Sandhu, Peter (PC, Edmonton-Manning)
Children with disabilities
Programs and services ... 332-33
Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh celebration)
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Edmonton Food Bank donation by Sikh community ... 403 Multicultural seniors' housing ... 635 School growth pressures in Edmonton-Manning ... 21
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Children and youth with disabilities ... 332-33 School construction ... 680
Schools
Joint-use agreements ... 21
Schools - Construction - Edmonton
McConachie school capital plan ... 680 New schools ... 680
Schools - Edmonton
Enrolment pressures in Edmonton-Manning constituency, member's statement on ... 21
Seniors - Housing
Multicultural initiatives, members' statements ... 635
Sikh community - Edmonton
Food bank donation, member's statement on ... 403
Youth with disabilities
Programs and services ... 333 Transition to adult services ... 333
Sarich, Janice (PC, Edmonton-Decore)
Alberta Teachers' Association
Relationship with provincial government ... 18
Alberta Utilities Commission
Oversight of billing procedures ... 251
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Report on long-term care ... 766
Children with special needs - Education
Dickinsfield Amity House
40th anniversary, member's statement ... 76
Education - Finance
Staffing, funding for ... 18
Electric Utilities Act
Billing regulation ... 250
Electric Utilities (Transparency in Billing) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 201)
Health facilities
Inspection procedure ... 766
Home-care services
Review of service providers ... 766
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre and wife ... 735
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Funding, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 766
Members' Statements (current session)
Battle of Gallipoli Centenary ... 702 Dickinsfield Amity House 40th anniversary ... 76 Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation CTO 100 project ... 182-83
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Education system ... 18 Seniors' care ... 766
Traffic Safety (Distracted Driving Demerit) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 204)
Transparency in government
Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation
CTO 100 project, member's statement on ... 182-83
World War I
Gallipoli campaign centenary, members' statements ... 702
Saskiw, Shayne (W, Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills)
Alberta Human Rights (Commission Accountability) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 208)
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Landowner compensation provisions ... 170 Landowner rights provisions ... 170 Regional planning provisions ... 170 Review (proposed) ... 607
Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council
Report on enforcement practices, point of order on debate ... 716
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2015 (Bill 18)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2015 (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 615-17 Third reading ... 688
Boats and boating
Monitoring stations ... 730
Budget process
Supplementary supply use ... 615 Supplementary supply use, Auditor General input on (proposed) ... 616
Carbon capture and storage
Provincial strategy ... 615
Chief Electoral Officer's office
Funding from interim supply ... 704, 716-17 Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 debate ... 690-92
Common Business Number Act (Bill 12)
Constitution of Canada
Amendment re property rights provision (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated) ... 170
Court of Queen's Bench Act - Amendments
Associate Chief Justice appointment provisions ... 727
Diagnostic imaging - Saddle Lake
Diagnostic imaging - Vilna
Edmonton
Land annexation proposal ... 682
Edmonton-Ellerslie (constituency)
Allegations against member, point of order on ... 639 Allegations against member, Premier's awareness of ... 626-27 Allegations against member, Speaker's ruling (referring to party matters), clarification ... 638
Elections, provincial
Fixed election dates ... 691, 738 Fixed election dates, point of order on debate ... 533-34 Timing ... 704
Estimates of supply
Appropriation process ... 773-74
Federal Public Building
Cost of move ... 692 Redevelopment cost ... 615-16 Redevelopment plan, residential suite component ... 818
Fiscal policy
Government spending at fiscal year-end ... 848-49 Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 714, 715
Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 13)
Committee ... 730, 732 Committee, amendment A1 (provisions for regulations) (Leskiw: carried) ... 731 Inspection powers under act ... 731
Freehold lands - Law and legislation
Provincial strategy ... 607
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive compensation ... 739 Executive compensation, severance payments ... 714, 715
Homeless families
Programs and services ... 222
Homeless youth
Programs and services ... 222
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016
Estimates debate ... 690-92 Estimates debate procedure ... 692 Level of detail provided ... 690
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kananaskis Country Golf Course
Flood recovery, funding from supplementary supply ... 616, 688 Review of funding ... 748 Review of funding, points of order on debate ... 773-74
Kidney dialysis - Lac La Biche
Provincial strategy ... 85
Kidney dialysis - Rural areas
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills (constituency)
Member's retrospective, members' statements ... 611
Land Titles Act - Amendments
Electronic filing of land titles documents ... 727
Legal aid
Funding from supplementary supply ... 616
Legislative Assembly Office
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 debate ... 691, 692
Lower Athabasca region plan (land-use framework)
Lease agreement cancellation, funding from supplementary supply ... 616 Oil sands lease cancellations ... 170
Lubicon Lake First Nation
Housing, funding from supplementary supply ... 616
Medicine Hat College
Board of governors ... 727
Members' Statements (current session)
Retrospective by the Member for Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills ... 611
Métis settlements
Infrastructure, funding from supplementary supply ... 616
Ministerial Statements (procedure)
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 616
Ministry of Energy
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 616
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 748 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 616, 688
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 616
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 723 Stakeholder consultation ... 723
Office of the Premier
March 2014 year-end purchases ... 848-49 Premier's address to the province ... 762, 773, 813 Premier's address to the province, points of order on debate ... 822 Staff member political activity, point of clarification requested ... 687
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Agency and government management compensation ... 739 Edmonton land annexation proposal ... 682 Federal building redevelopment plan ... 818 Government spending at fiscal year-end ... 848-49 Landowner property rights ... 607 Member for Edmonton-Ellerslie ... 626-27 Michael Stanley ... 557-58 Premier's address to Albertans ... 762, 813 Provincial elections ... 704, 738 Regional dialysis service ... 85 Victims of crime ... 384 X-ray services in Vilna and Saddle Lake ... 222
Personal Information Protection Act
Supreme Court decision ... 173
Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 3)
Pipelines - Construction
TransCanada Keystone XL project, Official Opposition position, point of order on debate ... 686
Points of clarification (current session)
Referring to party matters ... 687 Speaker's rulling, questions on party matters ... 638
Points of order (procedure)
Parliamentary language, determination of ... 534
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 716, 822 Appropriation process ... 773-74 Imputing motives ... 773 Ministerial statements ... 526 Parliamentary language ... 533-34 Referring to party matters ... 686, 714, 715 Referring to party matters, point of clarification ... 687
Post-secondary Learning Act - Amendments
Corrections to status of boards of governors of Medicine Hat College and SAIT ... 727
Prisoners
Art show, funding for ... 384
Provincial Court Act - Amendments
Binding judicial dispute resolution proceedings provisions ... 727 Civil procedures, sections moved to regulations ... 727 Civil procedures and processes for clarification of jurisdiction ... 727
Public Sector Services Continuation Repeal Act (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 825 Third reading ... 857
Public service
Executive compensation ... 739
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Review (proposed), point of order on debate ... 686
Safety Codes (Sustainable Structures) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 203)
