Hanson, David B. (Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills, UCP)
29th Legislature
Members' statements ... 2260
Aboriginal children
Removal from families and communities ('60s scoop), provincial apology, ministerial statement, responses ... 1209-10
Aboriginal communities
Carbon levy costs ... 559 Climate leadership plan participation ... 559
Act to Combat Poverty and Fight for Albertans with Disabilities, An (Bill 26)
Act to Enable Clean Energy Improvements, An (Bill 10)
Third reading ... 1559-61 Regulation development ... 1561
Act to Improve the Affordability and Accessibility of Post-secondary Education, An (Bill 19)
Committee ... 1724-26 Third reading ... 1864-65 Section 48, comprehensive academic and research universities sector role ... 1724
Act to Secure Alberta's Electricity Future, An (Bill 13)
Committee ... 1399 Committee, amendment A4 (replacement of "efficient and based on fair and open competition" with "fair, efficient and openly competitive") (Nixon/Panda: defeated) ... 1399
Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Public service pension plan administration ... 2130
Alberta Taxpayer Protection Act
Alberta Taxpayer Protection (Carbon Tax Referendum) Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 202)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2018 (Bill 3)
Bridge construction
Northeast river crossing (NERC), Edmonton-Fort Saskatchewan ... 2397
Budget process
Interim supply use ... 225
Cannabis
Children's exposure to at home ... 678 Home grown, impact on property ... 677-78
Carbon levy
Impact on greenhouse gas emissions ... 558-59, 825 Impact on nonprofit organization costs ... 559, 825 Impact on postsecondary institution costs ... 225 Impact on rural education costs ... 422-23 Impact on school transportation costs ... 422-23, 558, 825 Rate ... 558-59 Rebate administration ... 1058-59
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Requests to present to committee ... 914
Corbière, Edgar
Members' statements ... 581
Crime
Rural crime, members' statements ... 282
East central francophone school division No. 3
Superintendent's departure ... 1920
Ecole du Sommet, St. Paul
Principal's departure ... 734, 1920
Economic development
Investment attraction ... 1205-6
Economy of Alberta
Northeastern Alberta, members' statements ... 1777-78
Education finance
Funding for rural school boards and districts ... 225
Election Commissioner
Appointment of Lorne Gibson (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 693, 898 Appointment of Lorne Gibson (Government Motion 16: carried), amendment A1 (public posting of Election Commissioner's compensation) (van Dijken: defeated) ... 693 Appointment of Lorne Gibson (Government Motion 16: carried), amendment A2 (term of office) (Aheer: defeated) ... 898
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Statutes Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 1109, 1118 Associated party provisions ... 1109
Electric utilities
Distribution fees and levies, prohibition if no electricity is used, cap on administration fees (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: defeated) ... 1046
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline construction suspension ... 454-55
Emergency Management Amendment Act (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 1640 Implementation by smaller municipalities ... 1640
Employment Standards (Firefighter Leave) Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 202-3 Alberta's Economic Future Committee report presented to the Assembly, motion to concur in report (adjourned) ... 1785-86
Energy Diversification Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 1056-58 Committee ... 1281-82 Committee, amendment A1 (section 4, reporting provisions for minister and Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission) (Panda: defeated) ... 1281-82
First Nations, Treaty 8
Ministerial statement ... 2390
Gaming and Liquor Statutes Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 677-78 Provisions for retail sale in locations where things other than cannabis and accessories are sold ... 677 Provisions for you-brew operations ... 678 Public consumption provisions ... 677 Section 86, provisions for wine, cider, and beer fermentation in licensed premises or adults' residences ... 677-78
Gas utilities
Distribution fees and levies, prohibition if no gas is used, cap on administration fees (Motion Other than Government Motion 504: defeated) ... 1046
Growth and Diversification Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 1205-6 Committee ... 1291 Committee, amendment A1 (interactive digital media tax credit criteria) (McPherson/Fraser: defeated) ... 1291
H.A. Kostach school, Smoky Lake
Herb Jamieson Centre, Edmonton
Highway 15
Fort Saskatchewan bridge twinning ... 2397-98
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Income tax returns
Government communications ... 1059
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Joint Governance of Public Sector Pension Plans Act (Bill 27)
Leap Manifesto (federal New Democratic Party document)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Medical laboratories
Mobile blood collection service ... 1414, 1544 Mobile blood collection service, St. Paul ... 1077-78, 1133 Mobile blood collection service, St. Paul, members' statements ... 1030
Members' Statements (current session)
29th Legislature reflections ... 2260 Economic recovery and northeastern Alberta ... 1777-78 Edgar Corbière ... 581 Holodomor Memorial Day ... 2066-67 Rural crime ... 282 Seniors' issues ... 1544-45 Seniors' mobile blood collection service in St. Paul ... 1030
Ministerial Statements (current session)
'60s scoop apology, responses ... 1209-10
Ministry of Education
Interim supply estimates 2018-2019 ... 225
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Minister's book preface ... 454-55
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Interim supply estimates 2018-2019 ... 225
Ministry of Transportation
Minister's remarks on the municipal sustainability initiative ... 225
Municipal Climate Change Action Centre
Municipal sustainability initiative
