Dach, Lorne (Edmonton-McClung, NDP)
Act to Make Alberta Open for Business, An (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 150-52, 507-9, 586-88 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill will not draw investment or stimulate the economy and further public consultation is necessary (reasoned amendment RA1) (Shepherd/Irwin: defeated) ... 507-9 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA) (Dang: defeated) ... 586-88 Committee ... 1218-21, 1237-39, 1351-53, 1362 Committee, amendment A2 (bill title change) (Phillips: defeated) ... 1218--1221, 1237-39, 1351-53 Committee, amendment A5 (mandatory review of amendments) (Gray/Ganley: defeated) ... 1362 Committee, points of order on debate ... 1220 Third reading ... 1423-25 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 588
Act to Repeal the Carbon Tax, An (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 168-70 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 168-69 Committee ... 220-22, 244 Committee, amendment A1 (consultation provisions) (Schmidt: defeated) ... 220-22 Committee, amendment A2 (carbon levy revenue utilization) (Eggen: defeated) ... 244
Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, An
Agricultural programs
Business risk management programs, support for wildfire-affected farmers and ranchers ... 675-76
Agricultural research
Funding, 2019-2020 ... 2084
Agricultural workers
Employment standards, labour relations, and occupational health and safety, laws and legislation ... 111
Agriculture
2019 harvest, members' statements ... 2326-27 2019 harvest, support for farmers ... 2391-92 Wildfire-affected areas ... 675-76
Alberta Innovates Corporation
Funding, 2019-2020 ... 2235
Alberta Senate Election Act (Bill 13)
Committee ... 1398-99 Committee, amendment A2 (Senatorial elections not to be held with municipal elections) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1398-99 Political party contributions under act ... 1399
Alberta teachers' retirement fund
Investment management by AIMCo ... 2422-23
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Southwest portion twinning project ... 1068
Appropriation Act, 2019 (Bill 24)
Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Beef
Ban on exports to China ... 1228
Bhasin v. Hrynew 2014 SCC 71
Supreme Court decision (general duty of good faith in contract performance) ... 943-44, 1043, 1055
Budget process
Interim supply use ... 733 Supplementary supply use ... 732-33
Calgary (city)
Tax cancellation policy ... 704
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Section 1, fundamental freedoms ... 2558
Capital projects
Funding ... 490 Government announcements ... 704
Carbon levy (2016-2019)
Revenue utilization ... 244
Carbon pricing (federal)
General remarks ... 168-69 Provincial response ... 168-69 Provincial response (Government Motion 21: carried) ... 1203-4
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Banging on desks prohibited under standing orders ... 1044 Unveiling of Alex Janvier paintings ... 220
Chestermere (city)
Tax cancellation policy ... 704
Climate leadership plan, provincial (2015-2019)
Aboriginal community component ... 222 General remarks ... 220-21 Relation to pipeline approval ... 221
Clubroot (plant pathogen)
Provincial management plan ... 1371-72
Condominiums
Consumer protection ... 635
Consumer protection
Legislative and regulatory provisions ... 635-36
Corporate taxation, provincial
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... 743 Relation to economic growth ... 743, 2235
Debts, private
Short-term loans, consumer protection ... 635
Dene Tha' First Nation
Wildfire evacuation ... 292
Direct selling
Door-to-door sales, consumer protection ... 635
Economics
Demand-side versus supply side ... 705
Edmonton-McClung (constituency)
Education Act (2012, coming-into-force date September 1, 2019)
Education Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 720-21, 783-85 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read because the Assembly is of the view that further time is necessary to enable school boards to adjust policies (reasoned amendment RA1) (Bilous/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 783-85 Committee ... 1274-75, 1530-32, 1544-46, 1553-55, 1562-63 Committee, amendment A1 (section 33(1)(e), "specialized" struck out, new section 33(2.1), immediate permission and privacy provisions for all voluntary student organizations) (Pancholi: defeated) ... 1274-75 Committee, amendment A4 (bill application to private schools) (Shepherd/Irwin: defeated) ... 1530-32 Committee, amendment A5 (two-week timeline for GSA establishment) (Eggen/Hoffman: defeated) ... 1544-46, 1553-55, 1562-63 Third reading ... 1632-33
Electricity Statutes (Capacity Market Termination) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 18)
Employment standards
Farm workers, members' statements ... 111
Employment Standards Code
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act
General remarks ... 2558 Members' statements ... 111
Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act, 2019 (Bill 21)
Environmental protection
Legislative and regulatory provisions ... 636
Executive Council
Mandate letters from the Premier ... 443
Farm Freedom and Safety Act, 2019 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 2557-58 Committee ... 2631-32 Third reading ... 2768-70 Compliance with international trade agreements ... 2631 Section 1(3), insurance re farming and ranching workers ... 2557-58, 2614 Section 1(3), insurance re farming and ranching workers, exemption for small farms and ranches ... 2631 Section 2, Employment Standards Code amendments, exemption of small ranches and farms ... 2631 Section 3, Labour Relations Code amendments, removal of farm and ranch workers ... 2614, 2631-32 Stakeholder consultation ... 2557-58
Farmers
Old Alberta Farmer poem by Davie Barnes, members' statements ... 1748
Fiscal Measures and Taxation Act, 2019 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 2061-63 Committee ... 2233-35, 2687-88 Committee, amendment A4 (schedule 3, Calgary and Edmonton funding agreements, removal of 90-day clause) (Ceci: defeated) ... 2687-88 Omnibus bill ... 2062 Schedule 3, Public Transit and Green Infrastructure Project Act ... 2234-35 Section 10, City Charters Fiscal Framework Act repeal ... 2062, 2234
Fish and wildlife officers
Scope of authority expansion proposed ... 2640
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
LGBTQ2S-plus youth, members' statements ... 894-95
Government services, public
Service centre, office, or branch relocation decision-making (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried) ... 308-9