Schools - Construction
New schools, timeline on, points of order on debate ... 534
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Board of governors ... 727
Standing Orders
SO 23(e), anticipation of matters on Order Paper, points of order ... 526 SO 23(h), allegations against a member made in the Assembly, points of order ... 533-34, 714-15, 716, 773-74, 822 SO 23(i), imputing false or unavowed motives to another member, points of order ... 533-34, 714-15, 716, 773-74, 822 SO 23(j), abusive or insulting language, points of order ... 533-34, 714-15, 716, 773-74, 822 SO 23(l), offending precedents and practices of the Assembly, points of order ... 773-74
Stanley, Michael Sean
Extradition from the United States (proposed) ... 557
Statutes Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 16)
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Tabling of legal documents, point of order on ... 639
Taxation
Provincial strategy ... 714 Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 714, 715
Travel Alberta
Executive positions ... 739
Victims of crimes
Provincial strategy ... 384
Scott, Donald, QC (PC, Fort McMurray-Conklin; Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education)
Agricultural Societies Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 14)
Alberta Students' Executive Council
Mental health initiatives, funding for ... 156
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal programs ... 560 Programs for underemployed populations ... 560
Debts, private
Medical student loans average (Written Question 14: defeated) ... 118 Student debt, average six months postgraduation (Written Question 23: defeated) ... 120
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Legal aid
Funding ... 113 Recipients' median income (Written Question 2: defeated) ... 113
Mental health services
Services for postsecondary students ... 156, 235, 820
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Apprenticeship training ... 560 Employment skills upgrading ... 765 Mental health services for postsecondary students ... 156, 820 Postsecondary education accessibility ... 557, 742-43 Postsecondary education accessibility in Calgary ... 488 Postsecondary education funding ... 292, 385-86, 399-400 Postsecondary tuition fees ... 608-9, 819, 851 Postsecondary tuition market modifications ... 17 Small-business assistance ... 743-44 Small-business regulations ... 53 Support for postsecondary students ... 559-60 Supports for postsecondary students ... 235
Postsecondary education - Finance
Postsecondary educational institutions
Academic upgrading and retraining programs ... 765
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Access, spaces ... 557, 742 Enrolment rate ... 560
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment) - Calgary
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Securities Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 15)
Small business
Programs and services ... 743-44
Small business - Regulation
Red tape reduction ... 53
Standing Orders
SO 7(7), request to complete Routine (unanimous consent granted) ... 881-82 SO 59.01(3), tabling of schedule for estimates debates ... 882 SO 75, transfer of bills to government business, motions on (carried) ... 159, 882
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Suicide - Prevention
Provincial strategy ... 235
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 385-86 Market modifiers ... 17, 385, 608 Provincial strategy ... 608-9, 819, 851 Tuition caps ... 17
Unemployment
Supports for corporations and individuals ... 743-44
University of Alberta
Mental health services funding ... 156, 820
University of Calgary
Mental health services funding ... 156, 820
University of Lethbridge
Mental health services funding ... 156, 820
Sherman, Dr. Raj (AL, Edmonton-Meadowlark)
Aboriginal peoples
General remarks ... 38 Programs and services ... 38
Aboriginal peoples - Consultation
Provincial strategy ... 38
Aboriginal peoples - Urban residence
Programs and services ... 38
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) ... 316-17 Committee ... 363-64, 373 Committee, amendment A2 (appeal process, removal of reference to courts; ministerial involvement if school board denies gay-straight alliance) (Jansen: carried) ... 363-64 Committee, amendment A5 (section 58, "human sexuality" replaced by "sexual health education") (Blakeman: defeated) ... 373 Withdrawal (proposed) ... 396
Alberta Accountability Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 460-61 Committee ... 505, 512 Committee, amendment A3 (Assembly debate on matters referred to Ethics Commissioner) (Hehr/Sherman: defeated) ... 505 Committee, amendment A8 (ministers' investment exemption criteria) (Hehr/Sherman: defeated) ... 512
Alberta government offices - Washington, DC
Representative appointment ... 13, 460
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Comprehensive performance report ... 102-3
Alberta Human Rights Act
Section 11.1, provisions moved to School Act and Education Act ... 317
Audits
Liberal opposition position ... 39
Budget documents
Consolidated budget ... 460
Budget process
Independent budget officer (proposed) ... 460
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Freedom from discrimination ... 317
Capital projects
Announcements before and during 2014 by-elections ... 13-14
Children and poverty
Provincial strategy ... 38
City of Edmonton Youth Council
Film, Through My Eyes ... 316-17
Conflicts of Interest Act
Section 24(6), discussion in Assembly of matters referred to Ethics Commissioner ... 461
Edmonton-Meadowlark (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 316, 317
Education
Provincial strategy ... 39
Ethics Commissioner
Discussion in Assembly of matters referred for review/investigation ... 461 Oversight of MLAs and public service, exemptions ... 461
Executive Council
Former ministers, postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 461 Staff postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 461
Financial institutions
Performance report, timeline on ... 447
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 185 Government spending, less than population growth and inflation ... 38 Provincial strategy ... 38, 39, 185, 485-86
Flood damage mitigation - Calgary
Springbank dry reservoir (room for the river project), government announcement ... 13-14
Foothills medical centre
Facility condition ... 289
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Supports for students ... 38, 39, 316
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Appeal process ... 316 Denial, Education minister to facilitate (proposed) ... 363 Provincial strategy ... 396
Government accountability
General remarks ... 38-39 Performance measures ... 447 Whistle-blower protection ... 461
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Appointment process ... 460-61 Financial agencies performance report, timeline on ... 447 Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 461
Government contracts
Sole-source contracts ... 460 Sole-source contracts, compliance with interprovincial trade agreements ... 461
Government policies
General remarks ... 38-39
Health care
Private service delivery ... 102-3 Provincial strategy ... 39
Health facilities - Maintenance and repair
Capital plan ... 229 Capital plan, priority list (proposed) ... 229
Hospitals - Maintenance and repair
Condition of facilities ... 289 Funding ... 229, 289 Project prioritization ... 379-80 Project prioritization, request to Auditor General for review ... 379-80
Infrastructure - Maintenance and repair
Provincial strategy ... 38
Interprovincial/territorial relations
Senior representative for Saskatchewan and British Columbia ... 460
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 10, 76, 225, 323, 376, 391, 392-93, 444, 481, 482, 843-44
Lamont health care centre
Facility condition ... 289
Lloydminster hospital
Facility condition ... 289
Lobbyists
Former MLAs or public servants, postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 461
Misericordia community hospital
Capital funding ... 229 Facility condition ... 289, 379-80 Flooding ... 103
Municipal Government Act review
Municipalities
Relationship with provincial government ... 38-39
Natural resources - Prices
Office of the Premier
New Premier, welcome ... 13 Staff postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 461
Oil - Prices
Budgetary implications ... 38, 485-86 Forecasts, AIMCo CEO's remarks on ... 485
Ontario Public Appointments Secretariat
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Gay-straight alliances in schools ... 396 Government accountability ... 447 Government policies ... 13-14 Health care system ... 102-3 Health facility infrastructure ... 289 Hospital infrastructure capital planning ... 229 Hospital infrastructure priorities ... 379-80 Menthol cigarettes ... 51 Provincial fiscal policies ... 185, 485-86 Public appointment process ... 151-52
Postsecondary educational institutions - Finance
Public appointments commission secretariat (Canada, former)
