Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills)
Access Television
Government sponsorship of programs on (Q3/02: Defeated) ... 823
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP509/02: Tabled) ... 1383 Crop insurance premiums discount ... 263
Alberta-Economic conditions
Alberta-Economic policy
General remarks ... 315-16, 399, 456, 460-61, 494, 561, 668-69, 1082-83, 1087-88, 1144-45, 1353-54
Alberta Automobile Insurance Board
Annual report, 2001 (SP290/02: Tabled) ... 822
Alberta Foundation for Health Research
Annual report, 2001-02 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP525/02 ) ... 1383
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Increase in ... 444, 445, 1353-54 Increase in (Motion 501: Pannu) ... 113 Seniors' premiums ... 445 Subsidy program ... 445
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Annual report, 2001-02 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP525/02 ) ... 1383
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
Annual report, 2001-02 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP525/02) ... 1383
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Future use of ... 1455 Future use of, re debt repayment ... 57-58 Public survey re ... 1455
Alberta Insurance Council
Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation
Annual report, 2001 (SP566/02: Tabled) ... 1459 General remarks ... 861, 1083
Alberta Opportunity Company
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP510/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Alberta pension plan (Proposed)
Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 21)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001)
Alberta Research Council
Annual report, 2001-02 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP525/02 ) ... 1383
Alberta royalty tax credit
Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority
Annual report, 2001-02 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP525/02 ) ... 1383
Alberta Special Waste Management Corporation
Alberta Treasury Branches Act
Continuation of (Motion 24: Nelson) ... 1172, 1173
Appropriation Act, 2002 (Bill 27)
First reading ... 1210 Second reading ... 1237 Third reading ... 1327
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2002 (Bill 17)
First reading ... 266 Second reading ... 375 Third reading ... 452
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2002 (Bill 8)
First reading ... 117 Second reading ... 142 Third reading ... 214
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2002 (No. 2) (Bill 36)
First reading ... 1475 Second reading ... 1509 Third reading ... 1610
Arts-Finance
Federal and provincial funding ... 446
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Auditor General
Former Auditor General as member of Financial Management Commission ... 461
Blue asbestos-Disposal
At Swan Hills treatment plant ... 666, 716
Bovar Inc.
Involvement in Swan Hills Treatment Centre ... 676
Budget
2001-02 third quarter update ... 11 2001-02 third quarter update: Copy tabled (SP5/02) ... 19 2002-03 first quarter activity report: Tabled (SP536/02) ... 1383 2002-03 first quarter update: Tabled (SP535/02) ... 1383 2002-03 second quarter activity report: Tabled (SP564/02) ... 1420 2002-03 second quarter update: Tabled (SP563/02) ... 1420 Briefings on ... 397 Leak of information re ... 314 Line item for funds from other orders of government ... 1089 Post-budget changes to ... 1091 Prior access to information re ... 368 Quarterly updates ... 1082, 1089, 1093
Calgary
Provincial grant reductions to ... 494
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Canada Pension Plan
Sustainability of ... 1089
Capital projects
Provincial funding for ... 444, 446 Provincial funding for: Use of budgetary surplus for ... 752-54, 791
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 9)
Civil service pensions
General remarks ... 1083 Review of governance issues re ... 1083
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on ... 1719
Committee of Supply
Interim supply, main and Lottery Fund, estimates, 2002-03 considered for two days (Motion 9: Nelson) ... 204 Interim supply, main and Lottery Fund, estimates, 2002-03 referred to (Motion 8: Nelson) ... 204 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2002-03 referred to (Motion 21: Nelson) ... 444 Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Nelson) ... 61 Supplementary estimates, 2001-02 (No.2) considered for one day (Motion 6: Nelson) ... 61 Supplementary estimates, 2001-02 (No.2) referred to (Motion 5: Nelson) ... 61 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 considered for one day (Motion 30: Nelson) ... 1421 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 referred to (Motion 29: Nelson) ... 1421
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Committee on Economic Development and Finance, Standing Policy
Review of Alberta budget ... 1088
