MacIntyre, Donald (Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, W to July 23, 2017; UCP from July 24, 2017)
Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates, An (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 1263-65, 1271, 1275-76 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment) (Cooper: defeated) ... 1275-76 Committee ... 1280-82, 1286, 1391-94, 1400-1404 Committee, amendment A2 (regulated rate option cap changes) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1391-94 Committee, amendment A3 (striking out section 6(1)(g), minister's ability to make regulations) (MacIntyre: defeated) ... 1401-2 Committee, amendment A4 (striking out section 6(1)(f), regulations amending Alberta Utilities Commission and Market Surveillance Administrator powers, duties, or functions) (MacIntyre: defeated) ... 1403-4 Third reading ... 1514-16 Application to rural electrification associations ... 1393-94, 1515 Market Surveillance Administrator provisions ... 1281, 1401, 1403-4, 1515 Regulations ... 1400-1401 Stakeholder consultation ... 1392
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2214-16 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2214-17 Committee ... 2493 Committee, amendment A1 (work in private dwellings, prime contractor designation, coming-into-force date, definition of first responder to include correctional officers and emergency dispatchers, removal of cap on workers' compensation payments) (Gray: carried) ... 2493 Occupational disease and injury advisory committee provisions ... 2215-16 Stakeholder consultation ... 2493 Stakeholder consultation, online survey ... 2215-16
Addiction treatment
Central Alberta services ... 1976 Rural services ... 1976
Advisory Panel on Coal Communities
Appropriation Act, 2017 (Bill 10)
Balancing Pool
Administration of coal-fired electric power facilities, Market Surveillance Administrator investigation of ... 970, 1265 Financial position ... 346, 530-31, 1043, 1264-65, 1392 Independence of government ... 1264-65 Provincial loan ... 970, 1514-15
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 2404
Canadian free trade agreement
Exemption of renewable/alternative energy industries ... 824-25
Capital Power Corporation
Carbon competitiveness incentives program
Government planning document ... 2323
Carbon levy
Economic impact assessments ... 766-67 Economic impact assessments and consultation reports, 2015-2017 (Motion for a Return 6: accepted) ... 744 Exemptions ... 765 Government correspondence (Motion for a Return 19: defeated) ... 899 Increase ... 1948-49 Performance measures ... 765-66 Rebate for families, small business, coal industry, First Nations, etc. ... 1949 Revenue, industrial component ... 295 Revenue forecasts ... 765 Revenue utilization ... 1265
Carbon offsetting
Government offset expenses (Written Question 16: accepted) ... 741
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Government correspondence (Motion for a Return 19: defeated) ... 899
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
Committee ... 1939 Committee, amendment A1 (transitional provisions' application to board chairs) (Mason: carried) ... 1939
Courts, provincial
Prosecution delays, charges stayed as a result of ... 1994
Crime
Rural crime, emergency debate proposed ... 1999 Rural crime, members' statements ... 1998-99
Economic development
Diversification ... 765 Programs and services, central Alberta ... 1256
Electric power prices
Fixed-rate retail plans ... 1271, 1286, 1400, 1514 Regulated rate option ... 1281, 1286 Regulated rate option, government to be urged to replace in regulation with default rate calculated using weighted average of wholesale prices of electricity (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: defeated) ... 509
Electric utilities
Consumer charges (delivery, rate riders, etc.) ... 1265 Investment in ... 1275 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs) ... 530-31, 970, 1263-64 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), members' statements ... 1043 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit ... 1264 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit, court decision ... 2049 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit, legal counsel ... 1607 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit costs ... 1606-7
Energy policies
Members' statements ... 295
Government Organization (Utilities Consumer Advocate) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 208)
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Hydroelectric power
Industry initiatives ... 1276
Information and communications technology
Public body data security, Auditor General's recommendations ... 1134
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Minister's telephone town hall meeting ... 1085-86
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Canadian free trade agreement ... 824-25 Carbon levy increase ... 1948-49 Carbon policy economic impact analysis ... 2323 Central Alberta concerns ... 1256-57 Coal workers ... 1085-86 Data security in public bodies ... 1134-35 Electric power system ... 346, 530-31 Electricity power purchase arrangement lawsuit ... 1606-7, 2049 Electricity power purchase arrangements ... 970 Greenhouse gas emission regulations ... 2162-63 Opioid addiction treatment in central Alberta ... 1976 Renewable energy development ... 2562 Renewable energy site reclamation ... 408 Rural crime ... 1994
Passover (Jewish observance)
Members' statements ... 622
Paula Jean Anderson Adoption Termination Act (Bill Pr. 2)
First reading ... 524 Second reading ... 1027 Committee ... 1027 Third reading ... 1110
Pipelines (oil and gas)
Environmental risk management ... 1134-35
Points of order (current session)
Factual accuracy ... 2404
Red Deer College
Polytechnic university designation proposal ... 1257
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Abandoned projects, land reclamation ... 408 Electric power generation ... 1275-76 Electric power generation cost ... 2562 Industry initiatives ... 1281-82 Land lease contracts ... 2562 Waste heat utilization ... 1275
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Specified gas emitters regulation (Alberta Regulation 139/2007)
Wind power industry
Alberta projects ... 1276 Support for ... 346
Workers' compensation
Program sustainability ... 2215
Malkinson, Brian (Calgary-Currie, NDP)
Aboriginal women
Programs and services for ... 618
Act to Enhance Post-secondary Academic Bargaining, An (Bill 7)
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2309-10 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read and subject matter referred to Legislative Offices Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2309-10
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Affordable supportive living initiative
Funding from supplementary supply ... 153
Alberta child benefit
Rebate administration ... 1216
Alberta Corporate Tax Act
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 23)
Committee ... 1813 15-year transition provisions for adult-only buildings ... 1813
Alberta Standard Time Act (Bill 203)
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report presented to the Assembly, concurrence motion (carried) ... 1616
Amazon
Calgary distribution centre ... 1828
Appropriation Act, 2017 (Bill 10)
Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (Discretionary Trust) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 211)
First reading ... 2259 Stakeholder consultation ... 1233
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 796
Calgary (city)
Glenbrook community, members' statements ... 1532 Sunalta community, members' statements ... 1080
Carbon levy
Rebate adjustment notices following death of recipient ... 1216-17 Rebate administration ... 1187-88, 1216-17 Rebate payment frequency ... 1188
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Report presented on Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act, concurrence motion (carried) ... 1616
Community facility enhancement program
Grants to Calgary organizations ... 1532
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
Daycare
Affordability, $25-a-day rate, members' statements ... 1776
Economic development
Diversification ... 1329 Investment attraction ... 1828
Economy of Alberta
Current fiscal position, economic indicators ... 1328-29
Energy industries
Economic indicators ... 1328
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Codes of conduct ... 1908
Information and communications technology
Government systems, Auditor General's report ... 1022
Interactive digital media grant program
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice System Accountability Act (Bill 201)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Funding from supplementary supply ... 153
Members' Statements (current session)
Affordable child care ... 1776 Glenbrook community in Calgary ... 1532 Henson trusts for persons with disabilities ... 576, 2248-49 Students' Association of Mount Royal University ... 59 Sunalta community in Calgary ... 1080
Minimum wage
Increase ... 783 Increase, impact on persons with disabilities ... 231
Ministry of Health
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 152-53, 158
Multimedia industry programs
Postproduction grant pilot program ... 1307-8
Municipalities
Consultation with communities, legislative provisions ... 782 Parental leave for councillors ... 782-83
Oil
Import, ethical and environmental issues ... 909
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Calgary cancer centre ... 2419-20 Digital media and postproduction grant programs ... 1307-8 Economic recovery ... 1328-29 Government information technology systems ... 1022 Investment in Alberta ... 1828 Official Opposition postsecondary educational finance policies ... 1604-5 Services for persons with disabilities ... 120-21 Support for indigenous women ... 618
Persons with developmental disabilities
Housing safety standards ... 1233 Safety standard 8 ... 1156
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Nonprofit service providers, funding for ... 121
Persons with disabilities
Discretionary trusts (Henson trusts) ... 1156-57 Discretionary trusts (Henson trusts), members' statements ... 576, 2248-49 Employment supports ... 231
Physicians
Service agreement ... 158
Pipeline construction
Job creation ... 797 Province to urge federal government to facilitate pipeline construction (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried unanimously) ... 909-10
Political action committees
Postsecondary educational institution finance
United Conservative Party leader's position ... 1604-5
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report on Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act, concurrence motion (carried) ... 1616
Retail sales
Child and youth discounts ... 1813 Seniors' discounts ... 1813
School boards and districts
Land use, mandatory joint-use planning agreements with municipalities ... 783
Securities
Provincial regulation ... 1067
Securities Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 13)
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 231
Students' Association of Mount Royal University
Members' statements ... 59
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Tax credits
Family employment tax credit ... 1216 Family employment tax credit, rebate administration ... 1216
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 1187-88 Committee ... 1215-18 Committee, amendment A1 (political contribution tax credit) (Clark: defeated) ... 1218
Traffic Safety Act
Assembly to urge government to introduce amendments requiring health professionals to report patients with medical conditions affecting driving ability (Motion Other than Government Motion 510: carried) ... 2206
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
Violence against women
Missing and murdered aboriginal women ... 618 Missing and murdered aboriginal women, support for families ... 618
Voluntary Blood Donations Act (Bill 3)
