Babcock, Erin D. (Stony Plain, ND)
Aboriginal business investment fund
Aboriginal peoples' economic development
Programs and partnerships ... 863
Agriculture
Incentives for young farmers ... 306 Sustainable practices ... 306
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta Local Food Act (Bill 202)
Second reading ... 306 Stakeholder consultation ... 306
Assuring Alberta's Fiscal Future Act (Bill 201)
CNIB
Members' statements ... 874
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6)
Committee ... 1054 Committee, amendment A1 (application to paid farm workers) (Babcock: carried) ... 1054
Freson Bros.
60th anniversary, members' statements ... 104
Holodomor Memorial Day
Members' statements ... 607
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Light Up Your Life Tri-Community Palliative/Hospice Care Society
Members' statements ... 424
Members' Statements (current session)
CNIB ... 874 Freson Bros. 60th anniversary ... 104 Holodomor Memorial Day ... 607 Light Up Your Life Society in Stony Plain ... 424 Wabamun Dragonfly Festival ... 173
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Aboriginal peoples' economic development ... 863 UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples ... 347-48
Residential Tenancies (Safer Spaces for Victims of Domestic Violence) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 482-83 Third reading ... 890
Royalty structure (energy resources)
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
Wabamun (village)
Dragonfly Festival, members' statements ... 173 History ... 173
Barnes, Drew (Cypress-Medicine Hat, W)
Act to Implement Various Tax Measures and to Enact the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, An (Bill 4)
Committee ... 756-57, 917 Committee, amendment A2 (contingency account use) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 756-57 Committee, amendment A8 (2015 quarterly update) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 917
Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 33-35 Application to special-interest groups ... 34-35 Implementation effective 15 June 2015 ... 33, 34 Official Opposition position ... 34
Act to Restore Fairness to Public Revenue, An (Bill 2)
Committee ... 248-49, 254-55 Committee, amendment A1 (small-business effective tax rate) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 248-49
Agriculture
General remarks ... 313 Provincial role ... 313
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Centralization of services ... 53, 772, 960 CEO resignation ... 772 Employees earning more than $200,000 annually (Written Question 1: accepted) ... 675 Executive and management severance payments (Motion for a Return 2: accepted) ... 679 Part-time employee overtime pay, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 (Written Question 3: carried as amended) ... 676-77 Performance measures ... 323 Performance measures, minister's supplementary response ... 348 Relations with Health ministry ... 772
Alberta Health Services Board
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Comparison with other sovereign wealth funds ... 135 Fund utilization ... 135 Official Opposition position ... 136
Alberta Local Food Act (Bill 202)
Second reading ... 313, 401 Committee ... 575 Committee, amendment A1 (bill purpose, advisory committee, reporting, local food awareness week, proclamation) (Cortes-Vargas: carried) ... 575
Assuring Alberta's Fiscal Future Act (Bill 201)
Budget 2015-2016 debate
Debate participants (Government Motion 13) ... 554
Budget process
Review of efficiencies ... 553-54
Calgary cancer centre
Project status ... 55, 121
Cancer diagnosis and treatment
Capital plan
Dodge report recommendations ... 121
Chronic disease management
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
Dr. W.J. David McNeil, ministerial statement, responses ... 1041
Cypress-Medicine Hat (constituency)
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt repayment ... 554 General remarks ... 136
Drug use
Reduction strategies, other jurisdictions ... 586
Electronic health records
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Centralization of services ... 960 HALO air ambulance service ... 879 Southern Alberta service ... 960
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 803-5, 930-32, 1022, 1035 Second reading, motion that bill not be now read (6-month hoist amendment H1) (Rodney: defeated) ... 1035 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (referral amendment R1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 930-32, 1022 Second reading, time allocation on debate ... 1042 Committee ... 1089-90 Committee, amendment A1 (application to paid farm workers) (Babcock: carried) ... 1089-90 Committee, amendment A1 (application to paid farm workers) (Babcock: carried), subamendment SA2 (private insurance provisions) (Starke: defeated) ... 1089-90 Public information ... 1043 Stakeholder consultation ... 803-4
Farm produce export
International trade agreements ... 313 Interprovincial trade agreements ... 313
Government accountability
Government policies
Consultation policies, Executive Council members' remarks ... 932 Consultation policies, Premier's remarks ... 930-31 General remarks ... 1043 Members' statements ... 640
Health care
