Sabir, Irfan (Calgary-McCall, NDP; Minister of Community and Social Services)
Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates, An (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1394 Committee, amendment A2 (regulated rate option cap changes) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1394 Application to rural electrification associations ... 1394
Addiction treatment
Programs and services ... 124
Advocate for persons with disabilities
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 1163 Committee ... 1163-64, 1168 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 2, 3(2), 5, advocate roles, duties, and functions) (Sabir: carried) ... 1163-64, 1168 Stakeholder consultation ... 1529-30
Affordable housing
Housing for persons with complex needs ... 443
Alberta law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Applicant wait times ... 1085 Application process, Auditor General's recommendations ... 1784 Auditor General's recommendations ... 546 Interaction with other income support programs ... 1784, 1830 Review ... 1178-79
Bullying Awareness Week
Ministerial statement ... 1892
Crime prevention
Performance measures ... 2114
Crown prosecution services
Domestic violence
HomeFront service ... 1254
Edmonton (city)
Downtown health services ... 1785
Employment and income support programs
Administration, funding from supplementary supply ... 146 Caseloads ... 551 Client benefits, funding from supplementary supply ... 146 Income support programs, caseload ... 1179 Retraining programs, eligibility criteria ... 122-23
Family Violence Prevention Month
Ministerial statement ... 1675
Government buildings
Accessibility to persons with disabilities, review of legislation (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried as amended) ... 1346
Homeless persons
Programs and services, downtown Edmonton ... 1785 Supportive housing ... 124
Human trafficking
Prevention strategies ... 1306
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Ministerial statement ... 401-2
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Ministerial statement ... 2179
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 114, 174, 482, 514, 596, 643, 1033, 1300, 1735, 1858, 2179, 2318-19
Lacombe Action Group
Minimum wage increase study ... 777
Mental health services
Services for postsecondary students, funding for ... 774
Minimum wage
Increase ... 1721 Increase, impact on nonprofit organizations ... 777
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Bullying Awareness Week ... 1892 Family Violence Prevention Month ... 1675 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ... 401-2 International Day of Persons with Disabilities ... 2179
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 138, 146
Muslim community
Violence against at Quebec mosque ... 401-2
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Advocate for persons with disabilities ... 1529-30 AISH and CPP disability benefits ... 1830 AISH and PDD programs ... 1178-79 Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 546, 1784 Domestic violence in Airdrie ... 1254 Downtown Edmonton health and social services ... 1785 Economic downturn in Calgary ... 122-23 Housing for persons with complex needs ... 443 Job creation ... 1179 Minimum wage increase and disability services ... 1721 Minimum wage increase and nonprofit organizations ... 777 Opioid use ... 124 PDD needs assessments and service delivery ... 971 PDD service delivery ... 2321-22, 2325-26 Postsecondary education funding ... 774 Poverty reduction strategy ... 648 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities ... 1866 Rural crime ... 2114-15 Service dog training and certification ... 1679 Services for persons with disabilities ... 121, 2183 Sexual exploitation and trafficking ... 1306 Support for persons with disabilities ... 1085 Support for unemployed Albertans ... 551
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Needs assessments ... 971 Nonprofit service providers, funding for ... 121 Review ... 1178 Service delivery ... 971, 2321-22, 2325-26 Service delivery, impact of minimum wage increase ... 1721
Persons with disabilities
Access barriers ... 1085 Service delivery, impact of minimum wage increase ... 1721
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Funding, compensation for tuition freeze ... 774
Poverty
Reduction strategies ... 648
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 11)
Committee ... 1093 Committee, amendment A2 (proceedings of commissioner subject to review) (Swann: defeated) ... 1093
Public Trustee's office
Funding from supplementary supply ... 138
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Service dogs
Training and certification pilot project ... 1679
Sexual exploitation
Prevention strategies ... 1306
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Estimates debated ... 138, 146
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Tuition cap proposed ... 774
Schmidt, Marlin (Edmonton-Gold Bar, NDP; Minister of Advanced Education)
Act to Control and Regulate Cannabis, An (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 2021, 2026 Committee ... 2087-89 Committee, amendment A1 (public consumption provisions) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2087-89 Committee, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 2090 Stakeholder consultation ... 2021
Act to Enhance Post-secondary Academic Bargaining, An (Bill 7)
First reading ... 552 Second reading ... 679-81 Committee ... 811-15, 835 Committee, amendment A1 (transitional provisions) (Clark: defeated) ... 811-12 Committee, amendment A2 (extension of effective date) (Anderson, W.: defeated) ... 813 Third reading ... 865-66 Stakeholder consultation ... 814-15 Strike provisions, emergency tribunals ... 815
Act to Support Orphan Well Rehabilitation, An (Bill 14)
Adult learning
Literacy programs ... 1332
Affordable supportive living initiative
Grant to Newell Foundation ... 1181
Agencies, Boards and Commissions Review Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 21)
Alberta heritage scholarship committees
Alberta law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Apprenticeship training
First period apprentice awards ... 164
Bassano health centre
Continuing/extended care facility, Newell Foundation proposal ... 1180-81
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2404-5 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loewen: defeated) ... 2404-5
Bonnyville-Cold Lake (constituency)
Capital projects
Green infrastructure funding ... 488
Courthouses
Reopening of Smoky Lake courthouse proposed ... 2564
Courts, provincial
Prosecution delays ... 2421, 2564 Prosecution delays, charges stayed as a result of ... 1993-94 Sentencing of convicted criminals ... 1995 Sentencing of repeat offenders ... 1993, 1995
Crime prevention
Ban on police vehicle tracking software proposed ... 2564 Rural crime ... 1994-95 Rural crime, Carbon area ... 1996-97
Education finance
Funding for students with special needs ... 872
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 33)
Employment and income support programs
Programs for underemployed Albertans ... 155-56
Employment training
Technical training, funding for ... 155-56
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 115, 513, 542, 564, 1079, 1127, 1673, 1705, 1775, 1958, 2042, 2177, 2411
Labour Relations Code
Lockout provisions ... 680 Review ... 680
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
2017 spring session (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 45
MacEwan University
Theft by phishing scheme ... 1683 Theft by phishing scheme, fund recovery ... 1683
Mental health services
Services for postsecondary students ... 517-18, 521, 652 Services for postsecondary students following graduation ... 521
Ministry of Advanced Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 155-56, 160-61, 164-66 Travel expenses, Auditor General's report ... 870-71, 887
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2), transfers to other ministries for climate leadership plan ... 165
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Intervention in University of Lethbridge labour grievance ... 2563-64
Mount Royal University
Climate leadership plan funding for green infrastructure, funding from supplementary supply ... 165 Power plant upgrade, funding from supplementary supply ... 488
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Board of governors chair appointment ... 301-2
Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Committee authorized to meet during 2017-2018 main estimates consideration (Government Motion 10: carried) ... 45
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Adult literacy ... 1332 Advanced Education ministry travel expenses ... 870-71, 887 Blue Quills University funding ... 2255 Central Alberta concerns ... 1257 Crime and public safety in Airdrie and area ... 1993 Crime in Bonnyville-Cold Lake constituency ... 2421 Crime in Carbon and area ... 1996-97 Data security in postsecondary institutions ... 1683 Educational curriculum redesign ... 2419 Electric power cost to consumers ... 826 Independent postsecondary institution funding ... 438 Justice Ministry intervention in University of Lethbridge labour grievance ... 2563-64 Mental health and addiction services ... 872 Mental health services for postsecondary students ... 518, 521 NAIT board of governors chair appointment ... 301-2 Official Opposition postsecondary educational finance policies ... 1604-5 Postsecondary education and health care in indigenous communities ... 1132-33 Postsecondary education funding ... 652, 1977, 2398-99 Postsecondary institution infrastructure projects ... 1898 Postsecondary institutions' capital funding ... 488-89 Postsecondary students with disabilities ... 62-63 Registry service personal information collection ... 1257 Rural crime ... 1993-95, 2564 Rural police service and crime prevention ... 1995 School fees and education funding ... 877 Seniors' housing construction in Bassano ... 1180-81 Surgery wait times ... 1176 Viscount Bennett Centre ... 2415-16
Persons with disabilities
Postsecondary student supports ... 62-63
Points of order (current session)
Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 2090
Postsecondary education
Workforce preparation ... 161
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Budget 2018-2019 ... 2482-83 Capital funding ... 488-89 Capital funding, energy efficiency upgrades ... 165 Capital funding, maintenance and repair ... 652 Financial controls ... 1683 Financial reporting, Auditor General's recommendations ... 887 Funding ... 814, 2398-99 Funding announcements ... 1977 Funding for independent institutions ... 438 United Conservative Party leader's position ... 1604-5
Postsecondary educational institutions
Capital projects ... 1898 Governance ... 835 Postdoctoral fellows ... 835, 865 Private career colleges ... 166
Postsecondary educational institutions admissions (enrolment)
Reclamation of land
Polluter-pay principle ... 1151
Red Deer College
Polytechnic university designation proposal ... 1257
Regional collaborative service delivery
Registry services
Personal information collection ... 1257
Regulated Forestry Profession Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 25)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Airdrie and area service ... 1993 Federal funding ... 1995 Provincial police service agreement (PPSA) ... 1995 Rural service ... 1994-97
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Rate reduction, funding for ... 877
Standing Orders
SO 52.01(1) amended to replace "Human Services" with "Community and Social Services, Children's Services" (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 45
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Bursaries ... 164 Jason Lang scholarship, eligibility criteria ... 62 Loan administration and processing, funding from supplementary supply ... 164 Loan repayment ... 165-66 Loans, funding from supplementary supply ... 156, 160-62 Loans for international and extraprovincial study ... 160-61 Rutherford scholarships, school notification of student awards ... 1699-1700 Scholarships ... 164
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Supportive living accommodations
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Review ... 164 Review timeline ... 1977 Tuition freeze ... 164, 652
University nuhelot’ine thaiyots’i nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills
University of Calgary
Data security breach ... 1683
Viscount Bennett Centre, Calgary
Schneider, David A. (Little Bow, W 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 ... 2137-39 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2137-39 Stakeholder consultation ... 2138-39
Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2469-70 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read and subject matter referred to Legislative Offices Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2469-70 Chief Electoral Officer's response ... 2469-70
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Agencies, Boards and Commissions Review Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 21)
Committee ... 1703-4 Committee, amendment A1 (deletion of part 2, AOPA practice review committees) (Strankman: defeated) ... 1703-4
Agribusiness
Carbon levy costs ... 709-10 Value-added industries ... 67
Agricultural insurance
Claim payments ... 302 Claim payments, preharvest assessment requirements ... 730-31 Funding from supplementary supply ... 144-45
Agricultural marketing boards
Supply management system ... 684
Agricultural Operation Practices Act Practice Review Committee
Agricultural programs
Environmental programs ... 144
Agriculture
Controlled burns of unharvested crops ... 302-3 Unharvested 2016 crops ... 730-31
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Agriculture income support program ... 145
AgriStability program (Growing Forward 2, federal-provincial program)
Alberta Land Stewardship Act
Statutory consent provisions ... 505
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Members' statements ... 575
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2269-71 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loewen: defeated) ... 2269-71 Stakeholder consultation ... 2269-71 Veterinary profession provisions ... 2269-71
Brewing industry
Small-brewery grant program, funding from supplementary supply ... 144
Carbon levy
Impact on business costs, members' statements ... 67
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Recommendation to government on adverse possession of land (squatters' rights) ... 505
Conflict of interest
Fiduciary interests of members ... 683-84
Courts, provincial
Sentencing of convicted criminals ... 1994
Diesel fuel prices
Carbon levy impact ... 1865
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 2360 Second reading, motion to not now read because of lack of provision for rural representation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Stier: defeated) ... 2360