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alexander First Nation supportive living grant ... 1502-3 Carbon levy and school transportation costs ... 422-23 Carbon levy economic impacts ... 825 East central francophone school principal ... 734 East central francophone school principal and superintendent ... 1920 Fort Saskatchewan area road construction ... 2397-98 H.A. Kostash school in Smoky Lake ... 2235 Health care concerns ... 1132-33 Long-term care facility food service ... 1414 Psychiatric hospital beds in St. Paul ... 257 Seniors' mobile blood collection service, long-term care facility food service ... 1414 Seniors' mobile blood collection service in St. Paul ... 1077-78 Water Act enforcement ... 589
Physicians' education
Alberta international medical graduate program ... 1724-25
Pipeline construction
Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline construction suspension, emergency debate under Standing Order 30 ... 454-55
Pipelines (oil and gas)
Trans Mountain public purchase proposal ... 465
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Laws and legislation ... 1118
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Property assessed clean energy program (PACE)
Administration ... 1560 Eligibility criteria ... 1560 Other jurisdictions ... 1560
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report on Bill 201, Employment Standards (Firefighter Leave) Amendment Act, 2018, motion to concur in report (adjourned) ... 1785-86
Rural Municipalities of Alberta
Conventions, ministerial forums ... 215
Saint Therese health centre
Sentences (criminal procedure)
Stampede Wrestling (television program)
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
SO 7(7), daily Routine conclusion (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 903 SO 7(7), daily Routine conclusion (Government Motion 18: carried), amendment A1 (provision to allow any member to extend daily Routine) (Nixon: defeated) ... 903 SO 52.04 amendment to permit legislative policy committees to undertake hearings or inquiries while considering matters referred by the Assembly (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: referred to committee) ... 215-16
Statutes Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 18)
Supporting Alberta's Local Food Sector Act (Bill 7)
Second reading ... 913-14 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment RA1) (Schneider: defeated) ... 913-14 Committee ... 1309 Committee, amendment A3 (section 6, consultation on certification regulations) (Strankman: defeated) ... 1309 Part 2, organic agricultural products ... 913-14
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 17)
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Unions
Political donations ... 1118
Wages
Decrease during economic downturn ... 455
Water Act
Enforcement, St. Paul area ... 589
Youth employment
Employment rate, recent postsecondary graduates ... 1725-26
Hinkley, Bruce (Wetaskiwin-Camrose, NDP)
Aboriginal children
Removal from families and communities ('60s scoop), provincial apology ... 1213-14
Aboriginal consultation
Provincial policy development ... 1080-81
Act to Empower Utility Consumers, An (Bill 14)
Second reading ... 720 Third reading ... 1421 Public reporting provisions ... 720
Chester Ronning school, Camrose
Courthouses
New courthouse, Maskwacis (proposed) ... 2256
Courts, provincial
Aboriginal peoples' access to ... 2256
Elections, provincial
2015 election third anniversary, members' statements ... 937
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Solar energy programs, members' statements ... 2076
Government Organization (Utilities Consumer Advocate) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 208, 2017)
Indigenous courtwork program
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Dementia care spaces, Wetaskiwin ... 443 New spaces, Wetaskiwin ... 442-43
Louis Riel Day
Members' statements ... 1878
Members' Statements (current session)
MĂ©tis week and Louis Riel Day ... 1878 Provincial election third anniversary ... 937 Reconciliation between indigenous and nonindigenous peoples ... 447 Rural economic development ... 1425 Solar energy programs ... 2076
MĂ©tis Week
Members' statements ... 1878
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
'60s scoop apology ... 1213-14 Indigenous relations ... 1080-81 Justice services in indigenous communities ... 2256 Long-term care facility construction in Wetaskiwin ... 442-43 Reynolds-Alberta Museum expansion project ... 2070 School construction ... 370-71
Poems
Prayer for MĂ©tis Veterans ... 1878
Reconciliation between aboriginal and nonaboriginal peoples
Members' statements ... 447
Residential schools
Changing of students names ... 447
Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Expansion project ... 2070
Rural development
Members' statements ... 1425
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Report recommendations ... 447
Hoffman, Sarah (Edmonton-Glenora, NDP; Minister of Health)
Aboriginal children
Removal from families and communities ('60s scoop), provincial apology ... 1213-14
Act to Enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to Make Consequential Amendments to Other Acts, An (federal Bill C-69)
Act to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on February 27,2018 and Other measures, An (federal Bill C-74)
Provincial response ... 820
Act to Improve the Affordability and Accessibility of Post-secondary Education, An (Bill 19)
Second reading ... 1678-79 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Nixon: defeated) ... 1678-79
Act to Protect Patients, An (Bill 21)
