MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar)
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
Aboriginal/industry partnerships
Aboriginal peoples-Education
Aboriginal policy framework
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 1770, 1958-59
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Direct Energy application ... 1959 Direct Energy purchase of ATCO retail energy business, Approval of ... 787, 1116, 1836-37 Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire charges) decisions ... 1445-46, 1497, 1542 EPCOR refund of overcharges, Announcement re ... 1372 Natural gas rate approvals ... 713
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Alberta Insurance Council
Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation
Loan to Enmax Corporation ... 1887, 1959 P3 entities' access to funding from ... 1194
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 4)
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001)
Alberta Research Council Inc.
Contract research for outside companies ... 918 General remarks ... 918 Pine shake roofing material: Research re ... 922
Alberta royalty tax credit
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Letter re (SP647/03: Tabled) ... 1742
Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation)
Apprenticeship training
Workplace safety component ... 1022
Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 17)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 54)
Aquila Networks Canada
Billing errors ... 960-61 General remarks ... 1008-09 U.S. parent's financial situation: News releases re (SP374/03: Tabled) ... 1052
Asbestos
Abatement programs for ... 1194
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits ... 51-52 Benefits increase ... 1023 Benefits increase: Petition presented re ... 402 Benefits increase: Petition tabled re (SP573 & SP624/03) ... 1652, 1703 General remarks ... 887-88 Underexpended funds from, used for homeless housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... 361-62 Utility costs component: Minister's memo re (SP47/03: Tabled) ... 117
ATCO Electric
H.R. Milner power plant sale ... 1167
ATCO Gas
Depreciation charges in bills from ... 787 Gas rate changes in southern/northern Alberta ... 1936 Retail business purchase by Direct Energy ... 787
Auditor General
Municipal Affairs dept. comments ... 1194 Royalty programs recommendations ... 1457
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11)
Automobile drivers' licences
New issuing system for: Reports on (M1/03: Defeated) ... 362-63
Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers
Management of Milner power plant agreement ... 1167 MAP 2 auctions: Final summary (SP311/03: Tabled) ... 817
Boardwalk Equities Inc.
Natural gas rebates to ... 112
Brazeau dam
Royalty revenue from ... 1108
Bridges-Edmonton
James McDonald bridge ... 1217
Budget debate
Motion 19: Nelson ... 868
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Natural Gas Prices in the North American Market (publication) (SP46/03: Tabled) ... 117
Canadian Energy Research Institute
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Still in the Dark (Research paper on electricity prices) (SP212/03: Tabled) ... 607
Cancer in firefighters
Workers' compensation coverage of: Letter from Official Opposition re (SP86/03: Tabled) ... 216
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 1217 Surplus funding of: Petition tabled re (SP612/03) ... 1677-78
Capital projects-Maintenance and repair
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission bronze medal
C.D. Howe Institute
California Shorts a Circuit (Document) (SP230/03: Tabled) ... 649
Centrica Plc (U.K.)
Meeting with Premier re Direct Energy application ... 1959, 2009
Chair-Rulings and statements
Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205)
Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25)
Class size (Grade school)
Letters re (SP214-215/03: Tabled) ... 607
Climate change
General remarks ... 1108-09 Kyoto protocol on ... 1108-09, 1227 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1457 Provincial initiatives re ... 918
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill 37)
Closure debate (Parliamentary practice)
Federal use of closure ... 651 General remarks ... 598
Closure motions (Parliamentary practice) (2003)
Bill 3 (CoW), Electric Utilities Act (Motion 14: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 694 Bill 19 (CoW), Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 651-52 Bill 27 (CoW), Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Restructur.) Amdt. Act, 2003 (Motion 16: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 695-96
Coal-bed methane-Royalties
Coal-bed methane extraction
Energy dept. study re ... 1457 General remarks ... 1456, 1457
Coal-bed methane extraction-Research
Collective bargaining-Health sciences personnel
Collective bargaining-Nurses
Letters re (SP673, 686, 718, 804, 883-884, 915-916/03: Tabled) ... 1779, 1802, 1846, 1942, 2016-17, 2068 Streamlining of ... 248-49, 330-31, 434-35
Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, Standing Policy
Submission to, re power transmission policy (SP574/03: Tabled) ... 1652
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Report presented (SP291/03: Tabled) ... 792
Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada
Energy policy (SP199/03: Tabled) ... 565
Constitution Act, 1982
Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 237-38
Consumers' Association of Canada (Alberta)
Auto insurance rate study ... 1735
Dams, Hydroelectric
General remarks ... 47-48 Royalty revenue from ... 1108
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Use of surplus to pay down: Petition tabled re (SP612/03) ... 1677-78
Delegated administrative organizations
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1603-05
Dept. of Energy
Business plan ... 1457 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1456-58 Information management systems ... 1457 Performance measures ... 1458 Regulations ... 1457 Royalty payment audits ... 1457 Web site ... 1458
Dept. of Environment
Business plan ... 1108 Estimates debated ... 1108-09 Revenues from dam royalties ... 1108
Dept. of Finance
Auto Insurance Review (SP672/03: Tabled) ... 1779
Dept. of Government Services
Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q6/03: Response tabled as SP587/03) ... 511
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q3/03: Response tabled as SP585/03) ... 510 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1021-23
Dept. of Infrastructure
Budget increase, source of ... 1218 Deputy Minister's office budget ... 1218 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1217-19, 1227 General remarks ... 1217 Information management division ... 1218 Minister's office budget ... 1218 Salaries ... 1218 Strategic services division ... 1218
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Dept. of Learning
Document re comparative education spending (SP26/03: Tabled) ... 53
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Budget ... 1193-94 Deputy minister's office budget ... 1194 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1193-94 Support services ... 1194
Dept. of Solicitor General
Estimates debated ... 1080 Performance measures ... 1080 Role of ... 1080
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Capital assets disposal ... 1558 Deputy Minister's office costs ... 1556-57 Equipment and inventory purchases ... 1557 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1556-58 Information technology services ... 1557 Minister's office costs ... 1556-57 Policy and planning division ... 1557 Regional offices ... 1557 Revenue from federal transfer payments ... 1558 Revenue from fees, premiums and licences ... 1558 Revenue from "other revenue" ... 1558 Salary costs ... 1557 Staffing ... 1557 Supplementary estimates 2003-04 (Forest fire control costs) ... 1556 Support services ... 1556
Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada)
Disabled
Income support for: Petition re ... 302
Discrimination-Age
Older workers and workers' compensation ... 1022
Discrimination-Geographic location
Economic development and the environment
Edmonton Coalition against War and Racism
Education-Finance
Learning dept. document re (SP26/03: Tabled) ... 53 Letters re (SP231, 242-243, 262-263, 297-298, 312-313, 323, 401/03: Tabled) ... 649-50, 671, 719, 792-93, 817, 859, 1172 Official Opposition document re (SP27/03: Tabled) ... 53 Petitions tabled re (SP352 & 402/03) ... 964, 1172
Elections-Germany
Ballot from (SP261/03: Tabled) ... 719
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Letter re (SP87/03: Tabled) ... 216 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Petition re ... 938 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Statement re ... 482 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 870-72, 1000 Presentation to (SP145/03: Tabled) ... 361
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42)
Third reading ... 1661-62 Letter from Edmonton mayor re (SP575/03: Tabled) ... 1652
Electric power, Coal-produced
Research into ... 918, 920-21 Research into carbon dioxide capture during ... 1108, 1109
Electric power-Prices
Chart documenting increase in (SP802/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Deferral accounting re ... 713 Fluctuations in (SP144/03: Tabled) ... 361 General remarks ... 11-12, 208, 215, 645, 662, 1116, 1323-24, 1446, 1566, 1641, 1697, 1770-71, 2060 Impact on seniors ... 208 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients: Letter re (SP504/03: Tabled) ... 1574 Impact on small business ... 598, 607, 645, 662 Letter re (SP409/03: Tabled) ... 1213 Rate riders re ... 1372
Electric power-Retail sales
Electric power-Supply-Southern Alberta
Electric power grid (Pacific Northwest)
Alberta connection ro ... 2060
Electric power lines
Policy re ... 1640-41 Policy re: Submission to standing policy committee re (SP574/03: Tabled) ... 1652
Electric power lines-Construction
Electric utilities, Municipally owned
General remarks ... 47-48 Generating capacity restriction ... 11-12
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 11-12, 47-48, 208, 558-59, 598-99, 645, 662, 668, 713, 751, 960-61, 1116, 1323-24, 1445-46, 1456-57, 1497, 1542, 1566, 1641, 1697, 1770-71, 1887, 1958-59, 2059-60 Deregulation: Kellan Fluckiger as consultant re ... 2059-60 Deregulation: Letter re (SP803/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Deregulation: Publicity campaign re ... 1697 Deregulation: Publicity campaign re, PAB request for proposal re (SP625/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Liberal party policies re ... 1697
Electric utilities-Regulations-California
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 161-64, 175 Committee ... 323-25 Third reading ... 773-75, 779-80, 782 Amendment (3r: recommittal to CoW) ... 759 Amendment (SP225/03: Tabled) ... 626 Amendment re net metering (SP227 & 256/03: Tabled) ... 632 Amendments proposed (SP260/03: Tabled) ... 719 General remarks ... 598 Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 14: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 694
Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 85 Committee ... 366
Emergency Management Alberta
EnCana Energy
Coal-bed methane project ... 920
Energy conservation
General remarks ... 208 Recognition of ... 215
Energy industry
Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1457, 1603 Diversification of ... 1458 Public education re ... 1458
Energy industry-Crown lands
Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 1604 Aboriginal use areas: Guidelines re ... 1457
Energy industry-Environmental aspects
Energy industry-Northern Alberta
Energy industry-Regulations
Energy resources, Alternate
Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18)
Enmax Corporation
Loan from Municipal Financing Corporation ... 1887, 1959
Enron Direct Limited Partnership
Provincial natural gas rebate to ... 70, 112
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36)
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Fund
Investment income of ... 1558
EPCOR Group of Companies
