Barnes, Drew (W, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
Alberta Accountability Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 509-10, 512-13 Committee, amendment A6 (persons ineligible for specific contracts or benefits) (Barnes: defeated) ... 509-10 Committee, amendment A9 (conflict-of-interest criteria) (Barnes: defeated) ... 512-13
Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Fraser Institute report ... 434 Fund utilization ... 434-35 Members' statements ... 444
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Landowner rights provisions ... 80, 207 Paramountcy over other acts ... 328 Section 13(1), Lieutenant Governor in Council exclusive jurisdiction over regional plan contents ... 328
Boats and boating
Mandatory inspection and cleaning as protection against invasive organisms (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 255
Budget 2014-2015
Operational funding ... 64
By-elections - Manitoba
Government spending during ... 509
By-elections - Saskatchewan
Government spending during ... 509
Capital plan
Project prioritization ... 434
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 24, 2010)
Pore space ownership provisions ... 207
Coal mines and mining - Environmental aspects - Hinton
Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, wildlife death and rehabilitation statistics (Motion for a Return 5: defeated) ... 124
Commodities
Market development ... 64
Courts
Self-represented litigants, cost of court delays due to (Written Question 1: defeated) ... 112
Cypress-Medicine Hat (constituency)
Debts, private
Medical student loans average (Written Question 14: defeated) ... 119
Economy - Alberta
Responsibility for, Premier's remarks to media ... 634
Education - Curricula
Basic skills (literacy and numeracy) ... 64
Elections, provincial - Manitoba
Government spending during ... 509
Elections, provincial - Saskatchewan
Government spending during ... 509
Electric power - Prices
Regulated rate option for consumers ... 242-43 Transmission costs ... 242-43
Electric power lines - Construction
Electric Utilities (Transparency in Billing) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 201)
Elk - Suffield
Population management ... 156-57
Environmental protection
Provincial strategy ... 64, 122
Environmental protection - Monitoring
Auditor General's report ... 221
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment cost ... 64
Fiscal policy
Government savings ... 434 Government spending ... 64
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information requests under act ... 116, 124
Freehold lands - Law and legislation
Landowner compensation provisions ... 65, 80
Gas - Export
Market development ... 64
Government accountability
General remarks ... 65 Members' statements ... 634
Health care
Access ... 65 Access, wait times ... 452 Centralization, provincial strategy on ... 18
Health care - Capacity issues
Interprovincial/territorial trade
Provincial strategy ... 64
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Legal aid
Recipient satisfaction (Written Question 7: defeated) ... 116
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Construction
Provincial strategy ... 65
Medical laboratory services - Medicine Hat
Transfer to Medicine Hat hospital ... 18
Medicine Hat regional hospital
Members' Statements (current session)
Government accountability ... 634 Heritage saving trust fund ... 444
Mines and Minerals Act
Landowner compensation provisions ... 328
Office of the Premier
New Premier, welcome ... 63
Oil - Export
Market development ... 64
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects - Cold Lake
Bitumen leak at air weapons range, wildlife death and rehabilitation statistics (Motion for a Return 4: defeated) ... 122
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Land Stewardship Act ... 328 Environmental monitoring ... 221 Health care accessibility ... 452 Landowner property rights legislation ... 80 Medical laboratory services in Medicine Hat ... 18 Suffield elk herd ... 156-57
Physicians - Medicine Hat
Physicians - Redcliff
General practitioner shortage ... 119
Pipelines - Construction
Enbridge Northern Gateway project ... 64 TransCanada Energy East project ... 64 TransCanada Keystone XL project ... 64
Points of order (current session)
Public Lands Act
Landowner compensation provisions ... 328
Public utilities - Medicine Hat
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 207 General remarks ... 80 Purpose of bill ... 64-65
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Sage grouse
Federal protection order ... 65
Sales tax
Provincial strategy ... 63-64
Savings Management Repeal Act (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 434-35 Second reading, point of order on debate ... 435
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 63-65 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 65
Standing Orders
SO 23(h), allegations against a member made in the Assembly, points of order ... 436
Taxation
Credit for volunteering (proposed) ... 63 Flat tax rate ... 64 Provincial strategy ... 64
Transparency in government
Water Act
Landowner compensation provisions ... 328
Bhardwaj, Naresh (PC, Edmonton-Ellerslie; Associate Minister of Persons with Disabilities)
Autism spectrum disorder
Assessment ... 453 Programs and services for affected persons ... 452-53
Children with disabilities
Programs and services ... 333
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Autism spectrum disorder ... 452-53 Children and youth with disabilities ... 333 Employment services for persons with disabilities ... 294 PDD service changes ... 448 PDD supports intensity scale ... 326-27 Service and rescue dogs ... 402 Supports for postsecondary students ... 235
Persons with developmental disabilities
Programs and services, assessment time ... 448 Programs and services, changes to ... 448 Supports intensity scale assessment ... 326-27
Persons with disabilities
Supports for postsecondary students ... 235
Persons with disabilities - Employment
Programs and services ... 294
Rescue dogs
Provincial strategy ... 402
Service dogs
Provincial strategy ... 402
Student ministerial internship program
Youth with disabilities
Programs and services ... 333 Transition to adult services ... 333
Bhullar, Manmeet Singh (PC, Calgary-Greenway; Minister of Infrastructure)
Addiction - Treatment - Medicine Hat