Corporations-Taxation
Reduction in ... 315-16, 444, 445, 1354 Reduction in: Cancellation of (Motion 501: Pannu) ... 113
Credit ratings, Provincial
Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation
Annual report, 2001 (SP348 & 567/02: Tabled) ... 1027, 1459 General remarks ... 1083
Crop insurance program
Premiums discount ... 263
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP507/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP508/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Children's Services
Annual report, 2001-02, sections 1 & 2 (SP511-512/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Community Development
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP513/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Economic Development
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP514/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Energy
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP515/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Environment
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP516/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Finance
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP518/02: Tabled) ... 1383 Business plan ... 1083 Capital investments ... 1084 Deputy Minister's office ... 1084 Estimates debated ... 1082-84, 1087-91, 1093 Estimates debated: Responses to questions during (SP473/02: Tabled) ... 1361 General remarks ... 1082-83 Minister's office ... 1084 Minister's remarks in Assembly re Calgary Catholic bishop ... 677 Minister's remarks in Assembly re Calgary Catholic bishop: Letter of apology re (SP227/02: Tabled) ... 675 Staffing ... 1084
Dept. of Gaming
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP519/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Government Services
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP520/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Annual report, 2001-02, sections I & II (SP521-522/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP523/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Infrastructure
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP524/02: Tabled) ... 1383 Economic cushion ... 790-91
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP525/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP526/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP527/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Learning
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP528/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP529/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Revenue
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP530/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Seniors
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP531/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Solicitor General
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP532/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP533/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Dept. of Transportation
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP534/02: Tabled) ... 1383 Estimates: Information in ... 494
Dominion Bond Rating Limited
Edmonton
Provincial grant reductions to ... 494
Edmonton Police Commission
Police funding suggestions ... 1524
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Interim supply (Main and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2002-03 referred to committee of supply (Motion 8: Nelson) ... 204 Interim supply (Main and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2002-03 transmitted to Assembly (SP90/02: Tabled) ... 204 Interim supply (Main and Lottery Fund) estimates 2002-03 considered for two days (Motion 9: Nelson) ... 204 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2002-03 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 21: Nelson) ... 444 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2002-03 transmitted to Assembly (SP150-153/02: Tabled) ... 444 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2002-03 transmitted to Assembly: Errata page re (SP349/02: Tabled) ... 1027 Supplementary estimates, 2001-02 (No.2) considered for one day (Motion 6: Nelson) ... 61 Supplementary estimates, 2001-02 (No.2) referred to committee of supply (Motion 5: Nelson) ... 61 Supplementary estimates, 2001-02 (No.2) transmitted to Assembly (SP31/02: Tabled) ... 61 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 considered for one day (Motion 30: Nelson) ... 1421 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 referred to committee of supply (Motion 29: Nelson) ... 1421 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 transmitted to Assembly (SP565/02: Tabled) ... 1421
Executive Council
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP517/02: Tabled) ... 1383
Federal/provincial fiscal relations
