Barnes, Drew (W, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act (Bill 22)
Second reading, amendment to not now read (6-month hoist) ... 2338
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Principles for regional planning ... 2620-21
Alberta Bill of Rights
Amendments to strengthen property rights (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: defeated) ... 1475-76
Alberta Land Stewardship Act
General remarks ... 509-10 Repeal (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: defeated) ... 1730-31
Anthony Henday Drive
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1423 Public-private partnership (P3) construction ... 1939
Arbitration (administrative law)
Collective bargaining application ... 3288-89
Arts and culture - Medicine Hat
Ceramics industry ... 186
Auditor General
Recommendations on infrastructure maintenance ... 3024
Better Way to Build Alberta, A (report)
Member's statement ... 2861
Bridges
Safety inspections ... 494
Bridges - Medicine Hat
Trans-Canada bridge repairs ... 3050
Capital plan
Health infrastructure costs (Written Question 29: accepted) ... 1805 Project prioritization ... 350-51, 915, 1687-88, 2077, 2972-73 Project prioritization, access to information on ... 1451 Public-private partnerships (P3s) ... 1896, 1939, 2520 Transportation projects, 3-year plan excluding pretendered estimates (Written Question 30: carried as amended) ... 1805-7
Centennial Plaza
Costs (Written Question 28: accepted) ... 1805
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary supply estimates debated ... 1422-23
Cypress-Medicine Hat (constituency)
Defence Research and Development Canada
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Committee ... 1227, 1236, 1241 Committee, amendment A3 (reporting of contributions) (Hehr: defeated) ... 1227 Committee, amendment A8 (publication of illegal donations going back three years) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1236 Committee, amendment A11 (publication of failure to pay administrative penalties) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1241 Third reading ... 1325, 1335
Electric power lines - Construction
Public information sessions ... 2457
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Medicine Hat
HALO air ambulance ... 186
Enabling Regional Growth Boards Act (Bill 28)
Second reading ... 2637-38 Second reading, amendment to not now read (reasoned amendment) (Anderson: defeated) ... 2610-11, 2612 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (Barnes: defeated) ... 2620-22, 2626 Second reading, amendment not now read (six-month hoist) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2637-38 Municipal input on act ... 2612
Enhancing Safety on Alberta Roads Act (Bill 32)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 2887, 2890 Committee ... 3081-82 Committee, amendment A1 (notice on highway closures) (Barnes: defeated) ... 3081 Committee, amendment A2 ("reasonable and probable grounds") (Barnes: defeated) ... 3082 Third reading ... 3125 Point of privilege raised re advertising (obstructing a member in performance of duty) (not proceeded with) ... 2533
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment project ... 1715 Redevelopment project costs (Written Question 28: accepted) ... 1805
Film and television industry
Tax credit (Motion Other than Government 510: carried) ... 2098-99
Fiscal policy
Legislation (proposed) (Motion Other than Government Motion 506) ... 1644-45
Floods - Southern Alberta
Disaster recovery program ... 185, 284-85, 2652, 3107-8 Disaster recovery program, information on claims processing (Written Question 4: accepted as amended) ... 1208-9 Disaster recovery program, requests for information under FOIP on ... 3363 Mitigation strategy ... 2652
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Information requests under act ... 3363
Freehold lands - Rural areas
Landowner rights ... 2317
Government contracts
Infrastructure contracts ... 2092-93 Payment process ... 3050
Grassland preservation
Provincial strategy ... 1621
Health care - Red Deer
Obstetric services ... 2387
Health facilities
Kitchen upgrades ... 2077
Health facilities - Medicine Hat
Highway 63
Twinning ... 89, 205, 418 Twinning, funding from supplementary supply ... 1422
Highway 831
Bridge fractures, funding for ... 1423
Impaired driving
Checkstop staffing (Written Question 32: carried as amended) ... 1813
Infrastructure
Maintenance process, Auditor General recommendations on ... 3024 Operating costs ... 915-16 Provincial deficit ... 915
Infrastructure - Rural areas
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Visits to other members' constituencies ... 185
Members' Statements (current session)
Infrastructure planning ... 2861 Prescription drug coverage ... 1778 Unmanned aerial systems industry in southern Alberta ... 2580
Ministry of Infrastructure
Main estimates 2013-14, amendment A10 (Barnes: defeated) ... 1923 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14 ... 3108
Ministry of Transportation
3-year construction plan priority list (Motion for a Return 7: defeated) ... 2085-86, 2092-93 Construction plan ... 1687-88 Main estimates 2013-14, amendment A14 (Barnes: defeated) ... 1924 Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, capital investment, debate ... 1422, 1423
Municipalities
Local decision-making ... 2611
Municipalities - Finance
Funding ... 305-6 Resource road maintenance funding (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: carried) ... 305-6
New Home Buyer Protection Act (Bill 5)
North Saskatchewan River
Capital region river valley park (Motion Other than Government Motion 514: carried) ... 2698-99
Northern Lights regional health centre
Infrastructure maintenance ... 1801
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Bridge safety ... 494 Capital infrastructure planning ... 350-51 Construction contracts ... 3050 Disaster recovery program for flood damage ... 284-85 Federal building renovation ... 1715 Flood mitigation ... 2652 Funding for hospital infrastructure ... 1995, 2387 Highway 63 ... 418 Highway 63 twinning ... 89 Highway maintenance contracts ... 2780 Highway safety ... 205 Information request on disaster recovery program ... 3363 Infrastructure capital planning ... 915-16, 1451, 2077 Infrastructure maintenance ... 3024 Northern Lights regional health centre ... 1801 Notice of power line development public meeting ... 2457 Public-private partnerships ... 1896, 1939 Road construction priorities ... 2972-73 Sale of public land for commercial use ... 1620-21 School construction financing ... 2519-20 South Saskatchewan regional plan ... 1311 Transportation project priorities ... 1687-88 Wainwright health centre ... 1870
Pharmacists
Compensation for dispensing generic drugs, members' statements on ... 1778
Physicians - Rural areas
Recruitment and retention ... 2318
Privilege (current session)
Obstructing a member in performance of duty (public advertising on Bill 32) (not proceeded with) ... 2533
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
2012 election campaign platform ... 3386
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 632-35 Committee ... 1142 Committee, amendment A18 (protection of whistle-blower identity) (Fox/Forsyth: defeated) ... 1142
Public Lands (Grasslands Preservation) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 202)
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46)
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 429, 449, 451-53 Committee ... 738-39 Committee, amendment A3 (regulator's duty of care, public interest test) (Hale: defeated) ... 738-39 Third reading ... 940
Ring roads - Calgary
Construction contract payments ... 3050 Public-private partnership (P3) construction ... 1939
Road construction
Prioritization ... 2318 Provincial strategy ... 185
Roads - Calgary
Deerfoot Trail upgrading project ... 2972
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Government contracts ... 2780
Rural communities
Viability strategies, report on (Motion Other than Government Motion 511: carried) ... 2317-18
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Statistics (Motion for a Return 5: carried as amended) ... 1639-40
Schools - Construction
Funding ... 2519-20 Partnerships with public and private enterprises (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 723 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... 2520 Public-private partnerships (P3s), construction and maintenance costs (Written Question 33: accepted) ... 1805
South Saskatchewan region plan (land-use framework)
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply (maiden speeches) ... 184-86
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13
Estimates debated ... 1422-23 Money available from lower than budgeted expenses in other programs ... 1423
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14
Traffic safety
