Hale, Jason W. (W, Strathmore-Brooks)
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act (Bill 22)
Second reading ... 2323-24 Second reading, amendment to not now read (6-month hoist) ... 2339 Committee ... 2430, 2438-40 Committee, amendment A4 (consultation levy regulations) (Bilous: defeated) ... 2430 Committee, amendment A10 (stakeholder determination of levies) (Smith: defeated) ... 2438-40
Agricultural Societies Act
Section 33, continuation of (Government Motion 15: passed) ... 1102
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Auditing of ... 2913-14, 2997-98, 2999, 3005, 3087 Authority on financial decision-making (purchasing shares, making and acquiring loans, entering into joint partnerships) ... 3008-9, 3010, 3088 Board indemnification ... 2916 Board membership ... 3087-88 Public reporting ... 3001, 3088 Requirement to transfer profits to general revenue fund ... 3009
Assisted living accommodations
Lodges, staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1460
Assisted living accommodations - Brooks
Auditor General
Scope of responsibility ... 2997
Beef industry - Brooks
XL Foods beef recall ... 169 XL Foods beef recall, members' statements on ... 154-55, 207, 253
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty in kind program, information requests under FOIP ... 3002, 3005, 3088 Bitumen royalty in kind program, public reporting on ... 2913-14 Producers at payout stage and revenue (Written Question 10: carried as amended) ... 1470
Bitumen - Upgrading
Provincial liability ... 2914
Building New Petroleum Markets Act (Bill 34)
Second reading ... 2913-14, 2916 Committee ... 2997-99, 3001-5, 3008-10 Committee, amendment A1 (tabling of reports) (Hale: defeated) ... 2997-98, 2999, 3001 Committee, amendment A2 (five-year privacy of information) (Hale: defeated) ... 3002-3, 3004, 3005 Committee, amendment A3 (commission purchase of securities) (Hale: defeated) ... 3008, 3009, 3010 Third reading ... 3087-88 Public interest provisions ... 2914
Continuing/extended care facilities
Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1460
Crown corporations
Definition, compared to agency of the Crown ... 2997
Drugs, prescription
Generic drugs, prices ... 1895
Education - Curricula
Decision-making re content ... 169
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Electric power
Outages, ERCB response ... 1800
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Emergency 911 Act (Bill 15)
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Ground ambulance services ... 1499-1500 Service consolidation ... 1500
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Southern Alberta
Member's statement ... 2975
Enabling Regional Growth Boards Act (Bill 28)
Second reading, amendment to not now read (reasoned amendment) (Anderson: defeated) ... 2601
Energy industry
Canadian energy strategy ... 87 Development in urban areas, policy review (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: carried) ... 1914-15 Drilling applications ... 3300 Government contracts and partnerships, provincial liability for ... 2914 Protection of proprietary information ... 3004, 3005 Provincial strategy ... 169
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Licensee liability rating program ... 3102, 3300 Licensee liability rating program, member's statement on ... 2910-11 Orphan well fund levy ... 2834
Energy industry - Regulations
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 21)
Family farms
Century farm and ranch awards ... 169
Fiscal Management Act (Bill 12)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Information requests under act, exemptions ... 3088
Gas
Liquefied natural gas market development ... 2914 Synthetic gas, Swan Hills in situ coal gasification project documents (Motion for a Return 3: defeated) ... 1638
Government accountability
Greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon dioxide reduction strategies ... 2659-60
Health care
Provincial strategy ... 169
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Data reporting (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: defeated) ... 1823
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 207)
Committee ... 2538 Committee, amendment A1A (adult consent to donation; documentation of consent) ... 2538
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1460
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Brooks
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Strathmore
Lower Athabasca region plan (land-use framework)
Leasehold compensation ... 282
Magnesium industry - Environmental aspects
Members' Statements (current session)
Assisted living facilities in Brooks ... 2189-90 Compensation for pharmacy services ... 1689-90 Emergency medical services in southern Alberta ... 2975 Energy company licensee liability rating program ... 2910-11 Newell Foundation ... 625 Out-of-province health services ... 1055 Pipeline safety ... 2727 XL Foods Inc ... 2525-26 XL Foods Inc. beef recall ... 154-55, 207, 253
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 17)
Committee ... 2162 Committee, amendment A1 (time limit on dissolution vote) (Rowe: defeated) ... 2162
Newell Foundation
Members' statements ... 625
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta energy regulator ... 2142-43 Compensation for pharmacy services ... 1854 Energy company licensee liability rating program ... 3102 ERCB production outage ... 1800 Ground ambulance services ... 1499-1500 Leasehold compensation in lower Athabasca region ... 282 National energy strategy ... 87 Northern Gateway pipeline project ... 52-53 Oil and gas drilling applications ... 3300 Orphan well fund levy ... 2834 Out-of-province health services ... 1866 PDD community access funding ... 2456 Pipeline network review ... 1201-2 Prescription drug coverage ... 1895 Seniors' care in Brooks ... 3200-3201 Strathmore hospital capital funding ... 3025 Strathmore hospital long-term care ... 1772
Persons with developmental disabilities - Brooks
Programs and services ... 2456
Pharmacists
Compensation for dispensing generic drugs ... 1854 Compensation for dispensing generic drugs, members' statements on ... 1689-90
Pharmacists - Rural areas
Recruitment and retention ... 2318
Physicians - Rural areas
Recruitment and retention ... 2318-19
Pipelines - Construction
General remarks ... 3087-88 Northern Gateway project ... 52-53
Pipelines - Environmental aspects
Safety review ... 1201-2 Safety review, member's statement on ... 2727
Protecting Alberta's Environment Act (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2659-61 Committee ... 2753, 2756 Committee, amendment A4 (publication of supporting data) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2753 Committee, amendment A5 (quarterly public reports) (Anglin: defeated) ... 2756 Agency performance measures ... 2660
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 612 Committee ... 1084 Committee, amendment A4 (time frame of application) (Forsyth: defeated) ... 1084
Rare diseases - Treatment
Out-of-province services ... 1866 Out-of-province services, members' statements on ... 1055 Out-of-province services, review of (Motion Other than Government Motion 515: defeated) ... 2878-79
Renewable energy sources
Incentives for technology development (Motion Other than Government Motion 518: carried unanimously) ... 3247-48
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 427-29, 446 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (referral amendment RA1) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 534 Committee ... 570-71, 644-46, 653-54, 660-63, 666-67, 731, 746, 748, 750, 785-86, 796, 805, 813-15, 827, 841-42, 845-46, 902-4 Committee, amendment A1 (Hughes: separated amendments carried) ... 570-71, 644-46, 653-54, 660-63, 666-67 Committee, amendment A1A (definition of regulatory appeal) ... 644 Committee, amendment A1B (part 2 heading changed to Regulatory Appeals) ... 645 Committee, amendment A1C (section 31, word "public" inserted before "notice") ... 646 Committee, amendment A1D (section 32, "believes that the person" inserted before "may be directly and adversely affected") ... 653-54, 660 Committee, amendment A1D, subamendment A1D-SA1 (replacement of section 32) ... 654 Committee, amendment A1E (section 34, participants in hearings) ... 660-61 Committee, amendment A1G (section 36, definition of appealable decision) ... 661-62 Committee, amendment A1G, subamendment SA2 (referral to Environmental Appeals Board) ... 662-63 Committee, amendment A1L (section 84(1)(a), "at least 2 other members" changed to "such other members as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary") ... 666 Committee, amendment A1L, subamendment SA3 (transition committee) ... 666-67 Committee, amendment A3 (regulator's duty of care, public interest test) (Hale: defeated) ... 731 Committee, amendment A4 (personal information) (Hale: defeated) ... 746 Committee, amendment A5 (interprovincial and international agreements) (Hale: defeated) ... 748 Committee, amendment A6 (hearing commissioner appointments) (Hale: defeated) ... 750 Committee, amendment A8 (regulator mandate) (Hale: defeated) ... 785-86 Committee, amendment A9 (collection and disclosure of personal information) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 796 Committee, amendment A13 (reconsideration of regulator decisions) (Hale: defeated) ... 805 Committee, amendment A15 (section 36, regulatory review definitions) (Mason: defeated) ... 813-14 Committee, amendment A17 (board membership) (Hale: defeated) ... 814-15 Committee, amendment A19 (public interest re carbon capture and storage) (Hale: defeated) ... 827, 841-42, 845-46 Committee, amendment A20 (applications to the regulator) (Hale: defeated) ... 902-3 Committee, amendment A21 (Lieutenant Governor in Council ability to make rules) (Hale: defeated) ... 904 Third reading ... 922-23
Rural communities
Viability strategies, report on (Motion Other than Government Motion 511: carried) ... 2318-19
Rural Electrification Loan Act
Sections 3 and 36, continuation of (Government Motion 15: passed) ... 1102
Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act
Section 2, continuation of (Government Motion 15: passed) ... 1102
Rural Utilities Act
Sections 32 and 33, continuation of (Government Motion 15: passed) ... 1102
Seniors
Standard of living ... 169
South Saskatchewan region plan (land-use framework)
Industrial leases in region ... 282
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply (maiden speeches) ... 168-70
Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 24)
Strathmore-Brooks (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 169-70 Overview ... 168-69
Strathmore general hospital
Hancock, Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud; Minister of Human Services)
Aboriginal children - Protective services
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act (Bill 22)
Second reading, amendment to not now read (6-month hoist) ... 2339-41
Alberta Economic Development Authority Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 43)
Committee ... 3011 Committee, amendment A1 (commission terms of office) (Bikman: defeated) ... 3011
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Auditing of ... 2999-3000, 3001, 3005 Authority on financial decision-making (purchasing shares, making and acquiring loans, entering into joint partnerships) ... 3009-10 Public reporting ... 3001, 3004
Alberta Works
Skill improvement plan ... 1798
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2013 (Bill 13)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2013 (Bill 11)
Assisted living accommodations
Lodges, staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1462-63 Lodges, staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated), point of order on debate ... 1467
Assurance for Students Act (Bill 26)
