Hale, Jason W. (W, Strathmore-Brooks)
Agricultural Pests (Fusarium Head Blight) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 201)
AltaLink
Purchase bid by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., approval process ... 688
Bassano continuing care centre
Members' statements ... 262
Budget officer (proposed)
Other jurisdictions ... 279
Dogs - Newell county
Thefts, members' statements on ... 609
Emergency services (first responders) - Strathmore
Search and rescue river access ... 298
Freehold Mineral Rights Tax Act
Amendments proposed re tax assessment and reassessment, consultation with Freehold Owners Association on ... 799
Fusarium graminearum
Presence in feed grain ... 130
Government accountability
Financial reporting ... 278-79
Government grant programs
Eligibility criteria ... 345-46
Independent Budget Officer Act (Bill 202)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Bassano continuing care centre ... 262 Dog theft in Newell County ... 609
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
ALERT program funding ... 514 AltaLink sale approval process ... 688 Freehold mineral rights legislation consultation ... 799 Health facilities in Strathmore ... 97 Pembina Institute funding ... 345-46, 377 Strathmore search and rescue river access ... 298
Organized crime
Initiatives against, ALERT program funding ... 514
Parks, provincial - Southern Alberta
Reconstruction planning ... 298
Pipelines - Construction
Funding of organizations in opposition to ... 345-46 Keystone XL pipeline project, opposition to ... 688
Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 549 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future (referral amendment RA1) (Notley: defeated) ... 653 Scope of application ... 549
Rosebud School of the Arts Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill Pr. 1)
First reading ... 609 Second reading ... 737 Committee ... 758 Third reading ... 758
Strathmore community hospital
Redevelopment plan ... 97
Hancock, Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud; Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education; Premier effective March 23, 2014)
Agriculture and food innovation fund
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Auditor General audits ... 463 Consulting contracts ... 511 Consulting contracts, Auditor General review ... 461-62, 464, 476 Consulting contracts, sole-source ... 461-62, 464, 475-76, 479 Consulting contracts for former executives ... 388, 475-76
Alberta heritage fund for medical research
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta heritage scholarship fund
Apprenticeship training
Journeyman certificates, delays in ... 244 Scholarships ... 244
Budget 2014-2015
Budget preparation ... 320
Building Alberta plan
Promotional jackets ... 427
Calgary
Mayor's letter on proposed changes to public service pensions ... 685, 686
Cancer - Treatment
Lung cancer patient wait times ... 433
Capital projects
Federal funding programs, access to ... 792
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 11)
Children - Protective services
Deaths and injuries, communications consulting contracts re ... 726 Deaths and injuries, public information on ... 725
Class size (elementary and secondary schools)
Early childhood education
Full-day kindergarten ... 308
Education - Curricula
Aboriginal content ... 336 Curriculum redesign ... 769 Mathematics curriculum ... 322 Mathematics curriculum redesign ... 606
Education Act
Inclusive education provisions ... 374
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 724
Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
Progress through the Assembly ... 685
Energy industries
Value-added products, promotion of ... 432
Executive Council
Budget 2014-2015 ... 111 Deputy minister's role ... 766
Family care clinics
General remarks ... 724 Provincial strategy ... 685
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment project, residential suite proposal ... 343, 345, 794 Redevelopment project, residential suite proposal, cost of ... 792-93
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fiscal policy
Government savings ... 147
Flaherty, Jim (former Member of Parliament and federal cabinet minister)
Floods - Southern Alberta
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender persons
Government
Effectiveness, impact of Progressive Conservative Party leadership campaign ... 793 Public trust in ... 683-84
Government airplanes
Cabinet travel to Grande Prairie fundraising event ... 202, 240 Usage policy ... 99, 202, 203, 425, 462-63, 685, 766 Usage policy, Auditor General review ... 56
Government caucus
Member's departure, Associate Minister of Family and Community Safety's remarks on ... 253-54
Government communications
Budget ... 372 Consulting contracts ... 372
Health care
Performance measures ... 600
