Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills)
Administrator of the Province of Alberta
Transmittal of supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) (SP63/03: Tabled) ... 148
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 861
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP738 & 742/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Alberta-Economic conditions
Alberta Automobile Insurance Board
Annual report, 2002 (SP581/03: Tabled) ... 1652
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research
Alberta Corporate Service Centre
Alberta Foundation for Health Research
Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP525/03 ) ... 1893
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP757/03) ... 1893
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Alberta Insurance Council
General remarks ... 1173 Government appointed chair of ... 1399-1400 Staffing ... 1174
Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation
Annual report, 2002 (SP582 & 769/03: Tabled) ... 1652, 1893 Loan to Enmax Corporation ... 1887 P3 entities' access to funding from ... 1093 Retained earnings of, transferred to General Revenue Fund ... 1049
Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation
Capital investments ... 1174 General remarks ... 1173 Staffing ... 1174
Alberta Research Council Inc.
Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893
Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority
Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
AMFC funding, P3 entities' access to ... 1093 AMFC retained earnings transfer, Concerns re ... 1049 Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET program) ... 1049, 1279
Alberta's Commission on Learning
General remarks ... 861 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 1836, 1885
Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40)
First reading ... 1607 Second reading ... 1627 Third reading ... 1681
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 17)
First reading ... 206 Second reading ... 244 Third reading ... 305
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 54)
Asbestos
Contamination problems with: Litigation costs re ... 1179
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11)
Automobile drivers' licences
Graduated licences ... 1179
Automobile Insurance Reform Implementation Team
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Budget
2002-03 third-quarter activity report (SP62/03: Tabled) ... 149 2002-03 third-quarter budget report (SP61/03: Tabled) ... 149 2003-04 first-quarter activity report (SP768/03: Tabled) ... 1893 2003-04 first-quarter fiscal update (SP767/03: Tabled) ... 1893 2003-04 second-quarter activity report (SP790/03: Tabled) ... 1896 2003-04 second-quarter fiscal update (SP789/03: Tabled) ... 1896 2003-04 second-quarter report ... 1836, 1884, 1886 Post-budget changes to ... 1185 Release of, procedures re ... 808
Calgary Board of Education
Deficit finance ... 1169 Funding for ... 1669
Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Region
Deficit financing: Use of provincial surplus re ... 1886 New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for ... 1885
Capital assets
Amortization threshold ... 1180
Capital Health Authority
Deficit financing: Use of provincial surplus re ... 1886
Capital projects
Alternative arrangements re ... 861, 957 Alternative arrangements re: Advisory committee of experts re ... 861 Public/private partnerships re ... 861, 1885 Public/private partnerships re: Access to AMFC funding ... 1093 Surplus funding of ... 1836
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
Chaparral school, Calgary
Children
Community involvement with ... 862 Government programs for ... 861
Civil service pensions
Capital investments for ... 1174 Governance review ... 1173
Class size (Grade school)
Clean energy technology-Research
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on ... 862, 1173 Provincial initiatives re: Funding ... 862
Collective bargaining
Financial Management Commission recommendation re ... 1185
Committee of Supply
Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04 considered for two days (Motion 12: Nelson) ... 403 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04 referred to (Motion 11: Nelson) ... 403 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04 referred to (Motion 18: Nelson) ... 859 Motion to resolve into (Motion 6: Nelson) ... 149 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) referred to (Motion 7: Nelson) ... 149 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 referred to (Motion 25: Nelson) ... 1896
Courts-Calgary
New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 1885
Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation
Annual report, 2002 (SP770/03: Tabled) ... 1893 General remarks ... 1173
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP740/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP741/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Children's Services
Annual report, 2002-03, Sections I and II (SP743-744/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Community Development
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP745/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Economic Development
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP746/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Energy
