Hamilton, Michael (Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute; Expert Panel, Bill 9)
Canada pension plan
General remarks ... EF596 Defined benefit pension plans
Private-sector plans ... EF596 Defined contribution pension plans
Private-sector plans ... EF596 Life expectancy
New mortality tables, impact on pension plans ... EF600 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Public service - Pensions
Accounting standards ... EF596-97 Defined benefit plans, guarantee of (pension promise) ... EF596-97 Maturity (ratio of active to inactive members) ... EF596, 600 Unfunded liabilities ... EF600 Public service - Pensions - British Columbia
General remarks ... EF596 Public service - Pensions - Netherlands
General remarks ... EF596 Public service - Pensions - New Brunswick
Conversion from defined benefit to target benefit plan ... EF596 Public service - Pensions - Ontario
Target benefit pension plans
Hancock, Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud; Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education; Premier effective March 23, 2014)
32 Degrees Capital Fund
Venture capital fund ... EF453 Accelerate Fund
Venture capital fund ... EF453 Access to the future fund
Adult learning
Community programming, funding for ... EF452 High school completion ... EF463 Agency Governance Secretariat
Alberta - Population
Education level, comparison to postsecondary participation rate ... EF461 Alberta centennial education savings plan
Funding ... EF448 Review of grant program ... EF448 Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer
General remarks ... EF450 Alberta Economic Dashboard
General remarks ... EF449 Alberta Economic Development Authority
Funding increase ... EF454 Restructuring ... EF454 Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Funding decrease ... EF453 Venture capital fund recipients ... EF453-54 Alberta heritage scholarship fund
Bursaries for trades and technologies students ... EF466 Transfer from Alberta heritage savings trust fund ... EF448 Alberta Innovates
Funding ... EF448-49 Staff transfer to Ministry of Innovation and Advanced Education ... EF456 Alberta Innovates - Bio Solutions
Alberta Innovates - Energy and Environment Solutions
Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions
Funding through Health ministry ... EF454 Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures
Alberta Research and Innovation Authority
Apprenticeship training
First year completion rate ... EF466 Funding ... EF448 Performance measures, graduate satisfaction surveys ... EF462 Priority initiatives, ATOMS system ... EF468 Provincial strategy ... EF448 Student access, new spaces ... EF467 Student supports ... EF466 Avrio Capital Fund
Venture capital fund ... EF454 Azure Capital Partners
Venture capital fund ... EF453 Bow Valley College
English language instruction ... EF453 Business enterprises
Economic development grants ... EF454 Participation in apprenticeship training ... EF466 Venture capital financing ... EF453-54 Business enterprises - Regulations
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital
Venture capital fund ... EF454 Corporate human resources
Devonian Botanic Garden
Capital funding ... EF448 Disclosure of information
Economic development
Investment incentives ... EF449 Policy alignment ... EF466 Provincial strategy, impact of results-based budgeting ... EF467 Regional development, funding for ... EF455 EnerTech Capital
Green technology, venture capital fund ... EF453-54 English as a second language
Adult programs, funding for ... EF452-53 Adult programs, transfer from Human Services to Innovation and Advanced Education ... EF452-53 Executive Council
Business plan, goals ... EF432, 436 Business plan, performance measures and indicators ... EF434-35, 439, 444 Cabinet co-ordination staff ... EF436 Communications staff ... EF434 Communications staff transfer to Ministry of Innovation and Advanced Education ... EF456 Contracted services ... EF434 Deputy minister's office staff ... EF436 Electronic document distribution system, funding reallocation ... EF434, 436, 440-41 Funding ... EF439 Funding, impact of Premier Redford's resignation ... EF443-44 Hospitality, funding for ... EF434 Main estimates 2014-2015 debate ... EF431-44 Operational expenses ... EF434 Policy co-ordination office, staff ... EF434, 436-37 Floods - Southern Alberta
Infrastructure repair, advertising re ... EF442 Provincial response ... EF432 Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Board member training ... EF465 Government communications