Dispute resolution process ... 1089 Federal/provincial matching grant programs ... 1089-90 General remarks ... 1083, 1088, 1089
Financial Administration Act
Provisions re Swan Hills Treatment Centre ... 599, 640 Provisions re Swan Hills Treatment Centre: Point of privilege re ... 676 Section 42 of ... 676 Section 42 of (SP228/02: Tabled) ... 675
Financial Management Commission
General remarks ... 446, 861, 1083, 1093, 1455 Make-up of ... 460-61 Report: Moving From Good to Great (SP537/02: Tabled) ... 1383 Report: Moving From Good to Great: Government response to (SP538/02: Tabled) ... 1383 Review of hedging potentials (oil and gas futures) ... 668
Fines (Traffic violations)
Fiscal Responsibility Act
Fiscal stabilization fund (Proposed)
Gas Flaring Elimination Act (Bill 203)
General Revenue Fund
Details by payee (SP474/02: Tabled) ... 1361
Government of Alberta
2001-02 annual report (SP506/02: Tabled) ... 1383 2001-02 third quarter activity report (SP6/02: Tabled) ... 19
Government spending policy
Hazardous substances-Disposal
Hazardous substances-Import
Henry, Frederick B., Roman Catholic Bishop of Calgary
Finance minister's remarks re, in the Assembly ... 677 Finance minister's remarks re, in the Assembly: Minister's letter of apology re ... 677 Finance minister's remarks re, in the Assembly: Minister's letter of apology re, Copy tabled (SP227/02) ... 675
Hospitals-Finance
Budgetary surplus funds for ... 753-54
Informatics Circle of Research Excellence
Annual report, 2001-02 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP525/02 ) ... 1383
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Impact of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on ... 1410 Increase in ... 1409-10
Investment Dealers Association of Canada
Alberta economic policy comments ... 494, 1087
Lieutenant Governor
Transmittal of 2001-02 supplementary estimates (No.2) (SP31/02: Tabled) ... 61 Transmittal of 2002-03 interim supply, main and Lottery Fund estimates (SP90/02: Tabled) ... 204 Transmittal of 2002-03 main and Lottery Fund estimates (SP150-153/02: Tabled) ... 444 Transmittal of 2002-03 supplementary estimates (SP565/02: Tabled) ... 1421
Liquor-Taxation
Increase in ... 444, 445 Revenue from, transfer to police services funding ... 1524
Lottery boards, Community
Funding cuts to ... 446, 557 Funding cuts to: Use of surplus funds to reinstate ... 752-54
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation ... 446, 557, 752 Funds transfer to General Revenue Fund ... 1083
Members' apologies to the House
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Report of selected payments to (SP476/02: Tabled) ... 1361
Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan
Annual report, 1999-2000 (SP475/02: Tabled) ... 1361
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2002 (No. 2) (Bill 38)
Moody's Investors Service Inc.
General remarks ... 1083 Upgrading of Alberta's foreign debt rating ... 1144-45
Municipal finance
Government grants ... 446, 1524 Provincial reductions to ... 494
Natural resources revenue
Oil industry-Waste disposal
Oral Question Period (2002)
Automobile insurance ... 1409-10 Budget briefings ... 397 Budget surplus ... 752, 753-54, 790-91 Community lottery boards ... 557 Crop insurance fund ... 263 Economic outlook ... 315-16 Education system ... 11 Energy prices ... 561 Equalization payments ... 1719 Financial management commission ... 460-61 Funding for police services ... 1524 Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 57-58, 1455 Infrastructure funding ... 399 Leak of budget information ... 314 Municipal funding ... 494, 860, 861 Prior access to budget information ... 368 Provincial credit rating ... 1144-45 Provincial fiscal policies ... 456, 668-69, 1353-54 Royalty rates ... 600 Shared public/Catholic high school facilities ... 1641 Swan Hills waste treatment facility ... 599, 640, 665-66, 715-16 Tools deduction legislation ... 640
Point of Order
Abusive or insulting language ... 677 Allegations against a member ... 1417 Relevance ... 1239-40
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 445
Premiers' conferences
Health care funding discussions ... 1089
Privilege
Contempt of the Assembly (Financial Administration Act provisions re Swan Hills plant) (Not proceeded with) ... 676
Property tax-Education levy
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Recreation-Finance
Provincial funding ... 446
Regional health authorities
Research and development
Federal/provincial matching grants for ... 1089-90
Risk management in public budgeting
Road construction-Finance
Cutbacks ... 446 General remarks ... 399
Roads-Maintenance and repair
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Scholarships
Provincial funding for ... 445
Schools-Construction
Budgetary surplus funds for ... 753-54
Senate
Reform of (Motion 32, amendment: Mason) ... 1429-31
Senators
Alberta nominees' appointment to Senate (Motion 32, amendment: Mason) ... 1429-31
Sensor Environmental Services Ltd.
