Sergeant at Arms (Hodgson, Brian)
Galleries (Legislative Assembly Chamber)
Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall)
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
Alberta/United States relations
Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Government members boycott of: Point of privilege re ... 1342
Dept. of Economic Development
Minister's trip to Washington, D.C. ... 1233
Gas, Natural-Prices
General remarks ... 73-74
Home ownership
Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... 380-81, 527
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 39)
Amendment (SP555/03: Tabled) ... 1635
Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001)
General remarks ... 73-74
Natural gas rebates
General remarks ... 73-74
Oral Question Period (2003)
Alberta's relationship with the U.S. ... 1233 Centennial programs ... 330 Natural gas prices ... 73-74 Student debt ... 786
Point of Order
Decorum ... 2102 Insulting language ... 727 Questioning a member ... 413 Reasoned amendment ... 2098 Relevance ... 406 Similar amendments ... 2098
Privilege
Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not proceeded with) ... 1242 Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) ... 1342
Speaker-Rulings and statements
Question and comment period ... 265
Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity)
Aboriginal/industry partnerships
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 47 Impact of energy prices on ... 1544
Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity
Report ... 1541, 1542, 1641, 1669, 1696, 1738, 1772, 2058 Revised mandate to review billing problems ... 1330, 1542, 1565, 1570-71
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 1770, 1772
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Aquila transmission charge reduction ... 1696 ATCO electricity flow-through pricing option ... 556, 957 ATCO gas price applications to ... 1936 Deferral charges/rate riders approval ... 1499 Direct Energy application ... 1732 Direct Energy purchase of ATCO retail energy business, Approval of ... 715, 787, 1116, 1837 Electricity billing complaints procedure ... 49, 961, 1009, 1116 Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire charges) decisions ... 852, 1330, 1446-48, 1460, 1494, 1497, 1542 Electricity market surveillance administrator supervision ... 1465 Enmax rate increase approval ... 1738 EPCOR application to, re rate riders ... 1499, 1620 EPCOR rate reduction ... 1696 EPCOR refund of overcharges, Announcement re ... 1372 Funding for ... 1455 General remarks ... 556, 784, 787, 934, 1455, 1460 Licensee liability rating program ... 1168-69 Municipal input into decisions of ... 1934, 2060 Natural gas rate approvals ... 713 Regulated rate approval ... 1735 Sour gas safety recommendations ... 1455 Staff ... 1455 Tempest Energy gas well drilling decision ... 1839, 2060 Utility companies' hedging practices decision ... 556
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Hydrogen strategy ... 1464
Alberta Federation of Rural Electrification Associations
Intervenor in rural farm rate discussions ... 852
Alberta Rural Utilities Association
Comments on electricity deregulation ... 1495
Alberta Surface Rights Federation
Meeting re coal bed methane regulation ... 2063
Alberta Sustainability Fund
AltaLink Management Ltd.
Billing: Distribution costs element ... 852 General remarks ... 1497
Aquila Networks Canada
Billing: Deferral amounts ... 1278, 1464, 1770 Billing: Distribution costs element ... 852 Billing: Rural farm rate ... 852 Billing: Rural farm rate, deferral charges re ... 852 Billing errors ... 49, 961, 1116, 1770 Billing rate riders ... 1499, 1620, 1736 General remarks ... 46, 331, 1009, 1461, 1495, 1499, 1543, 1836 Goodwill premium ... 852 Purchase of TransAlta distribution system ... 852 Transmission charge reduction ... 1696
ATCO Electric
Brochure re Direct Energy (SP277/03: Tabled) ... 720 Distribution costs application to EUB ... 852 Flow-through pricing option ... 556, 957 General remarks ... 45, 46, 331, 1497, 1543, 1836 H.R. Milner power plant sale ... 1167 Power bills increase ... 500-02, 557, 665, 957, 1738 Retail business purchase by Direct Energy ... 715
ATCO Gas
Brochure re Direct Energy (SP277/03: Tabled) ... 720 Depreciation charges in bills from ... 787 Gas rate changes in southern/northern Alberta ... 1936 General remarks ... 208 Retail business purchase by Direct Energy ... 715, 787
ATCO Pipelines
Transmission cost increases ... 1375
Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers
General remarks ... 1460 Management of Milner power plant agreement ... 1167
Calpine Corporation
Electric power production ... 46
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Consultation with, re licensee liability rating program ... 1168-69
Canadian Energy Research Institute
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Still in the Dark (Research paper on electricity prices) ... 599, 1736
Cardinal River Coals Ltd.
Cheviot mine delay ... 813
Centrica Plc (U.K.)