Mason, Brian (Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood, NDP; Minister of Infrastructure to October 17, 2017; Minister of Transportation)
Aboriginal relations
Program and policy review documentation (Motion for a Return 3: carried as amended) ... 896 Program and policy review documentation (Motion for a Return 3: carried as amended), amendment to add "excluding confidential cabinet documents" (Mason: carried) ... 896
Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol Impaired Driving, An (Bill 29)
First reading ... 1903 Second reading ... 1959-60, 1965-66 Committee ... 2031-32, 2034-35, 2037, 2054, 2056, 2059-60, 2065-66 Committee, amendment A1 (proposed section 88.11 (1), correction of bill name reference) (Mason: carried) ... 2031-32 Committee, amendment A2 (5-year review of act) (Ellis: defeated) ... 2037 Committee, amendment A3 (zero tolerance for all drivers) (van Dijken: defeated) ... 2065-66 Committee, points of order on debate ... 2038 Third reading ... 2117-18 Provisions for driver's licence suspensions ... 1959, 2117-18 Provisions for regulations on electronic documents and signatures ... 1960 Zero tolerance provisions for persons with graduated drivers' licences (GDL) ... 1959
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 89, 289
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1798 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 1922-23
Act to Support Orphan Well Rehabilitation, An (Bill 14)
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Bill moved to Government Bills and Orders on the Order Paper (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 1120
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 fall convention, morning sitting, November 16, cancelled to accommodate (Government Motion 31: carried) ... 1904 2017 spring convention, ministerial forum ... 251
Alberta Investment Management Corporation regulation (Alberta Regulation 225/2007)
Governance and administration provisions, repeal of sections 5 and 6, points of order on debate ... 538
Alberta law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Alberta Party
Alternative budget ... 809
Alberta Standard Time Act (Bill 203)
Second reading ... 502 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment) (Mason: carried) ... 502
Appropriation Act, 2017 (Bill 10)
Third reading ... 809-10 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 801, 806
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2017 (Bill 5)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2017 (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 306 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 306-8
Auditor General Search Committee, Select Special
Committee appointment (Government Motion 23: carried) ... 1513
Bassano health centre
Continuing/extended care facility, Newell Foundation proposal, points of order on debate ... 1183
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2459 Second reading, motion to not now read bill because of inadequate consultation with veterinary professionals (reasoned amendment RA1) (Strankman: defeated) ... 2459 Committee, points of order on debate ... 2544 Veterinary profession provisions ... 2459
Bills, government (procedure)
Bill 205, Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act, moved to Government Bills and Orders on the Order Paper (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 1120 General remarks ... 1043 Opposition caucus access to information on ... 1043
Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Trails Act
Repeal exemption (Government Motion 36: carried) ... 2443
Budget 2017-2018
General remarks ... 368, 733 Prebudget consultation ... 409 Second-quarter fiscal update ... 2046
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 368
Calgary cancer centre
Construction update ... 1305-6
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 274, 277, 419-20 Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), amendment A1 ("concur" replaced with "receive") (Rodney: defeated) ... 278 Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), amendment A1 ("concur" replaced with "receive") (Rodney: defeated), motion to adjourn debate (Cortes-Vargas: carried) ... 282 Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), point of order on debate ... 274-75 Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) ... 421
Calgary-Lougheed (constituency)
Member's resignation, ministerial statement ... 1597
Canadian free trade agreement
Provision for Alberta Crown corporation ... 599 Provisions ... 568
Cannabis
Zero tolerance for transportation workers proposed ... 2059
Capital plan
Project approval process ... 872-73 Unfunded projects ... 873
Capital projects
Central Alberta projects ... 409 Funding ... 81, 252, 2046 Government announcements ... 406 Prioritization ... 409 Rural projects ... 409 Tendering process, prequalification ... 1210
Carbon levy
Government correspondence (Motion for a Return 19: defeated) ... 899 Rebate adjustment notices following death of recipient ... 308 Relation to pipeline approval, points of order on debate ... 975 Revenue utilization, points of order on debate ... 655 Revenue utilization, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 539
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Dress code, clarification ... 620
Chief Medical Examiner
Autopsy reports, timeline on (Written Question 18: carried as amended) ... 2006 Autopsy reports, timeline on (Written Question 18: carried as amended), amendment to replace "an autopsy" with "a death investigation," motion for (Mason/Ganley: carried) ... 2006
Child and Youth Advocate
Reappointment of Del Graff (Government Motion 37: carried) ... 2533
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Government correspondence (Motion for a Return 19: defeated) ... 899
Coal workforce transition fund
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Motion to resolve into (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 43
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Assembly to resolve into to consider bills (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 43 Supplementary estimates 2017-2018 referred to (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 43
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Meeting schedule ... 251 Membership changes (Government Motion 15: carried) ... 282 Membership changes (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1513 Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Committee on Families and Communities, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1513 Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 24: carried) ... 1513 Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Committee on Private Bills, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing
Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 15: carried) ... 282 Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 38: carried as amended) ... 2530
Conflicts of Interest Act
Referral to Resource Stewardship Committee (Mason: carried) ... 1980
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
Committee ... 1936-37, 2067 Committee, amendment A1 (transitional provisions' application to board chairs) (Mason: carried) ... 1936-37 Committee, amendment A2 (provisions for non-APAGA agencies identified by Lieutenant Governor in Council) (Ceci: carried) ... 2067
Crime
Rural crime, emergency debate proposed, points of order on debate ... 2001, 2488 Rural crime, points of order on debate ... 2116-17 Rural crime, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (not proceeded with) ... 2003-4
Crime prevention
Rural crime, points of order on debate ... 2002
Criminal Code
Proposed changes ... 2054
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt repayment, points of order on debate ... 129 Provincial credit rating ... 368 Provincial deficit ... 407-8, 733
Drivers' licences
Graduated drivers' licences (GDL) ... 1959
Edmonton Transit Service
Capital funding ... 518-19 LRT, capital funding ... 518
Educational curricula
Redesign, committee membership, points of order on debate ... 1611-12 Redesign, committee membership, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1612 Redesign, NDP by-election candidate's remarks ... 2419
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended) ... 2069, 2074-75, 2077, 2079-80, 2082, 2084-85 Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended), amendment A1 (constituency names changed from Rocky Mountain House-Sundre to Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, Athabasca-Barrhead to Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock, Cold Lake-St Paul to Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, and Okotoks-Sheep River to Highwood) (Nixon: carried) ... 2074 Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended), amendment A2 (constituency name change from Vermilion-Wainwright to Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright) (Starke: carried) ... 2075 Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended), amendment A3 (constituency name change from Calgary-Falconridge to Calgary-Bhullar) (Gill: defeated) ... 2079-80 Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended), amendment A4 (constituency name changes from Calgary-Foothills to Calgary-Symons Valley, Calgary-Edgemont to Calgary-Foothills) (Panda: defeated) ... 2082 Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended), amendment A6 (constituency name change from Central Peace-Notley to Peace-Notley) (Aheer: defeated) ... 2084
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 33)
First reading ... 2190 Second reading ... 2279, 2287-88 Second reading, motion to not now read because of lack of provision for rural representation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Stier: defeated) ... 2287-88 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 2282 Third reading ... 2565, 2573
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (procedure)
Debate procedure ... 2005 Opioid use, request for debate (proceeded with), point of order raised ... 22 Request to continue past 6 p.m. (unanimous consent granted) ... 38 Rural crime, request for debate, point of order raised ... 2005
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Opioid use, points of order on debate ... 37 Opioid use, request for debate (proceeded with) ... 21 Rural crime, request for debate ... 2003-4
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Dispatch service centralization in Calgary, points of order on debate ... 828
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (procedure)
Urgency requirement ... 1613
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Pipeline assessments, government urged to demand that federal government amend National Energy Board Act (unanimous consent denied), point of order on debate ... 1613 Provincial response to federal policies (not proceeded with), point of order on debate ... 1954
Employment Standards Code
Amendments, timeline on ... 1208 Stakeholder consultation, points of order on debate ... 620
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Residential no-charge energy savings program, contracted services, remarks withdrawn ... 553 Residential no-charge energy savings program, points of order on debate ... 18, 68-69
Energy industries
International investment in Alberta ... 732 Unemployed workers, Economic Development and Trade minister's meeting with, points of order on debate ... 1512
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Interim estimates 2017-2018 referred to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 43 Main and Legislative Assembly Office estimates 2017-2018, Education ministry estimates to be considered by Alberta's Economic Future Committee (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 421 Supplementary estimates 2016-2017 referred to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 43
Executive Council
Ministerial orders, 2016 (Motion for a Return 15: carried as amended) ... 897 Ministerial orders, 2016 (Motion for a Return 15: carried as amended), amendment to add "excluding those items that fall within the exceptions to disclosure provisions in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act" (Mason: carried) ... 897