Electric power rates: Deferral component, refunds re ... 1372 Electricity bill accuracy ... 961 General remarks ... 47-48
Excellence in Teaching Awards
Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55)
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2)
Fish ladder-Bow River
Carseland area ladder: Maintenance on ... 1556, 1557
Fort MacKay First Nation
Labour agreement with Syncrude ... 1603
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
General remarks ... 511 Workers' compensation requests under ... 1022
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28)
Committee ... 1525-27, 1535-37 Third reading ... 1611-12 Amendment (SP481/03: Tabled) ... 1527 Amendment (SP482/03: Tabled) ... 1535 Amendment (SP483/03: Tabled) ... 1536 Amendment (SP484/03: Tabled) ... 1537
Gas, Natural-Prices
Deferral accounting re ... 751 Depreciation costs as part of ... 787 General remarks ... 112, 180, 208, 475, 751, 1235-36, 1323-24, 1671 Impact of market competition on ... 1836-37 Impact on seniors ... 1671-72, 1959 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients: Minister's memo re (SP47/03: Tabled) ... 117 Letters re (SP88, 409/03: Tabled) ... 216, 1213 Natural Gas Prices in the North American Market (publication) (SP46/03: Tabled) ... 117 Official Opposition press release re (SP132/03: Tabled) ... 336 Petition re (SP783/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Gas, Natural-Prices-Calgary
Gas, Natural-Prices-Edmonton
Gas, Natural-Retail sales
Consumer education/protection re ... 353, 395, 1458 General remarks ... 353
Gas utilities-Regulations
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Government Emergency Operations Centre
Government office space
Leased space costs ... 1218
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 13)
Committee ... 319 Third reading ... 806
Health facilities-Maintenace and repair
Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10)
Health sciences personnel-Law and legislation
Hockey, Minor
Volunteers for: Recognition of ... 507
Homeless-Housing
Underexpended funds from SFI and AISH programs used for (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... 361-62
Hospitals-Construction
Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re (SP612/03) ... 1677-78
House buying
Electricity rate issues as part of ... 1116
How True Canadians Really Feel (Document)
H.R. Milner power plant
Power purchase arrangement taken over by Balancing Pool ... 1167
Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32)
Insurance, Automobile
All-party committee to review (Motion 512: MacDonald) ... 1823-24, 1991 Finance dept. review of (SP672/03: Tabled) ... 1779 Official Opposition policy re (SP648/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Official Opposition policy re: Statement re ... 1777-78 Public plan re ... 1778 Reform of ... 1735 Reform of: Letter re (SP782/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Reform of: Official Opposition plan re ... 1778 Reform of: Statement re ... 1777-78 Review of: Minister of Finance's letter re (SP177/03: Tabled) ... 483 Statement re ... 792
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Consumers' Association study of ... 1735 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1735, 1779 Increases in ... 935
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 204)
Irrigation-Finance
Dam royalty revenues for ... 1108
Kenilworth junior high school, Edmonton
Budget cuts: Letters re (SP231-232/03: Tabled) ... 649-50 Upgrading of ... 1217
King's University College
Graduation ceremony program (SP470/03: Tabled) ... 1454 Research activities ... 918
Labour laws and legislation
Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 538-40, 542, 547-50, 553 Committee ... 584-86, 700-02 Third reading ... 724-29 Amendment (3r: reasoned amendment) ... 739 Amendment (3r: recommittal to CoW) ... 727 Amendment (3r: six month hoist) ... 742 Amendment (SP223/03: Tabled) ... 615 Amendment (SP224/03: Tabled) ... 617 Draft regulations re ... 435 General remarks ... 434-35, 1022-23 Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 16: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 695-96
Labour Relations Code
Review of: MLA committee re ... 248-49
Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29)
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Clean coal technology research: Partnership with Alberta re ... 920-21, 1108
Low-income families
Funding for: Petitions tabled re (SP502 & 573/03) ... 1574, 1652 General remarks ... 887-88 MLA committee review of programs for ... 302 MLA committee review of programs for: Petitions presented re ... 508, 606-07, 719, 1892 Transit pass subsidies for: Petitions presented re ... 648
Low-income seniors-Housing
Seniors in subsidized housing: Impact of high utility costs on ... 208
Mayfair Golf and Country Club
WCB executives' membership in ... 1799
McNally high school, Edmonton
Medical care, Private
Usage of, by Workers' Compensation Board ... 1022
Members' apologies to the House
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former members' association (Motion 511: Johnson) ... 1820
Members' Statements (2003)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped benefits ... 51-52 Automobile insurance premiums ... 792 Automobile insurance reform ... 1777-78 Electoral boundaries ... 482 Provincial fiscal policies ... 937-38
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9)
Ministerial Statements (2003)
National Day of Mourning ... 1230
Ministers (Provincial government)
Municipal finance
Government grants ... 1194
Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 46)
National Day of Mourning (Injured Workers)
Candlelight Ceremony program (SP426/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Statement re ... 1230
Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001)
Natural gas rebate program (2001)
Funds remaining from ... 184, 1218 General remarks ... 1671
Natural gas rebates
For agricultural users ... 1959 General remarks ... 112, 180, 184, 297, 475, 645, 713, 1208-09, 1236, 1959 Letter re (SP685/03: Tabled) ... 1802 Reinstatement of: Petition tabled re (SP9/03) ... 16 Reinstatement of: Petitions tabled re (SP38, 72, 89, 112, 133, 146, 178, 190, 241/03) ... 78, 189, 216, 302, 336, 361, 483, 509, 671 Reinstatement of: Petitions tabled re (SP410-411, 452-453, 503/03) ... 1213, 1405, 1574 For seniors ... 1959
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Caseloads ... 1558 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1558 Deficit ... 1558 General remarks ... 1557-58
Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 51)
Natural resources revenue
Nurse practitioners-Northern Alberta
Nurses-Education
Interprovincial co-operation re ... 1022-23
Nurses-Law and legislation
Official Opposition
Auto insurance policy (SP648/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Auto insurance policy: Statement re ... 1777-78 Document re education funding (SP27/03: Tabled) ... 53 Electricity policy ... 1697 High heating bills: Press release re (SP132/03: Tabled) ... 336 Letter re firefighters' cancer coverage by WCB (SP86/03: Tabled) ... 216
Oral Question Period (2003)
Alberta Insurance Council ... 1399-1400 Aquila Networks Canada ... 1008-09 Automobile insurance rates ... 1735 Education property taxes ... 1005 Electricity billing ... 1372 Electricity consultant ... 2059-60 Electricity deregulation ... 11-12, 47-48, 1566, 1770, 1887, 1958-59 Electricity prices ... 1116, 1770-71 Electricity transmission development policy ... 1497 Electricity transmission policy ... 1542, 1640-41 Electricity transmission system ... 1445-46, 1619-20 Energy deregulation ... 598-99, 645, 662, 668, 713, 751, 960-61, 1323-24, 1697 Energy marketing ... 353, 395, 558-59 Energy prices ... 208 Enron ... 70 Enron natural gas rebate ... 112 H. R. Milner power plant ... 1167 Health care labour legislation ... 248-49 Health care workers' collective bargaining ... 434-35 Income tax deduction for purchase of tools ... 1046-47 Insurance industry ... 935 Labour legislation ... 330-31 Natural gas marketing ... 1836-37 Natural gas prices ... 180, 787, 1235-36, 1671, 1936 Natural gas rebates ... 184, 297, 475, 1208-09, 1959 Premier's trip to the United Kingdom ... 2009 Social assistance rates ... 811 Support for low-income Albertans ... 887-88 Workers' Compensation Board ... 1799 Workplace safety ... 851
Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003)
AISH rate increase ... 402 Electoral Boundaries Commission report ... 938 Low-income disabled income increase ... 302 Low Income Programs Review recommendations ... 508, 606-07, 719, 1892 Transit pass subsidies for low-income people ... 648
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003)
Budget surplus use for capital project funding (SP612/03) ... 1677-78 Education funding (SP352/03) ... 964 Energy rebates reinstatement (SP9/03) ... 16 Energy rebates reinstatement (SP38, 72, 89, 112, 133, 146, 178, 190, 241/03) ... 78, 121, 189, 216, 302, 336, 361, 483, 509, 671 Energy rebates reinstatement (SP410-411, 452-453, 503/03) ... 1213, 1405, 1574 Low-income families, funding for (SP502 & 573/03) ... 1574, 1652 Natural gas prices (SP783/03: Tabled) ... 1893 SFI/AISH benefit levels increase (SP624/03) ... 1703
Pine shake roofing-Research
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 939, 1052 Allegations against a member (Natural Gas Price Protection Act comments) ... 190 Bills containing similar provisions ... 1826 Imputing motives ... 163, 1052 Insulting language ... 727 Questioning a member ... 324 Relevance ... 406, 654 Tabling a cited document ... 305
Police, Provincial
Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 532
Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43)
Postsecondary educational institutions-Maintenance and repair
Power Pool Council
Electricity pricing ... 1566 Market report (electricity prices) (SP191-192/03: Tabled) ... 509 Market surveillance administrator: Annual report, 2002 (SP351/03: Tabled) ... 964
Privilege
Allegations against a member (Hate literature allegation) (Not proceeded with) ... 1288-89, 1333-34, 1338 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not proceeded with) ... 1239-40 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature): Correspondence re (SP417/03: Tabled) ... 1239 Member's apology ... 1377-78
Profile of Alberta Seniors (Document)
Copy tabled (SP213/03) ... 607
Provincial/Municipal Council on Roles, Responsibilities and Resources in the 21st Century, Minister's
Public Affairs Bureau
Publicity campaign re electricty deregulation ... 1697 Publicity campaign re electricty deregulation: PAB request for proposal re (SP625/03: Tabled) ... 1703
Public lands
Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute over ... 1604 Dispositions of ... 1557 Management of ... 1557
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49)
Public security (Buildings/infrastructure)
Ram River dam
Royalty revenue from ... 1108
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7)
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Regional health authorities
Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining negotiations ... 248-49, 330-31, 434-35, 1022-23 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining negotiations, Letter re (SP400/03: Tabled) ... 1172 Elected boards of, dismissed ... 1193-94
Regional Transmission Organization West
Alberta participation ... 1620
Right to strike-Health sciences personnel
Road construction-Finance
Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re (SP612/03: Tabled) ... 1677-78
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Auditor General's comments re ... 1457 General remarks ... 1456-57 Reduction programs ... 1458 Review of ... 1457
Rural electrification associations
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
Schools-Construction
Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re (SP612/03) ... 1677-78
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14)
Senior citizens' lodges-Maintenance and repair
Small business
Impact of electricity prices on ... 598, 607, 645, 662 Impact of natural gas prices on ... 645
Special Areas Trust Account
Suncor Inc.
