Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview)
Aboriginal children
Goverment programs ... 1167
Aboriginal children - Education
Aboriginal issues
General remarks ... 1167 Interdepartmental co-operation re ... 712
Aboriginal peoples - Education
Aboriginal peoples - Employment
Aboriginal peoples - Entrepreneurial activities
Aboriginal peoples - Health care
Aboriginal peoples - Self-government
Aboriginal peoples and judicial system
Aboriginal peoples and poverty
Aboriginal relations
Budget decrease for ... 713
Aboriginal religious artifacts
Agricultural land
Impact of energy industry on ... 643
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 28)
Alberta - Economic conditions
Alberta - Economic policy
Sustainable financing ... 560
Alberta Commercial, Industrial and Municipal Electricity Auction Rebate
Application to student residences ... 112
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 8)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - Premiums
Collection of unpaid premiums ... 735 Elimination of: Free vote re ... 144 General remarks ... 144 Letter to Lethbridge business man re (SP259/01: Tabled) ... 727, 735 Write-offs of unpaid premiums ... 735
Alberta Hospital, Ponoka
Sewage lagoon project ... 508
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207)
Committee ... 1178 Third reading ... 1323
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta Supernet
Lottery funding for ... 721
Appropriation Act, 2001 (Bill 20)
Committee ... 975-77 Third reading ... 992-93 Amendment (SP349/01: Tabled) ... 992
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2001 (Bill 6)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2001 (Bill 5)
Auditor General
Calgary health authority conflict of interest investigation ... 358 Dept. of Health and Wellness recommendations ... 1314-15 MASH sector financial reporting concerns ... 478, 560 Tax breaks assessment comments ... 560
Automobiles - Registration
Application of FOIP Act to, re War Amps key tag service: Petition re ... 1273
Bovar
Contracts with Calgary health authority ... 378
Calgary Regional Health Authority
Conflict of interest concerns ... 532 Conflict of interest concerns (Bovar contracts) ... 378 Conflict of interest concerns (Cataract surgery contracts) ... 941 Conflict of interest concerns (Chief medical officer) ... 354, 358, 800 Conflict of interest concerns (Finance committee member) ... 659-60 Conflict of interest concerns: Letter re (SP187/01: Tabled) ... 464 Conflict of interest concerns: Report on (SP151/01: Tabled) ... 304 Deficit financing ... 1096, 1220
Canadian Diabetes Association
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Study of health spending in Alberta (SP400/01: Tabled) ... 1068 Study of health spending in Canada (SP366/01: Tabled) ... 1004
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
Report on Alberta power supply and demand ... 460, 471, 775
Capital Health Authority
Cataract surgery contracts ... 800 Deficit financing ... 1096, 1220
Cataract surgery, Private
Refund of fees re medically necessary surgery ... 984
Cataract surgery - Calgary
Child welfare
Aboriginal children ... 523 Aboriginal children: Delegated agencies re ... 523 Early childhood intervention programs: Aboriginal children ... 522
Children's Advocate
Annual report, 1999-2000 ... 524 Role of ... 524
CIBC Wood Gundy
Treasury Branches study: Copy of (M8/01: Defeated) ... 478-79
Class size (Grade school)
Coal - Research
Clean coal technologies ... 788
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Appearance of Treasury Branches before ... 560
Conflict of interest
Calgary Regional Health Authority situation ... 532, 941 Calgary Regional Health Authority situation: Bovar contracts ... 378 Calgary Regional Health Authority situation: Chief medical officer ... 354, 358 Calgary Regional Health Authority situation: Finance committee member ... 659-60 Calgary Regional Health Authority situation: Letter re (SP187/01: Tabled) ... 464 Calgary Regional Health Authority situation: Report re (SP151/01: Tabled) ... 304 Guidelines for senior government officials ... 532 Regional health authorities personnel ... 800
Conflicts of Interest Act
MLA third-party expenses disclosure, Review of ... 615 Review of ... 615
Day, Stockwell (Former MLA)
Taxpayer payment of legal bills of: Petition re ... 109, 141, 303, 349
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Estimates debated ... 642-43 Supplementary estimates, 2001-02, debated ... 1219
