527
Gas - Prices
Factors influencing ... RS404
Gas - Transportation
Infrastructure needs ... RS445
Gas industry
Provincial strategy ... RS420 Value-added products ... RS509 Value-added products, committee recommendations on ... RS509 Value-added products, draft report recommendations on ... RS530-31
Gas industry - Environmental aspects
Comparison with other energy industries, inclusion in report (proposed) ... RS513
Gas industry - Regulations
Gas monetization review - Public input
Stakeholder presentations ... RS512
Gas monetization review - Report
Chair to finalize in consultation with the working group (Luan: accepted) ... RS532 Committee deliberation ... RS509, 510-511, 512, 515, 516, 518-522, 521, 522, 524-525, 526-529, 530-532 Draft report recommendation on education, motion on acceptance as amended (Kubinec: carried) ... RS529 Draft report recommendation on regulations ... RS531-32 Draft report recommendation on value-added industries ... RS531 Draft report recommendation on vehicle conversion ... RS518 Minority reports ... RS532 New Democrat caucus recommendation ... RS527-28 New Democrat caucus recommendation, motion on acceptance (Bilous: defeated) ... RS528 Progressive Conservative caucus recommendations on further study ... RS527 Progressive Conservative caucus recommendations on regulations ... RS522, 524, 525, 526 Progressive Conservative caucus recommendations on vehicles ... RS518-20, 521 Report structure, recommendations to include context/rationale ... RS531
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Promotion of fleet transition to natural gas fuel, Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation on ... RS518-19
Government vehicles
Fleet transition to natural gas fuel, Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation on ... RS518-19
Highway 881
Deferral of enhancement ... RS234
Hydraulic fracturing
General remarks ... RS420
Hydroelectric power
Approval process ... RS56, 96-97, 125 Best practices, research on ... RS86-87 Precursors for successful development ... RS56, 69-70 Project approval, public interest aspect ... RS118 Public- vs. private-sector development ... RS56, 100-101
Hydroelectric power - British Columbia
Peace River hydroelectric projects ... RS113 Site C clean energy project ... RS107-8
Hydroelectric power - Environmental aspects
Impact assessments ... RS81 Large-scale projects ... RS97 Mercury accumulation in reservoirs ... RS84 Mitigation costs ... RS29 Provincial/territorial/federal jurisdiction ... RS29, 56 Technology (run-of-river, run-of-reservoir, storage) ... RS100, 125 Technology, lifespan of reservoirs ... RS84
Hydroelectric power - Export
Other jurisdictions ... RS101 Potential ... RS49
Hydroelectric power - Manitoba
Aboriginal peoples' participation in projects ... RS70 Provincial loan guarantees ... RS70
Hydroelectric power - Newfoundland and Labrador
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta
Transmission needs ... RS49
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential - Public input
Oral presentations, schedule ... RS22, 36 Stakeholder list ... RS20, 33-34 Stakeholder list, environmental component ... RS20
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential - Report
Distribution of final report ... RS148 Recommendation on government participation, motion to amend (Hehr: withdrawn) ... RS144 Recommendation on interjurisdictional issues, motion to request updates on completion of individual agreements rather than on negotiations (L. Johnson: carried) ... RS148 Recommendation on power purchase agreements, motion to remove (Kubinec: defeated) ... RS146
Hydroelectric power - Peace River
Glacier Power Dunvegan project ... RS118 Impact of projects ... RS113
Hydroelectric power - Quebec
Export ... RS101 Provincial loan guarantees ... RS100
Hydroelectric power - Slave River
Approval process ... RS48 ATCO Group-TransCanada project (proposed) ... RS48, 49 Environmental studies, publicly available information ... RS48
Land Stewardship Centre
Presentation to committee (proposed) ... RS34
Libraries
Services for persons with print disabilities ... RS365-66
Liquefied natural gas
Fuelling stations, stakeholder recommendations on ... RS515 Public opinion, committee recommendation on provincial role, wording of report recommendation, motion on (Kubinec: carried) ... RS529 Public opinion, committee recommendations on provincial role in education, motion on (carried) ... RS515 Public opinion, stakeholder recommendations on provincial role in education ... RS515
Liquefied natural gas - Transportation
Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation on interjurisdictional partnerships re ... RS519-20 Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation on provincial role in approval process ... RS524-25
Métis - Consultation
Natural resource development ... RS107, 108 Provincial policy ... RS212-13 Provincial policy, need for ... RS108
Métis settlements ombudsman
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Infrastructure deficit ... RS349-50 Promotion of fleet transition to natural gas fuel, Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation on ... RS518-19 Regional collaboration ... RS350-51
Native friendship centres
Federal/provincial funding ... RS213
Pacific NorthWest LNG
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS459-60
Peace River
Restoration of natural flow regime (proposed) ... RS118
Pembina Institute
Presentation to committee (proposed) ... RS20
Pipelines
Tolls, Progressive Conservative caucus recommendation on ... RS526
Property tax
Combined low-expenditure assessment (CLEA) ... RS366
Public safety
Safe communities innovation fund ... RS349
Public transit
GreenTRIP program, allocation to municipalities ... RS233-34
Railways - Edmonton to Calgary
High-speed rail, research on ... RS235
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Safe communities innovation fund
Aboriginal organization projects ... RS213
Smith's Landing First Nation