Expansion ... 1227 Expansion: Environmental aspects ... 918
Superintendent of Insurance
Supports for independence program
Changes to: Documents re (M10/03: Defeated) ... 514 Rate increase ... 811, 887-88, 937-38, 1023 Rate increase: Petition tabled re (SP573 & SP624/03) ... 1652, 1703 Underexpended funds from, used for homeless housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... 361-62 Utility costs component: Minister's memo re (SP47/03: Tabled) ... 117
Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 4, 2001)
Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board
Surplus, Budgetary
Use for infrastructure funding: Petition tabled re (SP612/03) ... 1677-78
Swan Hills Treatment Centre
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Aboriginal programs ... 1603 Workplace safety record ... 1230
Teachers-Laws and legislation
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47)
Tools
Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1046-47
Tourism
Impact of industrial development on ... 1108
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206)
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Tuition fees
Letters re (SP60, 200/03: Tabled) ... 148, 565
Unemployment-Aboriginal peoples
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Local 1325: Recognition of ... 147
United Nurses of Alberta
Contract negotiations: Letter re (SP400/03: Tabled) ... 1172
University of Alberta
Tuition fees: Letter re (SP60/03: Tabled) ... 148
Victims of crime
Assistance programs: Funding for ... 1080
Volumetric and infrastructure petroleum information registry
Water resources development
Outside Alberta initiatives re ... 1108
Water tables
Impact of coal-bed methane production on ... 920
Way of the Cross Easter walk
Widows-Pensions
Underexpended funds from, used for homeless housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... 361-62
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50)
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 26, 2002)
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 38)
Second reading ... 1714 Third reading ... 2087
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
Second reading ... 223-24 Committee ... 516, 518-19 Third reading ... 818-19 Official Opposition letter re (SP86/03: Tabled) ... 216
Workers' Compensation Board
Coverage of older workers ... 1022 Employers' premiums ... 1021-22, 1799 FOIP request responses ... 1022 Golf course fees for executives of ... 1799 Long standing claims issue ... 1022 Private health providers usage: Costs ... 1022
Workplace safety
Call centre re ... 1022 General remarks ... 1022, 1230 Substance abuse related incidents ... 851
Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill)
Alberta Treasury Branches Act
Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336
Cancer in firefighters
General remarks ... 51 Workers' compensation coverage of ... 51 Workers' compensation coverage of: Legislation re (Bill 202) ... 51, 53 Workers' compensation coverage of: Petition re ... 77
Credit Union Act
Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336
Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 12)
First reading ... 336 Second reading ... 403-04 Third reading ... 1492
Firefighters
Recognition of ... 1800-01 Statement re ... 51
Insurance Act
Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336
Loan and Trust Corporations Act
Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336
Members' Statements (2003)
Alberta's firefighters ... 51
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003)
Firefighters' cancers coverage by workers compensation ... 77
Public Service Pension Plans Act
Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Workers' Compensation Act
Coverage of firefighters' cancers ... 51 Coverage of firefighters' cancers: Petition re ... 77
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek)
18-methoxycoronaridine (Drug)
A-Fujian influenza strain
Coverage by current flu shots ... 1939
Alberta Aids to Daily Living
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Drug abuse prevention programs ... 332, 1961
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP822/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Alberta Association of Registered Occupational Therapists
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP17/03: Tabled) ... 53 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP825/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Alberta Cancer Board
Equipment funding for ... 1290 Funding for ... 1290
Alberta Children's Provincial General Hospital
Renovations funding ... 1291
Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists
Annual report, 2002 (SP819/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Alberta College of Pharmacists
Annual report,2002-03 (SP823/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Alberta College of Social Workers
Annual report, 2002 (SP824/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Annual report, 2002 (SP820/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Alberta Dental Assistants Association
Annual report, 2002 (SP818/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Alberta Dental Association and College
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP18/03: Tabled) ... 53
Alberta Dental Hygienists' Association
Annual report, 2002 (SP817/02: Tabled) ... 1943
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Midwifery services coverage ... 1048 Physiotherapy coverage ... 477-78
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP19/03: Tabled) ... 53
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Drug addiction research funding ... 1961
Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
Alberta Hospital, Ponoka
Future status of ... 1299 Privatization of ... 1299
Alberta Medical Association
Alberta Mental Health Board
Funding for ... 1290 Provision of provincewide programs ... 561 Transfer of services to regional health authorities ... 561, 1299
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Complaints re mold contamination situation at Foothills Hospital ... 1281, 1325-26
Alberta Wellnet (Health information network)
Alzheimer's
Provincial initiative re ... 252
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng.
Calgary health region/private partners consortium re ... 1797, 2061-62
Arbitration (Labour relations)
Nurses' bargaining situation ... 1891
Asbestos
Contamination problem in Foothills hospital ... 397-98
Aspen Regional Health Authority [New boundary]
Community health councils in ... 1797 Funding for ... 1299 General remarks ... 1290
Auditor General
Health care billings between RHA's, Review of ... 210-11
Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Region
Asbestos contamination situation ... 397-98 Chief Executive Officer salary ... 1841 Deficit financing ... 1841 Emergency services ... 1003-04, 1005, 1045, 1166, 1170 Funding ... 1235, 1290, 1886-87 Holy Cross hospital air quality ... 1569 Inclusion of Didsbury hospital in ... 936 Internal review of Vince Motta case ... 1165-66, 1170, 1236-37 Mold contamination problem at Foothills Hospital ... 1118, 1211, 1232, 1280-81, 1325-26, 1370 New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for ... 1841, 1888 Nursing overtime costs ... 185 Partnership in Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng. ... 1797, 2061-62 Privatization initiatives ... 1841
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Health accord funding element ... 10
Canada health transfer (Proposed)
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Report on social cost of abuse ... 1961
Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation
Capital Health Authority
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP45/03: Tabled) ... 117 Billing problems re out-of-region patients ... 210-11 Board composition ... 209-10 Board composition: Tory caucus role re ... 503 Death of patient at Mill Woods extended care facility, Investigation of ... 212 Funding ... 1235, 1887 General remarks ... 1290 Northern Alberta services ... 1887
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 1888
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
West Nile virus prevention protocol ... 856
Centre of excellence in bone and joint care (Foothills hospital, Calgary)
Centre of excellence in cardiac care (University hospital, Edmonton)
Chinook Regional Health Authority [New boundary]
Collective bargaining-Health sciences personnel
Collective bargaining-Nurses
College of Alberta Psychologists
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP826/03: Tabled) ... 1943
College of Dietitians of Alberta
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP821/02: Tabled) ... 1943
College of Physical Therapists of Alberta
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP324/03: Tabled) ... 859
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Patient safety initiatives ... 1296 Private surgical procedures, safety of ... 1295
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Committee on Justice and Human Rights, House of Commons Standing
Emergency personnel exposure to blood-borne pathogens, recommendation re ... 506
Committees, Government-appointed
Costs of health related committees (M3/03: Accepted) ... 513
Communicable diseases-Control
General remarks ... 1119, 1232 Responses to questions on (SP459/03: Tabled) ... 1405
Community health councils
Community health services-Employees
Community rehabilitation programs (Physical therapy)
Conflict of interest
Private MRI clinics and MRI utilization rates ... 1498
Correctional institutions
Infectious diseases in ... 1119 Infectious diseases in: Responses to questions re (SP459/03: Tabled) ... 1405
Crystal methamphetamine (Drug)
Dependent Adults Act
Relation to Mental Health Act ... 788
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Annual report, 2002-03, Sections I and II (SP753-754/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (M6/03: Response tabled as SP593/03) ... 513, 1652 Estimates debated ... 1289-96, 1298-1301 Performance measures ... 1292, 1300 Senior staff credit card statements: Details re (M7/03: Defeated) ... 513
Diabetes-Aboriginal peoples
Diagnostic imaging services
Didsbury hospital
Inclusion in Calgary health region ... 936
Diversion (Mentally disabled offenders)
Calgary pilot project re ... 891-92 General remarks ... 1939
Drug abuse-Treatment
General remarks ... 1961 Use of Ibogaine re ... 1961
Drugs, Prescription-Costs
Education-Curricula
Health and life skills courses ... 1291
Emergency medical technicians
Review of role of ... 1292
Emergency services personnel
Exposure to communicable diseases ... 506, 1208 Exposure to communicable diseases: Ontario legislation re ... 506, 1208
Enbrel (Drug)
Coverage under health care plan ... 1290, 1294
Expert Advisory Panel to Review Publically Funded Health Services
Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513, 1652 MRI services utilization review ... 1293, 1498 Report ... 477-78
Extended care facilities
Patient drug administration issues re ... 788 Patient safety issues re ... 212 Provision of, at Charles Camsell Hospital ... 1774 Separation of spouses in ... 1842
Extended care facilities-Fees
Extended care facilities-Finance
Extended care facilities-Mill Woods, Edmonton
Death of patient at: Investigation of ... 212
First Ministers' conference, Ottawa, January 2003
Food safety-Fees
Collection of, by regional health authorities ... 355, 440-41
Foothills Provincial General Hospital
Asbestos contamination situation ... 397-98 Equipment transferred to other facilites, Testing of ... 1370 Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit ... 1118, 1211, 1232, 1280-81, 1325-26, 1370 Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit: Committee to investigate ... 1370
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Guardianship (Dependent adults)
Guardian's access to medical information ... 601
Health facilities-Construction
Funding for ... 1291 Public/private partnerships re ... 1301
Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8)
First reading ... 52 Second reading ... 122 Third reading ... 1442
Health Information Act
Confidentiality provisions re private sector ... 853 Emergency personnel protection provisions ... 506 Guardians' access to medical information provisions ... 601
Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10)
Health ministers' meeting (Provincial / federal / territorial), December 2002
Patient safety discussions ... 1296
Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 52)
First reading ... 1741 Second reading ... 1944 Third reading ... 2092
Health Reform Implementation Team
Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513, 1652
Health sciences personnel
Health sciences personnel-Education
Health sciences personnel-Law and legislation
Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 294
Health sciences personnel-Supply
Health Services Utilization and Outcomes Commission
MRI services utilization review ... 1293, 1498
Healthy U (Health promotion campaign)
Holy Cross Hospital
Air quality in ... 1569 Mold contamination tests at ... 1569 Renovation problems (Health and safety violations) ... 559, 602
Home care program-Finance
Hospitals
Sale of, to finance labour settlements ... 958
Hospitals-Calgary
New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 1841, 1888
Hospitals-Emergency services
Immunization
Influenza ... 1939 Meningitis (Provincial campaign) ... 1206, 1289 Pandemic influenza plan ... 1939
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Physician prescribing patterns, Prohibition on sale of information re ... 852
Insurance, Malpractice-Midwives
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04
Estimates debated ... 465
Laboratories, Medical-Finance
Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27)
Lakeland Health Region [Old boundary]
Funds transfer with Capital Health Authority ... 210-11 General remarks ... 1299
Long-Term Care Review Advisory Committee
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging clinics, Private
Role in MRI utilization rates ... 1498
Medical care, Primary-Finance
Federal funding ... 10 General remarks ... 1673
Medical care-Finance-Rural areas
Medical equipment-Finance
Medical errors
Centre to reduce and report on ... 1296 General remarks ... 1296 Monitoring of ... 1281-82
Medical officers of health
Medical profession
Marketing campaigns to ... 852
Medical profession-Education
Medical profession-Supply
Medical records, Electronic
Medical records-Access issues
Fees ... 601 Guardians' access rights ... 601
Medical records-Collection
Legislation re (Bill 52) ... 1741
Medical records-Confidentiality
Mental Health Act
Relation to Dependent Adults Act ... 788
Mental health services-Aboriginal people
Midwives and midwifery
Coverage by health care plan ... 1048
Mistahia Regional Health Authority [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002 (SP539/03: Tabled) ... 1626
Mosquito control programs
National Patient Safety Foundation (U.S.)