Dept. of Children's Services
Dept. of Economic Development
Dept. of Energy
Estimates debated ... 567-68 Performance measures ... 568
Dept. of Environment
Estimates debated ... 788 Removal of sustainable resource elements from ... 788
Dept. of Finance
Estimates debated ... 560
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1314-15 Budget/management control in ... 1220 Deputy ministers ... 1220 Estimates debated ... 330-32, 339-40 Staff ... 332 Supplementary estimates, 2001-02, debated ... 1219-21
Dept. of Infrastructure
Conflict of interest guidelines for senior managers ... 532
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Business plan ... 722 Capital investment ... 721 Estimates debated ... 721-22 General remarks ... 721 Operating expenses ... 721
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Estimates debated ... 452 International relations division budget ... 452
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Calgary health authority conflict of interest investigation ... 354
Dept. of Learning
Estimates debated ... 367-68 Performance measures ... 367
Dept. of Seniors
Communications budget ... 672 Deputy Minister's office ... 672 Estimates debated ... 672-73 General remarks ... 672 Minister's office ... 672
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Split from Environment department ... 788
Dept. of Transportation
Conflict of interest guidelines for senior managers ... 532
Disabled children
Government programs for ... 523
Domestic violence
Prevention programs re ... 523
Drought
Provincial assistance re ... 1219
Drug abuse resistance education program
Graduation program from (SP220/01: Tabled) ... 613
Drugs, Prescription - Costs
Universal program for coverage of ... 340
Education - Finance
General remarks ... 461 Letter re (SP210/01: Tabled) ... 569 Petition re ... 1161
Electric power, Coal-produced
Impact on tourism ... 460
Electric power - Export
Impact of NAFTA on ... 452
Electric power - Prices
General remarks ... 568, 775 Impact on business ... 224, 471
Electric utilities - Regulations
Electronic commerce
General remarks ... 722 Impact on small business ... 721
Electronic Transactions Act
Electronic Transactions Act (Bill 21)
Energy policy, Continental
Environmental issues
Aboriginal involvement in ... 713 Science-based decisions re ... 788
Environmental issues - Health aspects
Environmental protection - Beaver County
Letter re (SP331/01: Tabled) ... 935
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Amount of detail in ... 331 Inclusion of MASH sector in: Studies re (M6/01: Defeated) ... 478
First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Act
Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 3)
Free vote (Parliamentary practice)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
War Amps key tag service, Denial of access to motor vehicle records under: Petitions re ... 1273
Gas, Natural - Export - United States
Impact of NAFTA on ... 452
Gas well drilling industry
Impact on farmland ... 643
Government information systems
Graduate students - Employment
Groundwater
Community conference re: Brochure on (SP610/01: Tabled) ... 1350
Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000)
Conflict of interest provisions ... 800
Health Information Act
General remarks ... 267 Private health care providers exemption from ... 267
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 18)
Health sciences personnel - Supply
Impact of aging workforce on ... 330
Housekeeping services for seniors
Immunization
Meningitis (Provincial campaign): Provincial funding for ... 1220
Industry development program
Informatics Circle of Research Excellence
Information and communications technology
Provincial funding for ... 721
Inland Cement Limited
Conversion from gas- to coal-fired production ... 788
Insurance Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 17)
International trade agreements
Impact on public health care policy: Articles re (SP150/01: Tabled) ... 304
Legislative Assembly of Alberta - Adjournment
Each sitting (Motion 16: Stevens) ... 140
Magnetic resonance imaging
Funding for ... 331 General remarks ... 194 Medically necessary scans: Investigation of patient charges re ... 16-17, 57-58, 984
Magnetic resonance imaging clinics, Private
Management consultants
Cost to government for ... 560
Medical care
Impact of international trade agreements on policy re: Articles (SP150/01: Tabled) ... 304
Medical profession - Fees
Medical records - Confidentiality