Public service
Appointment process ... 151-52, 447 Appointment process, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 460 Compensation, severance payments ... 460 Designated office-holders (category of staff), postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 461 Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 461 Premier's advisory committee ... 152, 447
Public Service Commissioner
Revenue
Fluctuations, budgetary implications ... 38
Rockview general hospital
Facility condition ... 289
Safe and Inclusive Schools Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 202)
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Schools
Building use for community services ... 39
Schools - Construction
Modular program, prioritization ... 14
Schools - Construction - Calgary
Modular program, prioritization ... 14
Securities
National regulator (proposed) ... 668
Securities Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 15)
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 38-39
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Taxation
Progressive tax (proposed) ... 185
Tobacco products - Law and legislation
Flavoured products, inclusion of menthol (proposed) ... 51
Transparency in government
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Noninstructional fees ... 39 Provincial strategy ... 38, 39
University of Alberta
Contribution to GDP ... 39
Vriend v. Alberta
Supreme Court decision ... 317
Smith, Danielle (PC effective December 17, 2014; previously W; Highwood)
Aboriginal peoples
Programs and services ... 34
Aboriginal peoples - Consultation
Provincial strategy ... 34
Aboriginal peoples - Urban residence
Programs and services ... 34
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) ... 310-11
Affordable housing - Bassano
Life lease facility (proposed) ... 395
Alberta Bill of Rights
Parental rights provisions (proposed) ... 310 Sexual orientation provision (proposed) ... 310
Alberta government offices - Washington, DC
Representative appointment ... 35
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Administration, senior management ... 150 Executive compensation ... 184 Executive compensation, former CEO Chris Eagle ... 150, 184 Executive compensation, severance costs for Mr. Merali ... 36, 184 Executive compensation, severance pay, Duncan Campbell ... 150 Input on health system capital planning ... 326 Role in health care system ... 324 Staff increases ... 150
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Provincial strategy ... 37
Alberta Human Rights Act
Section 11.1, provisions moved to School Act and Education Act ... 310
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Landowner rights provisions ... 50-51, 130
Alberta sustainability fund
Assisted living accommodations
Assisted living accommodations - Rural areas
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client eligibility for legal aid ... 34
Bassano health centre
Acute-care facility, Newell Foundation proposal ... 395 Continuing/extended care facility, Newell Foundation proposal ... 395 Long-term care facility, Newell Foundation proposal ... 395
Bridges - Maintenance and repair
Provincial strategy ... 34
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 37
Calgary Police Service
Investigation of information disclosure ... 101, 102
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Amending process ... 130-31 Separate provincial rights within Charter ... 130
Canadian Property Rights Research Institute
Capital plan
25-year plan ... 35 Official Opposition plan ... 35
Capital projects
Announcements before and during 2014 by-elections ... 36 Infrastructure, borrowing for ... 35, 37
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 24, 2010)
Landowner rights provisions ... 130
Catholic schools
Supports for students ... 310
Child and Family Services Council for Quality Assurance
Mandate, change to ... 379 Resignation of chair ... 379
Child and Youth Advocate
Recommendations, implementation of ... 379
Children - Protective services
Council for Quality Assurance recommendations ... 379 Deaths of children, investigation process ... 379
Chronic diseases - Management
Provincial strategy ... 324, 326
Constitution of Canada
Amendment re property rights provision (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated) ... 129-31 Amendment re property rights provision (proposed) ... 12-13, 51
Continuing/extended care facilities
Access ... 216 Levels of care ... 151
Corporations - Regulation
Red tape reduction ... 37
Debts, public
Provincial debt ... 12, 78 Provincial debt, limits on ... 215-16 Provincial debt repayment ... 35
Disaster recovery program
2013 floods, outstanding claims ... 36 2013 floods, outstanding claims, Montrose Murals condominiums ... 101, 105 2013 floods, outstanding claims, Rita Girlings ... 101, 105 Members' statements ... 101
EcoAg Initiatives
Environmental compliance ... 449
Edmonton-Castle Downs (constituency)
Member's cellphone bill, information disclosure investigation ... 78, 101-2 Member's cellphone bill, information disclosure investigation, internal ... 102
Education - Curricula
Mathematics curricula ... 37 Student participation, parental rights re content on religion, patriotic activities, and human sexuality ... 311
Electric Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 50, 2009)
Electronic health records
Provincial strategy ... 326
Energy industries - Environmental aspects
Provincial strategy ... 37
Energy industries - Regulation
Provincial strategy ... 37
Environmental protection
Provincial reputation ... 37
Expropriation Act
Landowner compensation provisions ... 130 Review (proposed) ... 12
Faith-based schools
Gay-straight alliances in ... 310, 311 Gay-straight alliances in Catholic schools ... 310, 311 Supports for students ... 310
Feeder association loan guarantee program
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 227-28 Members' statements ... 48 Provincial strategy ... 49-50, 183-84
Flood damage mitigation - Calgary
Springbank dry reservoir (room for the river project), government announcement ... 36
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Investigations under act ... 78
Freehold lands - Law and legislation
Landowner compensation provisions ... 50-51
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Appeal process ... 310-11 Appeal process, judicial reviews ... 310-11 Denial, student recourse ... 311
Government accountability
General remarks ... 37-38
Government contracts
Consultants, distinction from lobbyists ... 3, 36 Sole-source contracts ... 36
Government policies
Implementation, performance measures on ... 34-35 Key priorities ... 34, 35, 37
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Provincial strategy ... 36
Health care
Local decision-making ... 36, 37 Members' statements ... 324
Health care - Capacity issues
Health facilities - Maintenance and repair
Capital plan, project prioritization ... 326 Condition of facilities ... 288
Highwood (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 129
Hospitals
Acute-care beds ... 216 Role in health care system ... 324
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Maintenance and repair
Condition of facilities, evaluation reports ... 325-26 Funding ... 228, 288, 378 Priorities lists ... 228 Project prioritization ... 378
Infrastructure - Maintenance and repair
Semiannual report cards ... 34
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Voting
Licensee liability rating program (energy industries)
Lloydminster hospital
Facility condition ... 378
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Access ... 151, 216 Beds, Alberta Health Services executive remarks on number ... 445-46, 485 Client placement, 100-km policy ... 150 Funding ... 150-51 Levels of care ... 151, 446 Placement process for seniors ... 446, 485 Standards of care ... 151, 216 Standards of care, investigations ... 485
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Construction
Provincial strategy ... 36
Members' Statements (current session)
Disaster and recovery program ... 101 Health care system ... 324 Okotoks water supply ... 675 Provincial fiscal policies ... 48
Michener Centre
Return of former residents ... 396
Misericordia community hospital
Municipal water/waste-water program
Municipalities
Relationship with provincial government ... 37
Office of the Premier
New Premier, welcome ... 11
Oil - Prices
Budgetary implications ... 12, 48, 49, 50, 78, 184, 215-16, 227-28, 287, 394-95, 483-84 Forecasts ... 228, 287, 394-95
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Questions on matters under investigation ... 78