Health care - Capacity issues
Health care - Finance
Budget documentation ... 768 Budget oversight by ministry ... 463, 768
Inspiring Education (report)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Family of former EmployAbilities executive director ... 385 First Nations and MĂ©tis community leaders ... 333 Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Leduc ... 87
Labour unions
Members' dues, legislative and regulatory provisions for ... 794-95
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Didsbury
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Three Hills
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission national event, ministerial statement on ... 336
Ministry of Education
Minister's meeting with stakeholders on curriculum redesign (proposed) ... 727
Ministry of Health
Information requests under FOIP from ... 602
Ministry of Human Services
Associate Minister of Family and Community Safety's remarks to news media ... 253-54 Funding ... 111
Ministry of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Hiring of former Premier's office staff member ... 206 Ministry organizational structure ... 313
Misericordia community hospital
Replacement, timeline on ... 427
Municipalities - Finance
Federal grant funding, access to ... 792
New Democratic opposition
Tribute to leader Brian Mason ... 764
Office of the Premier
Communications expenses ... 111 Expenses, oversight of ... 766 Former staff member's government employment ... 206 Funding ... 111 Hosting expenses ... 111 Premier Hancock's apology at party fundraising event ... 683-84 Premier Hancock's term of office ... 793 Premier Redford's travel expenses ... 99 Premier Redford's travel to Jasper ... 425, 462-63, 476-77, 508 Premier Redford's travel to South Africa, repayment (proposed) ... 111, 203 Speaker's welcome to new Premier, Speaker's statement on ... 333 Staff severance payments ... 321-22, 339
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Health Services consulting contracts ... 388, 511 Alberta Health Services sole-source contracts ... 461-62, 464, 475-76, 479 Associate Minister of Family and Community Safety ... 253-54 Budget 2014 ... 320 Cabinet travel expense policy ... 56 Cabinet travel to Grand Prairie ... 240 Education funding ... 797 Educational curriculum redesign ... 606, 769 Educational system reform ... 727 Electricity prices ... 724 Family care clinics ... 724 Federal building redevelopment plan ... 343, 345 Federal building redevelopment project management ... 792-94 Federal funding programs ... 792 Flood recovery communications contracts ... 293-94, 341, 373-74 FOIP request process ... 477, 480, 509, 532-33, 599-600, 602, 605 Government advertising ... 427 Government airplane usage ... 202-3, 425, 462-63 Government communications ... 725-26, 766-67 Government communications budget ... 372 Government effectiveness ... 308, 319-20 Government policies ... 342, 605-6, 684-85 Government spending ... 463 Government work plan ... 294 Health care budget oversight ... 768 Health care performance measures ... 600 Health care system ... 467 Health facilities infrastructure ... 427 Innovation system ... 731 International and Intergovernmental Relations ministry ... 313 Keystone XL pipeline project ... 603 LGBTQ student supports ... 374 Lung cancer diagnosis and treatment ... 433 Mathematics curriculum ... 322 Personal information collection by members ... 793-94 Political party leadership campaign financing ... 428 Postsecondary education affordability ... 208-9 Postsecondary education funding ... 730 Postsecondary noninstructional student fees ... 297-98 Premier Redford's former staff member's employment ... 206 Premier Redford's office budget ... 111 Premier Redford's travel expenses ... 99 Premier Redford's travel to Jasper ... 476-77, 508 Premier's office expense oversight ... 766 Premier's term of office ... 793 Progressive Conservative Party trust account ... 340-41, 408 Promotion of Alberta's energy industry ... 432 Provincial budget ... 110 Provincial diploma examinations ... 469 Public service compensation ... 92 Public service pension legislation ... 685-86 Public service pensions ... 466, 480, 533-34, 601-2 School construction and modernization ... 465 School infrastructure priorities ... 481 Severance payments to Premier Redford's office staff ... 321-22, 339 Skilled trades journeyman certification ... 244 Small-business regulations ... 59 Social innovation fund ... 59 Student assessment ... 795 Task Force for Teaching Excellence report ... 689, 767-68 Trust in government ... 683-84 Union dues regulation ... 794-95 University executive compensation ... 798
Personal information
Collection by members ... 793-94
Pipelines - Construction
Keystone XL pipeline project delay ... 603
Political parties
Leadership campaigns, legislative provisions on donations ... 428