Detoxification and residential treatment centre ... 709
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Input on health system capital planning ... 326
Alberta Hospital Edmonton
Facility condition, safety issues ... 329
Assisted living accommodations
Capital plan
Project prioritization ... 158, 330 Project priority list (proposed) ... 330
Continuing/extended care facilities - Fort McMurray
New facility, timeline on ... 222
Edmonton-Castle Downs (constituency)
Member's cellphone bill, information disclosure investigation ... 706
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment plan, residential suite component ... 818
Fiscal policy
Government spending at fiscal year-end ... 848-49
Foothills medical centre
Kitchen renovation ... 102
Glenrose rehabilitation hospital
Facility condition, safety issues ... 329
Health care
Performance measures ... 738
Health facilities - Maintenance and repair
Capital plan, project prioritization ... 290, 326
Hospitals - Construction - Whitecourt
New hospital, timeline on ... 233
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Maintenance and repair
Condition of facilities ... 290 Condition of facilities, evaluation reports ... 325-26, 328 Condition of facilities, rating system ... 231 Funding ... 290 Priorities lists ... 231 Project prioritization ... 329, 378, 381
Infrastructure - Maintenance and repair
Deferred maintenance ... 330 Funding ... 231 Project prioritization ... 381
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Red Deer
Surplus facilities, repurposing of sites ... 83
Misericordia community hospital
Capital needs ... 102 Facility condition, safety issues ... 329
Office of the Premier
March 2014 year-end purchases ... 849
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Community services in schools ... 333 Federal building redevelopment plan ... 818 Government policies ... 158 Government spending at fiscal year-end ... 848-49 Health care performance measures ... 738 Health facility capital planning ... 233, 290 Health system concerns ... 326 Hospital infrastructure ... 102 Hospital infrastructure evaluations ... 325-26, 328 Hospital infrastructure priorities ... 378 Hospital safety issues ... 329 Infrastructure capital planning ... 231 Infrastructure project prioritization ... 330, 381 Investigation into release of information ... 706 Medicine Hat addiction treatment facility ... 709 Provincial fiscal policies ... 188 Royal Alexandra hospital acute-care tower ... 221 Rural hospitals ... 398 School construction ... 52-53, 528, 530, 602-3, 633, 680 School construction funding ... 229 School construction in Edmonton-South West ... 607-8 School construction in southwest Edmonton ... 190 School construction reporting ... 609 School construction update ... 487 School infrastructure decision-making ... 220 Seniors' housing in Fort McMurray ... 222 Seniors' housing in Red Deer ... 83 Surgery delays at Stollery Children's hospital ... 740
Royal Alexandra hospital
Acute-care tower, capital plan ... 221
Rural hospitals - Maintenance and repair
Condition of facilities, evaluation reports ... 328
Schools - Construction
Community partnerships ... 190 Construction process ... 52 Funding ... 229 New schools ... 52-53 New schools, reporting on ... 609 New schools, timeline on ... 158, 188, 487, 528, 530, 602-3, 633 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... 190
Schools - Construction - Calgary
Funding ... 229 New middle school in Calgary-North West constituency, timeline on ... 52
Schools - Construction - Edmonton
McConachie school capital plan ... 680 New schools ... 680 New schools, Edmonton-South West constituency ... 190, 607-8
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Stollery Children's hospital
Facility condition, safety issues ... 329 Surgery delays ... 740
Wainwright health centre
Facility condition ... 102, 378
Bikman, Gary (PC effective December 17, 2014; previously W; Cardston-Taber-Warner)
Accountants
Disciplinary hearings, procedure ... 425
Alberta Accountability Act (Bill 2)
Committee ... 513 Committee, amendment A9 (conflict-of-interest criteria) (Barnes: defeated) ... 513
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Executive compensation, public reporting (sunshine list) (proposed) ... 158 Red tape reduction ... 53
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Landowner compensation provisions ... 143 Public response ... 45
Bridges - Maintenance and repair
Municipal responsibility ... 295
Calgary-Varsity (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 134
Capital plan
Project prioritization ... 158, 159
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 24, 2010)
Landowner rights provisions ... 143 Public response ... 45
Chartered Professional Accountants Act (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 319 Committee ... 425
Constitution of Canada
Amendment re property rights provision (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated) ... 45, 60, 134-35, 143
Corporations - Regulation
Red tape reduction ... 53, 159
Courts
Access re property disputes ... 134-35
Electric power lines - Construction
Impact on landowners ... 45
Electric Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 50, 2009)
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Rural areas
Local decision-making ... 108 Volunteer ambulance services ... 108 Working relationships with other service providers ... 108
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Southern Alberta
Administrative change process ... 453 First responder access to medical advice and support ... 453 Interfacility transfers ... 453
First responders - Southern Alberta
Access to medical advice and support ... 453
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 403
Freehold lands
Official Opposition position ... 158 Provincial strategy ... 157 Right of property ... 45
Freehold lands - Law and legislation
Landowner compensation provisions ... 45, 59-60
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive compensation, public reporting (sunshine list) (proposed) ... 158
Government services
Red tape reduction ... 53
Health care
Official Opposition policies ... 403
Highway 36
Upgrade, timeline on ... 295
Highway 505
Upgrade, timeline on ... 295
Highway 845
Upgrade, timeline on ... 295
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Member of Parliament for Lethbridge and wife ... 99