First reading ... 1666 Second reading ... 1685-86 Committee ... 1729, 1731, 1836-39, 1841, 1901, 1909-10, 1927-28 Committee, amendment A1 (section 7, removal of ability to reapply to practice in Alberta) (McPherson: defeated) ... 1729 Committee, amendment A2 (section 7, extension of time before individual can reapply to practice in Alberta) (Yao: defeated) ... 1836 Committee, amendment A3 (hearing tribunal membership) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1837-38 Committee, amendment A4 (evidence of physical or psychological injury or harm in complaints alleging sexual abuse or sexual misconduct) (Swann: carried) ... 1838 Committee, amendment A5 (section 7, extension of time before individual can reapply to practice in Alberta to 5 years after completion of sentence) (Goodridge: defeated) ... 1839 Committee, amendment A6 (lifetime ban on practising for individuals convicted under Criminal Code) (Aheer: defeated) ... 1841 Committee, amendment A7 (sections 7 and 26, lifetime ban on practising for individuals found guilty of sexual abuse; 5-year ban for individuals found guilty of sexual misconduct) (Hoffman: carried as amended) ... 1901 Committee, amendment A7 (sections 7 and 26, lifetime ban on practising for individuals found guilty of sexual abuse; 5-year ban for individuals found guilty of sexual misconduct) (Hoffman: carried as amended), subamendment SA1 (lifetime ban on practising for individuals convicted under Criminal Code) (Goodridge: withdrawn) ... 1909-10 Committee, amendment A7 (sections 7 and 26, lifetime ban on practising for individuals found guilty of sexual abuse; 5-year ban for individuals found guilty of sexual misconduct) (Hoffman: carried as amended), subamendment SA2 (lifetime ban on practising for individuals found guilty of sexual abuse or convicted under the Criminal Code) (Goodridge: carried) ... 1927 Committee, amendment A8 (section 16, hearing tribunal membership) (McPherson: carried) ... 1928 Committee, points of order on debate ... 1909 Third reading ... 1899-1900, 1928-29, 1931-32 Third reading, recommittal to Committee of the Whole to reconsider sections 7 and 26, motion for (amendment REC1) (Nixon: carried) ... 1900 Penalty provisions ... 1731, 1915 Stakeholder consultation ... 1731
Act to Recognize AMA Representation Rights, An (Bill 24)
First reading ... 1762 Second reading ... 1799, 1885, 1891-92 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 1885, 1891-92 Committee ... 2059-60 Committee, amendment A1 (publicly available information prior to AMA agreement amendments) (Hunter: defeated) ... 2059-60 Third reading ... 2244-47 Stakeholder consultation ... 1885, 1891-92, 2246
Addiction treatment
Detoxification beds for youth ... 420 Health insurance coverage ... 2300 Peer support programs ... 2299-2300
Affordable supportive living initiative
Program termination ... 2316-17 Public-private partnership contracts ... 343
Alberta aids to daily living program
Eligibility criteria ... 730
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Administration expenses ... 588 Letter to aboriginal client ... 417 Letters to clients, privacy issues ... 417 Management staff ... 944 New hires ... 944 Procurement process ... 386, 526, 735
Alberta Netcare (provincial electronic health records)
Open data portal for personal information (personal health record) ... 2237-38
Alberta Serious Incident Response Team
Policy on public release of information ... 524
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Association members' meetings with cabinet ministers ... 176
Anti-Semitism
Service Alberta and Status of Women minister's remarks ... 945
Assisted dying
Access to services ... 2317
Assisted reproductive technologies
Private clinic policies ... 521 Publicly funded services ... 521
Beaverlodge regional hospital
New hospital, capital plan ... 546-47
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Freedom of speech and assembly ... 172-73
Carbon levy
Financial reporting ... 801-2 GST payable on ... 418 Impact on education costs ... 1191-92 Impact on health care costs ... 176 Impact on school transportation costs ... 1192-93 Impact on seniors' expenses ... 381 Implementation ... 476-77 Rate ... 820-21 Rate freeze until completion of Trans Mountain pipeline proposed ... 522 Rebate for families, small business, coal industry, First Nations, etc. ... 381
Cardiac care
Central Alberta services ... 1618
Caribou
Range plans, stakeholder consultation ... 1196
Child abuse
Abandonment and neglect ... 1413
Child mental health services
Services for families of affected persons ... 1871-72 Wait times ... 599, 942
Choking game
Education and awareness initiatives ... 1193
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Relation to pipeline approval ... 2090
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta
Disciplinary policies ... 729, 731, 1076-77, 1408-9, 1502 Hearing tribunal decision on physician charged with sexual assault ... 603-4, 728-29, 1076, 1408, 1502, 1685, 1899
Continuing care health service standards
Percentage of facilities that meet standards ... 1755-56
Continuing/extended care facilities
New spaces ... 941 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... 941
Counselling
Health insurance coverage ... 2300 Industry regulation ... 420
Covenant Health
Assisted dying policy ... 2317 Assisted dying policy, Doreen Nowicki's experience ... 1987-88
Debts, public (provincial debt)
Dental services
Free and low-cost services ... 663
Dentists
Fees for service ... 662 Fees for service, online posting of ... 663 Provincial fee guide ... 2097
Disaster recovery program
Discrimination
Genetic information discrimination ... 2235-36
Eagle Spirit Energy corridor
Economic development
Competitiveness, impact of federal policies on ... 1192-93
Economy of Alberta
Economic downturn ... 476-77 Economic downturn, Health minister's remarks ... 480
Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Air ambulance (medevac), Peace River service ... 1504 Air ambulance (medevac service), Peace River service ... 1006, 1275 Ambulance shortages (code red) ... 528 Funding ... 193-94, 337-38, 479 Paramedics' scope of practice ... 193, 195 Paramedics' wait times in hospitals ... 1660 Rural service ... 511 Staff wait times in hospital emergency rooms ... 194-95, 382-83
Energy industries
Drilling activity ... 2191-92 Job losses ... 2231-32 Provincial special envoys ... 2040 Voluntary production curtailment proposed ... 2090-91
Energy policies, federal
General remarks ... 2090 Provincial response ... 2394
Federal-provincial-territorial meetings
Alberta-British Columbia-federal meeting on Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project ... 543
Fiscal policy
General remarks ... 285 Government spending ... 290 Impact on unemployment rates ... 2390-91
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information requests under act, carbon levy reports ... 801-2
Government advertising
Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project advertising ... 1133
Government communications
Announcements outside of election periods ... 1428-29
Government contracts
Premier's former chief of staff's executive adviser contract with Energy and Finance ministries ... 1215-16, 1344, 1411