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Committee ... 1565 Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed, point of order on debate ... 1311 Time for debate ... 1208
Federal-provincial-territorial meetings
Finance ministers' meeting ... 2558
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Flood damage mitigation
High River projects ... 1040 McLean Creek project review ... 257 Spring preparation ... 1130-31 Springbank reservoir project ... 871 Springbank reservoir project, consultation with Tsuut'ina First Nation ... 201-2, 257 Springbank reservoir project, environmental impact assessment ... 1991-92 Springbank reservoir project, federal funding ... 249 Springbank reservoir project, funding from interim supply ... 257
Forest Reserves Amendment Act, 2004
Section 8, repeal exemption (Government Motion 36: carried) ... 2443
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (constituency)
Member's gesture to Member for Edmonton-South West, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) ... 2262-63 Member's gesture to Member for Edmonton-South West, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty), member's apology ... 2332
Fort Saskatchewan road construction
Freehold lands
Surface rights ... 1136-37 Surface rights compensation payments ... 1137
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Progressive Conservative Party leader's remarks, points of order on debate ... 493
Government contracts
Procurement process ... 568 Procurement process review ... 1210
Government of Canada
Equalization payment negotiations ... 2558
Health care
Provincial strategy, points of order on debate ... 1980
Health facility construction
Capital funding, central Alberta facilities ... 409 Capital funding, rural facilities ... 409 Rural facility design initiative ... 921
Health facility maintenance and repair
Capital funding, central Alberta facilities ... 409 Capital funding, rural facilities ... 409
Health Professions Act (RSA 2000 cH-7) ss155(1)(c), 156(n), (u), (aa), scheds. 1, 13
Repeal exemption (Government Motion 36: carried) ... 2443
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (2008 c34) ss12, 13, 15
Repeal exemption (Government Motion 36: carried) ... 2443
Highway 1
Highway 791 intersection safety ... 1683-84
Highway 1A
Highway 22 intersection, capital funding ... 183
Highway 15
Bridge, capital funding ... 178, 822 Traffic congestion ... 178
Highway 61
Capital plan, project status ... 1041
Highway 813
Athabasca bridge, capital plan ... 299
Home-care services
Funding, points of order on debate ... 413
Hospital construction
New hospitals, Edmonton ... 1508
House leaders
Agreements, Speaker's statements, point of clarification ... 1788-89
Impaired driving
Cannabis use and driving ... 2034-35 Indefinite driver's licence suspensions, Alberta Court of Appeal decision ... 1959 Legal limit for cannabis ... 2060, 2065-66 Roadside tests for cannabis ... 2056, 2059-60 Roadside tests for drug use ... 2060
Impaired Driving Act (Bill C-46)
Part 2, amendments to transportation-related Criminal Code of Canada offences and Traffic Safety Act ... 1960
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation networks and clusters, federal funding for, points of order on debate ... 254 Innovation networks and clusters, federal funding for, points of order on debate, clarification requested ... 305
Interim supply estimates 2017-2018
Consideration for three hours on March 14, 2017 (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 43 Estimates debate ... 256-57, 263
Introduction of Guests (procedure)
Reversion during committee not permitted ... 1008
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Job creation
Provincial programs, points of order on debate ... 779
Labour mobility
Saskatchewan construction site ban on Alberta licence plates ... 2559-60
Labour Relations Code
Stakeholder consultation, points of order on debate ... 620
Lacombe-Ponoka (constituency)
Member's remarks during Bill 29 debate, member's statements, points of order on ... 2261-62
Land conservation
Agricultural land ... 823
Leavings Water Co-op
Grant application ... 619
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 1291 Evening sittings (Government Motion 33: carried) ... 1980 Morning sitting, May 9, 2017, cancelled for Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day event (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 849 Morning sitting, November 14, 2017, order of business to be Public Bills and Orders Other than Government Bills and Orders (Government Motion 29: carried) ... 1627 Morning sitting, November 16, 2017, cancelled (Government Motion 31: carried) ... 1904 Rural representation ... 2279
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
2017 fall session adjournment pursuant to Government Motion 35 ... 2573 2017 fall session extension (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 2279 2017 spring session (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 45 2017 spring session adjourned pursuant to Government Motion 12 ... 1593 2017 spring session extension (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1291 Constituency week, week of November 20, 2017 (Government Motion 27: carried) ... 1627 Morning sitting of November 9, 2017, adjourned at 10:45 a.m. (Government Motion 28: carried) ... 1627 Morning sitting of November 16, 2017, adjourned at 10:45 a.m. (Government Motion 30: carried) ... 1627
Legislative procedure
Addressing remarks through the chair, points of order ... 129, 1922-23 General remarks ... 1043 Items previously decided, points of order ... 975-76 Language and decorum ... 553-54, 1512 Member's request to remain seated while answering questions ... 148 Members to remain seated while Speaker is standing, Premier's apology ... 878 Referring to the absence of a member or members, points of order ... 975 Rules and practices, clarification requested ... 878
Louis Riel Day
Morning sitting, November 16, cancelled to accommodate (Government Motion 31: carried) ... 1904
Members' Statements (procedure)
Interruptions, points of order ... 18 Points of order ... 2261-62 Rotation of statements, House leaders' agreement, Speaker's statements, clarification requested ... 1788-89
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Member for Calgary-Lougheed ... 1597
Ministry of Advanced Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Children's Services
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Education
Main estimates of supply to be considered by Alberta's Economic Future committee (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 421 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2), transfers to other ministries for climate leadership plan ... 148
Ministry of Health
Minister's remarks in the Assembly ... 254 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Infrastructure
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Labour
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Service Alberta
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Ministry of Transportation
Budgetary surplus ... 257, 263 Interim supply estimates 2017-2018 ... 256-57, 263 Interim supply estimates 2017-2018, federal component ... 257 Interim supply estimates 2017-2018, financial transactions ... 257 Ministry support services, funding from interim supply ... 257 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 148
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 306
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 34)
First reading ... 2329 Second reading ... 2507 Third reading ... 2530
Missing Persons Act
Referral to Families and Communities Committee (Government Motion 26: carried) ... 1513-14
Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day program
Morning sitting of Assembly, May 9, 2017, cancelled to accommodate (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 849
Municipal finance
Capital funding ... 61 Funding from interim supply ... 257, 263
Municipalities
Provincial-municipal relations ... 1108
National Energy Board Act
Pipeline assessment provisions, government urged to demand that federal government amend, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied), point of order on debate ... 1613
New building Canada fund (federal)
Capital investment funding ... 61, 249 Public transit infrastructure fund (PTIF) program ... 249
New Democratic Party
Election platform documents, 2015 to 2017 (Motion for a Return 16: defeated) ... 898
North American free trade agreement
Office of the Premier
Budget 2017-2018, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 515, 525
Oil prices
Budgetary implications ... 732, 809 Forecasts ... 407-8
Oil sands advisory group
Co-chair, points of order on debate ... 878-79
Oil sands development
Emissions cap, points of order on debate ... 539 International investment in Alberta, points of order on debate ... 306
Ombudsman
Acting Ombudsman, appointment of Joe Loran (Government Motion 14: carried) ... 282 Appointment of Marianne Ryan effective July 1, 2017 (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1513
Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Committee authorized to meet during 2017-2018 main estimates consideration (Government Motion 10: carried) ... 45
Opioid use
Public emergency declaration proposed ... 37 Supervised consumption sites, Edmonton, point of order withdrawn ... 1025
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Content of questions, point of order ... 620 Interruptions by the Speaker ... 878 Preambles to questions, point of clarification ... 554 Preambles to questions, points of order ... 655 Questions outside ministerial responsibility, points of order ... 923 Rotation of questions, House leaders' agreement, Speaker's statements, clarification requested ... 1788-89 Rotation of questions, points of order ... 492-93 Rules and practices ... 1612 Stopping the clock, clarification requested ... 878
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AAMDC spring convention ministerial forum ... 251 Budget 2017 ... 368, 406, 409, 733 Calgary cancer centre ... 1305-6 Calgary gravel pit operations ... 123-24 Calgary LRT green line ... 1036 Calgary LRT green line funding ... 533-34 Calgary southwest ring road completion ... 1863-64 Calgary southwest ring road construction concerns ... 1383-84, 1507, 2050 Calgary southwest ring road flood risk management ... 871-72 Canadian free trade agreement ... 599 Capital infrastructure funding for Red Deer ... 251-52 Capital planning process ... 872-73 Capital project tendering process ... 1210 Capital projects in central and rural Alberta ... 409 Coal community transition funding ... 1897 Drivers at risk for medical reasons ... 124-25 Educational curriculum redesign ... 2419 Electricity power purchase arrangement lawsuit ... 2049 Emergency preparedness ... 1130-31 Employment and labour legislation ... 1208 Federal and provincial finance ministers' meeting ... 2558 Flood damage mitigation in High River ... 1040 Government communications ... 63 Government procurement process ... 568 Gravel mining in Rocky View county ... 1899 Gravel road upgrading ... 346 Highway 1 and 791 intersection safety ... 1683-84 Highway 2 Gaetz Avenue interchange in Red Deer ... 574-75, 662 Highway 3 twinning ... 2326 Highway 40 ... 205 Highway 61 repairs ... 1041 Highway 813 bridge ... 299 Highway speed limits and photoradar use ... 1017 Industrial Heartland transportation infrastructure ... 822-23 Landowner property rights ... 1136-37 Legislative procedures ... 1043 Legislature Grounds usage policy ... 889 Municipal infrastructure funding ... 61, 249 NAFTA negotiations ... 1948 New Edmonton hospital ... 1508 Oil price forecasting ... 732 Oil price forecasts ... 407-8 Okotoks water supply ... 664-65 Photoradar review ... 2561 Provincial fiscal update ... 2046 Public transit capital funding ... 662-63 Public transit funding for Edmonton ... 518-19 Queen Elizabeth II highway interchange at Balzac ... 1182-83 Ray Gibbon Drive ... 735 Rural health facility capital planning ... 921 Saskatchewan's construction site ban on Alberta licence plates ... 2559-60 Springbank reservoir flood mitigation project ... 201-2, 1991-92 Stoney Trail 14th street interchange in Calgary ... 2564-65 Transportation infrastructure in Cochrane ... 183 Transportation infrastructure in Fort Saskatchewan ... 178, 574 Water co-operatives funding ... 619