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Health Services executive compensation ... 184 Child protective services ... 379 Disaster recovery program ... 105 EcoAg Initiatives environmental compliance ... 449 Energy company licensee liability rating program ... 484 Ethics and privacy issues ... 78 Feeder association loan guarantee program ... 216-17 Government effectiveness ... 395-96 Health facilities ... 288 Health system administration ... 150 Health system concerns ... 326 Hospital infrastructure capital planning ... 228 Hospital infrastructure evaluations ... 325-26 Hospital infrastructure maintenance ... 378 Hospital infrastructure priorities ... 378 Investigation into release of information ... 101-2 Landowner property rights legislation ... 50-51 Long-term and continuing care ... 151 Long-term care ... 485 Long-term care beds ... 445-46 Long-term care for seniors ... 150-51, 216 Misericordia community hospital ... 78-79 Oil and gas revenues ... 215-16 Oil price forecasting ... 394-95 Okotoks water supply ... 681-82 PDD supports intensity scale ... 326-27 Property rights ... 12-13 Provincial budget ... 183-84 Provincial fiscal policies ... 12, 49-50, 77-78, 227-28, 483-84 Resource revenue projections ... 287 Rural health facility utilization ... 395 School construction ... 13 School construction funding ... 228-29 School modular construction in Calgary-Elbow ... 50 Seniors' Advocate ... 446
Persons with developmental disabilities
Supports intensity scale assessment ... 326-27
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
2012 leadership campaign, information disclosure during ... 102
Property Rights Advocate
Report recommendations ... 12
Public service
Compensation, severance payments ... 36
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
General remarks ... 130-31 Public input ... 50 Purpose of bill ... 12, 36-37
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2, 2012)
Landowner rights provisions ... 130
Rockview general hospital
Facility condition ... 378
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Provincial strategy ... 484
Rural hospitals
Service delivery ... 228 Utilization strategy ... 395
Safe and Inclusive Schools Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 202)
Comparison to Bill 10 ... 310-11 General remarks ... 310 Official Opposition position ... 311
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Schools - Construction
Funding ... 228-29 New schools, timeline on ... 13, 36
Schools - Construction - Calgary
Funding ... 228-29 Modular program, prioritization ... 50 Modular program, prioritization, referral of matter to Ethics Commissioner ... 78 Modular program, timeline on ... 395
Seniors' Advocate
Independence ... 446 Mandate, Auditor General's remarks ... 446 Scope of authority ... 485
Species at Risk Act
Landowner compensation provisions ... 129
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 34-38 General remarks ... 37
Sundre hospital and care centre
Supportive living accommodations
Placement process for seniors ... 446
Supportive living accommodations, affordable
Surface Rights Act
Landowner compensation provisions ... 130-31 Review ... 12
Transparency in government
General remarks ... 34, 36
United States. Congress. Senate
Vote on Keystone XL pipeline project ... 35
Wainwright health centre
Facility condition ... 378
Water for life
Project prioritization ... 682
Water management - Okotoks
Infrastructure needs ... 681-82 Infrastructure needs, members' statements ... 675
Speaker, The (Zwozdesky, Gene)
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), procedure ... 304 Co-operation among members on ... 549 Media and opposition caucus briefings, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) (not proceeded with), Speaker's ruling ... 300 Speaker's statement on bill duplication ... 335-36 Speaker's statement on bill duplication, clarification ... 336
Alberta Human Rights Act
Section 11.1, provisions moved to School Act and Education Act ... 335
Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council
Report on enforcement practices, point of order on debate ... 716
Apprenticeship training
Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 715 Provincial strategy, point of order on debate, member's withdrawal of remarks on behalf of Education minister ... 715
Bills, government (procedure)
Bills containing similar provisions, Speaker's statement on ... 335-36 Bills containing similar provisions, Speaker's statement on, clarification ... 336 Hoist amendments ... 304 Motions in third reading ... 536 Motions to not now read (hoist amendments) ... 304
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bill 201, Electric Utilities (Transparency in Billing) Amendment Act, 2014, debate scheduling, Speaker's statement on ... 336 Bills containing similar provisions, Speaker's statement on ... 335-36 Bills containing similar provisions, Speaker's statement on, clarification ... 336
By-elections
2014, members elected ... 6
Calgary
White cowboy hat, Member for Calgary-Varsity's permission to wear in Assembly ... 296
Calgary-Acadia (constituency)
Member's travel to Grande Prairie, removal of reference from written notice of question of privilege ... 88
Calgary-Elbow (constituency)
Presentation of new member to the Assembly ... 1
Calgary-Foothills (constituency)
Presentation of new member to the Assembly ... 1
Calgary-Varsity (constituency)
Member's permission to wear Calgary white cowboy hat ... 296
Calgary-West (constituency)
Presentation of new member to the Assembly ... 1
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Procedure for points of privilege raised ... 569
Commonwealth Day
Message from the Queen, Speaker's statement on ... 534
Contempt of legislative bodies
Prima facie cases ... 88-89
Edmonton-Castle Downs (constituency)
Member's cellphone bill, information disclosure investigation ... 78
Edmonton-Ellerslie (constituency)
Allegations against member, point of order on ... 639 Allegations against member, point of order on , Speaker's ruling ... 651 Allegations against member, Speaker's ruling (referring to party matters) ... 627 Allegations against member, Speaker's ruling (referring to party matters), clarification ... 638-39
Edmonton-Whitemud (constituency)
Presentation of new member to the Assembly ... 1
Elections, provincial
Fixed election dates, point of order on debate ... 534 Members' 10th anniversary of election, Speaker's statement on ... 99 Members' 14th anniversary of election, Speaker's statement on ... 599 Members' 18th anniversary of election, Speaker's statement on ... 551
Elections, provincial - History
Electric power
Regulatory system, point of order on debate ... 857
Electric Utilities (Transparency in Billing) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 201)
Second reading, point of order on debate ... 246 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 239, 240, 242, 243 Scheduling of debate, Speaker's statement on ... 336
Estimates of supply
Appropriation process ... 774
Estimates of supply, main
2015-2016 estimates transmitted ... 883
Ethics Commissioner
Discussion in Assembly of matters referred for review/investigation, Speaker's statements on ... 86
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment plan, residential suite component, questions to a committee chair, Speaker's statement on ... 822-23
Fiscal policy
Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 714-15
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive compensation, severance payments ... 714-15
Horse Racing Alberta Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 4)
Member's recusal from debate re conflict of interest ... 165
House leaders
Agreement on question and member statement rotation, 2012 ... 227 Agreement on question and member statement rotation, 2015, Speaker's statement on ... 534, 553-54
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Family of former MLA Bill Wasyl Diachuk ... 9 Family of former MLA Drew Hutton ... 9 Family of former MLA Henry Woo ... 285 Family of former MLA James E. "Bud" Miller ... 521 Family of former MLA Ronald Gordon Stevens ... 9
Kananaskis Country Golf Course
Review of funding, points of order on debate ... 773, 774
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Debate, latitude in ... 246 Decorum ... 223, 540 Decorum, Speaker's rulings on ... 151 Decorum, Speaker's statement on ... 520 Disturbance outside the gallery ... 311 German remarks ... 49 Misleading the Assembly, criteria for ... 88-89 Parliamentary language ... 530 Sessional calendar ... 11 Ukrainian remarks ... 58
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Adjournment
Fall session adjourned per Government Motion 5 ... 520
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - History
Lesser Slave Lake (constituency)
Member's 26th anniversary of election, Speaker's statement ... 759
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Entrance into the Chamber ... 2
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA Bill Wasyl Diachuk, memorial tribute ... 9 Former MLA Drew Hutton, memorial tribute ... 9 Former MLA Henry Woo, death of ... 225 Former MLA Henry Woo, memorial tribute ... 285 Former MLA James E. "Bud" Miller, memorial tribute ... 521 Former MLA Robert Keith Alexander, memorial tribute ... 9 Former MLA Ronald Gordon Stevens, QC, memorial tribute ... 9 Member's birthday, Speaker's statement on ... 551 Number of members ... 6
Members' Statements (procedure)
