Feehan, Richard (Edmonton-Rutherford, ND)
Aboriginal consultation
Pipeline development ... 566
Act to Restore Fairness to Public Revenue, An (Bill 2)
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 697-98 Committee ... 909-10 Official Opposition participation in debate ... 698
Autism spectrum disorder
Members' statements ... 779
Calgary (city)
Services for gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender persons ... 697
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election of Mr. Feehan, Member for Edmonton-Rutherford ... 5, 6
Electric power
Microgeneration regulation and policy review (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried) ... 686-87, 692
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender persons
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Members of the Alberta Association of Former MLAs ... 437
Members' Statements (current session)
Autism spectrum disorder ... 779
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Pipeline development ... 566
Pipeline construction
Provincial strategy ... 566
Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act (Bill 5)
Committee ... 788 Committee, amendment A4 (committee reports on compensation disclosure) (Jansen: carried as amended) ... 788
Residential Tenancies (Safer Spaces for Victims of Domestic Violence) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 483 Committee ... 686
Fildebrandt, Derek Gerhard (Strathmore-Brooks, W)
Act to Implement Various Tax Measures and to Enact the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, An (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 501-3, 509-13, 517-19, 521 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment A1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 517-19, 521 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 506, 518 Committee ... 753-55, 757-60, 765, 767-68, 796-98, 839-41, 846-50, 853-54, 867-69, 912-13, 915-17, 920-21, 923 Committee, amendment A1 (exemptions to 1 per cent limit on in-year operating expense increase) (Bilous: carried) ... 753 Committee, amendment A2 (contingency account use) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 754-55, 757-58 Committee, amendment A3 (debt-to-GDP ratio limit of 7 per cent) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 759-60 Committee, amendment A4 (borrowing for operational expenses) (Starke: defeated) ... 765 Committee, amendment A5 (referendum on debt-to-GDP ratio) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 767-68, 796 Committee, amendment A6 (penalty provisions) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 797-98, 839-41, 846-48 Committee, amendment A7 (publication of projected consolidated cash balance) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 849-50, 853-54, 867-69 Committee, amendment A8 (2015 quarterly update) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 913, 915-17 Committee, amendment A9 (insurance tax provisions) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 920-21 Committee, amendment A10 (locomotive fuel tax provisions) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 923 Committee, point of order on debate ... 853-54 Third reading ... 929 General remarks ... 614 Penalty provisions, lack of ... 502, 511
Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 1)
Committee ... 90, 93 Committee, amendment A1 (retroactive provisions) (Cyr: defeated) ... 90 Committee, amendment A2 (donations in kind) (Cyr: defeated) ... 93
Act to Restore Fairness to Public Revenue, An (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 188, 190-92, 207, 214, 218-19 Second reading, motion that bill not be now read (6-month hoist amendment) (Cooper: defeated) ... 218-19 Committee ... 242-44, 246, 255-56 Committee, amendment A1 (small-business effective tax rate) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 242-44, 246 Committee, amendment A4 (small-business tax rate of 9.9 per cent) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 255-56
Alberta
Net financial assets, 2015-2016 forecast ... 51, 52, 107
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 7)
Appropriation Act, 2015 (Bill 9)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2015 (No. 2) (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 107-8, 111 Committee ... 147-48 Time allotment for debate ... 51
Assuring Alberta's Fiscal Future Act (Bill 201)
Berlin Wall, Germany
26th anniversary of fall, members' statements ... 533
Bills, government (procedure)
Amendments, availability in advance to opposition caucuses proposed ... 783 Technical briefings ... 783
Budget 2015-2016 debate
Debate participants (Government Motion 13) ... 456-58 Debate participants (Government Motion 13), questions and comments ... 458
Budget documents
Consolidated financial statements ... 512 Quarterly updates ... 708-9
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Capital projects
Prioritization, publicly available information ("sunshine list") ... 281
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Report on 2014 activities presented ... 866
Corporate taxation
Collection of taxes in arrears ... 108 Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 191 Flat-tax rate ... 190, 192 Premier's remarks in news media, 2012 ... 243 Revenue, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 192
Covenant Bible College Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill Pr. 6)
First reading ... 377 Second reading ... 905 Third reading ... 1076
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt-servicing costs ... 502, 512 Forecasts, 2015-2016 ... 51, 52, 107 General remarks ... 84, 456-57 Provincial borrowing during economic downturn (countercyclical spending) ... 627-28 Provincial borrowing for capital projects ... 513 Provincial borrowing limit ... 502 Provincial credit rating ... 708-9