Parliamentary democracy
Westminster system ... 420
Parliamentary reform
General remarks ... 1043 Minister's apology for remarks ... 1043
Pipeline construction
Province to urge federal government to facilitate pipeline construction (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried unanimously), Member for Edmonton-Decore's remarks, points of order on debate ... 923
Points of clarification (current session)
Dress code in Chamber ... 620 House leaders' agreements ... 1788-89 Interruptions by Speaker during Oral Question Period ... 878 Language creating disorder ... 305 Preambles to OQP questions ... 554 Rules and practices of the Assembly, members' sitting while Speaker is standing ... 878 Stopping the clock ... 878
Points of order (current session)
Addressing questions through the chair ... 129, 1922-23 Allegations against a member or members ... 493, 1025, 1090, 2001, 2038, 2544 Allegations against a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 525 Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 ... 1613 Emergency motions under Standing Order 42, speaking to urgency ... 1954 Factual accuracy ... 37, 308, 1798 Imputing falsehoods against a member or members ... 254 Imputing motives ... 2116-17 Imputing motives, withdrawn ... 1980 Insulting language ... 1183 Interrupting members' statements ... 18 Items previously decided ... 975-76, 2170 Language creating disorder ... 18, 68-69, 539, 553, 828, 976, 1512, 1686, 2001 Language creating disorder, clarification requested ... 305 Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 539, 976 Members' statements ... 2261-62 Oral questions ... 1612 Parliamentary language ... 254, 306-7, 413, 538, 779, 801, 1611-12, 2002 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 1612, 2002 Points of order ... 806 Question-and-comment period (Standing Order 29(2)(a)) ... 806 Questions on large policy matters ... 1311 Questions outside ministerial responsibility ... 923 Referring to a member by name ... 129, 525 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 975 Reflections on a decision of the Assembly ... 2488 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers ... 69-70, 1686, 2282 Relevance ... 2170 Rotation of questions in Oral Question Period ... 492-93 Seeking opinions ... 878-79 Sub judice rule ... 274-75 Tabling of public documents ... 129
Postsecondary educational institution finance
United Conservative Party leader's position, points of order on debate ... 1612
Privilege (current session)
Access to information (Children's Services minister's responses to questions on the children of Serenity's former guardians) (no prima facie case of privilege found) ... 1026 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo's gesture to Member for Edmonton-South West) ... 2262-63 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo's gesture to Member for Edmonton-South West), member's apology ... 2332 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (passing of Government Motion 16) (no prima facie case of privilege found) ... 421
Progressive Conservative opposition
Budget plan, points of order on debate ... 254
Property Rights Advocate's office
Annual report 2016 referred to Resource Stewardship Committee (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 1513
Public Affairs Bureau
Reference to staff in Assembly, point of order ... 69-70 Staff political party affiliations ... 63 Staff political party affiliations, points of order on debate ... 69-70
Public Interest Commissioner
Appointment of Marianne Ryan effective July 1, 2017 (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 1513 Appointment of Ted Miles as Acting Public Interest Commissioner (Government Motion 14: carried) ... 282
Public service
Negotiated contract agreements, points of order on debate ... 553
Public transit
Capital funding ... 662-63 Federal funding ... 257, 263 Funding from interim supply ... 257, 263 GreenTRIP funding ... 257, 518
Pure North S'Energy Foundation
Provincial grants, points of order on debate ... 1090
Queen Elizabeth II highway
Balzac interchange ... 1182-83 Red Deer Gaetz Avenue interchange, capital funding ... 574-75 Red Deer Gaetz Avenue interchange, project status ... 662
Ray Gibbon Drive
Capital funding ... 735 Capital plan ... 735
Records management, government
E-mail deletion, points of order on debate ... 1686
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Land lease contracts, points of order on debate ... 976 Land lease contracts, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 976
Ring road, Calgary
Southwest portion, flood risk mitigation ... 871-72 Southwest portion completion ... 1863-64 Southwest portion construction concerns ... 1383-84, 1507, 2050
Road construction
Gravel road paving ... 346 Industrial Heartland capital plan ... 822-23 Interchanges, funding from interim supply ... 257, 263 Red Deer projects ... 251-52 Twinning of highways ... 256
Road maintenance and repair
Funding from interim supply ... 256, 263
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Federal funding, points of order on debate ... 2002
Sand and gravel mines and mining
Calgary gravel operation ... 123-24, 1383-84, 1507 Rocky View county gravel operations in Bearspaw area ... 1899
School Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 28)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 2170
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Rate reduction, funding for, points of order on debate ... 975-76
Serenity (aboriginal child who died in kinship care)
Safety of former guardians' biological children, Children's Services minister's responses to questions, point of privilege raised ... 1026 Safety of former guardians' biological children, points of order on debate ... 1025
Speaker's statements
House leaders' agreements, clarification requested ... 1788-89
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor (Government Motion 11: carried) ... 480 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 81
Standing Orders
SO 14, definition of stranger to exclude infants cared for by members (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 43 SO 52.01(1) amended to replace "Human Services" with "Community and Social Services, Children's Services" (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 45
Stoney Trail, Calgary
14th Street interchange ... 2564-65
Sub judice convention
Points of order raised ... 274-75
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Consideration for six hours on March 8 and 9, 2017 (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 43 Estimates debated ... 148
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Content of remarks ... 128 Points of order ... 525 Tabling of public documents, points of order ... 129
Taste of Edmonton festival
Hosting on Legislature Grounds ... 889
Traffic monitoring
Mobile speed camera (photoradar) use ... 1017, 2561
Traffic safety
Automated traffic enforcement technology information, 2014 to 2017 (Motion for a Return 4: defeated) ... 896 Drivers at risk for medical reasons, reporting by physicians and optometrists proposed ... 124-25 Funding from interim supply ... 257 Highway speed limits ... 1017
Transportation infrastructure
Funding from interim supply ... 257 Green infrastructure initiatives ... 148
Trinity Christian School Association
Government correspondence, September 1, 2014, to March 1, 2017 (Motion for a Return 2: carried as amended) ... 894 Government correspondence, September 1, 2014, to March 1, 2017 (Motion for a Return 2: carried as amended), amendment to replace "correspondence between the government and Trinity Christian School Association sent or received" with "official signed correspondence from the Minister or Deputy Minister of Alberta Education pertaining to Trinity Christian School Association sent" (Mason/Eggen: carried) ... 894
United Conservative Party
Reference to leader in the Assembly, points of order ... 1686
Voluntary Blood Donations Act (Bill 3)
Water/waste-water management
Capital funding from interim supply ... 257, 263 Federal funding ... 257, 263 Infrastructure needs, Okotoks ... 664-65
Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves and Natural Areas Amendment Act (RSA 2000 c34 (Supp)) s8 (adds s8.1(3))
Repeal exemption (Government Motion 36: carried) ... 2443
Wildrose on Campus club
University of Calgary campus screening of The Red Pill ... 68-69
McCuaig-Boyd, Margaret (Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley, NDP; Minister of Energy)
Aboriginal consultation
Energy industry environmental liability management review ... 1038
Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates, An (Bill 16)
First reading ... 1214 Second reading ... 1262-63 Third reading ... 1514 Market Surveillance Administrator provisions ... 1263 Regulations ... 1263
Act to Support Orphan Well Rehabilitation, An (Bill 14)
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 spring convention, ministerial forum ... 517
Alberta Energy Regulator
Project approval timelines ... 1973 Report on bitumen recovery beneath water bodies ... 2188
Balancing Pool
Administration of coal-fired electric power facilities, Market Surveillance Administrator investigation of ... 970 Financial position ... 346 Provincial loan ... 970
Bitumen upgrading
Thermal (steam-assisted) extraction plant approvals ... 1973
Carbon levy
Increase ... 1645 Relation to pipeline approval ... 1678-80 Revenue utilization ... 1263
Coal mines and mining
Metallurgic coal, approval process ... 602-3 Thermal coal, approval process ... 603
Cold Lake (city)
Rental vacancy rate ... 490
Corporate taxation, federal
Canadian exploration expenses (CEEs) deduction ... 490-91
Electric power
Capacity market system ... 346 Transmission costs ... 1135
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 1135
Electric power prices
Prices in Medicine Hat ... 1263 Regulated rate cap ... 826, 1135 Regulated rate option ... 1262-63 Regulated rate option, government to be urged to replace in regulation with default rate calculated using weighted average of wholesale prices of electricity (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: defeated) ... 508-9
Electric utilities
Consumer charges (delivery, rate riders, etc.) ... 826 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs) ... 970 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit, court decision ... 2049 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit, legal counsel ... 1607 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit costs ... 1606-7
Energy Diversification Advisory Committee
Energy industries
Carbon levy costs ... 300-301 Competitiveness ... 886 Drilling activity ... 886 Emissions assessments ... 1826 Environmental and ethical standards ... 886-87 Environmental and ethical standards, polluter pay principle ... 1244
Fish diseases
Whirling disease management ... 1307
Flood damage mitigation
Springbank reservoir project ... 710
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information requests under act, redacting of documents requested by opposition members ... 1826
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Methane emission reduction plan ... 1897-98 Methane emission regulations ... 1972-73
Imperial Oil
Oil sands SAGD expansion project status ... 2188
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Consul of Mexico for Alberta, Cecilia Villanueva Bracho ... 1249
Job creation
Provincial programs ... 1179
Market Surveillance Administrator (electric power market)
National Energy Board
Pipeline assessments, inclusion of upstream and downstream emissions criteria ... 1605 Pipeline assessments, inclusion of upstream and downstream emissions criteria, Energy minister's letter on ... 1605