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Land-use framework
Keith Wilson's remarks ... 45
Members' Statements (current session)
Official Opposition achievements ... 158-59 Official Opposition policies ... 403 Waterton biodiversity reserve ... 635
Milk River
Watershed management ... 877
Motor vehicles - Registration and transfer
Licence plate changes (proposed) ... 44
Municipal Government Act - Amendments
Enforcement provisions ... 158
Official Opposition
Achievements ... 44-45 Achievements, member's statement on ... 158-59 Policies ... 44-45 Policies, member's statement on ... 403
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Ambulance service in southern Alberta ... 453 Government policies ... 157-58 Highway construction and repair in Southern Alberta ... 294-95 Milk River watershed management ... 877 Rural emergency medical services ... 108 Small-business regulations ... 53 Wildlife-human coexistence in Southwestern Alberta ... 632-33
Public Sector Services Continuation Act (Bill 45, 2013)
Official Opposition position ... 158
Public service
Compensation ... 158 Executive compensation, public reporting (sunshine list) ... 158
Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Bill 46, 2013)
Official Opposition position ... 158
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 143 Purpose of bill ... 45, 59-60
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2, 2012)
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Secondary highways, municipal responsibility ... 295
Rural roads - Maintenance and repair
Schools - Construction
New schools, timeline on ... 158
Small business
Programs and services ... 44-45
Small business - Regulation
Red tape reduction ... 53, 159
Waterton biosphere reserve
General remarks ... 632-33 Members' statements ... 635
Waterton Biosphere Reserve Association
Wildlife damage compensation program
Predator-related damage ... 632-33
Bilous, Deron (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview)
Aboriginal peoples
Capital funding, federal and provincial ... 595
Aboriginal women - Violence against
Disappearances and violent deaths ... 875 Disappearances and violent deaths, inquiry (proposed) ... 155
Act to Amend the Alberta Bill of Rights to Protect our Children, An (Bill 10)
Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 312-13 Committee ... 354-55, 362-63, 367-69, 372-74 Committee, amendment A2 (appeal process, removal of reference to courts; ministerial involvement if school board denies gay-straight alliance) (Jansen: carried) ... 354-55, 362-63 Committee, amendment A3 (bill's coming into force in private schools) (Mason/Notley: defeated) ... 367-68 Committee, amendment A4 (section 1(2)(a), "or sex" replaced by "sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression") (Mason/Notley: defeated) ... 368-69 Committee, amendment A5 (section 58, "human sexuality" replaced by "sexual health education") (Blakeman: defeated) ... 372-73, 373-74 Public response ... 373-74
Agricultural Societies Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 14)
Second reading ... 801 Committee ... 832 Regulatory provisions ... 801 Stakeholder consultation ... 801
Alberta Accountability Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 463, 464-66 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment R1) (Notley: defeated) ... 464 Committee ... 507 Committee, amendment A4 (sole-source contracts) (Anderson: defeated) ... 507 Enforcement ... 465 Treasury Board directives ... 465
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Alberta Human Rights Act
Section 11.1, provisions moved to School Act and Education Act ... 313
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
General remarks ... 144 New Democratic opposition position ... 209-10 Public response ... 209-10
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2015 (Bill 18)
Bills, government (procedure)
Amendment process ... 199 Miscellaneous statutes amendment acts ... 203 Opposition caucus access to bills, time ... 199-200
Bitumen - Upgrading
Provincial strategy ... 141
Bridges - Maintenance and repair
By-elections
2014, members elected ... 140
Calgary board of education
New schools, funding from supplementary supply ... 591
Calgary-Hawkwood (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 354
Canadian Condominium Institute
Member response to Bill 9 ... 496 Regulatory provisions ... 497
Canadian Public Accountability Board
Oversight of securities trading ... 282
Capital plan
Long-term planning ... 591
City of Edmonton Youth Council
Debate on gay-straight alliances ... 362
Clareview community recreation centre
Renovations ... 140 User fees ... 140
Common Business Number Act (Bill 12)
Committee ... 798-99 Information sharing under act ... 798-99 Regulatory provisions ... 799
Condominium Property Act review
Ministerial review, stakeholder consultation ... 496
Condominium Property Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Committee ... 470-72, 474-75 Committee, amendment A1 (definition of rules and bylaws) (Rowe: carried) ... 470 Committee, amendment A2 (inclusion of property managers) (Bilous/Eggen: defeated) ... 471 Committee, amendment A3 (negligence or damage by one owner) (Rowe: defeated) ... 471-72 Committee, amendment A4 (delay of occupancy provisions) (Bilous/Eggen: defeated) ... 472, 474-75 Third reading ... 496-98 Third reading, amendment that bill be not now read (6-month hoist amendment H1) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 497-98
Condominiums
Special assessments ... 497
Condominiums - Maintenance and repair
As-built drawings ... 497
Conflicts of Interest Act review (2013)
Minority report, New Democratic opposition ... 465-66
Court of Queen's Bench Act - Amendments
Justice system access (proposed) ... 320
Early childhood development mapping project
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview (constituency)
Education Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 19)
Second reading ... 802-4 Committee ... 835-37 Committee, amendment A1 (limitation on appointed trustee term) (Bilous: defeated) ... 835-36 Committee, amendment A2 (residency basis) (Bilous: defeated) ... 836-37 Disqualification of board members under act ... 803-4 Ministerial appointment of trustees under act ... 803, 835 Residency requirement provisions ... 803