Operation of Swan Hills Treatment Centre ... 676
Special Waste Management Corporation Act
Copy tabled (SP229/02) ... 675 General remarks ... 676
Special Waste Management Corporation Act Repeal Act
Copy tabled (SP230/02) ... 675 General remarks ... 676
Standard and Poor's Corporation
Strikes and lockouts-Teachers
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
Tax incentives
Tools (Bill 207, 2001) ... 640
Technical schools-Finance
Terrorist attacks-New York City/Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 445, 1410
Tobacco-Taxation
Increase in ... 444, 445 Pre-budget leak of information re ... 314
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 22)
Tools
Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) ... 640
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Article re Alberta budget ... 1087-88
Universities and colleges-Finance
Water power resources-Taxation
Relation to equalization payments calculation ... 1719
Wild Rose Foundation
Provincial funding ... 446
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 26)
Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East)
4-H clubs
Provincial support for ... 777
Agricultural entrepreneurship programs
Agricultural subsidies-United States
Impact on Alberta farmers ... 776, 777
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 776-77
Agriculture Drought Risk Management Plan (Federal/provincial)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Crop insurance premiums discount ... 776 Loan losses provisions: Performance measures re ... 779 Loans ... 779 Merger with Alberta Opportunity Company ... 779 Reinsurance program ... 779, 1462
Alberta Board of Review (1983)
Alberta College of Social Workers
Internal investigation of twins death case ... 194
Alberta Court of Appeal
Government expropriation compensation ruling ... 1638
Alberta Dairy Control Board
Alberta Energy Company Ltd.
Foregone gas royalties, use for teachers' salaries ... 79
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Increase in ... 455-56, 916, 1408 Increase in: Use of budgetary surplus to reduce ... 752
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Alberta Opportunity Company
Merger with Agriculture Financial Services Corporation ... 779
Alberta pension plan (Proposed)
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 21)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001)
Alberta School Boards Association
Alberta Teachers' Association
General remarks ... 1688 Meeting with Premier ... 79-80, 257-58 Relations with Dept. of Learning ... 80
Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Act (Bill 207)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2002 (Bill 17)
Arbitration (Labour relations)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Auditor General
Government credit card usage, Investigation of ... 1451-52 Infrastructure dept. contract competition procedure ... 1451
Beginning farmer loan program
Bovar Inc.
Involvement in Swan Hills Treatment Centre ... 598-99, 666
Budget
General remarks ... 1090 Leak of information re ... 314 Post-budget changes to ... 492-93, 557
Calgary Regional Health Authority
Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter
Letter re Children's Services survey ... 158
Canada Health Act
Insured services under, performed by new owners of Holy Cross hospital site ... 1297
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Canada Pension Plan
Sustainability of ... 1085
Canadian Grain Commission
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Study on health spending in Alberta ... 1564
Canadian Medical Association
Misuse of federal medical equipment funding, Report on ... 1614
Canadian Olympic Association
Letter of congratulations to (SP11/02: Tabled) ... 19
Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations
Lottery funding of ... 517
Child abuse
Review of claims re ... 1020
Child welfare
Aboriginal children: Federal funding for ... 1073 General remarks ... 1019-20
Child Welfare Act
Case plan provisions ... 947
Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 9)
Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2002 (No.2) (Bill 24)
Child Welfare Appeal Panel
Child welfare recipients-Grande Prairie
Accommodation in motels ... 119
Child welfare workers-Supply
Children-Protective services
Children's Advocate
Child abuse claims review, recommendation re ... 1020
Class size (Grade school)
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on ... 1373-74 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1373-74 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to, Costs of publicity campaign re ... 1374, 1379 Kyoto protocol on: Domestic emissions exchange alternative to ... 1374 Kyoto protocol on: Federal implementation plan re, Ministerial statement on ... 1450 Kyoto protocol on: Linking to G-8 summit cost payment ... 1116