Consultation on hydroelectric projects ... RS48 Governance ... RS125 Relationship with provincial government ... RS125
Traditional land-use studies
Trucking industry - Regulations
Weight allowance, Progressive Conservative caucus recommendations on ... RS522 Weight allowance, stakeholder recommendations on ... RS510
Water for life
Program funding ... RS233
Water management
Provincial strategy ... RS81, 87 Rivers, research on ... RS81, 87
Water Matters Society of Alberta
Activities ... RS81 Presentation to committee (proposed) ... RS34
Water/waste-water program
Municipal water infrastructure grant program ... RS233
World Wildlife Fund of Canada
Presentation to committee (proposed) ... RS34
Ziff Energy
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... RS420
Blakeman, Laurie (AL, Edmonton-Centre)
Assisted living accommodations
Bills (procedure)
Referral to committee ... RS3
Bioenergy industry
Grant programs, Auditor General recommendations on ... RS298
Carbon capture and storage
Provincial strategy ... RS297
Caribou
Management strategy ... RS299
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Meeting schedule ... RS16, 38 Requests for presentations by external organizations ... RS5 Teleconferencing for life of 28th Legislature not to apply to budget debate, motion on (Fenske: carried) ... RS156 Temporary substitutions ... RS2 Topic consideration ... RS8, 10, 13 Topic consideration, draft motion on ... RS8 Topic selection, motion to consider hydroelectric energy potential in northern Alberta (Rowe: carried) ... RS12
Conservation industries
Ecotrust program (federal) ... RS298
Dept. of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Disaster recovery program
LandLink contract ... RS372
Emergency management
Business resumption ... RS377 Conversion from analog to digital ... RS377
Energy consumption
Efficiency safety codes ... RS363
EPCOR
Request to present to committee ... RS5
Estimates of supply, main
Schedule, motion to accept proposal (Allen: carried), amendment that committee not meet in the morning or concurrently (Barnes: defeated) ... RS156 Time allotted ... RS152
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction reporting ... RS297 Reduction targets ... RS298
Hydraulic fracturing
Area baseline water data ... RS323 Committee consideration of topic (proposed) ... RS10 ERCB review ... RS10 Fluid ingredients used, reporting of ... RS323-24
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential - Public input
Oral presentations, schedule ... RS36, 39 Stakeholder list ... RS34
Legislative policy committees
Lower Athabasca regional plan (land-use framework)
Conservation areas ... RS314
Motions (procedure)
Motions or amendments made only by committee members or recognized substitutes ... RS154
Municipal sustainability initiative
Property tax
Combined low-expenditure assessment (CLEA) ... RS346-47
Property tax - Education levy
Mitigation for high-growth communities ... RS362
Public lands
Recreational use, law enforcement re ... RS299
Public transit
GreenTRIP program ... RS298
Reclamation of land
Tank site remediation program ... RS362
Recycling
Delegated administrative organizations ... RS313
Regional planning commissions
Sand and gravel mining
Gravel mining in alluvial aquifers, committee consideration of topic (proposed) ... RS8
Standing Orders
Application to legislative policy committees ... RS152
Summer temporary employment program (STEP)
Program termination ... RS373
Tarleck, Robert (former mayor of Lethbridge)
Presentation to committee (proposed) ... RS34
Waste management
Committee consideration of topic (proposed) ... RS8
Water - Supply
Monitoring (water removed from hydrologic cycle) ... RS314
Water allocation
Licence sale, provincial strategy on ... RS324
Water management - Athabasca River
Water management ... RS300
Water quality
Drinking water, Auditor General recommendations on analysis ... RS324
Wetlands
Compensation policy ... RS300
Brenan, Lora (Director, Hydro Operations, TransAlta Corporation)
Electric power lines
Hydroelectric power transmission ... RS53
Hydroelectric power
Approval process ... RS56
Hydroelectric power - Bow River
Committee tour of plants (proposed) ... RS57 Run-of-river plants ... RS57
Hydroelectric power - Environmental aspects
Technology (run-of-river, run-of-reservoir, storage) ... RS52
Hydroelectric power - Peace River
Glacier Power Dunvegan project ... RS52
TransAlta Corporation
Presentation to committee ... RS52
Brown, Dr. Neil, QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill)
Carbon levy
Provincial strategy ... RS73
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Meeting schedule ... RS38 Topic consideration ... RS9, 10
Electric power
Generation sources ... RS73
EPCOR
Request to present to committee ... RS5
Hydraulic fracturing
Committee consideration of topic (proposed) ... RS10 ERCB review ... RS10
Hydroelectric power
Precursors for successful development ... RS73
Hydroelectric power - Bow River
Committee tour of plants (proposed) ... RS74
Hydroelectric power - Export
Other jurisdictions ... RS69
Hydroelectric power - Manitoba
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential
Economic feasibility ... RS134
Hydroelectric power - Northern Alberta - Review of potential - Report
Recommendation on baseline studies ... RS142 Recommendation on government participation, motion to amend (Hehr: withdrawn) ... RS144 Recommendation on interjurisdictional issues, motion to request updates on completion of individual agreements rather than on negotiations (L. Johnson: carried) ... RS148 Recommendation on power purchase agreements, motion to remove (Kubinec: defeated) ... RS146 Recommendation on power purchase agreements, motion to remove "of low-carbon electricity" and insert "of industrial or commercial users" after "By considering long-term power purchase agreements" (Brown: carried) ... RS147
Navigable Waters Protection Act
Amendments (bills C-38, C-45) ... RS62
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