North West Redwater Partnership
Sturgeon refinery project, phase 2 ... 1212-13
Oil sands advisory group
Co-chair's participation in British Columbia election ... 870 Membership ... 1305 Membership, pipeline opposition ... 1642-43, 1678 Report ... 301
Oil sands development
International investment in Alberta ... 303 Teck Resources Frontier project ... 1867
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AAMDC spring convention ministerial forum questions ... 517 Carbon levy and pipeline approvals ... 1678-80 Carbon levy increase ... 1645 Carbon policies ... 300-301 Coal strategy ... 602 Data security in public bodies ... 1135 Electric power cost to consumers ... 826 Electric power prices and transmission costs ... 1135 Electric power system ... 346 Electricity power purchase arrangement lawsuit ... 1606-7, 2049 Electricity power purchase arrangements ... 970 Energy exploration incentives ... 490-91 Energy industry emissions assessments ... 1826 Energy industry liability management ... 1037-38 Energy industry opposition ... 1305 Energy industry reclamation costs ... 371 Energy industry update ... 886 Energy policies ... 344 Imperial Oil Cold Lake oil sands project ... 2188 Job creation ... 1179 Job creation and retention ... 603 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline ... 1181, 1444 Methane emission reduction ... 1897-98 Methane emission regulations, Alberta Energy Regulator application timeline ... 1973 Methane gas monitoring ... 1946-47 North West refinery ... 1212-13 Oil sands advisory group co-chair ... 870 Oil sands investments ... 303 Pipeline approval and construction ... 1605-6 Pipelines to the west coast ... 969-70 Promotion of Alberta's energy industry ... 886-87 Renewable energy land leases ... 628-29, 734 Resource industries in northeastern Alberta ... 490 Springbank reservoir flood mitigation project ... 710 Teck Resources Frontier oil sands project ... 1867 Trans Mountain pipeline construction, carbon policy economic impact analysis ... 2324 Trans Mountain pipeline construction opposition ... 1642-43 Value-added energy industries ... 1722 Whirling disease in Alberta fish ... 1307
Orphan Well Association
Acceptance of loans ... 1144-45 Provincial loan ... 1244
Orphan well fund
Fund utilization ... 1144
Orphan well sites
Sale of productive wells ... 1244
Pipelines (oil and gas)
Environmental risk management ... 1134-35
Reclamation of land
Abandoned oil and gas wells, liability management review ... 1037-38 Funding ... 371
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Abandoned projects, land reclamation ... 517 Land lease contracts ... 628-29, 734
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Committee ... 1709 Committee, amendment A1 (facility owner responsibilities) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1709
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Utilities Consumer Advocate
McIver, Ric (Calgary-Hays , PC to July 23, 2017; UCP from July 24, 2017)
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2139-42, 2238 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2139-42, 2238 Coming-into-force date ... 2141-42 Implementation ... 2140, 2238 Stakeholder consultation ... 2238
Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol Impaired Driving, An (Bill 29)
Committee ... 2032-34, 2038-39, 2053, 2065 Committee, amendment A2 (5-year review of act) (Ellis: defeated) ... 2038-39 Committee, amendment A3 (zero tolerance for all drivers) (van Dijken: defeated) ... 2065 Committee, points of order on debate ... 2038 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 2033-34
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 270 General remarks ... 1205
Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2374, 2382-83, 2470-71, 2473-75 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read and subject matter referred to Legislative Offices Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2374, 2382-83, 2470-71 Committee ... 2516-17 Committee, amendment A1 (advance and mobile polls, polling places on reserves and Métis settlements, official results reporting, persons designated by Chief Electoral Officer, special ballots, results of recounts, transitional provisions) (Feehan: carried) ... 2516-17 Administrative amendments re lapse of Senatorial Selection Act ... 2471 Chief Electoral Officer's response ... 2374, 2474-75 Election Commissioner provisions ... 2374, 2470 Government advertising provisions ... 2474 Minimum residency requirement removal ... 2470-71, 2473 Third-party advertising provisions ... 2473-74
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 696-98, 781 Committee ... 858 Committee, amendment A3 (property tax conformity time frame of 10 years) (Stier: defeated) ... 858 Input from AUMA and AAMDC ... 697 Provisions for noncompliance with ministerial orders ... 697
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1798
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 1054-55 Committee ... 1164-66 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 2, 3(2), 5, advocate roles, duties, and functions) (Sabir: carried) ... 1164-65 Input from Inclusion Alberta ... 1164-66 Section 6(1), review of act ... 1054
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 spring convention, ministerial forum ... 298, 517
Alberta Investment Management Corporation regulation (Alberta Regulation 225/2007)
Governance and administration provisions, repeal of sections 5 and 6 ... 177, 531, 568, 1084 Governance and administration provisions, repeal of sections 5 and 6, points of order on debate ... 538
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2017 (Bill 4)
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Ministerial statement, responses ... 565-66
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2402-3 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loewen: defeated) ... 2402-3 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 2404
Bills, government (procedure)
Amendments, approval by Parliamentary Counsel ... 1585
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Amendments, approval by Parliamentary Counsel ... 1585
Budget 2017-2018 debate
Government Motion 13 (Ceci: carried) ... 554-56
Budget process
Supplementary supply use ... 391-92
By-elections, federal
2017 Calgary by-elections ... 555
Calgary-Greenway (constituency)
Death of former MLA Manmeet Singh Bhullar ... 727
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), member's apology ... 494-96 Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), member's recusal from debate ... 277
Calgary-Lougheed (constituency)
Member's resignation, ministerial statement, responses ... 1598
Calgary Transit
LRT green line, capital funding, points of order on debate ... 1727
Cannabis
Online sale, distribution by government workers ... 2186 Retail sale ... 2186-87
Carbon levy
General remarks ... 247 Impact on seniors' expenses ... 517 Relation to pipeline approval ... 1505-6 Revenue utilization ... 1205
Chief Medical Examiner
Autopsy reports, timeline on (Written Question 18: carried as amended) ... 2006-7 Autopsy reports, timeline on (Written Question 18: carried as amended), amendment to replace "an autopsy" with "a death investigation," motion for (Mason/Ganley: carried) ... 2006-7
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Adoption Advertising) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 206)
Child Protection and Accountability Act (Bill 18)
Second reading ... 1486-89 Committee ... 1569, 1572-79 Committee, amendment A1 (reporting on progress in implementation of recommendations) (McIver: carried) ... 1569 Committee, amendment A3 (protection of employees who provide information to the Child and Youth Advocate) (McIver: carried) ... 1572 Committee, amendment A5 (provisions for young mothers) (McIver: defeated) ... 1573 Committee, amendment A7 (addition of "or their designate" after "Assistant Deputy Minister") (McIver: defeated) ... 1574-75 Committee, amendment A9 (addition of ", Metis Settlement, indigenous community or organization" after "any relevant Band") (McIver: defeated) ... 1576 Committee, amendment A11 (continuation of interrupted investigations) (McIver: defeated) ... 1577-78 Committee, amendment A12 (renewals of stays on investigations) (Nixon: defeated) ... 1579 Third reading ... 1588-89 General remarks ... 1441-42
Child protective services
Deaths of children in care, publication ban ... 2048
Children's charter
Children First Act provisions ... 599-600
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Finance minister's meeting attendance ... 531, 568
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
Committee ... 1955 Committee, amendment A1 (transitional provisions' application to board chairs) (Mason: carried) ... 1955
Corporate taxation, federal
Small-business tax rate, provincial response ... 1945
Crime
Rural crime ... 517 Rural crime, emergency debate proposed, points of order on debate ... 2488-89 Rural crime, emergency debate proposed, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2489
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Economic development
Diversification ... 11-12
Education finance
Classroom improvement fund ... 1177, 1207
Educational curricula
Catholic schools sex education curriculum ... 1780-81 Catholic schools sex education curriculum, members' statements ... 1647-48 Catholic schools sex education curriculum, Premier's remarks on ... 1603-4 Redesign, committee membership, points of order on debate ... 1611 Redesign, social studies curriculum ... 1253-54
Elections, provincial
2015 election anniversary, members' statements ... 736
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended) ... 2078, 2080 Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended), amendment A3 (constituency name change from Calgary-Falconridge to Calgary-Bhullar) (Gill: defeated) ... 2080 Final report, minority report by Gwen Day ... 2285
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 2284-85, 2354-55, 2357-59 Second reading, motion to not now read because of lack of provision for rural representation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Stier: defeated) ... 2354-55, 2357-59 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 2282
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Judge and lawyer training on sexual offences ... 638
Employment and income support programs
Administration, funding from supplementary supply ... 146 Caseloads ... 555 Client benefits, funding from supplementary supply ... 146
Employment Standards Code
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Personal information collection ... 661 Residential no-charge energy savings program ... 392, 707-8 Residential no-charge energy savings program, contracted services ... 661-62
Energy industries
International investment in Alberta ... 485
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6, 2015)
Executive Council
Members' attendance in Assembly ... 298
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1314-17, 1320 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Families and Communities committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1314-17, 1320 Committee ... 1492, 1557-58, 1566, 1579-80, 1582-83, 1585-86 Committee, amendment A11 (union dues for lower income employees) (Gill/McIver: defeated) ... 1492 Committee, amendment A22 (coming-into-force dates) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1557-58 Committee, amendment A26 (proof of coercion or unfair influence) (Starke: defeated) ... 1566 Committee, amendment A27 (timing of parental leave) (McIver: defeated) ... 1579-80 Committee, amendment A30 (union certification representation vote) (McIver: defeated) ... 1582-83 Committee, amendment A31 (hours of work averaging agreements, group termination notices, definition of dependent contractors, exclusion of physicians from Labour Relations Code) (Gray: carried) ... 1585-86 Committee, amendment A31 (hours of work averaging agreements, group termination notices, definition of dependent contractors, exclusion of physicians from Labour Relations Code) (Gray: carried), question on whether amendment is in order ... 1585 Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed ... 1303 Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed, point of order on debate ... 1311 Stakeholder consultation ... 1316-17, 1320, 1558, 1585-86 Union certification provisions ... 1303, 1316