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill 32)
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Report (Building on Values) ... 1613-14 Report (Building on Values): Request for emergency debate on ... 1626
Community facility enhancement program
Lottery funding for ... 556-57
Conflict of interest
Sale of Holy Cross hospital site ... 1270
Conoco Canada Resources Limited
Oil sands lease/gas royalties dispute ... 79
Credit ratings, Provincial
Crop insurance program
General remarks ... 1461-64 Premiums discount ... 776, 1463 Risk management component ... 1463
Curling championships
Men's world champions (Randy Ferby rink): Letter to (SP234/02: Tabled) ... 675
Dairy Industry Omnibus Act, 2002 (Bill 15)
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Funds earmarked for, use for education funding ... 10 General remarks ... 493, 752, 1085 Payment by lottery funds ... 516-17, 557 Performance measures re ... 1090
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Agriculture information division revenues ... 777 Business plan ... 779 Educational and community services: Dedicated revenue component ... 777 Estimates debated ... 776-80, 783 Livestock services: Dedicated revenue component ... 777-78 Performance measures ... 779 Planning and Competitive Sector ... 777 Planning and Competitive Sector: Capital asset amortization ... 777 Revenues ... 777 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03, debated ... 1461-63, 1464
Dept. of Canadian Heritage (Federal government)
Minister's resignation ... 456
Dept. of Children's Services
Survey: Letter re ... 158
Dept. of Infrastructure
Consulting contracts competition process ... 1451 Legal claims against, re expropriation compensation ... 1638 Staff salaries ... 1407-08
Dept. of Learning
Replacement of minister of ... 80
Dept. of National Defence (Federal)
Banning of officials from G-8 summit location ... 1115-16
Dept. of Revenue
Business plan ... 915 Business plan: Revenue table suggestion ... 915 Estimates debated ... 915-16 General remarks ... 915 Performance measures ... 915
Deputy Premier
Remarks in Assembly re Bishop Henry of Calgary ... 667 Remarks in Assembly re Bishop Henry of Calgary: Point of privilege re ... 760-61, 763
Diagnostic imaging services
Federal funding: Romanow proposal ... 1614
Diagnostic imaging services, Private
Disabled
Government programs for: Funding of (SP122/02: Tabled) ... 322 Government programs for: Funding of, Petition re (SP140, 167, 217, 279/02: Tabled) ... 438, 501, 648, 796
Disabled children
Access to adequate services ... 157-58 Government programs ... 194-95 Government programs: Funding ... 429-30 Government programs: Funding, Petition re (SP140/02: Tabled) ... 438 Government programs: Interdepartmental jurisdiction problems re ... 157-58, 194-95 Government programs: Reduction in, letter re ... 429-30
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Drought
General remarks ... 776 Government programs for ... 1461-64
Education
General remarks ... 257-58 Request for emergency debate re ... 20-21
Education-Finance
General remarks ... 10, 20, 51-52, 492 Petition re ... 1081 Use of budgetary surplus for ... 752
Education Services Settlement Act (Bill 12)
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Appointment of: Point of privilege re ... 403
Electric power-Retail sales
Electric power plants
New plants, joint ventures re ... 1143
Electric utilities-Regulations
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Education system (Not proceeded with) ... 20-21 Romanow report (Not proceeded with, on division) ... 1626
Enterprise Universal Inc.
Purchase of Holy Cross hospital site ... 1270-71 Purchase of Holy Cross hospital site: Meeting with Premier re ... 1270-71, 1296-97
Expropriation
Legal claims against government re ... 1638
Farm income assistance program (Alberta)
Farm income disaster program (Alberta)
Federal/provincial fiscal relations
Financial Administration Act
General remarks ... 1090 Provisions re Swan Hills Treatment Centre ... 599, 639-40
Financial Management Commission
First Ministers' conference, January 2003
Health care discussions at ... 1626
Fiscal Stability Fund Calculation Act (Bill 208)
Fiscal stabilization fund (Proposed)
Legislation re (Bill 208) ... 128-29
Foster home care, Private
Foster parents, Ineligible
Access to private foster agencies ... 1072
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Unsigned memo obtained under, re Holy Cross hospital sale ... 1229, 1271
Freedom of speech
Re Member for Edmonton-Centre ... 1713