Bill introduction immediately and advanced two or more stages in one day (Government Motion 34: carried) ... 2395
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Application process ... 2970-71 Client benefits ... 3098 Client transition to seniors' programs ... 493-94
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Bills (procedure)
Time of passage, point of order on remarks ... 1749
Bills, government (procedure)
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Speaker's statement ... 1004
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty in kind program, information requests under FOIP ... 3004
Budget 2012-13
Quarterly reports, second-quarter, point of order on debate ... 1121-22
Budget debate
Government Motion 28: Horner (questions and comments) ... 1519 Questions and comments, point of order on ... 1518-19
Budget process
Interim supply, government use of ... 1527, 1531 Supplementary supply, government use of ... 1481-82
Building Families and Communities Act (Bill 30)
First reading ... 2581 Second reading ... 2788-89, 2795-96 Committee ... 2937-42, 2946-47, 2950, 2954, 2956, 2959 Committee, amendment A1 (council members' to reside in regions they represent) (Wilson: carried) ... 2937-38 Committee, amendment A2 (council meeting frequency) (Wilson: defeated) ... 2939-40, 2941-42 Committee, amendment A3 (council composition) (Swann: defeated) ... 2946-47 Committee, amendment A4 (PDD plan development) (Notley: defeated) ... 2950 Committee, amendment A5 (definition of intellectual capacity) (Wilson: defeated) ... 2954 Committee, amendment A6 (minister's receipt of reports) (Swann: defeated) ... 2956 Committee, amendment A8 (designated employees) (Wilson: defeated) ... 2959 Third reading ... 3146-47
Building New Petroleum Markets Act (Bill 34)
Committee ... 2999-3000, 3001, 3004, 3005, 3009-10 Committee, amendment A1 (tabling of reports) (Hale: defeated) ... 2999-3000, 3001 Committee, amendment A2 (five-year privacy of information) (Hale: defeated) ... 3004, 3005 Committee, amendment A3 (commission purchase of securities) (Hale: defeated) ... 3009-10
Calgary & Area Medical Staff Society
Health minister's meeting with representatives, point of order on debate ... 970
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Capital Region Board
Regional planning, point of order on debate ... 1804
Carbon levy
Federal tax (proposed), point of order on debate ... 1661 Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 1719, 1748
Chief Electoral Officer
Appointment of Glen Resler (Government Motion 45: carried) ... 3028 Contract nonrenewal, point of order on debate ... 712-13, 716 Investigations, points of order on debate ... 971-72, 994 Select Special Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee appointment (Government Motion 31: carried) ... 1927
Child abuse
Little Warriors program funding ... 1396-97, 1680 Programs and services ... 1680
Child and family services authorities
Staffing statistics (Written Question 24: carried as amended) ... 1633
Child and Youth Advocate
Access to government information ... 3059
Child and Youth Advocate, office of the
Annual report 2011-12 ... 558-59 Information received ... 3044
Children
Employment in agriculture ... 1346, 1400
Children - Protective services
Alberta Vulnerable Infant Response Team ... 3059 Children and youth in care ... 53, 558-59 Children and youth in care, mental health and addictions services ... 3098-99 Deaths of children in care ... 3044, 3045-47, 3095-96, 3097, 3154-56, 3157, 3194-95, 3196, 3225-26 Deaths of children in care, investigations ... 3100-3101, 3299 Deaths of children in care, publication ban ... 3198 Deaths of children in care, reporting ... 3059 Deaths of children in care, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (not proceeded with) ... 3058-60 Injuries of children in care ... 3045 Reports of abused children in care (Written Question 25: carried as amended) ... 1633-34
Children First Act (Bill 25)
First reading ... 2145 Second reading ... 2194-96, 2227-29 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (Wilson: defeated) ... 2211-12, 2213-15, 2221, 2222-23 Committee ... 2345-47, 2349-54, 2358, 2361-62, 2364, 2366 Committee, motion to issue instruction to summon Information and Privacy Commissioner ... 2345-46 Committee, amendment A1 (review of children's charter; record keeping on information disclosure) (Wilson: carried) ... 2347, 2350-51 Committee, amendment A2 (definition of service provider) (Blakeman: carried) ... 2352-53 Committee, amendment A3 (parental rights and responsibilities) (Anderson: defeated) ... 2354 Committee, amendment A4 (director's residual authority) (Notley: defeated) ... 2358 Committee, amendment A5 (information sharing for research purposes) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2361-62 Committee, amendment A6 (children's charter principles) (Notley: defeated) ... 2364 Committee, amendment A7 (personal information collection) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 2366 Third reading (carried unanimously) ... 2408-10
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Motion to resolve into (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 61
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Motion for Assembly to issue instruction to summon Information and Privacy Commissioner (Bill 25, Children First Act) ... 2345-46 Resolution into (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 61
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Committee appointment (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 27 Membership appointments (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 27-28 Membership changes (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 1388
Committee on Families and Communities, Standing
Committee appointment (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 27 Membership appointments (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 27-28 Membership changes (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 1388 Membership changes (Motion 39: carried as amended) ... 2542, 2544
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Committee appointment (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 8 Mandate ... 158-59 Membership appointments (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 8-9 Membership changes (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1388
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Committee appointment (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 8 Membership appointments (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 8-9 Membership changes (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1388 Membership changes (Motion 38: carried) ... 2542
Committee on Private Bills, Standing
Membership appointments (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 8-9 Membership changes (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1388 Membership changes (Motion 38: carried) ... 2542 Motion to appoint committee (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 8
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Committee appointment (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 8 Mandate ... 27 Membership appointments (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 8-9 Membership changes (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1388 Membership changes (Motion 38: carried) ... 2542 MLA compensation repayments, point of order on debate ... 93-94 Review of Standing Orders (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 1300
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Addition of members (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 27 Committee appointment (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 8 Membership appointments (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 8-9 Membership appointments (Government Motion 10: carried) ... 28 Membership changes (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1388 Membership changes (Motion 38: carried) ... 2542
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Committee appointment (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 27 Membership appointments (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 27-28 Membership changes (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 1388 Membership changes (Motion 39: carried as amended) ... 2542, 2544
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Committee appointment (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 8 Membership appointments (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 8-9 Membership changes (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1388 Membership changes (Motion 38: carried) ... 2542
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Legislative policy committee membership changes (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 1388 Questions in Assembly about proceedings, point of order on ... 421-22 Questions in Assembly to chairs, point of order on ... 2497 Standing and special committee membership changes (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1388
Condominiums
Bare-land condominium use of residents' fees, point of order on debate (rights of members) ... 1749
Conflicts of Interest Act
Conflicts of Interest Act review 2012-13
Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Special
Replacement of chair and deputy chair (Motion 39: carried as amended) ... 2542, 2544
Continuing/extended care facilities
Access, point of order on tabling of cited documents ... 1352-53 For-profit and not-for-profit service provision (Written Question 14: carried as amended) ... 1627 Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1462-63 Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated), point of order on debate ... 1467
Continuing/extended care facilities - Edmonton
Hardisty care centre labour dispute ... 18
Crown corporations
Definition, compared to agency of the Crown ... 3000
Daycare
Spaces ... 917, 1620 Special-needs spaces (Written Question 16: defeated) ... 1628 Subsidies ... 917, 1620 Subsidies (Written Question 38: accepted as amended) ... 2083-84
Deputy Chair of Committees
Compensation, MLA compensation review recommendation (no. 8) ... 41
Deputy Premier
Minister's expense reporting ... 986 Minister's expense reporting, point of order on debate ... 995
Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees
Compensation, MLA compensation review recommendation (no. 6) ... 41
Disaster relief
Funding from supplementary supply ... 1481-82
Domestic violence
Death review committee ... 2184 Death review committee, point of order on debate (anticipation) ... 2193
Drugs, prescription
Generic drugs, point of order on debate ... 1875
Early childhood education
Provincial strategy ... 1620
Edmonton-Manning (constituency)
Education
Home-schooling, oversight of ... 1400
Education - Finance
Funding, point of order on debate ... 1367
Education Act (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 230-31 Committee ... 400 Committee, amendment A5 (zero grades) (McAllister: defeated) ... 400
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 1028-30, 1032 Second reading, motion put on previous question ... 1028-29 Committee ... 1224, 1230-32, 1241, 1262, 1284, 1285, 1296-97 Committee, amendment A2 (administrative penalties/sanctions) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1224 Committee, amendment A5 (Chief Electoral Officer requirement to serve administrative penalties or reprimands) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1230-31, 1232 Committee, amendment A11 (publication of failure to pay administrative penalties) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1241 Committee, amendment A13 (repeal section 32(3)(a), quarterly reporting) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1262 Committee, amendment A15 (contributions on behalf of another contributor) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1284, 1285 Committee, amendment A24 (retrospective reporting of contraventions) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1296-97 Anticipation, point of order on ... 920-21 Distribution of Chief Electoral Officer recommendations, point of privilege raised ... 1000-1002