Interrupting statements ... 493 Rotation for statements, Speaker's statement on ... 11, 227, 553-54, 611
Ministerial Statements (procedure)
Availability to opposition members in advance ... 526 Points of order ... 526
O Canada
Sung by Hayley Grundy, Legislative Assembly employee ... 759
Office of the Premier
Former Premier Redford's government aircraft use, Auditor General report ... 87, 88 Premier's address to the province, points of order on debate ... 822 Staff member political activity, point of clarification requested ... 687
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Direction of questions to specific ministers ... 53 Discussion of internal party matters ... 102 Matters sub judice in other jurisdictions ... 558 Matters sub judice in other jurisdictions, point of clarification ... 565 Preambles, Speaker's statements on ... 86 Questions asking legal opinions ... 397 Questions on internal party matters ... 604, 628 Questions on internal party matters, Speaker's rulings on ... 627 Questions on items previously decided ... 88 Questions on matters under investigation ... 78 Questions permitted ... 687 Questions to committee chairs, Speaker's statement on ... 822-23 Questions to members other than ministers, Speaker's statement on ... 11 Reference to matters under investigation ... 874 Reference to nonmembers ... 874 Rotation for questions, Speaker's statements on ... 11, 227 Rotation for statements, Speaker's statements on ... 553-54 Speaker's statements ... 86 Supplementary questions, Speaker's statements on ... 57 Timers ... 610, 676 Timers, Speaker's statements on ... 602
Orders of the Day
Questions in anticipation ... 230
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 3)
Pipelines - Construction
TransCanada Keystone XL project, Official Opposition position, point of order on debate ... 686
Points of clarification (current session)
Matters sub judice in other jurisdictions ... 565 Referring to party matters ... 687 Speaker's rulling, questions on party matters ... 638-39
Points of order (procedure)
Impact on speaking time ... 240 Misleading the Assembly, criteria for ... 88-89 Parliamentary language, determination of ... 534
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 534, 715, 716, 822, 857 Appropriation process ... 774 Imputing motives ... 773 Insulting language ... 246 Ministerial statements ... 526 Parliamentary language ... 564 Referring to party matters ... 686-87, 714-15 Referring to party matters, point of clarification ... 687 Relevance ... 42, 43, 239, 240, 242, 243 Tabling legal documents, Speaker's ruling ... 651
Postsecondary educational institutions - Admissions (enrolment)
Comparison with other jurisdictions, point of order on debate ... 715
Privilege (procedure)
Point raised by Member for Edmonton-Calder to be addressed on following sitting day ... 536
Privilege (current session)
Obstructing a member in performance of duty (Executive Council member remarks on Legislative Offices Committee decision) (not proceeded with), Speaker's ruling ... 569 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (media and opposition caucus briefings on Bill 10) (not proceeded with), Speaker's ruling ... 300 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (statements in Assembly on flight to Grande Prairie, October 25, 2012) (not proceeded with) ... 28 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (statements in Assembly on flight to Grande Prairie, October 25, 2012) (not proceeded with), Speaker's ruling ... 87-89, 98
Privilege (previous session, 2014)
Misleading the House (use of government airplanes) (not proceeded with) ... 88-89
Routine (parliamentary procedure)
Completion, request to extend time beyond 3 p.m. (unanimous consent denied) ... 533
Royal Canadian Artillery Band
Performance at entrance of Lieutenant Governor ... 2
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Review (proposed), point of order on debate ... 686-87
Safe and Inclusive Schools Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 202)
Speaker's statement on bill duplication ... 335-36 Speaker's statement on bill duplication, clarification ... 336
Schools - Construction
New schools, timeline on, points of order on debate ... 534
Schools - Construction - Calgary
Modular program, prioritization, referral of matter to Ethics Commissioner ... 78
Speaker
Acceptance of two contradictory accounts ... 246 Role ... 564
Speaker - Rulings
Decorum ... 151 Point of privilege raised, obstructing a member in performance of duty (media and opposition caucus briefings on Bill 10) (not proceeded with) ... 300 Point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty (remarks by Executive Council members on Legislative Offices Committee decision) (not proceeded with)) ... 569 Point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty (statements in Assembly on flight to Grande Prairie, October 25, 2012) (not proceeded with)) ... 87-89, 98 Referring to party matters ... 627
Speaker - Statements
Bills containing similar provisions ... 335-36 Bills containing similar provisions, clarification ... 336 Commonwealth Day message from the Queen ... 534 Decorum ... 520 Former MLA Bill Wasyl Diachuk, memorial tribute ... 9 Former MLA Drew Hutton, memorial tribute ... 9 Former MLA Henry Woo, memorial tribute ... 285 Former MLA James E. "Bud" Miller, memorial tribute ... 521 Former MLA Robert Keith Alexander, memorial tribute ... 9 Former MLA Ronald Gordon Stevens, QC, memorial tribute ... 9 House leaders' agreement ... 534 Matters referred to the Ethics Commissioner ... 86 Member for Lesser Slave Lake's 26th anniversary of election ... 759 Members' 10th anniversary of election ... 99 Members' 14th anniversary of election ... 599 Members' 18th anniversary of election ... 551 Member's birthday ... 551 Oral Question Period rules ... 86 Preambles to questions ... 86 Private members' public business ... 336 Questions to committee chairs ... 822-23 Questions to members other than ministers ... 11 Rotation for members' statements ... 611 Rotation for questions and members' statements ... 11, 227, 553-54 Supplementary questions ... 57 Timers in question period ... 602
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, points of order on debate ... 42, 43 Addresses in reply, procedure ... 34 Copy of speech tabled ... 6 Procedure, questions and comments under Standing Order 29(2)(a) ... 164
Standing Orders
SO 3, Assembly sitting hours ... 136 SO 4(2), adjournment time when no night sittings ... 45, 622 SO 7(7), request to complete Routine (unanimous consent denied) ... 533 SO 8(7)(a)(i), debate time for second reading of private members' public bills ... 251 SO 13(2), Speaker explanation of decision on member's request ... 565 SO 15(2), privilege, notice to Speaker ... 87, 300, 569 SO 15(7), Speaker ruling of no prima facie case of privilege ... 300, 569 SO 23(b)(i), member called to order on relevance of debate ... 42 SO 23(b)(i), relevance of debate, points of order ... 240 SO 23(e), anticipation of matters on Order Paper, points of order ... 526 SO 23(g), reference to matters pending in a court or before a judge for judicial determination (sub judice) ... 565 SO 23(h), allegations against a member made in the Assembly, points of order ... 534, 714-15, 716, 773-74, 822 SO 23(i), imputing false or unavowed motives to another member, points of order ... 534, 714-15, 716, 773-74, 822 SO 23(j), abusive or insulting language, points of order ... 246, 534, 714-15, 716, 773-74, 822 SO 23(l), offending precedents and practices of the Assembly, points of order ... 774 SO 29(1)(a)(ii), time limits on debate, Leader of the Official Opposition ... 34 SO 29(2)(a), questions and comments, procedure for debate on Speech from the Throne ... 164 SO 65(3), questions of privilege in committee ... 569
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Tabling of legal documents ... 637 Tabling of legal documents, point of order on ... 639 Tabling of legal documents, point of order on, Speaker's ruling ... 651
Taxation
Provincial strategy, point of order on debate ... 714-15
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal children - Education
Provincial strategy ... 5
Aboriginal peoples
Programs and services ... 5
Aboriginal peoples - Consultation
Provincial strategy ... 5
Aboriginal peoples - Urban residence
Programs and services ... 5
Agriculture - Environmental aspects
Provincial strategy ... 4
Alberta
Provincial assets ... 2, 5
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Animal welfare
Provincial strategy ... 3
Apprenticeship training
Supports for underemployed populations ... 4
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Client eligibility for legal aid ... 5
Bridges - Maintenance and repair
Provincial strategy ... 3-4
Budget documents
Financial reporting ... 3
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 2
Calgary
Framework agreement with province ... 5
Capital plan
5-year intermediate plan ... 5 25-year plan ... 5 General remarks ... 2
Capital projects
Infrastructure, borrowing for ... 3
Carbon levy
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 4