Northern Lights Health Region [New boundary]
Nurses-Law and legislation
Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 294
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Private surgical facilities' compliance with ... 602
Official Opposition
Health care policy ... 1888
Oral Question Period (2003)
Administration of psychotropic drugs ... 788 Aids to daily living program ... 1646 Air quality at Holy Cross hospital ... 1569 Anglo-Canadian clinics ... 1797 Asbestos abatement at the Foothills hospital ... 397-98 Assisted care facility review ... 212 Calgary diversion project ... 891-92 Calgary health region review ... 1165-66, 1170 Calgary regional health authority ... 1841, 1886-87 Capital regional health authority board ... 209-10 Charles Camsell hospital ... 1774, 1839-40 Community health councils ... 1797 Crystal methamphetamine ... 332 Drug addiction research ... 1961 Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 Elective surgery wait lists ... 888 Electronic health records ... 142-43 Emergency services in Calgary health region ... 1003-04, 1005, 1045 Emergency services workers ... 506 Federal health care funding ... 9-10 Flu shot campaign ... 1939 Food establishment permit fees ... 355 Food permit fees ... 440-41 Health authorities' advertising campaign ... 1210 Health care funding ... 1373 Health care labour legislation ... 249-50, 294 Health care labour relations ... 958, 1699, 1890-91 Health care services ... 1673-74 Health care waiting lists ... 1397-98 Health region boundaries ... 936 Health regions' funding formula ... 1235 Health safety of police and emergency workers ... 1208 Holy Cross hospital renovations ... 559 Infectious diseases in corrections facilities ... 1119 Labour supply ... 480 Legal guardians' access to medical information ... 601 Long-term care facilities ... 252, 1842 Low-income Albertans ... 209 Magnetic resonance imaging ... 1498 Medical officers of health ... 755-56 Medical school tuition fees ... 715-16 Mental health services ... 561 Midwifery services ... 1048 Monitoring medical errors ... 1281-82 Mosquito control program ... 560, 1645 Personal health information ... 852-53 Physiotherapy programs ... 477-78 Private surgical facility contracts ... 602 Regional health authorities' billings ... 210-11 Regional health authority boards ... 213 Regional Health Authority human resource costs ... 185 Severe acute respiratory syndrome ... 558, 853, 1232 Severe acute respiratory syndrome and West Nile virus ... 1207 Southeast Calgary hospital ... 1888 Street divergence program ... 1939 Telehealth ... 1644 Toxic mold in Foothills medical centre ... 1118, 1211, 1232, 1280-81, 1325-26, 1370 U.K./Calgary Regional Health Authority consortium ... 2061-62 West Nile virus ... 855-56, 1644
Palliser Health Authority/Region [New boundary]
Funding for ... 1290 Medical officer of health situation ... 756
Patient safety
Canadian foundation for ... 1296 General remarks ... 1296
Peace Country Health [New boundary]
Pharmaceutical information network
Physical fitness-Teaching
Daily mandatory courses ... 1890
Physical therapy
Coverage under health care plan ... 477-78
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Preventive medical services
Progressive Conservative caucus-Edmonton
Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta
Provincial Laboratory of Public Health
Funding ... 1232 West Nile testing facilities ... 1644
Psychotropic drugs
Administration of ... 788
Public Health Act
Isolation orders provisions ... 853
Public Health Appeal Board
Annual report, 2002 (SP93/03: Tabled) ... 257
Red Deer Regional Hospital
Regional health authorities
Agent of the Crown fundraising foundations: Repeal of (Bill 8) ... 52 Aids to Daily Living services ... 1646 Billing problems re out-of-region patients ... 210-11 Boundary changes ... 936, 1289, 1290, 1299 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining negotiations ... 249-50, 294 Business plans/service contracts with Health dept. ... 1291-92 Committee on collaboration re services of: Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513, 1652 Deficit financing ... 1890 Elected boards of ... 213 Food establishment permit fees, Collection of ... 355, 440-41 Funding formula: Population-based ... 1886 General remarks ... 1890 Isolation facilities ... 853 Labour settlements costs ... 958 Medical error monitoring ... 1281-82, 1296 Mental health services transferred to ... 561, 1289, 1290, 1299 Nurses contract negotiations: Overtime issue ... 185 Nursing overtime costs ... 185 Privatization initiatives ... 1774 Provincewide services ... 1290 Sale of facilities to finance labour settlements ... 958
Regional Health Authority No. 5 [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP20/03: Tabled) ... 53
Remicade (Drug)
Coverage under health care plan ... 1290, 1294
Senior citizens-Housing
Assisted living concept ... 1842
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Surgical services, Private
Compliance with occupational health and safety regulations ... 602 Provision of, at Charles Camsell Hospital ... 1774
Tuition fees
For medical students ... 715-16
United Nurses of Alberta
Complaints re mold contamination situation at Foothills Hospital ... 1281, 1325-26 Contract negotiations: Overtime issue ... 185
University of Calgary
Partnership in Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng. ... 1797
Vaccines-Finance
Cutbacks ... 1232 General remarks ... 1289
Waiting lists (Medical care)
WestView Regional Health Authority [Old boundary]
World Health Organization
Alert issued re severe acute respiratory syndrome ... 558 Flu vaccine report ... 1939 West Nile virus protocol ... 856
Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills)
Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial)
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 46-47
Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Region
Inclusion of Didsbury hospital in ... 936 Inclusion of Didsbury hospital in: Letters re (SP99-100, 331, 343, 372, 568/03) ... 257, 893, 964, 1052, 1651 Inclusion of Didsbury hospital in: Petition tabled re (SP57/03) ... 148
Canadian Finals Rodeo
Recognition of winners at ... 1892
Children from broken marriages
Constitution Act, 1982
Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 238-39
Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta
Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1263-64
Didsbury hospital
Inclusion in Calgary health region ... 936 Inclusion in Calgary health region: Letters re (SP99-100, 331, 343, 372, 568/03) ... 257, 893, 964, 1052, 1651 Inclusion in Calgary health region: Petition tabled re (SP57/03) ... 148
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 880, 925
Electric power-Prices
Impact on hog producers ... 47
Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 91 Third reading ... 674
Farm equipment dealerships
Legislation re (Bill 55) ... 1966
Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55)
Farm income disaster program (Alberta)
Fines (Traffic violations)
Revenue from: Allocation of ... 184
Hay-Transportation
Load securement standards: Harmonization of ... 1889 Load securement standards: Harmonization of (Western provinces memorandum of understanding re) ... 1889
Horses and West Nile virus
Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32)
Amendment (SP460/03: Tabled) ... 1440 Amendments (SP461-464/03: Tabled) ... 1440
Livestock
Tracking system re ... 960
Livestock brands-Inspection
Maintenance (Domestic relations)
Net income stabilization account (Farm income program)
Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 208)
Olds College
90th Anniversary of ... 962 General remarks ... 1050-51
Oral Question Period (2003)
Enforcement of access orders ... 600 Farm income diaster program ... 1371-72 Farm income support programs ... 46-47 Health region boundaries ... 936 Livestock industry review ... 960 Load securement standards ... 1889 Net income stabilization account ... 1118 Police services ... 183-84 West Nile virus ... 251, 1646
Organized crime-Prevention
Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1263-64
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003)
Didsbury hospital inclusion in Calgary health authority (SP57/03) ... 148
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Regional health authorities
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
Terrorist attacks-Prevention
Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1263-64
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206)
West Nile virus
Control methods for ... 1646 General remarks ... 251 Horses contracting of ... 1646
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
Maskell, Mr. Bob (PC, Edmonton-Meadowlark)
A-Fujian influenza strain
Coverage by current flu shots ... 1939
Alberta Ballet
Recognition of ... 1170 Statement re ... 1010
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Enoch First Nation's casino application approval ... 1167
Alberta Gaming Research Institute
Gambling-related crime study ... 1167
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 1697
Auditor General
Departmental emergency preparedness plans comments ... 643
Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta
Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1425-26
Dept. of Learning
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1065
Early literacy programs (Pre-school)
Aboriginal children ... 1496
Education-Finance
General remarks ... 399, 1697 Letters re (SP408 & 518/03: Tabled) ... 1213, 1625
Enoch First Nation
Destination resort and casino, west Edmonton ... 1167
Gambling-related crime-Prevention
Gasoline stations
Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1429, 1593-94
Governor General's literary award for children's literature
Heritage Classic hockey game, Edmonton (November 22, 2003)
Arts component: Recognition of ... 1892
Iraq
Military action against ... 643 Military action against: Travel restrictions re ... 602-03
Medicine Wheel Early Learning Centre
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former members' association (Motion 511: Johnson) ... 1599, 1819-20
Members' Statements (2003)
Ministerial Task Force on Security
Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207)
Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 208)
Oral Question Period (2003)
Aboriginal youth suicide ... 1621 Early learning programs ... 1496 Education funding ... 1697 Education system ... 399 Emergency preparedness ... 643 Flu shot campaign ... 1939 Gambling-related crime prevention ... 1167 High-speed rail link ... 935-36 International travel restrictions ... 602-03
Organized crime-Prevention
Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1425-26
Rail service, High-speed-Edmonton/Calgary
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
School groups
Travel restrictions for ... 602
Stitches. Stitches. (Novel)
Terrorist attacks-Prevention
Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1425-26
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206)
Travel at public expense
Restrictions due to Iraq situation ... 602-03
Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands)
Aboriginal/industry partnerships
Action for Healthy Communities
Alberta-Economic conditions
Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity
Draft report (SP628/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Report ... 1696, 1738 Revised mandate to review billing problems ... 1548, 1570 Revised mandate to review billing problems: News release re (SP512/03: Tabled) ... 1574
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution: Copy tabled (SP667/03) ... 1778-79
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
ATCO electricity flow-through pricing option ... 957 Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire charges) decisions ... 1447-48, 1458 Enmax rate increase approval ... 1738 Enmax rate increase approval: News release re (SP635/03: Tabled) ... 1741
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Deflation-proofing of ... 906 Investment asset mix ... 903
Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation
P3 entities' access to funding from ... 1093 Retained earnings of, transferred to General Revenue Fund ... 1048-49 Retained earnings of, transferred to General Revenue Fund: Financial report comments re (SP382/03: Tabled) ... 1052
Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 20)
Third reading ... 1608 Letter re (SP386/03: Tabled) ... 1096
Alberta Rural Utilities Association
Comments on electricity deregulation ... 1495
Alberta/United States relations
General remarks ... 648 Premier's letter re ... 672, 719
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
AMFC funding, P3 entities' access to ... 1093 AMFC funding, P3 entities' access to: Letter re concerns re (SP386/03: Tabled) ... 1096 AMFC retained earnings transfer, Concerns re ... 1048-49 AMFC retained earnings transfer, Concerns re: Article re (SP382/03: Tabled) ... 1052 Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET program) ... 1048-49
Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Act (Bill 207, 2002)
Apartment fire, Edmonton (March 11, 2003)
Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 54)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Letter re (SP337/03: Tabled) ... 894
ATCO Electric