G-8 summit, Kananaskis Country (2002)
Cost payment agreement: Banning of federal officials pending ... 1115-16 Costs: Linking of external considerations to ... 1116 Costs of prosecuting protesters at ... 1116
Gas, Natural-Royalties
Foregone royalties, use for teachers' salaries ... 79
Government programs
Transfer between departments ... 1090
Government spending policy
Grain elevators
Closure: Impact of ... 779
Grasshopper control assistance program
Greenhouse gardening
Income assistance program for ... 1461, 1462
Grimshaw/Berwyn and District Hospital
Emergency room closure ... 903-04
Hazardous substances-Disposal
Hazardous substances-Import
Disposal at Swan Hills plant ... 665-66
Health ministers' meeting (Provincial / federal / territorial), December 2002
Romanow report discussion ... 1626
Health Resource Centre, Calgary
Cost/benefit analysis of services provided by ... 1564
Henry, Frederick B., Roman Catholic Bishop of Calgary
Deputy Premier's remarks re, in the Assembly ... 667 Deputy Premier's remarks re, in the Assembly: Point of privilege re ... 760-61, 763
Holy Cross Hospital
Sale of site ... 1270-71, 1296-97 Sale of site: Conflict of interest concern re ... 1270 Sale of site: FOIPed memo re ... 1229 Sale of site: Judicial inquiry into ... 1271
Honey producers
Income assistance program for ... 1461
Hoof-and-mouth disease
Alberta precautions re ... 776
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 516
Hospital beds-Rural areas
Hospitals-Emergency services-Rural areas
Hull Child and Family Services
Letter re disabled services reduction ... 429-30
Investment of public funds
Irrigation Districts Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 135-37 Committee ... 452-53 Amendment (SP154/02: Tabled) ... 452
Justice system
Interference in, allegations against Solicitor General re ... 1637-38, 1713
Kasohkowew Child Wellness Society
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Compliance orders re, monitoring of ... 779 General remarks ... 776, 780
Lottery boards, Community
Funding cuts to ... 516-17, 556-57 Funding cuts to: Use of surplus funds to reinstate ... 752
Low-income families
Government programs for: Funding ... 1408, 1479
Medical care
Restructuring: Linking to G-8 summit cost payment ... 1116
Medical care, Private
Cost-benefit analysis of ... 1564 General remarks ... 1614
Medical care-Finance
Federal contribution (Romanow proposal) ... 1613-14 General remarks ... 1564
Medical equipment-Finance
Misuse of federal funds, Report on ... 1614
Medical profession-Rural areas
Members' apologies to the House
Members' Statements (2002)
Allegations of interference in justice system ... 1713
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Withdrawal of question re Deputy Premier's remarks in Assembly ... 763
Ministerial responsibility (Parliamentary practice)
Ministerial Statements (2002)
Federal Kyoto implementation plan ... 1450 Olympic athletes ... 9 Premier's 10th anniversary as leader ... 1711
Ministers (Provincial government)
Municipal finance
Provincial reductions to ... 492-93
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations approval process ... 776, 779, 780
Net income stabilization account (Federal farm income program)
Office of the Premier
Premier's 10th anniversary as leader ... 1711 Premier's meeting with Holy Cross hospital site purchasers ... 1270-71, 1296-97 Premier's meeting with Teachers' Association head ... 79-80, 257-58 Premier's resignation ... 456
Official Opposition
Members left the Chamber ... 1713
Oil industry-Waste disposal
Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City (2002)
Tribute to Alberta athletes at ... 9
Oral Question Period (2002)
Allegations of interference in justice system ... 1637-38 Budget surplus ... 752 Case plans for children in care ... 946-47 Child welfare system ... 1019-20 Children in care ... 972-73 Children's Services ... 119, 157-58 Children's Services funding ... 429-30 Children's Services special case review ... 120, 194 Chronic wasting disease ... 1121-22 Class sizes ... 1688 Closure of acute care beds ... 313-14 Community lottery boards ... 516-17, 556-57 Education spending ... 51-52 Education system ... 10-12, 257-58 Electricity billing ... 1185-86 Electricity deregulation ... 1142-43 Electricity pricing ... 1228-29, 1520-21 Expropriation of property ... 1638 Federal health care funding ... 1613-14 Foster care delivery ... 1020, 1072 G-8 summit ... 1115-16 Government contracts ... 1451 Handicapped children's services ... 194-95 Health care spending ... 1564-65 Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 493 Holy Cross hospital ... 1270-71, 1296-97 Kasohkowew Child Wellness Society ... 