Federal-provincial-territorial relations
Fiscal plan 2016-2017
Third-quarter update ... 11-12
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 145, 1328, 1719 Government spending, members' statements ... 8 Impact on disposable income ... 1945 Sustainability, Canadian Parliamentary Budget Officer's report ... 1865
Flood damage mitigation
Springbank reservoir project ... 871
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (constituency)
Member's gesture to Member for Edmonton-South West, point of privilege raised (obstructing a member in performance of duty) ... 2263
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Progressive Conservative Party leader's remarks, points of order on debate ... 493
Gender-based analysis (GBA plus)
Application to provincial policy development ... 122
Government buildings
Accessibility to persons with disabilities, review of legislation (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried as amended) ... 1349 Accessibility to persons with disabilities, review of legislation (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried as amended), amendment A1 (committee to urge consultation; removal of reference to exceeding building code) (Renaud: carried) ... 1349
Greenhouses
Energy-efficient, carbon neutral infrastructure modelling project, funding from supplementary supply ... 146
Health care finance
Out-of-country care funding, Greta Marofke's eligibility ... 821-22, 967-68
Impaired driving
Cannabis use and driving ... 2032-34 Cannabis use and driving, public education and awareness initiatives ... 2033
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation networks and clusters, federal funding for, points of order on debate ... 254
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Ministerial statement, responses ... 402-3
Interprovincial/territorial relations
Members' statements ... 2399
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta leader the Hon. Jason Kenney ... 361
Job creation
Full-time jobs ... 11 Provincial programs ... 545, 885 Provincial strategy ... 485
Journée internationale de la Francophonie
Ministerial statement, responses ... 364
Kinship care
Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), Children's Services internal review ... 465 Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), criminal investigation ... 465, 1133-34 Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), public inquiry proposed ... 1134
Labour mobility
Saskatchewan construction site ban on Alberta licence plates ... 2399 Saskatchewan construction site ban on Alberta licence plates, points of order on debate ... 2402
Labour Relations Board
Decisions on whistle-blowing to be final ... 852
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative procedure
Language and decorum ... 298 Referring to members by proper titles in the Assembly, points of order ... 2402
Marketing of Agricultural Products Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 9)
Members' Statements (current session)
Catholic school sex education curriculum ... 1647-48 Government policies ... 1205, 1830-31 Interprovincial relations ... 2399 Pipeline approvals ... 2328-29 Provincial election second anniversary ... 736
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention
Access to information on Serenity's case requested ... 1133-34, 1487 Invitations to meetings, omission of opposition members ... 1487 Recommendations ... 1441-42, 1488-89 Recording of meetings ... 1487 Scope of investigation ... 465
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Battle of Vimy Ridge, responses ... 565-66 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, responses ... 402-3 Journée internationale de la Francophonie, responses ... 364 Member for Calgary-Lougheed, responses ... 1598 National Day of Mourning, responses ... 727
Ministry of Advanced Education
Auditor General's recommendations ... 1205
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Minister's performance ... 1692 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 146
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2), transfers to other ministries for climate leadership plan ... 392
Ministry of Health
Minister's remarks in the Assembly ... 298
Ministry of Status of Women
Ministry initiatives ... 121-22
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 145-46
Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipalities
Consultation with communities, legislative provisions ... 696 Parental leave for councillors ... 697
National Day of Mourning
Ministerial statement, responses ... 727
New building Canada fund (federal)
Capital investment funding ... 61
Northern Alberta
Development strategy (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried) ... 1062
Northern Alberta Development Council (NADC)
Council appointments ... 1062
Office of the Premier
Budget 2017-2018, points of order on debate ... 515, 525
Oil sands development
International investment in Alberta ... 555-56 Investment attraction ... 201 Shell Canada sale of assets to CNRL ... 201 Statoil sale of assets ... 201
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Timing of questions and responses, point of order ... 1727
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AAMDC spring convention ministerial forum questions ... 517 AIMCo board of directors ... 177, 1084 AIMCo governance ... 531, 568 Budget 2017 ... 405 Cabinet ministers' participation in debate ... 298 Calgary southwest ring road flood risk management ... 871 Cannabis distribution and sale ... 2186-87 Catholic school sex education curriculum ... 1603-4, 1780-81 Child intervention panel recommendations ... 1441-42 Children's charter ... 599-600 Educational curriculum review ... 1253-54 Employment and labour code consultations ... 613 Energy efficiency programs ... 661-62 Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act ... 1303-4 Government policies ... 247 Government spending ... 1719 Investment in Alberta and job creation ... 485 Job creation ... 545-46 Job creation and retention ... 885 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline ... 1381-82, 1505-6 Labour Relations Code review ... 647-48 Minister of Justice ... 625 Municipal infrastructure funding ... 61 Oil sands investments ... 201 Out-of-country health care funding ... 821-22, 967-68 Progress Alberta executive director's remarks ... 729-30 Provincial credit rating ... 1327-28 Provincial fiscal policies and cash flow ... 2416-17 Provincial fiscal policies and disposable income ... 1945 Provincial fiscal sustainability ... 1865 Provincial third-quarter fiscal update ... 11-12 Publication ban on children who die in care ... 2048 Residential no-charge energy savings program ... 707-8 School fees ... 366 Seniors' prescription drug copayments ... 1037 Serenity and the child intervention system ... 465, 1133-34 Serenity's former guardians ... 917, 1017 Status of Women ministry initiatives ... 121-22 Teachers' working time ... 773, 1177, 1207 Victims of sexual assault ... 1525
Pipeline construction
Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project ... 1381-82, 1505-6 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project opposition ... 1381-82, 1505-6, 2399 Members' statements ... 2328-29 Premier's advocacy ... 2399
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 493, 525, 2038 Factual accuracy ... 1798, 2404 Imputing falsehoods against a member or members ... 254 Items previously decided ... 2170 Language creating disorder ... 1686-87 Parliamentary language ... 538, 1611 Questions on large policy matters ... 1311 Referring to proper titles ... 2402 Reflections on a decision of the Assembly ... 2488-89 Reflections on a decision of the Assembly, remarks withdrawn ... 2489 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers ... 1686-87, 2282 Relevance ... 2170 Timing in question period ... 1727
Police
Street checks (carding) ... 402-3
Privilege (current session)
Obstructing a member in performance of duty (Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo's gesture to Member for Edmonton-South West) ... 2263
Progress Alberta
Executive director's remarks ... 729-30
Progressive Conservative opposition
Property tax
Tax rate, ratio of residential to nonresidential ... 697
Protecting Victims of Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act (Bill 202)
Committee ... 579 Committee, amendment A2 (change "the person" to "a person"; distribution of images provided by another person) (Connolly: carried) ... 579
Public Interest Commissioner
Ability to compel testimony ... 852
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 851-52 Committee ... 1092 Committee, amendment A2 (appeal process for commissioner decisions) (Swann: defeated) ... 1092 Definition of gross mismanagement ... 852 Ethics and Accountability Committee recommendations ... 851-52
Public service
Full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... 145
Records management, government
E-mail deletion, points of order on debate ... 1686-87
Registry services
Renewal reminders ... 1205
Regulatory Burden Reduction Act (Bill 207)
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Abandoned projects, land reclamation ... 517
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Ring road, Calgary
Southwest portion, flood risk mitigation ... 871
School Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 28)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 2170
School boards and districts
Land use, mandatory joint-use planning agreements with municipalities ... 697
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Rate reduction, funding for ... 270, 366 Rates ... 8
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug coverage, client copayments ... 1037
Serenity (aboriginal child who died in kinship care)
Sexual offences
Training for judges and lawyers, Justice minister's remarks ... 625 Treatment of victims, Angela Cardinal's circumstances ... 1525
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor (Government Motion 11: carried) ... 480
Standing Orders
SO 14, definition of stranger to exclude infants cared for by members (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 45
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Tourism
Market development ... 1831
United Conservative Party
Reference to leader in the Assembly, points of order ... 1686-87
Violence against women
Prevention strategies ... 121-22
Voluntary Blood Donations Act (Bill 3)
Committee ... 395-96 Committee, amendment A1 (role of private industry) (Yao: defeated) ... 396 Third reading ... 478-79 General remarks ... 1205
Voter registration
Door-to-door enumeration ... 2474
Wetland restoration
Industrial disturbance policy development (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 750-51
World Interfaith Harmony Week
Recognition in February in support of United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/5 (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 1759
McKitrick, Annie (Sherwood Park, NDP)
A Safe Place (women's shelter)
Capital funding ... 50-51
Aboriginal children's education
Education service agreements (ESAs) ... 2169
Aboriginal communities
Climate leadership plan participation, funding from supplementary supply ... 167
Aboriginal peoples
Employment programs, funding from supplementary supply ... 166-67 Programs and services ... 166
Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates, An (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1395-96 Committee, amendment A2 (regulated rate option cap changes) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1395-96 Application to rural electrification associations ... 1395-96
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Affordable housing