Emergency management
Funding from supplementary supply ... 145
Employment Standards Code
Energy industries
Land sales (lease for access) ... 504
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6, 2015)
Employment standards provisions ... 1364 Labour relations provisions ... 1364 Labour relations provisions, strike provisions for care of livestock or irreversible damage to crops ... 1331 Regulation development ... 1331 Regulation development, stakeholder consultations ... 64, 1364 Safety provisions ... 1331
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1363-65 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Families and Communities committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1363-65 Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed ... 1364
Farm safety
Stakeholder consultation, round-tables ... 604-5
Farmer's Day
Members' statements ... 1531
Forage
Value-added industries, export market development ... 67
Forest industries
Carbon levy impacts ... 1865, 2249 Members' statements ... 2249
Forest Week
Members' statements ... 914-15
Gasoline prices
Carbon levy impact ... 1865
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Irrigation efficiency program
Land use
Legislative provisions ... 504
Marketing of Agricultural Products Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 683-84 Third reading ... 760
Members' Statements (current session)
Arbor Day and Forest Week ... 914-15 Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 575 Carbon levy and agribusiness costs ... 67 Farmer's Day ... 1531 Forest industry concerns ... 2249 Wildfire control and compensation ... 1745
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Advice to the Premier, A Summary of Carbon Levy Impacts to the Forest Products Industry (report) ... 1865 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 137, 144-45
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 210)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Agricultural concerns ... 302-3 Agricultural operation practice review committee ... 1899-1900 Agrifood and agribusiness carbon levy costs ... 709-10 Carbon levy and forest industry costs ... 1865 Farm and ranch worker legislation ... 1331 Farm and ranch worker regulation consultation ... 64 Flat Top Complex wildfire review recommendations ... 1722-23 Labour legislation and regulation consultations ... 604-5 Renewable energy land leases ... 972 Rural crime ... 1994 Unharvested 2016 crops ... 730-31 Wildfire response reviews ... 2256-57
Property tax
Education levy, electric energy generation exemption proposed ... 694
Protection of Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 504-5 General remarks ... 1363
Regulated Forestry Profession Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 25)
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Land lease contracts ... 972
Responsible Energy Development Act
School boards and districts
Land use, mandatory joint-use planning agreements with municipalities ... 694-96
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Tuberculosis management (livestock industry)
Bovine TB management, federal funding ... 145
Voter registration
Door-to-door enumeration ... 2470
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Emergency management review ... 2256-57 Evacuation order, communications management ... 2256
Wildfire, Slave Lake (2011)
Flat Top Complex review recommendations ... 1722-23, 2256
Wildfire, southeastern Alberta (2017)
Disaster recovery funding ... 1745 Impact on forest industries ... 2249
Wildfire prevention and control
Fire season start date ... 145 Firefighting contracts, air tankers ... 145 Funding from supplementary supply ... 145 Members' statements ... 1745
Workers' compensation
Cost of coverage ... 2137-38 Maximum insurable earnings cap ... 2138
Schreiner, Kim (Red Deer-North, NDP)
Act to Protect Gas and Convenience Store Workers, An (Bill 19)
Act to Remove Barriers for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence, An (Bill 2)
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Addiction treatment
Programs and services ... 32-33
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 315
Cannabis
Legalization in Canada ... 1041
Drugs, prescription
Opiate prescriptions ... 32
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Members' statements ... 2413
Family Violence Prevention Month
Red Deer observance, members' statements ... 1726
Fentanyl use
Naloxone kit availability ... 32
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Labour mobility
Saskatchewan construction site ban on Alberta licence plates ... 2394
Lending Cupboard Society, Red Deer
Members' Statements (current session)
Emergency responders ... 2413 Family Violence Prevention Month in Red Deer ... 1726 Multiple sclerosis ... 1128-29 Red Deer ... 198-99 Red Deer courthouse ... 491-92 Red Deer's Lending Cupboard Society ... 1259-60 World AIDS Day ... 2155
Michener Centre, Red Deer
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 210)
Municipal Government Act review
Stakeholder consultation ... 993-94
Municipalities
Parental leave for councillors ... 993-94
Opioid use
Harm reduction strategies, opioid replacement therapy ... 32-33
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Capital infrastructure funding for Red Deer ... 251-52 Highway 2 Gaetz Avenue interchange in Red Deer ... 574 Marijuana legalization ... 1041 Saskatchewan's construction site ban on Alberta licence plates ... 2394
Persons with developmental disabilities
Residences, resident and family councils ... 1687-88
Queen Elizabeth II highway
Red Deer Gaetz Avenue interchange, capital funding ... 574
Red Deer (city)
Members' statements ... 198-99
Red Deer justice centre
Members' statements ... 491-92
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Regulated Forestry Profession Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 1795 Committee ... 1818
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Second reading ... 1687-88, 1694 Committee ... 1713 Committee, amendment A2 (facility engagement with councils) (Yao: defeated) ... 1713 Exemptions ... 1687
School nutrition programs
Program expansion (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: carried) ... 592
Voluntary Blood Donations Act (Bill 3)
World AIDS Day
Members' statements ... 2155
Shepherd, David (Edmonton-Centre, NDP)
Act to Control and Regulate Cannabis, An (Bill 26)
Act to Enhance Post-secondary Academic Bargaining, An (Bill 7)
Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol Impaired Driving, An (Bill 29)
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2467-68 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read and subject matter referred to Legislative Offices Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2467-68 Committee ... 2520 Committee, amendment A2 (minimum residency requirement) (Cooper: defeated) ... 2520 Chief Electoral Officer's response ... 2467-68 Minimum residency requirement removal ... 2467-68
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 780-81 Input from AUMA and AAMDC ... 780-81 Stakeholder consultation ... 781
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1774, 1833-35 Committee ... 1851 Committee, amendment A1 (application of School Act parental notification provisions) (Ellis: defeated) ... 1851
Addiction treatment
Programs and services ... 124
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 1057, 1120-22 Committee ... 1196-97 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 2, 3(2), 5, advocate roles, duties, and functions) (Sabir: carried), subamendment SA1 (stakeholder consultation included in reviews; workers in disability sector included in mandate) (Smith: defeated) ... 1235 Third reading ... 1235-36 Section 3, role and function of the advocate ... 1057 Stakeholder consultation ... 1235
Affordable housing
Government-owned properties, construction ... 71 Government-owned properties, repairs and maintenance ... 71 Housing for persons with complex needs ... 443
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 23)
Second reading ... 1762-66 Third reading ... 1910-12, 1917 15-year transition provisions for adult-only buildings ... 1911-12 Public awareness and education ... 1911-12
Alberta School Boards Association
Alberta Teachers' Association
GSAs and QSAs in Alberta Schools, A Guide for Teachers ... 1833-34
Appropriation Act, 2017 (Bill 10)
Black History Month
Members' statements ... 59
Blood collection and preservation
Blood plasma supply ... 333-34
Cannabis
Consumption in multi-unit buildings ... 2026 Illegal sale and use, enforcement ... 2026 Legal age of use ... 2059 Provincial policies ... 2025 Retail sale ... 2026
Child and Youth Advocate
Legislative Offices Committee report recommending reappointment of Del Graff ... 2259
Children
Discrimination in rental housing and condominiums ... 1762-63 Discrimination in rental housing and condominiums, petition presented to the Assembly ... 2165
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Report presented to the Assembly, recommendation of appointment of Joe Loran as Acting Ombudsman and Ted Miles as Acting Public Interest Commissioner ... 127 Report presented to the Assembly recommending reappointment of Del Graff as Child and Youth Advocate ... 2259
Community initiatives program
Court of Queen's Bench
Judge appointments ... 217
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial deficit ... 803-4
Drivers' licences
Seniors' evaluations for fitness ... 1911
Edmonton (city)
Downtown health services ... 1785 Input on Bill 8 ... 781
Edmonton-Centre (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 946, 948
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Employment Standards Code
Stakeholder consultation ... 1496
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1413-14 Second reading, motion to not now read to allow for consultation and economic impact analysis (reasoned amendment RA1) (Hunter: defeated) ... 1413-14 Committee ... 1494-97, 1519, 1535-36 Committee, amendment A14 (union decertification/revocation) (Fraser: defeated) ... 1535-36 Labour relations provisions ... 1413-14
Family and community support services
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 71 Relation to provincial economy, members' statements ... 1785-86
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Legislative history ... 1851
Government achievements
Members' statements ... 528
Highway 15
Traffic congestion, points of order on debate ... 186
Home construction industry
Enhanced builder information program, Fort McMurray ... 947
Homeless persons
Programs and services, downtown Edmonton ... 1785 Supportive housing ... 124
Immigrants
Employment barriers ... 1495-96 General remarks ... 71
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice System Accountability Act (Bill 201)
Labour Relations Code
Review, report by Andrew Sims ... 1414 Stakeholder consultation ... 829-30, 1496
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Constituency work ... 71-72
Members' Statements (current session)
Black History Month ... 59 Fiscal policies and prosperity ... 1785-86 Government achievements ... 528 Ombudsman's office 50th anniversary ... 891-92 Pink Shirt Day ... 9 Political discourse ... 2556
Municipalities
Intermunicipal development plans ... 780 Parental leave for councillors ... 781
Muslim community
Violence against at Quebec mosque ... 59
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 12)
New-home buyer protection office
Ombudsman
Legislative Offices Committee report presented to the Assembly recommending appointment of Joe Loran as Acting Ombudsman ... 127
Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Report recommending Marianne Ryan for appointment presented to the Assembly ... 1310
Ombudsman's office
50th anniversary, members' statements ... 891-92
Opioid use
Harm reduction strategies ... 27-28 Supervised consumption sites ... 27-28, 124
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Downtown Edmonton health and social services ... 1785 Housing for persons with complex needs ... 443 Legislature Grounds usage policy ... 889 Opioid use ... 124
Persons with developmental disabilities
Housing safety standards ... 1235
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Supports intensity scale (SIS) assessment ... 1121-22
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Discrimination against children in condominiums and rental housing ... 2165
Pink Shirt Day
Members' statements ... 9
Points of order (current session)
Intemperate language ... 186 Language creating disorder ... 1687 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers ... 1687
Political discourse
Members' statements ... 2556
Protecting Victims of Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act (Bill 202)
Public Interest Commissioner
Legislative Offices Committee report presented to the Assembly recommending appointment of Ted Miles as Acting Public Interest Commissioner ... 127
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 11)
Records management, government
E-mail deletion, points of order on debate ... 1687
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Legislative Offices Committee report recommending appointment of Joe Loran as Acting Ombudsman and Ted Miles as Acting Public Interest Commissioner ... 127 Legislative Offices Committee report recommending reappointment of Del Graff as Child and Youth Advocate ... 2259 Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner search committee report recommending Marianne Ryan for appointment ... 1310
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Retail sales
Child and youth discounts ... 1911 Seniors' discounts ... 1911
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Modernized royalty framework ... 71
School boards and districts
Land use, mandatory joint-use planning agreements with municipalities ... 780-81
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Rate reduction, funding for ... 271
Securities Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 13)
Third reading ... 1141-43 Stakeholder consultation ... 1143
Seniors
Programs and services, funding for ... 803-4
Social inclusion
General remarks ... 70-71
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 70-72
Taste of Edmonton festival
Hosting on Legislature Grounds ... 889
Tax credits
Alberta investor tax credit (AITC) ... 71 Capital investment tax credit (CITC) ... 71
Taxation, provincial
Income splitting ... 1911
Temporary foreign workers
United Conservative Party
Reference to leader in the Assembly, points of order ... 1687
University of Alberta
Enterprise Square campus ... 829
Voluntary Blood Donations Act (Bill 3)
World Interfaith Harmony Week
Recognition in February in support of United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/5 (Motion Other than Government Motion 508: carried) ... 1758-59
