Nielsen, Christian E. (Edmonton-Decore, NDP)
Aboriginal peoples
Employment programs ... 1211
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2137, 2139, 2210, 2334-36, 2338 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2137, 2139, 2210 Committee ... 2493, 2496 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 Committee, amendment A2 (provisions for nonprofit organizations) (Clark: defeated) ... 2496 Committee, amendment A3 (review of OHS regulations) (Hunter: defeated) ... 2496 Coming-into-force date ... 2334 Mandatory joint work-site health and safety committee provisions ... 2334-36 Provisions for worker refusal of unsafe work ... 2335 Stakeholder consultation ... 2137, 2493 Stakeholder consultation, online survey ... 2210
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Basic municipal transportation grant program
Budgetary surplus ... 143
Edmonton-Decore (constituency)
Constituents' milestone celebrations, members' statements ... 207
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Integration with other health services ... 1946 Worker health and safety initiatives ... 1946
Employment Standards Code
Amendment to recognize May 1 as international workers' day in Alberta, petition presented on ... 1334 Stakeholder consultation ... 1540-41
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1360, 1422-23, 1429-30 Second reading, motion to not now read to allow for consultation and economic impact analysis (reasoned amendment RA1) (Hunter: defeated) ... 1422-23 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Families and Communities committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1360 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Families and Communities committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hanson: defeated), motion to adjourn debate (Nielsen: carried) ... 1360 Committee ... 1453, 1458-60, 1478-79, 1493-94, 1498-99, 1518-19, 1536-37, 1539-42, 1546-49, 1557, 1560, 1566 Committee, amendment A1 (bill title) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1453 Committee, amendment A3 (prohibition on use of union dues for political advertising or advocacy) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1458-60 Committee, amendment A9 (prohibition on unsolicited union representative visits to employees' residences) (Smith: defeated) ... 1478-79 Committee, amendment A11 (union dues for lower income employees) (Gill/McIver: defeated) ... 1493 Committee, amendment A12 (time frame for union certification) (Cyr: defeated) ... 1494 Committee, amendment A13 (overtime pay and time in lieu) (Hunter: defeated) ... 1498-99, 1518-19 Committee, amendment A14 (union decertification/revocation) (Fraser: defeated) ... 1536-37, 1539 Committee, amendment A15 (farm workers' break times) (Swann: defeated) ... 1540-41 Committee, amendment A16 (sign-off on compassionate care leave by nurse practitioners) (Drysdale: defeated) ... 1541-42 Committee, amendment A18 (first contract arbitration) (van Dijken/Panda: defeated) ... 1546-47 Committee, amendment A19 (employer or union influence on decision to vote) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 1548-49 Committee, amendment A22 (coming-into-force dates) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1557 Committee, amendment A23 (secret ballot for union certification) (van Dijken: defeated) ... 1560 Committee, amendment A26 (proof of coercion or unfair influence) (Starke: defeated) ... 1566 Stakeholder consultation ... 1423 Union certification provisions ... 1360
Firefighters
Certification initiative, funding for ... 143
Fisher, Stan C. (president and CEO, St. Michael's Health Care Group)
Retirement, members' statements ... 1128
Hunting
Trophy hunting ban, petition presented to the Assembly ... 2401
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 113, 198, 341, 514, 595, 913, 1127, 1377, 1674, 1715, 1733, 1891, 1943, 2154, 2178, 2258
Labour Relations Code
Amendment to prohibit "double-breasting" (operation of unionized and non-unionized related companies), petition presented on ... 1334 Repeal of sections 34(1)(e) , 38(2) (prohibitions on union certification), and 172 (grouping of trade unions) and of amendments contained in Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008, petition presented to the Assembly ... 1334 Strike vote provisions ... 1360
McClure United church, Edmonton
Gifts to Central America, members' statements ... 596
Members' Statements (current session)
Edmonton-Decore constituents' milestones ... 207 McClure United church gifts to Central America ... 596 Stan C. Fisher, St. Michael's Health Care Group ... 1128 UFCW local 401 shoe drive for women's shelter ... 2189 Workers' compensation review ... 1902