Government services, public
Staff communication with MLA constituency offices ... 1708, 1872-73
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Methane emission regulations, federal ... 1130
Growth and Diversification Act (Bill 2)
Health care
Fort McMurray services ... 1600 Private service delivery ... 527 Rural service ... 511 Wood Buffalo services ... 587-88
Health care capacity issues
Health care finance
Funding, comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1988-89 Laundry service cost ... 2096
Health facilities
Alternate level of care/transitional beds ... 372
Health information
Connect care clinical information system ... 1412-13
Health sciences personnel
Front-line workers, mental health services for ... 1427 Mental health services for front-line workers, AHS report ... 1499-1500 Recruitment and retention ... 1872
HIV/AIDS treatment
Adherence and community engagement (ACE) program ... 368
Home-care services
Community paramedics program ... 511 Service delivery ... 1078-79
Hospital emergency services
Hospital maintenance and repair
Helipad repair timelines ... 876
Hospitals
Angel cradles (safe places to leave infants) ... 1413 Capacity issues ... 422 Food quality ... 1132-33
Imperial Oil Limited
Aspen oil sands project, AER review ... 1192
Information and Privacy Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
Request for investigation of AHS correspondence with clients ... 417
Interprovincial/territorial trade
Alberta boycott of B.C. wine ... 471, 520
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
... 8, 107-8, 168, 248, 281, 363, 378, 414, 435, 470, 537, 580, 595, 658, 725, 817-18, 867-68, 935, 997, 1020, 1072, 1124, 1190, 1335-36, 1352, 1405, 1407, 1423, 1496, 1544, 1593, 1607, 1655, 1704, 1751-52, 1813-14, 1868, 1912, 1984, 2087-88, 2227, 2250, 2388
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
First Nations in Treaty 6 territory dignitaries ... 1207
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Remarks in Tagalog ... 1433
Legislative procedure
Language and decorum ... 291
Life lease housing
Legislative provisions ... 62
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Access ... 422 Access, rural areas ... 422 Dementia care spaces, Wetaskiwin ... 443 Food service ... 1414 New spaces ... 372, 940-41 New spaces, cost per bed ... 941, 1003-4, 1413-14 New spaces, Wetaskiwin ... 442-43 Public versus private providers ... 1413
Long Term Care Information Act (Bill 203)
Medical laboratories
Edmonton clinical laboratory hub ... 1080, 2096-97 Edmonton clinical laboratory hub, capital funding ... 2317 Edmonton clinical laboratory hub costs ... 2392 Mobile blood collection service ... 1414 Mobile blood collection service, St. Paul ... 1078, 1133
Mental health services
Services for persons released from hospital ... 1872 Services for youth ... 420
Mental Health Services Protection Act (Bill 30)
First reading ... 2152 Second reading ... 2221, 2280, 2299-2300 Committee ... 2346-48, 2350-53, 2356 Committee, amendment A1 (definition of "counselling relationship") (Hoffman: carried) ... 2346-48, 2352-53 Committee, amendment A1 (definition of "counselling relationship") (Hoffman: carried), subamendment A1-SA1 (removal of addiction counsellors from schedule 3.1) (Yao: defeated) ... 2350-51 Committee, amendment A3 (notice of routine inspections) (Starke: carried) ... 2356 Third reading ... 2378, 2383-84 Amendments proposed ... 2383 Stakeholder consultation ... 2300, 2350
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Minister's appearance at National Energy Board pipeline hearings ... 2035 Minister's position on the energy industry ... 2257
Misericordia community hospital, Edmonton
Emergency room expansion ... 257-58
Multiple sclerosis
Health Canada approved drugs ... 1340 Research ... 1340
Municipalities
Rural capital project approval process ... 805
National Energy Board
Pipeline assessments, inclusion of upstream and downstream emissions criteria ... 1426
Nonrenewable natural resource revenue
Provincial reliance on ... 2189
North Saskatchewan regional plan (land-use framework)
Economic impact studies ... 1195 Stakeholder consultation ... 1195-96
Northern Lights Regional Health Centre, Fort McMurray
Nurse practitioners
Access outside large urban centres ... 511
Office of the Premier
Premier's trip to Ottawa ... 2090
Office of the Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister's remarks on construction workers ... 2314
Oil
Mandatory production curtailment ... 2254-55 Mandatory production curtailment proposed ... 2187-89, 2191, 2230
Oil sands advisory group (former)
Co-chair's pipeline opposition ... 253
Oil Tanker Moratorium Act (federal Bill C-48)
Opioid use
Deaths ... 1820 Supervised consumption sites, Lethbridge ... 1194
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Ministers' responses to questions ... 731 Responses to questions ... 1915
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
'60s scoop apology ... 1213-14 Abortion rights and freedom of speech and assembly ... 172-73 Access to health services and social supports ... 1002 Affordable housing ... 343 AHS report on health worker mental health supports ... 1499-1500 Aids to daily living program ... 730 Air ambulance service in Peace River ... 1006, 1275, 1504 Alberta Health Services letters to clients ... 417 Alexander First Nation supportive living grant ... 1502-3 Anticrime initiatives ... 602 Antiracism strategy development ... 939-40 Assisted dying ... 1987-88 Beaverlodge health facility capital plan ... 546-47 Bill 12 ... 1004-5, 1029-30 Bill 12 and federal tanker ban legislation ... 938 Budget 2018 ... 371 Canadian Senate vacancies ... 1433-34 Carbon levy ... 476-77, 1133 Carbon levy and education costs ... 1191-92 Carbon levy and health care costs ... 176 Carbon levy and seniors ... 381 Carbon levy rate ... 820-21 Cardiac care at Red Deer regional hospital ... 1618 Child abandonment and neglect ... 1413 Choking game ... 1193 Connect care clinical information system ... 1412-13 Decorum and civility in the Assembly ... 290-91 Dementia care ... 1663 Dementia care and long-term care standards ... 1755-56 Dental fee guide ... 2097 Dental services ... 662-63 DynaLife Medical Labs ... 479, 512-13 Eagle Spirit pipeline project ... 1425-26 Economic competitiveness ... 1192-93 Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre parking ... 