Sigurdson, Lori (Edmonton-Riverview, NDP; Minister of Seniors and Housing)
Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 32)
Chief Electoral Officer's response ... 2420-21
Affordable housing
Edmonton projects, funding for ... 410 Funding ... 2110-11 Government-owned properties, construction ... 410, 1208 Home ownership ... 441 Maintenance and repair, funding for ... 303-4 Provincial strategy ... 441
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 spring convention, ministerial forum ... 517
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 23)
Alberta Social Housing Corporation
Energy audits, cost of upgrades ... 187-88 Energy audits, funding from supplementary supply ... 187-88 Energy audits, service contracts ... 187
Carbon levy
Impact on housing costs ... 616-17 Impact on seniors' expenses ... 517 Impact on seniors' housing costs ... 1643
Clover Bar Lodge, Sherwood Park
Employment Standards Code
Stakeholder consultation ... 630-31
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Habitat for Humanity
Provincial partnership ... 410
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 57, 114, 174, 481, 513, 563, 595, 881, 1204, 1299, 1438, 1891-92, 2153-54, 2317
Labour Relations Code
Stakeholder consultation ... 630-31
Lethbridge Housing Authority
London Road Gateway affordable housing project ... 522
Minimum wage
Increase, impact on seniors' housing costs ... 1643
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2), transfers to other ministries for climate leadership plan ... 187 Supplementary supply estimates 2017-2018, transfers to other ministries for climate leadership plan ... 188
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Minister's activities ... 2252 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 147-48, 187-88
Officers of the Legislature
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AAMDC spring convention ministerial forum questions ... 517 Affordable and seniors' housing ... 303-4 Affordable housing ... 410, 441, 629-30, 1208, 2110-11 Carbon levy and vulnerable Albertans ... 616-17 Cold Lake seniors' lodge construction issues ... 1725 Employment and labour code consultations ... 630-31 Housing for persons with complex needs ... 443 London Road Gateway housing project in Lethbridge ... 522 Officers of the Legislature ... 2420-21 Postsecondary education funding ... 2482-83 Seniors and Housing minister's activities ... 2252 Seniors' housing ... 1643 Seniors' issues ... 1783 Services for seniors ... 709 Support for seniors ... 468-69 Supportive living accommodations for rural seniors ... 1304-5 Workers' Compensation Board surplus funds, support for small business ... 1680
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Rent supplement program
Strathcona county and Sherwood Park rates ... 629-30
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Seniors
Information guide ... 709 Programs and services ... 1783 Programs and services, rural areas ... 1305 Transportation tool kits ... 709
Seniors' benefit program
Funding ... 468-69 Information guide ... 469 Special-needs assistance ... 709
Seniors' home adaptation and repair program (SHARP)
Seniors' housing
Affordable housing ... 1783 Funding ... 468 Funding, Edmonton projects ... 410 Maintenance and repair, funding for ... 303-4 New construction ... 410 Operating costs ... 1643
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Supportive living accommodations
Workers' Compensation Board
Smith, Mark W. (Drayton Valley-Devon, W to July 23, 2017; UCP from July 24, 2017)
29th Legislature
Third session accomplishments ... 1448
Aboriginal children's education
Education service agreements (ESAs) ... 2027, 2169
Aboriginal communities
Fentanyl use prevention and mitigation ... 121
Act to Control and Regulate Cannabis, An (Bill 26)
Committee ... 2124 Committee, amendment A5 (legal age for consumption 21) (Swann: defeated) ... 2124
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 ... 2223-25 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2223-25 Committee ... 2494-95, 2498, 2502 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) ... 2494-95 Committee, amendment A4 (WCB board of director appointments) (Hunter: defeated) ... 2498 Committee, amendment A8 (employer presence during work-site inspections) (Hunter: defeated) ... 2502 Provisions for worker refusal of unsafe work ... 2224 Stakeholder consultation ... 2223, 2225 Time for debate ... 2223, 2495
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2305-6, 2310-12 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read and subject matter referred to Legislative Offices Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2305-6, 2310-11 Administrative amendments re lapse of Senatorial Selection Act ... 2311 Minimum residency requirement removal ... 2311
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1771-72 Third reading ... 1926-27 United Conservative Party leader's remarks ... 1926-27
Addiction and mental health officer
Position elimination ... 1255
Addiction and mental health strategy
Implementation, Auditor General's recommendations ... 1133
Addiction treatment
Co-ordination between Health ministry and Alberta Health Services ... 121 Suboxone use, funding for ... 1255
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 1052-53 Committee ... 1193 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 2, 3(2), 5, advocate roles, duties, and functions) (Sabir: carried) ... 1193 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 2, 3(2), 5, advocate roles, duties, and functions) (Sabir: carried), subamendment SA1 (stakeholder consultation included in reviews; workers in disability sector included in mandate) (Smith: defeated) ... 1193, 1234 Third reading ... 1233-35 Stakeholder consultation ... 1234-35
Agriculture
Brazeau county agricultural disaster declaration ... 349-50 Unharvested 2016 crops ... 1386
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Workplace culture ... 437
Alberta Hospital Edmonton
Alberta Land Stewardship Act
General remarks ... 900 Landowner compensation provisions ... 900
Alberta Social Housing Corporation
Energy audits, cost of upgrades ... 187-88 Energy audits, funding from supplementary supply ... 187-88 Energy audits, service contracts ... 187
Appropriation Act, 2017 (Bill 10)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Auditor General's recommendations ... 1052-53
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2408 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loewen: defeated) ... 2408
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bill 210, Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017, request to proceed immediately to Committee of the Whole (unanimous consent granted) ... 2425 Bill 210, Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017, request to proceed immediately to third reading (unanimous consent granted) ... 2430
Calgary (city)
Opioid-related deaths ... 30
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Carbon Capture and Storage Statutes Amendment Act, 2010 (Bill 24, 2010)
Carbon levy
Impact on seniors' expenses ... 802-3 Increase ... 1644-45 Rebate adjustment notices, members' statements ... 294
Cardston (town)
Suboxone and methadone clinic ... 121
Chartered Professional Accountants Act
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Adoption Advertising) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 206)
Second reading ... 1337-38 Committee ... 1749, 1755 Committee, amendment A1 (preamble) (Aheer: carried) ... 1749
Co-operation
Members' statements ... 175
Continuing/extended care facilities
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial deficit ... 802-3
Dementia
Silver alert program for affected persons, members' statements ... 1867-68
Drayton Valley-Devon (constituency)
Drugs, prescription
Opiate prescriptions ... 30
Early childhood education
Half-day kindergarten ... 2257 Kindergarten entry age ... 2169
Economic development
Regional partnerships ... 175
Edmonton (city)
Opioid-related deaths ... 30
Edmonton-Centre (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 949
Education
Parental choice ... 2170 Parental choice, members' statements ... 543
Education Act
Proclamation timeline ... 2027
Education finance
Operational funding, transfer from capital funding ... 151-52
Educational curricula
Locally developed courses ... 543 Social studies curriculum ... 2485
Elder abuse
Training programs, funding for ... 802-3
Electric Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 50, 2009)
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Residential no-charge energy savings program, contracted services ... 602
Energy industries
Agricultural worker employment in ... 1386
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6, 2015)
Regulation development, stakeholder consultations ... 1900
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1320-22 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Families and Communities committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1320-22 Committee ... 1455, 1477-78 Committee, amendment A1 (bill title) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1455 Committee, amendment A9 (prohibition on unsolicited union representative visits to employees' residences) (Smith: defeated) ... 1477-78 Stakeholder consultation ... 1321-22
Fair Trading Act
Provisions on door-to-door sales ... 602
Freehold lands
Landowner rights, laws and legislation ... 900-901
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Government Organization (Utilities Consumer Advocate) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 208)
Health care
Central Alberta service, members' statements ... 892-93
Health care capacity issues
Surgical and diagnostic wait time statistics report (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated) ... 227, 386
Hemp industry
Regional committee ... 175
Home-care services
Self-managed care ... 889-90 Self-managed care, funding for ... 663
Home construction industry
Small general contractors ... 950-51
Home-schooling
Funding administration ... 108-9
Housing management bodies
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice System Accountability Act (Bill 201)
Land Assembly Project Area Act
Land-use framework
Impact on landowners ... 900
Madill, Philippa
Scoliosis fundraising, members' statements ... 1744
Members' Statements (current session)
Carbon levy rebate adjustment notice ... 294 Co-operation on economic development ... 175 Health care in central Alberta ... 892-93 Parental choice in education ... 543 Parliamentary democracy ... 1448 Philippa Madill's fundraising for scoliosis ... 1744 Resilient youth study in Drayton Valley ... 2258 Silver alert program for persons with dementia ... 1867-68
Mental health services
Health ministry and Alberta Health Services co-ordination ... 121
Minimum wage
Increase, impact on seniors' expenses ... 802-3
Ministry of Education
Ministerial powers ... 2170 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 151-52, 154-55
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2), transfers to other ministries for climate leadership plan ... 187 Supplementary supply estimates 2017-2018, transfers to other ministries for climate leadership plan ... 188
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Main estimates 2017-2018 ... 802-3 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 187-88
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 210)
First reading ... 1869 Second reading ... 2423-25 Second reading, request to proceed immediately to Committee of the Whole (unanimous consent granted) ... 2425 Committee ... 2428 Committee, amendment A1 (coming-into-force date) (Smith: carried) ... 2428 Committee, request to proceed immediately to third reading (unanimous consent granted) ... 2430 Third reading ... 2431-32, 2436
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 12)
Opioid use
Fentanyl- and carfentanil-related deaths ... 30 Public emergency declaration proposed ... 30, 1133, 1255
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Addiction and mental health services ... 121 Addiction and mental health strategy ... 1133 Agricultural concerns ... 1386 Agricultural insurance payments ... 349-50 Alberta Hospital Edmonton ... 407, 436-37, 486-87 Carbon levy increase ... 1644-45 Continuing care wait times ... 663 Farm and ranch worker regulation consultation ... 1900 Half-day kindergarten, school transportation fees ... 2257 Opioid use ... 1255 Residential no-charge energy savings program ... 602 Seniors' self-managed care ... 889-90 Social studies curriculum ... 2485 Student achievement in mathematics ... 2159-60
Parliamentary democracy
Members' statements ... 1448
Points of order (current session)
Items previously decided ... 2171 Relevance ... 2171
Political action committees
Protection of Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 204)
Radon Awareness and Testing Act (Bill 209)
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Resilient Youth in Stressed Environments (RYSE) research project
Drayton Valley participation, members' statements ... 2258
Responsible Energy Development Act
School Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 28)
Second reading ... 2027-28 Committee ... 2126-28 Committee, amendment A1 (consultation with school boards on regulations) (Smith: defeated) ... 2126 Committee, amendment A2 (schoolchildren's transportation to private schools) (Smith: defeated) ... 2127-28 Committee, amendment A3 (trustee code of conduct provision) (Smith: defeated) ... 2128 Third reading ... 2169-71 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 2171
School boards and districts
School construction
Funding ... 154-55 Funding, just-in-time model ... 151
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Instructional fees ... 108-9 Lunch hour supervision fees ... 109 Rate reduction ... 2170, 2257
School maintenance and repair
Infrastructure maintenance and renewal (IMR) grants ... 151, 154-55
School principals
Certification requirements ... 2169
School superintendents
Certification requirements ... 2169
Schoolchildren's transportation
Seniors
Programs and services, funding for ... 802-3 Transportation ... 803
Seniors' Advocate
Complaints received ... 803
Seniors' home adaptation and repair program (SHARP)
Separate school districts
Establishment procedures ... 2028
Stoney Nakoda First Nation
Prescription drug addiction issues ... 30
Student testing (elementary and secondary)
Grade 3 assessment practices ... 2160 Trends in international mathematics and science study (TIMSS) mathematics scores ... 2159-60
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Trinity Christian School Association
Government correspondence, September 1, 2014, to March 1, 2017 (Motion for a Return 2: carried as amended) ... 893-94 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
Voter registration
Door-to-door enumeration ... 2310
Speaker, The (Wanner, Robert E.)