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP747/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Environment
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP748/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Finance
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP750/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Business plan ... 1173, 1183 Capital investments ... 1174 Communications budget ... 1180-81 Estimates debated ... 1172-87 Fee revenue ... 1184 In-house IT services ... 1180 Lottery funds for ... 1174, 1183 Program expenses ... 1174 Revenues ... 1174, 1182-83 Staffing ... 1174
Dept. of Gaming
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP751/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Government Services
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP752/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Annual report, 2002-03, Sections I and II (SP753-754/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP755/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... 193
Dept. of Infrastructure
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP756/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP757/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP758/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP759/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Learning
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP760/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP761/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Revenue
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP762/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Seniors
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP763/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Solicitor General
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP764/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP765/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Dept. of Transportation
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP766/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1361
Disabled children
Government programs ... 861
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Discrimination-Geographic location
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on provincial budgeting ... 1450
Drought
Government programs for ... 861
Early literacy programs (Grade schools)
Edmonton Public School Board
Capital assets sale ... 809 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 809 Funding for ... 1326, 1669
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Electric utilities-Regulations
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Energy efficiency (Buildings)
Homeowner loans for ... 1279 Provincial initiatives re ... 1279
Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings)
AUMA proposals re (MEET program) ... 1049, 1279 Provincial interest-free loans re ... 862, 1049, 1279
Enmax Corporation
Loan from Municipal Financing Corporation ... 1887
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 11: Nelson) ... 403 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, to be considered for two days (Motion 12: Nelson) ... 403 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, transmitted to Assembly (SP155/03: Tabled) ... 403 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 18: Nelson) ... 859 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, transmitted to Assembly (SP325-328/03: Tabled) ... 859 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) considered for one day (Motion 8: Nelson) ... 149 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 7: Nelson) ... 149 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) transmitted to Assembly (SP63/03: Tabled) ... 148 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 considered for one day (Motion 26: Nelson) ... 1896 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 25: Nelson) ... 1896 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 transmitted to Assembly (SP791/03: Tabled) ... 1886, 1896
Executive Council
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP749/03: Tabled) ... 1893
Financial institutions-Regulation
Financial Management Commission
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2)
First reading ... 77 Second reading ... 149-50, 153 Third reading ... 275
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
West Edmonton Mall loan refinancing details, Request under ... 1401
Gas, Natural-Prices-Calgary
Gas, Natural-Prices-Edmonton
Tory caucus presentation re ... 1935
General Revenue Fund
Details by payee (SP584/03: Tabled) ... 1652
Government departments
Business plans for (SP328/03: Tabled) ... 859 Cross-ministry initiatives of ... 1176, 1182 Efficiency audits of ... 1181, 1182 Fiscal year end spending regulation ... 1180 Performance measures ... 1181, 1182 Staffing levels ... 1182
Government of Alberta
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP739/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Web site: Insurance rate calculator on ... 2059
Government spending policy
Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10)
Highway 881-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 885, 889
Hospitals-Calgary
New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 1885
Informatics Circle of Research Excellence
Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Actuarial studies re: Availability of ... 2059 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1732, 1733-34, 1735, 1771 Government web site calculator re ... 2059 Increases in ... 935 Rollback of ... 1775-76
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33)
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Insurance companies-Regulation
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Transmittal of 2003-04 interim main and Lottery Fund estimates (SP155/03: Tabled) ... 403 Transmittal of 2003-04 main and Lottery Fund estimates (SP325-328/03: Tabled) ... 859 Transmittal of 2003-04 supplementary estimates (SP791/03: Tabled) ... 1896
Local Authorities Pension Plan
Governance review ... 1173
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation: Sustainability fund ... 1174, 1183
Low-income families
MLA committee review of programs for ... 862
Medical equipment-Finance
Medical records, Electronic
Legislation re (Bill 10) ... 117
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Report of selected payments to (SP583/03: Tabled) ... 1652
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001)
Natural gas rebate program (2001)
Funds remaining from ... 184
Natural resources revenue
Offices of the Legislative Assembly
Main estimates, 2003-04 transmitted to Assembly (SP325/03: Tabled) ... 859
Oral Question Period (2003)
Alberta Insurance Council ... 1399-1400 Automobile insurance ... 2059 Automobile insurance rates ... 1735, 1771-72, 1775-76 Automobile insurance reform ... 1732, 1733-34 Budget release ... 808 Budget surplus ... 1836, 1885, 1886 Canadian dollar ... 1450 Debt reduction ... 1045-46 Edmonton Public School Board operational review ... 809 Education funding ... 813, 929, 1164, 1169, 1669 Education property taxes ... 890, 961-62, 1006, 1326, 1569-70 Electricity deregulation ... 1887 Electricity prices ... 330 Energy efficiency initiatives ... 1279 Government capital assets ... 957 Infrastructure funding ... 1369-70 Insurance industry ... 935 Municipal Financing Corporation ... 1049, 1093 Natural gas prices ... 180, 1935 Natural gas rebates ... 184 Postsecondary education funding ... 889, 1938-39 Provincial fiscal policies ... 885, 1093-94, 1884 School construction ... 956 School property taxes ... 931 West Edmonton Mall ... 1401
Point of Order
Allegations against a member (Natural Gas Price Protection Act comments) ... 190
Postsecondary educational institutions
Property tax-Education levy
Public buildings
Funding for ... 929 Sale of ... 957
Research and development
Co-ordination of ... 1182
Risk management in public budgeting
Road construction-Finance
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Highway access to ... 1361
Schools-Construction-Calgary
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Senior citizens
Government programs: Impact of aging population on ... 1176
Superintendent of Insurance
Supports for independence program
Tourism
Impact of highways on ... 1361
Transplantation of organs
Transportation, Urban-Finance
Treasury Branches
Deposit guarantee fee ... 1184 Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan refinancing ... 1401 General remarks ... 1173 Net income decrease ... 1174, 1183 Privatization of ... 1180
Wages-Public service
Use of budget surplus for ... 1884
Water resources development-Finance
West Edmonton Mall
Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's involvement ... 1401
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East)
Agricultural land
Competing interests re ... 1509
Agricultural Operation Practices Act
Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial)
Agriculture
Assistance programs: Performance measures re ... 1509 Assistance programs: Risk management analysis of ... 1505-06
Agriculture-Environmental aspects
Agriculture-Research
Access to information re ... 1508 Applied research programs: Access to ... 1507-08
Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity
Report ... 1541, 2058 Revised mandate to review billing problems ... 1541
Alberta Ag-Info Centre (Call centre)
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 2058
Alberta Disaster Assistance Loan Program (Agriculture)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
ATCO electricity flow-through pricing option ... 556 ATCO gas price increase application to ... 109 Direct Energy application ... 1732 Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire charges) decisions ... 1494 General remarks ... 556 Utility companies' hedging practices decision ... 555-56
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Edmonton Northlands advertising, Investigation into ... 1088
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Endowment portfolio ... 474 Future use of: Survey ... 474-75
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 1836, 1885
Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
ATCO Electric
Flow-through pricing option ... 556 Power bills increase ... 500-01
ATCO Gas
Rate increase application to AEUB ... 109
Brooks Pheasant Hatchery
Lease agreement re pheasant release (Q15/03: Accepted) ... 1804
Budget
Release of, procedures re ... 808
Calgary Board of Education
Funding for ... 1369, 1495, 1669 Teachers' salary settlement, provincial funding for ... 1495
Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Region
New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for ... 1885
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 1885 Surplus funding of ... 1836
Centrica Plc (U.K.)