Flow-through pricing option ... 957 Flow-through pricing option: Web page re (SP354/03: Tabled) ... 964 Power bills increase ... 501-02, 557, 957, 1738
ATCO Pipelines
Transmission cost increases ... 1374-75
Auditor General
BSE compensation programs auditing ... 1837 Long-term care facilities: Request for investigation by, Brief requesting (SP805/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Revenue dept. comments ... 903
Beaver County
Increased power bill (SP511/03: Tabled) ... 1574
Bellevue elementary school, Edmonton
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Compensation programs re ... 1837 Compensation programs re: Auditing of ... 1837 Compensation programs re: News release re (SP722/03: Tabled) ... 1846
Budget
2003-04 second-quarter report ... 1886 Statement re ... 1094-95
Calgary Board of Education
Deficit finance ... 756 General remarks ... 717 School closures: Letter re (SP533/03: Tabled) ... 1625
Calgary Catholic Board of Education
Utility bills increase: Budget document re (SP614/03: Tabled) ... 1678
Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Region
Deficit financing: Use of provincial surplus re ... 1886 Internal review of Vince Motta case ... 1165-66 Public/judicial inquiry into ... 1236-37
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Still in the Dark (Research paper on electricity prices) ... 1148
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta advertising campaign re: Costs of ... 1035 Alberta position re ... 1964 Alberta position re: Letter re (SP851/03: Tabled) ... 1967
Capital Health Authority
Deficit financing: Use of provincial surplus re ... 1886
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 1360 Public/private partnerships re: Access to AMFC funding ... 1093
Chartered schools-Calgary
Letter re (SP533/03: Tabled) ... 1625
Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25)
Class size (Grade school)
Letters re (SP220/03: Tabled) ... 607
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to, Costs of publicity campaign re ... 1035
Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill 37)
Coalition of Seniors Advocates
Letter re seniors' benefits (SP721/03: Tabled) ... 1846
Collective bargaining-Health sciences personnel
Collective bargaining-Nurses
Letters re (SP785/03: Tabled) ... 1894 Streamlining of ... 476
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 342 Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Notice to refer to ... 305
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Government members boycott of: Point of privilege re ... 1339-40
Corrections Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 26)
Cull Animal Program (Federal)
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Economic Development
Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1147-48
Dept. of Energy
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1458-59
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... 195
Dept. of Revenue
Estimates debated ... 903, 905
Dept. of Transportation
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1360
Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada)
Drinking water-Aboriginal reserves
Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation
School lunch program: Recognition of ... 1740
Edmonton Coalition against War and Racism
Edmonton Economic Development Authority
Edmonton May Week Festival
Brochure re (SP416/03: Tabled) ... 1239
Edmonton Police Service
Provincial services provided by: Funding for, Report on (SP445/03: Tabled) ... 1333
Edmonton Public School Board
Deficit financing ... 756 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 13 Funding for ... 666
Education-Fees
Legislation re (Bill 209) ... 508
Education-Finance
General remarks ... 13, 357, 435, 603-04, 756, 1094-95, 1177, 1540, 1622, 1645 Letters re (SP12, 289, 535, 537/03: Tabled) ... 16-17, 758, 1625 Lottery funds: Letter re (SP534/03: Tabled) ... 1625
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 993, 994-96, 997, 1000 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock - amendment) ... 875
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42)
Electric power-Prices
Editorial re (SP353/03: Tabled) ... 964 General remarks ... 46, 329-30, 501-02, 557, 785-86, 1094-95, 1447-48, 1495, 1540, 1570-71, 1674, 1696, 1703, 1738 Impact of utility debt load on ... 70-71 Impact on municipalities ... 1009 Impact on municipalities: Letters re (SP367, 509-511/03: Tabled) ... 1011, 1574 Impact on school utility costs ... 357 Impact on seniors: Letters re (SP104, 579, 852/03: Tabled) ... 257, 1652, 1967 Impact on small business ... 1147-48 Letter re (SP40, 120, 135 154, 179, 193, 229/03: Tabled) ... 78, 303, 336-37, 402, 483, 509-10, 649 Petition re ... 1966
Electric power-Retail sales
Electric power lines-Construction
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 46, 501-02, 557, 1009, 1148, 1447-48, 1495, 1540, 1570, 1674, 1696, 1738 Deregulation: Emergency motion re (SO40) ... 1550-51 Deregulation: Independent review of ... 1495, 1548 Deregulation: Letters re (SP193, 493, 692/03: Tabled) ... 509-10, 1549, 1803 Deregulation: Petition re ... 1966, 2015 Deregulation: Statement re ... 1548 Deregulation: Study of, news release re (SP512/03: Tabled) ... 1574
Electric utilities-Regulations-California
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Electrical power purchase agreements
Power company debt repayment provisions in ... 71
Emergency motions under Standing Order 40
Electricity deregulation ... 1550-51
Emergency services personnel
Medal for: Statement re ... 1668
Energy efficiency (Buildings)
Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings)
AUMA proposals re (MEET program) ... 1048-49 General remarks ... 1360
Energy industry
Aboriginal opportunities in ... 2009-10 General remarks ... 785-86 Use of water supplies ... 1104
Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18)
Enmax Corporation
Electric power rates ... 1738 Electric power rates: News release re (SP635/03: Tabled) ... 1741
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36)
ESBI Alberta Ltd.
Facilitating Major New Generation in Alberta (Report) (SP466/03: Tabled) ... 1453
Escherichia coli
Levels in groundwater near intensive livestock operations ... 1104
Extended care facilities
Auditor General investigation of: Brief requesting (SP805/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Extended care facilities-Fees
Increase in: Petition re ... 1942
Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act (Bill 23)
Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55)
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2)
Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 15)
Forest management
Changes in, re softwood lumber dispute ... 1115, 1279-80
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
West Edmonton Mall loan refinancing details, Request under ... 1401 West Edmonton Mall loan refinancing details, Request under: Copy of (SP451/03: Tabled) ... 1405
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28)
Gas, Natural-Export
Impact on petrochemical feedstocks ... 1147
Gas, Natural-Prices
General remarks ... 115, 141-42, 184-85, 296, 399, 647, 785-86, 1374-75, 1458 Impact on school utility costs ... 357 Impact on seniors: Letters re (SP104 & 579/03: Tabled) ... 257, 1652 Letters re (SP30-31, 41, 53, 58, 120, 135, 154, 166, 179, 193, 229, 305/03: Tabled) ... 53, 78, 118, 149, 303, 336-37, 402, 443, 483, 509-10, 649, 793
Gas, Natural-Prices-Calgary
Gas, Natural-Prices-Edmonton
Tory caucus presentation re ... 1935
Gas pipelines
Stripping of natural gas liquids from throughput of ... 1147
Gas pipelines-Maintenance and repair
Gas utilities-Regulations
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Gasoline-Taxation
Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1360
Government departments
Communications divisions ... 1034-35
Grain-Marketing
Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain farmers' protest re ... 1964
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for: Alberta advertising campaign re ... 1035
Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10)
Horse Hill junior high school, Edmonton
Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32)
Insurance, Automobile
All-party committee to review (Motion 512: MacDonald) ... 1988
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33)
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04
Iraq
Military action against: Letter re (SP251-253, 259/03: Tabled) ... 672, 719 Military action against: Statement re ... 648
Iraq-Politics and government
Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27)
Light rail transit-Calgary
Light rail transit-Edmonton
Livestock industry, Intensive
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Impact on E coli levels in groundwater ... 1104
Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 34)
Lottery Fund
Education funding: Letter re (SP534/03: Tabled) ... 1625
Low-income families
Impact of high utility costs on ... 115
Low-income seniors-Housing
Seniors in subsidized housing: Impact of high utility costs on ... 115
McCauley school, Edmonton
Funding reductions ... 603-04 Funding reductions: Documents re (SP206, 221/03: Tabled) ... 565, 607
Medical care-Finance
General remarks ... 1094-95 Use of surplus for funding ... 1886
Members' apologies to the House
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former members' association (Motion 511: Johnson) ... 1599 Salaries determination ... 117, 361, 442
Members' Statements (2003)
The budget race ... 1094-95 Electricity deregulation ... 1548 Iraq conflict ... 648
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Ministerial Statements (2003)
Alberta's economic outlook ... 1540-41 Emergency services personnel ... 1668 National Day of Mourning ... 1230
Montreal massacre of women college students
Motions under Standing Order 15(6)
Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections committee ... 342
Mountain View County
Increased power bill (SP510/03: Tabled) ... 1574
Municipal government
Impact of high energy prices on ... 1009 Impact of high energy prices on: Letters re (SP367, 509-511/03: Tabled) ... 1011, 1574
National Day of Mourning (Injured Workers)
Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001)
Natural gas rebates
Edmonton city council resolution re (SP76/03: Tabled) ... 189 General remarks ... 399, 647, 1935 Letters re (SP53, 77, 305/03: Tabled) ... 118, 189, 793
Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 51)
Natural resources revenue
Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 208)
Memo re third reading of (SP786/03: Tabled) ... 1968
Office of the Premier
Premier's letter to U.S. re Iraq crisis ... 648 Premier's letter to U.S. re Iraq crisis: Letters re (SP251-253, 259/03: Tabled) ... 672, 719 Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain farmers' protest ... 1964 Premier's remarks re ND staff member ... 337 Premier's travel: Letter re (SP636/03: Tabled) ... 1741
Old Scona Academic High School
Budget cuts: Document re (SP228/03: Tabled) ... 649
Oral Question Period (2003)
Assistance to cattle industry ... 1837 ATCO electricity rates ... 957 Automobile insurance ... 2059 Budget surplus ... 1886 Calgary health region review ... 1165-66, 1236-37 Charter schools ... 717 Education funding ... 13, 357, 435, 603-04, 756, 1622, 1645 Education property taxes ... 890 Electricity costs ... 70-71 Electricity deregulation ... 46, 1009, 1447-48, 1495, 1570 Electricity prices ... 329-30, 501-02, 557, 1674, 1696 Electricity rates ... 1738 Energy prices ... 296, 785-86 Energy rebates ... 647 First Nations economic development ... 2009-10 Gas industry deregulation ... 253 Grain marketing ... 1964 Health care workers' collective bargaining ... 476 Mature animal market transition program ... 1794-95 Municipal Financing Corporation ... 1048-49, 1093 Municipal policing grants ... 1329-30 Natural gas prices ... 141-42, 184-85, 399, 1374-75, 1935 School property taxes ... 931 School utilization ... 666 Softwood lumber policy ... 1115, 1279-80 Utility costs ... 115 West Edmonton Mall ... 1401
Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003)
Confined feeding operations expansion moratorium ... 1702, 1741, 1845, 2067 Electricity deregulation ... 1966, 2015 Long-term care rates ... 1942 Minimum wage increase ... 117, 361, 442 Seniors' issues ... 1942
Petrochemical industry
Feedstock supply for ... 1147
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 20 Clarification ... 720-21, 758, 2004 Decorum ... 2102 Exhibits ... 994 Explanation of Speaker's rulings ... 1053 Gestures ... 1653, 1659-60 Imputing motives ... 1632, 1684-85, 1904 Parliamentary language ... 1626-27, 1895 Private members' public Bills ... 1968 Question and comment period ... 993 Questioning a member ... 412-13 Quotations ... 1910 Reasoned amendment ... 2098 Referring to a member by name ... 402 Referring to nonmembers ... 337 Relevance ... 406, 1684-85, 1857 Similar amendments ... 2098 Tabling a cited document ... 337 Tabling documents ... 722
Police
Provincial services provided by: Funding for, Report on (SP445/03: Tabled) ... 1333
Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43)
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Privilege
Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 19) ... 259-60, 304-05 Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) ... 1339-40 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 342
Property tax-Education levy
General remarks ... 890, 903, 931, 1177 Government news release re (SP338/03: Tabled) ... 894
Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta
Bargaining committee chair: Dismissal of, Letter re (SP290/03: Tabled) ... 758
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49)
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Regional health authorities
Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining negotiations ... 476
Riverdale elementary school, Edmonton
Funding reductions ... 603-04 Funding reductions: Letter re (SP220/03: Tabled) ... 607
Road construction-Finance
Public/private partnerships ... 1360
Rural electrification associations
Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 1495
Rural gas co-ops
Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 1495
School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 209)
First reading ... 508 Second reading of, Point of order re ... 1968
School boards
Impact of high energy costs on ... 357
School councils
Fund-raising activities: Legislation re (Bill 209) ... 504
School lunch programs-Edmonton
Schools-Construction
Use of surplus for funding ... 1886
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Impact of high utility costs on ... 357
Schools-Utilization
General remarks ... 666, 717 Letter re (SP536/03: Tabled) ... 1625
Senate
Reform of: Alberta advertising campaign re ... 1035 Reform of: Motion re, consent to read motion into the record on oral notice ... 1649
Seniors' issues
Letter re (SP721/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Petitions presented re ... 1942
Service Alberta initiative (Government information access)
Small business
Impact of electricity prices on ... 1147-48
Softwoods-Export-United States
Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy changes re ... 1115, 1279-80 Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy changes re, Letter re (SP398/03: Tabled) ... 1122 Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy changes re, Provincial document re (SP431/03: Tabled) ... 1287
Supports for independence program
Letter re (SP337/03: Tabled) ... 894
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 1177, 1886 Use for education ... 1886 Use for hospital funding ... 1886
Taxation
Quotations from former Provincial Treasurers re (SP342/03: Tabled) ... 938
TD Economics
The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1540
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 35)
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47)
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206)
Transportation, Urban-Finance
Transportation-Finance
General remarks ... 1360 Public/private partnerships ... 1360
Treasury Branches
Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan refinancing ... 1401 Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan refinancing: FOIP request re (SP451/03: Tabled) ... 1405
Treaty 8 First Nations
Consultations with, re public land access issues ... 2009-10
United Nurses of Alberta
Letter re dismissal of Provincial Health Authorities bargaining committee chair (SP290/03: Tabled) ... 758
Wages-Minimum wage
Increase in ... 358 Increase in: Petitions presented re ... 117, 361, 442
Wages-Teachers
Funding for increase in ... 435
Water supply
Use by energy industry ... 1104
Water treatment plants
Funding for ... 1360 General remarks ... 1102
West Edmonton Mall
Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's involvement ... 1401 Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's involvement, FOIP request re (SP451/03: Tabled) ... 1405
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50)
Wood Buffalo (Municipality)
Increased power bill (SP509/03: Tabled) ... 1574
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
Committee ... 517, 525 General remarks ... 442
Workers' Compensation Board
Long standing claims issue: Letter from injured worker re (SP806/03: Tabled) ... 1943
Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods)
Aboriginal children-Education
Adoption web site, Provincial
Alberta Cities Transportation Partnership program
Alberta College and Technical Institutes Students' Executive Council
Alberta family employment tax credit
Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 95-96
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 48)
Second reading ... 1897 Committee ... 2071
Alberta initiative for school improvement
McCauley school project ... 712
Alberta New Home Warranty Program
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 4)
Committee ... 310 Third reading ... 1441
Alberta Registries
Provision of vital statistics information online ... 1309
Alberta Response Model (Child welfare)
Alberta School Boards Association
Property tax changes, Recommendation re ... 957
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Auditor General's comments re education funds in ... 1696
Alberta Teachers' Association
Position on class size, point of privilege re Minister of Learning's comments re ... 17-18
Alberta Transportation Safety Board
Alberta's Commission on Learning
General remarks ... 298, 1066 Postsecondary education system recommendation ... 1842 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 1695, 1794, 1941 Submission to (SP280/03: Tabled) ... 758
Alberta's Promise
Private sector involvement in ... 1048
Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 17)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 54)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefits clawback, re Employment Insurance benefits: Letter re (SP157/03: Tabled) ... 443
Auditor General
Alberta Sustainability Fund (education funds) comments ... 1696 Children's Services dept. comments ... 1349
Autistic children
Treatment methods for ... 1344
Automobile drivers' licences
New issuing system for: Reports on (M1/03: Defeated) ... 362-63
Automobile licence plates
Replacement of worn out plates ... 1309 Single plate system, removal of ... 1309
Bell West
Alberta Supernet contract ... 914
Calgary Board of Education
Calgary Catholic Board of Education
Capital projects
Surplus funding of: Petition presented re ... 1942
Chief Information Officer
Child and Family Services Authorities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 22)
Second reading ... 390 Third reading ... 842
Child tax credit
Deduction from social assistance programs: Letter re (SP157/03: Tabled) ... 443
Child welfare
Early childhood intervention programs ... 1344
Child Welfare Act
Child privacy provisions ... 72 Review of: Submission to (SP105/03: Tabled) ... 257
Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24)
Child welfare workers
Deaths of ... 1091-92 Training re violent family situations ... 1345
Children's Advocate
Children in care abuse cases ... 1234 Foster care abuse: Recommendation re external review panel for ... 110 Foster care abuse cases ... 141, 355 Response to government adoption web site ... 10
Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205)
Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25)
Class size (Grade school)
General remarks ... 180, 298, 564, 599, 711-12, 1004, 1056, 1164, 1206, 1568, 1695, 1794, 1942 Impact on low-income students: Study re (SP349/03: Tabled) ... 964 Letters re (SP348-350, 506/03: Tabled) ... 964, 1574 Minister of Learning's comments re ATA position on, point of privilege re ... 17-18 Study re (SP348/03: Tabled) ... 964
Class size (Universities)
Class size (Grade school)-Edmonton
Study re: Report (SP506/03: Tabled) ... 1574
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on ... 1519-20 Kyoto protocol on: Lougheed committee re ... 1520
Collective bargaining-Nurses
Committee on Lifelong Learning, MLA
Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512
Committees, Government-appointed
Costs ... 211 Costs of education related committees (Q9/03: Accepted) ... 512 Costs of health related committees (M3/03: Accepted) ... 513
Cooking Lake airport
Fee increase at: Letter re (SP882/03: Tabled) ... 2016
Council of Alberta University Students
Dams-Milk River
Letters re (SP799/03: Tabled) ... 1942
Day care centres-Standards
Day care in private homes
Dept. of Children's Services
Estimates debated ... 1344-45, 1349 Minister's appearance in private sector community service advertising ... 1048
Dept. of Environment
Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q10/03: Response tabled as SP589/03) ... 512
Dept. of Government Services
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (M6/03: Response tabled as SP593/03) ... 513 Senior staff credit card statements: Details re (M7/03: Defeated) ... 513
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Communications division ... 913 Estimates debated ... 913-14 Performance measures: Employee satisfaction measure ... 913, 914 Strategic management information services division ... 913
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Dept. of Learning
Edmonton Public School Board audit committee: Costs ... 211 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1056-58, 1066 Minister's comments re ATA position on class size, point of privilege re ... 17-18
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Assessment services division budget ... 1196 Budget ... 1196 Deputy minister's office budget ... 1196 Equipment/inventory purchases division budget ... 1196 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1195-96 Local government services division budget ... 1196 Minister's office budget ... 1196 Municipal services division budget ... 1196 Safety services and fire protection division (technical services) budget ... 1196 Staffing ... 1196
Dept. of Seniors
Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q5/03: Response tabled as SP586/03) ... 510-11
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q8/03: Response tabled as SP588/03) ... 511
Dept. of Transportation
Amortization of capital assets ... 1356 Deputy Minister's office budget ... 1356 Equipment budget ... 1356 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1356-57 Minister's office budget ... 1356 Salaries ... 1356 Staffing ... 1357 Support services budget ... 1356
Disabled children
Government programs ... 1344
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Early childhood education
Class sizes in ... 1794 Extension to younger children ... 1344 Funding ... 1624
Early literacy programs (Grade schools)
Edmonton Catholic School District
Closure of St. Patrick school ... 1279
Edmonton Public School Board
Administration review ... 809 Capital assets sale ... 809 Deficit financing ... 753, 790 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 332, 808-09, 1398 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of: Committee costs re ... 211 Funding for ... 181, 641-42, 886, 1004-05, 1618, 1669 Playschool lease increases ... 332 Teacher layoffs ... 1618-19
Education
General remarks ... 298 Public forum on, Minister's attendance at, Letter re (SP131/03: Tabled) ... 336 Statement re ... 1624 Submission to learning commission re (SP280/03: Tabled) ... 758
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Education-Curricula
General remarks ... 1066 Instructional time for ... 1889-90
Education-Finance
Credit enrollment unit funding formula ... 1056 General remarks ... 45-46, 180-81, 556-57, 599, 641-42, 665-66, 753-54, 790-91, 886, 930-31, 1004, 1005, 1056, 1164, 1206, 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450-51, 1568, 1618, 1624, 1669-70, 1794 Increase in ... 1695-96 Letters re (SP158-159, 240, 340, 350, 454-457, 488-491, 532, 913-914/03: Tabled) ... 443, 671, 938, 964, 1405, 1549, 1625, 2068 Petition presented re ... 1942 Professional judgment model re ... 255 Public forum on ... 1052 Statement re ... 255, 563-64, 1941 Sucessful schools model re ... 255
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat ... 181 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Point of Order re ... 218 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 881-82
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42)
Electric power-Prices
Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Impact on post-secondary students ... 477
Electric power-Retail sales
Billing systems re ... 1307
Electric utilities-Regulations
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 201)
Emergency Management Alberta
Employment insurance program (Federal)
Benefits: Provincial clawback of, re AISH program, Letter re (SP157/03: Tabled) ... 443
Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18)
English as a Second Language
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Amount of detail in ... 1196
Examinations (Grade school)
Executive Council
Estimates debated ... 1033 Performance measures ... 1033
Expert Advisory Panel to Review Publically Funded Health Services
Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513
Family and community support services program
Preschool program funding ... 332
Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act (Bill 23)
Second reading ... 391 Committee ... 1313 Third reading ... 1528
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2)
Fish populations-Calling Lake
Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response tabled as SP486/03) ... 363