Elections, provincial
2012 election, Progressive Conservative campaign promises ... 140-41 Fixed election dates ... 750
Electric power - Export - United States
Electric power - Prices
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 745 Cost to consumers ... 144, 242 Transmission costs ... 144
Electric power lines - Construction
Approval process ... 144 Essential transmission infrastructure, definition by Executive Council ... 210-11
Electric Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 50, 2009)
Electric Utilities (Transparency in Billing) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 201)
Enabling Regional Growth Boards Act (Bill 28, 2013)
Amendments proposed ... 199
Energy industries
Market diversification ... 141 Value-added industries ... 141, 468
Ethics Commissioner
Inquiries based on anonymous tips (proposed) ... 466 Self-initiated inquiries, criteria for ... 465-66
Executive Council
Former ministers, postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 465 Staff postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 465
Faith-based schools
Gay-straight alliances in ... 312 Gay-straight alliances in Catholic schools ... 312
Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 13)
Fort McMurray
Urban development subregion, lease agreement cancellation, funding from supplementary supply ... 595-96
Freehold lands
Premier's remarks ... 144
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Supports for students ... 312
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Alternatives, out-of-school clubs ... 354 Appeal process ... 312 Denial, student recourse ... 374 Denial, student recourse through courts ... 312 Other jurisdictions ... 312 Provincial strategy ... 54-55, 312 School board policy, legislation on (Motion Other than Government Motion 503, 2014) ... 312-13
Gay-straight alliances in schools - Manitoba
Legislative provisions ... 312
Gay-straight alliances in schools - Ontario
Legislative provisions ... 312
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 465
Government contracts
Consultants, distinction from lobbyists ... 466
Health care - Finance
Funding from supplementary supply ... 590 Lower-than-budgeted expenses ... 590-91
Horse Racing Alberta
Board remuneration ... 280 Fiscal deficits ... 280 Revenue from slot machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs) ... 280
Horse Racing Alberta Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 4)
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Maintenance and repair
Hospitals - Maintenance and repair - Edmonton
Deferred maintenance ... 750
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Infrastructure - Maintenance and repair
Deferred maintenance ... 141
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Investments - Members of the Legislative Assembly
Conflict-of-interest guidelines ... 465
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 8)
Kananaskis Country Golf Course
Inclusion in budget for Environment and Sustainable Resources ministry, member's request for information ... 592 Review of funding ... 750
Land Assembly Project Area Act
General remarks ... 144 New Democratic opposition position ... 210 Restricted development area provisions ... 143-44, 210
Legal aid
Funding from supplementary supply ... 590 Low-income earners' eligibility ... 320 Other jurisdictions ... 320
Lobbyists
Former MLAs or public servants, postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 465
Lower Athabasca region plan (land-use framework)
Lease agreement cancellation, funding from supplementary supply ... 595-96
Lubicon Lake First Nation
Housing, funding from supplementary supply ... 595 Waterline, funding from supplementary supply ... 595
Members' Statements (current session)
Questions to the Premier ... 820
Métis settlements
Infrastructure, funding from supplementary supply ... 595
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 595 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 595
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 749
Ministry of Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 590, 591 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 591-92
Ministry of Energy
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 595-96 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 595-96
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 592
Ministry of Health
Funding from interim supply ... 791 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 590 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 590-91
Ministry of Human Services
Lower-than-anticipated budgeted expenses, member's request for information ... 592 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 592
Ministry of Infrastructure
Funding from interim supply ... 792
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 590
Misericordia community hospital
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 20)
Committee ... 793, 795-96 Committee, amendment A1 (city charter development) (McQueen: carried) ... 793 Third reading ... 831 City charter provisions ... 796, 831 Stakeholder consultation ... 795
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Amalgamation process ... 796 Private sewage disposal system by-law authority ... 807
Natural resources
Provincial strategy (maximization of value) ... 141
Northern Lights regional hospital
Northland school division
Governance, Auditor General recommendations ... 792, 803 Governance, trustee appointment ... 835
Office of the Premier
New Premier, welcome ... 140 Oral Question Period questions to, members' statements ... 820 Staff postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 465
Oil - Prices
Budgetary implications ... 468
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Questions to the Premier ... 820
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Early childhood development ... 710 Education funding ... 851-52 Electricity prices ... 745 Gay-straight alliances in schools ... 54-55 Missing and killed aboriginal women ... 155 Postsecondary education funding ... 292 School construction ... 530, 560-61 School construction reporting ... 609 Violence against aboriginal women ... 875
Order Paper
Debate scheduling ... 261, 273
Palace Casino
Strike, photographing of picket lines ... 261-62
Personal Information Protection Act