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
International trade
Trade disputes filed against Alberta ... 1228
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Job Creation Tax Cut (Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment) Act (Bill 3)
Committee ... 489-91, 742-44 Committee, amendment A1 (graduated tax reduction provisions) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 489-91
La Crête (town)
Wildfire prevention initiatives ... 273
Labour relations
Farm workers, members' statements ... 111 Legislative and regulatory provisions ... 636
Labour Relations Code
Sections 32-41, union certification ... 588
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Expression of support for oil and gas industries (Government Motion 28: carried as amended) ... 2406-7 Expression of support for oil and gas industries (Government Motion 28: carried as amended), amendment A1 (extension to all Alberta industries) (Bilous: carried) ... 2406-7 Longest sittings to date ... 586-87 Remarks in French ... 507-9, 587 Translation of remarks in French ... 507-8
Legislature Grounds
Holocaust memorial repairs and maintenance ... 2672
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Changes in party affiliations ... 260 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 1220
Members' Statements (current session)
Agriculture and Forestry funding ... 2044 Labour legislation ... 111 LGBTQ2S-plus youth and Bill 8 ... 894-95 Old Alberta Farmer by Davie Barnes ... 1748 Support for agriculture ... 2326-27
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Northern Alberta wildfire update, responses ... 47-48, 292-93
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Budget 2018-2019 ... 2404 Budget 2019-2020 ... 2084 Funding, 2019-2020, members' statements ... 2044 Scientific positions, funding for ... 2044 Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 ... 731-33
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Budget 2019-2020 ... 2403
Ministry of Education
Budget 2019-2020 ... 2404
Misericordia community hospital
Funding, new emergency department ... 1068
Mother Earth's Children charter school, Warburg
Members' statements ... 2044
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair industry
Consumer protection ... 635
Motor vehicle sales industry
Consumer protection ... 635
Municipal Government Act
Section 347, cancellation, reduction, refund, or deferral of taxes ... 704
Municipal Government (Property Tax Incentives) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 7)
Nonrenewable natural resource revenue
Office of the Premier
Premier's travel to Ontario during Chuckegg Creek wildfire ... 114-15
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
2019 harvest ... 2391-92 Agricultural exports to China ... 1228 Agriculture and Forestry budget 2019-2020 ... 2084 Beekeeping industry concerns ... 1846 Clubroot of canola ... 1371-72 Farm and ranch worker legislation ... 2614 Firefighting service funding ... 2221 High Level area wildfire ... 32 Holocaust memorial on Legislature Grounds ... 2672 Northern Alberta wildfire update ... 273 Premier's travel to Ontario ... 114-15 Support for agriculture in wildfire-affected areas ... 675-76 Wildland firefighter rappel program ... 2254
Poems
Old Alberta Farmer by Davie Barnes ... 1748
Points of order (current session)
Imputing motives ... 1220
Pork
Ban on exports to China ... 1228
Public Lands Modernization (Grazing Leases and Obsolete Provisions) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 16)
Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 943-45 Second reading, motion on previous question pursuant to Standing Order 49(2) (Nixon: carried) ... 943-45 Committee ... 1043-45 Committee, amendment A2 (shortening of arbitration delay time) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1043-45 Third reading ... 1055, 1066-68 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5(a) and (c) (recommittal amendment REC1) (Dach: defeated) ... 1066-68 Government members' use of earplugs during debate ... 1043-44
Public service
Labour relations, other jurisdictions ... 945
Railroads
Oil transportation contracts (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: defeated) ... 614-16
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 15)
Second reading ... 1760-61 Administrator appointment provisions ... 1760-61
Real estate assurance fund
Real Estate Council of Alberta
Red Tape Reduction Act (Bill 4)
Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2019 (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 2535-36 Omnibus bill ... 2536 Section 3, Forests Act amendments (forest management agreement approval solely by minister) ... 2535-36 Section 12, Safety Codes Act amendments (restrictions on height of wood structures removed) ... 2536
Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions and Government Enterprises Act, 2019 (Bill 22)
Second reading ... 2357-58, 2361-63, 2415, 2422-23 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that dissolving the Election Commissioner's office could have negative impacts (reasoned amendment RA1) (Ganley: defeated) ... 2361-63, 2415, 2422-23
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendments to SO 3, 7, 8, 13, 29(3), 32, 37, 52(1)(c), 52.04, 59.01, 59.02(3), 64(1)(a), 74.1, 74.2(2), 89, addition of SO 31.1, 46.1, 52.011, 74.11, consequential changes re committee name (Government Motion 11: carried as amended) ... 259-60
Student testing (elementary and secondary students)
Grade 12 diploma examinations ... 490-91
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019
Supportive living accommodations
Lodges, income support indexation suspension ... 2196
Tax credits
Education and tuition tax credit termination ... 2062-63 General remarks ... 2233
Trespass Statutes (Protecting Law-abiding Property Owners) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 27)
Committee ... 2576-77 Third reading ... 2639-41 Limitations Act and Occupiers' Liability Act amendments, retroactive coming-into-force date ... 2640 Occupiers' Liability Act amendments ... 2576-77 Penalty provisions ... 2639-40
United Nations universal declaration of human rights
Article 23, worker rights ... 2557-58 Article 23(4), right to form and to join trade unions ... 2558
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Wildfire, Chuckegg Creek (2019)
Wildfire prevention and control
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 ... 731-33 Wildland firefighter rappel crews program termination ... 2221, 2254
Wildfires, northern Alberta (2019)
Wildland firefighter rappel crews program termination ...