1073 Kyoto climate change agreement ... 1373-74, 1379 Leak of budget information ... 314 Ministerial responsibility ... 393-94 Money not spent during teachers' labour dispute ... 258 PDD boards ... 814-15 Private health care services ... 1614 Private member's statement ... 1713 Provincial fiscal policies ... 455-56, 492-93, 1407-08 Public safety ... 393 Purported remarks in the Assembly ... 667 Rural health services ... 903-04, 1565 Size of cabinet ... 1479 Swan Hills waste treatment facility ... 598-99, 639-40, 665-66 Teachers' labour dispute ... 79-80, 218-19 Tools deduction legislation ... 640 Travel by cabinet ministers ... 1479 Unsigned memo ... 1229 Use of government credit cards ... 1451-52 Women's shelters ... 158
Peace River Community Health Care Centre
Persons with developmental disabilities community boards
Funding ... 814 Services provided by ... 815
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2002)
Education funding (public and separate) ... 1081
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2002)
Disabled adults and children's support (SP140, 167, 217, 279/02: Tabled) ... 438, 501, 648, 796
Point of Order
Dividing a motion ... 1423
Power Pool Council
Market surveillance administrator: Report on electricity billing process ... 1185, 1186
Privilege
Accusations against a member (Deputy Premier) (Not proceeded with) ... 760-61, 763 Appointments to Electoral Boundaries Commission (Dealt with) ... 403
Probation
Supervision cutbacks ... 393
Property tax-Education levy
Use of budgetary surplus to reduce ... 752
Public Affairs Bureau
Alberta climate change publicity campaign ... 1374, 1379
Public contracts
Tender process re ... 1451
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Impact of probation reporting requirements' cutback on ... 393
Public service-Alberta
Senior employee's credit card usage: Court case re ... 1452
Racing Corporation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 16)
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2002)
General remarks ... 86-87
Regional health authorities
Business plans ... 904 Funding ... 904 Privatization initiatives ... 1614 Reduction in number of ... 1565, 1626 Sale of properties by ... 1271
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
G-8 summit: Provincial banning of RCMP officials from ... 1115-16
Rural economic development
General remarks ... 779, 780 Viability study re ... 779
School boards
Funding: Savings from teachers' strike ... 258
School councils
Fund-raising activities ... 10
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Sensor Environmental Services Ltd.
Operation of Swan Hills Treatment Centre ... 598-99
Sex offenders
Reporting requirements to probation officers ... 393
Small business
Venture capital for ... 1090
Softwoods-Export-United States
Trade rule improvements re: Linking of G-8 summit cost payment to ... 1116
Solicitor General
Accuracy of remarks made by ... 393-94 Allegations against, re interference in justice system ... 1637-38, 1713
Special case reviews (Child welfare)
Kasohkowew case ... 1073 Twins' deaths in Thunder Bay motel case ... 120, 194
Strikes and lockouts-Teachers
Back to work order re ... 10, 80 Back to work order re: Government appeal of ... 80 General remarks ... 10-11, 79-80, 218-19, 257-58 Money saved from: Uses of ... 258 Request for emergency debate re ... 20-21
Supports for independence program
Surface water quality index
Surmont Producers Group
Foregone gas royalties, use for teachers' salaries ... 79
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
Tapes of Assembly proceedings
Tax incentives
General remarks ... 916, 1085 Tools (Bill 207, 2001) ... 640
Teachers
Relations with Dept. of Learning ... 80
Teachers' Pension Plan
Unfunded liability ... 11, 52
Tobacco-Taxation
Pre-budget leak of information re ... 314
Tools
Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) ... 640
Transportation-Finance
Provincial budget amounts for ... 492
University of Lethbridge
Water research centre ... 780
Wages-Teachers
Forgone gas royalties to pay for ... 79 General remarks ... 1688 Provincial funding for (Budget line item) ... 11 Unused funds from strike period to pay for ... 258
The War Amps
Key tag identification program: Letter re (SP365/02: Tabled) ... 1081
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 26)
Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung)
Alberta-Economic conditions
Alberta Economic Development Authority
Activity report (SP486/02: Tabled) ... 1361
Alberta Government Offices
Annual report on, 2001-02 (SP665/02: Tabled) ... 1623 General remarks ... 623, 626, 1072
Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers
Budget shortfall ... 1570