Postsecondary education
Digital textbooks ... 209
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Access, affordability ... 208-9 Promotion to secondary students, Learning Clicks program ... 730
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Executive compensation ... 798 Funding ... 730
Poverty
Reduction strategies ... 147-48
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Progress through the Assembly ... 684, 685-86
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45, 2013)
General remarks ... 342 Public response to bill ... 684
Public service
Collective agreements, negotiations ... 110
Public service - Pensions
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46, 2013)
General remarks ... 342 Legal challenge ... 92
Red Tape Reduction Task Force (2012)
Research and development
Innovation initiatives ... 731
Savings Management Act (Bill 1)
School Act
Inclusive education provisions ... 374
Schools
Sustainability in mature communities ... 481
Schools - Construction
Modernizations, timeline on ... 465, 685 New schools, timeline on ... 465, 685 Prioritization ... 481
Schools - Edmonton
Decision-making on closures and construction ... 481
Small business
Regulatory framework impacts ... 59
Social innovation fund
Funding through bonds (proposed) ... 59 General remarks ... 147-48
Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 12)
Strategic plan, provincial
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Changes to report cards ... 795 High school diploma exams ... 469
Task Force for Teaching Excellence
Travel at public expense
Cabinet expense policy ... 56
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
National event, ministerial statement on ... 336
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Hehr, Kent (AL, Calgary-Buffalo)
Alberta - History
Klein administration ... 224
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Estimated value of fund if 30 per cent of nonrenewable resource revenue had been transferred since 1976 (Written Question 7: defeated) ... 438-39 Fund utilization ... 85, 154, 222-23
Alberta Human Rights Act
Application in schools ... 344, 362
Appropriation Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2014 (Bill 2)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Brewing industry
Craft breweries, members' statements on ... 263 Tax rates for small brewers, documents on proposed amendments to (Motion for a Return 5: defeated) ... 443-44
Budget 2014-2015
Public consultation, online prebudget survey results (Motion for a Return 1: defeated) ... 443
Budget Address
Addresses in reply ... 222-23 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 224
Budget officer (proposed)
Other jurisdictions ... 278
Bullying - Prevention
Gay, lesbian, and transgender students ... 349
Canada - History
Mulroney administration ... 45
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Application in schools ... 344, 362
Childhood Vision Assessment Act (Bill 203)
Class size (elementary and secondary schools)
Daycare
Affordability ... 223 Funding ... 566
Debts, provincial
Debt related to public utilities ... 536 Debt-servicing limit, calculation for 2013-2014 (Written Question 8: defeated) ... 439-40
Disaster insurance
Research studies and proposals (Motion for a Return 3: accepted) ... 442
Distilling industry
Documents on proposed amendments to Spirit distillation rules (Motion for a Return 6: defeated) ... 444
Early childhood education
Full-day kindergarten, cost of (Written Question 3: defeated) ... 438
Economy
2008 global downturn ... 145
Education - Curricula
English as a second language, student statistics (Written Question 15: accepted) ... 436 English as a second language, years of funding ... 572
Education Act
Inclusive education provisions ... 361
Elections, provincial
2012 election campaign ... 653-54
Electric power - Retail sales
Corporations' economic withholding/market manipulation ... 14-15, 58, 168-69, 536 Corporations' economic withholding/market manipulation, investigation by Market Surveillance Administrator ... 14-15, 58 Fixed-rate plans ... 536
Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 582-84 Second reading, motion to not now read (reasoned amendment) (Mason: defeated) ... 594-95 Plan conversion provisions ... 583-84, 594-95
Employment standards
Officers, statistics on (Written Question 26: accepted) ... 437
Energy industries
Drilling in urban areas ... 311-12
Financial institutions
Banking regulations ... 145 Governance, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 145
Flood damage mitigation
Groeneveld report recommendations ... 155 Preparation for spring flooding ... 154-55
Flood insurance
National program (proposed) ... 72, 155 Research studies and proposals (Motion for a Return 3: accepted) ... 442
Floods - Calgary
Homeowner insurance coverage ... 155