Workplace health and safety
Legislative and regulatory provisions ... 636
World War II
D-Day 75th anniversary ... 587-88
Youth Empowerment & Support Services
Dang, Thomas (Edmonton-South, NDP)
Access to the future fund
Act to Amend the Alberta Bill of Rights to Protect Our Children, An (Bill 10, 2014)
Gay-straight alliance provisions ... 1269 General remarks ... 1549
Act to Make Alberta Open for Business, An (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 505-7, 511, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-25, 539, 544, 555-56, 571-74 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill will not draw investment or stimulate the economy and further public consultation is necessary (reasoned amendment RA1) (Shepherd/Irwin: defeated) ... 505-7, 511, 517, 519-20, 522, 524-25, 544, 555-56 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA) (Dang: defeated) ... 571-74 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 507, 553, 572 Third reading ... 1585-87, 1603-5 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider section 4 (recommittal amendment REC) (Bilous: defeated) ... 1603-5 Third reading, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 1586 Government members' participation in debate ... 525, 544, 555-56, 571-74 Youth wage ... 571-74
Act to Protect Public Health Care, An (Bill 203)
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills committee final report with recommendation that bill not proceed, motion for concurrence (carried) ... 1882
Act to Repeal the Carbon Tax, An (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 82-83, 85, 126-28 Second reading, motion to not now read and to refer subject matter to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (referral amendment REF1) (Sweet: defeated) ... 126-28
Alberta cancer prevention legacy fund
Alberta child and family benefit
Threshold criteria ... 2511
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation Act (Bill 14)
Committee ... 1717, 1724 Committee, amendment A1 (section 2(2), "in natural resource projects and related infrastructure" struck out) (Feehan: defeated) ... 1717 Committee, amendment A2 (section 5(1.1), addition of requirement that majority of directors be members of an indigenous group) (Feehan) ... 1724
Alberta Innovates Corporation
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Indexation suspension ... 2107
Bills, government (procedure)
Time allocation ... 961 Time for debate ... 1050
Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta's Finances
Recommendations on ICIP use ... 1792
Budget
Plan to balance by 2022-2023 ... 414
Budget process
Revenue/cost forecasts used ... 414
Calgary Transit
Light rail transit green line funding ... 2097
Capital projects
Interprovincial projects, provincial response to federal policies (Government Motion 34: carried) ... 1854-58 Interprovincial projects, provincial response to federal policies (Government Motion 34: carried), amendment A1 (addition of "and that would roll back progress on efforts to reach Canada's current greenhouse gas emissions targets, including the abysmal federal TIER plan") (Hoffman/Bilous: defeated) ... 1854-58 Interprovincial projects, provincial response to federal policies (Government Motion 34: carried), points of order raised (withdrawn) ... 1855 Public-private partnerships (P3) ... 426 Public-private partnerships (P3), Infrastructure minister's remarks ... 601
Carbon levy (2016-2019)
Revenue utilization ... 126-28
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Banging on desks prohibited under standing orders ... 282 Use of electronic devices in (taking decibel readings), point of privilege raised (no prima facie case of privilege found) ... 1051
Climate leadership plan, provincial (2015-2019)
Cold Lake fish hatchery
Walleye stocking proposed (Motion Other than Government Motion 509: carried as amended) ... 2299-2300
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Bill 203, An Act to Protect Public Health Care, final report with recommendation that bill not proceed, motion for concurrence (carried) ... 1882
Corporate taxation, provincial
Deregulation
Other jurisdictions ... 372-73 Regulations eliminated, publicly available information ... 372
Drumheller-Stettler (constituency)
Edmonton (city)
Capital funding, 2019-2020 ... 2048-49
Edmonton Law Courts
Facility condition ... 1310
Edmonton-South (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 126
Education Act (2012, coming-into-force date September 1, 2019)
Gay-straight alliance provisions (section 35.1, support for student organizations) ... 794, 864-66, 1536-39, 1548-51, 1555-59, 1566-69, 1576-79, 1624 Private school provisions ... 1536, 1541 Section 33, board responsibilities ... 1624
Education Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 793-94, 864-66 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read because the Assembly is of the view that further time is necessary to enable school boards to adjust policies (reasoned amendment RA1) (Bilous/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 793-94 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 867 Committee ... 1269-71, 1536-39, 1541, 1548-51, 1555-59, 1566-69, 1576-79, 1624 Committee, amendment A1 (section 33(1)(e), "specialized" struck out, new section 33(2.1), immediate permission and privacy provisions for all voluntary student organizations) (Pancholi: defeated) ... 1269-71 Committee, amendment A4 (bill application to private schools) (Shepherd/Irwin: defeated) ... 1536-39, 1541 Committee, amendment A5 (two-week timeline for GSA establishment) (Eggen/Hoffman: defeated) ... 1548-51, 1555-59, 1566-69, 1576-79 Committee, amendment A6 (board policies) (Hoffman: defeated) ... 1624 Committee, points of order on debate ... 1157, 1557, 1568 Committee, points of order raised ... 1559