Vehicle impoundments (Written Question 31: accepted) ... 1805
Unmanned aerial systems industry - Southern Alberta
Member's statement ... 2580
Wainwright health centre
Condition of facility ... 1870
Bhardwaj, Naresh (PC, Edmonton-Ellerslie)
Apprenticeship training
Skills Canada national competition, members' statements on ... 48-49
Arts and culture - Edmonton
Folk Music Festival ... 90-91
Crystal Kids Youth Center
Members' statements ... 1107
Diwali
Member's statement ... 2525
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Air ambulance (medevac service) move to Edmonton International Airport, expropriation of land for (proposed) ... 1364
Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Health care - Delivery models
Family care clinics ... 557-58 Primary care networks ... 557-58
Human trafficking
Members' statements ... 1595
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 409, 1105, 1194, 1256, 1491, 1544, 1585, 1663, 1751-52, 1825-26, 1988, 2069, 2188-89, 2449, 2514, 2726, 2851, 3204, 3217, 3228
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Member of Indian Parliament and wife, president of Bhartiya Cultural Society and wife ... 485
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Crystal Kids Youth Center ... 1107 Diwali ... 2525 Human trafficking ... 1595 MĂ©tis Urban Housing Corporation ... 1205 Michael Strembitsky school playground ... 3204-5 Skills Canada national competition ... 48-49
MĂ©tis Urban Housing Corporation
Members' statements ... 1205
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Affordable supportive living program ... 1347-48 Edmonton Folk Music Festival ... 90-91 Generic drug pricing ... 1657 Legal aid ... 1590-91 Medevac services ... 1364 Primary care networks ... 557-58 Registry services ... 3226 School class sizes ... 2651-52 Teachers' collective bargaining ... 473 Tobacco reduction strategy ... 1935-36
Pharmacists
Compensation for dispensing generic drugs ... 1657
Private schools
Funding (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: Hehr) ... 1010
Registry services
Service expansion ... 3226
Schools - Edmonton
Michael Strembitsky school playground, member's statement on ... 3204-5
Supportive living accommodations
Affordable supportive living initiative ... 1348
Teachers
Contract negotiations ... 473 Workload ... 473
Tobacco Reduction (Flavoured Tobacco Products) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 206)
Bhullar, Manmeet Singh (PC, Calgary-Greenway; Minister of Service Alberta)
Arts and culture
Secondary concert ticket sales ... 1758, 1994
Auditor General
October 2012 report ... 489
Cellular phones
CRTC wireless code of conduct ... 1453-54
Condominiums
Bare-land condominium use of residents' fees ... 1745 Special assessments ... 1552
Credit unions
Khalsa Credit Union ... 349
Executive Council
Expense reporting ... 1308
Government accountability
Openness and transparency ... 55-56
Government caucus
Members' accountability ... 1776
Government services
Information and communications technology, protection of privacy in ... 489 Multilingual services ... 255 Open government access strategy ... 1996-97
Immigrants
Integration services ... 255
Information and communications technology
Government shared services ... 1939
Internet - Rural areas
Xplornet Communications contract ... 1744-45
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Spouse and daughter of Doug Lynkowski ... 1043
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Douglas Lynkowski, deputy minister, in memoriam ... 1044-45
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Ministry of Service Alberta
Ministerial statement on Douglas Lynkowski, former deputy minister, in memoriam ... 1044-45
Motor vehicles
Front licence plates ... 772-73 Veterans' licence plates ... 91
Office of the Premier
Staff severance payments ... 2646
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Access to government services ... 1996-97 Accountability of government MLAs ... 1776 Auditor General recommendations ... 489 Bare-land condominiums ... 1745 Condominium Property Act consultation ... 2386-87 Condominium special assessments ... 1552 CRTC wireless code of conduct ... 1453-54 Education funding ... 1363 Expense reporting by cabinet ministers ... 1308 Front licence plates ... 772-73 Interoperable information technology services ... 1939 Khalsa Credit Union ... 349 Land titles registry ... 2835, 3101-2, 3159 Multilingual government services ... 255 Openness and transparency in government ... 55-56 Organ and tissue donation ... 2858 Premier's office staff severance payments ... 2646 Private registry services ... 206-7 Registry agent office contracting ... 3299-3300 Registry services ... 3023-24, 3226 School construction ... 1897 Secondary ticket sales ... 1758, 1994 Veterans' licence plates ... 91 Whistle-blower legislation ... 913 Whistle-blower protection ... 415 Xplornet Communications Inc. ... 1744-45
Organ and tissue donation
Political parties
Donations/contributions, disclosure of ... 913
Public service
Whistle-blower protection ... 415, 913
Schools - Construction
Public-private partnerships (P3) ... 1897
Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 24)
Bikman, Gary (W, Cardston-Taber-Warner)
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act (Bill 22)
Second reading, amendment to not now read (6-month hoist) ... 2336
Alberta College of Art and Design
Lobbying activities ... 559
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 9)
Alberta Economic Development Authority
Performance measures ... 2927
Alberta Economic Development Authority Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 43)
Second reading ... 2927 Committee ... 3010-11, 3012 Committee, amendment A1 (commission terms of office) (Bikman: defeated) ... 3010-11 Committee, amendment A2 (expiry of act) (Bikman: defeated) ... 3011 Committee, amendment A3 (government response to reports) (Bikman: defeated) ... 3012
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Centralization of services ... 105
Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority 2
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Authority on financial decision-making (purchasing shares, making and acquiring loans, entering into joint partnerships) ... 3009 Public reporting ... 2998-99
Alberta Regulations
Regulatory reform, members' statements on ... 57
Assisted living accommodations
Lodges, staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1465
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty in kind program, information requests under FOIP ... 3004-5
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 105, 3337
Building Families and Communities Act (Bill 30)
Building New Petroleum Markets Act (Bill 34)
Committee ... 2998-99, 3004-5, 3009 Committee, amendment A1 (tabling of reports) (Hale: defeated) ... 2998-99 Committee, amendment A2 (five-year privacy of information) (Hale: defeated) ... 3004-5 Committee, amendment A3 (commission purchase of securities) (Hale: defeated) ... 3009
Capital plan
Transportation projects, 3-year plan excluding pretendered estimates (Written Question 30: carried as amended) ... 1811-12
Cardston-Taber-Warner (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 104-5 Overview ... 104-5
Chair of Committees (Assembly) - Rulings
Child and family services authorities
Children First Act (Bill 25)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada Act (Bill Pr. 1)
Second reading ... 2411 Third reading (carried unanimously) ... 2478
Continuing/extended care facilities
Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1465
Corporations
Small business, members' statements on ... 2461
Early childhood education - Southern Alberta
Parent preschool program, members' statements on ... 2270-71
Education Act (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 239-40 Committee ... 387 Committee, amendment A2 (school fees) (McAllister: defeated) ... 387
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Committee ... 1222-23, 1234, 1236, 1275 Committee, amendment A2 (administrative penalties/sanctions) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1222-23 Committee, amendment A7 (contribution limit for party leadership campaigns) (Eggen: defeated) ... 1234 Committee, amendment A8 (publication of illegal donations going back three years) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1236 Committee, amendment A14 (ban on corporate donations) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1275
Electric power - Prices
General remarks ... 104-5
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 334-35 Committee ... 879-81 Committee, amendment A1 (critical transmission infrastructure review) (Anglin: defeated) ... 879-81
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Rural areas
Response times ... 2521-22 Volunteer ambulance services ... 1431
Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Energy industry