Medical savings accounts
Web page article re (SP496/01: Tabled) ... 1204
Medicare Protection Act (Bill 204)
Members' corrections
Calgary health authority conflict of interest situation ... 354, 358
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Third-party income disclosure statements ... 615
Meridian dam proposal
General remarks ... 788 Point of privilege re ... 808
MĂ©tis children
Government programs ... 1167
MĂ©tis settlements
Governance program spending ... 713
Multiple sclerosis
Local delivery of treatment for: Motion 508 (Gordon) ... 1136-37
Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1)
North American free trade agreement
Electricity export provisions ... 452 General remarks ... 452 Water export provisions ... 452
Northeast Edmonton Community Health Centre
Northern Alberta Development Council
Nurses - Supply
Impact of aging workforce on ... 330
Office of the Premier
Premier's flight to Prince Rupert ... 571, 687
Oil well drilling industry
Impact on farmland ... 643
Ombudsman
Calgary health authority conflict of interest investigation ... 354
Oral Question Period (2001)
Aboriginal children's services ... 1167 Alberta Hospital Ponoka sewage lagoon ... 508 Calgary Regional Health Authority ... 354, 358, 378, 659-60 Cataract surgery contracts ... 800, 941 Children's services ... 1128-29 Conflict of interest guidelines ... 532 Conflict of interest legislation ... 615 Electricity costs ... 224 Electricity prices ... 471, 775 Health care delivery ... 1004-05 Health care insurance premiums ... 144, 735 Health care spending ... 1035, 1070, 1356 Health Information Act ... 267 Implementation of Auditor General's recommendations ... 1314-15 Magnetic resonance imaging ... 194, 984 Medically required MRIs ... 16-17, 57-58 Palliative care ... 1234 Postsecondary student housing costs ... 112 Premier's flight to Prince Rupert ... 571, 687 Regional health authority deficits ... 1096
Our Lady of Victories school
DARE program graduation program (SP220/01: Tabled) ... 613
Palliative health care
Fees charged for ... 1234
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2001)
Education funding ... 1161 Stockwell Day's legal bill payment ... 51, 78, 109, 141, 303, 349 War Amps key tag identification program ... 1273
Point of Order
Allegations against members ... 361, 667 Imputing falsehoods against a member ... 667
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Recommendations of ... 1315
Preventive medical services
Privilege
Imputing motives (Meridian dam comments) ... 808
Public opinion polls, Government
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2001)
Refuse and refuse disposal - Pine Lake area
Letter re (SP332/01: Tabled) ... 935
Regional health authorities
Borrowing to finance deficits ... 1096 Conflict of interest rules for ... 659-60, 800, 941 Deficit financing ... 560, 1096, 1220 Financial statements inclusion in government estimates ... 331, 339-40 Financial statements inclusion in government estimates: Studies re (M6/01: Defeated) ... 478 Funding ... 1220-21 Palliative health care programs, Fees for ... 1234 Privatization initiatives ... 800, 1035 Privatization initiatives: Public provision of information re (Motion 509: Taft) ... 1140-41 Provincewide services: Motion 508 (Gordon) ... 1136-37
Regional Health Authorities Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 7)
Regional Health Authorities Conflicts of Interest Act (Bill 206)
Renal dialysis
Local delivery of treatment for: Motion 508 (Gordon) ... 1136-37
Research and development - Finance
Rural economic development
Salvation Army
Red Shield Appeal ... 385
School Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 16)
School (Class Size Targets) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 218)
School boards
Financial statements inclusion in government estimates: Studies re (M6/01: Defeated) ... 478
School councils
Fund-raising activities: Letter re (SP210/01: Tabled) ... 569
Senior citizens
Government programs: Former study re ... 673
Senior citizens - Housing
General remarks ... 673 Property tax reduction program ... 672
Seniors' issues
General remarks ... 672-73 Public opinion survey re ... 673
Seniors' policy initiative
Service sector - Exports
Impact of trade agreements on ... 452
Softwoods - Export - United States
Countervail investigations re ... 452
Standing Orders
Amendments to (Motion 21: Stevens/Hancock) ... 1248-50
Student residences
Energy rebates to ... 112, 368 Rent increases in ... 112, 368
Surgical Centres Inc.