1027-28 Emergency medical services ... 193-95, 479, 528 Emergency medical services funding ... 337-38 Emergency medical worker wait times in hospitals ... 1660 Energy industry jobs, oil price differentials ... 2231-32 Environment and Parks minister ... 2257 Federal and provincial energy policies ... 2090 Federal Bill C-69 ... 1129, 1706-7 Federal Bill C-69, methane emission regulations ... 1129 Federal carbon pricing ... 820, 1709 Federal policies on oil and gas transportation ... 938-39 Federal policies on oil transportation ... 2037 Federal policies on pipeline development ... 1000 Federal-provincial meeting on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion ... 543 Federal response to pipeline opposition ... 444-45, 472-73, 506-7, 513-14, 520, 522, 624 Filipino community ... 1433 FOIP requests on carbon levy reports ... 801-2 Genetic test information use ... 2235-36 Government and Alberta Party fiscal policies ... 285 Government announcements ... 1428-29 Government procurement process ... 526, 735 Government services communication with MLA offices ... 1708, 1872-73 Government spending, decorum and civility in the Assembly ... 290-91 GST on the carbon levy ... 418 Health care accessibility ... 587-88, 1872 Health care budget ... 1988-89 Health care concerns ... 1132-33 Health care in Fort McMurray ... 1600-1601 Health care outside large urban centres ... 511 Health care patient information portal ... 2237-38 Health care wait times ... 527, 821, 828, 1001, 1505-6, 1617, 1706 Health facility construction costs ... 2316-17 Health facility policies on assisted dying ... 2317 Health minister's remarks ... 480 Health services employees ... 944 Health services procurement process ... 386 Home-care services ... 1078-79 Hospital and long-term care spaces ... 422 Hospital emergency room wait times ... 382-83 Hospital helipads ... 876 Infertility treatment ... 521 Lethbridge drug use and crime rates ... 1943 Long-term and continuing care beds ... 940-41 Long-term care and supportive living spaces ... 1413-14 Long-term care beds ... 372 Long-term care facility construction costs ... 1003-4 Long-term care facility construction in Wetaskiwin ... 442-43 Long-term care facility food service ... 1414 Market Access Task Force ... 798-99 Medical laboratory construction in Edmonton ... 1080 Medical laboratory service costs ... 2392 Mental health services ... 420, 1871-72, 1915-16 Mental health services for children ... 599, 942 Mental health services in Edmonton ... 1938 Mental health supports for front-line health workers ... 1427 Methane emission regulations ... 1129-30 Midwifery services ... 873, 877-78 Ministers' AAMDC and AUMA convention participation ... 176 Misericordia hospital emergency room capital plan ... 257-58 Multiple sclerosis research and treatment ... 1340 NDP and pipeline development ... 2394 North Saskatchewan regional land-use plan ... 1195-96 Northern Gateway pipeline project cancellation ... 2036 Oil price differentials ... 2036, 2089-91, 2187-89, 2230-31 Oil price differentials, federal policies on oil transportation ... 2037 Oil price differentials and energy industry activity ... 2191-92 Oil price differentials and provincial debt ... 2092-93 Oil price differentials and provincial revenue ... 2191, 2234 Oil production curtailment ... 2254-55 Oil production volume ... 2090-91 Oil sands advisory group former co-chair ... 253 Opioid-related deaths ... 1820 Oral Question Period questions and responses ... 731 Organ and tissue donation ... 2232 Pharmacy funding framework ... 252-53, 341, 367-69, 541, 1128-29 Physician locum services in rural Alberta ... 386-87 Physicians' disciplinary policies ... 728-29, 1076-77, 1408-9, 1502 Physicians' hearing tribunal decision ... 603-4 Pipeline approval ... 1426 Pipeline approval and construction ... 824 Pipeline development ... 473-74, 2040 Police release of information on serious incidents ... 524 Political action committees ... 2393 Premier's former chief of staff's consulting contract ... 1215-16, 1344, 1411 Prime Minister's remarks on construction workers ... 2314 Pro-pipeline advertising, carbon levy ... 1133 Provincial budget revenue forecasts ... 1705-6 Provincial debt-servicing costs ... 418-19, 622 Provincial fiscal policies ... 2392 Provincial renewable energy credits ... 258 Provincial response to pipeline opposition ... 442, 472, 505-6, 519-20, 999-1000, 1026, 1338-39 Provincial spending ... 443-44 Psychiatric hospital beds in St. Paul ... 257 Public and private health service delivery ... 2096-97 Public service workplace bullying and harassment policies ... 1817 Red Deer regional hospital ... 286 Rural emergency medical services ... 511 Rural infrastructure project approval ... 805 Seniors' facility resident and family councils ... 62-63 Seniors' housing ... 803, 875-76 Seniors' mobile blood collection service, long-term care facility food service ... 1414 Seniors' mobile blood collection service in St. Paul ... 1078 Service Alberta and Status of Women minister's remarks ... 945 Sexual assault services ... 2192 Southern Alberta flooding ... 666 Supervised drug consumption site in Lethbridge ... 1194 Supportive living accommodations for rural seniors ... 1505 Surgery and emergency procedure wait times ... 520-21 Surgery wait times ... 1761 Suspension of physicians' licences to practise ... 1870, 1915 Tobacco reduction and industry lobbyists ... 872-73, 1081 Tourists from Germany ... 2190 Trans Mountain pipeline alternatives ... 508 Trans Mountain pipeline construction suspension ... 471-72, 599 Trans Mountain pipeline public purchase ... 1337-39, 1343, 1408-10 Trans Mountain pipeline public purchase agreements ... 1548-49 Trans Mountain pipeline public purchase proposal ... 507, 939 Unemployment ... 2231, 2390-91 Violence prevention ... 871-72
Organ and tissue donation
Pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change
Federal funding to British Columbia ... 472
Peace River (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 2384
Pediatricians
Shortages, Fort McMurray ... 1600
Philippine Heritage Month
Physicians
Access, Vulcan ... 386-87 Recruitment and retention ... 1872
Pipeline construction