Meeting with Premier re Direct Energy application ... 1732
Chaparral school, Calgary
Children
Community involvement with ... 7
Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205)
First reading ... 256 Second reading ... 973-74
Class size (Grade school)
Clean Air Strategic Alliance
Closure debate (Parliamentary practice)
Collective bargaining
Impact of government fiscal policies on ... 930
Collective bargaining-Health sciences personnel
General remarks ... 641, 930 Streamlining of ... 294
Collective bargaining-Nurses
General remarks ... 641, 930 Letter re (SP870/03: Tabled) ... 2016 Provincial advertising re: Letter re (SP682/03: Tabled) ... 1802 Streamlining of ... 294
Collective bargaining-Teachers
Commissioner of Services for Children (1994)
Consumers' Coalition of Alberta
Report to EUB re Direct Energy application ... 1732
Courts-Calgary
New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 1885
Crop insurance program
General remarks ... 1505, 1506 Payout schedule ... 1506 Performance measures re ... 1509
Dams-Milk River
Letters re (SP799/03: Tabled) ... 1942
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
General remarks ... 1836 Use of Heritage Fund to pay down ... 474
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada)
Discrimination-Geographic location
Auto insurance premiums ... 1732
Drought
Government programs for ... 1642-43
Edmonton Eskimo Football Club
2003 Grey Cup win: Statement re ... 1693-94
Edmonton Northlands
Advertising campaign ... 1088 Lottery funding for ... 1088
Edmonton Public School Board
Edmonton's Food Bank
Impact of utility rate increase on ... 352-53
Education
General remarks ... 7 Letters re (SP869/03: Tabled) ... 2016
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Education-Finance
General remarks ... 7-8, 661-62, 807-08, 850-51, 885, 929-30, 1043-44, 1114, 1206, 1230-31, 1369, 1616-17, 1640, 1669
Electric power-Prices
Deferral accounting re ... 501 General remarks ... 44-45, 327-28, 352-53, 500-01, 556, 784-85, 885, 1278, 1494, 1565-66, 1694, 1836 Impact on low income families ... 110 Impact on municipalities ... 1231 Impact on seniors ... 110, 394-95 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 110, 352 Letter re (SP128/03: Tabled) ... 336
Electric power-Retail sales
Electric power lines-Construction
Electric utilities, Municipally owned
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 44-45, 327-28, 500, 885, 956, 1278, 1494-95, 1541, 1565-66, 1669, 1694, 1836, 2058
Electric utilities-Regulations-California
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Emergency motions under Standing Order 40
Natural Gas Price Protection Act regulations ... 443-44
Energy efficiency (Buildings)
Homeowner loans for ... 352, 1278 Provincial initiatives re ... 1278
Energy industry
Use of water supplies ... 294-95
Energy industry-Crown lands
Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 1793, 2008-09
Environmental management plans (Farms)
Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55)
Farm income assistance program (Alberta)
Farm income disaster program (Alberta)
Federal/provincial relations
Fire wall consideration ... 1088
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2)
Free votes (Parliamentary practice)
Electoral Boundaries Commission report vote ... 1088
Gas, Natural-Prices
General remarks ... 69-70, 109, 139-40, 327-28, 352-53, 434, 555-56, 885 Impact on low income families ... 110 Impact on municipalities ... 1231 Impact on school utility costs ... 70 Impact on seniors ... 110, 140, 248, 394-95 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 110, 140, 352 Letter re (SP128/03: Tabled) ... 336
Gas, Natural-Retail sales
Consumer education/protection re ... 328
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Committee ... 572-73 Time allocation motion re ... 641
Gas well drilling industry-Hastings Lake/Ministik area
Government of Alberta
Web site: Insurance rate calculator on ... 2059
Grey Cup winners (Edmonton Eskimos)
Health sciences personnel-Law and legislation
Cabinet committee review of ... 294
Hospitals-Calgary
Closure ... 956 New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 1885
Insurance, Automobile
Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and suffering): Cap on ... 1732 Public plan re ... 1695 Reform of ... 1732