Education finance
Funding, members' statements ... 419 Funding notices to school boards ... 419
Election Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
2017 UCP and third-party organization financial contributions ... 2353-54 2017 UCP and third-party organization financial contributions, members' statements ... 2608
Electric power prices
Regulated rate cap termination ... 2107
Electricity Statutes (Capacity Market Termination) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 18)
Employment Standards Code
Sections 21-24, overtime and overtime pay ... 505, 517, 1585 Sections 26-30, general holiday pay ... 1585-87
Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act, 2019 (Bill 21)
Second reading ... 2102, 2106-8 Committee ... 2317-20 Committee, amendment A1 (delay of removal of regulated rate cap on electric power prices) (Dang: defeated) ... 2317-20 Section 10, Labour Relations Code amendments ... 2107-8 Section 10, Labour Relations Code amendments, repeal of ban on replacement worker use during strikes and lockouts ... 2108
Environmental protection and enhancement fund
Fiscal Measures and Taxation Act, 2019 (Bill 20)
Second reading ... 2091, 2096-98 Committee ... 2509-11, 2519-21, 2800-2803 Committee, amendment A3 (postsecondary enrolment target provisions) (Eggen:defeated) ... 2519-21 Committee, amendment A5 (consultation with postsecondary institutions, faculties, and students) (Eggen: defeated) ... 2800-2803 Omnibus bill ... 2091, 2098, 2509-10 Schedule 3, Public Transit and Green Infrastructure Project Act ... 2097, 2510 Section 10, City Charters Fiscal Framework Act repeal ... 2097, 2510
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Education minister's remarks ... 865 Premier's remarks ... 1568
Gay-straight alliances in schools
Government policies
Members' statements ... 973-74
Health care finance
Funding ... 1903 Funding, members' statements ... 419
History of Alberta
Social and economic change, members' statements ... 601-2
Hospital construction
Capital plan ... 200, 1370 New hospital, southwest Edmonton ... 199, 2048
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Introduction of Guests (procedure)
Introduction by members ... 281-82
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Investing in Canada infrastructure program (federal-provincial)
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 85
Job Creation Tax Cut (Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment) Act (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 413-15 Committee ... 482-85, 491-93, 695-97 Committee, amendment A1 (graduated tax reduction provisions) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 482-85, 491-93 Committee, amendment A2 (mandatory committee review of amendment) (Shepherd: defeated) ... 695-97
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 884
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order ... 1557 Criticizing a member ... 1855 Imputing falsehoods against, points of order ... 966 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 572, 1558 Reference to absence from the Chamber ... 1855
Members' Statements (current session)
2017 UCP leadership contest investigations ... 2608 Budget 2019 ... 2000-2001 Education and health care funding ... 419 Government members' actions during Bill 9 debate ... 1103 Government policies ... 973-74 Legislative and social change ... 601-2 Municipal Affairs budget 2019-2020 ... 2112 Premier's travel expenses ... 2252
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Budget 2019-2020, members' statements ... 2112 Minister's performance ... 2112
Normandeau school, Red Deer
School nutrition program ... 1231
Office of the Premier
Premier's use of private aircraft, members' statements ... 2252
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Calgary cancer centre ... 2389-90 Edmonton courthouse ... 1310 Edmonton infrastructure funding ... 2048-49 Health care funding ... 1903 Hospital construction ... 199-200 Hospitals ... 1370 Investing in Canada infrastructure program ... 1792 Public-private partnerships for capital projects ... 426 Public-private partnerships for school construction ... 2218-19 School nutrition program at Normandeau school ... 1231
Order Paper
Order of business, explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 884
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Parliamentary debate
Language creating disorder, points of order ... 1070, 1558, 1568 Relevance of debate ... 1559 Relevance of debate, points of order ... 1557
Physicians
Conditions on practice identification numbers ... 2107 Service agreements ... 2107
Points of clarification (current session)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 553
Points of order (procedure)
Question-and-comment period ... 507