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Indigenous internship program ... 1211
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 143-44 Support services, budgetary surplus ... 143
Municipalities
Energy efficiency initiatives ... 143
Oil sands development
Commemoration of 50 years of oil sands development and memorial to oil sands employees killed or injured, petition presented on ... 1334
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Educational curriculum redesign, Arabic language educational curricula ... 648-49 Emergency medical worker supports ... 1946 Indigenous workforce participation ... 1211 School fees ... 16
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Commemoration of 50 years of oil sands development and memorial to oil sands employees killed or injured; commemoration of May 1 as international workers' day in Alberta ... 1334 Labour Relations Code amendment to prohibit "double-breasting" (operation of unionized and non-unionized related companies) ... 1334 Repeal of sections 34(1)(e) , 38(2) (prohibitions on union certification), and 172 (grouping of trade unions) and of amendments contained in Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 ... 1334 Trophy hunting ban ... 2401
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Tabling of a bill or statute, tabling returned ... 2488
Trade Winds to Success program
United Food and Commercial Workers' Union
Local 401 shoe drive for women's shelters, members' statements ... 2189
Vermilion-Lloydminster (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 1429-30
Workers' compensation
Client benefits ... 2335 Cost of coverage ... 2139 Maximum insurable earnings cap ... 2335-36 Presumptive coverage for first responders ... 2338
Workers' Compensation Board
Review ... 2137 Review, members' statements ... 1902
Nixon, Jason (Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, W to July 23, 2017; UCP from July 24, 2017)
Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates, An (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1396 Committee, amendment A2 (regulated rate option cap changes) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1396 Application to rural electrification associations ... 1396
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2232, 2234, 2338-50 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2232, 2234 Second reading, motion to not now read to allow for consultation (reasoned amendment REA1) (Nixon: defeated) ... 2341-50 Committee ... 2506 Incident reporting provisions ... 2349 Mandatory joint work-site health and safety committee provisions ... 2341-42 Provisions for worker refusal of unsafe work ... 2339 Stakeholder consultation ... 2232, 2340 Time for debate ... 2344-45, 2348 Workplace bullying and harassment provisions ... 2342
Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol Impaired Driving, An (Bill 29)
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Third reading ... 1231-32 Bill moved to Government Bills and Orders on the Order Paper ... 1232 Lack of preamble ... 1232 Stakeholder consultation ... 1232
Agribusiness
Carbon levy costs ... 2415
Agriculture
Carbon levy costs ... 2415
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 23)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Board of director appointments ... 619
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2017 (Bill 4)
Banff national park
Ya Ha Tinda Ranch ... 267
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bill 216, Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Protecting Alberta's Children) Amendment Act, 2017, request for immediate consideration in second reading (unanimous consent denied) ... 2263 Bill 216, Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Protecting Alberta's Children) Amendment Act, 2017, request to proceed immediately to second reading ... 2263
Budget 2017-2018 debate
Government Motion 13 (Ceci: carried) ... 416
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 417
Calgary-Lougheed (constituency)
Cannabis
Zero tolerance for transportation workers proposed ... 2059
Cannabis tax, federal
Federal-provincial-territorial revenue-sharing plan ... 1893
Carbon competitiveness incentives program
Government planning document ... 2320-21 Stakeholder consultation ... 2320
Castle wildland provincial park
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Protecting Alberta's Children) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 216)
First reading, request for immediate consideration in second reading (unanimous consent denied) ... 2263 First reading, request to proceed immediately to second reading (question not considered) ... 2263 Second reading, request for immediate consideration (unanimous consent denied) ... 2263