Protection of proprietary information ... 3004-5 Technology development ... 417
Enhancing Safety on Alberta Roads Act (Bill 32)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 2887
Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 2589, 2592, 2593 Committee ... 2735-37, 2743, 2813-16, 2817 Committee, amendment A2 (definition of floodway in act) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2735-36 Committee, amendment A3 (floodplain mapping updates) (Stier: defeated) ... 2737, 2743 Committee, amendment A7 (definition of floodway) (Stier: defeated) ... 2813-14 Committee, amendment A8 (floodplain mapping updates) (Stier: defeated) ... 2815 Committee, amendment A9 (caveats on properties) (Stier: defeated) ... 2817 Third reading ... 3139
Floods
Mitigation, Groeneveld report recommendations ... 2592, 3139
Floods - Southern Alberta
Disaster recovery program, information on claims processing (Written Question 4: accepted as amended) ... 1210
Food safety
Standards for community meals ... 1659
Greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon dioxide reduction strategies ... 2658, 2659
Health care - Cardston
Provincial strategy ... 624
Health care - Delivery models
Family care clinics, staffing costs (Written Question 7: defeated) ... 1214-15
Health care - Southern Alberta
Alzheimer care ... 623 Milk River resources ... 623
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Data reporting (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 1822
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Labour relations
Counselling strike action ... 3213, 3320
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1465
Members' Statements (current session)
Parent preschool program of Southern Alberta ... 2270-71 Regulatory reform ... 57 Support for small business ... 2461 Workplace safety ... 1998-99
Ministerial Statements (current session)
National Day of Mourning, responses ... 2044
Ministry of Energy
Legal actions against ministry (Written Question 41: accepted) ... 2505
Ministry of Transportation
3-year construction plan priority list (Motion for a Return 7: defeated) ... 2091
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Main estimates 2013-14, amendment A15 (Bikman: defeated) ... 1924
New Home Buyer Protection Act (Bill 5)
Committee ... 587, 589, 591 Committee, amendment A3 (mandatory minimum coverage periods) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 587 Committee, amendment A4 (ministerial exemptions) (Bilous/Mason: defeated) ... 591
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Cardston-Taber-Warner health clinic concerns ... 623-24 Energy technology expenditures ... 417 Food safety regulations ... 1659 Lobbying government ... 559 Mutual fund adviser incorporation ... 3226-27 Postsecondary education accessibility ... 1179 Provincial labour supply ... 2051 Research development and commercialization ... 1853 Rural emergency medical services ... 2521-22 Southern Alberta school capacity issues ... 2973-74 Volunteer ambulance services ... 1431
Persons with developmental disabilities
Programs and services ... 3149
Pharmacists
Compensation for dispensing generic drugs ... 2554
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 29)
Points of order (current session)
Imputing motives ... 2659
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Private schools
Funding (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: Hehr) ... 1219
Protecting Alberta's Environment Act (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2657-58 Committee ... 2749-50, 2753-56, 2758, 2761-65 Committee, amendment A2 (section 4, deletion of "in consultation with the Minister") (Anglin: defeated) ... 2749-50 Committee, amendment A4 (publication of supporting data) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2753-54, 2755 Committee, amendment A5 (quarterly public reports) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2756 Committee, amendment A6 (cooling off period for former MLAs) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2758 Committee, amendment A10 (Public Service Act code of conduct application) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2761-62 Committee, amendment A11 (science advisory panel qualifications) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2763 Committee, amendment A12 (indemnification provisions) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2764-65 Third reading ... 2895 Agency board membership ... 2658 Agency performance measures ... 2657-58 Science advisory panel membership ... 2657, 2658, 2659
Protection and Compliance Statutes Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 6)
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 604-5 Committee ... 1060-61, 1079, 1090, 1098 Committee, amendment A1 (exemptions) (Fox: defeated) ... 1060-61 Committee, amendment A3 (statements by public officials) (Eggen: defeated) ... 1079 Committee, amendment A7 (expansion of health facility coverage) (Forsyth: defeated) ... 1090 Committee, amendment A9 (scope of commissioner investigations) (Anderson: defeated) ... 1098
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45)
Second reading ... 3213-14 Committee ... 3318-20 Committee, amendment A1 (strike conditions and penalties) (Bikman: defeated) ... 3318-20
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46)
Research and development
Memorandum of understanding with Siemens ... 1853
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 431, 438-40 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (referral amendment RA1) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 539-40 Committee ... 742, 747-48, 752, 798, 800, 809-10, 813, 818, 825-26 Committee, amendment A3 (regulator's duty of care, public interest test) (Hale: defeated) ... 742 Committee, amendment A4 (personal information) (Hale: defeated) ... 747-48 Committee, amendment A6 (hearing commissioner appointments) (Hale: defeated) ... 752 Committee, amendment A9 (collection and disclosure of personal information) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 798 Committee, amendment A10 (regulator decisions within prescribed time period) (Swann/Hehr: defeated) ... 800 Committee, amendment A13 (reconsideration of regulator decisions) (Hale: defeated) ... 809-10 Committee, amendment A14 (consultation with aboriginal peoples) (Mason: defeated) ... 813 Committee, amendment A17 (board membership) (Hale: defeated) ... 818 Committee, amendment A18 (local interveners' cost) (Mason: defeated) ... 825-26 Third reading ... 938-39
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Impact on investment ... 316
Schools - Construction
Partnerships with public and private enterprises (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 728 Prioritization ... 2974
Schools - Magrath
Modernization, timeline on ... 2973
Scrap Metal Dealers and Recyclers Identification Act (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 299 Committee ... 721 Committee, amendment A2 (Smith: defeated) (reporting of stolen goods) ... 721
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply (maiden speeches) ... 104-5
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 1)
Committee ... 366 Committee, amendment A2 (inclusion of health service workers and social workers) (Notley: defeated) ... 366
Workers' Compensation Board
Complaints (Written Quest 18: defeated) ... 1631
Workplace fatalities
National Day of Mourning, ministerial statement on, responses ... 2044
Workplace health and safety
Bilous, Deron (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview)
Aboriginal children
Programs and services ... 3200
Aboriginal children - Protective services
Deaths of children in care ... 3200
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act (Bill 22)
Second reading ... 2325-27 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (Smith: defeated) ... 2279-81 Second reading, amendment to not now read (6-month hoist) ... 2334-35 Committee ... 2422-23, 2425-29 Committee, amendment A2 (information collection parameters) (Smith: defeated) ... 2422-23 Committee, amendment A3 (use of fund) (Bilous: defeated) ... 2425-28 Committee, amendment A4 (consultation levy regulations) (Bilous: defeated) ... 2428-29 Third reading ... 2472-74 Third reading, amendment to read 6 months hence (hoist amendment) ... 2477 First Nations response ... 2292-93
Aboriginal peoples
Consultations and land claims ... 2292-93
Agriculture
Market development ... 112
Alberta Bill of Rights
Amendments to strengthen property rights (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: defeated) ... 1473-74
Alberta College of Art and Design
Lobbying activities ... 616
Anthony Henday Drive
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1416
Appropriation Act, 2013 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1949-52 Second reading, point of privilege on opportunity for debate (not proceeded with) ... 1952-53 Third reading ... 2061-63