Enbridge Northern Gateway project cancellation ... 2036 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project alternatives ... 508 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project opposition, British Columbia ... 505-7, 1338-39 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project opposition, provincial response ... 471-73, 477, 505-7, 519-20, 624, 999-1000 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project suspension ... 442, 444-45, 471-74, 506-7, 513-14, 519-20, 522, 599, 624 Opposition, federal response ... 444-45, 472-73, 506-7, 513-14, 520, 522 Opposition, provincial response ... 473-74 Service in smaller urban areas ... 511 TransCanada Energy East project cancellation ... 824
Points of order (current session)
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 12)
Committee ... 962 Committee amendment A1 (repeal two years after coming-into-force date (sunset clause)) (McPherson: carried as amended) ... 962 B.C. Premier's remarks ... 1000 Bill status ... 938, 1004-5, 1029 General remarks ... 505 Implementation ... 1339
Protecting Choice for Women Accessing Health Care Act (Bill 9)
First reading ... 425 Second reading ... 498, 500-501, 793, 807-8 Second reading, motion to not now read to allow for further public input (reasoned amendment RA1) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 793 Committee ... 910-11, 958, 1093-95 Committee, amendment A1 (access zone increase) (Drever: carried) ... 910-11 Committee, amendment A2 (municipal bylaw officer provision) (Fildebrandt: carried unanimously) ... 958 Committee, amendment A8 (section 5(1)(c) deleted, "persistently request that another person refrain from providing or facilitating the provision of abortion services") (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1093-94 Committee, amendment A9 (definition of premises) (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1095 Third reading ... 1352-53, 1359 Comparison with other legislation ... 501 Official Opposition Leader's position ... 498 Penalty provisions ... 498, 807
Provincial pharmacy central drug production and distribution centre
Public-private partnerships
Public service
Size ... 443-44 Workplace bullying and harassment policies ... 1817
Racism
Antiracism strategy development ... 939 Incident in Lethbridge Denny's Restaurant, Service Alberta and Status of Women minister's remarks ... 945
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Cardiac care ... 1618 Obstetrics unit expansion ... 286 Services provided ... 286
Revenue
Forecasts and projections ... 2191, 2234
Rolling stock
Federal phase-out of jacketed CPC-1232 oil tanker railcars ... 2037 Provincial purchase ... 2231
Royal Alexandra hospital, Edmonton
Mental health clinic ... 1938
Saint Therese health centre
Seniors' housing
Closures ... 876 Closures, DeBolt ... 876 New spaces, cost of ... 803 Rent calculation, inclusion of carbon levy rebate in income ... 381 Resident and family councils ... 62-63 Rural spaces ... 422
Sexual assault
Victim services ... 2192 Victim services, rural areas ... 2192
Supportive living accommodations
New spaces, cost per bed ... 1413-14 New spaces, public/private facilities ... 1413 Public funding model ... 343 Wat-lists in rural areas, Zoe Bleau's situation ... 1505
Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act
Tobacco industry
Lobbying activity ... 1081
United Conservative Party
2018 convention resolutions ... 820
Valuing Mental Health, Next Steps (June 2017 Health Ministry report)
Valuing Mental Health, Report of the Alberta Mental Health Review Committee 2015
Vermilion-Lloydminster (constituency)
Member's retirement from politics ... 2190
Violence against women
Threats against female politicians ... 871-72
Violent and serious crime
Prevention strategies ... 871-72 Shooting of German tourist near Morley ... 2190
West Country Centre, Sundre
Carbon levy costs ... 381
Westlock Healthcare Centre
WestView health centre, Stony Plain
Willow Square continuing care centre, Fort McMurray
Capital funding, cost per bed ... 2316-17 General remarks ... 640
Horne, Trevor A.R. (Spruce Grove-St. Albert, NDP)
Act to Enable Clean Energy Improvements, An (Bill 10)
Act to Improve the Affordability and Accessibility of Post-secondary Education, An (Bill 19)
Bellerose composite high school, St. Albert
Carbon levy
Revenue utilization ... 149
Corrections
Aboriginal offenders, programs and services for ... 445
Economy of Alberta
Recovery, members' statements ... 1134
Homelessness
Members' statements ... 1778
Indigenous climate leadership initiative
Funding from supplementary supply ... 149
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Leader of the Official Opposition
Position on immigration ... 378
McMurray MĂ©tis (MĂ©tis local No. 1935)
Members' Statements (current session)
2016 Fort McMurray and area wildfire ... 796 Economic recovery ... 1134 Gay-straight alliance in Spruce Grove ... 178 Homelessness ... 1778 MĂ©tis settlements 80th anniversary ... 2251 Refugee Rights Day ... 378 Seniors' Week ... 1497
MĂ©tis settlements
80th anniversary, members' statements ... 2251
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2017-2018 debate ... 149-50
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
High school construction in St. Albert ... 622 Indigenous offenders ... 445 McMurray MĂ©tis land purchase ... 1428 Racism and hate crime prevention ... 1875 Workplace safety ... 2318-19
Paul Kane high school, St. Albert
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 12)
Property assessed clean energy program (PACE)
Public Service Employee Relations Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 29)
Racism
Antiracism strategy development ... 1875
Refugee Rights Day
Members' statements ... 378
Seniors' Week
Members' statements ... 1497
Sentences (criminal procedure)
Aboriginal offenders ... 445 Gladue reports, completion times ... 445
Siksika First Nation
Flood recovery funding ... 150
Spruce Grove gay-straight alliance
Members' statements ... 178
Spruce Grove-St. Albert (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 2003
Supplementary supply estimates 2017-2018
Westray Law (federal)
Compliance and enforcement ... 2318-19
Wildfire, Fort McMurray (2016)
Members' statements ... 796
Hunter, Grant R. (Cardston-Taber-Warner, UCP)
Act to Combat Poverty and Fight for Albertans with Disabilities, An (Bill 26)
Act to Enable Clean Energy Improvements, An (Bill 10)