Funding ... EF434 Funding, Alberta Economic Development Authority ... EF454 Performance measures ... EF434 Sole-source contracts ... EF434 High school dropouts
High school completion rate, ages 24 to 35 ... EF463 Indspire Institute
General remarks ... EF458 Information and communications technology
Fibre road map, impact of results-based budgeting ... EF467 iNovia Capital
Venture capital fund ... EF454 International economic relations
Partnerships ... EF456 Partnerships, crossministry strategy ... EF456 Partnerships, results-based budgeting ... EF467 Provincial strategy ... EF448 Provincial strategy, impact of results-based budgeting ... EF467 Lieutenant Governor
Administrative staff ... EF434 Communications staff ... EF434, 437 Lois Hole Campus Alberta digital library
Meat - Export - Northwest Territories
Gate to plate project ... EF455 Mental health services
Postsecondary student services ... EF453, 468 Ministry of Innovation and Advanced Education
Business plan ... EF468 Business plan, performance measures ... EF461-63 Business plan, performance measures and indicators, satisfaction surveys ... EF462 Business plan, priority initiatives ... EF448, 468, 470 Consultants, cost of ... EF455, 456, 469-70 Industry development branch ... EF454 Industry development branch, staff travel expenses ... EF455, 469 Main estimates 2014-2015 debate ... EF448-63, 465-71 Mandate ... EF448, 449 Results-based budgeting ... EF458-59, 467 Staff complement, communications ... EF456 Staff complement, human resources ... EF456 Staff complement, increase in ... EF456 Staff complement, information technology ... EF456 Staff introduction ... EF447 Mount Royal University
Mandate ... EF450 University status, impact on enrolment ... EF451-52 NorQuest College
English language instruction ... EF453 Northern Alberta Development Council
Orman report recommendations ... EF454 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Office of the Premier
Chief of staff compensation ... EF440 Correspondence unit ... EF432, 434, 436, 439 Correspondence unit, funding for ... EF442-43 Funding ... EF439 New Premier, transition costs ... EF440, 441, 443-44 New Premier, welcome ... EF436, 439 Operational expenses ... EF434 Premier Redford's travel ... EF444 Protocol office ... EF432, 434, 437, 439 Staff ... EF434, 436-37 Staff compensation, funding increase ... EF432, 434, 440 Staff introduction ... EF431 Staff severance payments ... EF440-41 Open data
Provincial strategy ... EF465 Peter Lougheed Leadership Institute
Pipelines
Training facility, funding for ... EF457-58 Training facility, timeline on ... EF458 Postsecondary education
Early childhood development programs ... EF465 Graduate satisfaction, performance measures on ... EF462 Online education, funding for ... EF448 Online education, massive open online courses ... EF465 Textbooks, e-book initiative ... EF460 Postsecondary educational institutions
Board membership, capacity-building ... EF465 Board membership, student representation ... EF469 Credit transferability ... EF451-52 Credit transferability, review of ... EF450 Early childhood development programs ... EF459 English language instruction ... EF452-53 Innovative service delivery ... EF466 Internal controls over financial reporting, Auditor General report on ... EF452 International students ... EF470 International students, related costs ... EF465 Internationalization ... EF470 Polytechnical institutions ... EF450 Private institutions, admissions policies ... EF451 Private institutions, name change from university college to university (proposed) ... EF451-52 Program closures ... EF459 Public perception of differences between ... EF449-50, 451-52 Six-sector model ... EF449-50, 451 Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Aboriginal students ... EF461-62 Aboriginal students, funding for ... EF468 Low-income students ... EF471 Participation rate, performance measures on ... EF461, 462-63 Participation rate within 10 years of entering grade 10, performance measures on ... EF462-63 Rural students ... EF462 Student access, new spaces ... EF448, 460 Student access, new spaces, timeline on ... EF467 Turnaway statistics ... EF462 Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment) - Calgary
Impact of population growth ... EF465 Postsecondary educational institutions - Calgary
Capital funding ... EF448 Postsecondary educational institutions - Edmonton