Battle River regional alliance
Bighorn wildlife recreation area
Access to: By mechanized vehicles ... 522 Recreational uses ... 522
Canadian Plastics Industry Association
Report on federal climate change initiative (SP568/02: Tabled) ... 1459
Celanese Chemicals
Alberta supply problems: Comments re ... 631-32
Central Alberta Economic Partnership
Centre for IBM E-business Innovation
Edmonton centre, Speech re (SP225/02: Tabled) ... 649
Chair-Rulings and statements
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on ... 635, 1383 Kyoto protocol on: Canadian Plastics' report on (SP568/02: Tabled) ... 1459 Kyoto protocol on: Economic impact ... 315 Kyoto protocol on: Industry Canada report on ... 1618 Kyoto protocol on: Industry Canada report on, Letter re (SP664/02: Tabled) ... 1623
Dept. of Economic Development
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP514/02: Tabled) ... 1383 Budget ... 628 Co-ordination with other departments ... 633 Estimates debated ... 623-24, 626-36 General remarks ... 626, 1072 International representation priorities: Studies re (M12/01: response tabled as SP138/02) ... 438 Performance measures ... 636 Regional offices ... 623, 632, 975 Small business failure rate, Studies re ... 1620 Web site ... 632
Dept. of Industry (Federal)
Report on Kyoto protocol's impact on Alberta economy ... 1618 Report on Kyoto protocol's impact on Alberta economy: Letter re (SP664/02: Tabled) ... 1623
Economic development
Emerging industry support ... 623
Edmonton Eskimo Football Club
Grey Cup participation: Statement re ... 1478-79
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric power-Environmental aspects
Electric power-Export-United States
Electric utilities
Power production from, NAFTA implications ... 1616
Electric utilities-Regulations
Energy industry
Replacement of revenues from, when supplies dwindle ... 629
Forest industries
Value-added processing in ... 631
G-8 summit, Kananaskis Country (2002)
Role of Economic Development in ... 635
Gas pipelines-Alaska/Northwest Territories thru Alberta
Get Ready Alberta: Strengthening the Alberta Advantage
Grey Cup celebrations (90th)
Health sciences personnel-Recruitment
Overseas recruitment ... 1718
Historic sites
As tourism generator ... 629
Hotel room tax
Use for tourism marketing projects ... 1695
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 315, 367, 1718 Skilled workers ... 367
International business roundtable, Calgary (April 2002)
Ministerial Statements (2002)
90th Grey Cup celebrations ... 1478-79 International business roundtable ... 1072
Motor Dealers' Association of Alberta
Letter re Kyoto protocol (SP505/02: Tabled) ... 1383
National Institute for Nanotechnology
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Alliance pipeline approval ... 631
Natural resources revenue
Replacement of, when supplies dwindle ... 629
North American free trade agreement
Canadian steel exports to U.S., duties exemption under ... 495
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Nurses-Recruitment
Overseas recruitment ... 1718
Off-highway vehicles
Access to Bighorn country ... 522
Oral Question Period (2002)
Alberta productivity ... 1694 Balancing pool shortfall ... 1570 Bighorn wildlife recreation area ... 522 Economic outlook ... 315 Electricity deregulation ... 1616 Federal report on implications of Kyoto accord ... 1618 Immigration of skilled workers ... 367 Labour negotiations ... 1454 Provincial nominee program ... 1718 Rural development strategies ... 975 Small business ... 1620 Steel exports ... 495 Tourism industry ... 1694-95 Trade mission to Germany ... 86 Unemployment rates ... 1570-71
Palliser Economic Partnership
Pollution-Control
Tradable permit concept ... 635
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Rural economic development
Small business
General remarks ... 632, 1620 Venture capital for ... 636
Small business-Rural areas
Snowmobiles
Access to Bighorn country ... 522
Softwoods-Export-United States
Trade rule improvements re ... 628
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Aerospace courses at Calgary airport ... 629, 632 General remarks ... 1694
Steel-Export-United States
Strategic Tourism Marketing Council
Technology commercialization
Terrorist attacks-New York City/Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 624
Tourism-Marketing
MLA committee to review: Report ... 1694-95
Unemployment
Government programs re ... 1570
Unemployment-Aboriginal peoples
Government programs re ... 1570
Wages-Public service
Increases: Government MLA committee to review ... 1454
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 26)
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