Child mental health services
Provincial strategy ... 4
Cities and towns
City charters, agreement on ... 5
Climate change
Provincial framework development ... 4
Comprehensive economic and trade agreement (Canada-European Union)
Condominiums - Law and legislation
Continuing/extended care facilities
Culture
Provincial strategy ... 5
Disaster recovery program
2013 floods, outstanding claims ... 5
Edmonton
Framework agreement with province ... 5
Edmonton-Castle Downs (constituency)
Education - Curricula
Basic skills (literacy and numeracy) ... 4 Dual-credit programs ... 4-5 Employment preparation ... 4 Skills training ... 2, 5
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Interfacility transfers ... 4
Energy industries - Environmental aspects
Provincial strategy ... 4
Environmental protection
Provincial strategy ... 2, 3
Environmental protection - Athabasca River
Provincial strategy ... 4
Fiscal policy
Government savings ... 2 Government savings, semi-annual updates ... 3 Provincial strategy ... 2
Food - Safety measures
Provincial strategy ... 3
Food industry and trade
Research and innovation ... 3
Foreign workers
Provincial strategy ... 4
Freehold lands
Provincial strategy ... 4
Government accountability
General remarks ... 2 Government savings, semi-annual updates ... 3
Government contracts
Consultants, distinction from lobbyists ... 3
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Provincial strategy ... 4
Health care
Access ... 4 Local decision-making ... 4
Health care - Capacity issues
Highway 63
Construction completion ... 3
Homeless youth
Programs and services ... 5
Homelessness
10-year plan to end ... 5
Hospitals - Capacity issues
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Provincial strategy ... 4
Infrastructure - Maintenance and repair
Semiannual report cards ... 5
International trade
Market access ... 3 Regional strategy ... 3
International trade - European Union
International trade - United States
Justice system
Dispute resolution processes ... 5
Labour force planning
Provincial strategy ... 4
Labour mobility
Provincial strategy ... 4
Logging - Environmental aspects
Provincial strategy ... 4
Maintenance enforcement program
Meat - Marketing - United States
Mandatory country of origin labelling ... 3
Municipal Government Act review
Municipal sustainability initiative
Provincial strategy ... 5
Natural resources
Provincial strategy (maximization of value) ... 2 Value-added products ... 3
Natural resources - Prices
Budgetary forecasting ... 2-3
Nonrenewable natural resources
Provincial strategy ... 3
Persons with disabilities
Workforce representation ... 4
Pipelines - Construction
Provincial strategy ... 3
Postsecondary education
Employment preparation ... 4 Skills training ... 2, 5
Postsecondary educational institutions
Innovation investments ... 4 Student transfers ... 5
Premier's Council on Culture
Property Rights Task Force
Public service
Conflict-of-interest guidelines ... 3 Ethical standards and accountability provisions ... 3 Political staff conflict-of-interest guidelines ... 3 Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 3
Public transit
Provincial strategy ... 4
Renewable natural resources
Provincial strategy ... 3
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Roads
Free-flow highway corridors ... 4
Rural development
Provincial action plan ... 3
Rural health services
Provincial strategy ... 4
Rural roads - Maintenance and repair
Provincial strategy ... 3-4
Sales tax
Provincial strategy ... 2
Schools
Provincial strategy ... 4
Schools - Construction
Modernization ... 4 New schools ... 4
Seniors
Programs and services ... 4
Small business
Programs and services ... 4
Speech from the Throne
2014 fall speech presented ... 2-5
Tailings ponds
Management framework ... 4
Taxation
Provincial strategy ... 2
Temporary foreign workers
Provincial strategy ... 4
Transparency in government
Transportation
Long-term strategy, public consultation on ... 4 Provincial infrastructure strategy ... 3-4
Transportation - Environmental aspects
Environmental impact reduction ... 4
World Trade Organization
Decision on country of origin labelling ... 3
Starke, Dr. Richard (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster)
Animals - Diseases - Prevention
Avian influenza - Prevention
Provincial strategy ... 398
Beef - Export - United States
Mandatory country of origin labelling ... 742 Mandatory country of origin labelling, World Trade Organization rulings ... 742
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Members' statements ... 49
Boats and boating
Mandatory inspection and cleaning as protection against invasive organisms (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 256-57
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Canada's risk status ... 399 Identification in Alberta cattle ... 741
Condominium Property Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Third reading ... 498 Third reading, amendment that bill be not now read (6-month hoist amendment H1) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 498
Electric Utilities (Transparency in Billing) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 201)
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Rural areas
Interfacility transfers ... 703
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
German honorary consul and son ... 47
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Lyme disease
Provincial strategy development (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried unanimously) ... 785-86
Meat - Marketing - United States
Mandatory country of origin labelling ... 742 Mandatory country of origin labelling, World Trade Organization rulings ... 742
Members' Statements (current session)
Fall of the Berlin Wall 25th anniversary ... 49 Rural health care ... 445 Rural health services review ... 703
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Animal disease prevention and surveillance ... 398-99 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ... 741-42
Pigs - Diseases - Prevention
Porcine epidemic diarrhea ... 398
Rural health services
Members' statements ... 445 Review, members' statements ... 703
Rural hospitals
Utilization strategy ... 445
Stier, Pat (W, Livingstone-Macleod)
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Rural health services review recommendations ... 707
Assisted living accommodations
Building Canada fund (federal)
Small communities fund ... 223
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Independence, Premier Redford's remarks ... 567
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Review of hydroelectric power potential in northern Alberta ... 654-55
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Disaster recovery program
2013 floods, outstanding claims ... 681, 743
Disaster recovery program - High River
Hampton Hills and Sunrise district homeowner payments ... 872-73
Education Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 19)
Second reading ... 802 Student assessment provisions ... 802
Electric power, coal produced
Phasing out (Motion Other than Government Motion 507) ... 654-55
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Rural areas
Interfacility transfers ... 77
Flood damage mitigation
Auditor General recommendations ... 603
Flood damage mitigation - Calgary
Springbank dry reservoir (room for the river project) ... 593, 603 Springbank dry reservoir (room for the river project), funding from supplementary supply ... 593
Flood damage mitigation - High River
Engineering reports on diversion plan ... 603 Funding from supplementary supply ... 592-93
Flood damage mitigation - McLean Creek
Health care - Administration
Organizational districts ... 707
Health facilities - Maintenance and repair
Capital plan, project prioritization ... 289-90
Hospitals - Maintenance and repair
Condition of facilities ... 290 Condition of facilities, rating system ... 231 Funding ... 290 Priorities lists ... 231 Project prioritization ... 381
Infrastructure - Maintenance and repair
Funding ... 231 Project prioritization ... 381
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kananaskis Country Golf Course
Flood recovery, funding from supplementary supply ... 743 Provincial contract ... 812-13
Members' Statements (current session)
Official Opposition ... 880 Rural health services ... 77
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 592-93 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 592-93
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 20)
Committee ... 793, 797 Committee, amendment A1 (city charter development) (McQueen: carried) ... 793 Third reading ... 829-30 City charter provisions ... 829-30 Stakeholder consultation ... 797
Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding ... 532 Municipal flexibility in grant allocation ... 763
Municipal water/waste-water program
Infrastructure funding, smaller municipalities ... 223
Municipalities
Private sewage disposal system by-law authority ... 806
Municipalities - Finance
Communities with population of 10,000 or less ... 223
Navigator Ltd.