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Dealings with government by former ministers, request for debate (not proceeded with) ... 158-59 Deaths of children in care, request for debate (not proceeded with) ... 3058-60 Medevac services, request for debate ... 1600-1601 Provincial tobacco recovery lawsuit, request for debate (not proceeded with) ... 1126
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Air ambulance (medevac service) move to Edmonton International Airport, point of order on debate ... 1402
Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Energy industry
Protection of proprietary information ... 3004, 3005
Enhancing Safety on Alberta Roads Act (Bill 32)
Point of privilege raised re advertising (obstructing a member in performance of duty) (not proceeded with) ... 2530-31
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 21)
Third reading, amendment to reconsider sections 2, 3, and 6 (Notley: defeated) ... 2248
Estimates of supply, main (procedure)
Debate sitting times (Government Motion 29: carried) ... 1696 Debate speaking rotation, point of order on ... 1840-42 Schedule tabled ... 1597
Ethics Commissioner
Investigations of conflicts of interest ... 2487 Investigations of conflicts of interest, point of order on debate ... 2497 Investigations of conflicts of interest, reports ... 3020 Selection process ... 2969-70 Selection process, point of order on debate ... 2978
Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Appointment (Government Motion 55: carried) ... 3347
Farm workers
Child labour standards ... 1346, 1400 Labour protection ... 1051, 1991 Workplace health and safety ... 416
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment project, point of order on debate ... 1720-21
Fiscal policy
Government spending, point of order on debate ... 208 Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 2056-57
Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 2593-94 Committee ... 2797 Committee, amendment A4 (state of emergency length) (Rowe: defeated) ... 2797
Floods - Southern Alberta
Disaster recovery program, information on claims processing (Written Question 4: accepted as amended) ... 1211 Disaster recovery program payments, point of order on debate ... 3367
Foster parents
Programs and services ... 3044
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Information requests under act, point of order on debate ... 3367
Government accountability
Financial reporting ... 1533-34 Financial reporting, point of order on debate ... 919-20 Members' statements, point of order on ... 1259 Openness and transparency ... 2450
Government House Leader
Consultations with opposition House leaders ... 2966
Highway 63
Traffic safety, point of order on debate ... 157
Homelessness
10-year plan to end ... 2053 Winter issues ... 2972
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 207)
Committee ... 2536-37 Committee, amendment A1 (donor consent on identification cards) (Webber: carried), request to sever amendment ... 2536-37 Bill moved to Order Paper (Government Motion 33: carried) ... 2375
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 117, 341, 409, 486, 695-96, 957, 1106, 1170, 1193, 1245, 1355-56, 1389, 1543-44, 1678, 1929, 2144, 2189, 2285, 2378, 2447, 2481, 2513-14, 2569-70, 2644, 2773, 3003, 3041, 3042, 3151, 3212, 3353
Justice system
Delays, investigation of, point of order on reference to public servant during discussion ... 499-500
Lakeland College
Sign language interpreter program ... 1936
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 61 Evening sittings (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 160-61 Evening sittings (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1368 Fall session accomplishments ... 1344 Inflammatory language, points of order on ... 208, 1367 Insulting language, points of order on ... 970, 1183-84, 1402 Language creating disorder used in, points of order on ... 1748 Parliamentary language, points of order on ... 289-90, 474-75, 919-20, 995, 1121-22 Protected persons ... 158
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Adjournment
Adjournment of fall 2012 session pursuant to Standing Order 3(4)(b) (motion carried) ... 1353 Adjournment of fall 2013 sitting pursuant to Standing Order 3(9) (Government Motion 41: carried) ... 3346, 3424 Adjournment of spring 2012 session (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 61 Adjournment of spring 2013 session (Government Motion 32: carried) ... 2258
Legislative policy committees
Establishment (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 27 Mandate ... 27 Membership appointments (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 27-28
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Access, point of order on tabling of cited documents ... 1352-53 Funding, point of order on debate ... 1943 Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated) ... 1462-63 Staff-to-resident ratios, public and private facilities (Written Question 9: defeated), point of order on debate ... 1467
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation ... 1519 Compensation review report ... 40-41 Compensation review report referred to Members' Services Committee (Government Motion 11: carried) ... 40-44, 72-73
Mental health services
Services for children and youth ... 2859
Ministerial Statements (current session)
National Day of Mourning ... 2043 Ralph P. Klein, November 1, 1942, to March 29, 2013 ... 1704-6
Ministers without portfolio
Compensation, MLA compensation review recommendation (no. 5) ... 41
Ministry of Education
Minister's expense reporting ... 986
Ministry of Human Services
Minister's expense reporting ... 986 Minister's expense reporting, point of order on debate ... 995 Supports for vulnerable persons ... 1798, 1868, 1896, 1993
Ministry of Service Alberta
Minister's expense reporting, point of order on debate ... 995
Ministry of Transportation
3-year construction plan priority list (Motion for a Return 7: defeated) ... 2086
Motions (procedure)
Question-and-comment period, point of order on ... 1518-19
Municipalities
Relations with provincial government, point of order on debate ... 1804
New Home Buyer Protection Act (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 354 Committee ... 571-72 Committee, amendment A1 (6 months from bill proclamation to regulations) (Bilous: defeated) ... 571-72
Nonprofit, not-for-profit, charitable, voluntary sector
Servants Anonymous Society ... 1796, 1892
Notaries and Commissioners Act (Bill 44)
Nutrition
School lunch programs ... 675
Office of the Premier
Corporate donations to Premier's leadership campaign ... 2047-48 Former Premier Ralph P. Klein, ministerial statement on ... 1704-6 Premier's salary, recommendation of review on MLA salaries ... 41-42
Office of the Premier - New Brunswick
Invitation of Premier David Alward to the floor of the Chamber on November 28 (Government Motion 46: carried) ... 3028
Officers of the Legislature
Respect for officers ... 2978
Opposition parties
Leader compensation, MLA compensation review recommendation (no. 7) ... 41
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Questions about legislative committee proceedings, point of order on ... 421-22 Questions about ongoing committee activities ... 2487 Questions about ongoing Ethics Commissioner investigations ... 2487 Questions to committee chairs, point of order on ... 2497 Rules and practices ... 2966
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Aboriginal children ... 3200 AISH application ... 2970-71 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder support ... 1801 Betty Anne Gagnon ... 2672-73 Child and Youth Advocate investigations ... 3299 Child and Youth Advocate report on youth suicide ... 2858-59 Child care accreditation funding ... 1834-35 Child labour standards ... 1346 Child poverty ... 15-16, 558, 618, 675, 2050-51, 3098 Children and youth in care ... 53, 558-59 Children in care ... 3044 Deaths and injuries of children in care ... 3045-47 Deaths of children in care ... 3095-97, 3100-3101, 3154-57, 3194-96, 3225-26 Early childhood care ... 917 Education funding ... 1891 Employment supports ... 1797-98 Ethics Commissioner selection process ... 2969-70 Ethics investigations ... 2487 Expense reporting by cabinet ministers ... 986 Fall session accomplishments ... 1344 Family violence death review committee ... 2184 Hardisty care centre labour dispute ... 18 Home education ... 1400 Homelessness ... 2053 Homelessness in winter ... 2972 Labour protection for paid farm workers ... 416, 1051, 1991 Little Warriors program funding ... 1396-97, 1680 Member for Edmonton-Manning ... 2381, 2382, 2452 Mental health services for children in care ... 3098-99 Oral Question Period practices ... 2966 PDD client risk assessments ... 57 PDD service restructuring ... 2454 Political party donations ... 2047-48 Provincial labour supply ... 2051 Public-service contract negotiations ... 3196, 3221-22, 3296, 3361 Public-service salaries and pensions ... 3158-59 Publication ban on children who die in care ... 3198 Publication of reports ... 3020 Review of FOIP and conflicts-of-interest legislation ... 2450 Safe communities innovation fund ... 1892 Servants Anonymous Society of Calgary ... 1796 Sign language interpreter program ... 1936 Social policy framework ... 467, 470-71, 490-91 Southern Alberta school capacity issues ... 2973-74 Student ministerial internship program ... 2185 Summer temporary employment program ... 1592-93, 1685 Support for child care ... 1620 Support for victims of child sexual abuse ... 3195 Supports for vulnerable Albertans ... 1798, 1868, 1896, 1993 Transition programs for AISH clients ... 493-94 WCB coverage for foreign workers ... 350 Women's shelters ... 2650
Persons with developmental disabilities
Betty Anne Gagnon, caregiver convictions ... 2672-73 Programs and services ... 2454 Risk assessments ... 57
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services ... 1868
Physicians
Services agreement, point of order on debate ... 970, 995
Physicians - Education
Student loans (Written Question 17: carried as amended) ... 1629
Pipelines - Construction
Interjurisdictional co-operation, point of order on debate ... 1719
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 94, 157, 712-13, 716, 994, 995, 1117-18, 1804, 2978, 3367 Allocation of office space for members ... 1720-21 Anticipation ... 920-21, 2193 Estimates of supply speaking rotation ... 1840-42 Exhibits ... 3367 Factual accuracy ... 93-94, 95, 1259, 1467, 1661, 1719, 1875, 1943, 2056-57 False allegations ... 971-72 Imputing motives ... 1719 Inflammatory language ... 208, 1367 Insulting language ... 970, 1183-84, 1402 Items previously decided ... 474-75 Language creating disorder ... 1748 Parliamentary language ... 289-90, 474-75, 919-20, 995, 1121-22, 2081-82, 2083 Question-and-comment period ... 1518-19 Questions about legislative committee proceedings ... 421-22 Questions about political party activity ... 474 Questions to committee chairs ... 2497 Referring to nonmembers ... 499-500, 996 Reflections on nonmembers ... 1120-21 Relevance ... 2543 Request for documentation re tobacco industry lawsuit ... 1183 Rights of members ... 1749 Scheduling government business ... 2216 Separating amendments, Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2) ... 565 Tabling cited documents ... 1352-53
Political parties