Child and Youth Advocate's office investigations/inquiries
Investigative review, 15-year-old "Levi" ... 1238, 1258 Investigative review, 15-year-old "Levi," points of order on debate ... 1261
Child Protection and Accountability Act (Bill 18)
Second reading ... 1482-84, 1488 Committee ... 1567-69, 1571-75, 1577-78 Committee, amendment A2 (committee review of Child and Youth Advocate's annual report) (Nixon: carried) ... 1571-72 Committee, amendment A4 (Child and Youth Advocate annual report to Speaker) (Nixon: carried) ... 1572 Committee, amendment A5 (provisions for young mothers) (McIver: defeated) ... 1573 Committee, amendment A6 (court determination of basis for stay of an investigation) (Nixon: carried) ... 1574 Committee, amendment A8 (Child and Youth Advocate's mandate on death reviews) (Nixon: carried) ... 1575 Committee, amendment A10 (culture expert availability to Child and Youth Advocate) (Nixon: defeated) ... 1577 Committee, amendment A12 (renewals of stays on investigations) (Nixon: defeated) ... 1578 Third reading ... 1587-88
Child protective services
Child and Youth Advocate's recommendations ... 1258 Death review system ... 119 Deaths of children in care, publication ban ... 1483 Designated services, definition ... 1483 Intervention services ... 1016
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Corporate taxation, federal
Small-business tax rate, provincial response ... 1894, 1943
Corporate taxation, provincial
Crime
Rural crime ... 2109-10 Rural crime, emergency debate proposed ... 1990-91, 2045 Rural crime, emergency debate proposed, points of order on debate ... 2001-2 Rural crime, emergency debate proposed, points of order on debate, member's apology ... 2002 Rural crime, emergency debate proposed, points of order on debate, point of clarification ... 2002 Rural crime, points of order on debate ... 2117 Rural crime, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2117 Rural crime, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (not proceeded with) ... 2003
Crime prevention
Rural crime, points of order on debate ... 2002
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Educational curricula
Redesign, committee membership, points of order on debate ... 1611
Election (Restrictions on Government Advertising) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 203, 2015)
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended) ... 2073-74 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) ... 2073-74 Final report, minority report by Gwen Day ... 2289
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 2283, 2288-89 Second reading, motion to not now read because of lack of provision for rural representation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Stier: defeated) ... 2287-89
Electric power prices
Regulated rate cap ... 1860
Electric utilities
Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit costs, point of order withdrawn ... 1613
Elk Island Child & Youth Ranch
Assault on employee, emergency response ... 545
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Rural crime, request for debate ... 2003
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (procedure)
Urgency requirement ... 1613
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Federal equalization payment negotiations, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 1789 Pipeline assessments, government urged to demand that federal government amend National Energy Board Act (unanimous consent denied) ... 1610, 1613-14 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) ... 1954 Provincial response to federal policies (not proceeded with), point of order on debate ... 1954
Employment Standards Code
Protected leave of absence from work ... 1372
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Residential no-charge energy savings program ... 267-68 Residential no-charge energy savings program, contracted services ... 619
Energy industries
Environmental and ethical standards ... 2391-92
Energy policies
Economic Development and Trade minister's remarks ... 2391-92 Federal policies, provincial response ... 1944 Impact on investment ... 1677
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1366-69, 1372-75, 1409, 1411, 1414-17 Second reading, motion to not now read to allow for consultation and economic impact analysis (reasoned amendment RA1) (Hunter: defeated) ... 1409, 1411, 1414-17 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Families and Communities committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1366-69, 1372-74 Committee ... 1558 Committee, amendment A22 (coming-into-force dates) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1558 Coming-into-force date ... 1414 Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed ... 1374-75 Stakeholder consultation ... 1366-68, 1372-73