Election (Restrictions on Government Advertising) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 203)
Second reading (carried unanimously) ... 475
Employment Pension (Private Sector) Plans Amendment Act, 2014 (Bill 10, 2014)
General remarks ... 806-7
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 806, 814-16, 1015 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (referral amendment R1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 1015 Second reading, point of order on debate ... 819 Third reading ... 1123-24 Third reading, motion that bill not be now read (6-month hoist amendment) (Jean: defeated) ... 1123-24 Stakeholder consultation ... 806, 880
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Debate time and procedure, 2015-2016 main estimates of supply ... 18
Fiscal Management Act
Financial reporting provisions ... 708-9
Government accountability
Government advertising
Television and online advertisements ... 467
Government policies
Consultation policies ... 880
Health promotion
High-risk behaviour, harm reduction policies (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried) ... 586-87
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Charitable tax credit ... 108 Flat-tax rate ... 190, 192 Progressive tax proposed ... 108 Provincial revenue, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 192
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 1)
General remarks ... 51-52
Interim supply estimates 2015-2016 (no. 2)
Estimates debate ... 51-53 Level of detail provided ... 51-52 New spending ... 111 Referral to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 24-25 Time allotted for consideration ... 24-25, 51, 107, 111
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Decorum, points of order ... 853-54 German remarks ... 533
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Members' apologies ... 1111
Members' Statements (current session)
Fall of the Berlin Wall 26th anniversary ... 533 Provincial long-term fiscal plan ... 426-27 Strathmore-Brooks constituency ... 173-74
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Appearance before Public Accounts Committee proposed ... 645
Nonrenewable natural resource revenue
Notices of Motions (procedure)
Statement of complete motions ... 651
Office of the Premier
Portraits of former Premiers ... 51 Staff compensation, requests for information under FOIP ... 651
Oil prices
Budgetary implications ... 529
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Number of opposition questions ... 1111
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Affordable supportive living project approval ... 375-76 Carbon tax ... 568 Government advertising ... 467 Government revenue forecasts ... 529 Health and seniors' care in Strathmore-Brooks ... 281 Provincial budget ... 17-18 Provincial fiscal policies ... 123-24 Provincial quarterly fiscal update ... 708-9 Public consultation ... 880 Public service compensation ... 345 Resource revenue projections ... 394 Tobacco recovery lawsuit ... 645
Points of order (current session)
Decorum ... 853-54 Imputing motives ... 506 Language creating disorder ... 819 Speaking twice in a debate ... 518
Privilege (current session)
Obstructing a member in performance of duty (Budget Address remarks about Executive Council, MLA, and political staff compensation) ... 355
Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 651-52 Committee ... 783-84, 787-91, 793, 795 Committee, amendment A1 (legislative offices exemption from reporting disclosure to minister, minister's compliance and auditing power, legislative offices' co-operation in audits) (Ganley: carried) ... 783-84 Committee, amendment A4 (committee reports on compensation disclosure) (Jansen: carried as amended) ... 787, 788 Committee, amendment A4 (committee reports on compensation disclosure) (Jansen: carried as amended), subamendment SA1 (removal of "special") (Fildebrandt: carried) ... 788 Committee, amendment A5 (publication of aggregated information) (McIver: defeated) ... 789, 790, 791 Committee, amendment A6 (publication of physicians' median incomes by type of practice) (Swann: defeated) ... 793, 795 Third reading ... 871
Public service
Collective agreements ... 345 Cost of ... 345
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Public Accounts Committee report of 2014 activities ... 866
Seniors' housing
Newell Foundation proposal ... 84, 281
Small business
Effective tax rate (integration with personal tax rate) ... 243 Provincial tax rate ... 188, 191-92 Provincial tax rate, decrease of 1 per cent proposed ... 244 Provincial tax revenue ... 244 Red tape reduction proposed ... 188 Support for ... 457-58
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, maiden speeches ... 83-84 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 84, 85
Standing Orders
Amendments (sitting time and sessional calendar, division bell timing, changes reflecting changes in ministries, estimates debate time and procedure, Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing to review morning sittings of the Assembly) (Government Motion 19: carried with amendments) ... 359, 455 Amendments (sitting time and sessional calendar, division bell timing, changes reflecting changes in ministries, estimates debate time and procedure, Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing to review morning sittings of the Assembly) (Government Motion 19: carried with amendments), amendment A1 (morning sittings starting of 10 a.m.) (Cooper: carried with amendments) ... 359 Amendments (sitting time and sessional calendar, division bell timing, changes reflecting changes in ministries, estimates debate time and procedure, Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing to review morning sittings of the Assembly) (Government Motion 19: carried with amendments), amendment A3 (estimates debate time and procedure coming into force date) (Shepherd/McPherson: carried) ... 455
