Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood)
Aboriginal peoples
Programs and services ... 337
Alberta - History
Lougheed administration, endowment establishment ... 637-38
Alberta government offices
International offices ... 220
AltaLink
Purchase bid by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ... 726
Appropriation Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
Bitumen - Royalties
Bitumen royalty in kind (BRIK) program ... 220
Bitumen - Upgrading
New Democratic opposition position ... 38
Budget 2014-2015
Public consultation ... 221
Budget Address
Addresses in reply ... 220-22 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 222
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 39
Bullying - Prevention
General remarks ... 374 School initiatives ... 410
Business enterprises - Taxation
Provincial strategy ... 491-92
Calgary
Mayor's letter on proposed changes to public service pensions ... 685
Canada pension plan
Enhancement (proposed) ... 38
Capital projects
Infrastructure financing, borrowing ... 221 Long-term maintenance ... 578-79
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 11)
Children - Protective services
Deaths and injuries, investigations ... 719-20 Deaths and injuries, public information on ... 719 Deaths and injuries, publication ban on names ... 719
Early childhood education
Full-day kindergarten ... 220, 308
Education
New Democratic opposition position ... 38 Public system ... 38
Education - Curricula
Aboriginal content ... 337
Education Act
Inclusive education provisions ... 374
Electric power - Prices
Consumer protection ... 166
Electric power - Regulation
New Democratic opposition position ... 38
Electric power - Retail sales
Corporations' economic withholding/market manipulation, investigation by Market Surveillance Administrator ... 166 Corporations' economic withholding/market manipulation, point of privilege raised on debate (intimidation) ... 173, 211-12 Fees, cost of power line construction ... 726
Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 585-89 Second reading, point of order (speaking order) ... 584 Second reading, motion to not now read (reasoned amendment) (Mason: defeated) ... 588-89
Environmental protection
New Democratic opposition position ... 38
Environmental trusts
Governing legislation ... 491 Tax regime ... 491-92
Executive Council
Main estimates 2014-2015, amendment A2 (operational budget) (Mason: defeated) ... 486
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment project, residential suite proposal ... 579
Fiscal policy
Government savings ... 580 Government spending ... 53, 221, 490 New Democratic position ... 37
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act)
Information request process ... 602 Information request process, former Deputy Premier's memo on ... 602
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender persons
Supports for students ... 374
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Student requests for ... 374, 410
Government airplanes
Cabinet travel to Grande Prairie fundraising event ... 204 Usage policy ... 92, 204 Usage policy, Auditor General review ... 55-56
Health care
Governance, New Democratic opposition position ... 38 Public service delivery ... 38
Health care - Finance
Budget documentation ... 768 Budget oversight by ministry ... 768
Home-care services - Edmonton
Artspace Independent Living employee wages ... 768
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Parliamentary privilege ... 211-12
Members' Statements (current session)
Government policies ... 53, 723 Public service pensions ... 475
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Events in Ukraine, responses ... 9-10 Truth and Reconciliation Commission national event, ministerial statement on, responses ... 337
Ministry of Energy
Main estimates 2014-2015, amendment A1 (associate minister's office budget) (Mason: defeated) ... 486
Ministry of Health
Information requests under FOIP from ... 602
Ministry of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Main estimates 2014-2015, amendment A5 (associate minister's office budget) (Mason: defeated) ... 486
Misericordia community hospital
New Democratic opposition
Tribute to leader Brian Mason, response ... 765-66
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 6)
Committee ... 501-3 Committee amendment A3 (coverage on materials and labour, building envelope) (Mason: defeated) ... 501-3
Office of the Premier
Caucus support for Premier ... 255 Funding ... 220 Premier Redford's public service ... 321 Premier Redford's security service ... 92 Premier Redford's travel expenses ... 92 Premier Redford's travel to South Africa ... 12 Premier Redford's travel with family, repayment ... 55 Staff severance payments ... 321-22
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Cabinet travel expense policy ... 55-56 Electricity pricing ... 166 Electricity system ... 726 FOIP request process ... 602 Fort Chipewyan cancer incidence ... 390-91 Government airplane usage ... 204 Government effectiveness ... 255-56, 308 Government policies ... 12, 342 Government work plan ... 294 Health care budget oversight ... 768 LGBTQ student supports ... 374 Medical laboratory services contract ... 241-42 Political party leadership campaign financing ... 428 Premier Redford's travel expenses ... 92 Public service pension legislation ... 685-86 Public service pension plan amendment bill ... 665 Public service pensions ... 463-64, 480, 509-10, 533-34 Severance payments to Premier Redford's office staff ... 321-22 Student gay-straight alliance requests ... 410