Arts and culture
Secondary concert ticket sales ... 1757-58
Assisted living accommodations
Lodges, staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1462
Assurance for Students Act (Bill 26)
Bitumen - Upgrading
Provincial strategy ... 111
Bridges
Construction and repair ... 1310-11
Budget 2012-13
Quarterly reports, second-quarter ... 1113
Building Families and Communities Act (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2793-94 Committee ... 2945, 2951-52, 2955, 2958-59 Committee, amendment A3 (council composition) (Swann: defeated) ... 2945 Committee, amendment A4 (PDD plan development) (Notley: defeated) ... 2951-52 Committee, amendment A6 (minister's receipt of reports) (Swann: defeated) ... 2955 Committee, amendment A7 (minister's obligations) (Notley: defeated) ... 2958-59 Third reading ... 3147-49 Regulations ... 2794
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Emergency care ... 1743 Pathology test standards ... 679
Capital plan
Transportation projects, 3-year plan excluding pretendered estimates (Written Question 30: carried as amended) ... 1810-11
Children First Act (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 2203, 2224-25 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (Wilson: defeated) ... 2208, 2218-20 Committee ... 2359-60, 2365, 2368, 2371-74 Committee, amendment A4 (director's residual authority) (Notley: defeated) ... 2359-60 Committee, amendment A6 (children's charter principles) (Notley: defeated) ... 2365 Committee, amendment A8 (delegation of authority) (Notley: defeated) ... 2368 Committee, amendment A9 (loss, theft, or unauthorized use of personal information) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2368 Committee, amendment A10 (information sharing among service providers) (Notley: defeated) ... 2371-72 Committee, amendment A12 (family violence death reviews) (Notley: defeated) ... 2373-74
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary supply estimates debated ... 1414-17
Continuing/extended care facilities
Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1462
Diagnostic imaging
Radiology standards ... 679
Disaster relief
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1417 Program scope ... 1417
Drugs, prescription
Drug listing and procurement ... 2555 Harmonization of provincial and federal programs ... 2556
Economic development
Diversification ... 1415 Provincial strategy ... 112
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 111-12 Overview ... 110-12
Edmonton Remand Centre
Correctional officer strike ... 3311, 3323
Education
Provincial strategy ... 112 Special-needs education ... 2489
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 1026-28, 1038-39 Committee ... 1290-95, 1297, 1298 Committee, amendment A16 (time limit on administrative penalty or reprimand) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1290 Committee, amendment A18 (Chief Electoral Officer meetings with political parties) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1290-91 Committee, amendment A20 (Chief Electoral Officer discretionary authority) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 1291-92 Committee, amendment A22 (municipal candidate surplus funds) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1293-94 Committee, amendment A23 (Chief Electoral Officer authority to adapt Election Act provisions) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 1295 Committee, amendment A24 (retrospective reporting of contraventions) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1297
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Committee ... 888-89 Committee, amendment A1 (critical transmission infrastructure review) (Anglin: defeated) ... 888-89
Emergency 911 Act (Bill 15)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Medevac services, request for debate ... 1601
Employment Pension Plans Act (Bill 10)
Enabling Regional Growth Boards Act (Bill 28)
Energy industry
Well drilling equipment tax regulation ... 305
Enhancing Consumer Protection in Auto Insurance Act (Bill 39)
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 21)
Third reading ... 2244-46 Third reading, amendment to reconsider sections 2, 3, and 6 (Notley: defeated) ... 2251-54
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 35)
Fiscal policy
Government savings ... 2933-34 Government spending ... 3414
Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 2711-13 Committee ... 2797-98, 2801-2 Committee, amendment A5 (state of emergency expiry) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 2797-98 Committee, amendment A6 (development in floodways) (Eggen/Notley: defeated) ... 2801-2 Third reading ... 3139-41 Regulations ... 2711
Health care
Provincial strategy ... 112
Homeless persons
Recycling activities ... 294-95
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Data reporting (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 1820-21
Hydrogen sulphide
Emissions regulation enforcement ... 124
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 48, 82, 110, 252, 485-86, 672, 908, 1106, 1170, 1193, 1246, 1425-26, 1492, 1664, 1989, 2323, 2448-49, 2480, 2716, 3042, 3177, 3204, 3353, 3354, 3389
Labour relations
Counselling strike action ... 3309 Illegal strikes ... 3310-11
Law Society of Alberta
Members' function as notaries ... 3085
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1462
Members' Statements (current session)
Political party fundraising ... 616-17 Support for municipalities ... 2190 Whistle-blower protection ... 411
Metis Settlements Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 19)
Committee ... 2103-5, 2107-8, 2111-12, 2114, 2117-19, 2121-22 Committee, amendment A1 (council role) (Smith: defeated) ... 2103-4 Committee, amendment A2 (administrator abilities) (Smith: defeated) ... 2105, 2107 Committee, amendment A3 (budget bylaw applications) (Smith: defeated) ... 2108 Committee, amendment A4 (budget bylaw applications) (Smith: defeated) ... 2111 Committee, amendment A5 (financial reporting) (Smith: defeated) ... 2112 Committee, amendment A6 (financial reporting) (Smith: defeated) ... 2114 Committee, amendment A8 (Metis settlements ombudsman immunity) (Bilous: defeated) ... 2117-19, 2121-22 Third reading ... 2131-32
Michener Centre
Facility closure ... 3148
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Douglas Lynkowski, deputy minister, in memoriam, responses ... 1045
Ministry of Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, expense, debate ... 1414-16 Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, expense, vote on ... 1415-16
Ministry of Enterprise and Advanced Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, expense and nonbudgetary disbursements, debate ... 1416-17
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, expense and capital investment, debate ... 1416
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Minister's remarks on cities ... 1430 Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, expense, debate ... 1417
Ministry of Service Alberta
Ministerial statement on Douglas Lynkowski, former deputy minister, in memoriam, responses ... 1045
Ministry of Transportation
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, capital investment, debate ... 1416
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 17)
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Relations with provincial government, members' statements on ... 2190
Municipalities - Finance
Resource road maintenance funding (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: carried) ... 305
New Home Buyer Protection Act (Bill 5)
Committee ... 548-49 Committee, amendment A1 (6 months from bill proclamation to regulations) (Bilous: defeated) ... 548-49 Committee, amendment A2 (dates of condominium coverage) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 580 Committee, amendment A3 (mandatory minimum coverage periods) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 582 Committee, amendment A4 (ministerial exemptions) (Bilous/Mason: defeated) ... 589
Notaries - British Columbia
Notaries and Commissioners Act (Bill 44)
Third reading ... 3422-23 Ministerial discretion, provisions for ... 3422 Regulations ... 3422
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Aboriginal children ... 3200 Aboriginal consultations ... 2292-93 Bridge repair and construction ... 1310-11 Chief Electoral Officer investigations ... 965 Edmonton Down Syndrome Clinic ... 622 Education funding ... 2489 Environmental monitoring ... 124 Funding for emergency cancer care ... 1743 Highway 63 twinning ... 54 Homelessness in winter ... 2972 Minister of Municipal Affairs ... 1430 Municipal charters ... 1852-53 Pathology and radiology standards ... 679 Provincial fiscal policy ... 1113 Public-service contract negotiations ... 3361-62 School board finances ... 2833 Secondary ticket sales ... 1757-58 Student ministerial internship program ... 2185 Summer temporary employment program ... 1592-93, 1685 Teaching Excellence Task Force ... 2906-7 Whistle-blower legislation ... 1176 Whistle-blower protection ... 348