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender persons
Protection of rights ... 512 Supports for students ... 344-45, 430 Supports for students, members' statements on ... 349 Supports for students, point of order on debate ... 399-400
Gay-straight alliances in schools
School board policies, legislation on (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: defeated) ... 361-62, 367-68 Student requests for ... 349, 512
Government accountability
Heritage Christian Academy
Student code of conduct ... 345
Immunization
Provincial strategy for children ... 667-68
Income support program
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 153, 223
Independent Budget Officer Act (Bill 202)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Craft breweries ... 263 LGBTQ student supports ... 349
Ministry of Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 72
Ministry of Human Services
Minister's announcement of procedural changes for children in care, point of order on debate ... 399-400 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 77-78
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 72
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Childhood immunization ... 667-68 Drilling in urban areas ... 310-11 Education performance measures ... 261-62 Electricity market investigation ... 14-15 Electricity prices ... 536 Electricity pricing ... 58, 168-69 LGBTQ rights ... 512 LGBTQ student supports ... 344-45 School codes of conduct ... 430 School construction ... 114
Persons with developmental disabilities
Programs and services ... 77-78
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 399-400 Factual accuracy ... 435
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Participation rate ... 223
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
2012 election platform ... 44-45
Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 546-47 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future (referral amendment RA1) (Notley: defeated) ... 653-55
Public service
Government departments, management positions, statistics on (Written Question 30: accepted) ... 437
Public service - Pensions
Contribution rates, cap on ... 547, 654 Membership statistics (Written Question 11: accepted) ... 436 Provincial liabilities ... 654-55
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Provincial strategy ... 635-36
Savings Management Act (Bill 1)
Schoolchildren - Transportation
School bus costs per student, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 (Written Question 14: accepted as amended) ... 442
Schools
Codes of conduct ... 430 Codes of conduct, point of order on debate ... 435
Schools - Construction
Modernizations ... 72 Modernizations, funding for ... 114 New schools ... 72, 262 New schools, funding for ... 114 New schools, timeline on ... 45-46, 223, 572
Schools - Construction - Calgary
Flood-related construction ... 72
Schools - Three Hills
Prairie Christian Academy, staff code of conduct ... 430 Prairie Christian Academy, staff code of conduct, point of order on debate ... 435
Securities Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 3)
Social innovation/entrepreneurship
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 44-46
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2
Estimates debated ... 72, 77-78 Flood-related expenses ... 72
Task Force for Teaching Excellence
Participant criteria (Motion for a Return 7: accepted) ... 442
Tax policy
Comparison to other jurisdictions ... 224 Flat tax rate ... 565, 654 Provincial strategy ... 45-46, 154, 572
Teachers
Statistics for public and separate schools, 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 (Written Question 13: accepted as amended) ... 441-42
Workplace health and safety
Occupational health and safety officers, statistics on (Written Question 25: accepted) ... 437
Horne, Fred (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford; Minister of Health)
Alberta College of Pharmacists
Standards of practice re loyalty/reward programs ... 606-7
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories
Cancer - Treatment
Lung cancer patient wait times ... 393 Regional services ... 248
Capital projects
Building contracts, penalties for delays ... 326
Cardston health centre
New facility, timeline on ... 259
Children - Protective services
Continuity of care ... 728 Death of newborn (Baby Annie) ... 728
Correctional institutions
Dementia
Patient care, funding for ... 686 Provincial strategy ... 686
Drugs, prescription
Comprehensive coverage ... 59-60, 95 Cost to consumer ... 95 Loyalty/reward program participation, Alberta College of Pharmacists' change to standards of practice ... 606-7, 772-73 Pharmaceutical information network ... 379 Provincial plans ... 75
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Dispatch services ... 96 Interfacility transfer units ... 170