Meeting with Premier re Direct Energy application ... 1732
Chinchaga wilderness
Designation as protected area ... 1839
Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25)
Closure debate (Parliamentary practice)
Co-energy electrical production
Coal-bed methane extraction
Coal-bed methane extraction-Research
General remarks ... 814 Water recovery issues ... 1461
Coal mines and mining-Jasper area
Constellation Energy Group
Consumer Protection/Customer Choice Campaign (Retail energy options)
Consumers' Coalition of Alberta
Report to EUB re Direct Energy application ... 1732
County of Strathcona
Committee to examine energy industry regulation ... 1934-35, 2060
Dept. of Energy
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP747/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Business plan ... 1454-55 Communications division ... 1461, 1463, 1467 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1454-56, 1460-68 Estimates 2003-04 debated: Response to questions re (SP663/03: Tabled) ... 1778 Minister's resignation ... 1495 Performance measures ... 1455 Public information centre ... 1463 Regulations ... 1455 Staff ... 1455
Dept. of Finance
Estimates debated ... 1184
Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada)
Brochures re (SP276-278/03: Tabled) ... 720 General remarks ... 142, 353, 395, 715, 1116, 1448, 1499, 1732, 1736, 1837 Purchase of ATCO retail energy business ... 715, 787
Ecological footprints
Of provincial government ... 1120
Economic development and the environment
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric power-Prices
Deferral accounting re ... 46, 501, 1278, 1464, 1499, 1696, 1736 Distribution costs (wire charges) element ... 852 General remarks ... 12, 44-46, 208, 329-30, 352, 500-01, 501-02, 556, 557, 645, 665, 784-85, 786, 885, 1116-17, 1278, 1446-48, 1461, 1464, 1494, 1495, 1543, 1565-66, 1570-71, 1674, 1696, 1738, 1770-71, 1836 Impact of utility debt load on ... 71 Impact on electricity conservation ... 1464 Impact on hog producers ... 47 Impact on low income families ... 352, 1467 Impact on municipalities ... 1009, 1231 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Impact on seniors ... 352, 1467 Impact on small business ... 599, 645, 1696, 1735-36 Rate riders re ... 1372, 1499, 1736 Regulated option re ... 1735-36
Electric power-Prices-Edmonton
Tory caucus presentation re ... 503
Electric power-Retail sales
Billing systems re ... 49, 1372, 2059 Consumer education/protection re ... 328, 395, 437-38, 500, 751, 1009, 1455, 1468, 1669, 1696, 1732-33, 1736 General remarks ... 331-32, 353, 715, 1455, 1460, 1494, 1495, 1497, 1669, 1674
Electric power-Supply
General remarks ... 46, 331, 501-02, 557, 1009, 1278, 1330, 1447, 1448, 1464, 1465, 1566, 1571, 1674, 1696, 1770
Electric power grid (Pacific Northwest)
Alberta connection ro ... 2060
Electric power lines
Policy re ... 1330, 1448, 1460, 1465, 1494, 1495, 1497, 1641, 1669, 1674, 1836
Electric power lines-Construction
Cost sharing of (re AEUB decision) ... 852, 1446-48, 1460, 1464, 1465, 1494, 1497, 1542, 1565-66, 1570-71, 1620 Costs of ... 1836
Electric utilities
Collusion among ... 1465 Debt load of ... 71
Electric utilities, Municipally owned
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 12, 44-46, 208, 331, 439, 501-02, 557, 599, 645, 713, 751, 885, 961, 1009, 1116-17, 1278, 1330, 1446-48, 1460-61, 1463, 1464, 1467, 1494-95, 1497, 1541-43, 1565-66, 1570-71, 1620, 1669, 1674, 1696, 1738, 1770-71, 1772, 1836, 2058-60 Deregulation: Impact on energy conservation ... 1464 Deregulation: Independent review of ... 1495 Deregulation: Kellan Fluckiger as consultant re ... 2060
Electric utilities-Regulations-California
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 163 Committee ... 627, 631, 634-35, 705-07 Amendment re net metering (SP227 & 256/03: Tabled) ... 634, 755 General remarks ... 44, 46, 438, 500, 501, 556, 784, 885, 1009, 1375, 1446, 1456, 1465, 1467, 1494, 1495, 1499, 1620, 1669 Time allocation motion re ... 641
Electrical power purchase agreements
Power company debt repayment provisions in ... 71
Energy industry-Environmental aspects
Energy industry-Regulations
Energy resources, Alternate
Enron Direct Limited Partnership
Environmental protection
Government programs for ... 1120
EPCOR Group of Companies
Coal-fired generation technology ... 1464 Electric power rates ... 665, 1696, 1836 Electric power rates: Deferral component ... 1278, 1464, 1499, 1736, 1770 Electric power rates: Deferral component, refunds re ... 1372 Electricity bill accuracy ... 49, 961, 1116, 1770 General remarks ... 45, 46, 331, 1448, 1460, 1494, 1499, 1543 Genesee 3 power plant (joint project with TransAlta) ... 1464 Rate rider charges ... 1620, 1736
ESBI Alberta Ltd.