Persons with developmental disabilities
Programs and services ... 3148 Programs and services, point of order on debate ... 2463 Service provider wages ... 3148
Pharmacists - Rural areas
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 29)
Pine beetles - Control
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1416
Points of order (current session)
Factual accuracy ... 2463
Political parties
Fundraising, members' statements on ... 616-17
Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act (Bill 18)
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Infrastructure, funding from supplementary supply ... 1416
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 41)
Committee ... 3143, 3145 Committee, amendment A2 (council reports) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 3143-44, 3145
Private schools
Funding (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: Hehr) ... 1219
Privilege (current session)
Opportunity for debate (main estimates) (not proceeded with) ... 1952-53
Protecting Alberta's Environment Act (Bill 31)
Second reading, motion to not now read (reasoned amendment) ... 2661-62 Committee ... 2752, 2754-55, 2757, 2758, 2766-70 Committee, amendment A3 (agency code of conduct) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2752 Committee, amendment A4 (publication of supporting data) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2754-55 Committee, amendment A5 (quarterly public reports) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2757 Committee, amendment A6 (cooling off period for former MLAs) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2757, 2758 Committee, amendment A13 (publication of data and assessments as soon as possible) (Swann/Blakeman: defeated) ... 2766 Committee, amendment A14 (cabinet oversight of agency) (Eggen: defeated) ... 2766-67 Committee, amendment A15 (public reporting at six-month intervals) (Eggen: defeated) ... 2767-68 Committee, amendment A16 (board of directors composition) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 2768-69 Committee, amendment A17 (publication of data "as soon as practicable") (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 2770 Agency funding ... 2662 Agency independence ... 2661 Regulatory provisions ... 2711 Science advisory panel membership ... 2661-62
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 638-40 Committee ... 1140-41, 1145, 1147-49, 1152, 1155-61 Committee, amendment A17 (applications to organizations receiving government funding) (Forsyth: defeated) ... 1140-41 Committee, amendment A19 (direct access to commissioner) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1145 Committee, amendment A20 (privacy of information seekers) (Fox/Forsyth: defeated) ... 1147 Committee, amendment A21 (reporting to MLA or media) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1148-49 Committee, amendment A23 (section 21, allegations by others of wrongdoing) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1152 Committee, amendment A24 (definition of "employee") (Fox/Forsyth: defeated) ... 1155 Committee, amendment A25 (publication of annual report) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1156 Committee, amendment A26 (publication of special reports) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1157-58 Committee, amendment A27 (commissioner duty) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1159 Committee, amendment A28 (Ombudsman as public interest commissioner) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1160 Committee, amendment A29 ... 1161 Third reading ... 1163-64 Opposition amendments ... 1176
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45)
Public service
Collective agreements, negotiations ... 3361-62 Wages, comparison to private sector ... 3287 Whistle-blower protection ... 348 Whistle-blower protection, members' statements on ... 411
Public service - British Columbia
Collective agreement ... 3323
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46)
Second reading ... 3286 Third reading ... 3408, 3414-15 Third reading, motion to not now read (six-month hoist) (Bilous: defeated) ... 3415
Renewable energy sources
Incentives for technology development (Motion Other than Government Motion 518: carried unanimously) ... 3248-49
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 436-38 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (referral amendment RA1) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 540-42 Committee ... 646, 736-37, 745 Committee, amendment A1 (Hughes: separated amendments carried) ... 646 Committee, amendment A1C (section 31, word "public" inserted before "notice") ... 646 Committee, amendment A3 (regulator's duty of care, public interest test) (Hale: defeated) ... 736-37, 745 Third reading ... 934, 940-41
Ring roads - Calgary
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1416
Royalty structure (energy resources)
School boards - Finance
Reserve fund use ... 2833
Schools
Playground equipment funding (Motion Other than Government Motion 516: carried) ... 3069-70
Scrap Metal Dealers and Recyclers Identification Act (Bill 201)
Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act (Bill 40)
Shelters for the homeless
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply (maiden speeches) ... 110-12 Addresses in reply (questions and comments) ... 112
Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 24)
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Completion grants ... 1416 Funding from supplementary supply ... 1416-17
Student ministerial internship program
Summer temporary employment program (STEP)
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13
Teachers
Collective agreements, negotiations ... 3402 Task Force on Teaching Excellence ... 2906-7
Tobacco Reduction Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 33)
Committee ... 3080 Committee, amendment A2 (definition of "tobacco-like product") (Eggen/Bilous: defeated) ... 3080 Third reading ... 3177-78
Tobacco Reduction (Flavoured Tobacco Products) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 206)
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 112
Victims Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 16)
Wages
Gender differential ... 3286
Wildfires
Response, funding from supplementary supply ... 1416, 1417
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 1)
Committee ... 365-66 Committee, amendment A2 (inclusion of health service workers and social workers) (Notley: defeated) ... 365-66
Blakeman, Laurie (AL, Edmonton-Centre)
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act (Bill 22)
Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (Smith: defeated) ... 2281 Second reading, amendment to not now read (6-month hoist) ... 2336-37, 2341 Committee ... 2416, 2421-22, 2427, 2433-34, 2435, 2438 Committee, amendment A1 (reporting grant recipients) (Smith: defeated) ... 2416 Committee, amendment A2 (information collection parameters) (Smith: defeated) ... 2421-22 Committee, amendment A3 (use of fund) (Bilous: defeated) ... 2427 Committee, amendment A7 (identification of aboriginal groups for purpose of act only) (Smith: defeated) ... 2433-34 Committee, amendment A8 (review of ministerial decisions) (Smith: defeated) ... 2435 Committee, amendment A10 (stakeholder determination of levies) (Smith: defeated) ... 2438
Aboriginal peoples
Consultations and land claims, pipeline construction ... 3199
Aboriginal peoples - Urban areas
Programs and services ... 2059
Agricultural Societies Act
Section 33, continuation of (Government Motion 15: passed) ... 1101-2
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Alberta Competitiveness Council
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 9)
Alberta Economic Development Authority
Board membership ... 2928 Mandate ... 2928
Alberta Economic Development Authority Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 43)
Alberta Energy Company (former)
Alberta Hansard
Remarks off the record, point of order on ... 1961, 2729
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Auditing of ... 2922 Board indemnification ... 2916 Information available under the FOIP Act ... 2916 Public reporting ... 2920, 2922
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Board appointment provisions ... 2561
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Appropriation Act, 2013 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 1946-49 Second reading, point of privilege on opportunity for debate (not proceeded with) ... 1953, 2001-3 Committee ... 2035-37 Third reading ... 2058-62