Bulk donations, point of order on debate ... 2081-82, 2083 Donations/contributions, clarification of remarks ... 970 Donations/contributions, points of order on debate ... 289-90 Donations/contributions by corporations and unions ... 2047-48 Prohibited donations, points of order on debate ... 94-95 Questions in Assembly about activities, point of order on ... 474
Postsecondary educational institutions
Donations to political parties, point of order on debate ... 94 Mandate letters, request for tabling of institutional responses ... 1721
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Private members' business
Private schools
Funding, impact on public schools (Motion for a Return 6: defeated) ... 1640
Privilege (current session)
Distribution of Election Act amendments (not proceeded with) ... 1000-1002 Misleading the House (contract for tobacco industry lawsuit) (not proceeded with) ... 1188-89 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (opposition staff attendance at news conference on throne speech and Bill 1) (not proceeded with) ... 25-26 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (public advertising on Bill 32) (not proceeded with) ... 2530-31 Opportunity for debate (Bill 45, Public Sector Services Continuation Act) (not proceeded with) ... 3315-16 Opportunity for debate (Bill 46, Public Service Salary Restraint Act) (not proceeded with) ... 3259-60, 3261
Protection and Compliance Statutes Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 270 Third reading ... 855-56
Public Interest Commissioner
Appointment of Peter Hourihan (Government Motion 30: carried) ... 1783
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Bill 4)
Committee ... 1069 Committee, amendment A2 (reporting to MLA) (Forsyth: defeated) ... 1069
Public safety
Safer communities and neighbourhoods (SCAN) program termination ... 1796
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45)
First reading ... 3165 Second reading ... 3212-13 Committee ... 3308-9, 3327-29 Committee, amendment A1 (strike conditions and penalties) (Bikman: defeated) ... 3327-29 Third reading ... 3372-73 Intent of bill ... 3308 Time allocation on second reading (Government Motion 49: carried) ... 3253 Time allocation, point of privilege raised (opportunity for debate) ... 3315-16 Time allocation on Committee of the Whole (Government Motion 50: carried) ... 3311 Time allocation on third reading (Government Motion 51: carried) ... 3387
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46)
Time allocation (Government Motion 54: carried) ... 3388 Time allocation on second reading (Government Motion 52: carried) ... 3257 Time allocation on Committee of the Whole (Government Motion 53: carried) ... 3317
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (referral amendment RA1) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 531-32 Committee ... 566-67, 737, 799, 801-3, 853 Committee, amendment A1 (Hughes: separated amendments carried) ... 566-67 Committee, amendment A1, point of order on (separating amendments) ... 565 Committee, amendment A3 (regulator's duty of care, public interest test) (Hale: defeated) ... 737 Committee, amendment A10 (regulator decisions within prescribed time period) (Swann/Hehr: defeated) ... 799 Committee, amendment A11 (minister's responsibility) (Swann/Hehr: defeated) ... 801 Committee, amendment A12 (information disclosed to minister) (Mason: defeated) ... 802-3 Committee, amendment A19 (public interest re carbon capture and storage) (Hale: defeated) ... 853 Third reading ... 921-22
Routine
Conclusion of, unanimous consent denied ... 1556
Safe communities innovation fund
Servants Anonymous Society funding ... 1796, 1892
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Statistics (Motion for a Return 5: carried as amended) ... 1639
Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act (Bill 40)
Shelters for the homeless
Speaker - Statements
Private members' public bills ... 1004
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) ... 1369-73, 1381-83, 1387-88 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) ... 1381-83 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) ... 1387-88 Review (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 1300
Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 24)
First reading ... 2080 Second reading ... 2172 Committee ... 2257
Statutes Repeal Act (Bill 37)
Committee ... 2994, 2995 Committee, amendment A2 (bills repealed after three years unproclaimed rather than five years) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 2994, 2995
Student ministerial internship program
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
No-zero grading policy, point of order on debate ... 474-75
Suicide
Child and Youth Advocate report ... 2858-59
Summer temporary employment program (STEP)
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Documents cited, points of order on ... 1352-53 Documents referred to but not quoted in Assembly ... 1721
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 23)
Tobacco industry
Provincial lawsuit, law firm selection, point of privilege raised on ... 1188-89 Provincial lawsuit, point of order on debate ... 1117-18, 1120-21, 1183-84 Provincial lawsuit, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 30 for (not proceeded with) ... 1126
Tobacco Reduction Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 33)
Transition allowance for members
MLA compensation review recommendation (no. 11) ... 41
Travel at public expense
Government aircraft records (Motion for a Return 2: defeated) ... 1636-37
Wood Buffalo Housing and Development Corporation
Financial contributions to political parties, point of order on debate ... 996
Workers' compensation
Foreign workers' coverage ... 350
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 1)
Committee ... 356-57, 374, 377-78 Committee, amendment A1 (inclusion of corrections officers) (Notley: defeated) ... 356-57 Committee, amendment A4 (extend 2-year limitation to 5 years) (Wilson: defeated) ... 374, 377-78 Third reading ... 476-77
Workers' Compensation Board
Complaints (Written Quest 18: defeated) ... 1631
Workplace fatalities
National Day of Mourning, ministerial statement on ... 2043
Workplace health and safety
Hehr, Kent (AL, Calgary-Buffalo)
Alberta College of Art and Design
Lobbying activities ... 621-22
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 9)
Alberta Distance Learning Centre
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Parking fees for veterans ... 1757
Alberta heritage fund for medical research
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta Treasury Branches Act
Continuation (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1487-89
Appropriation Act, 2013 (Bill 20)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2013 (Bill 11)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2013 (No. 2) (Bill 36)
Arbitration (administrative law)
Arenas - Edmonton
Proposed downtown facility ... 347-48
Budget debate
Government Motion 28: Horner ... 1519-21
Bullying
Gay, lesbian, and transgender students ... 964, 2906
Calgary Regional Partnership
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Capital plan
Infrastructure financing ... 767 Provincial strategy ... 1520-21
Climate change
Provincial strategy ... 180
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary supply estimates debated ... 1412-13
Corporations
Donations/contributions to political parties and candidates ... 1025-26
Early childhood education
Full-day kindergarten ... 204
Education
Alberta initiative for school improvement, program termination ... 1670 Home-schooling, oversight of ... 753-54 Public system ... 757
Education - Curricula
English as a second language ... 757, 1656 Legislative provisions on religion, human sexuality, and sexual orientation ... 2906
Education Act (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 224-26 Committee ... 383, 385-86, 396, 398, 403-6 Committee, amendment A1 (private school regulations) (Johnson: carried) ... 383 Committee, amendment A2 (school fees) (McAllister: defeated) ... 385-86 Committee, amendment A4 (charter school establishment) (Anderson: defeated) ... 396 Committee, amendment A5 (zero grades) (McAllister: defeated) ... 398 Committee, amendment A6 (reference to Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Human Rights Act) (Eggen: defeated) ... 403-4 Committee, amendment A7 (curriculum content re diversity) (Hehr: defeated) ... 404-5 Committee, amendment A8 (school closure) (Eggen: defeated) ... 405 Committee, amendment A10 (school board responsibilities re student health and well-being) (Eggen: defeated) ... 406 Third reading ... 753-54, 760 Human rights provisions ... 190
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 1024-26, 1030 Committee ... 1224-25, 1228, 1229, 1232-34, 1238, 1239 Committee, amendment A3 (reporting of contributions) (Hehr: defeated) ... 1224-25 Committee, amendment A4 (limit on corporate and union contributions of $3,000) (Eggen: defeated) ... 1228 Committee, amendment A5 (Chief Electoral Officer requirement to serve administrative penalties or reprimands) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1229 Committee, amendment A6 (all registered parties included) (Hehr/Blakeman: defeated) ... 1232-33 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) ... 1238 Committee, amendment A9 (contributions to party leadership campaigns) (Hehr/Blakeman: defeated) ... 1239
Electric power lines - Construction
Costs to consumer ... 324
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 323-24 Committee ... 878-79, 882-83 Committee, amendment A1 (critical transmission infrastructure review) (Anglin: defeated) ... 878-79, 882-83
Emergency management
Planning, funding for ... 3371 Provincial role ... 2588-89
Employment Pension Plans Act (Bill 10)
Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 203)
Enabling Regional Growth Boards Act (Bill 28)
Second reading, amendment to not now read (reasoned amendment) (Anderson: defeated) ... 2617-18 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (Barnes: defeated) ... 2622
Energy industry
Development in urban areas, policy review (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: carried) ... 1915 Provincial strategy ... 1203
Enhancing Safety on Alberta Roads Act (Bill 32)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 2887-90
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 21)
Ethane
Incremental ethane extraction program credits, information on (Written Question 20: accepted) ... 1457
Fiscal Management Act (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 1580-82 Committee ... 1974, 1976-77, 1981 Committee, amendment A2 (borrowing limit) (Anderson: defeated) ... 1974 Committee, amendment A3 (Auditor General investigation of reports) (Hehr: defeated) ... 1977 Committee, amendment A4 (fiscal plan to contain total surplus, deficit, and debt) (Hehr: defeated) ... 1981
Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 2588-89 Committee ... 2812-13 Committee, amendment A7 (definition of floodway) (Stier: defeated) ... 2812-13
Floods - Calgary
Disaster recovery ... 3120
Floods - Southern Alberta
Disaster recovery program ... 2650 Disaster recovery program, federal funding ... 3113, 3114 Mitigation strategy ... 2650
Gas - Royalties
Value of unpaid royalties in dispute (Written Question 21: accepted) ... 1457
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender persons
Transgender persons, day of remembrance for victims of violence, member's statement on ... 2862-63
Health facilities - Calgary
Dr. Vernon Fanning Centre, personal care standards ... 1047
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former MLA for Edmonton-Rutherford ... 2041
Labour relations
Illegal strikes ... 3321 Premier's remarks on ... 3320
Lakeland College
Sign language interpreter program ... 1936
Lobbyists registry
Registration criteria ... 347-48