Capital funding ... EF448 Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Additional funding for new spaces, high-demand programs ... EF448, 460 Comprehensive academic research institutions (CARI), funding for graduate student supervision ... EF459 Comprehensive academic research institutions (CARI), sponsored research revenue, federal funding criteria ... EF463 Comprehensive academic research institutions (CARI), sponsored research revenue, performance measures on ... EF463 Deferred maintenance ... EF463, 470-71 Funding, fluctuations in ... EF458-59, 462, 467, 468 Infrastructure funding ... EF448 Infrastructure funding, 10-year capital plan ... EF470 Infrastructure funding, private institution ineligibility for ... EF457 Infrastructure funding, private institution low-interest loans (proposed) ... EF457 Infrastructure funding, public-private partnerships (P3) ... EF465-66 Operational funding ... EF448, 449, 458-59 Operational funding model ... EF449 Private institutions, funding ... EF451 Postsecondary educational institutions - Lethbridge
Capital funding ... EF448 Postsecondary student support program (federal program for aboriginal students)
Postsecondary students
Aboriginal students, supports for ... EF458, 469 Public service
Compensation ... EF440 Engagement, performance measures on ... EF439 Leadership index, confidence target ... EF444 Performance, funding for ... EF456 Performance measures ... EF439 Reaching our full potential program ... EF439, 443, 444 Public Service Commissioner
Red Deer College
Onsite apprenticeship training ... EF466 Regional economic development alliances
Funding ... EF455 Recommendations, provincial response to ... EF455 Registered apprenticeship program
General remarks ... EF466 Regulatory Review Secretariat
St. Mary's University College
Science and technology
Public awareness, impact of results-based budgeting ... EF467 Serving communities internship program
Small business
Provincial strategy development ... EF449, 455 Small-business portal (proposed)
General remarks ... EF455 Social innovation endowment fund
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Strategic plan, provincial
Priorities, promoting Alberta ... EF436 Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Aboriginal students, Indspire programs ... EF458, 462 Aboriginal students, provincial funding ... EF458, 462, 466 Applications, staffing ... EF456 Apprenticeship training ... EF448 Bursaries for students in rural or remote communities ... EF454, 462 Bursaries for students with special needs ... EF469 Bursaries for trades and technologies students ... EF448, 466 Completion incentive ... EF469 Funding ... EF448 Maintenance grants ... EF469 Nonrepayable financial aid ... EF469 Review ... EF448 Scholarships ... EF448 Student loans ... EF448, 471 Student loans, remission program ... EF469 Summer temporary employment program (STEP)
Technology commercialization
Travel at public expense
Provincial policy ... EF456 Provincial policy, review of ... EF436 Tuition and fees, postsecondary
International student rates ... EF465 Mandatory noninstructional fees ... EF471 Mandatory noninstructional fees, review ... EF452 Tuition rates ... EF471 Universities
BASI (baccalaureate and applied institutions) ... EF450 CARI (comprehensive academic research institutions) ... EF450 University of Alberta
Capital funding ... EF$70 Comprehensive capital plan ... EF463 Mandate ... EF450 New CCIS building ... EF470 Planning resource ... EF462 Priority projects, funding for ... EF448 Research grants ... EF449 University of Alberta. Augustana campus
Infrastructure funding ... EF457 Student mental health initiative ... EF453, 468 University of Alberta. China Institute
Mactaggart Chinese textile collection ... EF456 Yaletown Venture Partners
Venture capital fund ... EF454 Youth temporary employment program
Hansen, Richard (participant, Calgary public meeting on bills 9 and 10)
Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Opposition, T-shirts ... EF755 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Calgary ... EF755 Public service
Employee recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF755 Reaching our full potential program ... EF755 Public service pension plan
Contribution rates ... EF755 Proposed changes, impact on retirement benefits ... EF755 Unfunded liabilities, retirement of ... EF755 Retirement income
Single- vs. double-income families ... EF755 Hehr, Kent (AL, Calgary-Buffalo)
Alberta - Population
Demographic changes, impact on pensions ... EF798 Alberta High-Speed Rail (2005) Inc.