Act to Improve the Affordability and Accessibility of Post-secondary Education, An (Bill 19)
Act to Recognize AMA Representation Rights, An (Bill 24)
Second reading ... 1883, 1888-90, 1892-94, 2029-31 Second reading, motion to refer bill to Families and Communities Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 1883, 1888-90, 1892-94 Second reading, motion to not now read (3-month hoist amendment HA1) (Hunter: defeated) ... 2030-31 Committee ... 2058-59, 2156-57 Committee, amendment A1 (publicly available information prior to AMA agreement amendments) (Hunter: defeated) ... 2058-59 Stakeholder consultation ... 1889-90, 1892, 2029-30, 2156-57
Act to Renew Local Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 23)
Second reading ... 2027-28 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to the Resource Stewardship Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Pitt: defeated) ... 2027-28 Committee ... 2179 Committee, amendment A2 (advertising contributions from groups) (Cooper: defeated) ... 2179
Act to Secure Alberta's Electricity Future, An (Bill 13)
Second reading ... 856-58, 861, 863-64 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment) (Pitt: defeated) ... 861, 863-64 Committee ... 1451-53, 1468-69 Committee, amendment A4 (replacement of "efficient and based on fair and open competition" with "fair, efficient and openly competitive") (Nixon/Panda: defeated) ... 1451-53 Committee, amendment A5 (capacity market provisional rules) (Panda: defeated) ... 1468-69 Stakeholder consultation ... 861
Act to Strengthen Financial Security for Persons with Disabilities, An (Bill 5)
Committee ... 853-54 Committee, amendment A1 (treatment of trust income) (Cooper: defeated) ... 853-54
Alberta Labour Relations Board
Board membership ... 2397 Mandate ... 2397
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Association members' meetings with cabinet ministers ... 176 Conventions, opposition members' attendance at ministers' sessions ... 176-77
Appropriation Act, 2018 (Bill 15)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2018 (Bill 4)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Auditor General's report (2016) ... 853
Canyon Creek Hydro Development Act (Bill 25)
Cardston-Taber-Warner (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 853-54
City Charters Fiscal Framework Act (Bill 32)
Climate Leadership Implementation Act
Climate leadership plan, provincial
Auditor General's report (February 2018) ... 844 Relation to pipeline approval ... 76, 358, 1959
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 2121 Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried), motion under Standing Order 49(2) on previous question (Nixon: carried) ... 2121
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 2121 Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried), motion under Standing Order 49(2) on previous question (Nixon: carried) ... 2121
Committee on Private Bills, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 2121 Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried), motion under Standing Order 49(2) on previous question (Nixon: carried) ... 2121
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 2121 Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried), motion under Standing Order 49(2) on previous question (Nixon: carried) ... 2121
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 2121 Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried), motion under Standing Order 49(2) on previous question (Nixon: carried) ... 2121
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 2121 Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried), motion under Standing Order 49(2) on previous question (Nixon: carried) ... 2121
Committees of the Legislative Assembly
Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried) ... 2121 Membership changes (Government Motion 35: carried), motion under Standing Order 49(2) on previous question (Nixon: carried) ... 2121
Construction industry
Labour legislation impact on ... 1616
Corporate taxation, provincial
Crime prevention
Rural crime ... 269 Rural crime, provincial-RCMP initiative ... 357
Debts, public (provincial debt)
General remarks ... 269 Provincial deficit ... 269
Disaster recovery program
Economic development
Diversification ... 358-59 Investment attraction ... 1068
Economy of Alberta
Economic indicators ... 1552 Economic indicators, members' statements ... 1545
Election Commissioner
Appointment of Lorne Gibson (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 988 Appointment of Lorne Gibson (Government Motion 16: carried), amendment A3 (term of office and hours) (Pitt: defeated) ... 988
Electric power
Capacity market system ... 857 Import from Montana coal-fired facilities (Written Question 4: defeated) ... 2105-6 Other jurisdictions ... 1453, 1468-69 Transmission costs ... 663-64
Electric power prices
Cost to consumers ... 1877 General remarks ... 856-57
Electric utilities
Guaranteed transmission return on equity ... 663-64 Penalties for service breaches ... 857
Emergency debate under Standing Order 30 (current session)
Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline construction suspension ... 465-66
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Paris agreement on climate change implementation (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1958-60
Employment Standards (Firefighter Leave) Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 201)
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report presented to the Assembly, motion to concur in report (adjourned) ... 1792
Energy Diversification Act (Bill 1)
Third reading ... 1528-30, 1536-37 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole for reconsideration of sections 2, 3, and 4 (amendment REC) (Nixon: defeated) ... 1536-37 Loan guarantee provisions ... 1537
Energy Diversification Advisory Committee
Energy policies, provincial
Members' statements ... 249
Ethics Commissioner's office
Flood damage mitigation
Irrigation district initiatives ... 604, 1021
Floods, southern Alberta (2018)
Members' statements ... 1021 Taber area flooding, provincial response ... 604 Taber evacuations ... 580
Gas utilities
Penalties for service breaches ... 857
Government policies
Members' statements ... 1778