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment project ... 392
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Information request process ... 600
Government airplanes
Cabinet travel to Grande Prairie fundraising event ... 201-2, 214-15, 240 Usage policy ... 201 Usage policy, point of privilege raised on debate (misleading the House) ... 214-15
Government communications
Government services
Information security management ... 540
Health care
Continuity of care ... 261, 728 Performance measures ... 600 Performance measures, publicly available reports ... 602-3
Health care - Capacity issues
Health care - Edmonton
Performance measures ... 600
Health care - Finance
Budget allocation by envelope ... 745 Funding ... 410
Health promotion
Provincial wellness strategy ... 323
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Recommendations on continuity of care ... 261
Home-care services - Edmonton
Artspace Independent Living employee wages ... 768-69
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Human reproductive technology
Funding ... 690 In vitro fertilization, provincial strategy on funding ... 726-27
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kidney dialysis - Athabasca
Access to services ... 408
Kidney dialysis - Red Deer
Kidney dialysis - Strathcona county
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Funding for residents with dementia and/or mental health issues ... 686 Restrictions on family members' visits ... 770, 796 Sexual assaults on residents ... 243
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Medicine Hat
New facility, timeline on ... 325-26
Lyme disease
Access to testing ... 98, 773 Treatment ... 773
Mental health services
Adults' service procurement ... 799-800 Services for postsecondary students ... 730
Ministry of Health
Information requests under FOIP from ... 600, 602-3 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 75, 78-79
Misericordia community hospital
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Abuse of seniors in care ... 243 Acute health care in Consort ... 539 Alberta Health Services administration costs ... 306 Alberta Health Services consulting contracts ... 371-72, 374-75, 387, 391-92, 411-12 Alberta Health Services executive compensation ... 292 Assisted reproductive technology policy ... 690 Cabinet travel to Grand Prairie ... 240 Cancer incidence and treatment ... 393 Cancer prevention and treatment ... 248 Cardston hospital renovation ... 259 Care facility restrictions on family member visits ... 770, 796 Continuity in health care ... 261 Continuity of care for children at risk ... 728 Dementia and mental health services ... 686 Dialysis service for Strathcona County residents ... 773-74 Emergency medical dispatch services ... 96 Family care clinics ... 54-55, 724 FOIP request process ... 600 Fort Chipewyan cancer incidence ... 390-91 Government airplane usage ... 164, 201 Government communications budget ... 372-73 Government spending ... 376 Health care budget oversight ... 768-69 Health care performance indicators ... 409-10 Health care performance measures ... 600 Health care spending ... 392-93 Health care system information reporting ... 602-3 Health care wait times ... 607-8 Health facilities in Strathmore ... 97 Health services in Slave Lake ... 14 Home care ... 416 Infrastructure maintenance and repair ... 294-95 Long-term care beds ... 325-26 Loyalty program prohibition for prescription drugs ... 606-7, 772-73 Lyme disease ... 98, 773 Medical laboratory services contract ... 241-42 Mental health service procurement for adults ... 799-800 Misericordia community hospital ... 111-12, 256-57, 413-14 Mobile dialysis service ... 117 Organ and tissue donation ... 391 Organ donor registry ... 540 Pharmaceutical information network ... 379 Physiotherapy services for seniors ... 17 Postsecondary education funding ... 730 Prescription drug coverage ... 59-60 Primary health care ... 323 Primary health care delivery ... 729 Protection of persons in care ... 257 Regional dialysis service ... 408 Rural emergency medical services ... 170 Seniors' drug coverage ... 95 Strathcona community hospital ... 412 In vitro fertilization funding ... 726-27
Organ and tissue donation
Organ and tissue transplantation
Oversight of services ... 391
Persons in care
Abuse investigations ... 257
Physician Compensation Committee
Physicians
Compensation, fee for service ... 79 Internationally trained, accreditation process for ... 608 Services agreement, funding ... 79
Physicians - Education
Family and community medicine, promotion of ... 323
Physicians - Slave Lake
Recruitment and retention ... 14, 54-55
Primary care (medicine)
Capacity issues ... 323 General remarks ... 724, 729
Privilege (current session)
Misleading the House (use of government airplanes) (not proceeded with) ... 214-15