Lobbying activities ... 763 Sole-source contracts ... 762-63
Official Opposition
Members' statements ... 880
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Disaster recovery program claims ... 681 Disaster recovery program payments ... 872-73 Flood mitigation ... 603 Flood recovery funding ... 743 Funding for smaller municipalities ... 223 Health facility capital planning ... 289-90 Infrastructure capital planning ... 231 Infrastructure project prioritization ... 381 Kananaskis Country Golf Course ... 812-13 Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 532 Navigator Ltd. ... 762-63 Rural health services review ... 707 Rural hospitals ... 398
Privilege (current session)
Obstructing a member in performance of duty (Executive Council member remarks on Legislative Offices Committee decision) ... 567-68
Rural health services
Members' statements ... 77 Nonemergency transfer units (proposed) ... 707 Review ... 707
Rural hospitals
Funding ... 398 Provincial strategy ... 398
Rural hospitals - Maintenance and repair
Safety Codes Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 806 Administrative penalties under act ... 806
Safety Codes Council
Independence and accountability ... 806
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015
Strankman, Rick (W, Drumheller-Stettler)
Agricultural Societies Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 14)
Second reading ... 800 Committee ... 832
Alberta community partnership
Administration costs ... 575 Funding from supplementary supply ... 575
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Labour agreements, funding from supplementary supply ... 572
Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2015 (Bill 18)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2015 (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 618 Committee ... 659-60, 664 Committee, amendment A1 (Kananaskis Country Golf Course funding) (Anglin: defeated) ... 664 Third reading ... 688, 689
Building materials
Wood construction safety ... 415
Calgary board of education
New schools, funding from supplementary supply ... 578
Canada-Alberta job grants
Cancer - Treatment
Cost of drugs, funding from supplementary supply ... 572
Capital projects
Funding from supplementary supply ... 573
Carbon capture and storage
Provincial strategy ... 659
Common Business Number Act (Bill 12)
Consort hospital and care centre
New acute-care beds, timeline on ... 109
Correctional institutions
Employee compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 573
Disaster recovery program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 574
Drivers' licences
Secure licences and identification cards, funding from supplementary supply ... 576
Drugs, prescription
Pharmacare plan, cost of not implementing ... 572
Drumheller-Stettler (constituency)
Edmonton-Castle Downs (constituency)
Member's cellphone bill, information disclosure investigation ... 876-77
Elections - Ukraine
Canadian observation mission, member's statement on ... 58
Elk - Suffield
Population management ... 572 Population management, member's statement on ... 454
Emergency management
Emergency alert broadcaster units, funding from supplementary supply ... 575
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Air ambulance (medevac) ... 385
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Consort
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.) - Oyen
Employment supports
Funding from supplementary supply ... 572-73
Federal Public Building
Redevelopment cost ... 659
Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 13)
Flood damage mitigation
Flood hazard identification, funding from supplementary supply ... 572 Floodway relocation ... 573 Funding from supplementary supply ... 571, 573
Floods - Southern Alberta
Infrastructure recovery, funding from supplementary supply ... 571
Freehold lands
Premier's remarks ... 172
Health facilities - Maintenance and repair
Capital plan, priority list (proposed) ... 109
Home construction - Calgary
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 234
Income support program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 572-73
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kananaskis Country Golf Course
Construction on flood plain ... 689 Flood recovery, funding from supplementary supply ... 618, 660, 688 Provincial contract ... 765 Review of funding ... 765, 791
Land-use framework
Lease agreement cancellation, funding from supplementary supply ... 570-71
Legal aid
Funding from supplementary supply ... 573-74
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Lower Athabasca region plan (land-use framework)
Lease agreement cancellation, funding from supplementary supply ... 570-71
Lubicon Lake First Nation
Housing, funding from supplementary supply ... 577
Lyme disease
Provincial strategy development (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried unanimously) ... 786-87
Members' Statements (current session)
Canadian election observation mission to Ukraine ... 58 Suffield elk herd ... 454
Métis settlements
Infrastructure, funding from supplementary supply ... 577 Long-term arrangement (federal-provincial-settlement) ... 577
Michener Centre
Employee compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 573
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 577 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 577
Ministry of Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 578 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 577-78
Ministry of Energy
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 570-71 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 570-71
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 ... 791 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 571, 572, 618, 660, 688 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 571-72
Ministry of Health
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 572 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 572
Ministry of Human Services
Federal transfer funding ... 572-73 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 572-73 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 572-73
Ministry of Infrastructure
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 573 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 573 Transfer of unallocated funds ... 573
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 573-74 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 573-74 Transfer of unallocated funds ... 574
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 574, 575 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 574-76
Ministry of Seniors
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 vote (transfer from capital vote of Municipal Affairs) ... 618
Ministry of Service Alberta
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 576 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 576
Ministry of Transportation
Operational savings, 2014-2015 ... 576-77 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 ... 576 Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015 debate ... 576-77
Motor vehicles - Registration and transfer
Electronic notification ... 576 Postage, funding from supplementary supply ... 576
Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding from supplementary supply ... 574 Municipal flexibility in grant allocation ... 574
Municipal wildlife assistance program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 574
New home buyer protection plan
Funding from supplementary supply ... 575
Nurses
Labour agreements, funding from supplementary supply ... 572
Office of the Premier
Staff member political activity ... 677
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Acute health care in Consort ... 109 Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council ... 629, 712, 744, 817, 853, 877-78 Immigrant nominee program ... 234 Investigation into release of information ... 876-77 Kananaskis Country Golf Course ... 765 Medevac services ... 385 Political activity of Premier's staff member ... 677 Rural health services review ... 608
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services, funding from supplementary supply ... 572-73
Physicians
Compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 572
Physicians - Hanna
Immigrant physician's residency status ... 234
Physicians - Rural areas
Compensation, Funding from supplementary supply ... 572
Pine beetles - Control
Funding from supplementary supply ... 571
Primary care networks
Funding from supplementary supply ... 572
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Roads - Maintenance and repair
Highway preservation, funding from supplementary supply ... 576
Safety Codes (Sustainable Structures) Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 203)
School districts - Rural areas
Tax exempt fuel user benefit, eligibility ... 578
Schools - Construction
Funding from supplementary supply ... 578
Schools - Maintenance and repair
Funding from supplementary supply ... 578
Supplementary supply estimates 2014-2015
Debate procedure ... 570 Estimates debate ... 570-78
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
Funding reallocation ... 573
Wildfires - Slave Lake
Disaster recovery, funding from supplementary supply ... 574
Swann, Dr. David (AL, Calgary-Mountain View)
Aboriginal children - Education
Provincial strategy ... 71
Aboriginal peoples
Programs and services ... 71
Aboriginal peoples - Consultation
Land-use legislation impacts ... 142 Provincial strategy ... 71
Aboriginal peoples - Urban residence
Programs and services ... 71, 111
Aboriginal women
Programs and services ... 393-94
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) ... 313-14 Committee ... 367, 372 Committee, amendment A3 (bill's coming into force in private schools) (Mason/Notley: defeated) ... 367 Committee, amendment A5 (section 58, "human sexuality" replaced by "sexual health education") (Blakeman: defeated) ... 372
Alberta Accountability Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 466-67 Committee ... 506, 510-13 Committee, amendment A4 (sole-source contracts) (Anderson: defeated) ... 506 Committee, amendment A6 (persons ineligible for specific contracts or benefits) (Barnes: defeated) ... 510 Committee, amendment A7 (relationships with member, reasonable person test) (Mason/Notley: defeated) ... 511 Committee, amendment A8 (ministers' investment exemption criteria) (Hehr/Sherman: defeated) ... 512 Committee, amendment A9 (conflict-of-interest criteria) (Barnes: defeated) ... 513 Enforcement ... 467