Supreme Court decision ... 261-62, 263, 269 Supreme Court decision, Information and Privacy Commissioner's remarks on ... 274-75
Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 3)
Third reading ... 261-63, 269, 273-75 Third reading, motion to not now read (reasoned amendment RA1) ... 269 Third reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment H1) (Mason/Eggen: defeated) ... 273-75 Amendments, opposition caucus opportunities for ... 274 Application to unions during strikes ... 262-63 Passage through the Assembly, timeline ... 261, 273
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 534
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Property insurance
Condominium insurance ... 497
Provincial Court Act - Amendments
Justice system access (proposed) ... 320
Public Sector Services Continuation Repeal Act (Bill 24)
Public service
Designated office-holders (category of staff), postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 465 Political staff compensation ... 465 Political staff compensation, severance packages ... 465 Political staff financial disclosure requirements ... 465 Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 465 Whistle-blower protection ... 466
Public utilities
Executive compensation ... 144
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 143-44 Third reading ... 209-11 Passage through Assembly, timeline ... 209
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union local 558 v. Pepsi-Cola
Revenue
Nonrenewable natural resource revenue ... 468
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Provincial strategy ... 141
Safe and Inclusive Schools Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 202)
General remarks ... 312, 354 Opportunity for debate ... 312
Safety Codes Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 807 Committee ... 838-39 Administrative penalties under act ... 807, 839 Enforcement on Métis settlements ... 807 Municipal bylaw provisions ... 839 Overview ... 838-39
Safety codes authority (proposed)
Savings Management Repeal Act (Bill 11)
Committee ... 468 Third reading ... 495
Schools
Repurposing of buildings ... 140
Schools - Construction
Emergent needs other than Calgary, funding from supplementary supply ... 591 New schools ... 140 New schools, reporting on ... 609 New schools, timeline on ... 530, 560-61, 591 New schools, timeline on, points of order on debate ... 534
Schools - Construction - Edmonton
Beverly school ... 140 Modular program, timeline on ... 140, 141
Schools - Edmonton
Capacity issues ... 140 Closures ... 140
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Deferred maintenance ... 750 Deferred maintenance, funding from supplementary supply ... 590, 591
Schools - Maintenance and repair - Edmonton
Deferred maintenance ... 750
Securities
National regulator (proposed) ... 282
Securities Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 5)
Securities Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 15)
Securities fraud - Prevention
Skin Cancer Prevention (Artificial Tanning) Act (Bill 22)
Small business
Programs and services ... 141
Social impact bonds
Parkland Institute report ... 468
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 140-41 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 141-42
Standing Orders
SO 23(h), allegations against a member made in the Assembly, points of order ... 534 SO 23(i), imputing false or unavowed motives to another member, points of order ... 534 SO 23(j), abusive or insulting language, points of order ... 534
Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (No. 2) (Bill 6)
Committee ... 283 Committee, amendment A1 (Workers' Compensation Act, workers' agents' access to information) (Swann: defeated) ... 196-97, 199-200 Committee, amendment A2 (Workers' Compensation Act, appeal period extension) (Swann: defeated) ... 203-4 Committee, amendment A2 (Swann: defeated), validity of ... 203
Statutes Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 16)
Stollery Children's hospital
Strikes and lockouts
Information disclosure surrounding ... 261-62 Lawful strikes, legislative provisions on information disclosure ... 274
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015
Taxation
Progressive tax (proposed) ... 141
Teachers
Recruitment and retention ... 142
Workers' Compensation Act - Amendments
Information disclosure provisions ... 283
XL Foods
Beef quality, union concerns ... 262 Beef recall ... 262
Blakeman, Laurie (AL, Edmonton-Centre)
Aboriginal children - Education
Educational services agreement ... 834
Aboriginal peoples - Consultation
Environmental impact assessments ... 382
Act to Amend the Alberta Bill of Rights to Protect our Children, An (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 302-4 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist) (Blakeman: defeated) ... 303-4 Committee ... 340-41, 349-50, 352, 361, 369-72 Committee, amendment A1 (gay-straight alliance request denied, school requirement to provide solution) (Anderson: defeated) ... 340-41 Committee, amendment A2 (appeal process, removal of reference to courts; ministerial involvement if school board denies gay-straight alliance) (Jansen: carried) ... 349-50, 352, 361 Committee, amendment A4 (section 1(2)(a), "or sex" replaced by "sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression") (Mason/Notley: defeated) ... 369-70 Committee, amendment A5 (section 58, "human sexuality" replaced by "sexual health education") (Blakeman: defeated) ... 370-72 Committee, amendment A6 (inclusion of gender identity and gender expression in Alberta Bill of Rights; supports for gay-straight alliances) (Dirks: carried unanimously) ... 540-42, 547 Committee, amendment A6, subamendment SA1 (staff member liaison designation) (Notley: carried unanimously) ... 547 Third reading ... 548-49 Third reading, amendment A1, motion to recommit bill to committee (Blakeman: carried unanimously) ... 537 Bill sponsor's role ... 537 Debate scheduling ... 338 Media and opposition caucus briefings, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) (not proceeded with) ... 299-300 Sexuality, definition of ... 303, 304 Speaker's statement on bill duplication, clarification ... 336 Speaking order ... 302 Time allocation motion ... 302
Agricultural Societies Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 14)
Alberta
Provincial assets ... 137
Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency
Alberta Human Rights Act
Reference in Education Act (proposed) ... 76 Section 11.1, provisions moved to School Act and Education Act ... 302-3
Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation Act - Amendments
Transfer of responsibility for recreation, wildlife, and parks to the Culture and Tourism ministry ... 622
Apprenticeship training
Provincial strategy ... 711 Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 715
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2015 (Bill 18)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2015 (Bill 17)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client eligibility for legal aid ... 613 Client eligibility for legal aid (Written Question 3: defeated) ... 113-15
Bills, government (procedure)
Bills containing similar provisions, Speaker's statement on, clarification ... 336 Debate scheduling ... 338 Ministerial briefings ... 299-300 Miscellaneous statutes amendment acts ... 193 Miscellaneous statutes amendment acts, speaking time ... 208 Statutes amendment acts/omnibus bills ... 727 Statutes amendment acts/omnibus bills, speaking time ... 208
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bills containing similar provisions, Speaker's statement on, clarification ... 336 Selection process ... 209
Bridges - Maintenance and repair
Budget documents
Level of detail provided ... 748-49
Calgary board of education
New schools, funding from supplementary supply ... 580
Calgary-Varsity (constituency)
Member's travel to Grande Prairie, October 25, 2012 ... 25
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Reference in Education Act (proposed) ... 76
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Environmental performance ... 292 Project approval ... 292
Carbon levy
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 54, 138, 849-50
Caribou
Habitat protection ... 138, 876 Population control ... 138
Chartered Professional Accountants Act (Bill 7)
Debate scheduling ... 338
Chief Electoral Officer's office
Funding from interim supply ... 748
Child mental health services
Provincial strategy ... 138
Children
Supports for vulnerable children ... 137
Children with special needs - Education
Alternative programs, legislative provisions ... 834
City of Edmonton Youth Council
Debate on gay-straight alliances ... 537
Climate change
Performance measures, Auditor General's remarks on ... 138 Provincial framework development ... 766
Coal mines and mining - Environmental aspects - Hinton
Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, aerial photographs (Motion for a Return 13: defeated) ... 125 Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, Energy Regulator investigation ... 123 Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, public reporting on ... 123 Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, soil and vegetation disturbances, photographs (Motion for a Return 9: defeated) ... 124 Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, wildlife death and rehabilitation statistics (Motion for a Return 5: defeated) ... 123, 124 Obed Mountain tailings pond spill, wildlife deaths, photographs (Motion for a Return 11: defeated) ... 125
Committee of the Whole
Order of bill debate ... 338
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Caucus membership proportions ... 569
Common Business Number Act (Bill 12)
Conflicts of Interest Act
Application to MLAs ... 723
Court case management program
Court of Queen's Bench Act - Amendments
Increase in number of judges ... 727-28
Courts
Self-represented litigants, cost of court delays due to (Written Question 1: defeated) ... 112-13 Self-represented litigants, studies or briefing notes prepared for government (Motion for a Return 1: defeated) ... 121
Daycare
Accessibility and affordability ... 529
Derivative securities
Over-the-counter trading ... 730
Edmonton-Centre (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 386
Edmonton public school board
Policy on gay-straight alliances ... 541
Edmonton Remand Centre
Closed-circuit television use ... 117 Prisoner transportation costs (Written Question 8: defeated) ... 116-17
Edmonton Social Planning Council
Debate on gay-straight alliances ... 537
Education - Curricula
Sexual health education, content on sexual consent (proposed) ... 556-57 Student participation, parental rights re content on religion, patriotic activities, and human sexuality ... 304, 371
Education Act
Section 33(2), lack of provisions for sexual minorities ... 76, 86
Education Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 19)
Committee ... 833-34, 837 Committee, amendment A2 (residency basis) (Bilous: defeated) ... 837 Disqualification of board members under act ... 833-34 Ministerial appointment of trustees under act ... 833 Petitions, provisions for ... 834 Residency requirement provisions ... 834
Elections, provincial
Fixed election dates, point of order on debate ... 533
Electric power
Alternative and renewable sources ... 766
Electric Utilities (Transparency in Billing) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 201)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 239, 240
Energy industries
Land sales (leases for access), Redrock, Prairie Creek, and Narraway areas ... 876 Urban drilling ... 138
Energy industries - Environmental aspects
Corporate responsibility ... 562 Environmental impact assessment hearings, participation only by those directly and adversely affected ... 382 Environmental violations, monitoring and compliance ... 561 Industry self-reporting ... 561 Provincial reputation ... 54, 849-50 Provincial strategy ... 292, 849-50 Wildlife habitat impacts ... 138
Energy industries - Monitoring
Spills omitted from field surveillance inspection list used by Alberta Energy Regulator (Motion for a Return 2: defeated) ... 121-22
Environmental protection
Provincial strategy ... 138, 208
Environmental protection - Monitoring
Auditor General's report ... 138
Expropriation Act
Review (proposed) ... 208, 209
Faith-based schools
Gay-straight alliances in ... 340 Gay-straight alliances in Catholic schools ... 340
Family and community support services program
Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 13)
Committee ... 732 Third reading ... 754-55 Inspection powers under act ... 732
Flood damage mitigation
Funding from supplementary supply ... 613-14