Regional Health Authorities Act
Amendments proposed re ministerial oversight of health care budget ... 745
Seniors
Benefit program, drug coverage ... 59-60, 75, 95 Elder abuse strategy ... 243 Physiotherapy services ... 17
Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 12)
Strathcona community hospital
Strathmore community hospital
Redevelopment plan ... 97
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2
Surgery procedures - Orthopaedics
Screening process ... 79-80
Wainwright health centre
Condition of facility ... 295
Horner, Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-St. Albert; President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance)
Aboriginal peoples
Programs and services ... 106
Access to the future fund
Unfreezing of fund ... 104
Agriculture and food innovation fund
Funding, transfer from Alberta heritage savings trust fund ... 217 General remarks ... 47, 48, 105
Alberta - History
Klein administration ... 233, 272 Lougheed administration, endowment establishment ... 233
Alberta - Population
Population growth ... 102, 103
Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency
Alberta Environmental Monitoring Board
Alberta heritage fund for medical research
General remarks ... 48 Research funded ... 233
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Estimated value of fund if 30 per cent of nonrenewable resource revenue had been transferred since 1976 (Written Question 7: defeated) ... 438-39 Fund utilization ... 48, 217, 234 Net income of fund ... 48 Transfer to scholarship fund ... 48 Value of fund ... 105
Alberta heritage scholarship fund
Enhancement for skilled trades promotion ... 47-48 General remarks ... 105, 233
Alberta Securities Commission
Oversight of derivatives market ... 218
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Meetings with Finance minister on Bill 9 ... 714
Appropriation Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2014 (Bill 5)
First reading ... 119 Second reading ... 174 Third reading ... 230
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2014 (Bill 2)
First reading ... 84 Third reading ... 218
Auditor General
Audit committee ... 266 Mandate ... 265-66 Remarks on budget documents ... 604, 663
Bitumen - Upgrading
North West project cost ... 668-69
Bonds
International sales ... 325
Brewing industry
Tax rates for small brewers, documents on proposed amendments to (Motion for a Return 5: defeated) ... 444
Budget 2014-2015
Advertising ... 426-27 Budget documents, financial reporting methods ... 429, 604, 663 Budget documents, financial reporting methods, Auditor General's remarks on ... 604, 663 Budget preparation ... 320 Operational funding ... 105 Operational surplus ... 102-3, 109-10 Public consultation, online prebudget survey results (Motion for a Return 1: defeated) ... 443
Budget Address
Address presented (Government Motion 11) ... 102-6
Budget officer (proposed)
Other jurisdictions ... 266
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 69, 610 Results-based budgeting ... 105, 106 Supplementary supply, government use of ... 69
Business plan, provincial
Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Remarks on provincial budget office ... 266
Children
Programs and services ... 104
Children - Protective services
Funding for intervention services ... 104
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary supply estimates 2012-2013, no. 2, considered for 6 hours on March 5, 2014 (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 25 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, referred to (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 25
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Bill 9, Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014, referral to committee, motion on (Horner: carried) ... 717-18 Bill 10, Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014, referral to committee, motion on (Horner: carried) ... 718
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Debts, provincial
Cap on borrowing ... 610-11 Debt-servicing limit, calculation for 2013-2014 (Written Question 8: defeated) ... 439-40 Former Finance ministers' remarks ... 429 General remarks ... 109 Repayment ... 104
Drugs, prescription
Supplemental health benefits ... 104
Economy
2008 global downturn ... 218 Economic indicators ... 102
Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
First reading ... 484-85 Second reading ... 522, 583, 584 Second reading, motion to not now read (reasoned amendment) (Mason: defeated) ... 589-91 Motion under Standing Order 78.1 to refer bill to Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future (Horner: carried) ... 718 Plan conversion provisions ... 590
Energy industries
Market development ... 106
Energy industries - Environmental aspects
Provincial strategy ... 106