Alberta government offices - Washington, DC
Representative appointment ... 466
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Fund utilization ... 470 Savings formula, Premier's remarks on ... 469
Alberta Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36, 2009)
Review (proposed) ... 142
Alberta Milk
Production quota management ... 195
Budget documents
Reporting requirements ... 467
Budget process
Independent budget officer (proposed) ... 467
Calgary-Mountain View (constituency)
Constituent issues ... 70
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Freedom from discrimination ... 314
Capital projects
Announcements before and during 2014 by-elections ... 69-70
Chief Medical Examiner
Former examiner's remarks on child death investigations ... 327 Independence ... 394
Child and Family Services Council for Quality Assurance
Resignation of chair ... 327
Child development
Early childhood mapping project ... 422, 606 Provincial strategy ... 422
Child mental health services
Provincial strategy ... 70
Children
Supports for vulnerable children ... 70
Children - Protective services
Deaths of children, investigation process ... 327
Children and poverty
Child hunger ... 70, 71 Members' statements ... 111 Provincial strategy ... 71 Public Interest Alberta report ... 106
Children with special needs
Programs and services ... 82
Coal mines and mining
Corporate donations to Progressive Conservative Party ... 656
Condominium Property Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 9)
Second reading, motion to not now read (reasoned amendment RA1) ... 431-32 Committee ... 473-74, 477-79 Committee, amendment A4 (delay of occupancy provisions) (Bilous/Eggen: defeated) ... 473-74 Committee, amendment A5 (owner input on changes to property appearance, reserve fund use for legally required projects) (Rowe: defeated) ... 477-78 Committee, amendment A6 (voting at general meetings) (Eggen: defeated) ... 478 Committee, amendment A7 (owner access to information) (Swann: defeated) ... 478-79 Committee, amendment A8 (tribunal appearance by owner, agent, or counsel) (Swann: defeated) ... 479 Third reading ... 499 Third reading, amendment that bill be not now read (6-month hoist amendment H1) (Bilous/Notley: defeated) ... 499
Dairy Industry Omnibus Act (Bill 15, 2002) - Repeal
Transitional provisions ... 195
Daycare
Accessible, high-quality, and affordable care, review of government policies on (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried) ... 422 Affordability ... 71, 82 Family subsidies ... 82 Spaces ... 422 Universal system (proposed) ... 422
Early childhood education
Economy - Alberta
Current fiscal position, members' statements ... 601 Responsibility for ... 846-47
Edmonton
Expansion, impact on farmland ... 70
Edmonton-Castle Downs (constituency)
Member's cellphone bill, information disclosure investigation ... 705, 706, 739, 873
Elections, provincial
Campaign spending ... 70 Government announcements during elections ... 69-70
Electric power, coal produced
Phasing out (Motion Other than Government Motion 507) ... 655-56
Energy industries - Environmental aspects
Environmental impact assessment hearings, participation only by those directly and adversely affected ... 142, 143 Provincial strategy ... 70 Water use ... 70
Environmental protection
Provincial reputation ... 37 Provincial strategy ... 37, 70, 71
Ethics Commissioner
Oversight of MLAs and public service, exemptions ... 467
Executive Council
Former ministers, postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 466, 467 Staff postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 466, 467
Family and community support services program
Farm Implement Act - Amendments
Combination with Farm Implement Dealerships Act (proposed) ... 195 Overview ... 195-96 Provisions for fines ... 195
Farm Implement Dealerships Act - Amendments
Combination with Farm Implement Act (proposed) ... 195 Provisions for fines ... 195
Farm safety
Provincial strategy ... 814-15
Fiscal policy
General remarks ... 601 Government spending, less than population growth and inflation ... 71
Gifts and benefits
Acceptance by members ... 467
Girls - Violence against
Ministerial statement, responses ... 393-94
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Appointment process ... 460 Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 466, 467
Government contracts
Consultants, distinction from lobbyists ... 466 Procurement process ... 467 Sole-source contracts ... 467
Government policies
Implementation, performance measures on ... 71 Key priorities ... 69, 70 Provincial strategy ... 528
Home-care services
Performance measures ... 450
Homelessness
Provincial strategy ... 70-71
Hospitals
Transition beds, funding for ... 558
Hospitals - Emergency services - Capacity issues
Human reproductive technology
In vitro fertilization ... 634
International trade - Asia Pacific region
Senior representative ... 467
Interprovincial/territorial relations
Senior representative for Saskatchewan and British Columbia ... 466
Interprovincial/territorial trade
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Expropriation provisions ... 142 Public response ... 142
Lobbyists
Former MLAs or public servants, postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 466, 467
Logging - Environmental aspects
Clear-cutting in eastern slopes of Rocky Mountains ... 70
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Patient care plans, review of (proposed) ... 450 Private facilities, oversight of ... 450 Standards of care ... 71
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals) - Construction
New beds ... 628 Provincial strategy ... 559
Members' Statements (current session)
Child poverty ... 111 Childhood immunization ... 737 Eliminating violence against women ... 674-75 Martha and Henry's children and grandchildren ... 601
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007
Referral to Families and Communities Committee (Government Motion 15: carried) ... 456
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities - Finance
Industrial tax revenue distribution ... 678
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
New West Partnership
Alberta representative ... 467
Office of the Premier
New Premier ... 70, 313 Staff postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 466, 467
Oil sands development - Kirby Lake
CNRL in situ project, Energy Regulator decision on public hearings ... 143
Ontario Public Appointments Secretariat
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Child care supports ... 82 Child death investigation process ... 327 Childhood immunization ... 555, 604, 627, 708, 764 Covenant Health staffing changes ... 488 Farm worker labour protection ... 814-15 Full-day kindergarten ... 531, 606 Government policies ... 528 Health care funding ... 848 Health facility funding ... 558-59 Investigation into release of information ... 705, 706, 739, 873 Light rail transit funding ... 680 Long-term care beds for seniors ... 628 Menthol-flavoured tobacco products ... 683 Municipal funding ... 678 Poverty reduction ... 106 Privately operated seniors' housing ... 763 Provincial fiscal position ... 846-47 Seniors' care ... 450 Small-business assistance ... 813-14 In vitro fertilization ... 634 Women's shelters ... 677
Order Paper
Debate scheduling ... 263
Personal Information Protection Act
Supreme Court decision, Information and Privacy Commissioner's remarks on ... 263
Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 3)
Third reading ... 263-64 Passage through the Assembly, timeline ... 263
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (federal)
Application in Alberta ... 263
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services ... 70, 71
Poverty
Provincial strategy ... 106
Proportional representation (provincial elections)
Proposal for Alberta ... 71
Public appointments commission secretariat (Canada, former)
Public service
Appointment process ... 467 Appointment process, independent commissioner (proposed) ... 467 Designated office-holders (category of staff), postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 466, 467 Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... 466, 467
Public transit
Light rail transit funding ... 680
Racism
Provincial strategy ... 393-94
Reclamation of land
Corporate responsibility ... 70, 71
Renewable energy sources
Entrepreneurial investment, promotion of ... 70
Renewable natural resources
Provincial strategy ... 70
Respecting Property Rights Act (Bill 1)
Responsible Energy Development Act (Bill 2, 2012)
Landowner rights provisions ... 142-43
Revenue
Fluctuations, budgetary implications ... 69 Natural resource revenue, reliance on ... 680 Sources ... 70
Sales tax
Provincial strategy ... 71
Savings Management Act
Former Finance minister's remarks ... 469-70
Savings Management Repeal Act (Bill 11)
Seniors
Programs and services ... 70, 71
Seniors - Housing
Private facilities, Public Interest Alberta report ... 763
Small business
Canadian Federation of Independent Business survey ... 813 Insurance costs ... 813
Small business - Taxation
Provincial strategy ... 813-14
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 69-71
Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 (No. 2) (Bill 6)
Committee ... 195-96 Committee, amendment A1 (Workers' Compensation Act, workers' agents' access to information) (Swann: defeated) ... 196 Committee, amendment A2 (Workers' Compensation Act, appeal period extension) (Swann: defeated) ... 200-201
Supportive living accommodations
Affordable supportive living initiative ... 558-59 Affordable supportive living initiative, funding to private corporations ... 763 Private facilities ... 763 Private facilities, corporate profits ... 763
Tailings ponds
Management framework ... 71
Taxation
Child benefit (proposed) ... 106 Progressive tax (proposed) ... 111, 528 Provincial strategy ... 70, 71
Tobacco products - Law and legislation
Flavoured products, inclusion of menthol (proposed) ... 683
Travel at public expense
Public disclosure of noncommercial travel ... 466
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Provincial strategy ... 70
United Food and Commercial Workers
Water allocation - Licences
Provincial strategy ... 70
Water management
Provincial strategy ... 70
Women - Violence against
Members' statements ... 674-75 Ministerial statement, responses ... 393-94
Workers' compensation
Farm worker coverage ... 814
Workers' Compensation Act - Amendments
Information disclosure provisions, Information and Privacy Commissioner response ... 195
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