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 1557 Brevity ... 1024 Explanation of Speaker's ruling (relevance) ... 553 Imputing falsehoods against a member or members ... 966 Imputing motives ... 572, 1558 Language creating disorder ... 1070, 1558, 1568 Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 1586 Parliamentary language ... 867 Quorum ... 501 Relevance ... 1557
Privilege (current session)
Use of electronic devices in the Chamber (taking decibel readings) (no prima facie case of privilege found) ... 1051
Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 951, 959-62 Second reading, motion on previous question pursuant to Standing Order 49(2) (Nixon: carried) ... 951, 959-62 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 884, 966 Committee ... 1020-25 Committee, amendment A1 (section 5(c), regulations, ministerial powers, struck out) (Gray/Bilous: defeated) ... 1020-25 Committee, points of order on debate ... 1024 Third reading ... 1050, 1057-60, 1068-71 Third reading, motion to recommit bill to Committee of the Whole to reconsider sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5(a) and (c) (recommittal amendment REC1) (Dach: defeated) ... 1068-71 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 1051, 1070 Government members' use of earplugs during debate, members' statements ... 1103 Section 5(c), regulations, ministerial powers ... 1020-25 Time for debate ... 951, 960-61, 1050
Public transit
GreenTRIP (green transit incentives program) ... 126-27
Red tape reduction
Definition of red tape ... 372-73 Other jurisdictions ... 373
Red Tape Reduction Act (Bill 4)
Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions and Government Enterprises Act, 2019 (Bill 22)
Second reading ... 2353-56 Second reading, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 2353 Section 13(11)(5), termination of Election Commissioner's contract ... 2354-56
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Reports presented by standing and special committees
Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee final report on Bill 203, An Act to Protect Public Health Care, with recommendation that bill not proceed, motion for concurrence (carried) ... 1882
Road construction
Edmonton Terwillegar Drive expansion project cancellation ... 2048
School construction
High school in southwest Edmonton, capital plan ... 2048 Public-private partnership (P3) construction ... 2218-19
School nutrition programs
Screen-based production grant program
Speaker's rulings
Parliamentary language ... 2353 Request for explanation, point of order ... 884
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
SO 29(2)(a), question-and-comment period, points of order ... 507 SO 32(5), division, members may abstain ... 281-82
Student financial aid (postsecondary students)
Loans, interest rate increase ... 2511
Tax credits
Alberta investor tax credit (AITC) termination ... 2097, 2509 Capital investment tax credit (CITC) termination ... 2097 Film and television industry credit ... 2510 Interactive digital media tax credit (IDMTC) termination ... 2097, 2509 Scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) tax credit termination ... 2097
Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Implementation Act, 2019 (Bill 19)
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Tuition freeze termination ... 2107, 2511
United Conservative Party
Deol, Jasvir (Edmonton-Meadows, NDP)
Aboriginal relations
Treaty acknowledgement ... 397, 777
Act Respecting the Laicity of the State, An (Quebec Bill 21)
Government response ... 900 Provincial response ... 979
Act to Make Alberta Open for Business, An (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 509-10, 588-89 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill will not draw investment or stimulate the economy and further public consultation is necessary (reasoned amendment RA1) (Shepherd/Irwin: defeated) ... 509-10 Second reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA) (Dang: defeated) ... 588-89 Committee ... 1000-1001 Committee, amendment A1 (overtime pay provisions) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1000-1001 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 589, 1001
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Human rights education and multiculturalism grant program defunding ... 2187-88
Alberta immigrant nominee program
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Antiracism community grant program
Funding from supplementary supply ... 777
Antiracism strategy
Antiracism community grant program ... 777 General remarks ... 201, 777, 900 Members' statements ... 2723
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Banging on desks prohibited under standing orders ... 286
Christ the King Catholic elementary/junior high school, Edmonton
Incident involving student wearing do-rag ... 1794, 2119-20
Climate leadership plan, provincial (2015-2019)
Community facility enhancement program
Community initiatives program
Consumer protection
Legislative and regulatory provisions ... 439
Corporate taxation, provincial
Rate decrease ... 2735 Relation to economic growth ... 2199
Edmonton-Manning (constituency)
Member's personal and family history ... 1516
Edmonton-Meadows (constituency)
Education