Funding ... 2110-11 Government-owned properties, construction ... 50-51 Government-owned properties, repairs and maintenance ... 50-51
Agricultural products
Export market development, China and Japan ... 890-91
Alberta Ballet
Members' statements ... 597
Alberta Corporate Tax Act
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 23)
Committee ... 1807-8 15-year transition provisions for adult-only buildings ... 1808
Alberta Personal Income Tax Act
Apprenticeship training
Aboriginal programs, funding from supplementary supply ... 166 Female participants ... 2487 Registered apprenticeship program (RAP) ... 2487
Appropriation Act, 2017 (Bill 10)
Athabasca Tribal Council
Driver training grant, funding from supplementary supply ... 167
Beef
Export market development, Japan ... 891
Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, King
Memorial tribute, members' statements ... 1868
Boys and Girls Club of Strathcona County
Members' statements ... 1081
Brewing industry
Small-brewery grant program ... 805
Calgary-East (constituency)
Capital projects
Funding ... 50 Promotion of use of Canadian-made materials and facilitation of participation of unionized workers, petition presented to the Assembly ... 1214
Carbon levy
Impact on seniors' care (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: defeated) ... 2013-15 Rebate adjustment notices following death of recipient ... 1185-86, 1224 Rebate administration ... 1185-87 Rebate payment frequency ... 1186-87
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Adoption Advertising) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 206)
Second reading ... 1338-39 Committee ... 1749, 1753-54 Committee, amendment A1 (preamble) (Aheer: carried) ... 1749
Christians
Response to LGBTQ2S-plus rights issues ... 1796-97
Christmas
Members' statements ... 2412
Climate change
Opposition members' positions ... 51, 55
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Interdepartmental transfers of funds for ... 167
Clover Bar Lodge, Sherwood Park
Community and regional economic support (CARES) program
Concussion of the brain
Annual awareness day (Motion Other than Government Motion 511: carried) ... 2438-39
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial deficit ... 804-5
Early childhood education
Kindergarten entry age ... 2169
Economic development
Diversification ... 51, 804 Government role ... 230
Education finance
Funding for enrolment growth ... 804
Educational curricula
Advanced placement courses (dual secondary/postsecondary credits) ... 2487 Redesign, workforce preparation component ... 2487
Employment Standards Code
Petition presented to the Assembly (annual holiday entitlement, restrictions on replacement worker hiring, 40-hour work week) ... 1214
First Nations, Treaty 8
Provincial relationship agreement ... 50
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 804-5
Forest products
Export market development, China and Japan ... 890-91
Francophones
Members' statements ... 373-74
Housing
Universal guidelines ... 1808
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 113, 243, 341, 361-62, 401, 461, 482, 552, 595, 644, 1079-80, 1299-1300, 1858, 2411
Job creation
Provincial programs ... 51, 805
Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council
Employment transitional support worker, funding from supplementary supply ... 166
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Alberta Ballet ... 597 Boys and Girls Club of Strathcona County ... 1081 Christmas spirit ... 2412 Francophonie in Alberta ... 373-74 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand ... 1868 Nowruz ... 411
Métis Nation of Alberta
Provincial relationship agreement ... 50
Minimum wage
Increase ... 804 Increase, impact on seniors' expenses ... 804
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2), transfer from Labour ministry to ... 166 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 166-67
Northeast Alberta Apprenticeship Initiative
Northern Alberta
Development strategy (Motion Other than Government Motion 506: carried) ... 1061-62
Northern Alberta Development Council (NADC)
Nowruz (Persian New Year)
Members' statements ... 411
Oil
Import, ethical and environmental issues ... 911
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Affordable housing ... 629-30, 2110-11 Refugee resettlement ... 1446 Strathcona community hospital ... 349 Trade mission to China and Japan ... 890-91 Trades career preparation for high school students ... 2487
Persons with disabilities
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Employment standards (annual holiday entitlement, restrictions on replacement worker hiring, 40-hour work week) ... 1214 Government promotion of use of Canadian-made materials in industrial projects, facilitation of unionized workers' participation in major construction projects ... 1214
Petrochemicals diversification program
Pipeline construction
Enbridge line 3 replacement project ... 50 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project ... 50 Province to urge federal government to facilitate pipeline construction (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried unanimously) ... 911
Pork
Export market development, Japan ... 891
Protecting Victims of Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act (Bill 202)
Radon Awareness and Testing Act (Bill 209)
Refugees
Settlement and integration services ... 1446
Rent supplement program
Strathcona county and Sherwood Park rates ... 629-30
School Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 28)
Committee ... 2127 Committee, amendment A1 (consultation with school boards on regulations) (Smith: defeated) ... 2127 Third reading ... 2169, 2175 Stakeholder consultation ... 2127, 2175
School boards and districts
Land use, mandatory joint-use planning agreements with municipalities ... 1102
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Rate reduction ... 804 Rates ... 51
School principals
Certification requirements ... 2169
School superintendents
Certification requirements ... 2169
Securities Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 13)
Seniors' home adaptation and repair program (SHARP)
Seniors' housing
Funding ... 804 New construction ... 50-51
Separate school districts
Establishment procedures ... 2169
Sherwood Park (constituency)
Skilled trades
Job retention, transition support, funding for ... 166
Slave Lake (town)
Aboriginal skilled tradespeople, support for ... 166
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 50-51 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 55, 92, 230, 233
Strathcona community hospital, Sherwood Park
Services provided ... 349 Wait times ... 349
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Supportive living accommodations
Tax credits
Charitable donation tax credit ... 1225 Political contribution tax credit ... 1186, 1224-25 Provincial dividend tax credit ... 1186 Tuition and education tax credits ... 1186
Tax returns
Electronic filing ... 1186
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 1185-87 Committee ... 1218, 1224-25 Committee, amendment A1 (political contribution tax credit) (Clark: defeated) ... 1218
Trade missions
Economic Development and Trade minister's trip to China and South Korea, 2016 ... 891 Premier's and Economic Trade and Development minister's trip to China and Japan ... 890-91
Trade Winds to Success program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 166
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Wetland restoration
Industrial disturbance policy development (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 751-52
World Interfaith Harmony Week
Recognition in February in support of United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/5 (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 1623
McLean, Stephanie V. (Calgary-Varsity, NDP; Minister of Service Alberta, Minister of Status of Women)
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Consumer bill of rights provisions ... 2226
Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
First reading ... 2115-16 Second reading ... 2225-27, 2265-66 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loewen: defeated) ... 2265-66 Committee ... 2533-35, 2538, 2541-43 Committee, amendment A1 (ticket bot sale software ownership) (Cyr: defeated) ... 2534-35 Committee, amendment A2 (removal of provisions for veterinarians) (Starke: defeated) ... 2538 Committee, amendment A3 (exemption of small ticket sellers, offences under act) (McLean: carried) ... 2541-42 Committee, amendment A4 (removal of AMVIC provisions) (Cyr: defeated) ... 2542-43 Third reading ... 2550 Consumer bill of rights provisions ... 2533 Consumer contract provisions ... 2533-34 Consumer online review provisions ... 2534 Definition of "domestic animal" ... 2265 Fair Trading Act renaming and preamble addition ... 2533 High-cost loan provisions ... 2534 Provisions for release of information on corporations' criminal charges and convictions ... 2226-27 Public consultation ... 2226 Stakeholder consultation ... 2266, 2538 Veterinary profession provisions ... 2226, 2265, 2533-34, 2560
Condominium Property Act
Amendments ... 653 Regulation development ... 2482
Consumer protection
Dispute resolution mechanisms ... 2226 Laws and legislation ... 2225-26 Service Alberta online survey ... 1895 Stakeholder consultation ... 1895-96
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information requests under act ... 520, 1738-39 Information requests under act, Premier's former chief of staff's role in ... 1896-97 Information requests under act, solicitor-client privilege ... 713
Gender-based analysis (GBA plus)
Application to provincial policy development ... 122
Government accountability
Home construction industry
Prepaid contractors, consumer protection ... 949
Home renovation industry
Prepaid contractors ... 949
Human trafficking
Prevention strategies ... 1306
Information and communications technology
Government systems, Auditor General's report ... 1022 Public body data security ... 1039 Public body data security, Auditor General's recommendations ... 1134
Information and Privacy Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
Report on FOIP request delays (report F2017-IR-03) ... 713
International Women's Day
Ministerial statement ... 116
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land titles registry
Website outage, November 2017 ... 2159, 2163
Life lease housing
Legislative provisions ... 601
Ministerial Statements (current session)
International Women's Day ... 116
Ministry of Service Alberta
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 168-69
Ministry of Status of Women
Ministry initiatives ... 122
Motor vehicle registration and transfer
Veterans' licence plates, RCMP veterans' eligibility for ... 550
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 12)
Open government data portal
Open-data sets available online ... 1739
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Access to information ... 1738-39, 1896-97 Access to information and legal privilege ... 713 Condominium and housing co-operative governance ... 730 Condominium Property Act ... 653 Condominium property regulations ... 2482 Consumer protection ... 1895-96 Data security in public bodies ... 1039, 1134 E-mail management in government ... 1681 FOIP request process ... 520 Government information technology systems ... 1022 Land titles registry website outage ... 2159, 2163 Life lease housing ... 601 Openness and transparency in government ... 1646-47 Service Alberta postage use ... 348 Sexual exploitation and trafficking ... 1306 Sexual violence survivors ... 1992 Status of Women ministry initiatives ... 122 Veterans' licence plate eligibility ... 550 Veterinary Profession Act amendments ... 2560
Postage and delivery services, government
Funding ... 348 Funding from supplementary supply ... 168-69
Records management, government
Registry services
Renewal reminders, cost of printing and postage ... 348
Sexual exploitation
Prevention strategies ... 1306
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Violence against women