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation, method of determination ... 44 Compensation review report referred to Members' Services Committee (Government Motion 11: carried) ... 44-45
Members' Statements (current session)
Flat-tax policy ... 23 Intergenerational theft ... 1587 Provincial tax policy ... 2079 School construction and modernization ... 2835-36 Service for the disabled ... 1205 Tax reform ... 464 Taxation policy ... 1777 Transgender community victims of violence ... 2862-63
Mental health services
Flood-related services, funding for ... 3114-15
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Racette school vehicle crash, responses ... 277
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14 ... 3113, 3114
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14 ... 3113
Ministry of Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13, expense, debate ... 1413 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14 ... 3114
Ministry of Infrastructure
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14 ... 3120
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14 ... 3114, 3120
Mount Royal University
Programs and courses ... 1865
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 17)
Committee ... 2163-64 Committee, amendment A2 (dismissal of elected councils) (Blakeman/Hehr: defeated) ... 2163-64
Municipalities
Local decision-making ... 2618
New Home Buyer Protection Act (Bill 5)
Committee ... 547-48, 585-86, 588-92 Committee, amendment A3 (mandatory minimum coverage periods) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 585-86, 588-89 Committee, amendment A4 (ministerial exemptions) (Bilous/Mason: defeated) ... 590-91 Committee, amendment A5 (home inspector criteria) (Bilous/Mason: defeated) ... 592
Nuclear power
Bruce Power proposal, documents on (Motion for a Return 1: accepted) ... 1636
Oil - Royalties
Value of unpaid royalties in dispute (Written Question 21: accepted) ... 1457
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Federal-provincial monitoring, funding from supplementary supply ... 1482-83 Monitoring, performance measures for ... 1483
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Distance Learning Centre ... 1742 Bullying in schools ... 964 Capital infrastructure financing ... 767 Care centre showering policy ... 1047 Disaster recovery and mitigation ... 2650 Education funding ... 1589, 2266-67 Education performance measures ... 3361 English language learner programs ... 1656 Funding for private schools ... 988, 1852 Highway 63 twinning ... 88 Hospital parking for veterans ... 1757 LGBTQ student supports ... 2906 Lobbying government ... 347-48 Oil and gas royalty revenues ... 678-79 Ownership of resources revenues ... 1203 Personal care standards in seniors' facilities ... 1200 Political party fundraising ... 621-22 Postsecondary education funding ... 1865-66 Provincial achievement tests ... 914-15 Provincial tax policy ... 1452 Public-sector pension plans ... 2674-75 Public-service salaries and pensions ... 3158 School class sizes ... 204 School construction ... 2074, 2520-21 School construction and modernization ... 2829 Sign language interpreter program ... 1936 Taxation policy ... 17-18 Teacher working time ... 470 Teachers' collective bargaining ... 1252, 1393-94, 1670
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services, members' statements on ... 1205
Physicians - Education
Student loans (Written Question 17: carried as amended) ... 1629
Political parties
Fundraising methods ... 621-22
Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act (Bill 18)
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Funding ... 1865-66 Funding, questions/answers disallowed ... 1866
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 41)
Private schools
Funding ... 988, 1852 Funding, impact on public schools (Motion for a Return 6: defeated) ... 1640, 1722-23 Funding (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: Hehr) ... 1009-10, 1219-20
Privilege (current session)
Misleading the House (implementation of Chief Electoral Officer recommendations) (not proceeded with) ... 60 Opportunity for debate (Bill 45, Public Sector Services Continuation Act) (not proceeded with) ... 3314-15 Opportunity for debate (Bill 46, Public Service Salary Restraint Act) (not proceeded with) ... 3259-61
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
2012 election campaign platform ... 3371, 3386
Property tax - Education levy
Provincial strategy ... 2074
Protecting Alberta's Environment Act (Bill 31)
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Bill 4)
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45)
Committee ... 3320-21 Committee, amendment A1 (strike conditions and penalties) (Bikman: defeated) ... 3320-21 Third reading ... 3376 Time allocation, point of privilege raised (opportunity for debate) ... 3314-15
Public service
Collective agreements ... 3158 Pension plans ... 2674-75
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46)
RCMP Health Coverage Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 14)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 1926
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 431-33 Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (referral amendment RA1) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 532 Committee ... 646, 733-34, 739, 744, 746-47, 749-50 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) ... 733-34, 739, 744 Committee, amendment A4 (personal information) (Hale: defeated) ... 746-47 Committee, amendment A5 (interprovincial and international agreements) (Hale: defeated) ... 749-50 Third reading ... 937-38
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 180
Road construction - Finance
Toll roads (proposed) ... 17-18, 23
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Statistics (Motion for a Return 5: carried as amended) ... 1639
Schools
Class size ... 204 Closures ... 757
Schools - Construction
Funding ... 2520-21 Member's statement ... 2835-36 Modernizations ... 2521, 2829 Modernizations, member's statement on ... 2835-36 New schools ... 2829 Prioritization ... 2074 Public-private partnerships (P3s), complaints re designs (Motion for a Return 4: accepted) ... 1636
Schools - St. Paul
Vehicle crash, ministerial statement on, responses ... 277
Speaker
Election of Mr. Zwozdesky on first ballot ... 1
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 181-82 Addresses in reply (questions and comments) ... 180, 188, 190
Standing Orders
Amendments re procedures for projected government business, committees, estimates debates, and private bills (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1380-81 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) ... 1380-81
Statutes Repeal Act (Bill 37)
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Loans, funding from supplementary supply ... 1486
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
OECD performance measures ... 3361 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study results ... 1656 Provincial achievement tests ... 914-15
Supplementary supply estimates (procedure)
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14
Tobacco Reduction Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 33)
Unions
Donations/contributions to political parties and candidates ... 1025-26
Victims Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 16)
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 1)
Committee ... 374 Committee, amendment A4 (extend 2-year limitation to 5 years) (Wilson: defeated) ... 374
Horne, Fred (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford; Minister of Health)
Aboriginal peoples
Ceremonial tobacco use ... 3075
Addictions treatment
Private facilities, safety standards in ... 916-17 Youth services ... 2263
Addictions treatment - Medicine Hat
Detoxification and treatment facility ... 680
Alberta aids to daily living
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Administration costs ... 1737-38, 1771-72 Audit and Finance Committee chair ... 2904, 2971 Centralization of services ... 1771-72 Chief executive officers ... 2853-54, 2856 Executive compensation ... 1668, 1682, 1738, 1760, 3362 Executive expense guidelines ... 910-11 Executive expenses ... 1668, 1828-29, 1847-49, 1864-65, 1866, 2180 Executive expenses, recovery of disbursements ... 1864 Financial reporting ... 15, 200, 283, 554, 769, 770 Mandate ... 283 Ministerial oversight ... 1770-71 Parking fees ... 1429, 1433 Parking fees, compassionate passes ... 1753, 1757 Parking fees for veterans ... 1753, 1757, 1770 Quarterly reports ... 2855, 3020, 3224-25
Assisted living accommodations
Lodges, private and public facilities ... 1547 Private facilities ... 2777-78
Assisted living accommodations - Brooks
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client transition to seniors' programs ... 494
Calgary & Area Medical Staff Society
Health minister's meeting with representatives ... 960-62 Health minister's meeting with representatives, point of order on debate ... 997
Calgary health region (former authority)
Expense reporting ... 765
Cancer - Diagnosis and treatment
Capital health region (former authority)
Children - Protective services
Children and youth in care, mental health and addictions services ... 2833
Coal mining - Environmental aspects
Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, Hinton ... 2903
Continuing/extended care facilities
Client placement choices ... 3049, 3202-3 Funding ... 1755 Private and public facilities ... 1547 Service standards ... 19, 20 Utilization ... 681
Continuing/extended care facilities - Calgary
Continuing/extended care facilities - Carmangay
Continuing/extended care facilities - Edmonton
Hardisty care centre labour dispute ... 19, 50-51
Continuing/extended care facilities - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
Covenant Health
Executive expense reporting ... 910
Dementia
Patient care, deaths of patients ... 2137-38
Diagnostic imaging
Radiology standards ... 679
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Home care services, request for debate (not proceeded with) ... 2500-2502
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Air ambulance (medevac service) move to Edmonton International Airport ... 1360, 1362, 1395, 1454, 1548-49 Ground ambulance services ... 1431, 1499-1500, 3160 Health Quality Council report ... 1361 Interfacility transfer units ... 2782 Response times ... 1310, 2491, 2781, 3026-27 Review ... 90 Service consolidation ... 1362, 1399, 1500 Worker health and safety ... 3020
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Bonnyville-Cold Lake
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Lacombe
Hospital telephone line ... 1773
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Rural areas
Food safety
Standards for community meals ... 1659 Standards for meal donation ... 493
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive expense disclosure ... 1307
Health and wellness
Newborn/early hearing screening and intervention ... 1773-74
Health care - Banff
Obstetric service elimination ... 1673
Health care - Capacity issues
Health care - Cardston
Provincial strategy ... 624
Health care - Cold Lake
Service expansion ... 914
Health care - Delivery models
Family care clinics ... 20-21, 54, 55, 90, 557-58, 702, 912, 914, 1049-50, 1198-99, 1254-55, 1870 Family care clinics, building/leasing costs (Written Question 8: defeated) ... 1216-17 Family care clinics, staffing costs (Written Question 7: defeated) ... 1213 Primary care networks ... 557-58, 912 Private service delivery ... 51, 1499, 2647-48, 2671-72, 2673-74, 2903-4, 3358-59 Regional health care centres ... 281
Health care - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
Obstetric-gynecological services ... 3197
Health care - Northern Alberta
Orthopaedic services ... 769
Health care - Red Deer