Fatality inquiries
Death of PDD caregiver Valerie Wolski, report recommendations ... 545
Federal-provincial-territorial relations
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 267, 390-91 Sustainability, Canadian Parliamentary Budget Officer's report ... 2414
Floods, southern Alberta (2013)
Recovery funding from supplementary supply ... 391
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
Gas utilities
Home heating bill information ... 1860
Gasoline prices
Carbon levy impact ... 1736
Government of Canada
Equalization and transfer payments ... 1778 Equalization payment negotiations ... 1823, 2414-15 Equalization payment negotiations, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (not proceeded with) ... 1789
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Methane emission reduction plan ... 2320
Health care
Provincial strategy ... 1970 Provincial strategy, points of order on debate ... 1979-80
Health care capacity issues
Wait times, central Alberta ... 391
Health sciences personnel
Rural positions, recruitment and retention ... 1970
Illicit drug trade
Decriminalization, Associate Minister of Health's remarks ... 1944
Impaired driving
Roadside tests for cannabis ... 2059
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Tax rate, impact on disposable income ... 1859
Information and Privacy Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
Report on FOIP request delays (report F2017-IR-03) ... 619
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 57, 293, 342, 418, 609, 817, 963-64, 1127, 1522, 1941, 1967-68, 1988-89, 2041-42, 2178
Job creation
Provincial programs ... 1718 Provincial programs, points of order on debate ... 1727
Kinship care
Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), Children's Services internal review ... 176, 464 Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), criminal investigation ... 119, 464
Lacombe-Ponoka (constituency)
Member's remarks during Bill 29 debate, member's statements, points of order on ... 2261
Leader of the Official Opposition
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Rural representation ... 2283
Members' Statements (procedure)
Members' Statements (current session)
Conservative party merger agreement ... 1174 Government policies ... 243-44, 619 Serenity ... 1034
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention
Access to information on Serenity's case requested ... 1016, 1034-35, 1484 Access to information on Serenity's case requested, point of order withdrawn ... 1025 Final report ... 2557 Recommendations ... 1036, 1482-84, 1488, 1568, 1587-88 Scope of investigation ... 119, 176-77, 464, 966-67, 1261
Ministry of Health
Minister's remarks in the Assembly ... 244, 268 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 391
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) ... 391
National Energy Board Act
Pipeline assessment provisions, government urged to demand that federal government amend ... 1676-77 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 Pipeline assessment provisions, government urged to demand that federal government amend National Energy Board Act (unanimous consent denied) ... 1610, 1613-14
Nonprofit organizations
Carbon levy costs ... 2480
Office of the Premier
Premier's meetings with Prime Minister Trudeau ... 1599-1600
Opioid use
Decriminalization, Associate Minister of Health's remarks ... 1944
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Rules and practices ... 1612
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Carbon levy and charitable organizations' costs ... 2480 Carbon levy and fuel costs ... 1736, 1860 Carbon levy and pipeline approvals ... 1600, 2108-9 Carbon levy increase ... 2181-82, 2250-51, 2415, 2479-80 Carbon levy questions to the Premier ... 2044, 2108 Care worker safety ... 545 Child death review system ... 119, 176-77 Child protective services and death reviews ... 1258 Energy policies ... 1677, 2391-92 Federal equalization payment negotiations ... 1823, 2414-15 Federal equalization payments ... 1778 Federal tax and energy policies ... 1893-94 Government policies ... 205-6, 1717-18 Greenhouse gas large emitter regulations ... 2320-21 Health care professionals in rural Alberta ... 1969-70 Health care system ... 1970-71 Keystone XL pipeline project ... 1893, 1990 Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention ... 966-67, 2557 Pipeline approval ... 1599-1600, 1639-40, 1676-77 Pipeline approval and construction ... 1777-78, 1824 Pipeline approval and federal-provincial relations ... 1640 Provincial by-election ... 1736-37, 1778-79 Provincial credit rating ... 2155-57 Provincial credit rating and debt-servicing costs ... 2181 Provincial fiscal policies ... 1859-60 Provincial policy on illicit drugs ... 1944 Provincial response to federal policies ... 1943-44 Provincial response to pipeline opposition ... 1989-90, 2392-93 Rural crime ... 1990-91, 2045, 2109-10 Serenity and the child intervention system ... 464, 1016, 1035-36 Services for students with special needs ... 970-71 Tax policies and provincial revenue ... 2043-44 Trans Mountain pipeline construction ... 1824, 2249-50 Trans Mountain pipeline construction opposition ... 1735-36, 2180-81 Unemployment ... 1718-19