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2013 (Bill 13)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2013 (No. 2) (Bill 36)
Arbitration (administrative law)
Collective bargaining application ... 3411-12
Arts and culture
Secondary concert ticket sales ... 1994
Assisted living accommodations
Lodges, staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1465-66
Assurance for Students Act (Bill 26)
Bills (procedure)
Questions and comments under Standing Order 29(2)(a), Speaker's rulings on ... 1952 Second reading, opportunities for questions ... 2926 Time of passage, point of order on remarks ... 1748-49
Bills, government (procedure)
Amendments, consideration of ... 568-70
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Speaker's statement ... 1004
Bitumen - Upgrading
Location of upgraders ... 2915
Budget process
Interim supply, government use of ... 1556-59 Supplementary supply, government use of ... 1417
Building New Petroleum Markets Act (Bill 34)
Second reading ... 2914-16, 2926 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (Notley: defeated) ... 2921-23 Conflicts of interest provisions ... 2915 Paramountcy provisions re FOIP Act ... 2915-16
Calgary & Area Medical Staff Society
Health minister's meeting with representatives, point of order on debate ... 970
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Capital plan
Public-private partnerships (P3s) ... 2836
Chief Electoral Officer
Select Special Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee appointment (Government Motion 31: carried) ... 1927
Children First Act (Bill 25)
Committee ... 2344-45, 2349, 2351-55, 2358-59, 2361, 2364-66, 2368, 2370-72, 2374-75 Committee, motion to issue instruction to summon Information and Privacy Commissioner ... 2344-45 Committee, amendment A1 (review of children's charter; record keeping on information disclosure) (Wilson: carried) ... 2349, 2351 Committee, amendment A2 (definition of service provider) (Blakeman: carried) ... 2351-52 Committee, amendment A3 (parental rights and responsibilities) (Anderson: defeated) ... 2354-55 Committee, amendment A4 (director's residual authority) (Notley: defeated) ... 2358-59 Committee, amendment A5 (information sharing for research purposes) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2361 Committee, amendment A6 (children's charter principles) (Notley: defeated) ... 2364-65 Committee, amendment A7 (personal information collection) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2365-66 Committee, amendment A9 (loss, theft, or unauthorized use of personal information) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2368 Committee, amendment A10 (information sharing among service providers) (Notley: defeated) ... 2370-71 Committee, amendment A11 (mandatory review of act) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2372 Committee, amendment A13 (privacy legislation application) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2374 Committee, amendment A14 (replace "best interests of the child" with "reasonable") (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2374-75
Climate change
Budgetary implications ... 1419
Coal mining - Environmental aspects
Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, Hinton ... 2971-72
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Motion for Assembly to issue instruction to summon Information and Privacy Commissioner (Bill 25, Children First Act) ... 2344-45
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Referral of breach of privilege to, motion ruled out of order, point of clarification on ... 3304
Community spirit program
Program termination ... 2832
Condominiums
Bare-land condominium use of residents' fees, point of order on debate (rights of members) ... 1748-49 Legislation and regulations ... 2037
Continuing/extended care facilities
Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1465-66
Correctional institutions
Inmate population (Written Question 19: defeated) ... 1631
Daycare
Subsidies (Written Question 38: accepted as amended) ... 2084
Dementia
Patient care, deaths of patients ... 2137
Deputy Premier
Information requests on, point of order on debate ... 2729
Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees
Election of Mr. Rogers on first ballot ... 3
Disaster relief
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1417, 1419
Domestic violence
Death review committee, point of order on debate (anticipation) ... 2193 Members' statements ... 958-59
Drugs, prescription
Drug listing and procurement ... 2551-52
Edmonton-Centre (constituency)
Edmonton Remand Centre
Correctional officer strike ... 3214
Education - Curricula
Legislative provisions on religion, human sexuality, and sexual orientation ... 345
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Committee ... 1191-92, 1232, 1286-87, 1292 Committee, amendment A6 (all registered parties included) (Hehr/Blakeman: defeated) ... 1232 Committee, amendment A17 (notification of minister of decisions to refuse or cease investigation) (Swann/Blakeman: defeated) ... 1286-87 Committee, amendment A21 (loss, misuse, or public exposure of electoral list) (Swann/Blakeman: defeated) ... 1292 Distribution of Chief Electoral Officer recommendations, point of privilege raised ... 999-1000, 1190
Electric power, coal-produced - Environmental aspects
Greenhouse gas emissions ... 2704
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Committee ... 889-91 Committee, amendment A1 (critical transmission infrastructure review) (Anglin: defeated) ... 889-91
Emergency 911 Act (Bill 15)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Dealings with government by former ministers, request for debate (not proceeded with) ... 157-58 Medevac services, request for debate ... 1600
Enabling Regional Growth Boards Act (Bill 28)
Second reading ... 2594-96 Committee ... 3210 Committee, amendment A1, request to sever ... 3210 Third reading ... 3419-20 Growth management boards ... 2595-96 Growth management boards, voluntary participation in ... 3420 Public consultation ... 3420-21 Regulations ... 2594-96
Environmental protection
Monitoring ... 148 Monitoring, cumulative effects approach ... 2564 Monitoring, funding for ... 2746 Monitoring, reporting on ... 2561 Provincial reputation ... 2665, 2704 Provincial strategy ... 2665
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 21)
Third reading ... 2241-44, 2245 Third reading, amendment to reconsider sections 2, 3, and 6 (Notley: defeated) ... 2249-52
Estimates of supply, main (procedure)
Debate sitting times (Government Motion 29: carried) ... 1696, 1781-82 Debate sitting times (Government Motion 29), point of order on debate ... 1698 Debate speaking rotation, point of order on ... 1837-39
Film and television industry
Tax credit (Motion Other than Government 510: carried) ... 2096-97
Fiscal Management Act (Bill 12)
Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 2584-86, 2708-9, 2712 Committee ... 2732-33, 2734-35 Committee, amendment A1 (regulations on land use in floodways) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2732-33 Committee, amendment A1 (regulatory provisions) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2732 Committee, amendment A2 (definition of floodway in act) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2734-35 Regulations ... 2584-86
Floods - Southern Alberta
Disaster recovery program, evaluation ... 3305
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Application in other legislation ... 2915-16
Gas
Synthetic gas, Swan Hills in situ coal gasification project documents (Motion for a Return 3: defeated) ... 1638
Government advertising
Building Alberta plan brochure, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) ... 3168-69 Building Alberta plan brochure, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty), motion to refer to Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing ruled out of order, point of clarification on ... 3304
Government caucus
Members' accountability, point of order on debate ... 1781
Government communications
Media releases on flood recovery ... 2733
Government departments
Changes in ministries and names, amendments required to existing statutes ... 2256
Government House Leader
Oral Question Period questions to, point of order on ... 1352
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 207)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 119, 207, 463, 671, 1349, 1544, 1649, 1663, 1752, 2177, 2260, 2569, 2825
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Insulting language, points of order on ... 970 Maintaining order in, Speaker's ruling on, clarification on ... 3369 Parliamentary language, points of order on ... 475 Rules and practices, Speaker's rulings on ... 3358
Legislative policy committees
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1465-66
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Grande Cache
Whispering Pines lodge, funding from supplementary supply ... 1419