Strathmore-Brooks (constituency)
Health facilities ... 281 History ... 173 Member's apology ... 1111 Member's personal and family history ... 83-85 Members' statements ... 173-74 Overview ... 83, 84 Rodeos ... 173-74
Strathmore general hospital
Taxation
Alcohol tax ... 517 Insurance premiums ... 517 Provincial strategy ... 456-57, 517 Tobacco products tax ... 509, 517
Tobacco industry
Provincial lawsuit, law firm selection ... 645
Water/waste-water treatment
Fitzpatrick, Maria M. (Lethbridge-East, ND)
5th on 5th (Lethbridge youth services)
Members' statements ... 239
AIDS Outreach Community Harm Reduction Education Support Society (ARCHES)
Members' statements ... 416-17
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 7)
Climate change strategy
Impact on economic development ... 671
Daycare centres
Inclusion in new government buildings (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried) ... 318
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 671
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 973-74 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (referral amendment R1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 973-74
Fort McMurray-Conklin (constituency)
Member's federal political career ... 974
Freehold lands
Surface rights legislation review (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: carried) ... 143
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Lethbridge (city)
Team Lethbridge coalition, members' statements ... 330-31
Lethbridge-East (constituency)
Members' Statements (current session)
5th on 5th Lethbridge youth services ... 239 ARCHES Society in Lethbridge ... 416-17 Team Lethbridge ... 330-31
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Climate change strategy ... 671 Elder abuse ... 16
Residential Tenancies (Safer Spaces for Victims of Domestic Violence) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 479-80 Committee ... 685 Committee, amendment A3 (statutory declaration requirement) (Pitt: withdrawn) ... 685 Third reading ... 889-90
Fraser, Rick (Calgary-South East, PC)
Act to Implement Various Tax Measures and to Enact the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, An (Bill 4)
Committee ... 849 Committee, amendment A6 (penalty provisions) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 849
Act to Restore Fairness to Public Revenue, An (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 205-6 Committee ... 251 Committee, amendment A2 (implementation date) (Starke: defeated) ... 251
Alberta community resilience program
Assuring Alberta's Fiscal Future Act (Bill 201)
Bills, government (procedure)
Calgary-East (constituency)
Calgary-Greenway (constituency)
Parliamentary legacy of former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar ... 601-2
Calgary-South East (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 80, 251
Carbon levy
Impact on rural communities ... 714 Revenue utilization ... 647
Castle special management area
Protected area designation ... 531 Timber allocation cancellation ... 329
Climate change and emissions management fund
Climate change strategy
Federal strategy ... 1046 Implementation cost ... 714 Implementation cost to farmers ... 714 Review ... 469 Review panel recommendations ... 1046
Covenant Bible College Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill Pr. 6)
Disaster recovery program
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 329, 714, 1046
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Funding ... 861 Paramedic scope of practice ... 861
Energy industries
Land sales (leases for access) ... 172-73
Energy industries and environment
Energy policies
Members' statements ... 172-73
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 826 Committee ... 1103-4 Committee, amendment A6 (committee review of act) (Fraser: defeated) ... 1103-4 Family farm provisions ... 826
Environmental protection
Policy development ... 373
Federal Public Building
Naming in honour of former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar proposed ... 602
Flood damage mitigation
Calgary and area ... 531 High River ... 100 Project completion ... 100 Springbank reservoir project ... 531
Health Professions Act
Inclusion of paramedics proposed ... 861
Immigrants
Settlement services ... 602
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former MLA for Edmonton-Riverview Steve Young ... 321
Members' Statements (current session)
Mental health services
Review, inclusion of paramedics in ... 861
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Minister's dual portfolio with Status of Women ... 530-31
Ministry of Human Services
Recent initiatives ... 601
Ministry of Status of Women
Minister's dual portfolio with Environment and Parks ... 530-31
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Climate change strategy ... 647, 714, 1046 Emergency medical services ... 861 Environment and Parks ministry issues ... 530-31 Environmental protection ... 373 Flood damage mitigation in High River ... 100-101 Legacy of former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar ... 601-2 Promotion of Alberta's energy industry ... 469 Resource industry policies ... 329-30
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Inclusion in mental health review ... 861
Public Education Collective Bargaining Act (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 721 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment RA1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 721 Stakeholder consultation ... 721
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Power purchase agreements ... 647 Transition to, cost ... 714 Transition to, expert panel ... 373
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 80
Taxation
Locomotive fuel tax ... 714
United Nations climate summit
Energy minister's attendance ... 647
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