Facilitating Major New Generation in Alberta (Report) ... 1460
Farm income disaster program (Alberta)
Application to hog producers ... 47
Flaring of natural gas-Hastings Lake area
Gas, Natural-Prices
Deferral accounting re ... 751 Depreciation costs as part of ... 787 General remarks ... 12, 69-70, 73-75, 109-10, 141-42, 180, 184-85, 208, 210, 296, 352, 399, 438-39, 556, 647, 751, 786, 885, 1236, 1375, 1455, 1461, 1463, 1671, 1674 Impact of market competition on ... 1837 Impact on electricity prices ... 45 Impact on low income families ... 296, 352 Impact on municipalities ... 1231 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Impact on seniors ... 296, 352, 1671-72 Impact on small business ... 186-87 Natural Gas Prices 2000 to Present (publication) (SP156/03: Tabled) ... 443
Gas, Natural-Prices-Calgary
Gas, Natural-Prices-Edmonton
General remarks ... 1936 Tory caucus presentation re ... 503, 1935
Gas, Natural-Retail sales
Gas, Natural-Royalties
Medicine Hat royalties ... 141 Medicine Hat royalties: Information re (SP64/03: Tabled) ... 188
Gas pipelines-Maintenance and repair
Gas recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 934
Gas utilities-Regulations
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Second reading ... 418 Committee ... 452 General remarks ... 109, 142, 210, 438, 501, 556, 557, 885, 1236, 1375, 1456, 1467 Media briefing for: Point of privilege re ... 305 Time allocation motion re ... 641
Gas well drilling industry-Hastings Lake/Ministik area
Environmental impact ... 1839 General remarks ... 1839, 2060
Hog industry
Assistance programs ... 47
House buying
Electricity rate issues as part of ... 1116-17
H.R. Milner power plant
Power purchase arrangement taken over by Balancing Pool ... 1167
Independent System Operator (Electricity industry)
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04
International Energy Agency
Iraq-Politics and government
Impact on oil prices ... 12
Irrigation farming
Electric utility billings re ... 49
Low-income seniors
Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... 296, 352, 1671-72
Members' apologies to the House
Municipal finance
Government grants ... 1231
Municipal government
Impact of high energy prices on ... 1231
Natural areas-Environmental aspects
Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001)
General remarks ... 69-70, 73-75, 141, 142, 180, 184, 210, 296, 352, 399, 438-39, 645, 1236, 1468, 1671 Regulations under: Review ... 439
Natural gas rebate program (2001)
Natural gas rebates
General remarks ... 69-70, 73-75, 109-10, 141-42, 180, 184, 210, 352, 399, 438-39, 556, 645, 647, 1231, 1236, 1468, 1935
Natural Gas Rebates Act (1974)
Natural resources revenue
Net metering (Electricity)
Obed Mountain Coal Ltd.
Suspension of operation ... 813
Office of the Premier
Premier's meeting in London with Centrica ... 1732
Oil-Prices
General remarks ... 789, 1455 Impact of international events on ... 1463-64
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 254, 934 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Royalty relief re ... 1461
Oral Question Period (2003)
Agricultural industry ... 1544 Aquila Networks Canada ... 1009 ATCO electricity rates ... 957 Chinchaga Wildland Park ... 1839 Coal bed methane ... 2063 Coal mining industry ... 813-14 Ecological footprint of the provincial government ... 1120 Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 Electricity billing ... 665, 1372 Electricity consultant ... 2060 Electricity costs ... 71 Electricity deregulation ... 12, 44-45, 46, 1009, 1447-48, 1494, 1495, 1541, 1543, 1565-66, 1570-71, 1669, 1770, 2058-59 Electricity distribution costs ... 852 Electricity exports ... 1836 Electricity prices ... 329-30, 501-02, 557, 1116-17, 1674, 1696, 1770-71 Electricity pricing ... 784-85 Electricity rate riders ... 1499 Electricity rates ... 1735-36, 1738 Electricity supply ... 331-32, 1330, 1448 Electricity transmission development policy ... 1494-95, 1497 Electricity transmission policy ... 1542, 1641 Electricity transmission system ... 1446-47, 1620 Energy conservation initiatives ... 714 Energy deregulation ... 599, 645, 713, 751, 961, 1278, 1772 Energy marketing ... 328, 353, 395, 715 Energy prices ... 208, 296, 352, 437-38, 500-01, 556, 786, 1732-33 Energy rebates ... 647 EPCOR/Aquila billing practices ... 1116, 1620 Farm income support programs ... 47 Gas industry deregulation ... 253 Gas well drilling in Hastings Lake area ... 1839 H. R. Milner power plant ... 1167 Irrigation farmers' utilities billings ... 49 Licensee liability rating program ... 1168-69 Municipal funding ... 1231 Municipal regulation of oil and gas development ... 1934-35, 2060 Natural gas marketing ... 1837 Natural gas prices ... 69-70, 73-74, 109-10, 141-42, 180, 184-85, 186-87, 210, 399, 787, 1236, 1375, 1671-72, 1935, 1936 Natural gas rebates ... 74-75, 184, 438-39, 1208 Net metering of electricity ... 754-55 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 12 Oil supply ... 789 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ... 755 Propane prices ... 1375 Provincial fiscal policies ... 885 Time allocation ... 641 Utility costs for educational institutions ... 501 Water use by oil and gas industry ... 253-54, 295, 933-34
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Alberta relations with ... 755, 1519
Petro-Canada
Fort McMurray oil sands plant expansion delay ... 1462
Point of Order
Imputing motives ... 163 Questioning a member ... 324 Relevance ... 406
Postsecondary educational institutions
Impact of high utility costs on ... 501
Power Pool Council
Electricity pricing ... 1566 General remarks ... 785 Market surveillance administrator ... 784, 1465
Privilege
Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 19) ... 305
Progressive Conservative caucus-Edmonton
Provincial Advisory Committee on Public Safety and Sour Gas
Public Affairs Bureau
Staff assigned to Energy dept. ... 1463
Regional Transmission Organization West
Alberta participation ... 1620
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Rural electrification associations
Electricity bills: Distribution costs (wire charges) element ... 852 General remarks ... 1770 Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 1495 Impact of new transmission lines on ... 1448 Transfer to Agriculture dept. ... 1455-56
Rural gas co-ops
Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 1495 Transfer to Agriculture dept. ... 1455-56
Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada
Consultation with, re licensee liability rating program ... 1168-69
Smoky River Coal Limited
Coal leases disposal ... 813
Sour gas emissions-Hastings Lake area
Strike, General-Venezuela
Impact on oil prices ... 12
Tempest Energy Corp.
Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area ... 1839, 2060
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Genesee 3 power plant (joint project with EPCOR) ... 1464 Sale of distribution network to UtiliCorp/Aquila ... 852
University of Alberta
Impact of high utility costs on ... 501
University of Calgary
Impact of high utility costs on ... 501
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Volumetric and infrastructure petroleum information registry
Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water wells-Hastings Lake area
Impact of gas well drilling on ... 1839
Water withdrawal-Red Deer River
Snelgrove, Mr. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster)
Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial)
Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205)
Constitution Act, 1982
Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 236-37
Criminal Code (Federal)
Gun registry offences under, Prosecution re ... 1497-98
Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta
Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426
Crop insurance program
Federal funding ... 506 Premium increases ... 506
Dept. of Energy
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1467
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Hancock) ... 924-25
Firearms Act (Federal Bill C-68)
Gun registry offences under, Prosecution re ... 1497-98
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for: Prosecutions re ... 1497-98
Home ownership
Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... 384
Insurance, Automobile
All-party committee to review (Motion 512: MacDonald) ... 1987-88
Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53)
Amendment (SP894/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Amendment (SP895/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Amendment (SP896/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Amendment (SP897/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Amendment (SP898/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Amendment (SP899/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Amendment (SP900/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Amendment (SP901/03: Tabled) ... 2055
Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207)
Oral Question Period (2003)
Crop insurance ... 506 Gun registration prosecutions ... 1497-98
Organized crime-Prevention
Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426
Public lands
Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 988-89
Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
Terrorist attacks-Prevention
Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47)
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.)
Administrator of the Province of Alberta
Transmittal of supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) (SP63/03: Tabled) ... 148-49
Alberta Teachers' Association
Position on class size, point of privilege re Minister of Learning's comments re ... 18-19
Bills, Private members' public
Order for consideration (Bills 201, 203, and 202) ... 650-51
Calgary-Fort (Constituency)
Member for's accident ... 857
Chief Electoral Officer
Annual report, 2002 (SP630/03: Tabled) ... 1703
Clark, Mr. Lewis Mitchell "Mickey"
Memorial tribute to ... 1691
Class size (Grade school)
Minister of Learning's comments re ATA position on, point of privilege re ... 18-19
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Members' Services Order 1/03 (Constituency Services Amendment Order, no. 11) (SP14/03: Tabled) ... 17
Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Select Special
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 339 Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Notice to refer to ... 304
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Government members boycott of: Point of privilege re ... 1342
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Annual report, 2001 (SP315/03: Tabled) ... 817
Dept. of Learning
Minister's comments re ATA position on class size, point of privilege re ... 18-19
Education-Finance
Request for emergency debate on ... 20
Electoral Boundaries Commission
Final report (SP16/03: Tabled) ... 17 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Point of Order re ... 191, 217-18
Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42)
Amendments to: Procedure for (SP513/03: Tabled) ... 1574
Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 201)
Order of consideration, March 24, 2003 ... 651
Emergency debates under Standing Order 30
Education funding ... 20 Speaker's ruling re ... 1503