Provincial strategy ... 1504
Education Act (2012, coming-into-force date September 1, 2019)
Education Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 792-93, 869-70 Second reading, motion that bill be not now read because the Assembly is of the view that further time is necessary to enable school boards to adjust policies (reasoned amendment RA1) (Bilous/L. Sigurdson: defeated) ... 792-93 Committee ... 1504-5, 1516-17, 1526-27, 1546-48, 1563-64 Committee, amendment A4 (bill application to private schools) (Shepherd/Irwin: defeated) ... 1526-27 Committee, amendment A5 (two-week timeline for GSA establishment) (Eggen/Hoffman: defeated) ... 1546-48, 1563-64
Eid al-Fitr (Muslim observance)
Election Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
2017 UCP and third-party organization financial contributions, fines assessed ... 2439
Elections, provincial
2015 election candidates' forums ... 510
Electricity Statutes (Capacity Market Termination) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 18)
Employment Standards Code
Sections 26-30, general holiday pay ... 589, 1001
EnCana Corporation
Head office move to the United States ... 2199
Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act, 2019 (Bill 21)
Fair Registration Practices Act (Bill 11)
Filipino Heritage Month (Canada)
Fiscal Measures and Taxation Act, 2019 (Bill 20)
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Premier's principal secretary's remarks ... 360-61
Hate
Incitement to, members' statements ... 747
Hate crimes
Provincial strategy ... 201
Immigration
Premier's principal secretary's remarks ... 360-61
Inclusion
Ministers' definitions ... 869
Introduction of Guests (procedure)
Introduction by members ... 286
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Job Creation Tax Cut (Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment) Act (Bill 3)
Labour Relations Code
Sections 32-41, union certification ... 589, 1001
Members' Statements (current session)
Antiracism strategy ... 2723 Diwali ... 1898 Incitement to hate ... 747-48 New high school in southeast Edmonton ... 2137 Yom Kippur ... 1697
Ministry of Culture and Tourism ( ministry from May 24, 2015, to April 29, 2019)
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 ... 776-77
Office of the Premier
Premier's principal secretary ... 360-61
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta immigrant nominee program fees ... 2051-52 Community grant programs ... 1779 Head coverings worn in schools ... 2119-20 Human rights and multiculturalism grant program ... 2187-88 Premier's principal secretary ... 360-61 Quebec Bill 21 ... 979 Racism and hate crime prevention ... 201 Racism and religious discrimination ... 900 School head covering policies ... 1794
Physicians
Conditions on practice identification numbers ... 2200
Protection of Students with Life-threatening Allergies Act (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 837-38 Stakeholder consultation ... 838
Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 953-55 Second reading, motion on previous question pursuant to Standing Order 49(2) (Nixon: carried) ... 953-55 Committee ... 1045 Committee, amendment A2 (shortening of arbitration delay time) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1045
Ramadan (Muslim observance)
Red Tape Reduction Act (Bill 4)
Second reading ... 439 Purpose and intent ... 439
Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions and Government Enterprises Act, 2019 (Bill 22)
Renewable/alternative energy industries
Industry development ... 1944
St. Albert-Edmonton (federal riding)
Member of Parliament's remarks on hate crimes ... 747
School construction
High school in southwest Edmonton, members' statements ... 2137
Seniors' benefit program
Indexation suspension ... 2735
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply (maiden speeches) ... 397-99 Addresses in reply (maiden speeches), questions and comments ... 398-99
Summer temporary employment program (STEP)
Program reinstatement ... 1001 Program termination ... 2734
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019
Supportive living accommodations
Lodges, income support indexation suspension ... 2200-2201
Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Implementation Act, 2019 (Bill 19)
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
United Conservative Party
2019 election platform (Alberta Strong and Free) ... 1504
Yom Kippur (Jewish observance)
Members' statements ... 1697
Deputy Chair of Committees (Milliken, Nicholas)
Act to Make Alberta Open for Business, An (Bill 2)
Committee, amendment A1 (overtime pay provisions) (Sweet: defeated) ... 1218 Committee, points of order on debate ... 1220
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 10)
Bills, government (procedure)
Amendments, debate on ... 1039
Chair's rulings
Addressing the chair ... 2373, 2377 Behaviour of guests in the gallery ... 1023 Decorum ... 2380, 2685 Imputing motives ... 2375 Interrupting a member ... 2690-91 Parliamentary language ... 2377 Relevance ... 2692 Repetition ... 1479
Chair's statements
Reading from documents ... 2830
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Banging on desks prohibited under standing orders ... 1298 Members' singing and chanting, point of order ... 1472
Chief Electoral Officer's office