Parks, provincial
Recreational activities in ... 267
Pipeline construction
Approvals ... 1676-77, 1824 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project ... 1824, 1989 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project opposition ... 1717-18, 1735-36, 1777-78, 1990, 2108-9, 2180-81, 2249-50, 2392-93 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project opposition, points of order on debate ... 1787 Opposition, provincial response ... 2392 Premier's advocacy ... 1777-78 Premier's advocacy, speaking tour ... 1735, 2180, 2392 TransCanada Energy East project ... 53 TransCanada Energy East project approval denied ... 1599-1600 TransCanada Energy East project cancellation ... 1600 TransCanada Keystone XL project ... 53, 1893, 1990 TransCanada Keystone XL project, remarks of former envoy to Washington, DC ... 1990
Pipelines (oil and gas)
Federal NDP position ... 1736
Points of clarification (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 2002
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 2002 Allegations against a member or members, member's apology ... 2002 Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 ... 1613 Emergency motions under Standing Order 42, speaking to urgency ... 1954 Imputing motives ... 2117 Imputing motives, remarks withdrawn ... 2117 Imputing motives, withdrawn ... 1979-80 Insulting language ... 1727 Language creating disorder ... 1261, 1686, 1787, 2001 Members' statements ... 2261 Oral questions ... 1612 Parliamentary language ... 327, 1611, 2002 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers ... 1686
Postsecondary educational institution finance
United Conservative Party leader's position, points of order on debate ... 1612
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
Radon Awareness and Testing Act (Bill 209)
Records management, government
E-mail deletion, points of order on debate ... 1686
Regional collaborative service delivery
Central Alberta services ... 970-71
Rental housing
Age restrictions ... 1769
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Federal funding, points of order on debate ... 2002
Serenity (aboriginal child who died in kinship care)
General remarks ... 1568 Members' statements ... 1034 Safety of former guardians' biological children ... 967, 1016 Safety of former guardians' biological children, points of order withdrawn ... 1025
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 267-68 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 53
Sundre (town)
Nurse practitioner services ... 1969-70
Taxation, provincial
Impact on provincial revenue ... 2043-44
United Conservative Party
Merger agreement between Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties, members' statements ... 1174 Reference to leader in the Assembly, points of order ... 1686
Voluntary Blood Donations Act (Bill 3)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 327
Wild Rose school division
Services for children with special needs ... 970-71
Notley, Rachel (Edmonton-Strathcona, NDP; Premier)
Aboriginal children
Removal from families and communities ('60s scoop) ... 344
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2448-50 Second reading, motion to not now read to allow for consultation (reasoned amendment REA1) (Nixon: defeated) ... 2448-50 Mandatory joint work-site health and safety committee provisions ... 2449-50 Stakeholder consultation ... 2448-49
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Agribusiness
Carbon levy costs ... 2415
Agriculture
Carbon levy costs ... 2415
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 spring convention, ministerial forum ... 298
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Administration expenses ... 1380 Internal survey ... 883-84
Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Investment in Calfrac, news release ... 1037
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Independence of government ... 1037
Alberta Investment Management Corporation regulation (Alberta Regulation 225/2007)
Governance and administration provisions, repeal of sections 5 and 6 ... 484-85, 515-16, 568, 1084