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Actuarial studies re: Availability of ... 2059 Age discrimination in rates ... 1695 Freezing of ... 1695 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1732 Government web site calculator re ... 2059 Rollback of ... 1695, 2059
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Iraq
Military action against: Official Opposition resolution re (SP35/03: Tabled) ... 78 Military action against: Statement re ... 660-61
Jubilee junior high school, Edson
Transfer from public to separate system ... 1545
Korean Veterans Association of Canada
50th Anniversary: Program from (SP871/03: Tabled) ... 2016
Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27)
Second reading ... 535-37 Time allocation motion re ... 641, 661
Legislation-Alberta
Citizen referendums/petitions for: Legislation re (Bill 205) ... 256
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Low-income families
Impact of high utility costs on ... 110
Low-income seniors
Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... 248, 394-95
Low-income seniors-Housing
Seniors in subsidized housing: Impact of high utility costs on ... 110, 140
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... 1088
Ministerial Statements (2003)
Edmonton Eskimos ... 1693-94 Her Honour Lois E. Hole ... 44 War in Iraq ... 660-61
Ministik bird sanctuary
Impact of industrial development on ... 1793-94
Municipal finance
Government grants ... 1231
Municipal government
Impact of high energy prices on ... 1231
Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001)
Natural gas rebates
General remarks ... 69-70, 109-10, 139-40, 248, 328, 352-53, 395, 433-34, 555-56, 1205-06, 1231 Letter requesting election re (SP129/03: Tabled) ... 336 Reinstatement of: Petition tabled re (SP9/03) ... 69 Reinstatement of: Petitions tabled re (SP410-411, 452-453, 503/03) ... 1205
Net income stabilization account (Farm income program)
Nurses-Law and legislation
Cabinet committee review of ... 294
Office of the Premier
Premier's meeting in London with Centrica ... 1732 Premier's travel to Ottawa and London, UK ... 1694
Official Opposition
Resolution re military action against Iraq (SP35/03: Tabled) ... 78
Oral Question Period (2003)
Access to crown land ... 1793, 2008-09 Automobile insurance ... 2059 Automobile insurance rates ... 1695 Automobile insurance reform ... 1732 Budget release ... 808 Budget surplus ... 1836, 1884-85 Calgary Board of Education ... 1495 Democracy in the provincial government ... 1088 Edson schools amalgamation ... 1545 Education funding ... 7-8, 661-62, 850-51, 929-30, 1114, 1206, 1230-31, 1369, 1616-17, 1640, 1669 Education property taxes ... 1043-44, 1396-97 Electricity deregulation ... 44-45, 1494, 1541, 1565-66, 1669, 2058 Electricity exports ... 1836 Electricity pricing ... 784-85 Electricity transmission development policy ... 1494-95 Energy deregulation ... 1278 Energy efficiency initiatives ... 1278 Energy marketing ... 328 Energy prices ... 327-28, 352-53, 394-95, 500-01, 555-56, 1732 Government capital assets ... 956 Health care labour legislation ... 294 Heritage savings trust fund ... 474-75 Industrial development in protected areas ... 1793-94 Infrastructure funding ... 1369-70 Infrastructure projects ... 885-86 Livestock feeding industry ... 1642-43 Municipal funding ... 1231 Natural gas prices ... 69-70, 109-10, 140 Natural gas rebates ... 139-40, 433-34, 1205-06 Northlands ad campaign ... 1088 Postsecondary education ... 1114 Postsecondary education system ... 1617 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise ... 7 Premier's travel ... 1694 Provincial fiscal policies ... 807-08, 885, 930, 1884 School construction ... 956 Seniors' utility costs ... 248 Time allocation ... 640-41, 661 Tuition fees ... 641 University of Calgary ... 1396 Utility costs ... 110 Utility costs for schools ... 70 Water management ... 1933-34 Water use by oil and gas industry ... 294-95
Petitions (Parliamentary practice)
Legislation re (Bill 205) ... 256
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003)
Energy rebates reinstatement (SP9/03) ... 69 Tuition fees (SP868/03) ... 2016
Petro-Canada
Fort McMurray oil sands plant expansion delay ... 1369
Pheasants Unlimited
Lease agreement with Brooks Pheasant Hatchery (Q15/03: Accepted) ... 1804
Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43)
Power Pool Council
General remarks ... 785 Market surveillance administrator ... 784
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Property tax-Education levy