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information requests under act ... 114-15
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Supports for students, member's statement on ... 76
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Alternatives ... 340 Alternatives, out-of-school clubs ... 349-50, 361 Appeal process ... 302, 340-41 Denial, Education minister to facilitate (proposed) ... 352, 361 Denial, student recourse ... 541 Denial, student recourse through courts ... 302 Education minister's consultations with public ... 537 Exclusion from parental notice and opt-out provisions ... 603-4 Parental rights re ... 340 Provincial strategy ... 76, 217 Public meetings hosted by Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association ... 537 School board policy, legislation on (Motion Other than Government Motion 503, 2014) ... 525
Gender identity
Consideration under School Act and Education Act ... 303
Government
Public trust, Premier's remarks ... 208-9
Government accountability
Information disclosure ... 114-15
Greenhouse gas emissions
Emission intensity, use of term ... 766
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Provincial strategy ... 54 Reduction targets ... 766
Greenhouse gas mitigation - Treaties
United States-China agreement ... 54
Grizzly bear
Habitat protection ... 138
Health promotion
Determinants of health ... 137-38
House leaders
Agreement on opposition member briefings on government bills, unofficial ... 299
Infrastructure
Barrier-free design ... 840
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016
Comparison to previous years ... 717-18, 720, 748 Estimates debate, question-and-comment period, point of order on debate ... 719 Level of detail provided ... 718, 748-49
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kananaskis Country Golf Course
Flood recovery, funding from supplementary supply ... 613, 718
Land Titles Act - Amendments
Electronic filing of land titles documents ... 728
Legal aid
Applications granted by courts (Rowbotham applications) ... 613 Applications granted by courts (Written Question 30: defeated) ... 121 Eligibility criteria ... 121, 613 Funding ... 112, 113, 742, 769 Funding, federal-provincial formula ... 138 Funding from supplementary supply ... 612-13 Low-income earners' eligibility (Written Question 4: defeated) ... 115 Recipient satisfaction (Written Question 7: defeated) ... 115 Recipients' median income (Written Question 2: defeated) ... 113 Requests refused to employed individuals (Written Question 4: defeated) ... 115 Studies or briefing notes prepared for government (Motion for a Return 1: defeated) ... 121
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Voting
Logging - Environmental aspects
Impact on watersheds ... 208
Lower Athabasca region plan (land-use framework)
Lease agreement cancellation, funding from supplementary supply ... 613
MacEwan University
Level 2 status (undergraduate university) ... 728
Maintenance enforcement program
Medicine Hat College
Board of governors ... 728
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Code of conduct, lack of ... 723
Members' Statements (current session)
Anniversary of l' école Polytechnique shootings ... 386 Bill 202 ... 214 LGBTQ student supports ... 76
Mental health
Provincial strategy ... 718
Mental health services
Municipal responsibility ... 138
Ministerial Statements (procedure)
Availability to opposition members in advance ... 525
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Gay-straight alliances in schools, responses ... 525
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 717
Ministry of Education
Capital expenditures ... 580 Capital expenditures lower than budgeted ... 580-81 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 579, 580-81 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 579-81
Ministry of Energy
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 613
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 613-14
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 612-13
Ministry of Transportation
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 614
Mount Royal University
Level 2 status (undergraduate university) ... 728
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 723-24 Third reading ... 830-31 City charter provisions ... 724, 830 Code of conduct provision ... 723
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Administration ... 723-24 Private sewage disposal system by-law authority ... 840 Provincial jurisdiction under Constitution of Canada ... 723 Statutory plans (3- and 5-year plans) ... 724
Municipalities - Finance
Funding ... 633, 724 Off-site levies ... 830 Provincial funding, timing of ... 724
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
Nonprofit organizations
Service provision ... 208
Northland school division
Governance, trustee appointment ... 833
Office of the Premier
Former Premier Redford's government aircraft use, Auditor General report ... 25
Oil sands development - Environmental aspects - Cold Lake
Bitumen leak at air weapons range ... 123 Bitumen leak at air weapons range, aerial photographs (Motion for a Return 14: defeated) ... 125 Bitumen leak at air weapons range, soil and vegetation disturbances, photographs (Motion for a Return 10: defeated) ... 125 Bitumen leak at air weapons range, wildlife death and rehabilitation statistics (Motion for a Return 4: defeated) ... 122, 123
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Responses to questions ... 718
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Carbon emission reduction ... 849-50 Caribou habitat protection ... 876 CNRL environmental performance ... 292 Energy development hearing participation ... 382 Energy industry environmental issues ... 561-62 Gay-straight alliances in schools ... 217, 603-4 Greenhouse gas emission reduction ... 54, 766 Legal aid funding ... 742, 769 Maintenance enforcement ... 740, 816, 874 Municipal funding ... 633 Postsecondary education funding ... 711 School fees ... 630 Sexual health education curriculum content ... 556-57 Women's economic equality ... 529
Order Paper
Debate scheduling ... 338
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 715 Parliamentary language ... 533 Question-and-comment period ... 719 Relevance ... 239, 240
Police Act - Amendments
Presiding officers at hearings provisions ... 728