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, transmitted to Assembly (SP155/03: Tabled) ... 403 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, transmitted to Assembly (SP325-328/03: Tabled) ... 859 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) transmitted to Assembly (SP63/03: Tabled) ... 148-49 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 transmitted to Assembly (SP791/03: Tabled) ... 1896
Ethics Commissioner
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP631/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Interim annual report, 2002-03 (SP314/03: Tabled) ... 817 Investigation into allegations re Member for Leduc: Report (SP106/03: Tabled) ... 257
Famous Five
Pamphlet re (SP148/03: Tabled) ... 361
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19)
Media briefing for: Point of privilege re ... 260, 303-05
Holy Cross Hospital
Mold contamination tests at: E-mail re (SP597/03: Tabled) ... 1804 Mold contamination tests at: Point of privilege re ... 1705, 1745, 1803-04
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP15/03: Tabled) ... 17
Jamieson, Mr. Richard Herbert "Herb"
Memorial tribute to ... 1691
Jamison, Mr. William Ernest "Ernie"
Memorial tribute to ... 955
Johnston, Mr. Archibald D. "Dick"
Memorial tribute to ... 1691
Leduc (Constituency)
Member for: Ethics Commissioner's report on allegations re (SP106/03: Tabled) ... 257
Legislative Assembly Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Video feed of proceedings of, available via Internet ... 1705-06
Legislative Assembly Office
Annual report, 2001 (SP315/03: Tabled) ... 817
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Prayer for ... 43 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
McInnis, Mr. John
Memorial tribute to ... 1931
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Motions under Standing Order 15(6)
Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections committee ... 339 Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections committee: Withdrawn ... 1378
Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 208)
Memo re committee reading of (SP651/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Memo re third reading of (SP786/03: Tabled) ... 1894, 1968
Offices of the Legislative Assembly
Main estimates, 2003-04 transmitted to Assembly (SP325/03: Tabled) ... 859
Ombudsman
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP787/03: Tabled) ... 1894 Financial statements, 2002-03 (SP788/03: Tabled) ... 1894
Oral Question Period (2003)
Energy deregulation ... 668
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Biographies of (SP538/03: Tabled) ... 1625 Letter to members from ... 1647
Papaianni, Louise
Speech re aboriginal educational programs ... 1369
Point of Order
Allegations against a member ... 20-21, 650, 939, 1053 Allegations against a member (Edmonton loss of a constituency comments) ... 191, 217-18 Allegations against a member (Natural Gas Price Protection Act comments) ... 190 Allegations against members ... 1097, 1454, 1664 Allegations against members (Prisoner exchange comments) ... 191, 218 Amendments at second reading ... 1857 Clarification ... 219, 721, 759, 794 Explanation of Speaker's rulings ... 217-18, 1053-54 Gestures ... 1659-60 Imputing motives ... 163, 1053, 1097, 1632, 1685-86, 1858 Oral Question Period practices ... 1013 Parliamentary language ... 1626, 1679, 1894-96 Private members' public Bills ... 1968 Referring to a member by name ... 403 Referring to nonmembers ... 338-39 Relevance ... 971, 972, 1685 Tabling a cited document ... 305, 338-39 Tabling documents ... 722-23
Prisoners
Foreign exchange programs re, Point of Order re ... 191, 218
Privilege
Allegations against a member (Hate literature allegation) (Not proceeded with) ... 1288-89, 1333, 1338-39 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not proceeded with) ... 1240-44 Contempt of the Assembly (Holy Cross hospital mold testing) (Not proceeded with) ... 1705, 1745, 1803-04 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 19) ... 260, 303-05 Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) ... 1342 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 19): Documents re (SP122-125/03: Tabled) ... 303 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 339 Misleading the House (Minister of Learning's comments) (Not proceeded with) ... 18-19
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 203)
Order of consideration, March 24, 2003 ... 651
School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 209)
Second reading of, Point of order re ... 1968
Senate
Reform of: Motion re, consent to read motion into the record on oral notice ... 1648-49
Speaker-Rulings and statements
Allegations against members ... 1239 Anticipation ... 1281, 1284, 1734, 2059 Birthday congratulations to a member ... 254, 302, 1211, 1891 Calendar of special events ... 335, 816, 1404-05, 1966 Calgary-Fort's accident ... 857 Chamber sound system ... 1957 Chamber sound system, Failure of ... 1931 Decorum ... 189-90, 563, 1095-96, 1616 Electoral anniversary of members ... 302, 400, 441, 647, 857, 1891 Exhibits ... 305, 893 Factual accuracy ... 482 Imputing motives ... 1239 Introduction of Manitoba Clerk Assistant ... 76 Items previously decided by the Assembly ... 480-81 Misleading the House, point of privilege re ... 18-19 Motions under Standing Order 30 ... 1503 Oral Question Period rules ... 788, 1547 Pages' letter to members ... 1647 Point of privilege (Allegations against a member, hate literature allegations) ... 1338-39 Point of privilege (Contempt of the Assembly, hate literature) ... 1243-44, 1288-89 Point of privilege (Contempt of the Assembly, Holy Cross hospital mold contamination testing) ... 1803-04 Point of privilege (Contempt of the Assembly, media briefing re Bill 19) ... 260, 303-04 Point of privilege (Contempt of the Assembly, Public Accounts committee meeting boycott) ... 1342 Private members' public Bills ... 650-51, 1968 Question and comment period ... 1688 Recognitions ... 670 Referring to a member by name ... 443, 1543 Referring to members by name ... 963 Referring to the absence of members ... 1741-42 Relevance ... 970 Responses to questions ... 563 Role of the Speaker ... 219 Sessional statistics ... 1676 Sub judice rule ... 644 Tabling documents ... 722-23, 1846, 1967 Time limits in debate ... 339 Video feed of Assembly proceedings available via Internet ... 1705-06 Wedding anniversary of a member ... 1891