Presentation on high-speed rail ... EF549 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Presentation on Bill 9 ... EF633 Campus Alberta
Innovations, funding for ... EF460 Mandate ... EF461 Canada job fund
Aboriginal development grants ... EF505 Administration by Ministry of Human Services ... EF506 Bilateral negotiations ... EF505-6 Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Mandate on pension bill review ... EF633 Debts, public
Provincial debt ... EF418, 420 Provincial debt, member's withdrawal of remark ... EF420 Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10) review
Committee mandate ... EF633 Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10) review - Oral presentations
Additional presentations ... EF826 Employment standards
Compassionate care leave ... EF505 Parental leave, comparison with other jurisdictions ... EF505 Employment Standards Code
Employment Standards Regulation
Employment training
Employer-sponsored programs, funding for ... EF506 Expropriation - Regulations
Land acquisition for high-speed rail (proposed) ... EF549-50 High-speed rail service feasibility - Finance
Private operation, feasibility of ... EF549 High-speed rail service feasibility - Report recommendations
5, regulatory model establishment to allow for private investors to develop high-speed rail service, motion on (Hehr: carried as amended) ... EF549 Local authorities pension plan
Contribution rates, changes over time ... EF795, 798 Minimum wage
Differential for persons with disabilities ... EF505 Ministry of Infrastructure
Main estimates 2014-2015 debate ... EF418-21 Ministry of Innovation and Advanced Education
Main estimates 2014-2015 debate ... EF458-61 Results-based budgeting ... EF458-59 Ministry of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour
Main estimates 2014-2015 debate ... EF505-7 Pipelines
Training facility, timeline on ... EF458 Postsecondary education
Textbooks, e-book initiative ... EF460 Postsecondary educational institutions
Early childhood development programs ... EF459 Program closures ... EF459 Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Student access, new spaces ... EF460 Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Additional funding for new spaces, high-demand programs ... EF460 Comprehensive academic research institutions (CARI), funding for graduate student supervision ... EF459 Funding, fluctuations in ... EF458-59 Operational funding ... EF458-59 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Purpose of bill ... EF798 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review
Committee mandate ... EF633 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Additional presentations ... EF826 Public meeting, Medicine Hat ... EF795, 798 Public service
Relations with government, trust ... EF799 Public service - Pensions
Governance, government role in ... EF633 Railway (Alberta) Act
Land expropriation provision ... EF549-50 School boards
Administration of school capital projects (proposed) ... EF420 Response to P3 school construction ... EF420 Schools - Construction
50/70 plan, cost of construction ... EF419 50/70 plan, funding for ... EF419-20 50/70 plan, new spaces created ... EF418, 420-21 50/70 plan, timeline on construction ... EF418-19 Modernization ... EF418 New schools ... EF418 New spaces ... EF418 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... EF419 Public-private partnerships (P3), low participation in bidding ... EF419-20 Public-private partnerships (P3), school board response to ... EF420 Public-private partnerships (P3), school package bundling ... EF418 Serving communities internship program
Summer temporary employment program (STEP)
Employment opportunities, relation to student's field of study ... EF507 Program termination ... EF506-7 Transportation - Regulations
Accommodation of private development of high-speed rail service, committee recommendation, motion on (Hehr: carried as amended) ... EF549 Workplace fatalities
Traumatic accidents, statistics on ... EF507 Youth temporary employment program
Heistad, Jason (participant, Red Deer public meeting on bills 9 and 10)
Innisfail
Budget process, pension cost allocation ... EF802 Local authorities pension plan
Governance, framework establishment (proposed) ... EF802 Municipalities
Employee recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF801-2 Response to Bill 9 ... EF802 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Bill development and progress, process for ... EF802-3 Public response, political ... EF802 Purpose of bill ... EF802 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Red Deer ... EF801-3 Public service - Pensions
Governance, by stakeholders ... EF802 Governance change before plan redesign (proposed) ... EF802 Pension reform procedure ... EF802 Public service - Rural areas
Employee recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF801-2, 802 Public service pension plan
Governance, guideline establishment (proposed) ... EF802 Unreduced pension, age 60/90 points (proposed), exemptions ... EF801, 802 Hemmerling, Steve (participant, Calgary public meeting on bills 9 and 10)
Correctional peace officers
Recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF751 Correctional peace officers - Pensions