Edmonton cataract surgery contract ... 800
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Private jet: Premier's trip on ... 571, 687
Tax incentives
Auditor General's comments re ... 560
TD Economics
Report on Alberta health spending (SP399/01: Tabled) ... 1068, 1070
Technical schools
Financial statements inclusion in government estimates: Studies re (M6/01: Defeated) ... 478
Technology - Ethical aspects
Technology commercialization
Tourism - Marketing
Alberta regional marketing program ... 461 Overseas markets: Leveraged financing for ... 461 Provincial funding for ... 460-61
Tourism - Marketing - Research
Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 10)
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Corporate code of conduct policy (SP202/01: Tabled) ... 530
Treasury Branches
Appearance before Public Accounts committee ... 560 Privatization of: CIBC Wood Gundy report (M8/01: Defeated) ... 478-79 Privatization of: Studies re (M5/01: Defeated) ... 477
Universities and colleges
Financial statements inclusion in government estimates: Studies re (M6/01: Defeated) ... 478
Universities and colleges - Finance
Research activities funding ... 722
University of Alberta
Elk Centre of Excellence development ... 642 Student residences rent increases ... 112
Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act (Bill 25)
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Western Canada project re ... 340
The War Amps
Key tag identification program: Petition re ... 1273
Water - Export
Impact of NAFTA on ... 452
Water policy, Continental
Water quality - Lake Wabamun
Wealth, Distribution of
Impact on health levels ... 331
Welcome Home Community (Mennonite family support program)
Government funding cut to ... 1128-29
Women's shelters - Finance
Tannas, Don (PC, Highwood)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (In-Home Care and Dependant Tax Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 210)
Endangered species
Federal legislation re ... 1207-08 General remarks ... 1208
Oral Question Period (2001)
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
General remarks ... 988 Recognition of ... 1321
Public Highways Development Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 201)
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2001)
Traffic signs
Illegal/nonconforming signs: Legislation re (Bill 201) ... 9
Tarchuk, Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane)
Auditor General
Annual report, 2000-01 (SP414/01: Tabled) ... 1091
Chief Electoral Officer
Report on June 12, 2000 Edmonton-Highlands by-election, and Sept.12, 2000 Red Deer-North by-election (SP124/01: Tabled) ... 262 Report on March 12 general election and confirmation process re (SP415/01: Tabled) ... 1091
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Report presented (SP124/01: Tabled) ... 262
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
G-8 summit, Kananaskis Country
Security precautions re ... 1236
Members' Statements (2001)
National Physiotherapy Month
Oral Question Period (2001)
G-8 summit in Kananaskis ... 1236 Three Sisters Resorts wildlife conservation easement ... 734-35
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2001)
Three Sisters Resorts Inc.
Wildlife conservation easement ... 734-35
Wildlife conservation
Easement policies re ... 734-35
Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
542936 Alberta Ltd.
Swan Hills joint venture, Estimated revenues from (Q4/01: Defeated) ... 737 Swan Hills joint venture, Projected revenues from (Q6/01: Answer tabled) ... 738, 934
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Electric power plants' expansion hearings ... 1127 Rossdale power plant expansion hearings ... 113-14
Alberta Hospital, Ponoka
Sewage lagoon project ... 508
Bovar Inc.
Swan Hills joint venture, Estimated revenues from (Q4/01: Defeated) ... 737 Swan Hills joint venture, Projected revenues from (Q6/01: Answer tabled) ... 738, 934
Calgary Regional Health Authority
Ogden rail yards TCE contamination cleanup ... 1279
Canbra Foods Ltd.
N-hexane emissions ... 116
Chem-Security (Alberta) Ltd.
Swan Hills joint venture, Estimated revenues from (Q4/01: Defeated) ... 737 Swan Hills joint venture, Projected revenues from (Q6/01: Answer tabled) ... 738, 934
Chinook Health Region
Involvement re agricultural wastes ... 659
Chromated copper arsenate (Wood preservative)
CIC (Crown Investments Corporation) Industrial Interests Inc.
Joint upside interest agreement re Lloydminster upgrader (Q3/01: Defeated) ... 622-23
Clean Air Strategic Alliance
Air quality standards ... 1127
Cold Lake/Beaver River long-term water management plan
Contaminated sites
Cleanup procedures ... 729, 773 Cleanup procedures: Security bonds re ... 729-30
CP Rail
Ogden rail yards, Calgary, contamination and cleanup ... 1279
Crop insurance companies
Cloud seeding practices ... 943-44
Cryptosporidium in drinking water
Dept. of Environment
Annual report, 2000-01 (SP542/01: Tabled) ... 1274 Estimates debated ... 781-82, 788 Estimates debated: Response to questions during (SP505/01: Tabled) ... 1229
Dept. of the Environment (Federal government)
Weather modification regulations ... 944
Dept. of Health (Federal government)
Review of treated lumber ... 1282
Drinking water
Brochure on: Making Sure It's Safe (SP218/01: Tabled) ... 613
Drinking water - Quality
General remarks ... 939 Impact of agricultural operations on ... 615, 617-18
Drinking water - Standards
Drought
Provincial assistance re ... 773
Electric power, Coal-produced
Approval process re ... 112-13 Inland Cement conversion to: Public hearings re ... 82
Electric power, Coal-produced - Emissions
Electric power, Coal-produced - Environmental aspects
Electric power plants
Approval process re ... 112-13
Environmental advisory committee
Environmental Appeal Board
General remarks ... 782 Inland Cement conversion decision ... 82 Rossdale power plant expansion issue ... 114 Water withdrawal from Lesser Slave Lake ... 468
Environmental impact assessments
Coal-fired power production ... 112-13 General remarks ... 782 Inland Cement plant conversion to coal-fired production ... 82, 146-47, 309, 536, 617 Logging in Kananaskis Country ... 18 Rossdale power plant expansion ... 113-14
Environmental issues
Public meetings re ... 782
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
Coal-fired power plants emission standards ... 1127
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
Charges under, re Hub Oil explosion ... 771
Environmental Protection Security Fund
Annual report, 2000-01 (SP448/01: Tabled) ... 1162
EPCOR Group of Companies
Genesee 3 power plant proposal ... 1127 Parasite (cryptosporidium) detection research ... 380 Rossdale power plant ... 113-14
Floodplains - Oldman River
Disposal of agricultural wastes on ... 659
Forest industries - Environmenal aspects
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Hub Oil Company reports ... 663
Hazardous substances - Disposal
Hub Oil Company Ltd.