Fisheries, Commercial-Calling Lake
Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response tabled as SP486/03) ... 363
Fishing, Sport-Calling Lake
Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response tabled as SP486/03) ... 363
Foster home care
Abuse of children in ... 140-41, 355 Abuse of children in: Calgary lawsuit re ... 111, 141, 397 Abuse of children in: External review panel ... 110, 141 National guidelines re ... 111 Review of ... 111
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28)
Galleries (Legislative Assembly Chamber)
Gas, Natural-Prices
Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Impact on post-secondary students ... 477
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Government communication strategy
Performance measures ... 1033
Government information
Access to: Performance measures re ... 1033 On-line provision of, to non-computer users ... 914
Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 13)
Graduate Students' Association (University of Alberta)
Grande Prairie Public School District
Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8)
Committee ... 314 Third reading ... 1442
Health Reform Implementation Team
Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513
Information and communications technology
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Report re government adoption web site ... 72 Role re government adoption web site ... 10
Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program
Insurance, Automobile
Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and suffering): Cap on, Letter re (SP880/03: Tabled) ... 2016
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Intensive behavioural intervention (Children)
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04
J. Percy Page high school
Telelearning programs: Recognition of ... 1739
Kasohkowew Child Wellness Society
Co-management agreement with province ... 1344
Kate Chegwin school council
Education forum, Minister's attendance, Letter re (SP131/03: Tabled) ... 336
Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27)
Lakewood Community League
Recognition of 25th anniversary of ... 76-77
Libraries, School-Finance
McCauley school, Edmonton
Medical care-Finance
MLA committee to review: Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513
Medical records, Electronic
Members' Statements (2003)
Adequacy funding for education ... 1941 Education funding ... 255, 563-64 Public education system ... 1624
Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9)
Ministerial Statements (2003)
Aboriginal educational programs ... 1368
MLA Postsecondary Funding Review Committee
Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512
Municipal Debenture Interest Rebate Program
Municipal finance
General remarks ... 957 Government grants ... 1196
Municipal Government Board
Backlog of cases ... 1196
Municipal sponsorship program
Oral Question Period (2003)
Calgary Board of Education ... 1496, 1937-38 Child care workers' safety ... 1091-92 Children's Services adoption web site ... 10-11, 72 Class sizes ... 1794 Edmonton Public School Board operational review ... 808-09 Education funding ... 45-46, 180-81, 556-57, 599, 641-42, 665-66, 753-54, 790-91, 886, 930-31, 1004, 1164, 1206, 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450-51, 1568, 1618, 1669-70, 1695-96 Education property taxes ... 957, 1004-05 Education system ... 298 Foster care ... 110-11, 140-41 Grade 12 diploma exams ... 1889-90 Hinton schools ... 1164-65 Legal representation for children in care ... 355-56, 396-97, 1234 McCauley school ... 711-12 Operational costs for Learning ministry committees ... 211 Postsecondary education funding ... 1324-25, 1842 Postsecondary education tuition fees ... 1962-63 Postsecondary tuition fees ... 1773 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise ... 1048 Preschool programs ... 332 School utilization formula ... 712 School utilization rates ... 1279 Student loan program ... 476-77 University of Calgary ... 251-52 Unlicensed day homes ... 2064 Utility costs for educational institutions ... 501
Papaianni, Louise
Speech re aboriginal educational programs ... 1368
Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44)
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003)
Budget surplus use for capital project funding ... 1942 Education funding ... 1942
Petroleum tank sites remediation program
Physician office system program
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 650 Allegations against a member (Edmonton loss of a constituency comments) ... 218
Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43)
Second reading ... 1747-48 Committee ... 1866-67, 1869-70, 1873-80 Third reading ... 2078, 2082 Amendment A-2 (CoW) (Subamendment SA1) (SP727/03: Tabled) ... 1870 Amendment A-3 (CoW) (Subamendment SA3) (SP730/03: Tabled) ... 1874 Amendment A-6 (CoW) (Subamendment SA4) (SP734/03: Tabled) ... 1878 General remarks ... 1963, 1966
Postsecondary educational institutions
Impact of high utility costs on ... 501
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Committees under: Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Preschools-Edmonton
Lease rate increase for ... 332
Privilege
Misleading the House (Minister of Learning's comments) (Not proceeded with) ... 17-18
Property tax-Education levy
Protection against Family Violence Act
Provincial education savings plan (Proposed)
Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 838
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public Affairs Bureau
Co-ordination re MLA travel ... 1520
Public Trustee
Children in care abuse cases ... 1234
Real Estate Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7)
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Regional health authorities
Committee on collaboration re services of: Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513
Registered education savings plan (Federal)
Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 838
Registry offices, Private
Registry offices, Private-Agents/Employees
Bonding of ... 1307 Clearance procedures for ... 1307
Registry offices, Private-Security aspects
Review Committee on Outcomes
Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 General remarks ... 1066
Road construction
Resource road/new industry program ... 1356
Road construction-Finance
Roads-Maintenance and repair
St. Patrick school, Edmonton
Save Our Schools group
Education funding petitions ... 1624
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 209)
Schools
Impact of high utility costs on ... 501
Schools-Equipment and supplies
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Schools-Utilization-Hinton
Petition tabled re (SP403/03) ... 1172 Public/separate exchanges ... 1164-65
Senators
Alberta nominees' appointment to Senate ... 1520
Senior citizens
Government programs: Information re ... 914
Sleep Country Canada
Advertising: Children's Services minister's involvement in ... 1048
Solutions for Schools (Public forum)
Notice of (SP379/03: Tabled) ... 1052
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Tuition fee increase ... 1842
Sports lottery tickets
Payouts from, 2000-02 (Q14/03: Response tabled as SP596/03) ... 1245 Revenue from, 2000-02 (Q13/03: Response tabled as SP596/03) ... 1244-45
Strategic economic corridors
Streets Improvement Program
Student financial aid
General remarks ... 476-77 Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... 838
Student Health Initiative
Student unions
Provisions in Bill 43 re ... 1966
Supports for independence program
Changes to: Documents re (M10/03: Defeated) ... 514
Surplus, Budgetary
Use for Calgary Board of Education long-term debt payment ... 1938 Use for infrastructure funding: Petition presented re ... 1942
TD Economics
The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1324-25
Teachers
General remarks ... 298, 1942 Layoffs of ... 930-31, 1004-05, 1164, 1206, 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450-51, 1496, 1568, 1574, 1618, 1669-70 Professional development of, funding for ... 1056 Specialized skills of ... 1056
Technology commercialization
Terrorist attacks-Prevention
Crisis management plan re ... 1520-21
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206)
University of Alberta
Food bank ... 477 Funding ... 1324-25 Funding: Document re (SP444/03: Tabled) ... 1333 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501
Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Edmonton
Vital Statistics
Availability online ... 1309
Volunteers, School parent
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
Masyk, Mr. Gary (PC, Edmonton-Norwood)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Licensee liability rating program ... 1168
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Letter re (SP714/03: Tabled) ... 1845
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Provincial funding for ... 12
Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta
Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426
Dental Care Review Committee
Dental Care Review Committee Act (Bill 210)
Dept. of Community Development
Edmonton-Norwood (Constituency)
Member for's comments re prisoner exchanges ... 114, 183
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 883-84
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42)
Electric power-Prices
Reduction of: Petition re ... 1801
Energy industry-Environmental aspects
Energy industry-Regulations
Gas, Natural-Prices
Reduction of: Petition re ... 1801
Gasoline stations
Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1427-28, 1595-96
Hokanson Centre for Culinary Arts
Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 204)
Juno awards, Edmonton (2004)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former members' association (Motion 511: Johnson) ... 1821-22
Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207)
Natural resources revenue
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Donation to, re food service building renovations ... 1171
Oral Question Period (2003)
Crime prevention ... 114 Human rights ... 183 Licensee liability rating program ... 1168 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 12 Untreated storm water ... 890-91
Organized crime-Prevention
Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003)
Regulation of energy corporations ... 1801
Point of Order
Allegations against members (Prisoner exchange comments) ... 191, 218
Prisoners
Foreign exchange programs re ... 114, 183 Foreign exchange programs re, News release re (SP78/03: Tabled) ... 191 Foreign exchange programs re, Point of Order re ... 191, 218
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
Storm sewer runoff-Treatment
Terrorist attacks-Prevention
Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206)
Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Storm water treatment provisions ... 891
Water pollution-Prevention
Well sites, Abandoned
Liability program re ... 1168
McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook)
Agri-Food Discovery Place
News release re (SP559/03: Tabled) ... 1651
Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 16)
Agricultural land
Competing interests re ... 1510
Agricultural Operation Practices Act
Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial)
Agricultural subsidies-Canada
U.S. trade sanctions re ... 356
Agricultural subsidies-United States
Agriculture-Environmental aspects
Agriculture-Research
Access to information re ... 1509 Applied research programs: Access to ... 1508-09
Agriculture Drought Risk Management Plan (Federal/provincial)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP738 & 742/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Crop damage programs ... 753 General remarks ... 182, 1512, 1513 Meeting with province re BSE situation ... 1914 Merger with Alberta Opportunity Company ... 1504
Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Framework
General remarks ... 1503, 1513 Report on: Copy tabled (SP23/03) ... 53
Agrivantage
Final report (Building Tomorrow Together) (SP22/03: Tabled) ... 53 General remarks ... 1508, 1510
Alberta Ag-Info Centre (Call centre)
Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP902/03: Tabled) ... 2067
Alberta Agricultural Research Institute
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 1772
Alberta Dairy Control Board
Privatization of, now Alberta Milk ... 1504
Alberta Disaster Assistance Loan Program (Agriculture)
Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Program
Environmental farm plans workbook ... 1510 General remarks ... 1504
Alberta Fed Cattle Competitive Market Adjustment Program
Alberta Grain Commission
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP903/03: Tabled) ... 2067
Alberta Mature Animal Market Transition Program
Alberta Milk
Formerly Alberta Dairy Control Board ... 1504
Alberta Opportunity Company
Merger with Agriculture Financial Services Corporation ... 1504
Alberta Order of Excellence
Investiture ceremony program (SP904/03: Tabled) ... 2067
Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation
Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Act (Bill 207, 2002)
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 1700
Alfalfa dehydration plants
Auditor General
BSE compensation programs auditing ... 1837
AVAC Ltd.