Comparison to RCMP plan ... EF751 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Calgary ... EF751 Public service
Employee recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF751 Hercina, Mark (participant, Red Deer public meeting on bills 9 and 10)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Public service pension investment management ... EF805, 806 Correctional facilities
Employee retirement provisions, age 60/90 points (proposed), impact on current employee retirement decision-making ... EF805-6 Correctional peace officers
Recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF805-6 Pensions
Later retirement, reduction in pension plan costs ... EF805 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Red Deer ... EF805-6 Public service
Employee recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF805 Relations with government ... EF805 Public service - Pensions
Governance, government role in ... EF806 Later retirement, reduction in pension plan costs ... EF805 Unreduced pension, age 60/90 points (proposed), possibility of accelerated retirements due to ... EF805, 806 Shift workers
Recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF805 Hill, Gillian (participant, Calgary public meeting on bills 9 and 10)
Local authorities pension plan
Sustainability, actuarial reports ... EF747 Sustainability, evidence on ... EF747 Unreduced pension, age 60/90 points (proposed), exemptions (public safety occupations) ... EF747 Management employees pension plan
Plan closure to new entrants under Bill 9 ... EF747 Members of the Legislative Assembly - Constituent communication
Information on pension reform ... EF747 Nurses
Recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF747 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Calgary ... EF747 Public service - Pensions
Proposed changes, need for ... EF747 Hogan, Sheila (participant, Edmonton public meeting on bills 9 and 10)
Calgary
Presentation on Bill 9 ... EF704 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Edmonton ... EF704-5 Public service - Pensions
Calgary principles on pension reform ... EF704 Component of compensation ... EF704-5 Joint sponsorship (proposed) ... EF704 Proposed changes, differential between older and younger workers ... EF704 Unfunded liabilities, retirement of ... EF704 Unreduced pension, age 60/90 points (proposed), exempted occupations ... EF704-5 Hogan, Steve (participant, Edmonton public meeting on bills 9 and 10)
Local authorities pension plan
Proposed changes, impact on retirement benefits (nurse) ... EF705 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Edmonton ... EF705 Public service
Relations with government, trust ... EF794 Huchala-Emes, Margie (participant, Lethbridge public meeting on bills 9 and 10)
Local authorities pension plan
Cost-of-living indexing ... EF784 Proposed changes, gender issues ... EF784 Proposed changes, members' sources of information ... EF785 Unreduced pension, age 60/90 points (proposed), exemptions ... EF785 Unreduced pension, age 60/90 points (proposed), exemptions (public safety occupations) ... EF784 Nurses
Recruitment and retention, impact of pension plans on ... EF784, 785 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Public response, political ... EF784 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Hughes, Ken (PC, Calgary-West)
Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Grande Prairie ... EF738 Local authorities pension plan
Proposed changes, impact on firefighters' pension benefits ... EF731 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Oral presentations
Public meeting, Fort McMurray ... EF721 Public meeting, Grande Prairie ... EF731, 738 Public Sector Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9) review - Written submissions
Submissions received ... EF731 Public service
Member participation in public meetings ... EF738 Public service - Pensions
Pension formula ... EF731 Proposed changes, impact on younger workers (intergenerational fairness) ... EF721 Hunter, Cameron (Principal, Eckler Consultants; Expert Panel, Bill 9)
Employment Pension Plans Act (not proclaimed)
Conversion of defined benefit to target benefit pension, provisions for ... EF663 Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10)
Conversion of defined benefit to defined contribution/target benefit pension, provisions for changes to accrued benefits ... EF663 Purpose of bill ... EF666-67 Support for bill ... EF663-64, 666-67 Income Tax Act
Pension contribution limit provisions ... EF663, 667 Multi-employer pension plans
Accrued benefits, ability to reduce ... EF663 Application of Bill 10 ... EF663-64 Contribution cost sharing ratios ... EF667-68 Contribution limits ... EF663 Contribution rates ... EF663, 666 Employer funding ... EF667-68 Governance ... EF663, 667-68 Governance change before plan redesign (proposed) ... EF667 Risk borne by members ... EF667-68 Risk sharing ... EF663 Solvency deficiency funding requirements, moratorium on ... EF663, 666-67 Pensions
Purchase from insurance company, transfer of liabilities ... EF663 Public service - Pensions
Governance change before plan redesign (proposed) ... EF667 Target benefit pension plans
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