Post-secondary Learning Act - Amendments
Corrections to status of boards of governors of Medicine Hat College and SAIT ... 728
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 711 Comparison with other jurisdictions, point of order on debate ... 715
Prisoners - Transportation
Privilege (current session)
Obstructing a member in performance of duty (Executive Council member remarks on Legislative Offices Committee decision) ... 568-69 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (media and opposition caucus briefings on Bill 10) (not proceeded with) ... 299-300 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (statements in Assembly on flight to Grande Prairie, October 25, 2012) (not proceeded with) ... 23-25
Property tax
Municipal revenue ... 724
Provincial Court Act - Amendments
Civil procedures, sections moved to regulations ... 728
Public Interest Alberta
Debate on gay-straight alliances ... 537
Public Sector Services Continuation Repeal Act (Bill 24)
Public service
Compensation, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 612-13 Compensation, policy on equal pay for equal work (proposed) ... 529 Morale ... 208
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 208-9 Passage through Assembly, timeline ... 208
Revenue
Nonrenewable natural resource revenue ... 137
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Safe and Inclusive Schools Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 202)
First reading ... 86 General remarks ... 303, 525, 537 Members' statements ... 214 Speaker's statement on bill duplication, clarification ... 336
Safety Codes Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 21)
Committee ... 839-40 Administrative penalties under act ... 840
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 630
Schools
Inclusive activity groups ... 303, 340
Schools - Construction
Debt servicing ... 581 Flood recovery projects, funding from supplementary supply ... 580-81 Funding from supplementary supply ... 579 New schools, timeline on ... 579 Reprofiling of schools ... 578
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Deferred maintenance, funding from supplementary supply ... 579 Infrastructure maintenance and renewal program ... 579
Securities Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 15)
Committee ... 730 Definition of "associate" ... 730
Sexual orientation
Consideration under School Act and Education Act ... 303
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Board of governors ... 728
Speaker - Statements
Bills containing similar provisions, clarification ... 336
Standing Orders
General remarks ... 718, 720 No provisions for opposition member briefings on government bills ... 299 Process for creation ... 569 SO 15(2), privilege, notice to Speaker ... 22 SO 23(b)(i), relevance of debate, points of order ... 240 SO 23(h), allegations against a member made in the Assembly, points of order ... 533, 715 SO 23(i), imputing false or unavowed motives to another member, points of order ... 533 SO 23(j), abusive or insulting language, points of order ... 533, 715 SO 29(2)(a), questions and comments, points of order ... 719
Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (No. 2) (Bill 6)
Committee ... 193 Agriculture and Rural Development ministry briefing ... 193
Statutes Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 16)
Committee ... 727-28 Amendments to traffic court proceedings ... 727-28
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015
Taxation
Progressive tax (proposed) ... 137
Traffic courts
Access ... 113 Processes for hearings and appeals ... 727-28
Transparency in government
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Provincial strategy ... 711
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 23)
Committee, amendment A1 (administration cost payments) (Hehr/Blakeman: defeated) ... 866
Wages - Women
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 529 Gender inequality ... 529, 826
Water management
Provincial strategy ... 138
Wildlife conservation
Provincial strategy ... 208
Wolverines
Habitat protection ... 138
Women - Violence against - Quebec
Anniversary of 1989 shootings at l'école Polytechnique de Montréal, member's statement on ... 386
Workers' compensation
Farm worker coverage ... 193
Workers' Compensation Act - Amendments
Information disclosure provisions ... 193
Written questions (procedure)
Brown, Dr. Neil, QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill)
Alberta aids to daily living program
Applications, timeline on ... 19
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Bighorn sheep
Harvest criteria (full curl) ... 765
British North America Act
Distribution of powers provisions ... 131
Calgary-Foothills (constituency)
Former member's resignation ... 397
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 100
Civil rights
Provincial jurisdiction ... 131
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Constitution Act, 1982
Property rights provisions, Premiers' opposition to ... 131
Constitution of Canada
Amendment re property rights provision (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated) ... 131
Expropriation Act
Landowner compensation provisions ... 131
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 440
Freehold lands
Provincial jurisdiction ... 131
Home children (Canadian immigrants)
Members' statements ... 675
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Nominations as federal election candidates ... 397-98
Members' Statements (current session)
British home children ... 675-76 Freedom and democracy ... 100-101
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Bighorn sheep harvest ... 765 MLAs' nominations as federal election candidates ... 397-98 Postsecondary education accessibility in Calgary ... 488 Special-needs assistance for seniors ... 19
Points of order (current session)
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment) - Calgary
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Third reading, point of order on debate ... 211
Savings Management Repeal Act (Bill 11)
Seniors' benefit program
Special-needs assistance, application process ... 19
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015
Estimates vote, report ... 597
Surface Rights Act
Landowner compensation provisions ... 131
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