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 777
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement (Protecting Alberta’s Children) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 202)
Education Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
Committee, relevance of debate ... 1533 Committee, points of order on debate ... 1472-76, 1485-86, 1528, 1558, 1560-61, 1568, 1579 Committee, points of order on debate, clarification ... 1558, 1560 Committee, points of order raised ... 1559 Committee, chair's rulings on debate ... 1479 Committee, relevance of debate ... 1574, 1580
Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act, 2019 (Bill 21)
Committee, chair's rulings on debate ... 2373, 2375, 2377, 2380 Committee, chair's statements on debate ... 2830 Committee, points of order on debate ... 2738-39, 2741 Committee, chair's rulings on debate ... 2373, 2375, 2377
Fiscal Measures and Taxation Act, 2019 (Bill 20)
Committee, request for separate votes on sections 1 to 5, 7 to 8, 11 to 12, 14 to 15, and 23 (block A); sections 6 (block B), 9 (block C), 10 (block D), 13 and schedule 1 (block E), 16 to 21 (block F), 22 and schedule 2 (block G), section 25 and schedule 3 (block H); and sections 24 and 26 (block I) ... 2227 Committee, chair's rulings on debate ... 2685, 2690-92
Guests (Assembly)
Behaviour in the gallery, chair's rulings ... 1023
Job Creation Tax Cut (Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment) Act (Bill 3)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 471, 698
Legislative procedure
Addressing remarks through the chair ... 1468 Decorum ... 1472 Decorum, Chair's rulings ... 2685 Decorum, points of order ... 1528 Interrupting a member ... 479
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Imputing falsehoods against, points of order ... 1476 Imputing motives to ... 1538 Imputing motives to, points of order ... 1220, 1475, 1558 Imputing motives to, points of order, clarification ... 1558 Reference by name in the Assembly ... 485 Sitting in own seats ... 483
Ministry of Advanced Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 777 Transfer from expense vote to expense vote of Department of Service Alberta (agreed to) ... 779
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Children's Services
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778 Transfer from expense vote to expense vote of Department of Service Alberta (agreed to) ... 779
Ministry of Culture and Tourism ( ministry from May 24, 2015, to April 29, 2019)
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (ministry from October 22, 2015, to April 29, 2019)
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Energy
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778 Transfer from expense vote to expense vote of Department of Service Alberta (agreed to) ... 779
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Seniors and Housing
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Service Alberta
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778 Transfer from capital investment vote to expense vote (agreed to) ... 779 Transfer to expense vote from expense vote of Department of Advanced Education (agreed to) ... 779 Transfer to expense vote from expense vote of Department of Community and Social Services (agreed to) ... 779 Transfer to expense vote from expense vote of Department of Indigenous Relations (agreed to) ... 779
Ministry of Status of Women (ministry from December 16, 2015, to April 29, 2019)
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 778
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019 vote ... 779
Municipal Government (Property Tax Incentives) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 7)
Committee ... 813 Committee, amendment A1 (stakeholder consultation provisions) (Bilous/Ceci: defeated) ... 813
Parliamentary debate
Debate on items previously decided, points of order ... 698, 1474 Language creating disorder, points of order ... 471, 1558, 1568, 1579 Language creating disorder, points of order, clarification ... 1558 Reading from documents ... 2823 Reading from documents, chair's statement ... 2830 Relevance of debate ... 1039, 1315, 1473, 1533, 1559, 1574, 1580 Relevance of debate, points of order ... 1475, 1485-86, 1560-61 Relevance of debate, points of order, clarification ... 1475, 1560 Repetition, chair's rulings ... 1479
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 2741 Brevity ... 1024 Decorum ... 1472, 1528 Imputing falsehoods against a member or members ... 1476 Imputing motives ... 1220, 1475, 1558, 2741 Imputing motives, clarification ... 1558 Items previously decided ... 698, 1474 Language creating disorder ... 471, 1474, 1558, 1568, 1579 Language creating disorder, clarification ... 1558 Relevance ... 1473, 1475, 1485-86, 1560-61, 2738-39 Relevance, clarification ... 1475, 1560
Public galleries (Legislative Assembly)
Guests' behaviour, Chair's ruling ... 1023
Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act (Bill 9)
Committee, amendment A2 (shortening of arbitration delay time) (Sweet: defeated), relevance of debate ... 1039 Committee, chair's rulings on debate ... 1023 Committee, points of order on debate ... 1024
Supplementary supply estimates 2018-2019
Deputy Speaker (Pitt, Angela D.)