Involvement with Leduc food processing centre incubation facility ... 1402, 1512
Banks and banking
Role during BSE situation ... 1914
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Compensation programs re ... 1837, 1913, 2011 Compensation programs re: Auditing of ... 1837 Impact on cattle industry ... 1914 Laboratory facilities re ... 1913, 1914 Live testing for ... 1914 Testing for ... 1913, 1914
Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development Fund
Watershed research projects ... 1509
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Canadian Bankers Association
Meeting with province re BSE situation ... 1914
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Compensation re infectious animals' slaughter ... 1646 Feeder cattle import program rules ... 1449, 1511 Review of animal testing laboratory facilities ... 1913, 1914
Cattle-Identification
Tracking program re ... 1511
Cattle-Import-United States
Restricted feeder entry program ... 1449, 1511
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 342-43
Cull Animal Program (Federal)
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP741/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Budget ... 1504-05 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1503-13 Estimates 2003-04 debated: Response to questions during (SP558/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Performance measures ... 1510 Reorganization of ... 1505 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... 198-202 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Responses to questions during (SP195-196/03: Tabled) ... 564 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1912-14 Web site ... 1509
Dept. of Infrastructure
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1227
Drought
General remarks ... 1503, 1543 Government programs for ... 182, 1504, 1643 Livestock sales due to, federal tax deferral re ... 1117
Edmonton Northlands
Lottery funding for ... 951-52
Electric power-Prices
Impact on farmers ... 1544
Electric utilities-Regulations
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 201)
Environmental management plans (Farms)
Farm income disaster program (Alberta)
Farmers' Advocate
Intensive livestock operations mediation ... 1508
Food Processing Development Centre
Food safety-Research
News release re new facility for (SP559/03: Tabled) ... 1651
Forage/pasture insurance program
Gas, Natural-Prices
Impact on farmers ... 1544
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Gasoline-Taxation
Federal revenue from ... 1359
Grasshopper control assistance program
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point program
Hopper cars
Role in U.S. agricultural trade sanctions ... 356
Horse racing
General remarks ... 1513 Lottery funding for ... 951-52
Horse racing entertainment centres
Horses and West Nile virus
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04
Laboratory animals-Housing
Report of inspection (SP557/03: Tabled) ... 1651
Livestock
Tracking system re ... 960
Livestock brands-Inspection
Livestock Identification Services Ltd.
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP737/03: Tabled) ... 1893 General remarks ... 960
Livestock industry
General remarks ... 1643 Review of ... 960
Livestock industry, Diversified
Application of BSE compensation programs to ... 2011
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Livestock sales-Taxation
Federal deferral re ... 1117
Mazankowski, Hon. Donald F.
Alberta Order of Excellence recipient ... 2067
Montana/Alberta Agricultural Opportunities Conference
Trucking regulations harmonization discussions ... 1359
Morrice, Audrey
Alberta Order of Excellence recipient ... 2067
Motions under Standing Order 15(6)
Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections committee ... 342-43
Natural gas rebates
For agricultural users ... 1959
Net income stabilization account (Farm income program)
North/south trade corridor
Harmonization of trucking regulations along ... 1359
Oral Question Period (2003)
Agribusiness incubation facility ... 1402 Agricultural industry ... 1543-44 Agricultural policy framework ... 435-36, 605 Agricultural subsidies ... 356 Assistance to cattle industry ... 1837 Crop insurance ... 182, 506-07 Cull cow and bull program ... 1773-74 Deer and elk population ... 753 Diversified livestock producers ... 2011 Education funding ... 1700 Energy deregulation ... 1772 Farm income diaster program ... 1371-72 Farm income support programs ... 46-47 Federal tax deferral on livestock sales ... 1117 Grain marketing ... 2012-13 Livestock feeding industry ... 1643 Livestock industry review ... 960 Mature animal market transition program ... 1794-95, 1796-97 Natural gas rebates ... 1959 Net income stabilization account ... 1118 Pork industry ... 889 Propane prices ... 1376 Restricted feeder cattle entry program ... 1449 West Nile virus ... 251, 1646
Pacific Northwest Economic Region
Trucking regulations harmonization discussions ... 1359
Palmer, James
Alberta Order of Excellence recipient ... 2067
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Drought management programs ... 1117, 1504
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Privilege
Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 342-43
Propane-Taxation
Farm consumers, Exemption from ... 1376
Railway lines-Abandonment
Ratzlaff, Dr. Leonard
Alberta Order of Excellence recipient ... 2067
Road construction
Resource road/new industry program ... 1359
Rural economic development
Technology commercialization
Tourism
Farm experience programs ... 1512
Treasury Branches
Meeting with province re BSE situation ... 1914
Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water management strategy
West Nile virus
General remarks ... 251 Horses contracting of ... 1646
Wheat-Export -United States
U.S. trade sanctions re ... 356
Whole farm insurance program (Proposed)
Wildlife damage
Provincial programs re ... 753
Wildlife disease monitoring
McClelland, Mr. Ian (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford)
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Letter re (SP629/03: Tabled) ... 1703
Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Achievement
Budget debate
Motion 19: Nelson ... 868
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Provincial/private sector funding partnerships re ... 663
Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205)
Curling championships
Nokia Brier champions (Randy Ferby rink) ... 359
Dept. of Environment
Estimates debated ... 1105
Dept. of Gaming
Estimates debated ... 947
Dept. of Transportation
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1227
Diversion (Mentally disabled offenders)
Calgary pilot project re ... 891-92
Edmonton Police Service
Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... 932
Edmonton Public School Board
Deficit financing ... 810-11 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 810-11 Teacher layoffs ... 811
Education
Letter re (SP867/03: Tabled) ... 2016
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 880, 999-1000 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock - amendment) ... 877
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Fair Trading (Telemarketing Licence) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 211)
Family Law Act (Bill 45)
Amendment A-1 (CoW) (SP659 & 830/03: Tabled) ... 1766
Federal/provincial relations
Fetal alcohol syndrome-Research
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2)
Fraser Institute
Report on Alberta high schools ... 1237
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Goods and services tax (Federal government)
Application to municipal governments ... 1210
Holy Cross Hospital
Mold contamination tests at: Point of privilege re ... 1745
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Second reading ... 1905 Committee ... 2052
Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 204)
Labour laws and legislation
Union/employer relations provisions ... 75
Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 553 Committee ... 589 Third reading ... 727
Labour unions
Financial contributions to employers ... 75
Liquor sales
Revenue from, for fetal alcohol syndrome programs ... 947
Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarships
Market enhancement recovery funds
Members' Statements (2003)
Heritage scholarship recipients from Edmonton-Whitemud ... 718 Teachers ... 255
Michael Luchkovich Scholarships for Career Development
Old Scona Academic High School
Oral Question Period (2003)
Alberta/Quebec relations ... 1047 Calgary diversion project ... 891-92 Edmonton Public School Board operational review ... 810-11 Market enhancement recovery fund ... 75 Municipal infrastructure ... 663 Municipal taxation ... 1210 Police services ... 932
Point of Order
Allegations against members (Prisoner exchange comments) ... 191 Clarification ... 551, 2054 Relevance ... 654, 1857
Police
Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... 932
Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43)
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Prisoners
Foreign exchange programs re, Point of Order re ... 191
Privilege
Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not proceeded with) ... 1243 Contempt of the Assembly (Holy Cross hospital mold testing) (Not proceeded with) ... 1745
Provincial/Municipal Council on Roles, Responsibilities and Resources in the 21st Century, Minister's
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Scholarships
Edmonton-Whitemud recipients ... 718
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
School boards
Provincial audit review of ... 811
TD Economics
The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1210
Telemarketing
Legislation re (Bill 211) ... 509
McFarland, Mr. Barry (PC, Little Bow)
Alberta Agricultural Research Institute
Outside investment in ... 921
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Outside investment in ... 921
Alberta Forestry Research Institute
Outside investment in ... 921
Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation
Call of the Land (Radio program)
Canada Winter Games, Campbellton, NB (March 2003)
Team Alberta at: Recognition of ... 214
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Estimates debated ... 921
Edmonton City Centre Airport
Operational status ... 1795
Electric power-Retail sales
Billing systems re ... 49
EPCOR Group of Companies
Electricity bill accuracy ... 49
Forest Lawn Bible College Act
Petition presented ... 361
Irrigation farming
Electric utility billings re ... 49
Members' Statements (2003)
No-Bull Marketing Ltd. ... 1010
Oral Question Period (2003)
Edmonton city centre airport ... 1795 Irrigation farmers' utilities billings ... 49
Petitions for Private Bills (2003)
Forest Lawn Bible College Act ... 361 Sisters of St. Joseph of the Province of Alberta Statutes Repeal Act ... 361
Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal
Inaugural award of ... 148
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Research and development
Provincial funding ... 921
School age
Leaving age: Increase in (Bill 203) ... 77
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
Sisters of St. Joseph of the Province of Alberta Statutes Repeal Act
Petition presented ... 361
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41)
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Deflation-proofing of ... 906-07 Endowment portfolio ... 474, 476, 904 Ethical/green investments of ... 899 External investments ... 1924 Future use of ... 898 Future use of: Survey ... 474-75, 476, 895 General remarks ... 894, 895 Inflation-proofing of ... 898 Investment asset mix ... 898-99, 903-04, 906 Talisman Energy investment ... 1499-1500 Transition portfolio ... 904
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001)
Alberta Securities Commission
Uniform securities legislation project ... 788, 895, 903
Auditor General
Revenue dept. comments ... 900, 901
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Capital assets
Amortization threshold ... 901
Cigars-Taxation
General remarks ... 907-08 Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 47) ... 1741
Civil service pensions
Administration of ... 894
Corporations-Taxation
Electronic filing of provincial tax returns ... 908-09 Reduction in ... 895, 903, 906 Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 41) ... 1624
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
General remarks ... 898 Use of Heritage Fund to pay down ... 474
Dept. of Finance
Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1924
Dept. of Revenue
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP762/03: Tabled) ... 1893 E-strategy ... 908-09 Estimates debated ... 894-910 Performance measures ... 897-98, 907 Staffing ... 910
Fees, Government
As part of tax load ... 897-98
Financial Management Commission
Future Summit (Fall 2001)
Gasoline-Taxation
Uniform practices for ... 900
Government departments
Reduction in number of ... 906
Grain terminals-Prince Rupert
Hotel room tax
Use for tourism marketing programs ... 901
Income tax, Provincial
General remarks ... 896 Reduction in ... 904, 906
Interprovincial trade
Internal trade agreement ... 905
Investment of public funds
Investment Operations Committee
Natural resources revenue
Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund
Oral Question Period (2003)
Education property taxes ... 1396 Heritage savings trust fund ... 474-75, 476 Heritage savings trust fund investments ... 1499-1500 Income tax deduction for purchase of tools ... 1046-47 Propane prices ... 1375-76 Securities regulation ... 787-88
Property tax-Education levy
Risk management in public budgeting
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
General remarks ... 897 Reduction programs ... 900-01
Securities-Law and legislation
Small business-Taxation
Reduction in ... 895 Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 41) ... 1624
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Royalty reduction for ... 900-01
Tax exempt fuel use program
Forgone revenues from ... 900
Tobacco-Taxation
General remarks ... 907-08 Uniform practices for ... 900
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47)
Tools
Federal income tax deduction for ... 1046-47 Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1046-47
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