Environmental trusts
Governing legislation ... 523
Estimates of supply, main (procedure)
Budget Address (Government Motion 11) ... 102-6 Documents tabled ... 101-2 Transmittal ... 101
Executive Council
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Fiscal policy
Endowment fund use ... 610 General remarks ... 519-20 Government savings ... 105, 234
Flood damage mitigation
Federal funding grants ... 792
Floods - Southern Alberta
Disaster recovery program, funding for ... 104
Foster care
Programs and services ... 104
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Information request process ... 664
Government accountability
Government airplanes
Cabinet travel to Grande Prairie fundraising event ... 203, 204 Cabinet travel to Grande Prairie fundraising event, clarification ... 216 Comparison to charter or commercial flights ... 463 Ministers' travel to Edmonton ... 254 Usage policy ... 54, 92, 163-64, 201, 203, 204, 254, 426, 462-63 Usage policy, Auditor General review ... 54, 426 Usage policy, other jurisdictions ... 426 Usage policy, point of order on debate ... 216 Use of multiple planes ... 165
Government grant programs
History of endowments ... 233
Grain - Transportation
Rail transportation backlog, members' statements on, use of Alberta heritage savings trust fund to purchase rail cars ... 48
Health care - Finance
Base operating grant ... 104 Funding ... 104
Health promotion
Provincial wellness strategy ... 104
Independent Budget Officer Act (Bill 202)
International investment
Provincial strategy ... 325
International trade
Market development ... 106
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
MĂ©tis
Programs and services ... 106
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Culture
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Education
Operational funding ... 104 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68, 70
Ministry of Energy
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68, 69-70
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Operational funding ... 106 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Health
Operational funding ... 104 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Human Services
Operational funding ... 104 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68, 70
Ministry of Infrastructure
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Innovation and Advanced Education
Operational funding ... 104
Ministry of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Minister's use of government airplanes ... 254
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Service Alberta
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Transportation
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 68
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Assistant deputy minister's remarks on budget documents ... 663
Municipal sustainability initiative
Office of the Premier
Premier Redford's travel expenses ... 53 Premier Redford's travel to Jasper ... 426 Premier Redford's travel to South Africa, repayment (proposed) ... 203
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta future fund ... 308-9 Budget 2014 ... 320 Cabinet air travel expenses ... 165 Calgary southwest ring road cost ... 295 Federal funding programs ... 792 FOIP request process ... 664 Government advertising ... 426-27 Government airplane usage ... 163-64, 201, 203-4, 254, 426, 463 International investment ... 325 North West upgrader project ... 668-69 Premier Redford's travel expenses ... 53-54, 92 Primary health care ... 323 Provincial borrowing ... 109-10 Provincial budget ... 429 Provincial budget documents ... 604, 663 Provincial debt ... 312-13 Provincial fiscal policies ... 13 Public service compensation ... 92 Public service pension plan amendment bill ... 665 Public service pensions ... 15, 93, 299, 324, 463-64, 466, 507-8, 510, 533, 536-37, 601 Public transit funding ... 167, 205 Social innovation fund ... 58 Women's issues ... 668 Workforce planning ... 113
Organ and tissue donation
Funding for tissue and blood services ... 104
Persons with developmental disabilities
Programs and services, funding ... 104
Peter Lougheed Leadership Institute
University of Alberta-Banff Centre project ... 105
Physicians - Education
Medical student development program ... 104
Points of order (current session)
Inflammatory language ... 272 Referring to nonmembers, clarification ... 216
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Public safety
Provincial strategy ... 105
Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
First reading ... 484 Second reading ... 520-21, 553-54 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future (referral amendment RA1) (Notley: defeated) ... 655-57, 711 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment H1) (Kang: defeated) ... 714 Motion under Standing Order 78.1 to refer bill to Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future (Horner: carried) ... 717-18 Overview ... 520-21 Public consultation (proposed) ... 665