Local decision-making ... 16-17, 43, 53 Out-of-country health services ... 313 Patient-first strategy ... 283-84 Quality of services ... 544 Review ... 43
Health facilities
Capital funding ... 55-56 Capital needs ... 55
Health promotion
Funding ... 55 High-risk behaviour, harm reduction policies (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried) ... 585-86
Hospital maintenance and repair
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2)
Estimates debate ... 53-56
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Medical laboratories
Medicine Hat services moved to hospital ... 39
Medicine Hat (city)
Emergency medical services ... 879 Medical laboratory services ... 39
Medicine Hat Diagnostic Laboratory
Members' statements ... 39
Members' Statements (current session)
Government policies ... 640 Medical laboratory services in Medicine Hat ... 39
Mental health services
Funding ... 55 Review ... 55
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Dr. W.J. David McNeil, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, responses ... 1041
Ministry of Health
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 53-56
Misericordia community hospital
Maintenance and repair, funding ... 54
Nonrenewable natural resource revenue
Forecasts ... 756 Provincial reliance on ... 135-36
Northern Lights regional hospital
Office of the Premier
Former Premier Dave Hancock, QC, tribute to, ministerial statement, responses ... 276
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Health Services ... 772 Alberta Health Services Board ... 295-96 Alberta Health Services performance measures ... 323, 348 Calgary cancer centre ... 121 Emergency medical services in southern Alberta ... 960 Farm and ranch worker legislation ... 1042-43 Health care review ... 43 Health care system ... 283-84 Health care system decision-making ... 16-17 Medicine Hat town hall meeting ... 879 Royal Alexandra hospital renovation ... 432 Rural health care ... 544
Political advertising
Third-party advertising (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.) ... 34-35
Political parties
Contributions by special-interest groups ... 34-35 Loan guarantees by corporations or unions ... 33, 34
Royal Alexandra hospital
Renovation project ... 432
Rural health care
Funding ... 544 Quality of services ... 544
Surgery procedures
Wait times, statistics for 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015 (Written Question 2: carried as amended) ... 675-76
Taxation
Locomotive fuel tax ... 554
Bhullar, Manmeet Singh (Calgary-Greenway, PC; died November 23, 2015)
Act to Restore Fairness to Public Revenue, An (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 202-3, 225-26 Second reading, motion that bill not be now read (6-month hoist amendment) (Cooper: defeated) ... 225-26 Third reading ... 269-70
Affordable supportive living initiative
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2015 (No. 2) (Bill 3)
Budget 2015-2016
Human resource costs ... 59
Calgary cancer centre
Location in Foothills medical centre ... 60
Calgary-Greenway (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 270
Capital projects
Government announcements ... 470-71
Corporate human resources
Economic development
Opportunities for ... 270
Flood damage mitigation
Calgary and area ... 60 McLean Creek project review ... 60 Springbank reservoir project, funding for ... 60
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Progressive tax proposed ... 45
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 1)
Financial transactions, Energy ministry ... 60
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2)
Estimates debate ... 59-60 Level of detail provided ... 59
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Recognition by the chair ... 270
Members' Statements (current session)
Violence against Sikhs in India ... 398-99
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Capital funding ... 59 Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 59
Ministry of Education
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 59
Ministry of Energy
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 60
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 60
Ministry of Health
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 60 Mandate on capital planning ... 60
Ministry of Human Services
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 60
Ministry of Seniors
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 60
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Corporate taxes ... 126 Nonprofit organization employee wages ... 283 Public service compensation ... 344-45 School construction ... 420-21 School construction schedule ... 470-71 Tax policy ... 45
Postsecondary educational institutions
Sikhs
Indian violence against, members' statements ... 398-99
University of Calgary
Staff collective agreement ... 344-45
Bilous, Deron (Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, ND; Minister of Municipal Affairs to October 22, 2015; Minister of Service Alberta to October 22, 2015; Minister of Economic Development and Trade from October 22, 2015)
Act to Implement Various Tax Measures and to Enact the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, An (Bill 4)
Committee ... 753 Committee, amendment A1 (exemptions to 1 per cent limit on in-year operating expense increase) (Bilous: carried) ... 753 Committee, amendment A3 (debt-to-GDP ratio limit of 7 per cent) (Fildebrandt: defeated), point of order on debate ... 761