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading, Speaker's rulings ... 2451
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 239
Act to Remove Barriers for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence, An (Bill 2)
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 1923
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Second reading debate, Speaker's rulings ... 1161
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 Standard Time Act (Bill 203)
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report presented to the Assembly, concurrence motion procedure, Speaker's ruling ... 1609
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2017 (Bill 4)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 306-7, 309 Second reading, question put ... 322
Bills, government (procedure)
Bill 27, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2017, reprinted (sponsor misidentified) ... 1870
Brewing industry
Trade barriers, Speaker's ruling ... 570
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
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) ... 416 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), member's apology ... 495 Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), member's request to speak ruled out of order ... 417 Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), point of order on debate ... 276-77 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, 445 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), Speaker's ruling (no prima facie case of privilege found) ... 494
Calgary Transit
LRT green line, capital funding, points of order on debate ... 1728
Canada
150th anniversary ... 5-6
Carbon competitiveness incentives program
Government planning document, points of order on debate ... 2331 Government planning document, Speaker's ruling on debate ... 2324
Carbon levy
Relation to pipeline approval, points of order on debate ... 975 Revenue utilization, points of order on debate ... 656 Revenue utilization, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 539
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Dress code, clarification ... 620 Dress code, request to allow members to remove jackets (unanimous consent denied) ... 898 Electronic device use ... 611, 1382 Electronic device use, Speaker's statements ... 1325 Reusable cups, Speaker's statements ... 1599
Child and Youth Advocate's office investigations/inquiries
Investigative review, 15-year-old "Levi," points of order on debate ... 1261
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Report on Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act, presented to the Assembly, concurrence motion procedure, Speaker's ruling ... 1609
Commonwealth Day
Message from the Queen, Speaker's statement ... 197
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
Reprinting of bill (bill sponsor misidentified) ... 1870
Crime
Rural crime, emergency debate proposed, points of order on debate ... 2001-2, 2488-89 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 ... 2116-17, 2165-66 Rural crime, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (not proceeded with), Speaker's ruling ... 2005
Crime prevention
Rural crime, points of order on debate ... 2002-3
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt repayment, points of order on debate ... 129
Educational curricula
Redesign, committee membership, points of order on debate ... 1611-12
Electric power
Capacity market system, points of order on debate ... 353-54
Electric utilities
Power purchase arrangements (PPAs), provincial lawsuit costs, Speaker's ruling ... 1607
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (procedure)
Debate procedure ... 2003 Opioid use, request for debate (proceeded with), point of order raised ... 22 Request to continue past 6 p.m. (unanimous consent granted) ... 38
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Opioid use, request for debate (proceeded with) ... 21-22 Rural crime, request for debate (not proceeded with), Speaker's ruling ... 2005
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) ... 1614 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
Stakeholder consultation, points of order on debate ... 620
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Residential no-charge energy savings program, contracted services, point of clarification ... 553 Residential no-charge energy savings program, contracted services, remarks withdrawn ... 547, 553 Residential no-charge energy savings program, members' statements, Speaker's ruling ... 607 Residential no-charge energy savings program, members' statements, Speaker's ruling, clarification ... 607 Residential no-charge energy savings program, points of order on debate ... 18, 69
Energy industries
Unemployed workers, Economic Development and Trade minister's meeting with, points of order on debate ... 1512-13
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main and Legislative Assembly Office estimates 2017-2018 transmitted and tabled ... 354 Supplementary estimates 2016-2017 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 70
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 1372 Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed, point of order on debate ... 1311
Federal Public Building
Visitor centre, Alberta and the Great War exhibit ... 6
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Progressive Conservative Party leader's remarks, points of order on debate ... 493-94
God Save the Queen
Performed by Maura Sharkey-Pryma and Royal Canadian Artillery Band ... 5
Government buildings
Accessibility to persons with disabilities, review of legislation (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried as amended), discrepancy between signed motion and motion as presented on Order Paper ... 1347-48 Accessibility to persons with disabilities, review of legislation (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried as amended), discrepancy between signed motion and motion as presented on Order Paper, review of legislation (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried as amended), discrepancy between signed motion and motion as presented on Order Paper, permission to proceed with motion on Order Paper (unanimous consent granted) ... 1348
Health care capacity issues
Surgical and diagnostic wait time statistics report (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated), points of order on debate ... 225-27
Highway 15
Traffic congestion, points of order on debate ... 186
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Ministerial statement, responses ... 705
Home-care services
Funding, points of order on debate ... 413
House leaders
Agreements, Speaker's statements ... 1788 Agreements, Speaker's statements, point of clarification ... 1789
Independent Members of the Legislative Assembly
Largest ever number ... 1599
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation networks and clusters, federal funding for, points of order on debate ... 254, 295-96 Innovation networks and clusters, federal funding for, points of order on debate, clarification requested ... 305
Introduction of Guests (procedure)
Speaker's rulings ... 2414
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 113, 197, 293, 418, 461, 527, 643, 867, 881, 1079, 1637, 1775, 1891, 1941, 2042, 2389
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Family of former MLA Bohdan (Bud) Zip ... 725 Family of former MLA Bruce John Collingwood ... 1595-96 Family of former MLA Dr. Albert Hohol ... 2177 Family of former MLA Edwin LeRoy Fjordbotten ... 1595-96 Family of former MLA Leonard Clarence Bracko ... 1595-96 Family of former MLA Leonard Wendelin Mitzel ... 481 Former MLAs from Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba and spouses ... 1501 Fort McMurray 468 First Nation Chief Ron Kreutzer and chief executive officer Brad Callihoo ... 963
Job creation
Provincial programs, points of order on debate ... 1727 Provincial programs, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 779
Labour mobility
Saskatchewan construction site ban on Alberta licence plates, points of order on debate ... 2402 Saskatchewan construction site ban on Alberta licence plates, points of order on debate withdrawn ... 2401
Labour Relations Code
Stakeholder consultation, points of order on debate ... 620
Leader of the Official Opposition
Speaker's statements ... 1595
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
2017 fall sitting, Speaker's statement ... 2565
Legislative procedure
Addressing remarks through the chair ... 125, 574, 2222 Addressing remarks through the chair, points of order ... 129, 1923 Exhibits (props) use by members, Speaker's ruling ... 185 Interrupting a member, Speaker's statements ... 1833 Language and decorum ... 105, 225, 298, 404, 487, 547, 549, 554, 628, 708, 1381, 1425, 1512-13 Language and decorum, noise level in Chamber ... 615-16 Language and decorum, point of clarification ... 553 Language and decorum, remarks withdrawn ... 547, 553 Language and decorum, Speaker's remarks ... 1859, 2325 Language and decorum, Speaker's rulings ... 615, 2324 Language creating disorder, Speaker's rulings ... 607, 2451 Language creating disorder, Speaker's rulings, clarification requested ... 607 Members to remain seated while Speaker is standing ... 871 Referring to members by name in the Assembly ... 829 Referring to members by name in the Assembly, Speaker's statements ... 659 Referring to members by proper titles in the Assembly, points of order ... 2402 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 829 Referring to the absence of a member or members, points of order ... 975 Rules and practices, clarification requested ... 878
Legislature Grounds
Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations ... 5
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Entrance into the Chamber ... 879 Transmittal of 2016-2017 supplementary estimates ... 70 Transmittal of 2017-2018 main and Legislative Assembly Office estimates ... 354
Members' apologies
General remarks ... 495 Members' withdrawal of remarks ... 2166 Speaker's remarks ... 296
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA Bohdan (Bud) Zip, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 725 Former MLA Bruce John Collingwood, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 1595 Former MLA Dr. Albert E. Hohol, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 2177 Former MLA Edwin LeRoy Fjordbotten, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 1595 Former MLA Leonard Clarence Bracko, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 1595 Former MLA Leonard Wendelin Mitzel, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 481
Members' Statements (procedure)
Interruptions, points of order ... 18 Interruptions, Speaker's statements ... 1951 Language creating disorder, Speaker's rulings ... 607 Rotation of statements, House leaders' agreement, Speaker's statements ... 1788 Rotation of statements, House leaders' agreement, Speaker's statements, clarification requested ... 1789 Rotation of statements, Speaker's statements ... 1599, 1717, 1745-46 Speaker's rulings, clarification requested ... 607
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention
Access to information on Serenity's case requested, point of order withdrawn ... 1025 Access to information on Serenity's case requested, points of order on debate, member's apology ... 1044
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Holocaust Remembrance Day, responses ... 705
Ministry of Health
Minister's remarks in the Assembly ... 255, 295-96
Ministry of human services (former)
Minister's response to deaths of children in care, point of privilege raised December 12 and 13, 2016, on remarks in Assembly, Speaker's ruling (no prima facie case of privilege found) ... 18-19
Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day program
Speaker's statements ... 375
Motions (procedure)
No. 507, discrepancy between signed motion and motion as presented on Order Paper ... 1347-48 No. 507, discrepancy between signed motion and motion as presented on Order Paper, permission to proceed with motion on Order Paper (unanimous consent granted) ... 1348 Committee report concurrence motions, Speaker's ruling ... 1609 Stopping the clock ... 1348
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
Speaker's statements ... 2317
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) ... 1614 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
O Canada
Performed by Joel Crichton ... 7 Performed by Maura Sharkey-Pryma and Royal Canadian Artillery Band ... 1 Performed by Robert Clark and Joey Moss ... 881 Performed by the Canadian Military Wives Choir ... 1733
Office of the Premier
Budget 2017-2018, points of order on debate ... 515, 525
Oil prices
Budgetary implications, Speaker's rulings ... 1019
Oil sands advisory group
Co-chair, points of order on debate ... 879 Co-chair's participation in British Columbia election, Speaker's ruling ... 920
Oil sands development
Emissions cap, points of order on debate ... 539 International investment in Alberta, points of order on debate ... 306, 352-53
Opioid use
Supervised consumption sites, Speaker's ruling ... 1021