Pensions
Plan types (defined benefit, defined contribution, targeted benefit) ... 585-87
Political parties
Leadership campaigns, legislative provisions on donations ... 428
Postsecondary education
New Democratic opposition position ... 38
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Poverty
Reduction strategies ... 221
Privilege (current session)
Intimidation (Associate Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy's remarks on Alberta Energy Regulator mandate) (not proceeded with) ... 173, 211-12
Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 556-57 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future (referral amendment RA1) (Notley: defeated) ... 645-46, 649 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment H1) (Kang: defeated) ... 713-14 Progress through the Assembly ... 685-86 Public consultation (proposed) ... 645, 665
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45, 2013)
Public service
Collective agreements ... 37-38, 588 Collective agreements, negotiations ... 12 Compensation ... 579 Labour relations with government ... 723 Wage freeze ... 221
Public service - Pensions
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46, 2013)
Renewable energy sources
Alternative and renewable energy framework ... 38
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 637-38 Provincial strategy ... 636-37
School Act
Inclusive education provisions ... 374
Schools - Construction
New schools, timeline on ... 221 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... 38
Schools - Edmonton
Highlands junior high school capital needs ... 579
Seniors
Benefit program, drug coverage ... 220
Social innovation fund
Funding through bonds (proposed) ... 221
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 37-38 Addresses in reply (questions and comments) ... 39
Task Force for Teaching Excellence
Tax policy
New Democratic opposition position ... 37, 53 Provincial strategy ... 490, 492, 579
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 7)
Travel at public expense
Cabinet expense policy ... 55-56 Expense policy ... 12, 53
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
National event, ministerial statement on, responses ... 337
Ukraine
Ministerial statement, responses ... 9-10
McAllister, Bruce (W, Chestermere-Rocky View)
Childhood Vision Assessment Act (Bill 203)
Education - Curricula
Curriculum redesign ... 13, 242, 430, 727, 769 Curriculum redesign, members' statements on ... 162, 460-61 Mathematics curriculum ... 13, 57, 164-65, 322, 430 Mathematics curriculum redesign ... 460-61, 606
Gay-straight alliances in schools
School board policies, legislation on (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: defeated) ... 363-64
Hockey
Charity fundraising games, members' statements on ... 672
Inspiring Education (report)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Educational curriculum redesign ... 162, 460-61 Hockey marathon for charity ... 672
Ministry of Education
Minister's meeting with stakeholders on curriculum redesign (proposed) ... 727
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Educational curriculum redesign ... 242, 310, 430, 606, 769 Educational system reform ... 727 Mathematics curriculum ... 13, 57, 164-65, 322 Queen Elizabeth II highway overpass at Balzac ... 299-300 School construction ... 113-14 School construction in Calgary ... 94 Student assessment ... 795
Schools - Construction
Modernizations, funding for ... 113-14 New schools ... 94 New schools, funding for ... 113-14 New schools, timeline on ... 113-14
Schools - Construction - Calgary
New school construction ... 94
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Changes to report cards ... 795
Task Force for Teaching Excellence
2014 report, recommendations ... 727, 769
McDonald, Everett (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky)
4-H clubs
Premier's award winner Michelle Hoover, members' statements on ... 262-63
All-terrain vehicles
Driver education ... 798 Licenses ... 798 Trail development and maintenance ... 798
Children
Great Kids Awards 2014, members' statements on ... 800
Grain - Transportation
Rail transportation backlog ... 97
International trade
Market development ... 28
Interprovincial/territorial trade
Market development ... 28
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Labour force planning
Skilled labour supply ... 28
Members' Statements (current session)
4-H Premier's award winner ... 262-63 Great Kids awards 2014 ... 800 Peace Wapiti school division ... 483
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
All-terrain vehicles ... 798 Grain rail transportation backlog ... 97 Highway maintenance ... 468 North-south trade corridor ... 326
Peace Wapiti school division
Members' statements ... 483
Public transit
GreenTRIP incentives program ... 28
Research and development
Provincial strategy ... 28
Road construction
North-south trade corridor, timeline on ... 326
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Highway repainting ... 468 Provincial strategy ... 468
Roads - Rural areas
Delineator traffic post and signpost replacement ... 468
Schools - Construction
Modernizations ... 28 New schools ... 28