Protected areas-Hastings Lake/Ministik area
Industrial development in ... 1793-94
Public buildings
Funding for ... 929 Sale of ... 956
Public lands
Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute over ... 1793, 2008-09
Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49)
Referendum, Provincial
Heritage Fund future ... 474
Referendums (Parliamentary practice)
Legislation re (Bill 205) ... 256
Regional health authorities
Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining negotiations ... 294 Elected boards of ... 1088
Rent
Impact of utility rate increases on ... 353
Retirement
Financial planning for: Document re (SP446/03: Tabled) ... 1377
School boards
Impact of high energy costs on ... 70 Provincial audit review of ... 850-51
School furnaces-Maintenance and repair
Impact of natural gas prices on ... 70
Schools
Utility bill payments, government assistance re ... 328
Schools-Construction
Funding for ... 929-30 Use of surplus for funding ... 1885
Schools-Construction-Calgary
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Schools-Utilization-Edson
Public/separate exchanges ... 1545
Strikes and lockouts
Impact of government fiscal policies on ... 930
Strikes and lockouts-University personnel
Strychnine (Pesticide)
Use for gopher control ... 1507
Student unions
Removal of elected members of ... 1617
Supports for independence program
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 1884-85 Use for hospital funding ... 1885 Use for infrastructure funding ... 1836, 1885
TD Economics
The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1114
Tempest Energy Corp.
Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area ... 1793-94
Terrorist attacks-New York City/Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 660
Treaty 8 First Nations
Consultations with, re public land access issues ... 2008-09 Motion to reject Bill 49, Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 ... 2008
Tuition fees
General remarks ... 641, 885 Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re ... 1617 Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re: Petition tabled re (SP868/03) ... 2016
Video gambling machines
Funding of upgrades to ... 8
Wages-Public service
Use of budget surplus for ... 1884
Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water licences
Transferability of ... 1934
Water quality-Standards
Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: Nicol) ... 688-89, 835-36
Water supply
Inventory of ... 1933 Use by energy industry ... 294-95
Whole farm insurance program (Proposed)
Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung)
Aboriginal/industry partnerships
Aboriginal peoples-Employment
Aboriginal policy framework
Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Framework
Airport security fee (Federal)
Alberta-Economic conditions
Conference Board publications re (SP476-477/03: Tabled) ... 1502 General remarks ... 662, 668, 1139, 1152 Statement re ... 1540
Alberta Craft Council
Web site: Link with Travel Alberta web site ... 1142
Alberta Economic Development Authority
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP339/03: Tabled) ... 938 General remarks ... 1143
Alberta Government Offices
Establishment in Ottawa or Washington, D.C. ... 1523 General remarks ... 298, 1147, 1150
Alberta Regulations
Impact on small business ... 933
Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority
Alberta/United States relations
Arts
Tourism potential of ... 1142
Bank of Montreal
In Search of Canada's Small Business Hotbeds (Report) (SP293/03: Tabled) ... 792
Business Link
Aboriginal business programs ... 297
Calgary Flames Hockey Club
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Concerns re regulations and small business ... 933
Canadian Tourism Commission
Central Alberta Economic Partnership
Conference Board of Canada
Alberta economic outlook: Publications re (SP476-477/03: Tabled) ... 1502
Cultural facilities
Tourism potential of ... 1142
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1512
Dept. of Economic Development
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP746/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1139-53 Minister's trip to Washington, D.C. ... 1233 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... 205
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Discrimination-Geographic location
Auto insurance premiums ... 1771
Edmonton City Centre Airport
Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club
Edmonton Public School Board
Funding for: Tory caucus role re ... 503
Edmonton Regional Airports Authority
Education-Finance-Edmonton
Tory caucus role re ... 503
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric utilities-Regulations
Energy industry
Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1139
Energy resources, Alternate
General remarks ... 1148-49 Provincial government usage of ... 1149
Exports
General remarks ... 1143 Government stretegy re ... 1139
Film and television industry
Film development grant program
Food safety-Fees
Collection of, by regional health authorities ... 933
Gas, Natural-Export
Impact on petrochemical feedstocks ... 1148
Gas pipelines
Stripping of natural gas liquids from throughput of ... 1148
Gas pipelines-Alaska/Northwest Territories thru Alberta
Gas utilities-Regulations
Grizzly Regional Economic Alliance
Heritage Classic hockey game, Edmonton (November 22, 2003)
Heritage Classic Organizing Committee
Highway trails
As tourism promoter ... 1141
Historic sites
Tourism potential of ... 1142
Horse racing
Lottery funding for ... 1669
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Information and communications technology
Public contracts awarded re: Alberta content ... 74
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1771
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04
Estimates debated ... 497
Iron Horse Trail (Snowmobiles)
KPMG consulting
Annual comparison of electricity prices ... 1771
Lethbridge County Airport
Port of entry status ... 1328
Lumber
Value-added processing of ... 1150
Members' apologies to the House
Ministerial Statements (2003)
Alberta's economic outlook ... 1540 Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames ... 1087 Heritage Classic Organizing Committee ... 1769 Old Strathcona fire, March 13, 2003 ... 640
Municipal Government Act
Edmonton City Centre Airport provisions ... 1734
Northeast Alberta Information Hub
Northern Alberta Development Council
Northern development
Impact of Edmonton City Centre Airport closure on ... 1734, 1772-73
Old Strathcona fire, Edmonton (March 13, 2003)
Oral Question Period (2003)
Aboriginal economic development ... 297 Alberta film and television industry ... 1327 Alberta's relationship with the U.S. ... 1233 Automobile insurance rates ... 1771 Commercial and sportfishing industries ... 754 Edmonton city centre airport ... 1734, 1772-73, 1795 Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 Education funding ... 1669 Electricity prices ... 1771 Energy deregulation ... 599, 645, 662-63, 668 Government contracts ... 74 Government regulations ... 933 High-speed rail link ... 935-36 International offices ... 298 Lethbridge county airport ... 1328 Medical officers of health ... 755
Palliser Economic Partnership
Peace Region Economic Development Alliance
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44)
Privacy, Right of
Legislation re (Bill 44) ... 1650
Progressive Conservative caucus-Edmonton
Public contracts
Alberta content provisions ... 74
Rail service, High-speed-Edmonton/Calgary
Rail service, High-speed-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Regional Economic Development Initiative for Northwest Alberta
Regional economic development partnerships
Rural economic development
Small business
Bank of Montreal report on (SP293/03: Tabled) ... 792 Impact of electricity prices on ... 599, 645, 662-63, 1148-49 Impact of natural gas prices on ... 645
Softwoods-Export-United States
Trade rule improvements re: Draft U.S. policy bulletin re ... 1150
Tar sands development
By-products usage as petrochemical feedstocks ... 1148 Visit of U.S. officials re ... 1233
TD Economics
The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1153, 1771 The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report): Copy tabled (SP412/03) ... 1238
Technology commercialization
Tourism
Aboriginal programs ... 297, 1141 General remarks ... 754 Government strategy re ... 1139, 1140-41 Impact of West Nile virus on ... 755
Travel Alberta
Regional tourism guides ... 1141 Snowmobile trails co-ordination ... 1142 Web site: Link with Craft Council web site ... 1142
Universities and colleges
Research activities, As economic activity generator ... 1145
Van Horne Institute
Study of high-speed rail link between Edmonton and Calgary ... 935
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