Public service - Pensions
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 520, 554, 590-91, 656-57 Contribution rates, cap on ... 521, 656 General remarks ... 15, 92, 93, 299, 324, 463-64, 507-8, 510, 601 Governance ... 521 Joint sponsorship (proposed) ... 553 Proposed changes, impact on women ... 668 Provincial liabilities ... 655-56 Sustainability ... 466, 533, 536-37, 584, 664
Public transit
GreenTRIP incentives program ... 167, 205 GreenTRIP incentives program, funding ... 103
Public transit - Calgary
GreenTRIP funding ... 205
Public transit - Edmonton
Revenue
Increase in ... 69, 110 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 103 Tax revenue ... 102-3
Ring roads - Calgary
Southwest portion ... 103 Southwest portion cost ... 295
Road construction - Finance
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Provincial strategy ... 103
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Provincial contract, 2014-2015 funding ... 105
Savings Management Act (Bill 1)
Schools - Construction
Modernizations ... 103 New schools ... 103
Schools - St. Paul
Vehicle crash, members' travel to ... 201, 204 Vehicle crash, members' travel to, clarification ... 216
Securities Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 3)
First reading ... 62 Third reading ... 218
Seniors
Benefit program ... 104 Benefit program, drug coverage ... 104
Social innovation fund
Funding, transfer from Alberta heritage savings trust fund ... 217 Funding through bonds (proposed) ... 58, 217 General remarks ... 47, 48, 105 Purpose of fund ... 233-34
Strategic plan, provincial
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2
Estimates debated ... 68-70 Considered for 6 hours on March 5, 2014 (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 25 Estimates referred to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 25 Flood-related expenses ... 69 Transmittal ... 25
Tax policy
Credits for children's sports and physical activity ... 323 Provincial strategy ... 610
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
First reading ... 417 Second reading ... 488 Third reading ... 523, 657
Women's equality
Economic security ... 668
Hughes, Ken (PC, Calgary-West; Minister of Municipal Affairs to April 7, 2014)
Cities and towns
Civic charters, framework agreement ... 259
Flood damage mitigation
Erosion control program ... 247 Funding ... 82 General remarks ... 71 Preparation for spring flooding ... 247
Flood damage mitigation - Sundre
Floods
Advisory and warning system ... 247
Floods - Calgary
Disaster recovery program claims, buyouts ... 307
Floods - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (constituency)
Disaster recovery program ... 76 Disaster recovery program, federal funding ... 76-77
Floods - High River
Disaster recovery program claims ... 203, 205, 293 Flood-related buyouts in Beachwood Estates ... 320-21
Floods - Southern Alberta
Communications contracts ... 307-8, 321 Disaster recovery program, administration costs ... 293 Disaster recovery program claims ... 170, 202-3, 205, 240-41, 254-55, 293 Disaster recovery program contracts ... 170
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former Member for Calgary-West and cabinet minister, federal Conservative nominee for Calgary Signal Hill ... 505
LandLink Consulting Ltd.
Disaster relief contract ... 170, 202-3 Transitional contract ... 255
Ministry of Energy
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 74
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Departmental flood mitigation project approval ... 247 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 71, 76-77 Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, operational and capital funding, debate ... 82
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2013-2014, no. 2, debate ... 71, 76-77
Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding for public transportation ... 57
Municipalities - Finance
Flood recovery erosion control funding ... 247 Infrastructure funding ... 171
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Disaster recovery program administration ... 293 Disaster recovery program claims ... 202-3, 205, 240-41, 254-55, 307 Flood recovery and mitigation ... 169-70 Flood recovery communications contracts ... 307-8, 321 Flood-related buyouts in High River ... 320-21 Municipal charters ... 259 Municipal funding ... 171 Provincial budget ... 110 Public transit funding ... 56-57, 167-68, 205 Spring flood mitigation ... 247
Public transit
GreenTRIP incentives program ... 57, 171 Provincial strategy ... 56-57
Public transit - Edmonton
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