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Content of questions, point of order ... 620 Electronic device use during ... 611 Interrupting a member, Speaker's remarks ... 1859 Interrupting a member, Speaker's statements ... 1833 Interruptions by the Speaker ... 878 Members' use of electronic devices during, Speaker's statements ... 1325 Parliamentary secretaries' questions to ministers, Speaker's statement ... 1599 Preambles to questions ... 406, 408, 549, 570, 574, 649, 732, 920 Preambles to questions, point of clarification ... 554 Preambles to questions, points of order ... 656 Preambles to questions, Speaker's rulings ... 1019, 1021 Questions outside ministerial responsibility, points of order ... 924 Questions to committee chairs ... 251 Restrictions on oral questions, Speaker's statements ... 1605 Rotation of questions, House leaders' agreement, Speaker's statements ... 1788 Rotation of questions, House leaders' agreement, Speaker's statements, clarification requested ... 1789 Rotation of questions, points of order ... 493 Rotation of questions, Speaker's statements ... 1599, 1717, 1745-46 Rules and practices ... 1613 Rules and practices, Speaker's rulings ... 570, 1605, 1607 Speaker's memos ... 9 Stopping the clock, clarification requested ... 878 Timing of questions and responses, point of order ... 1728
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Recognition, Speaker's statement ... 1567
Parliamentary secretaries
Speaker's statements ... 1599
Pipeline construction
Interprovincial co-operation, British Columbia, points of order on debate (withdrawn) ... 974 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project opposition, points of order on debate ... 1787 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 ... 924 Province to urge federal government to facilitate pipeline construction (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: carried unanimously), points of order on debate ... 907
Pipelines (oil and gas)
Environmental benefits, points of order on debate ... 1788, 1832-33
Points of clarification (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 2002 Dress code in Chamber ... 620 House leaders' agreements ... 1789 Interruptions by Speaker during Oral Question Period ... 878 Language creating disorder ... 305, 607 Parliamentary language ... 553 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 ... 1923 Allegations against a member or members ... 226-27, 239, 493-94, 525, 1091, 2002 Allegations against a member or members, member's apology ... 2002 Allegations against a member or members, remarks withdrawn ... 1025 Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 ... 1613 Emergency motions under Standing Order 42, speaking to urgency ... 1954 Factual accuracy ... 309 Imputing falsehoods against a member or members ... 254, 295-96 Imputing motives ... 225, 2116-17, 2165-66 Insulting language ... 353-54, 1534, 1727 Intemperate language ... 186 Interrupting members' statements ... 18 Items previously decided ... 976 Language creating disorder ... 18, 69, 353-54, 539, 553, 828, 907, 976, 1261, 1512-13, 1686-87, 1787, 2001, 2331 Language creating disorder, clarification requested ... 305 Language creating disorder, members' apologies ... 1044 Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 539 Oral questions ... 1613 Parliamentary language ... 225, 255, 306-7, 352-53, 413, 538, 1611-12, 1788, 1832-33, 2002-3 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 779 Questions on large policy matters ... 1311 Questions outside ministerial responsibility ... 924 Referring to a member by name ... 129, 525 Referring to proper titles ... 2402 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 975 Reflections on a decision of the Assembly ... 2488-89 Reflections on a nonmember or nonmembers ... 70, 1686-87 Relevance ... 226 Rotation of questions in Oral Question Period ... 493 Seeking opinions ... 879 Sub judice rule ... 276-77 Tabling of public documents ... 129 Tabling of public documents, Speaker's ruling on ... 184-85 Timing in question period ... 1728
Police
Street checks (carding), points of order on debate ... 354
Postsecondary educational institution finance
United Conservative Party leader's position, points of order on debate ... 1613 United Conservative Party leader's position, Speaker's ruling ... 1605
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) ... 1026-27, 1046, 1091-92 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (passing of Government Motion 16) (no prima facie case of privilege found) ... 421, 445, 494 Obstructing a member in performance of duty (remarks on human services minister's performance on deaths of children in protective services), discussed on December 12 and 13, 2016 (no prima facie case of privilege found), Speaker's ruling ... 18-19
Progressive Conservative opposition
Budget plan, points of order on debate ... 255
Public Affairs Bureau
Reference to staff in Assembly, point of order ... 70 Staff political party affiliations, points of order on debate ... 70
Public service
Negotiated contract agreements, points of order on debate ... 553
Pure North S'Energy Foundation
Provincial grants, points of order on debate ... 1091
Records management, government
E-mail deletion, points of order on debate ... 1686-87
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Land lease contracts, points of order on debate ... 976
Reports presented by standing and special committees (procedure)
Debate on motions for concurrence, Speaker's ruling ... 1609
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report on Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act, presented to the Assembly, concurrence motion procedure, Speaker's ruling ... 1609
Royal Canadian Artillery Band
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Federal funding, points of order on debate ... 2002-3
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Rate reduction, funding for, points of order on debate ... 976
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 ... 1026-27, 1046 Safety of former guardians' biological children, Children's Services minister's responses to questions, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling (no prima facie case of privilege found) ... 1091-92 Safety of former guardians' biological children, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1025 Safety of former guardians' biological children, points of order withdrawn ... 1025
Speaker's rulings
Debate on committee reports ... 1609 Decorum ... 615, 1864 Exhibits (props) ... 185 Improper inferences ... 2414 Imputing falsehoods against a member or members ... 295-96 Language creating disorder ... 607, 2451 Language creating disorder, clarification requested ... 607 Length of speeches during tablings ... 2422 Oral Question Period practices ... 570, 1605, 1607 Oral questions, restrictions on ... 1605 Parliamentary language ... 2324 Preambles to questions in Oral Question Period ... 920, 1019 Questions and comments under Standing Order 29(2)(a) ... 1372 Statements during tablings ... 185 Sub judice rule ... 1607 Tabling of public documents ... 184-85
Speaker's statements
Commonwealth Day message from the Queen ... 197 Former MLA Bohdan (Bud) Zip, memorial tribute ... 725 Former MLA Bruce John Collingwood, memorial tribute ... 1595 Former MLA Dr. Albert E. Hohol, memorial tribute ... 2177 Former MLA Edwin LeRoy Fjordbotten, memorial tribute ... 1595 Former MLA Leonard Clarence Bracko, memorial tribute ... 1595 Former MLA Leonard Wendelin Mitzel, memorial tribute ... 481 House leaders' agreements ... 1788 House leaders' agreements, clarification requested ... 1789 Interrupting a member ... 1833 Interrupting members' statements ... 1951 Leader of the Official Opposition ... 1595 Members' Statements rotation ... 1599, 1717, 1745-46, 1788 Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day program ... 375 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women ... 2317 Oral Question Period rotation ... 1599, 1717, 1745-46, 1788 Page recognition ... 1567 Parliamentary secretaries ... 1599 Referring to a member by name ... 659 Remarks at the end of the fall sitting ... 2565 Reusable cups in the Chamber ... 1599 Tabling documents ... 374 Use of electronic devices in the Chamber ... 1325
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 91 Copy tabled ... 6
Standing Orders
SO 14, definition of stranger to exclude infants cared for by members (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 45 SO 29(2)(a), questions and comments, Speaker's rulings ... 1372
Sub judice convention
General remarks ... 1606, 1947 Points of order raised ... 276-77 Speaker's rulings ... 1607
Tabling Returns and Reports (procedure)
Brevity ... 253, 352 Content of remarks ... 128, 208 Length of speeches, Speaker's rulings ... 2422 Points of order ... 525 Speaker's statements ... 374 Statements during tablings, Speaker's ruling ... 185 Tabling of public documents, points of order ... 129 Tabling of public documents, points of order, Speaker's ruling ... 184-85 Tablings to the Clerk ... 1261
United Conservative Party
Reference to leader in the Assembly, points of order ... 1686-87
Wildrose on Campus club
University of Calgary campus screening of The Red Pill ... 69
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal communities
Programs and services ... 4
Affordable housing
Government-owned properties, construction ... 4 Government-owned properties, repairs and maintenance ... 4
Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator
Castle special management area
Protected area designation ... 5
Castle wildland provincial park
Child protective services
Death review system, laws and legislation ... 4
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Daycare
Affordability, $25-a-day rate ... 4
Domestic violence
Limitations on claims, laws and legislation ... 4 Programs and services for victims ... 4 Victim services ... 4
Edmonton (city)
Services for homeless women and youth ... 4
Electric power prices
Regulated rate cap ... 3 Residential contracts, door-to-door sales ban ... 4
Energy conservation
Provincial programs ... 3-4
Energy Diversification Advisory Committee
Energy industries
Diversification ... 2 Drilling activity ... 2 Job creation ... 2
Entrepreneurship
Business incubators ... 3
First Nations, Treaty 8
Provincial relationship agreement ... 4
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 1-2
Food Processing Development Centre
Furnaces
Door-to-door sales ban ... 4
Gas industry
Clean-burning technology ... 3
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Executive compensation ... 2
Health care
Provincial strategy ... 4
Homeless women
Nurse practitioner services for ... 4 Programs and services, Calgary ... 4
Homeless youth
Nurse practitioner services for ... 4 Programs and services, Calgary ... 4
Hunley, Helen (former Lieutenant Governor)
Robe commemorating 75th anniversary of Legislature Building ... 1
International trade
Trade with Asia ... 3 Trade with United States ... 3
Job creation
Provincial programs ... 2-3
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Entrance into the Chamber ... 1
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Access ... 4 Dementia care spaces ... 4
Mental health services
Services for aboriginal peoples ... 4 Services for trauma survivors ... 4
Métis Nation of Alberta
Provincial relationship agreement ... 4
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention
Modernized Municipal Government Act
Office of the Premier
Premier's trip to Washington, DC ... 3
Opioid use
Supervised consumption sites ... 4
Parks, provincial
New trails and roads ... 5 Recreational activities in ... 5
Payday loan companies
Consumer protection ... 4
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services ... 4
Petrochemicals diversification program
Pipeline construction
Enbridge line 3 replacement project ... 2 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project ... 2
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Capital funding ... 3 Funding ... 4
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Royalty structure (energy resources)
Modernized royalty framework ... 2
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Sexual offences
Limitations on claims, laws and legislation ... 4 Victim services ... 4
Small business
Support for ... 3 Tax rate ... 2
Tax credits
Alberta investor tax credit (AITC) ... 2-3 Capital investment tax credit (CITC) ... 2-3 Family employment tax credit ... 4
Transportation infrastructure
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
Water quality
Drinking water, aboriginal communities ... 4-5
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Starke, Dr. Richard (Vermilion-Lloydminster, PC)
Act to Control and Regulate Cannabis, An (Bill 26)
Committee ... 2103-4 Committee, amendment A4 (public consumption provisions) (Swann: defeated) ... 2103-4
Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol Impaired Driving, An (Bill 29)
Act to Remove Barriers for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence, An (Bill 2)
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 spring convention, ministerial forum ... 251, 349
Alberta Energy Regulator
Project approval timelines ... 1973
Alberta law enforcement response teams (ALERT)
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Collective agreements ... 179
Animal abuse
Relationship to child and domestic abuse ... 337-39, 1676
Appropriation Act, 2017 (Bill 10)
Auditor General's office
Better Healthcare for Albertans (report) ... 1447
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2228-30, 2266-69, 2458-61 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loewen: defeated) ... 2266-69 Second reading, motion to not now read bill because of inadequate consultation with veterinary professionals (reasoned amendment RA1) (Strankman: defeated) ... 2458-61 Committee ... 2535-37, 2539-41, 2544-45, 2547-50 Committee, amendment A2 (removal of provisions for veterinarians) (Starke: defeated) ... 2539-41 Committee, amendment A2 (removal of veterinary profession provisions) (Starke: defeated) ... 2535-37 Committee, amendment A6 (veterinary profession regulations) (Starke: defeated) ... 2544-45 Committee, amendment A11 (veterinary fee advertisement provisions) (Starke: defeated) ... 2547-48 Committee, amendment A13 (veterinary provisions, removal of "and other specified types of domestic animals") (Starke: defeated) ... 2549-50 Committee, points of order on debate ... 2544 Third reading ... 2551-52 Definition of "domestic animal" ... 2267 Stakeholder consultation ... 2228-30, 2265-66, 2268-69 Veterinary profession provisions ... 2228-29, 2265-67, 2458-61, 2551-52, 2560