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply (moved and seconded) ... 27-28
McIver, Ric (PC, Calgary-Hays; Minister of Infrastructure to May 6, 2014)
Alberta Hansard
Remarks off the record, point of order on ... 351
Alberta Human Rights Act
Repeal of section 3(1)(b) (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: defeated) ... 286
Cancer - Treatment
Lung cancer patient wait times ... 433
Capital projects
Infrastructure maintenance and repair ... 294-95 Project prioritization ... 414
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment project, residential suite proposal ... 340, 343, 345 Redevelopment project change orders ... 388
Government communications
Health facilities - Maintenance and repair
Funding ... 427 Infrastructure needs ... 294
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Ministry of Infrastructure
Minister's meetings with industry ... 373, 375
Misericordia community hospital
Replacement, timeline on ... 427
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Building Alberta plan advertising ... 312 Education initiatives ... 343-44 Education performance measures ... 262 Federal building redevelopment plan ... 340, 343, 345, 388 Gift Lake school ... 395 Government spending ... 375 Health facilities infrastructure ... 427 Infrastructure funding ... 115 Infrastructure maintenance and repair ... 294 Infrastructure planning and maintenance ... 414 Long-term care in Fort McMurray ... 309 Lung cancer diagnosis and treatment ... 433 Ministers' meeting with industry ... 373 Misericordia community hospital ... 256 School construction ... 113-14, 208 School construction and modernization ... 465 School construction in Blackfalds ... 16-17 School construction in Calgary ... 94 School growth pressures in Calgary ... 257 Strathcona community hospital ... 513
Points of order (current session)
Remarks off the record ... 351
School boards
Administration of school construction ... 465
Schools - Construction - Blackfalds
New school, timeline on ... 16-17
Schools - Construction - Calgary
New school construction ... 94
Schools - Construction - Gift Lake
Timeline on new school ... 395
Schools - Edmonton
Good Shepherd elementary school capital needs ... 414 Growth pressures ... 343-44
Strathcona community hospital
Services provided ... 513
McQueen, Diana (PC, Drayton Valley-Devon; Minister of Energy)
Alberta Energy Regulator
Approval of bitumen extraction near leaks ... 665
AltaLink
Income on transmission lines ... 687 Purchase bid by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ... 684, 687, 726 Purchase bid by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., approval process ... 688
Capital projects - Bonnyville-Cold Lake (constituency)
Project prioritization ... 313-14
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Comprehensive regional infrastructure sustainability plan (CRISP)
Debts, provincial
Debt related to public utilities ... 536
Education - Curricula
Curriculum redesign ... 727
Electric power
Renewable sources ... 510
Electric power - British Columbia
B.C. Hydro purchase of Alberta electric power ... 246
Electric power - Regulation
Oversight of consumer costs ... 687
Electric power - Retail sales
Corporations' economic withholding/market manipulation ... 246, 536, 670-71 Fees ... 684 Fees, cost of power line construction ... 687, 726 Fixed-rate plans ... 536
Electric power lines
Planned shutdown re connection of new HVDC line ... 537
Electric power lines - Construction
Incentives to build ... 684
Energy industries - Environmental aspects
Public perception ... 603-4
Freehold Mineral Rights Tax Act
Amendments proposed re tax assessment and reassessment, consultation with Freehold Owners Association on ... 799
Government grant programs
Eligibility criteria ... 356
Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction strategies, carbon dioxide ... 411
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Ministry of Education
Minister's meeting with stakeholders on curriculum redesign (proposed) ... 727
Ministry of Energy
Minister's meetings with industry ... 388-89
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects
Regulation compliance and enforcement ... 665
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AltaLink sale approval process ... 688 Bitumen extraction resumption approval ... 665 Bonnyville-Cold Lake infrastructure funding ... 313 Carbon emissions reductions ... 411 Drilling in urban areas ... 258-59, 311 Drinking water contamination complaint ... 774 Educational system reform ... 727 Electricity generation from renewable sources ... 510 Electricity prices ... 536, 670-71, 723-24, 729-30 Electricity pricing ... 246 Electricity system ... 684, 726 Electricity system regulation ... 687 Freehold mineral rights legislation consultation ... 799 Gas prices ... 394-95 Keystone XL pipeline project ... 603-4 Ministers' activities ... 388-89 Pembina Institute funding ... 346, 377-78 Planned transmission line shutdown ... 537
Pipelines - Construction
Funding of organizations in opposition to ... 346 Keystone XL pipeline project, opposition to ... 688 Keystone XL pipeline project delay ... 603-4
Renewable energy sources
Alternative and renewable energy framework ... 411
Water quality - Lacombe-Ponoka (constituency)
Drinking water contamination, complaint by Ann Craft on ... 774
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