Obstetric services ... 2387
Health care - Rural areas
Health care - Southern Alberta
Alzheimer care ... 623 Milk River resources ... 623-24
Health care - Sylvan Lake
Urgent care services ... 772
Health care - Wabasca-Desmarais
Health facilities - High Prairie
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Review of home care and continuing care ... 2501, 3220, 3223
Health sciences professionals
Investigation of allegations of intimidation (proposed) ... 149 Whistle-blower protection ... 2670-71 Workforce strategy ... 1434-35
Health Services Preferential Access Inquiry
Home care
Funding ... 1362 Government contracts, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (not proceeded with) ... 2500-2502 Palliative care ... 2381 Respiratory (oxygen) services ... 1869 Review, scope of ... 3297-98
Home care - Calgary
Programs and services ... 2674
Hospitals
Infection prevention programs ... 2723 Infrastructure funding ... 2387 Occupancy rates ... 469, 492, 2723 Occupancy rates, publicly available information ... 496
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Red Deer
New hospitals (proposed) ... 3051
Hospitals - Sherwood Park
New facility construction ... 1453
Hospitals - Vegreville
St. Joseph's general hospital service plan ... 1050
Hospitals - Whitecourt
New facility construction ... 1453
Human Tissue and Organ Donation Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 207)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 2397-98
Immigrants
Recognition of professional credentials ... 1199
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 142, 275, 342, 486, 551, 981, 1043, 1194, 1678, 2177, 2448, 2667, 2715, 3151
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former MLA for Lacombe-Stettler ... 2177 Mental Health Commission of Canada board member ... 2899 Multiple Sclerosis Society of Alberta representatives ... 3041
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Parliamentary language, points of order on ... 997
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
100-km placement policy ... 2048 Access ... 203, 681, 1308, 2453 Client placement choices ... 3049, 3202-3 For-profit facilities ... 2781 Funding ... 1740, 1741-42, 1744, 1755 Personal care standards ... 1342-43 Personal care standards, experience of Violet MacDonald ... 3219-20, 3222-23 Private and public facilities ... 1547 Private facilities ... 3225 Separation of couples ... 2045, 2048, 2450 Staff, funding for ... 2138 Staff-to-resident ratios ... 3225 Standards of care ... 3359
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Brooks
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Calgary
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Strathmore
Mental health services
Capacity-building initiative ... 1775-76 Postsecondary student services ... 3362 Psychological counselling ... 3362-63
Mental health services - Foothills municipal district
Postpartum depression counselling ... 1312
Michener Centre
Facility closure ... 2455
Ministry of Human Services
Supports for vulnerable persons ... 2455
Motor vehicles
Driving competence test ... 623
Mount Royal University
Nurse assessment centre (accreditation of internationally trained nurses) ... 1657, 1671
Multiple sclerosis
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (Zamboni) treatment ... 1684
Nurses - Airdrie
Nurse practitioner deployment ... 1658
Nurses - Supply
Workforce strategy ... 1657
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Acute-care services in Consort ... 2269 Addiction services in Medicine Hat ... 680 Aids to daily living program ... 282-83 Alberta Health Services ... 1771-72 Alberta Health Services administration costs ... 1737-38 Alberta Health Services budget ... 1760 Alberta Health Services executive bonuses ... 1738 Alberta Health Services executive expenses ... 1668, 1847 Alberta health services executive pay ... 3362 Alberta Health Services parking fees ... 1429, 1433 Alberta Health Services quarterly report ... 15 Alberta Health Services quarterly reports ... 3224-25 Alleged intimidation of physicians ... 702 Assisted living facilities in Brooks ... 2181, 2182-84 Breast cancer diagnosis ... 2646-47 Breast cancer diagnostic test ... 2262, 2380 Breast cancer screening ... 3201-2 Calgary seniors ... 2674 Cardston-Taber-Warner health clinic concerns ... 623-24 Care for dementia patients ... 2137-38 CCSVI treatment ... 1684 Children and youth in care ... 2833 Compensation for pharmacy services ... 1496-97, 1683-84, 1708-9, 1713, 1831, 1854 Continuing and long-term care placements ... 3049, 3202 Continuing care services for Wabasca-Desmarais ... 1872 Continuing care standards ... 19, 20 Driving competence test ... 623 Edmonton Down Syndrome Clinic ... 622 Emergency medical service response times ... 2491, 3026-27 Emergency medical services ... 90, 1310, 1361, 1362, 1399, 2675-76, 2781, 2782, 3048 Emergency medical services for Bonnyville-Cold Lake ... 2859-60 Emergency medical worker health and safety ... 3020 Environmental protection and reporting ... 2903 Executive expenses, recovery of disbursements ... 1829-30 Expense reporting ... 1307 Family care clinics ... 20-21, 54, 55, 90, 912, 1049-50, 1198-99, 1254-55, 1870 Food safety regulations ... 1659 For-profit long-term and continuing care ... 1547 For-profit long-term care for seniors ... 2781 Funding for emergency cancer care ... 1743 Funding for hospital infrastructure ... 2387 Funding for long-term care ... 1740, 1741-42, 1755 Generic drug pricing ... 1652-53, 1654, 1657, 2262 Government accountability ... 2721 Government relationship with physicians ... 965-66, 989 Ground ambulance services ... 1431, 1499-1500, 3160 Hardisty care centre labour dispute ... 19, 50-51 Health Act proclamation ... 2857 Health and safety questions from Airdrie constituents ... 1658 Health care accessibility ... 1848, 2782 Health care costs ... 346 Health care funding ... 1359 Health care wait times ... 2484, 2490, 2516, 2719-20 Health care workforce ... 1434 Health quality assurance ... 624-25 Health regions' expense reporting ... 698, 765, 910-11, 960, 1046-47 Health services expense reporting ... 200, 283, 554 Health services financial administration ... 2904, 2971 Health services in Cold Lake ... 914 Health services in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo ... 3197-98 Health services in rural Alberta ... 771 Health services local decision-making ... 149, 260 Health services performance measures ... 1615 Health Services Preferential Access Inquiry ... 1864 Health system administration ... 2853-56 Health system executive expenses ... 1828-29, 1849, 1864-65, 1866, 2180 Hearing tests for newborns ... 1773-74 High Prairie health care centre ... 1203 Home-care review ... 3297-98 Hospital-based services ... 2723 Hospital construction ... 1453 Hospital occupancy rates ... 469, 492, 496 Hospital parking for veterans ... 1753, 1757, 1770 Insulin pump program ... 494-95 Judicial inquiry into health services ... 766, 1346-47 Lacombe hospital phone service ... 1773 Little Bow continuing care centre ... 151, 203, 705 Long-term and continuing care ... 681 Long-term and continuing care for seniors ... 1308, 1744 Long-term care for seniors ... 2453 Long-term care staffing ratios ... 2138 Medevac services ... 1360, 1362, 1395, 1454, 1548-49 Medical laboratory services ... 2671-72, 2673-74, 2903-4 Memorandum of understanding with physicians ... 1831 Mental health capacity-building initiative ... 1775-76 Mental health supports ... 3362-63 Michener Centre closure ... 2455 Ministerial oversight of health services ... 1770-71 Mount Royal University nurse assessment centre ... 1671 Nursing service provision ... 3298-99 Nursing workforce ... 1657 Obstetric services in Mineral Springs hospital ... 1673 Omnibus question ... 1306 Openness and transparency in government ... 984 Organ and tissue donation ... 2857-58 Organ donations ... 1053 Orthopaedic services in northern Alberta ... 769 Out-of-country health services ... 1830, 3161 Out-of-province health services ... 1850, 1866 Pathology and radiology standards ... 679 Personal care standards in seniors' facilities ... 1342-43 Pharmacist costs for injections ... 345-46 Physician recruitment ... 1617 Physician recruitment in Tofield ... 2140 Physician services agreement ... 349, 699-700, 703, 768, 960-62, 985, 1250, 1347, 1618 Physician supply ... 1199 Political party financial contributions ... 254, 769, 770 Postpartum depression counselling services ... 1312 Prescription drug coverage ... 1451, 1452-53, 1738-39, 1753-54, 1756, 1769, 1865, 2045-46, 2052 Primary care networks ... 557-58 Private health services delivery ... 2647-48, 3358-59 Private operation of health care facilities ... 51 Privately operated seniors' housing ... 2777-78 Public health standards for meal donations ... 493 Publication of reports ... 3020 Red Deer health facilities ... 3050-51 Regional cancer centres ... 2974 Regional health care centres ... 281-82 Respiratory care services ... 1869 Rural access to physicians ... 2908-9 Rural ambulance dispatch service ... 2974-75 Rural emergency medical services ... 2522 Safety in long-term care and private rehab centres ... 916-17 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 1050 Senior public-sector compensation ... 1682 Seniors' care in Brooks ... 3200-3201 Seniors' drug coverage and housing programs ... 1495 Seniors' long-term care ... 3219-20, 3222-23, 3225 Sexual assaults on seniors in care ... 3297 Strathcona community hospital ... 680 Strathmore hospital capital funding ... 3025 Strathmore hospital long-term care ... 1772 Support for couples aging in long-term care ... 2045, 2048 Support for palliative care ... 2381 Supports for couples aging in place ... 2450 Supports for vulnerable Albertans ... 2455 Surgical wait times ... 1498-99 Sylvan Lake public meeting ... 772 Transition programs for AISH clients ... 494 Travel insurance for seniors ... 2783 Urogynecology wait times ... 561, 1684-85 Vision assessments for schoolchildren ... 2649 Volunteer ambulance services ... 1431-32 Westlock health care centre laboratory services ... 2385-86 Whistle-blower protection for health professionals ... 2670-71 Youth addiction treatment services ... 2263
Organ and tissue donation
Pharmacists
Compensation for dispensing generic drugs ... 1496-97, 1652-53, 1654, 1657, 1683-84, 1713, 1769, 1831, 1854, 2045-46, 2052, 2262 Contract negotiations ... 254 Customer loyalty program use ... 1658 Payments for injections and immunizations ... 345-46
Pharmacists - Rural areas
Remote pharmacy access grant ... 1756 Supports for ... 1497
Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 29)
Physicians
Investigation of allegations of intimidation (proposed) ... 702, 703 Recruitment and retention ... 1199, 1617, 1684-85 Services agreement ... 349, 699-700, 703, 768, 960-62, 965, 985, 989, 1250, 1347, 1618 Services agreement, memorandum of understanding on ... 1831 Whistle-blower protection ... 2670-71
Physicians - Rural areas
Recruitment and retention ... 2908-9
Physicians - Tofield
Recruitment and retention ... 2140
Points of order (current session)
Parliamentary language ... 997
Political parties
Donations/contributions ... 769, 770 Prohibited donations ... 698
Public service
Senior executive compensation ... 1682
Rare diseases - Treatment
Out-of-country health services for Brooke Aubuchon ... 3161 Out-of-province services ... 1830, 1850, 1866, 3161 Out-of-province services, review of (Motion Other than Government Motion 515: defeated) ... 2877-78
Red Deer regional hospital
Regional health authorities (former)
Rockyview general hospital
Local decision-making pilot project ... 260
Seniors
Benefit program, drug coverage ... 1495 Travel insurance ... 2783
Seniors - Housing
Transitional care (home through palliative care) ... 2674
Seniors' advocate (proposed)
Strathcona community hospital
Services provided ... 680