Speech from the Throne
Copy tabled (SP1/03: Tabled) ... 5
Taylor, Mr. Gordon Edward
Memorial tribute to ... 1691
Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206)
Memo re Committee reading of (SP471/03: Tabled) ... 1454
Visitor, Ceremonial and Security Services (Legislative Assembly)
English as a Second Language: Field Trip Guide to the Alberta Legislature (SP615/03: Tabled) ... 1678
Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202)
Order of consideration, March 24, 2003 ... 651
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal issues
Federal responsibility for ... 4
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 2
Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Framework
Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research
Alberta energy research strategy
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta position re ... 2
Capital projects
Alternative arrangements re: Advisory committee of experts re ... 3 Public/private partnerships re ... 3
Capital projects, Municipal
Child welfare
Early childhood intervention programs ... 2 General remarks ... 2
Child Welfare Act
Amendment of (Bill 24) ... 2
Children
Community involvement with ... 2
Children from broken marriages
Custody/access: Legislation re ... 4
Clean coal demonstration project
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 3 Legislation re ... 3
Coal-bed methane extraction-Research
Computer software in schools-Finance
Correctional institutions
Diabetes
Public education re ... 4
Drought
Government programs for ... 2
Economic development and the environment
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric power-Prices
Regulated option re ... 3
Electric power-Retail sales
Electric utilities
General remarks ... 2-3 Legislation re (Bill 3) ... 3
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Employment training programs
Exports
Government stretegy re ... 3
Extended care facilities-Rural areas
Family law-Alberta
Legislation re (Bill 45) ... 4
Federal/provincial relations
Fetal alcohol syndrome-Research
Gang-related crime in prisons
Gas recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 2
Health sciences personnel-Rural areas
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Government strategy re ... 3
Low-income families
MLA committee review of programs for ... 3
Low-income families-Housing
Low-income seniors
Government programs ... 3
Low-income seniors-Housing
Maintenance (Domestic relations)
Manufacturing
Government incentives re ... 3
Medical care
24-hour service re ... 4 General remarks ... 3-4 Restructuring ... 4
Medical records, Electronic
Natural resources revenue
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 2
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Premier's Task Force on Infrastructure
Preventive medical services
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Senior citizens
Government programs ... 3
Social housing-Remote/northern areas
Tar sands development-Research
Tourism
Government strategy re ... 3
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Water management strategy
Young Offenders Act (Alberta)
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Vegreville-Viking)
Airport security fee (Federal)
Airports-Maintenance and repair
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Canada/Alberta infrastructure funds, Input into distribution of ... 1357 Resource road grants, Input into distribution of ... 1358
Alberta Cities Transportation Partnership program
Alberta Motor Transport Board
Combined into Transportation Safety Board ... 1351
Alberta Transportation Safety Board
Budget ... 1357 Fort McMurray office ... 1357 General remarks ... 1351
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Canada/Alberta infrastructure funds, Input into distribution of ... 1357 Resource road grants, Input into ... 1358
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Environmental impact assessment on ... 1111 General remarks ... 1352 Provincial funding for ... 12 Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of ... 1700
Auditor General
Driver examination procedure, Monitoring of ... 1797-98 Transportation dept. comments ... 1797-98
Automobile drivers' licences
Graduated licences ... 645-46, 1351, 1401 Suspension of (Administrative suspensions) ... 1357
Automobile drivers' tests
Automobile licence plates
Single plate system, removal of ... 186 Single plate system, removal of (Motion 509, 2000) ... 186
Automobiles-Registration
Foreign registered vehicles ... 853
Bicycle helmets
For young children as passengers ... 1282
Bow River Irrigation District
Headworks upgrading ... 1352
Bridges-Maintenance and repair
Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund
Capital projects
Federal funding for ... 299 Public/private partnerships re ... 1700
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Federal/provincial program re ... 1049-50
Capital projects-Maintenance and repair
Commuter roads-Urban areas
Council of Western Transportation Ministers