Bitumen upgrading
Thermal (steam-assisted) extraction plant approvals ... 1973
Blood collection and preservation
Blood plasma supply ... 330 Blood plasma supply, members' statements ... 244
Coal mines and mining
Metallurgic coal, approval process ... 602 Thermal coal ... 602
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Correctional facilities
Counselling and drug rehabilitation services ... 1644, 1826
Crime
Rural crime ... 2114 Rural crime, emergency debate proposed, points of order on debate ... 2489 Rural crime, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (not proceeded with) ... 2005
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Debt-servicing costs ... 1330 Debt-to-GDP ratio ... 846 Provincial credit rating ... 1330
Dr. Cooke extended care centre
Drugs, prescription
Opiate prescriptions ... 41
Economy of Alberta
Recovery ... 847 Recovery, political discourse ... 2164
Edmonton-McClung (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 2056-57
Education finance
Credit enrolment unit cap ... 1086 Funding for rural school boards and districts ... 1086
Elections, provincial
2015 election anniversary, members' statements ... 964
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report, Assembly concurrence in recommendations (Government Motion 34: carried as amended) ... 2074-75, 2080 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) ... 2074-75 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 ... 2571
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 33)
Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities retirement ... 846-47
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Opioid use ... 40-41 Rural crime, request for debate ... 2005
Employment Standards Code
Protected leave of absence from work ... 1429
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main estimates 2017-2018, schedule ... 251
Ethics and Accountability Committee, Select Special (2015-2016)
Committee proceedings ... 853
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1428-30 Committee ... 1538-39, 1541-42, 1563-65 Committee, amendment A14 (union decertification/revocation) (Fraser: defeated) ... 1538-39 Committee, amendment A16 (sign-off on compassionate care leave by nurse practitioners) (Drysdale: defeated) ... 1541-42 Committee, amendment A25 (medical certificate signing authority) (Starke: carried as amended) ... 1563-64 Committee, amendment A26 (proof of coercion or unfair influence) (Starke: defeated) ... 1565
Family Violence Prevention Month
Ministerial statement, responses ... 1676
Government accountability
Openness and transparency ... 854
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Board membership criteria ... 649-50 Review ... 846
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Methane emission regulations ... 1972-73
Health care
Performance measures ... 1447
Health promotion
Harm reduction strategies ... 40-41
Hospitals
Resident and family councils proposed ... 1694
Impaired driving
Cannabis use and driving ... 2057-58
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Indexed exemption amounts ... 1307 Total payment by individuals/families ... 1307
Institute of Corporate Directors
Graduates' consideration for agency, board, or commission membership ... 649-50
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Former MLA Verlyn Olson ... 2247
Labour mobility
Saskatchewan construction site ban on Alberta licence plates ... 2394-95 Saskatchewan construction site ban on Alberta licence plates, points of order on debate ... 2402
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Rural representation ... 2074
Legislative procedure
Referring to members by proper titles in the Assembly, points of order ... 2402
Luther, Martin
Members' statements ... 1638
Mannville continuing care centre
Members' Statements (current session)
Blood plasma supply ... 244 Martin Luther ... 1638 Municipal minimum property tax ... 1310 Parliamentary debate and political discourse ... 2164 Parliamentary debate and public discourse ... 343 Provincial election second anniversary ... 964-65
Mental health services
Services for persons affected by wildfire ... 823-24
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Family Violence Prevention Month, responses ... 1676
Opioid use
Fentanyl- and carfentanil-related deaths ... 41 Harm reduction strategies ... 40
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AAMDC spring convention ministerial forum ... 251 Agency, board, and commission appointments ... 649-50 Auditor General recommendations on health care ... 1447 Coal strategy ... 602 Crime prevention in rural communities ... 1386-87 Dr. Cooke Extended Care Centre in Lloydminster ... 466-67 Fort McMurray wildfire recovery ... 823-24 Government spending ... 17 High school education funding formula ... 1086 Methane emission regulations, Alberta Energy Regulator application timeline ... 1972-73 Municipal minimum property tax ... 629 Parks Canada film permit denial ... 348-49 PDD needs assessments and service delivery ... 971 Provincial credit rating ... 1330 Public service compensation ... 179 Registry service personal information collection ... 1257 Remand centre mental health services ... 1826 Rural crime ... 2114 Rural crime prevention ... 1643-44, 1647 Saskatchewan's construction site ban on Alberta licence plates ... 2394-95 Tax policies ... 1307 Tourism data collection ... 549 Veterinary education ... 2322-23 Veterinary Profession Act amendments ... 2560
Parks Canada
Denial of filming permit for Hard Powder ... 348-49
Parliamentary debate
Members' statements ... 343
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Needs assessments ... 971 Service delivery ... 971
Physicians
Compensation ... 845 Compensation, blended capitation model ... 1447
Pipelines (oil and gas)
Environmental benefits, points of order on debate ... 1787-88
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 2544 Parliamentary language ... 1787-88 Referring to proper titles ... 2402 Reflections on a decision of the Assembly ... 2489
Political discourse
General remarks ... 343 Members' statements ... 2164
Property tax
Minimum property tax ... 629 Minimum property tax, members' statement ... 1310
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 853-54 Committee ... 1074 Committee, amendment A1 (tabling reports in the Assembly) (Starke: carried) ... 1074 Ethics and Accountability Committee recommendations ... 853-54
Registry services
Personal information collection ... 1257
Remand centres
Counselling and drug rehabilitation services ... 1826
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Taxation, provincial
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 846
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act
Tourism
Economic impact tracking ... 549, 846
University of Calgary. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Saskatchewan. Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Provincial funding agreement termination ... 2322-23
Vermilion-Lloydminster (constituency)
Member's participation in Bill 31 debate, Ethics Commissioner's advice ... 2228 Member's personal and family history ... 329, 337-38, 1428-30, 1693, 2056-57
Voluntary Blood Donations Act (Bill 3)
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Environmental impact assessments ... 823 Impact on education system ... 824 Recovery program ... 823-24
Stier, Pat (Livingstone-Macleod, W to July 23, 2017; UCP from July 24, 2017)
Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates, An (Bill 16)
Committee ... 1404-5 Committee, amendment A4 (striking out section 6(1)(f), regulations amending Alberta Utilities Commission and Market Surveillance Administrator powers, duties, or functions) (MacIntyre: defeated) ... 1404-5 Market Surveillance Administrator provisions ... 1404-5
Act to Control and Regulate Cannabis, An (Bill 26)
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2238-40 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2238-40 Stakeholder consultation ... 2238-40
Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2370, 2376-78 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read and subject matter referred to Legislative Offices Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2370, 2376-78 Chief Electoral Officer's response ... 2370, 2377-78 Stakeholder consultation ... 2378
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 692-94 Committee ... 791-94, 841-44, 855, 857-58 Committee, amendment A2 (tax ratio amendment time frame) (Stier: defeated) ... 841-44, 855 Committee, amendment A3 (property tax conformity time frame of 10 years) (Stier: defeated) ... 857-58 Third reading ... 1103-4 Input from AUMA and AAMDC ... 692-94, 794, 858 Provisions for noncompliance with ministerial orders ... 694
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 fall convention, members' statements ... 1743-44 Response to Electoral Boundaries Commission final report ... 2287
Alberta community partnership
Budgetary surplus ... 136
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Funding from supplementary supply ... 134-35
Alberta Land Stewardship Act
Statutory consent provisions ... 503-4
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
2017 fall convention, members' statements ... 1743-44
Basic municipal transportation grant program
Beaver River Basin Water Authorization Act (Bill 20)
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 418
Castle provincial park
Management plan ... 369-70 Management plan, members' statements ... 372-73
Castle wildland provincial park
Management plan ... 369-70 Management plan, members' statements ... 372-73
Cities and towns
Civic charters, timeline on ... 1445
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Recommendation to government on adverse possession of land (squatters' rights) ... 504
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Provincial deficit ... 658
Disaster recovery program
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report, minority report by Gwen Day ... 2285-87
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 33)
Second reading ... 2285-87 Second reading, motion to not now read because of lack of provision for rural representation (reasoned amendment RA1) (Stier: defeated) ... 2285-87
Emergency management
Funding from supplementary supply ... 135
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Dispatch service centralization in Calgary ... 824, 920 Dispatch service centralization in Calgary, exemption for Banff region ... 824 Dispatch service centralization in Calgary, members' statements ... 913 Rural service, members' statements ... 2189
Energy industries
International investment in Alberta ... 658 Land sales (lease for access) ... 503-4
Energy Resources Conservation Act
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1419-20 Second reading, motion to not now read to allow for consultation and economic impact analysis (reasoned amendment RA1) (Hunter: defeated) ... 1419-20 Union certification provisions ... 1419
Firefighters
Certification initiative, funding for ... 135
Fort McMurray (urban service area)
Freehold lands
Adverse possession (squatters' rights) ... 504
Gas tax fund (federal)
Municipal funding ... 136
Government buildings
Accessibility to persons with disabilities, review of legislation (Motion Other than Government Motion 507: carried as amended) ... 1346-47
Government policies
Members' statements ... 658
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Municipal grants, funding from supplementary supply ... 135
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land use
Legislative provisions ... 503-4
Land-use framework
Completion timeline ... 1740
Leavings Water Co-op
Grant application ... 619
Legislative procedure
Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 855
Members' Statements (current session)
AAMDC and AUMA fall conventions ... 1743-44 Castle parks management plan ... 372-73 Conservative party unity agreement ... 1502-3 Emergency medical dispatch services ... 913 Government policies ... 658 United Conservative Party ... 1608
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 134-37
Municipal finance
Assessments and grant administration, funding from supplementary supply ... 135 Grants in place of taxes (GIPOT) ... 136 Off-site levies ... 694 Off-site levies, intermunicipal ... 693
Municipal Government Act
Regulation development ... 1445
Municipal sustainability initiative
Budgetary surplus ... 136
Municipalities
Conservation reserves ... 693, 1103 Consultation with communities, legislative provisions ... 1103 Intermunicipal collaboration ... 1103
New building Canada fund (federal)
Capital investment funding ... 136
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 12)
Second reading ... 940-41 Committee ... 958 Committee, amendment A2 (training course and examination service providers) (Fraser: defeated) ... 958 Third reading ... 1170-71 Stakeholder consultation ... 1170
New-home buyer protection office
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Castle parks management plan ... 369-70 Emergency medical dispatch services ... 824, 920 Highway 3 twinning ... 2326 Kenow wildfire response ... 1950 Land-use framework ... 1740 Municipal Government Act regulations ... 1445 Renewable energy land leases ... 2254 Rural emergency medical services ... 2189 Supportive living facility food preparation ... 1898-99, 1974 Water co-operatives funding ... 618-19
Property tax
Property held by provincial corporations ... 693-94, 1103 Tax rate, ratio of residential to nonresidential ... 692-93, 791-94, 1103-4 Tax rate, ratio of residential to nonresidential, Official Opposition Leader Brian Jean's letter on ... 842