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Code of conduct (proposed) ... 65 Compensation, method of determination ... 63-64 Compensation review report referred to Members' Services Committee (Government Motion 11: carried) ... 63-65 Former MLA Richard Arthur (Rick) Miller, member's statement on ... 2493 Interrupting a member ... 3358 Interrupting a member, clarification on ... 3369
Members' Statements (current session)
Richard Arthur Miller ... 2493 School construction and modernization ... 2835-36 Violence against women ... 958-59 World Water Day ... 1688-89
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3304
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3305
Ministry of Education
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3305
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3305 Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, expense and capital investment, debate ... 1417-19
Ministry of Health
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3305-6
Ministry of Infrastructure
Funding from supplementary supply ... 3305
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, expense, debate ... 1419
Ministry of Transportation
3-year construction plan priority list (Motion for a Return 7: defeated) ... 2087-89 Funding from supplementary supply ... 3305 Strategic services funding, points of order on debate ... 1692, 1694-95 Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, capital investment, debate ... 1419, 1421-22
Motions (procedure)
Speaking order, Speaker's ruling on ... 66
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 17)
Committee ... 2163, 2174-75 Committee, amendment A2 (dismissal of elected councils) (Blakeman/Hehr: defeated) ... 2163
Municipalities
Regional governance, appeal process ... 3419 Regional planning ... 2858 Relations with provincial government ... 2489
Municipalities - Finance
Combined low-expenditure tax assessment ... 1774 Combined low-expenditure tax assessment, point of order on debate ... 1402-3 Combined low-expenditure tax assessment (CLEA) ... 1397, 1400 Funding ... 85
New Home Buyer Protection Act (Bill 5)
Committee ... 572-73, 575-77, 581 Committee, amendment A1 (6 months from bill proclamation to regulations) (Bilous: defeated) ... 572-73, 575 Committee, amendment A2 (dates of condominium coverage) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 581
Nonprofit, not-for-profit, charitable, voluntary sector
Notaries and Commissioners Act (Bill 44)
Third reading ... 3423-24 Fines, provisions for ... 3423
Officers of the Legislature
Budget process for offices ... 2059
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
CNRL Primrose in situ site leak ... 2576 Federal-provincial monitoring, funding from supplementary supply ... 1417-18 Public perception ... 1712
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Insisting on answers, Speaker's ruling on, explanation ... 1351-52 Questions to member other than minister, point of order on ... 1352
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta police integrated information initiative ... 770 Athabasca River containment pond spill ... 2971-72 Athabasca River water management ... 2184-85 Carbon tax ... 1592 Care for dementia patients ... 2137 Climate change initiatives ... 1754-55 Combined low-expenditure tax assessment ... 1397, 1400 Environmental monitoring ... 148 Environmental protection ... 2576 Grant program discontinuation ... 2832 Gravel extraction management ... 495 Groundwater and hydraulic fracturing ... 1050-51, 1176 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research ... 1667 Market access for energy resources ... 1712 Municipal assessment and taxation ... 1774 Municipal charters ... 1432, 1550, 1894, 2489, 2647 Municipal funding ... 85 Municipal governance ... 2858 Pipeline environmental issues ... 3199-3200 Protection for women in the RCMP ... 121 Secondary ticket sales ... 1994 Sexual orientation and human rights ... 345 Wildlife protection ... 258
Personal information
Misuse of information ... 292-93
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 29)
Physicians
Services agreement, point of order on debate ... 970
Pine beetles - Control
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1418
Pipelines - Construction
Interjurisdictional co-operation ... 1712
Pipelines - Environmental aspects
Liability for spills ... 3200
Points of clarification
Maintaining order in the Assembly/interrupting a member ... 3369 Referral of breach of privilege to, motion ruled out of order ... 3304
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 775, 776, 1402-3, 1692, 1698 Anticipation ... 2193 Estimates of supply speaking rotation ... 1837-39 Factual accuracy ... 686-87 Gestures ... 2729 Insisting on answers, explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1351-52 Insulting language ... 970 Items previously decided ... 475 Main estimates consideration ... 1698 Offending the practices of the Assembly ... 1694-95 Offending the practices of the Assembly, explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1695 Parliamentary language ... 475, 2082, 2083 Questions to members other than ministers ... 1352 Referring to party matters ... 1781 Remarks off the record ... 1961, 2729 Rights of members ... 1748-49 Separating amendments, Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2) ... 564-65
Police
Integrated information initiative (API3) ... 770 Integrated information initiative (API3), point of order on debate ... 775, 776
Political parties
Bulk donations, point of order on debate ... 2082, 2083 Election finances legislation, point of order on consultation ... 686-87
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Funding, additional $50 million, point of privilege raised on press release ... 2842-43
Privilege (current session)
Distribution of Election Act amendments (not proceeded with) ... 999-1000, 1190 Misleading the House (implementation of Chief Electoral Officer recommendations) (not proceeded with) ... 60 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (building Alberta plan brochure, media briefing on bills 45 and 46) ... 3168-69 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (building Alberta plan brochure, media briefing on bills 45 and 46), referral of breach of privilege to, motion ruled out of order, clarification ... 3304 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (opposition staff attendance at news conference on throne speech and Bill 1) (not proceeded with) ... 26 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (press release on postsecondary education funding) ... 2842-43 Opportunity for debate (main estimates) (not proceeded with) ... 1953, 2001-3
Property tax
Industrial tax distribution ... 2858
Protecting Alberta's Environment Act (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2560-61, 2563, 2564 Second reading, motion to not now read (reasoned amendment) ... 2665, 2704-5 Committee ... 2746, 2750-51, 2765 Committee, amendment A1 (science advisory panel membership) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2746 Committee, amendment A3 (agency code of conduct) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2750-51 Committee, amendment A13 (publication of data and assessments as soon as possible) (Swann/Blakeman: defeated) ... 2765 Third reading ... 2848-49 Agency board indemnification ... 2561 Agency borrowing of money and acquisition of property, legislative provisions for ... 2561, 2564 Agency conflict-of-interest rules ... 2563 Science advisory panel membership ... 2561, 2746
Protection and Compliance Statutes Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 6)
Public Interest Commissioner
Appointment of Peter Hourihan (Government Motion 30: carried) ... 1783
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 627-29 Committee ... 978-79, 1086-91, 1094, 1096-97, 1099-1100 Committee, amendment A1 (exemptions) (Fox: defeated) ... 978-79 Committee, amendment A5 (removal of time limits) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 1086-87 Committee, amendment A6 (uniform procedures) (Eggen: defeated) ... 1088-89 Committee, amendment A7 (expansion of health facility coverage) (Forsyth: defeated) ... 1090-91 Committee, amendment A8 (protection of commissioner and others) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 1094 Committee, amendment A9 (scope of commissioner investigations) (Anderson: defeated) ... 1096-97 Committee, amendment A11 (commissioner proceedings not subject to review) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 1099-1100
Public lands
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1419 Land sales/trades ... 505
Public Lands (Grasslands Preservation) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 202)
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45)