Calgary plant: Cleanup costs, Security bond re ... 729-30 Calgary plant: Environmental testing of ... 620 Calgary plant: Explosion at, Legal charges re ... 771 Calgary plant: Groundwater monitoring at, Reports on ... 663
Husky Oil Ltd.
Heavy oil upgrader, Lloydminster: Provincial upside interest from (Q3/01: Defeated) ... 622-23
Imperial Oil Limited
Former Calgary refinery site: Soil contamination at ... 729
Industrial plants - Emissions
Inland Cement Limited
Coal-fired plant emissions: Health aspects ... 146 Conversion from gas- to coal-fired production ... 146-47, 309, 617, 781-82 Conversion from gas- to coal-fired production: Public hearings re ... 82, 147, 309, 536
Lead contamination of soil
Livestock industry, Intensive - Environmental aspects
Logging - Kananaskis Country
Lynnwood Ridge, Calgary
Soil contamination in ... 729
Members' apologies to the House
Meridian dam proposal
Feasibility study ... 775-76 General remarks ... 685-86 Point of privilege re ... 807 Prefeasibility study ... 986
Metal-plating industry - Waste disposal
Municipal District of Lesser Slave Lake
Water withdrawal licence ... 468
National pollutant release inventory
Nitrous oxide - Emissions
Oral Question Period (2001)
Agricultural waste ... 659 Alberta Hospital Ponoka sewage lagoon ... 508 Beer bottle recycling ... 1129-30 Bottle recycling ... 537 Climate Change Central ... 536-37 Cloud seeding ... 943-44 Coal-fired electricity plants emissions standards ... 1127 Coal-fired power production ... 112 Drought assistance ... 773 Electricity exports ... 801 Hazardous waste inspections ... 770-71 Hub Oil Company Ltd. ... 620, 663, 729-30, 771 Inland Cement Limited ... 82, 146-47, 309, 536, 617 Kyoto climate change agreement ... 1210 Lesser Slave Lake water diversion ... 468 Logging in Kananaskis Country ... 18 Meridian dam ... 685-86, 775-76, 986 National pollutant release inventory ... 116 Rossdale power plant expansion ... 113-14 Soil contamination ... 729 TCE contamination ... 1279 Underground tank remediation ... 773 Water quality monitoring ... 615, 617-18 Water quality standards ... 684-85, 939-40 Water quality testing ... 379 Wood preservatives ... 1282
Pentachlorophenol (Wood preservative)
Petroleum tank sites remediation program
Pollution
Information sources re ... 116
Pollution Watch (Web site)
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Privilege
Imputing motives (Meridian dam comments) ... 807
Roundtable on climate change (Edmonton, May 1999)
Sulphur dioxide - Emissions
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
Estimated revenues from, 2000-2003 (Q4/01: Defeated) ... 737 Revenue projections for, 2000-2003 (Q6/01: Response tabled as SP311/01) ... 738, 934
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Keephills power plant proposal ... 1127
Trichloroethylene contamination - Calgary
Trucking industry - Safety aspects
Hours of operation: Regulation of, Government response to (SP311/01: Tabled) ... 934
UMA Engineering Ltd.
Meridian dam prefeasibility study ... 986
University of Alberta
Parasite (cryptosporidium) detection research ... 380
Walsh (Hamlet)
Drinking water problem ... 939-40
Water quality - Battle River
Water quality - Bellshill Lake
Water resources development
Water treatment plants
Multibarrier system (parasite removal) ... 379
Water withdrawal - Cold Lake area
Water withdrawal licences - Lesser Slave Lake
Wood preservatives - Health aspects
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