Protection of Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 204)
First reading ... 444 Second reading ... 503-4, 1049-50 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read (reasoned amendment RA1) (Littlewood: carried) ... 1049-50
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Land lease contracts ... 2254
Responsible Energy Development Act
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Supportive living accommodations
United Conservative Party
Members' statements ... 1608 Merger agreement between Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties, members' statements ... 1502-3
Water supply
Southern Alberta shortages ... 1655-56
Water/waste-water management
Federal-provincial-municipal capital funding ... 1655-56
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Recovery program, funding from supplementary supply ... 135
Wildfire, Kenow (2017)
Emergency management review ... 1950
Willow Creek continuing care centre, Claresholm
Wood Buffalo (municipal district)
Strankman, Rick (Drumheller-Stettler, W to July 23, 2017; UCP from July 24, 2017)
Act to Control and Regulate Cannabis, An (Bill 26)
Committee ... 2096 Committee, amendment A2 (5-year review of act) (Strankman: defeated) ... 2096
Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans, An (Bill 30)
Second reading ... 2214. 2220-23 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Gotfried: defeated) ... 2214, 2220-23 Implementation cost ... 2222 Incident reporting provisions ... 2220 Stakeholder consultation ... 2221-23
Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol Impaired Driving, An (Bill 29)
Committee ... 2037-38 Committee, amendment A2 (5-year review of act) (Ellis: defeated) ... 2037-38
Act to Strengthen and Protect Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 2314-16 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read and subject matter referred to Legislative Offices Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2314-16 Government advertising provisions ... 2315 Government announcement provisions ... 2316 Minimum residency requirement removal ... 2316 Stakeholder consultation ... 2316
Agencies, Boards and Commissions Review Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 21)
Committee ... 1701-2 Committee, amendment A1 (deletion of part 2, AOPA practice review committees) (Strankman: defeated) ... 1701-2
Agricultural Operation Practices Act Practice Review Committee
Alberta Land Stewardship Act
Statutory consent provisions ... 505-6
Banff national park
Reintroduction of bison ... 94
Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act, A (Bill 31)
Second reading ... 2230, 2406, 2409-10 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Loewen: defeated) ... 2406 Second reading, motion to not now read bill because of inadequate consultation with veterinary professionals (reasoned amendment RA1) (Strankman: defeated) ... 2409-10 Veterinary profession provisions ... 2406
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
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) ... 281
Carbon levy
Impact on consumer prices ... 184 Increase, members' statements ... 2188-89
Chronic wasting disease
Suffield elk herd outbreak ... 94 Suffield elk herd testing ... 1447
Coal community transition fund
Conflict of interest
Fiduciary interests of members ... 685
Courts, provincial
Prosecution delays, charges stayed as a result of ... 1993 Sentencing of repeat offenders ... 1993
Elk
Population management, Suffield area ... 1446-47
Energy industries
Drilling activity ... 102
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6, 2015)
Demonstrations at the Legislature against ... 1367 Regulation development, stakeholder consultations ... 1950-51
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1365-67, 1426 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Families and Communities committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1365-67 Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed ... 1365-66 Section 114, repeal of Labour Relations Code section 34.1, certification vote eligibility (length of employment, etc.) ... 1366 Stakeholder consultation ... 1365-66 Union certification provisions ... 1365-66
Firefighters
Death of volunteer firefighter James Hargrave ... 1717
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 870
Freehold lands
Adverse possession (squatters' rights) ... 505-6 Landowner rights, members' statements ... 1511-12
Government policies
Members' statements ... 184
Health facility construction
Capital funding, central Alberta facilities ... 548, 1089
Health facility maintenance and repair
Capital funding, central Alberta facilities ... 548, 1088-89
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Land use
Legislative provisions ... 505
Legislative procedure
Decorum, heckling ... 1426
Marketing of Agricultural Products Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 9)
Meat
United States mandatory country of origin labelling ... 685
Members' Statements (current session)
Carbon levy increases ... 2188-89 Government policies ... 184 Landowner property rights ... 1511-12 Olds College gala ... 528 Tow truck operator safety ... 1717
Olds College
Donation by David P. Werklund and Sue Norman ... 528 Members' statements ... 528
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Carbon levy and agricultural costs ... 1682 Coal-fired electric power plant retirement ... 2326-27 Energy industry reclamation costs ... 371 Farm and ranch worker regulation consultation ... 1950-51 Government policies ... 870 Health care capital funding in central Alberta ... 548, 1088-89 Renewable energy land leases ... 628 Rural crime ... 1992-93 Suffield elk herd ... 1446-47
Orphan well sites
Landowner protection ... 102
Protection of Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 204)
Racette junior high school, St. Paul
Vehicle crash, 2012 ... 2204
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Redwater Energy Corporation
Court of Appeal's decision upholding bankruptcy decision ... 1511
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Abandoned projects, land reclamation ... 371 Land lease contracts ... 628, 1511-12
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 94, 102
Tow trucks
Operator safety, members' statements ... 1717
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) ... 2204
Tuberculosis management (livestock industry)
Bovine TB testing, Suffield elk herd ... 1446
Voter registration
Door-to-door enumeration ... 2316
Workplace health and safety
Industry initiatives ... 2214
Sucha, Graham (Calgary-Shaw, NDP)
Act to Control and Regulate Cannabis, An (Bill 26)
Committee ... 2089, 2096-97, 2099-2100, 2103 Committee, amendment A1 (public consumption provisions) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2089 Committee, amendment A2 (5-year review of act) (Strankman: defeated) ... 2096-97 Committee, amendment A3 (online sale regulations) (Clark: defeated) ... 2099-2100 Committee, amendment A4 (public consumption provisions) (Swann: defeated) ... 2103
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Act to Strengthen Municipal Government, An (Bill 8)
Committee ... 789-90 Third reading ... 1000 Input from AUMA and AAMDC ... 790 Stakeholder consultation ... 790
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Agribusiness
Alberta's Economic Future Committee review, report presented ... 577
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
2017 spring convention, ministerial forum ... 251
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Regulations on liquor service ... 1885
Alberta School Boards Association
Alberta Standard Time Act (Bill 203)
Second reading ... 499-500 Alberta's Economic Future Committee report presented to the Assembly ... 1609 Alberta's Economic Future Committee report presented to the Assembly, concurrence motion (carried) ... 1620
Bridge construction
Smaller municipalities ... 789
Bridge maintenance and repair
Smaller municipalities ... 789
Bullying
Workplace bullying ... 855 Workplace bullying, members' statements ... 818-19
Calgary Dinos football club
2017 Vanier Cup semifinalists ... 1977-78
Calgary-Shaw (constituency)
Calgary Stampeders football club
2017 western finalists ... 1978
Child Protection and Accountability Act (Bill 18)
Committee ... 1574 Committee, amendment A6 (court determination of basis for stay of an investigation) (Nixon: carried) ... 1574
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Agrifood and agribusiness review, report presented on ... 577 Meeting schedule ... 251 Report on 2017-2018 main estimates and business plans for ministries of Advanced Education, Agriculture and Forestry, Culture and Tourism, Economic Development and Trade, Executive Council, Infrastructure, Labour, and, pursuant to Government Motion 17, Education ... 669 Report on Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act, presented to the Assembly ... 1609 Report presented on Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act, concurrence motion (carried) ... 1620
Condominium Property Act
Regulation development ... 2482
Disability Employment Awareness Month
Edmonton Eskimos football club
Employment Standards Code
Protected leave of absence from work ... 1374
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main estimates 2017-2018, schedule ... 251
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Second reading ... 1374-75 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Families and Communities committee (referral amendment REF1) (Hanson: defeated) ... 1374-75 Division of bill into employment standards and labour relations components proposed ... 1374 Stakeholder consultation ... 1374
Food industry and trade
Alberta's Economic Future Committee review, report presented ... 577
Football
2017 championships, members' statements ... 1977-78
Grey Cup
2017 western finals ... 1978
Health care finance
United Progressive Conservative Party leader's position ... 1601
Immigration
Federal policies, members' statements ... 1439
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Junior High Leadership Conference
Labour Relations Board
Mandate ... 855 Remedies ordered for whistle-blowers ... 925
Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey team
Marketing of Agricultural Products Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 9)
Members' Statements (current session)
2017 football championships ... 1977-78 Bullying in the workplace ... 818-19 Immigration policies ... 1439 Persons with disabilities' workforce participation ... 1716-17 Samuel W. Shaw middle school ... 529 Serenity and the child intervention system ... 462
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention
Municipalities
Conservation reserves ... 1000 Parental leave for councillors ... 789
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 12)
Northland School Division Act (Bill 6)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
AAMDC spring convention ministerial forum ... 251 Condominium and housing co-operative governance ... 730 Condominium property regulations ... 2482 Craft breweries ... 1862 Independent postsecondary institution funding ... 438 Official Opposition health care finance policies ... 1601
Persons with disabilities
Employment, inclusive hiring policies ... 1122-24 Employment, members' statements ... 1716-17 Hearing loss ... 1154-55
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Funding for independent institutions ... 438
Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta
Leader's policies as federal Immigration minister ... 1439
Protecting Victims of Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images Act (Bill 202)
Committee ... 581, 584-85 Committee, amendment A2 (change "the person" to "a person"; distribution of images provided by another person) (Connolly: carried) ... 581
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 854-55, 924-25 Third reading ... 1201-2 Ethics and Accountability Committee recommendations ... 1201 Provisions for direct disclosure to Public Interest Commissioner ... 925
Public transit
Student transit passes ... 86-88
Regulatory Burden Reduction Act (Bill 207)
Second reading ... 1884-85 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Cooper: defeated) ... 1884-85
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report on agrifood and agribusiness review ... 577 Alberta's Economic Future Committee report on Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act ... 1609 Alberta's Economic Future Committee report on Bill 203, Alberta Standard Time Act, concurrence motion (carried) ... 1620 Alberta's Economic Future Committee report on consideration of 2017-2018 main estimates and business plans for ministries of Advanced Education, Agriculture and Forestry, Culture and Tourism, Economic Development and Trade, Executive Council, Infrastructure, Labour, and, pursuant to Government Motion 17, Education ... 669
Samuel W. Shaw school, Calgary
School opening, members' statements ... 529
School boards and districts
Land use, mandatory joint-use planning agreements with municipalities ... 789-90
School nutrition programs
Schoolchildren's transportation
Securities Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 13)
Committee ... 1071 Stakeholder consultation ... 1071
Serenity (aboriginal child who died in kinship care)
Members' statements ... 462
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 105
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act
Water for life strategy and action plan
Funding, smaller municipalities ... 789
Wetland restoration
Industrial disturbance policy development (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: carried) ... 752-53
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.