Second reading ... 3214-16 Third reading ... 3375-77, 3379 Intent of bill ... 3376-77 Media briefing, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) ... 3168-69
Public service
Collective agreements, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 3412-13 Compensation, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 3216 Essential services ... 3215
Public Service Employee Relations Act
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46)
Third reading ... 3411-14 Media briefing, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) ... 3168-69 Repeal on proclamation ... 3413
RCMP Health Coverage Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 14)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 1925
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 568-70, 791-93, 904 Committee, amendment A1 (Hughes: separated amendments carried) ... 568-70 Committee, amendment A1, point of order on (separating amendments) ... 564-65 Committee, amendment A9 (collection and disclosure of personal information) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 791-93 Committee, amendment A22 (create preamble and include public interest) (Blakeman/Hehr: defeated) ... 904
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Female personnel protection ... 121
Rural Electrification Loan Act
Sections 3 and 36, continuation of (Government Motion 15: passed) ... 1101-2
Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act
Section 2, continuation of (Government Motion 15: passed) ... 1101-2
Rural Utilities Act
Sections 32 and 33, continuation of (Government Motion 15: passed) ... 1101-2
Sand and gravel mining
Extraction management ... 495
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Amounts collected ... 689
Schools - Construction
Member's statement ... 2835-36 Modernizations, member's statement on ... 2835-36 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... 2836
Scrap Metal Dealers and Recyclers Identification Act (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 292-93 Committee ... 721-22, 1726 Committee, amendment A2 (Smith: defeated) (reporting of stolen goods) ... 721-22 Committee, amendment A3 (time limit on dealer retention of personal information) (Blakeman/Swann: carried) ... 1726
Speaker
Election of Mr. Zwozdesky on first ballot ... 1
Speaker - Rulings
Insisting on answers, explanation of ruling ... 1351-52 Question-and-comment period, clarification on ... 1952 Rules and practices of the Assembly ... 3358 Speaking order ... 66
Speaker - Statements
Interrupting a member, point of clarification on ... 3369 Maintaining order in the Assembly, point of clarification on ... 3369 Private members' public bills ... 1004
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 136-38 Addresses in reply (questions and comments) ... 37, 39, 163, 165, 212
Standing Orders
Amendments establishing legislative policy committees and amending committee size (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 27 Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1373-76, 1383, 1386-87 Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried), amendment A1 (projected government business and estimates procedure) ... 1373-76, 1383 Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried), amendment A1A (notice to House leaders) ... 1374 Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried), amendment A1B (section 5 struck out) ... 1374 Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried), amendment A1C (estimates scheduling procedure) ... 1374 Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried), amendment A1D (introduction of appropriation bill) ... 1374 Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried), amendment A1E (supplementary/interim estimates debate time) ... 1374 Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried), amendment A2 (no more than one legislative policy committee to meet at any one time) ... 1386-87 SO 29(2)(a), questions and comments ... 1558 SO 29(2)(a), questions and comments, Speaker's rulings on ... 1952
Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 24)
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
No-zero grading policy ... 690 No-zero grading policy, point of order on debate ... 475
Summer temporary employment program (STEP)
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13
University of Alberta
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research partnership ... 1667
Victims Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 16)
Water management
World Water Day, members' statements on ... 1688-89
Water management - Athabasca River
Wild Rose Agricultural Producers Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill Pr. 2)
Committee ... 2445 Committee, amendment A1 (Johnson: carried) ... 2445
Wildfires
Response, funding from supplementary supply ... 1418
Wildlife conservation
Habitat protection ... 258
Women
Violence against, members' statements on ... 958-59
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 1)
Brown, Dr. Neil, QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill)
Alcohol - Retail sales
Distribution system ... 987-88
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 501
Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees
Election of Mr. Rogers on first ballot ... 2
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Distribution of Chief Electoral Officer recommendations, point of privilege raised ... 1002-3
Enabling Regional Growth Boards Act (Bill 28)
Energy industry
Surface rights payments to Crown lessees ... 3024-25, 3300
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 21)
Third reading, amendment to reconsider sections 2, 3, and 6 (Notley: defeated) ... 2253
Fiscal Management Act (Bill 12)
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 35
Grassland preservation
Provincial strategy ... 1501
Greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon dioxide reduction strategies ... 2658
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 207)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 2402
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Bed availability in 2011 (Written Question 1: carried as amended) ... 1007
Members' Statements (current session)
Marilyn Gunn ... 1446 Remembrance Day ... 2827 St. George's Day ... 1941 War of 1812 ... 2654
Municipalities
Local decision-making ... 2597
North Saskatchewan River
Capital region river valley park (Motion Other than Government Motion 514: carried) ... 2700-2701
Notaries and Commissioners Act (Bill 44)
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Federal-provincial monitoring ... 1893
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Joint oil sands environmental monitoring ... 1893 Leaseholder compensation for Calgary land acquisition ... 2722 Liquor distribution system ... 987-88 Oil and gas development on grazing lands ... 3024-25 Postsecondary noninstructional tuition fees ... 2142 Public native grasslands ... 1501 Smart grid electricity technology ... 1658-59 Surface rights payments to grazing lessees ... 3300
Points of order (current session)
Privilege (current session)
Distribution of Election Act amendments (not proceeded with) ... 1002-3
Protecting Alberta's Environment Act (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2658 Committee ... 2755, 2764-65 Committee, amendment A4 (publication of supporting data) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2755 Committee, amendment A12 (indemnification provisions) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2764-65
Public lands
Land sales/trades ... 1501
Public Lands (Grasslands Preservation) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 202)
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45)
Remembrance Day
Member's statement ... 2827
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Families and Communities committee report on Bill 204, Irlen Syndrome Testing Act, request for concurrence (carried) ... 2681
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 818 Committee, amendment A17 (board membership) (Hale: defeated) ... 818
Ring roads - Calgary
Land agreement, leaseholder compensation ... 2722
Road construction - Calgary
Airport Trail tunnel ... 167
St. George's Day
Members' statements ... 1941
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply (questions and comments) ... 35, 167
Tobacco Reduction Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 33)
Tobacco Reduction (Flavoured Tobacco Products) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 206)
Committee ... 2691 Committee, amendment A1, subamendment SA1 (inclusion of menthol; authorization by item, not class; advertising of flavoured products) (Eggen: defeated) ... 2691
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Noninstructional fees ... 2142
Volunteers
Marilyn Gunn, members' statements on ... 1446
War of 1812
Member's statement ... 2654
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