Strathmore general hospital
Supportive living accommodations - Calgary
Surgery procedures - Cardiovascular surgery
Coronary bypass surgeries, wait times ... 2484, 2490, 2516 Pacemaker implantation ... 2490
Surgery procedures - Eye surgery
Cataract surgery wait times ... 2484, 2490, 2516 Cornea transplants ... 1760, 2490 Cornea transplants, wait times ... 2484
Surgery procedures - Joint surgery
Surgery procedures - Orthopaedics
Northern Alberta services ... 769
Surgery procedures - Urogynecology
Bladder and uterine prolapse wait times ... 561 Wait times ... 1684-85
Tobacco industry
Legislation, unification of ... 3076
Tobacco Reduction Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 33)
Committee ... 3075-80 Committee, amendment A1 (exemption for shisha or hookah establishments) (Forsyth: defeated) ... 3077-80 Committee, amendment A2 (definition of "tobacco-like product") (Eggen/Bilous: defeated) ... 3080 Third reading ... 3174-75 Impact on business ... 3078 Incorporation of other legislation into ... 3076 Public consultation ... 3077-78
Tobacco Reduction (Flavoured Tobacco Products) Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 206)
Committee ... 2693, 2867, 2868, 2869 Committee, amendment A1 (definition of "flavoured tobacco product"; penalties for first and subsequent offences) (Cusanelli: carried) ... 2693 Committee, amendment A1 (definition of "flavoured tobacco product"; penalties for first and subsequent offences) (Cusanelli: carried), subamendment SA2 (Saskiw: defeated) ... 2867
Vision care
Vision assessments for schoolchildren ... 2649
Horner, Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-St. Albert; President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance)
Agriculture
Market development ... 1439 Provincial programs ... 1442
Alberta
Financial position ... 3099
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 9)
Alberta health care insurance plan
Premiums, provincial strategy ... 3049
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Centralization of services ... 1932 Executive expenses ... 1932 Executive expenses, recovery of disbursements ... 1990 Financial reporting ... 200
Alberta heritage fund for medical research
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
General remarks ... 18 Provincial strategy ... 201, 1441
Alberta Innovates
Partnerships with postsecondary institutions ... 1441-42
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Board members ... 278 Board members, appointment of Daryl Katz ... 1666
Alberta Treasury Branches Act
Continuation (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1486-87
Alberta Union of Public Employees
Alcohol - Retail sales
Distribution system ... 988
Anthony Henday Drive
Public-private partnership (P3) construction ... 1939
Appropriation Act, 2013 (Bill 20)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2013 (Bill 13)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2013 (Bill 11)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2013 (No. 2) (Bill 36)
Arbitration (administrative law)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Auditor General
October 2012 report ... 489 October 2013 report ... 2936
Bills, government (procedure)
Amendments, consideration of ... 2818
Biofuels industry
Provincial strategy ... 1442
Budget 2012-13
In-year savings ... 1560 Quarterly reports, financial reporting in ... 144, 466, 489, 555 Quarterly reports, second-quarter ... 1047, 1112, 1113, 1174-75 Quarterly reports, second-quarter, point of order on debate ... 1184
Budget 2013-14
Advance briefing participants ... 1392-93 Budget tabled ... 1439 Financial reporting ... 1447 Operating expenses ... 1441
Budget Address
Address presented (Government Motion 28) ... 1439-43
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 146, 200-201, 344-45, 466, 555, 1588, 1590, 1614, 3099-3100 Balanced/deficit budgets, point of order on related tablings ... 1598 Cost/revenue forecasts used ... 201 Results-based budgeting ... 18, 1313, 1345, 1441, 1442
Campus Alberta
Research and development mandate ... 1441-42
Capital health region (former authority)
Executive expenses, recovery of disbursements ... 1932, 1990
Capital plan
Capital carry-over ... 2731, 3029 Infrastructure financing ... 697-98, 701, 766-67, 909-10, 984, 1047, 1049, 1577, 1589, 1614, 1666-67, 2485, 2519, 2936 Project prioritization ... 414-15 Public-private partnerships (P3s) ... 1896, 1939, 3038-39 Review of approved projects ... 1443
Carbon capture and storage
Pioneer and Swan Hills demonstration projects, removal from capital plan ... 1443 Provincial strategy ... 1442
Children - Protective services
Funding for intervention services ... 1441
Children with disabilities
Family supports, funding for ... 1441
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13 considered on March 6, 2013 (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 1369 Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13 referred to (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1369 Supplementary supply estimates tabled ... 1369 Supplementary supply estimates moved ... 1404 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14 referred to (Government Motion 43: carried) ... 3075
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Deliberations on MLA compensation ... 144
Continuing/extended care facilities
Corporations - Taxation
Provincial strategy ... 1895
Credit unions
Khalsa Credit Union ... 348-49
Crown corporations
Borrowing, oversight of ... 2731-32
Debt
Government issue of uncertified securities ... 2731, 3029 Provincial debt ... 146, 1494, 1546, 1565-66, 2485, 3031, 3032 Provincial debt, repayment ... 1448, 1545-46, 1614, 1652, 1666-67, 1935, 1991
Disaster relief
Budgeting for ... 559-60 Funding from supplementary supply ... 1560, 1570
Drugs, prescription
Comprehensive coverage ... 1441
Economic development
Provincial strategy ... 126
Economy
Economic indicators ... 1439-40 Province's net financial assets ... 2518
Education - Finance
Funding ... 1441 Special-needs education ... 1441
Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 7)
Committee ... 1263 Committee, amendment A13 (repeal section 32(3)(a), quarterly reporting) (Saskiw: defeated) ... 1263 Third reading ... 1328
Employment Pension Plans Act (Bill 10)
Energy industry
Canadian energy strategy ... 1440 Market development ... 1439-40
Energy industry - Regulations
Single regulator ... 1442
Enhancing Consumer Protection in Auto Insurance Act (Bill 39)
Estimates of supply, main (procedure)
Transmittal of 2013-14 main estimates ... 1438-39
Farm workers
Workplace health and safety ... 416
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 35)
Fiscal Management Act (Bill 12)
First reading ... 1438 Second reading ... 1479-80, 1565-66, 1568, 1570-72, 1577-78, 1581-82 Committee ... 1969, 1971-72, 1974, 1981-84, 2008-14 Committee, amendment A1 (capital spending listed as expense in consolidated expense and revenue sheet) (Anderson: defeated) ... 1969, 1971-72 Committee, amendment A2 (borrowing limit) (Anderson: defeated) ... 1974 Committee, amendment A3 (Auditor General investigation of reports) (Hehr: defeated) ... 1981 Committee, amendment A4 (fiscal plan to contain total surplus, deficit, and debt) (Hehr: defeated) ... 1981 Committee, amendment A5 (reporting schedule for fiscal plan results) (Anderson: defeated) ... 1982-83 Committee, amendment A6 (heritage savings fund net income retention) (Anderson: defeated) ... 1984 Committee, amendment A7 (business plan contents and publication) (Fox: defeated) ... 2008-10 Committee, amendment A8 (annual report format according to Auditor General recommendations) (Anderson: defeated) ... 2011 Committee, amendment A9 (annual report contents) (Anderson: defeated) ... 2012 Committee, amendment A10 (replace "actual operational expenses" and "actual operational revenue" with "actual expense" and "actual revenue") (Anderson: defeated) ... 2013 Committee, amendment A11 (taxpayer information rights) (Swann/Hehr: defeated) ... 2014 Committee, amendment A12 (mandatory review of tax revenues) (Swann/Hehr: defeated) ... 2014 Third reading ... 2027-28, 2033-34 General remarks ... 1440-41
Fiscal policy
Government savings ... 18 Government spending ... 3032, 3099 Legislation (proposed) (Motion Other than Government Motion 506) ... 1641-43 Provincial strategy ... 1496, 1709, 1991, 2518-19 Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 2006
Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act (Bill 27)
Forest industries - Export
Asian market development ... 1442
Gaming (gambling)
Bingo licensee vouchers ... 3026
Gas
Synthetic gas, Swan Hills in situ coal gasification project, removal from capital plan ... 1443
Government accountability
Financial reporting ... 123-24, 1109-10, 1447, 1565-66, 1570, 1571, 1614, 2936-37 Financial reporting, Auditor General's recommendations on ... 2721, 3038 Financial reporting, changes to ... 3038 Financial reporting, comparison to federal system ... 3031, 3034-35
Government communications
Health care
Supplementary health benefit coverage ... 1441
Health facilities - Construction
Homelessness
10-year plan to end, funding for ... 1441
Housing - High Prairie
Affordable housing, rental at market value ... 1365
Insurance industry
Flood-related compensation to property owners ... 2519
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 81, 142, 251, 486, 615, 763, 1105, 1303, 1425, 2177, 2774, 3151, 3353-54
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Armed Forces commander of land force western area and area reserve sergeant ... 142
Justice system
Funding for judges ... 1442
Land-use framework
Integrated resource management planning division ... 1442
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Parliamentary language ... 2818 Parliamentary language, points of order on ... 1184
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Transmittal of 2013-14 Main Estimates of Supply ... 1438-39 Transmittal of 2013-14 Supplementary Estimates of Supply ... 3075
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Access ... 1349 Funding, point of order on debate ... 1943 Staff, funding for, point of order on debate (response by Premier or Executive Council member) ... 2148
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Compensation review report, Members' Services Committee deliberations on ... 144, 199-200
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Operating budget ... 1442
Ministry of Human Services
Operating expenses ... 1441
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding for local infrastructure ... 1442
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Public perception ... 1712