Swann, Dr. David (Calgary-Mountain View, AL)
Aboriginal communities
Opioid use prevention and mitigation, funding from supplementary supply ... 162 Programs and services ... 99
Aboriginal peoples
Discrimination against ... 403
Act to Cap Regulated Electricity Rates, An (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 1268-70 Market Surveillance Administrator provisions ... 1268
Act to Control and Regulate Cannabis, An (Bill 26)
Committee ... 2102-3, 2121-23, 2125 Committee, amendment A4 (public consumption provisions) (Swann: defeated) ... 2102-3, 2121 Committee, amendment A5 (legal age for consumption 21) (Swann: defeated) ... 2123, 2125
Act to Protect Gas and Convenience Store Workers, An (Bill 19)
Act to Reduce Cannabis and Alcohol Impaired Driving, An (Bill 29)
Second reading ... 1963-64 Committee ... 2058-59 Administrative penalty provisions ... 2058
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 88-89 Committee ... 556-57 Committee, amendment A1 (striking out section 4, charter schools) (Swann: defeated) ... 556-57
Act to Regulate Political Action Committees, An (Bill 214)
Act to Remove Barriers for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence, An (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 321, 339 Committee ... 455 Committee, amendment A1 (scope, categories of survivors) (Swann: defeated) ... 455
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An (Bill 24)
Act to Support Orphan Well Rehabilitation, An (Bill 14)
Addiction and mental health strategy
Strategy development ... 2111
Addiction treatment
Hours of service ... 872 Outcome measurement, members' statements ... 2164 Services for aboriginal youth ... 868
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Second reading ... 1051-52 Committee ... 1191-92 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 2, 3(2), 5, advocate roles, duties, and functions) (Sabir: carried) ... 1191-92
Affordable supportive living initiative
Funding from supplementary supply ... 156
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Quarterly reports, publication of ... 1304, 1526 Senior executive compensation ... 1780
Alberta Human Rights Act
Protected grounds ... 1916
Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 23)
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Alberta Standard Time Act (Bill 203)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2017 (Bill 5)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Auditor General's recommendations ... 1052
Auditor General's office
Better Healthcare for Albertans (report) ... 1304, 1526
Auditor General's office investigations/inquiries
Deputy minister of Health's connection to Pure North S'Energy ... 1084
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Ministerial statement, responses ... 566
Beaver River Basin Water Authorization Act (Bill 20)
Blood collection and preservation
Blood plasma supply ... 448
Budget 2017-2018 debate
Government Motion 13 (Ceci: carried) ... 447-48
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 312
Bullying
Workplace harassment ... 339
Calgary (city)
Municipal politics, female representation ... 117
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 419
Calgary-Mountain View (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 1343-44
Calgary Police Service
Workplace harassment hearings ... 99
Castle special management area
Protected area designation ... 99 Protected area designation, funding from supplementary supply ... 161
Castle wildland provincial park
Expansion, capital funding ... 161
Chief addictions and mental health officer (former)
Elimination of position ... 569
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Adoption Advertising) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 206)
Second reading ... 1343-44 Committee ... 1752 Committee, amendment A2 (coming-into-force date) (Goehring: carried) ... 1752
Child and Youth Advocate's office investigations/inquiries
Reports, previous advocates ... 1489-90
Child labour
Agricultural labour ... 100
Child Protection and Accountability Act (Bill 18)
Child protective services
Services in aboriginal communities, federal/provincial jurisdiction ... 968
Chronic wasting disease
Members' statements ... 542
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 1907-8 Committee ... 2066-67 Committee, amendment A2 (provisions for non-APAGA agencies identified by Lieutenant Governor in Council) (Ceci: carried) ... 2066-67
Continuing/extended care facilities
Funding from supplementary supply ... 156
Correctional facilities
Opioid use in ... 21 Prisoner drug overdoses ... 120
Courts, provincial
Drug treatment courts ... 448
Daycare
Affordability, $25-a-day rate ... 100
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Borrowing for capital projects ... 447 Debt repayment ... 448 Provincial deficit ... 447
Delegated First Nations authorities
Mandate on child protection ... 968
Drugs, prescription
Generic drugs ... 156 Opiate prescriptions ... 23
Education finance
Funding for students with special needs ... 872
Electric power
Capacity market system ... 1269
Electric power prices
Regulated rate cap ... 99, 1268-69 Regulated rate option ... 1268-70 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) ... 507-8, 510-11
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Opioid use ... 22-23 Opioid use, request for debate (proceeded with) ... 20-21
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act (Bill 6, 2015)
Regulation development ... 100
Ethics Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
Deputy minister of Health's connection to Pure North S'Energy ... 1084
Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (Bill 17)
Committee ... 1463-64, 1539-41 Committee, amendment A5 (farm and ranch worker overtime pay) (Swann: defeated) ... 1463-64 Committee, amendment A15 (farm workers' break times) (Swann: defeated) ... 1539-40
Family and community support services
Fiscal policy
Government spending ... 312
Flood damage mitigation
Capital projects, funding from supplementary supply ... 162
Flood plains
Mapping ... 162 Mapping, funding from supplementary supply ... 162
Forest industries
Logging activity, upper Highwood, Kananaskis Country ... 1178
Freehold lands
Surface rights compensation payments, funding from supplementary supply ... 162
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Implementation ... 248 Legislative history ... 1870-71 United Conservative Party leader's remarks ... 1871
Groundwater
Contamination, Rosebud area ... 1629 Decrease, Beaver River basin ... 1630, 1632
Health care capacity issues
Health information
Physician reporting standards ... 1526
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Ministerial statement, responses ... 705
Impaired driving
Fatality statistics ... 2058
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Ministerial statement, responses ... 403
International Women's Day
General remarks ... 99 Ministerial statement, responses ... 117
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Alberta Liberal Party leader David Khan and executive director Gwyneth Midgley ... 1521
Labour Relations Board
Decisions on whistle-blowing to be final ... 926 Remedies ordered for whistle-blowers ... 926
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Addiction and mental health services outcomes ... 2164 Chronic wasting disease ... 542 Mental health and addiction education services ... 868 Opioid use ... 183, 1301 Political action committees ... 1725-26 Reconciliation between indigenous and nonindigenous peoples ... 1868-69
Mental Health Patient Advocate
Mental health services
Integration with addiction treatment ... 99, 448 Outcome measurement, members' statements ... 2164 Services for aboriginal youth, members' statements ... 868 Services for postsecondary students ... 517-18
Métis
Health information availability ... 1304
Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Battle of Vimy Ridge, responses ... 566 Holocaust Remembrance Day, responses ... 705 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, responses ... 403 International Women's Day, responses ... 117 National Day of Mourning, responses ... 727
Minister's Opioid Emergency Response Commission
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 161-62
Ministry of Health
Budgetary efficiencies ... 100-101 Deputy minister's connection to Pure North S'Energy Foundation ... 1084 Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 156-57
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2) debate ... 162
National Day of Mourning
Ministerial statement, responses ... 727
New Home Buyer Protection Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 12)
Committee ... 1113-15 Committee, amendment A3 (builders registry information) (Swann: defeated) ... 1113-15
Opioid emergency response regulation (Alberta Regulations 99/2017)
Ministerial powers ... 1442
Opioid use
Deaths, reporting on ... 1304 Fentanyl- and carfentanil-related deaths ... 20-21, 23, 569 Members' statements ... 183, 1301 Prevention and mitigation strategies ... 61-62, 99-101, 120, 569 Prevention and mitigation strategies, funding from supplementary supply ... 156 Public emergency declaration proposed ... 20, 61-62
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Addiction and mental health strategy ... 2111 Child protective services on First Nations ... 968 Gay-straight alliances in schools ... 248 Gravel extraction in flood plains ... 708-9, 917-18 Health care costs ... 1780 Health care system ... 1526 Health information reporting ... 1304 Infertility treatment in Edmonton ... 2158-59 Logging in Kananaskis Country ... 1178 Mental health and addiction services ... 872 Mental Health Patient Advocate ... 366-67, 437-38 Mental health services for postsecondary students ... 517-18 Methane gas monitoring ... 1946-47 Opioid emergency response commission ... 1442 Opioid use ... 61-62, 120 Opioid use prevention and mitigation ... 569 Political action committees ... 1641 Pure North S'Energy Foundation ... 1084-85 School fees in charter schools ... 532 Tobacco and cannabis reduction strategies ... 1719-20
Orphan Well Association
Acceptance of loans ... 1150 Provincial loan ... 1228
Parks, provincial
Funding from supplementary supply ... 161
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Infertility treatment at the Lois Hole health centre, Royal Alexandra hospital ... 2164
Pharmaceutical innovation and management program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 156
Pharmacists
Scope of practice ... 156
Physicians
Billing and payment system ... 156 Compensation, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1780 Compensation, funding from supplementary supply ... 156
Political action committees
Poverty
Reduction strategies ... 99
Primary care (medicine)
General remarks ... 100 Integration with other health services ... 1780
Public Interest Commissioner's office
Reporting requirements ... 926
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 925-26 Committee ... 1092-93 Committee, amendment A2 (appeal process for commissioner decisions) (Swann: defeated) ... 1092 Provisions for direct disclosure to Public Interest Commissioner ... 926 Scope of bill ... 926
Public service
Review of efficiencies proposed ... 312
Pure North S'Energy Foundation
Reconciliation between aboriginal and nonaboriginal peoples
Regional collaborative service delivery
Remand centres
Prisoner drug overdoses ... 120
Resident and Family Councils Act (Bill 22)
Rocky Mountains
Eastern slopes, land management on ... 99
Royal Alexandra hospital, Edmonton
Assisted reproductive technology services ... 2158-59 Assisted reproductive technology services, petition presented to the Assembly ... 2164
Sand and gravel mines and mining
School fees (elementary and secondary)
Rate reduction ... 448 Rates in charter schools ... 532
Seniors' benefit program
Prescription drug coverage ... 156
Seniors' health care
Health Quality Council report ... 1526
Serenity (aboriginal child who died in kinship care)
Safety of former guardians' biological children ... 968
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 98-100 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 100-101
Strathcona-Sherwood Park (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 321
Supplementary supply estimates 2016-2017 (No. 2)
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act
Implementation timeline ... 1719
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Report recommendations ... 868, 1868
Valuing Mental Health, Report of the Alberta Mental Health Review Committee 2015
Water quality
Drinking water, aboriginal communities ... 100
Workplace fatalities
Inclusion of farm workers in WCB statistics ... 727
Sweet, Heather (Edmonton-Manning, NDP)
Act to Reduce School Fees, An (Bill 1)
Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act (Bill 205)
Alberta Hospital Edmonton
Electric shock therapy (ECT) machine ... 569 Services provided ... 569
Calgary-Hays (constituency)
Assembly concurrence in Ethics Commissioner's report regarding member's remarks in the Assembly (Government Motion 16: carried), member's recusal from debate ... 416
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Adoption Advertising) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 206)
Committee ... 1749 Committee, amendment A1 (preamble) (Aheer: carried) ... 1749
Child protective services
Aboriginal children in care, federal/provincial service delivery ... 66
Children with disabilities
Transition to adult services ... 1124-25
Edmonton Police Service
125th anniversary, member's statement ... 605-6
Edmonton school construction
Northeast Edmonton schools ... 2187
Education Week
Members' statements ... 867-68
Employment opportunities
Working in Your Community Employment Information Fair, members' statements ... 342
Family and community support services
Services offered on reserves ... 66
Guru Nanak Gurpurab (Sikh observance)
Members' statements ... 1717
Highway 15
Bridge, capital funding ... 822
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 113, 174, 197, 433, 461, 595-96, 867, 881, 1033, 1323, 1501, 1596, 1705, 1735, 2318
Kapawe'no First Nation
Child care pilot project ... 66
Land conservation
Agricultural land ... 823
Members' Statements (current session)
Edmonton Police Service 125th anniversary ... 605-6 Education system ... 867-68 Employment fair in northeast Edmonton ... 342 Grade 6 student engagement and Bill 212 ... 2327-28 Guru Nanak Gurpurab ... 1717 Métis Week ... 1901
Métis Week
Members' statements ... 1901
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Hospital Edmonton ... 569 Indigenous child and family services ... 66 Industrial Heartland transportation infrastructure ... 822-23 School construction and modernization in northeast Edmonton ... 2187
Road construction
Industrial Heartland capital plan ... 822-23
School construction
Capital plan ... 868 Modernization projects ... 2187
Schoolchildren
Input on Bill 212, members' statements ... 2327-28
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction (Protecting Children's Health) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 212)
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