Federal fuel tax recommendations ... 1354
CP Rail
Blackfalds area tracks, Safety issues re ... 855
Dept. of Transportation
Amortization of capital assets ... 1358 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP766/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Contract management process (M11/03: Response tabled as SP436/03) ... 364, 1332 Deputy Minister's office budget ... 1357 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q11/03: Response tabled as SP590/03) ... 964-65, 1652 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1351-52, 1354-55, 1357-60 Information system database ... 1358 Major construction projects deferred beyond 2005 (SP421/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Program services ... 1358 Three-year road construction program ... 1359 Three-year road construction program (SP420/03: Tabled) ... 1287
Driver Control Board
Combined into Transportation Safety Board ... 1351
Drunk driving
Enforcement strategy re ... 1351
Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings)
Federal/provincial program re ... 1050, 1357
Environmental impact assessments
Anthony Henday Drive/Canamex corridor ... 1111 Highway corridors ... 1111
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2)
Fines (Traffic violations)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Hay-Transportation
Load securement standards: Harmonization of ... 1889 Load securement standards: Harmonization of (Western provinces memorandum of understanding re) ... 1889
Highway 8-Calgary area
Provincial funding re ... 2064
Highway 63-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Highway 881-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program
International trade-Canada/United States
Lethbridge County Airport
North/south trade corridor
Oral Question Period (2003)
Anthony Henday Drive ... 1700 Bicycle safety ... 1282 Calgary ring road ... 299 Calgary transportation issues ... 2063-64 Cell phone use ... 213 Deerfoot Trail extension ... 1937 Driver examinations ... 1797-98 Driving without insurance ... 667 Graduated drivers' licences ... 645-46, 1401 Highway maintenance ... 1496-97 Highway snow removal ... 505 Infrastructure Canada/Alberta project ... 1049-50 Lethbridge county airport ... 1328 Licence plates ... 186 Load securement standards ... 1889 Nitrous oxide engine modification ... 1621-22 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 12 Photoradar ... 1169 Safety of Blackfalds schoolchildren ... 855 Trucking regulations ... 562-63 Vehicle registration ... 853
Photoradar (Traffic safety)
Consistency of procedures re ... 1169
Public contracts
Contract management process (Transportation): Policy re (M11/03: Accepted) ... 364
Railway lines-Blackfalds area
Safety issues re schoolchildren ... 855
Road construction
Resource road/new industry program ... 1352, 1358 Secondary road program ... 1358 Three-year program re (SP420/03: Tabled) ... 1287
Road construction-Calgary
Road construction-Finance
Deferred projects ... 1351 General remarks ... 12, 1352 Public/private partnerships ... 1700
Roads-Maintenance and repair
Schoolchildren-Blackfalds
Stoney Trail, Calgary
Provincial funding re ... 2064
Strategic economic corridors
Streets Improvement Program
Terrorist attacks-New York City/Washington, D.C.
Traffic Safety Act
Car engine modification regulations under ... 1622 General remarks ... 213, 1351, 1357
Traffic Safety (Cellular Phone) Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 204, 2002)
Transport Canada
Train track safety, Blackfalds area ... 855
Transportation, Rural
Funding ... 1357 General remarks ... 1352
Transportation, Urban-Finance
Truck drivers
Driving records of, exchange of information re ... 1354
Trucking industry-Safety aspects
Tsuu T'ina reserve
Calgary ring road through ... 299
U-Haul trucks/trailers
Inspection/licensing of while in Alberta ... 1354
Water resources development-Finance
Water resources development-Little Bow River
Water resources development-Maintenance and repair
Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore)
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
Lottery funding for ... 949
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Fetal alcohol syndrome programs ... 948 Gambling addiction programs ... 73, 942-43 High school students' gambling study ... 942
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP828/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Bingo operating conditions changes ... 958, 1671 Casino licensing ... 1544-45 Edmonton Northlands violation: Memo re (SP827/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Enoch First Nation's casino application approval ... 1167 General remarks ... 810, 940-41, 946, 947, 948-49 Investigation unit ... 1167 Operating costs changes ... 940
Alberta Gaming Research Council
Lottery funding for ... 940
Alberta Gaming Research Institute
Gambling-related crime study ... 1167 Lottery funding for ... 940, 949 Problem gambling index ... 942 Problem gambling research ... 943
Alberta Liquor Industry Roundtable
Fetal alcohol syndrome programs ... 948
Alberta Liquor Store Association
Fetal alcohol syndrome programs ... 948
Alberta School Boards Association
Funding of core items policy ... 668
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Lottery funds transferred to ... 940-41
Bingo workers
Restrictions on where they can play ... 958
Bingos
Changes to operating conditions for ... 948-49, 958 General remarks ... 945 Private operators for ... 948 Revenue from, to charitable groups ... 940, 958 Review of ... 400, 958, 1671
Bingos, Electronic
General remarks ... 940 Liquor provision in ... 400
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Ltd.