Growth and Diversification Act (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 317-19, 1066-68, 1104 Second reading, motion to refer subject matter of bill to the Resource Stewardship Committee (reasoned amendment RA1) (Panda: defeated) ... 317-19 Second reading, motion to not now read because government should pursue other supports for business (reasoned amendment) (Cooper: defeated) ... 1066-68, 1104 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 1067 Committee ... 1255-57
Icon West Construction Corporation
Union certification ... 1496
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Joint Governance of Public Sector Pension Plans Act (Bill 27)
Committee ... 2288, 2290-91 Committee, amendment A1 (Auditor General to be pension plan auditor) (Barnes: defeated) ... 2288 Committee, amendment A2 (transition dates) (Barnes: defeated) ... 2290-91 Third reading ... 2375
Land Statutes (Abolition of Adverse Possession) Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 204)
Legislative procedure
Language and decorum ... 291
Lobbyists Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 11)
Second reading ... 772-74 Definition of lobbying to include grassroots communication ... 773 Exemption of indigenous elders ... 773 Reporting provisions ... 773-74
Lobbyists registrar
Ethics Commissioner recommendation to allow registrar to issue interpretive bulletins and advisory opinions ... 773
Members' Statements (current session)
Christmas ... 2319-20 Economic indicators ... 1545 Flood mitigation and recovery in southern Alberta ... 1021 Government energy policies ... 249 Heart and mind of Alberta ... 1778 Taber ... 580 Union certification ... 1496
Minimum wage
Increase ... 1066-67 Increase, economic impact assessments ... 270
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Performance measures ... 1067
Ministry of Environment and Parks
Minister's remarks on oil sands advisory group selection process ... 358
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Minister's remarks on flat tax ... 269
New Democratic Party
Constitution, policy on co-operative versus competitive economic development ... 358, 360 Constitution, policy on nonrenewable resources ... 249, 358, 465
Occupational health and safety code (Alberta Regulation 87/2009)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Bill 12 ... 1004 Business regulations ... 1941-42 Decorum and civility in the Assembly ... 290-91 Economic indicators ... 1552 Electric power prices ... 1877 Electric power system ... 663-64 Government spending, decorum and civility in the Assembly ... 290-91 Labour legislation and heavy construction ... 1616 Labour Relations Board ... 2397 Ministers' AAMDC and AUMA convention participation ... 176-77 Occupational health and safety code changes ... 1429-30 Taber flood recovery and mitigation ... 604 Trans Mountain pipeline public purchase ... 1272 Union certification ... 1602 Workers' compensation sustainability ... 2256
Paris agreement on climate change
Implementation, emergency motion under Standing Order 42 (Fildebrandt: defeated) ... 1958-60
Parliamentary democracy
Westminster system ... 2027
Persons with disabilities
Programs and services ... 1778
Petrochemicals diversification program
Program evaluation ... 1537
Physicians
Rural physicians, recruitment and retention ... 1893
Pipeline construction
General remarks ... 358 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project opposition, British Columbia ... 357-58, 1272 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project suspension ... 358 Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline construction suspension, emergency debate under Standing Order 30 ... 465-66 Opposition, federal response ... 358 Opposition, provincial response ... 249
Pipelines (oil and gas)
Trans Mountain public purchase ... 1272
Points of clarification (current session)
Projected government business ... 1014
Points of order (current session)
Language creating disorder ... 1067
Preserving Canada's Economic Prosperity Act (Bill 12)
Projected government business
Speaker's rulings, clarification ... 1014
Property assessed clean energy program (PACE)
Public Service Employee Relations Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 29)
Second reading ... 2154-55 Committee ... 2181-83 Committee, amendment A1 (coming-into-force date) (Hunter: defeated) ... 2181-83 Committee, amendment A2 (coming-into-force date) (Hunter: defeated) ... 2183 Third reading ... 2215-17 Arbitration provisions ... 2216-17 Coming-into-force date ... 2216 Removal of restrictions on collective bargaining for five employee classifications ... 2215-16
Regulatory Burden Reduction Act (Bill 207, 2017)
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Alberta's Economic Future Committee report on Bill 201, Employment Standards (Firefighter Leave) Amendment Act, 2018, motion to concur in report (adjourned) ... 1792, 2268-69
Revenue
Resolution to urge government to ensure that revenue from fees, levies, specific taxes, and fines be used for programs and services requiring them (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: defeated) ... 844-45
Road construction
Labour legislation impact on ... 1616
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rural Municipalities of Alberta
Conventions, opposition members' attendance at ministers' sessions ... 176-77
Speaker's rulings
Projected government business, clarification ... 1014
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 331, 357-59 Addresses in reply, questions and comments ... 360, 408-9
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Supplementary supply estimates 2017-2018
Level of detail provided ... 269
Supporting Alberta's Local Food Sector Act (Bill 7)
Taber (town)
Members' statements ... 580
Tax credits
Alberta investor tax credit (AITC) ... 318, 1067 Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 1256 Component of diversification strategy ... 318 Credits for farmers and fishermen ... 1015 Interactive digital media tax credit (IDMTC) ... 318 Performance measures ... 1257
Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 17)
Unions
Certification process ... 1602, 2216 Certification process, members' statements ... 1496
Wind power
Provincial capacity ... 863-64
Workers' compensation
Program sustainability ... 2256
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