Act to Make Alberta Open for Business, An (Bill 2)
Second reading, relevance of debate ... 546 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 546, 553 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 1601
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2019 (Bill 5)
Canadian Forces
Federal health care funding (Government Motion 33: carried as amended) ... 1758
Capital projects
Interprovincial projects, provincial response to federal policies (Government Motion 34: carried) ... 1994 Interprovincial projects, provincial response to federal policies (Government Motion 34: carried), amendment A1 (addition of "and that would roll back progress on efforts to reach Canada's current greenhouse gas emissions targets, including the abysmal federal TIER plan") (Hoffman/Bilous: defeated) ... 1994
Education Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 8)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 857
Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act, 2019 (Bill 21)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 2165
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
MPs from Kenya's National Assembly ... 1839
Legislative Assembly Office
Reference to employees in the Assembly, points of order ... 546
Legislative procedure
Addressing remarks through the chair ... 141, 459
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Allegations against, points of order ... 368-69
Ministry of Children's Services
Program review, points of order on debate ... 2725
Motions (procedure)
Relevance of debate ... 165
Parliamentary debate
Insulting language, points of order ... 1601 Parliamentary language ... 334 Relevance of debate ... 165, 546
Persons Day
Speaker's statement ... 1839
Points of clarification (current session)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 553
Points of order (current session)
Allegations against a member or members ... 368-69 Explanation of Speaker's ruling (relevance) ... 553 Imputing motives ... 2165, 2641 Insulting language ... 1601 Parliamentary language ... 2725 Quorum ... 857 Referring to employees of the Legislature ... 546
Red Tape Reduction Act (Bill 4)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 368-69
Trespass Statutes (Protecting Law-abiding Property Owners) Amendment Act, 2019 (Bill 27)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 2641
Dreeshen, Devin (Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, UCP; Minister of Agriculture and Forestry)
Agricultural products
Export market development ... 805 Export market development, Asia ... 1232-33 Export to China ... 1228, 1232
Agricultural programs
Business risk management programs ... 805, 1088 Business risk management programs, support for wildfire-affected farmers and ranchers ... 675-76
Agricultural research
Funding, 2019-2020 ... 2084
Agriculture
2019 harvest, support for farmers ... 2392 Job losses ... 1873 Official Opposition members' remarks ... 2615 Support for ... 1309 Support for small farms ... 1873 Wildfire-affected areas ... 675-76
Animal Health Act
Amendments proposed ... 1973 Penalty provisions ... 2335
Animal rights activists
Protest at southern Alberta turkey farm ... 1973 Protests at farms and ranches ... 1973, 2335
Beef
Ban on exports to China ... 1228 Export to China ... 1232
Beekeepers
Support for ... 1846, 2084 Wildfire-affected areas ... 676
Canadian National Railway Company
Province to urge emergency federal back-to-work legislation, request for emergency debate under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 2338 Strike ... 2330 Strike end ... 2552
Canola
Chinese ban on Canadian imports ... 805, 1088
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Canadian National Railway Company strike, province to urge emergency federal back-to-work legislation, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 2338
Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act
General remarks ... 2552 Stakeholder consultation ... 1309
Farm Freedom and Safety Act, 2019 (Bill 26)
First reading ... 2394 Second reading ... 2551-53 Committee ... 2732 Committee, amendment A1 (private insurance coverage criteria) (Ganley: defeated) ... 2732 Third reading ... 2725, 2767, 2774-75 General remarks ... 2615 Section 1(3), insurance re farming and ranching workers ... 2552, 2614, 2732 Section 1(3), insurance re farming and ranching workers, exemption for small farms and ranches ... 2552 Section 2, Employment Standards Code amendments, exemption of small ranches and farms ... 2552-53, 2655 Section 3, Labour Relations Code amendments, removal of farm and ranch workers ... 2614 Stakeholder consultation ... 2551-53
Forest industries
Timber allocations within Loon River and Lubicon Lake First Nations territories ... 2049
Greenhouses
Recognition as farms ... 2551
International trade
Trade disputes filed against Alberta ... 1228 Trade with Asia ... 1088
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Blackfalds mayor Richard Poole ... 1999
La Crête (town)
Wildfire prevention initiatives ... 273
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Northern Alberta wildfire update ... 47
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Budget 2019-2020 ... 2084
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
2019 harvest ... 2392 Agricultural concerns ... 1309, 1873 Agricultural exports to China ... 1228, 1232-33 Agriculture and Forestry budget 2019-2020 ... 2084 Animal rights activist farm and ranch protests ... 2335 Animal rights activist protests at farms and ranches ... 1973 Beekeeping industry concerns ... 1846 Bill 26 insurance and employment standard exemptions ... 2655 Chuckegg Creek wildfire update ... 1110 Clubroot of canola ... 1372 CN rail strike and commodity transportation ... 2330 Emergency management funding ... 2255 Farm and ranch worker legislation ... 2614 Fire-retardant gels ... 298-99 Fire-retardant polymer gels ... 2083 Firefighting service funding ... 2221-22 Northern Alberta wildfire update ... 273 Opposition and government positions on agriculture ... 2615 Rural crime and justice administration ... 2008 Support for agriculture ... 805 Support for agriculture in wildfire-affected areas ... 675-76 Timber allocations within First Nations territories ... 2049 Trade with Asia ... 1088 Wildfire prevention and mountain pine beetle control ... 364 Wildland firefighter rappel program ... 2254
Pine beetle control
Relation to wildfire prevention ... 364
Pork
Ban on exports to China ... 1228 Export to China ... 1232
Provincial Offences Procedure Act
Amendments proposed ... 1973
Sugar beet industry
Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar's remarks ... 2615
Wildfire, Battle Complex (2019)
Wildfire, Chuckegg Creek (2019)
Evacuee services ... 47 Status update ... 47, 273, 1110
Wildfire, Maria Lake (2019)
Wildfire, McMillan Complex (2019)
Determination of arson ... 2008 Status update ... 47
Wildfire prevention and control
Wildfires, northern Alberta (2019)
Ministerial statements ... 47
Workers' compensation
Farm and ranch worker coverage ... 1873
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