Lottery funding for ... 940
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Charitable societies definition ... 953
Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations
Definition of ... 948, 953 Impact of bingo rule changes on ... 958
Community facility enhancement program
Community initiatives program
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Use of lottery funds to pay down ... 940
Dept. of Gaming
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP751/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Estimates debated ... 939-43, 945-49, 953-54 Estimates debated: Response to questions during (SP594/03: Tabled) ... 1652
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Senior staff credit card statements: Details re (M7/03: Defeated) ... 513
Edmonton Northlands
Gaming and Liquor Commission investigation re: Memo re (SP827/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Lottery funding for ... 940, 954 Provincial funding for ... 889
Edmonton Sport Council
Casino application request ... 948
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Enoch First Nation
Destination resort and casino, west Edmonton ... 1167
Fetal alcohol syndrome-Research
Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 12)
First Nations development fund
Eligibility for grants from ... 947
Gambling-Aboriginal reserves
Gambling-Métis settlements
Gambling-related crime-Prevention
Gaming licences
Adult sport groups eligibility for ... 948 Review of ... 945, 953
Horse Racing Alberta
Annual review, 2002 (SP829/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Gambling revenue for ... 940
Horse racing entertainment centres
Internet (Computer network)
Medicine Hat arts centre
Lottery funding for ... 810
The Odyssium, Edmonton
Lottery funding for ... 949
Oral Question Period (2003)
Bingo industry ... 958, 1671 Bingo licensing review ... 400 Breakaway to win hockey lottery ... 561-62 Casino wait lists ... 1544-45 Community initiatives program ... 668 Gambling-related crime prevention ... 1167 Lottery funds ... 854 Medicine Hat arts centre funding ... 810 Postsecondary education funding ... 889-90 Problem gambling ... 73 Video lottery terminals ... 667, 1234
Point of Order
Admissibility of amendment ... 875, 876 Clarification ... 721
Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1)
Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14)
Sports groups, Adult
Eligibility for gaming licences ... 948
Sports lottery tickets
Payouts from, 2000-02 (Q14/03: Response tabled as SP596/03) ... 1245, 1652 Revenue from, 2000-02 (Q13/03: Response tabled as SP596/03) ... 1245, 1652
Supreme Court of Canada
Manitoba VLT removal ruling (Siemens case) ... 73, 1234
University of Lethbridge
Addictions research chair ... 948
Vertigo Theatre, Calgary
Lottery funding for ... 949
Video gambling machines
Funding of upgrades to ... 667, 940 General remarks ... 945 Municipalities' removal of ... 73, 953, 1234 Reducing the number of ... 953 Relation to illegal gambling ... 946 Responsible gaming features ... 667, 943
Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead)
Aboriginal peoples-Housing
Alberta Foundation for Environmental Excellence
Cardinal River Coals Ltd.
Cheviot mine delay ... 813
Coal-bed methane extraction-Research
Coal mines and mining-Jasper area
Dept. of Economic Development
Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1149, 1151
Dept. of Infrastructure
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1220
Dept. of Seniors
Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1135
Edson and District Health Care Centre
Edson Savings & Credit Union
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3)
Extended care facilities-Edson
Fording Canadian Coal Trust
Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 15)
Forest fires-Control
Legislation re (Bill 15) ... 117
Forest management agreements
Unused wood supply disposal provisions ... 1775
Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta
Gas, Natural-Prices
Impact on seniors ... 559
Grande Cache Coal Corporation
Industrial development (Value-added industries)
Government strategy re ... 1149
Jubilee junior high school, Edson
Transfer from public to separate system ... 1220
Low-income seniors
Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... 559
Lumber
Value-added processing of ... 1149
Members' Statements (2003)
Edson Savings & Credit Union ... 187
Obed Mountain Coal Ltd.
Suspension of operation ... 813
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Coal industry investments ... 1151
Oral Question Period (2003)
Coal mining industry ... 813 Grande Cache sawmill closure ... 1774-75 Seniors' utility costs ... 559 Softwood lumber policy bulletin ... 1643 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1738-39
Parkland high school, Edson
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003)
School space allocation in Edson (petition not in order) ... 1648
Poaching
Legislation re (Bill 50) ... 1702
Propane-Prices
Impact on seniors ... 559
Public lands
Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 990
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003)
Royal Canadian Legion. Cadomin branch
Schools-Utilization-Edson
Letter re (SP599/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Letters re (SP564-566/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Petition re (not in order) ... 1648 Public/separate exchanges ... 1220
Senior citizens-Housing-Edson/Jasper
Feasibility study re ... 1135
Sherritt International Corporation
Smoky River Coal Limited
Coal leases disposal ... 813
Social housing-Remote/northern areas
Softwoods-Export-United States
Countervail duties re ... 1738-39 Hard cap on ... 1739 Trade rule improvements re: Draft U.S. policy bulletin re ... 1149, 1643, 1739
Tourism-Marketing
General remarks ... 1149 Performance measures re ... 1149
Weldwood of Canada Ltd.
Recreation program: Recognition of ... 815
Weyerhaeuser Company
Sawmill closure, Grande Cache ... 1774-75
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50)
Wildlife management
Legislation re (Bill 50) ... 1702
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