Prevention strategies ... 122
McPherson, Karen M. (Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill, NDP to October 3, 2017; Ind. from October 4 to 30, 2017; AP from October 30, 2017)
Act to Protect Gas and Convenience Store Workers, An (Bill 19)
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2453 Second reading, motion to not now read to allow for consultation (reasoned amendment REA1) (Nixon: defeated) ... 2453 Committee, amendment A5 (code of conduct review) (Clark/McPherson: defeated) ... 2499 Committee, amendment A10 (educational materials and strategies explaining worker rights) (Clark/McPherson: defeated) ... 2504 Provisions for worker refusal of unsafe work ... 2453
Act to Remove Barriers for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence, An (Bill 2)
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1773 Third reading ... 1929
Act to Support Orphan Well Rehabilitation, An (Bill 14)
Affordable housing
Government-owned properties, construction ... 96 Government-owned properties, repairs and maintenance ... 96
Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator
Assisted reproductive technologies
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Committee ... 2539, 2543-44, 2546-47 Committee, amendment A2 (removal of provisions for veterinarians) (Starke: defeated) ... 2539 Committee, amendment A5 (consumer service agreements) (McPherson: carried) ... 2543-44 Committee, amendment A8 (notice of consumer transaction cancellation) (McPherson: defeated) ... 2546 Committee, amendment A10 (ticket cancellation provisions) (McPherson: defeated) ... 2546-47
Budget 2017-2018
Second-quarter fiscal update ... 2045-46
Bullying
Workplace harassment ... 1969
Bullying Awareness Week
Ministerial statement, responses ... 1893
Calgary board of education
Bell time changes ... 1861 Busing of students, ministerial audit ... 1861-62
Calgary Jewish Centre Amendment Act, 2017
Compliance with standing orders, Private Bills Committee report to Assembly ... 444 Petition presented to the Assembly ... 374
Calgary Jewish Centre Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill Pr. 1)
Private Bills Committee report on petition, compliance with standing orders, and recommendation that bill proceed in the Assembly (report concurred in) ... 737
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 314-15, 943
Cannabis
Distribution and sale ... 1603
Committee on Private Bills, Standing
Report on petitions, compliance with standing orders ... 444 Report on petitions for bills Pr. 1 and Pr. 2, compliance with standing orders and recommendation that bills proceed in the Assembly (report concurred in) ... 737
Concussion of the brain
Annual awareness day (Motion Other than Government Motion 511: carried) ... 2436-37, 2441
Corporate taxation, provincial
Easter (Christian observance)
Members' statements ... 645
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 33)
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Judge and lawyer training on sexual offences ... 634-35
Family Violence Prevention Month
Ministerial statement, responses ... 1676
Hangar Flight Museum, Calgary
Members' statements ... 621-22
Home construction industry
Enhanced builder information program, Fort McMurray ... 942, 959
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Ministerial statement, responses ... 2180
International Women's Day
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Job creation
Provincial programs ... 96
Lethbridge-East (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 319
Members' Statements (current session)
Easter ... 645 Hangar Flight Museum in Calgary ... 621-22 Sexual violence and harassment ... 1969 Symons Valley Ranch ... 127 Violence against women and girls ... 1300 Women's suffrage anniversary ... 576
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Bullying Awareness Week, responses ... 1892 Family Violence Prevention Month, responses ... 1676 International Day of Persons with Disabilities, responses ... 2180
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 942-43 Committee ... 956-60, 1114-15 Committee, amendment A1 (licence fee exemptions for charitable organizations and small businesses) (Fraser: carried) ... 956-57 Committee, amendment A2 (training course and examination service providers) (Fraser: defeated) ... 957-60 Committee, amendment A3 (builders registry information) (Swann: defeated) ... 1114-15
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Cannabis distribution ... 1603 Diabetes support in schools ... 1783 Education budget ... 2558-59 Fort McMurray wildfire recovery ... 778 Infertility treatment funding ... 1739 Infertility treatment in Edmonton ... 2157 PDD service delivery ... 2321-22 Provincial fiscal update ... 2045-46 School transportation and bell times in Calgary ... 1861-62 Viscount Bennett Centre ... 2415-16 Workers' compensation for first responders with PTSD ... 1949
Paula Jean Anderson Adoption Termination Act
Compliance with standing orders, Private Bills Committee report to Assembly ... 444 Petition presented to the Assembly ... 374
Paula Jean Anderson Adoption Termination Act (Bill Pr. 2)
Private Bills Committee report on petition, compliance with standing orders, and recommendation that bill proceed in the Assembly (report concurred in) ... 737
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Petitions for Private Bills (current session)
Calgary Jewish Centre Amendment Act, 2017 (petitioners Bruce Libin, Yannai Segal, Lorne Paperny, Calgary) ... 374 Paula Jean Anderson Adoption Termination Act (petitioner Paula Jean Anderson, Red Deer) ... 374
Pipeline construction
Enbridge line 3 replacement project ... 95 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project ... 95
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Workers' compensation coverage for first responders ... 1949
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Private Bills Committee report on petitions, compliance with standing orders ... 444 Private Bills Committee report on petitions for bills Pr. 1 and Pr. 2, compliance with standing orders and recommendation that bills proceed in the Assembly (report concurred in) ... 737
Royal Alexandra hospital, Edmonton
Assisted reproductive technology services ... 2157
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Modernized royalty framework ... 95
School Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 28)
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Schools
Supports for students with diabetes ... 1783
Securities Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 13)
Third reading ... 1140-41 Stakeholder consultation ... 1141
Sexual offences
Members' statements ... 1969 Terminology, victim versus survivor ... 634
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 95-96 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 96
Symons Valley Ranch
Members' statements ... 127
Tax credits
Alberta investor tax credit (AITC) ... 95 Capital investment tax credit (CITC) ... 95
Violence against women
Members' statements ... 1300
Viscount Bennett Centre, Calgary
Water quality
Drinking water, aboriginal communities ... 96
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Women's suffrage
Members' statements ... 576
Miller, Barb (Red Deer-South, NDP)
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol Impaired Driving, An (Bill 29)
Second reading ... 1962 Committee ... 2063 Committee, amendment A3 (zero tolerance for all drivers) (van Dijken: defeated) ... 2063 Stakeholder consultation ... 1962
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Affordable housing
Government-owned properties, construction ... 47 Government-owned properties, repairs and maintenance ... 47
Daycare
Affordability, $25-a-day rate ... 47
Electric power prices
Regulated rate cap ... 826
Electric utilities
Consumer charges (delivery, rate riders, etc.) ... 826
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 47-48
Homeless persons
Programs and services ... 47
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week ... 819 Red Deer College green energy residence ... 1777 Red Deer regional airport expansion ... 1447-48 Red Deer regional hospital emergency services ... 2400 Red Deer regional hospital obstetrics expansion ... 623 Red Deer seniors' birthday celebrations ... 8-9 World Diabetes Day ... 1901-2
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week
Members' statements ... 819
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 12)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Electric power cost to consumers ... 826 National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls ... 1257-58 Red Deer courthouse ... 202 School nutrition programs ... 2046
Pipeline construction
Enbridge line 3 replacement project ... 47 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project ... 47
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 11)
Red Deer (city)
Seniors' birthday celebrations ... 47 Seniors' birthday celebrations, members' statements ... 8-9
Red Deer College
New green energy residence, members' statements ... 1777
Red Deer justice centre
New courthouse proposed ... 202
Red Deer regional airport
Members' statements ... 1447-48 Runway extension ... 47
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Capital plan ... 47 Emergency services, members' statements ... 2400 Obstetrics unit expansion, members' statements ... 623
School fees (elementary and secondary)
School nutrition programs
Funding ... 2046 Program expansion (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried) ... 587-88, 594
Speech from the Throne
Address moved and seconded ... 46-48
Utilities Consumer Advocate
World Diabetes Day
Members' statements ... 1901-2
Miranda, Ricardo (Calgary-Cross, NDP; Minister of Culture and Tourism)
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 spring convention, ministerial forum ... 349
Banff national park
Increase in visitors anticipated ... 1510
Calgary (city)
Tourism promotion, funding for ... 465
Calgary-Cross (constituency)
Calgary International Airport
Direct flights from Mexico City ... 465
Canada
150th anniversary, impact on tourism ... 1510
Child protective services
Deaths of children in care, publication ban ... 2048
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Immigrant children and youth ... 1799
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Ministerial statement ... 703-4
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Journée internationale de la Francophonie
Ministerial statement ... 362-64
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
French language use ("Piquette affair") ... 363 French remarks ... 362-64
Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Holocaust Remembrance Day ... 703-4 Journée internationale de la Francophonie ... 362-64
Multimedia industry programs
Postproduction grant pilot program ... 1307-8
Nonprofit organizations
Cultural program funding ... 2160
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Child and youth recreational and cultural programs ... 2160 Digital media and postproduction grant programs ... 1307-8 Parks Canada film permit denial ... 348-49 Publication ban on children who die in care ... 2048 Restaurant industry support ... 1827 Reynolds-Alberta Museum ... 302 Tourism and Canada 150 ... 1510 Tourism data collection ... 549 Tourism destination marketing funds ... 1866-67 Tourism promotion ... 465-66
Parks Canada
Denial of filming permit for Hard Powder ... 348-49
Restaurant industry
Competitiveness, impact of government policies on ... 1827
Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin
Taxation, provincial
Impact on restaurant industry ... 1827
Tourism
Economic impact tracking ... 549 Industry development, funding for ... 465-66 LGBTQ tourism ... 1799 Market development ... 1510
Tourism destination marketing fees
World Interfaith Harmony Week
Recognition in February in support of United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/5 (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 1625
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