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Access to budget lock-up ... 1392-93 Auditor General recommendations ... 489 Bingo licensee voucher use ... 3026 Bitumen price differential ... 2854-55 Budget review challenge panel ... 1313 Capital infrastructure financing ... 697-98, 701, 766-67, 909-10, 984 Capital infrastructure planning ... 414-15 Carbon tax ... 1707 Child poverty ... 619 Climate change initiatives ... 1754-55 Corporate taxes ... 1895 Disaster assistance ... 559-60 Donations to political parties ... 1666 Election finances legislation ... 279 Fiscal accountability ... 123-24, 466 Flood-related insurance claims ... 2519 Government accountability ... 2721 Government spending ... 3099 Health care premiums ... 3049 Health services expense reporting ... 200 Health services performance measures ... 1932 Health system executive expenses ... 1932, 1990 Infrastructure alternative financing ... 1049 Infrastructure capital planning ... 916 Investigations into commercial crimes ... 2267-68 Katz Group Inc. meeting details ... 1341-42, 1349 Khalsa Credit Union ... 348-49 Labour protection for paid farm workers ... 416 Liquor distribution system ... 988 Lobbying government ... 343-44, 348, 411-12 Long-term and continuing care for seniors ... 1349 Management employee pension plan ... 2827-28, 2830-31 Market access for energy resources ... 1712 MLA remuneration ... 144, 199-200 Mutual fund adviser incorporation ... 3226-27 No-zero grading policy ... 259 Nonrenewable resource revenues ... 13-14 Oil and gas royalty revenues ... 678-79 Oil price forecasting ... 1196, 1709 Omnibus question ... 1306 Opposition alternatives to government policies ... 1935 Pipeline construction ... 2834 Political party financial contributions ... 254-55, 277-78, 280 Provincial borrowing ... 344-45, 1546, 1652, 3099-3100 Provincial budget ... 201, 1047, 1496, 1589, 1614 Provincial debt ... 2485 Provincial debt repayment ... 1448, 1545-46 Provincial economic strategy ... 126 Provincial fiscal deficit ... 1494, 1588, 1590, 1614, 1666-67 Provincial fiscal policy ... 555, 1112, 1113, 1174-75, 1991, 2518-19 Provincial fiscal position ... 146, 200 Provincial fiscal reporting ... 144, 1109-10, 1447 Provincial tax policy ... 1452 Public-private partnerships ... 1896, 1939 Public-sector pension plans ... 2674-75, 3100 Public-service contract negotiations ... 3221-24, 3361 Public-service salaries and pensions ... 3158-59 Report to taxpayers ... 2136, 2180, 2182 Resource revenue projections ... 201, 3097 Results-based budgeting ... 18 Results-based budgeting review ... 1345 School construction ... 204, 2074 School construction financing ... 2520 School construction in Cochrane ... 259-60 School construction public-private partnerships ... 768 Securities fraud ... 2860 Securities regulation ... 2138-39 Senior public-sector compensation ... 1682 Subsidized social housing program abuse ... 1365 Taxation policy ... 17-18 Tourism funding ... 2268
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services ... 1441
Pipelines - Construction
Interjurisdictional co-operation ... 1712
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 1598 Factual accuracy ... 289, 1643, 1676, 1943, 2006 Insisting on answers ... 2148 Member's withdrawal of remarks ... 2818 Parliamentary language ... 1184
Political parties
Donations/contributions ... 277-78, 280 Donations/contributions, points of order on debate ... 289 Election finances legislation ... 279
Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act (Bill 18)
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Base operating grants ... 1441 Capital funding ... 1443 Funding ... 1441
Property tax - Education levy
Provincial strategy ... 2074
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Bill 4)
Public service - British Columbia
Collective agreement ... 3334
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46)
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
First reading ... 207 Third reading ... 932, 936
Revenue
Federal transfers ... 1560 Forecasts ... 1196, 1560, 1707 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 13-14 Resource revenue ... 2834 Resource revenue projections ... 3097 Sources ... 17-18
Ring roads - Calgary
Public-private partnership (P3) construction ... 1939
Road construction - Finance
Securities Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 42)
First reading ... 3164 Second reading ... 3257
Seniors
Property tax deferral program ... 1441
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
No-zero grading policy ... 259
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-13
Considered on March 6, 2013 (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 1369 Estimates moved ... 1404 Referral to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1369 Tabling of ... 1369
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-14
Estimates debate ... 3105 Estimates for general revenue fund referred to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 43: carried) ... 3075 Estimates for general revenue fund to be considered on November 26 (Government Motion 44: carried) ... 3075 Transmittal of estimates ... 3075
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Documents cited, points of order on ... 1598
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2013 (Bill 23)
First reading ... 2080 Second reading ... 2150 Third reading ... 2172
Technology industry
Market development ... 1439
Tourism
Industry development ... 2268
Travel at public expense
Government aircraft records (Motion for a Return 2: defeated) ... 1636
Trucking industry
Regulations, point of order on debate ... 1676
Hughes, Ken (PC, Calgary-West; Minister of Energy)
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act (Bill 22)
Second reading, amendment to refer to committee (Smith: defeated) ... 2281-83
Alberta - History
Legislative history ... 164-65
Alberta government offices
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Auditing of ... 2925, 3090 Information available under the FOIP Act ... 2926 Mandate ... 3090 Mandate re other hydrocarbon-related activities ... 2926 Public reporting ... 2925-26
AltaLink
Electric power line contract ... 350
Auditor General
Recommendations on bioenergy grant programs ... 2783
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty in kind (BRIK) program ... 677 Bitumen royalty in kind program, public reporting on ... 3090 Producers at payout stage and revenue (Written Question 10: carried as amended) ... 1470 Revenue ... 1937-38
Building New Petroleum Markets Act (Bill 34)
Calgary-West (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 164-65 Overview ... 165
Carbon capture and storage
Bitumen upgrading applications ... 677
Castle-Crown wilderness area
Designation as wildland park (proposed) ... 1253
Climate change
Scientific evidence ... 1710
Coal mining - Environmental aspects
Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, Hinton ... 2857
Council of the Federation
Critical Transmission Review Committee
Electric power
Market competition ... 2385 Outages, ERCB response ... 1800 Outages, review of July 9 incident ... 557, 621, 913-14 Supply and demand ... 1434
Electric power, coal-produced
Plant retirement ... 2141
Electric power - Retail sales
Regulated rate contracts ... 1742 Retail Market Review Committee activities ... 19-20 Retail Market Review Committee report ... 124, 915
Electric power lines - Construction
Costs ... 349-50 Heartland transmission project ... 418-19, 1311 Public information sessions ... 2457 Reinforcement of north-south transmission lines ... 257 Underground transmission ... 2456-57
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 2012 (Bill 8)
Energy industry
Canadian energy strategy ... 3198-99 Development in urban areas, policy review (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: carried) ... 1915-16 Drilling applications ... 3224, 3300-3301 Provincial strategy ... 1203-4 Renewable energy ... 1853-54
Energy industry - Environmental aspects
Energy industry - Regulations
Energy resources - Export - India
Market development ... 2830
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Information requests under act, exemptions ... 3090
Gas
Synthetic gas, Swan Hills in situ coal gasification project documents (Motion for a Return 3: defeated) ... 1638
Government caucus
Oral Question Period questions ... 1348
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction strategies ... 1712
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Irrigation
Farmer water rights ... 1202-3
Land-use framework
Impact on farmer water rights ... 1202-3
Members of Parliament
Former Member of Parliament Harvie Andre ... 165
Nonprofit, not-for-profit, charitable, voluntary sector
Oil sands development - Cold Lake
Comprehensive regional infrastructure sustainability plan (CRISP) ... 1254
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Federal-provincial monitoring ... 1893
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta energy regulator ... 963, 2142-43, 2182, 2264 Alberta-U.S. relations ... 620 Athabasca River containment pond spill ... 2857 Awesome questions ... 1348 Bioenergy grant program ... 2783 Bitumen upgrading ... 677, 1615, 1667-68 Canadian energy strategy ... 3198-99 Carbon tax ... 1707-8, 1711, 1740-41, 1754 Castle-Crown wilderness area ... 1253 Climate change initiatives ... 1754-55 Coal-fired power production ... 2141 Compensation for pharmacy services ... 1498 Council of the Federation energy strategy ... 987 CRISP report on Cold Lake oil sands area ... 1254 Critical electricity transmission lines ... 257 Drilling operations near lakes ... 1178-79 Electricity marketing ... 913-14 Electricity marketing review ... 19-20, 124, 915 Electricity prices ... 1309-10, 1742, 2075, 2188, 3227 Electricity system ... 1434 Electricity transmission facility costs ... 349-50 Energy company licensee liability rating program ... 3048, 3102-3 Environmental protection ... 1398 ERCB production outage ... 1800 Heartland electricity transmission project ... 418-19, 1311 Joint oil sands environmental monitoring ... 1893 Market access for energy resources ... 1710-11, 1712 Market access for oil ... 1617-18, 1654-55 Notice of power line development public meeting ... 2457 Oil and gas drilling applications ... 3224, 3300-3301 Oil sands royalties ... 1937-38 Orphan well fund levy ... 2834-35 Ownership of resources revenues ... 1203-4 Pipeline construction ... 2834 Pipeline network review ... 1201-2 Pipeline safety ... 2141 Renewable energy strategy ... 1853-54 Rolling power outages ... 557, 621 Smart grid electricity technology ... 1658-59 South Saskatchewan regional plan ... 1311, 1553, 1714 Trade with India ... 2830 Underground electricity transmission lines ... 2456-57 Water rights ... 1202-3 Wholesale electricity market pricing ... 2385
Pharmacists - Rural areas
Pipelines - Construction
Interjurisdictional co-operation ... 987, 1710-11 Keystone pipeline project ... 620, 1667-68 Keystone pipeline project, government advertising ... 1617 Provincial strategy ... 2834
Pipelines - Environmental aspects
Safety review ... 1201-2, 2141 Spills, penalties and sanctions re ... 1398
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2)
First reading ... 207 Second reading ... 263-64, 546 Committee ... 563-64, 570, 644-47, 649, 651-52, 654, 658-60, 662-63, 665-68, 743-44, 746-47, 751, 778-79, 790, 793, 808 Committee, amendment A1 (Hughes: separated amendments carried) ... 564, 570, 644-45, 646-47, 649, 651-52, 654, 658-60, 662-63, 665-66, 667-68 Committee, amendment A1A (definition of regulatory appeal) ... 644-45 Committee, amendment A1B (part 2 heading changed to Regulatory Appeals) ... 645 Committee, amendment A1C (section 31, word "public" inserted before "notice") ... 646-47, 649, 651-52 Committee, amendment A1D, subamendment A1D-SA1 (replacement of section 32) ... 654, 658-60 Committee, amendment A1G, subamendment SA2 (referral to Environmental Appeals Board) ... 662-63, 665-66 Committee, amendment A1L, subamendment SA3 (transition committee) ... 667-68 Committee, amendment A2 (section 15, "including the interests of landowners" after "prescribed by the regulations") (Hughes: carried) ... 668 Committee, amendment A3 (regulator's duty of care, public interest test) (Hale: defeated) ... 743-44 Committee, amendment A4 (personal information) (Hale: defeated) ... 746-47 Committee, amendment A6 (hearing commissioner appointments) (Hale: defeated) ... 751 Committee, amendment A7 (public interest test) (Eggen: defeated) ... 778-79 Committee, amendment A8 (regulator mandate) (Hale: defeated) ... 790 Committee, amendment A9 (collection and disclosure of personal information) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 793 Committee, amendment A13 (reconsideration of regulator decisions) (Hale: defeated) ... 808 Third reading ... 941 Implementation ... 963
South Saskatchewan region plan (land-use framework)
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply (maiden speeches) ... 164-66
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