Act to Restore Fairness to Public Revenue, An (Bill 2)
Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Alberta government offices
International offices' mandate ... 606 Trade development initiatives ... 710
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 7)
Alberta Local Food Act (Bill 202)
Committee ... 574-75, 578, 583 Committee, amendment A1 (bill purpose, advisory committee, reporting, local food awareness week, proclamation) (Cortes-Vargas: carried) ... 574-75 Use of word "agriculture" ... 578
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2015 (No. 2) (Bill 3)
ATB Financial
Loans to small and medium-sized businesses ... 496, 546
Carbon levy
General remarks ... 530, 568 Point of order on debate ... 573 Rebate for families, small business, coal industry, First Nations, etc. ... 570 Revenue utilization ... 569, 570
Disaster recovery program
2013 floods ... 61, 122 2013 floods, outstanding claims ... 122
Election (Restrictions on Government Advertising) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 203)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 409 Second reading, motion that bill be withdrawn and subject matter referred to the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee (referral amendment A1) (Gray: carried) ... 409
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 862
Energy industries and environment
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 930 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (referral amendment R1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 930 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (referral amendment R1) (Cooper: defeated), point of order on debate ... 1010 Second reading, point of order on debate ... 819 Committee ... 1104-5, 1107 Committee, amendment A6 (committee review of act) (Fraser: defeated) ... 1104-5 Committee, amendment A7 (time of coming into force) (Starke: defeated) ... 1107 Committee, time allocation on debate (Government Motion 27: carried) ... 1100
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 428
Flood damage mitigation
Calgary and area, Municipal Affairs minister's meeting with mayor ... 122 High River ... 122 High River, minister's meeting with High River mayor and councillors ... 122
Forest industries
Diversification ... 568-69 Job creation and retention ... 568 Millar Western Forest Products sawmill closure ... 568
Gender expression
Inclusion in Alberta Human Rights Act, previous government's position ... 700
Gender identity
Inclusion in Alberta Human Rights Act, previous government's position ... 700
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2)
International trade
General remarks ... 710 Market development ... 422 Memorandum of understanding with Punjab province ... 606 Trade with Asia-Pacific region ... 422, 710
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Ambassador of the Czech Republic and consul ... 561 Consul general of the United States ... 661 Republic of Korea ambassador and party ... 425
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Responsibility to uphold the law ... 282
Minimum wage
Impact on employment rate ... 500
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (new ministry from October 22, 2015)
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Minister's book preface ... 282
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 61, 70
Ministry of Service Alberta
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 70
Ministry of Transportation
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2), debate ... 67
Municipal sustainability initiative
Northern Alberta Development Council
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Carbon tax ... 568, 570 Coal-fired electric power plant retirement ... 862 Economic development ... 442 Economic diversification ... 422, 446 Energy industry ... 375 Energy industry layoffs ... 327-28 Energy policies ... 427-28 Environment minister ... 282 Flood recovery and mitigation ... 122 Forest industry issues ... 299, 568-69 International and local relationship building ... 606 International trade ... 710 Job creation ... 326, 431-32 Job creation and retention ... 441 Job creation and retention in Calgary ... 863-64 Minimum wage increase ... 500, 546 Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 45 Northern Alberta Development Council ... 434 Public consultation on land use ... 530 Registry services in Blackfalds ... 171-72 Small-business assistance ... 496 Small-business tax ... 428 Tax policy ... 530
Points of order (current session)
Decorum ... 761 Language creating disorder ... 819 Questions and comments under Standing Order 29(2)(a) ... 814 Referring to a member by name ... 573 Relevance ... 1010
Premier's Advisory Committee on the Economy
Forest industry representation ... 299
Small business
Provincial tax rate ... 428 Support for ... 496
Standing Orders
SO 29(2)(a), questions asked under ... 814 SO 29(2)(a), questions asked under, points of order ... 814
Summer temporary employment program (STEP)
Taxation
Fuel tax ... 569 Locomotive fuel tax ... 569 Provincial strategy ... 530
United Nations climate summit
Premier's attendance ... 441
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