Auditor General's office
Better Healthcare for Albertans (report) ... 1380, 1505
Balancing Pool
Financial position ... 484, 531
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Ministerial statement ... 564-65
Bullying
Workplace bullying and sexual harassment ... 2481-82
Calgary (city)
Economic downturn ... 1327
Calgary-Lougheed (constituency)
Canadian free trade agreement
Provision for Alberta Crown corporation ... 612 Provisions ... 612
Cannabis
Distribution and sale ... 1678
Cannabis tax, federal
Federal-provincial-territorial revenue-sharing plan ... 1893-94
Capital Power Corporation
Carbon competitiveness incentives program
Government planning document ... 2320-21 Stakeholder consultation ... 2320
Carbon levy
Economic impact ... 365 General remarks ... 404 GST payment on ... 463 Impact on business costs ... 2044-45, 2108 Impact on consumer prices ... 245, 366, 530, 624 Increase ... 2182, 2251, 2415, 2479-80 Radio talk show questions to the Premier ... 2044-45, 2108 Rate ... 464 Rebate adjustment notices following death of recipient ... 296, 624 Relation to pipeline approval ... 1205-6, 1440, 1503-6, 1600, 2108-9, 2182, 2250
Child and Youth Advocate's office investigations/inquiries
Investigative review, 15-year-old "Levi" ... 1302-3
Child Protection and Accountability Act (Bill 18)
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Finance minister's meeting attendance ... 568
Corporate taxation, federal
Small-business tax rate, provincial response ... 1894, 1944-45
Courts, provincial
Prosecution delays ... 544 Prosecution delays, charges stayed as a result of ... 200
Crime
Rural crime ... 2109-10 Rural crime, emergency debate proposed ... 1992, 2045
Crown prosecution services
Practice protocol (triage system) ... 200
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Domestic violence
Victim services, Airdrie ... 1254
Drugs, prescription
Opiate prescriptions ... 1441
Economy of Alberta
Current fiscal position ... 1525
Educational curricula
Catholic schools sex education curriculum, Premier's remarks on ... 1641 Redesign ... 1253 Redesign, social studies curriculum ... 1253 Review ... 1302
Electric power
Import from British Columbia ... 1440
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 365, 1440
Electric power prices
Regulated rate cap ... 1252
Electric utilities
Power purchase arrangements (PPAs) ... 531 Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit ... 297, 484
Employment Standards Code
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Residential no-charge energy savings program ... 200-201, 597-98 Residential no-charge energy savings program, contracted services ... 436, 611-12
Energy industries
Environmental and ethical standards ... 886, 1825 Environmental and ethical standards, public perception ... 1440 International investment in Alberta ... 485 Investment in Alberta ... 483-84 Saskatchewan invitation to relocate ... 483 Small and medium-sized enterprises, support for ... 1524 Unemployment ... 1381
Energy policies, federal
General remarks ... 1677-78 Provincial response ... 1944
Executive Council
Members' attendance in Assembly ... 298
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed ... 1252, 1301-3 Economic impact assessment ... 1302 Union certification provisions ... 1303
Family Violence Death Review Committee
Federal-provincial-territorial relations
Fees and charges (user charges)
Funerals
Carbon levy assessments ... 296
Gas prices
Carbon levy impact ... 1736
Gasoline prices
Carbon levy impact ... 1736
Gay-straight alliances in schools
United Conservative Party leader's remarks ... 1844-46
Government accountability
Openness and transparency ... 1525
Government advertising
Energy efficiency program advertising ... 884-85
Government ministries
Budgetary efficiencies ... 297
Government of Canada
Equalization and transfer payments ... 404-5, 1778 Equalization payment negotiations ... 1823, 2414-15 Federal policies, provincial response ... 1082
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Methane emission reduction plan ... 2320
Health care capacity issues
Surgical and diagnostic wait time statistics report (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated) ... 247 Wait time reporting system ... 247
Health care finance
Laundry service cost ... 365
Illicit drug trade
Decriminalization, Associate Minister of Health's remarks ... 1944
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Information and Privacy Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
Report on FOIP request delays (report F2017-IR-03) ... 613-14, 624
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kinship care
Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), Children's Services internal review ... 465 Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), criminal investigation ... 465 Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), government communication with mother ... 1131-32 Death of aboriginal child ("Marie"/Serenity), public inquiry proposed ... 1131
Lacombe hospital and care centre
Standards of care audit ... 917
Leader of the Official Opposition
Firing of employee who reported sexual harassment ... 2479-81
Legislative procedure
Language and decorum ... 298
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 564-65
Minister's Opioid Emergency Response Commission
Ministry of Advanced Education
Travel expenses, Auditor General's report ... 871
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Minister's release of reports ... 1130
Ministry of Executive Council
Ministry of Health
Minister's remarks in the Assembly ... 245-46, 298
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Minister's performance ... 1527
National Energy Board Act
Pipeline assessment provisions, government urged to demand that federal government amend ... 1676-77
Nonprofit organizations
Carbon levy costs ... 530, 2480 Funding model ... 2251 Social service provision ... 2251
Nonrenewable natural resource revenue
North American free trade agreement
Office of the Premier
Budget 2017-2018 ... 516 Premier's meetings with Prime Minister Trudeau ... 1599-1600 Premier's trip to Washington, DC ... 598-99, 772
Oil prices
Budgetary implications ... 1132 Forecasts ... 406
Oil sands advisory group
Co-chair ... 884, 1382 Co-chair's participation in British Columbia election ... 771-72, 869
Oil sands development
Decarbonization technology ... 1825 Emissions cap ... 1524 International investment in Alberta ... 623 Investment attraction ... 201 Shell Canada sale of assets to CNRL ... 201 Statoil sale of assets ... 201
Opioid emergency response regulation (Alberta Regulations 99/2017)
Opioid use
Decriminalization, Associate Minister of Health's remarks ... 1944 Monitoring ... 1441 Overdose statistics ... 1206 Public emergency declaration proposed ... 1206
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Advanced Education ministry travel expenses ... 871 AIMCo board of directors ... 1084 AIMCo governance ... 484-85, 515-16, 568, 1037 Alberta Health Services survey ... 883-84 Auditor General recommendations on health care ... 1380, 1505 Budget 2017 ... 365-66, 403-6 Cabinet ministers' participation in debate ... 298 Canadian free trade agreement ... 612 Cannabis distribution ... 1678 Carbon levy and charitable organizations' costs ... 2480 Carbon levy and energy industry image ... 1205-6 Carbon levy and fuel costs ... 1736 Carbon levy and pipeline approvals ... 1175-76, 1503-4, 1600, 2108-9 Carbon levy costs and energy efficiency programs ... 530 Carbon levy increase ... 2182, 2251, 2415, 2479-80 Carbon levy questions to the Premier ... 2044-45, 2108 Carbon levy rebate adjustment notices ... 296 Catholic school sex education curriculum ... 1641 Child and Youth Advocate death review ... 1302-3 Child intervention panel recommendations ... 1441-42 Crime prevention and law enforcement ... 544 Domestic violence in Airdrie ... 1254 Economic conditions in Calgary ... 1327 Educational curriculum review ... 1253, 1302 Electric power system ... 531, 1440-41 Electricity prices ... 1252 Emergency preparedness ... 1131 Employment and labour code consultations ... 613-14, 1129-30 Employment and labour legislation ... 1251-52 Energy efficiency programs ... 200-201 Energy efficiency rebate program contract ... 436 Energy industry emission reduction initiatives ... 1825 Energy policies ... 623-24, 1677-78 Energy policies and social licence ... 1440 Energy resource revenue ... 1132 Energy-sector unemployment ... 1381 Executive Council budget ... 516 Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act ... 1301-4 Family Violence Death Review Committee report ... 1130 Federal budget ... 463 Federal equalization and transfer payments ... 404-5 Federal equalization payment negotiations ... 1823, 2414-15 Federal equalization payments ... 1778 Federal-provincial relations ... 1082 Federal tax and energy policies ... 1893-94 Government advertising expenses ... 884-85 Government policies ... 199-200, 245-47, 297, 483-84, 870, 1525 Greenhouse gas large emitter regulations ... 2320-21 Health care system ... 1970-71 Health care wait times ... 247 Information and Privacy Commissioner report ... 613-14, 624 Investigation into Serenity's death ... 1131-32 Investment in Alberta and job creation ... 485 Job creation ... 545-46, 567 Job creation and retention ... 885 Judge and lawyer training on sexual offences ... 567, 625 Justice system delays ... 200 Keystone XL pipeline project ... 1893, 1990 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline ... 1379-82, 1505-6 Labour legislation review ... 516-17, 529-30 Lacombe hospital and care centre ... 917 Minister of Finance ... 1527 Minister of Justice ... 625-26 Nonprofit organizations ... 2251 Oil and gas transportation to the west coast ... 1083 Oil sands advisory board group co-chair ... 884 Oil sands advisory group co-chair ... 771-72, 869 Oil sands investments ... 201 Opioid overdoses ... 1206 Opioid use ... 1441 Pipeline approval ... 1599-1600, 1639-40, 1676-77 Pipeline approval and construction ... 1777-78, 1824-25 Pipeline approval and federal-provincial relations ... 1640 Political action committees ... 1641-42 Power purchase arrangements and the Balancing Pool ... 484 Premier's trip to Washington, DC ... 598-99 Promotion of Alberta's energy industry ... 886 Provincial by-election ... 1736-37, 1779 Provincial credit rating ... 773, 1325-28 Provincial credit rating and debt-servicing costs ... 2181 Provincial fiscal deficit ... 2110 Provincial fiscal policies ... 297, 345, 464, 1326 Provincial fiscal policies and disposable income ... 1945 Provincial policy on illicit drugs ... 1944 Provincial response to federal policies ... 1944 Provincial response to pipeline opposition ... 1779, 1989-90 Public service compensation ... 435-36 Public service contract negotiations ... 544 Pure North S'Energy Foundation ... 1083 Residential no-charge energy savings program ... 597-98, 611-12 Rural crime ... 1991, 2045, 2109-10 School fees ... 366 Serenity and the child intervention system ... 465, 1036 Serenity's former guardians ... 915-17, 1015 Services for persons with disabilities ... 2182 '60s scoop in Alberta ... 344 Student assessment and curriculum review ... 1207 Support for junior oil and gas companies ... 1524 Surgery wait times ... 1176 Tax policies and provincial revenue ... 2043-44 Teachers' working time ... 773-74, 1177-78, 1207-8 Trade with the United States ... 772 Trans Mountain pipeline construction ... 1600-1601, 1824, 2249-50 Trans Mountain pipeline construction opposition ... 1735-36, 2180-81 Victims of sexual assault ... 1523-24 Wildfire response reviews ... 1504-5 Workplace bullying and harassment ... 2481-82 Workplace legislation review ... 516-17, 529-30
Pipeline construction
Approvals ... 1504, 1676-77, 1824-25 Enbridge Northern Gateway project ... 1083 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project ... 1379-82, 1440, 1505-6, 1824, 1989 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project opposition ... 1379-82, 1506, 1600-1601, 1735-36, 1777-78, 1990, 2108-9, 2180-81, 2249-50 Opposition ... 886 Premier's advocacy ... 1777-79 Premier's advocacy, speaking tour ... 1735-36, 2180 TransCanada Energy East project approval denied ... 1599-1600 TransCanada Energy East project cancellation ... 1600 TransCanada Keystone XL project ... 1893, 1990 TransCanada Keystone XL project, remarks of former envoy to Washington, DC ... 1990
Pipelines (oil and gas)
Environmental benefits ... 1779 Federal NDP position ... 1736
Political action committees
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Gmail use ... 2182 Recommendations ... 2182
Progressive Conservative opposition
Public Affairs Bureau
Contract with Dynacor Media ... 885
Public service
Compensation ... 435-36 Negotiated contract agreements ... 435-36, 544 Respectful workplace policy ... 2481-82
Pure North S'Energy Foundation
Provincial grants ... 1083
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Electric power generation ... 1440
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Transition to, cost of ... 1440
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Rate reduction, funding for ... 366
Serenity (aboriginal child who died in kinship care)
Safety of former guardians' biological children ... 915-17, 1015
Sexual offences
Training for judges and lawyers ... 567, 625 Training for judges and lawyers, Justice minister's remarks ... 625-26 Treatment of victims, Angela Cardinal's circumstances ... 1523-24
Speech from the Throne
Motion to consider (Government Motion 1: carried) ... 6
Student testing (elementary and secondary)
Student learning assessments (SLAs), mandatory versus optional ... 1207
Tankers
Access to northern British Columbia ports ... 1083
Taxation, provincial
General remarks ... 345, 1525 Impact on provincial revenue ... 2043-44 Provincial sales tax ... 404
Unemployment
Skilled professions rate ... 1381
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Emergency management review ... 1504-5
Wildfire, Slave Lake (2011)
Flat Top Complex review recommendations ... 1504
Workplace conditions
Duty to accommodate ... 2449
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