MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar)
Aboriginal land claims
General remarks ... 896 Legal costs ... 896
Aboriginal peoples-Education
Aboriginal peoples-Employment
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 121 Assistance programs: Payments to MLAs re ... 962 Statement re ... 121
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 29)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Air quality in the workplace-Health aspects
Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 255, 801
Alberta Construction Association
Letter re MERF funds (SP375/04: Tabled) ... 1422
Alberta Corporate Service Centre
Performance measures: Auditor General's recommendations re ... 818 Service contracts with outside suppliers ... 818
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Coal bed methane hearings ... 1151 Compensation to customers disconnected from utilities in error (Q88/04: Accepted) ... 1329 Electric utility hearings: Public participation ... 1160 Funding formula for ... 1151 Service quality benchmarks for gas/electricity providers (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327 Shut in gas wells, Fort McMurray area, compensation re (M149/04: Defeated) ... 1338 Sour gas well hearings ... 1160 Sour gas well hearings (Compton Petroleum), Calgary area ... 1160 Staffing ... 1161 Utilities Consumer Advocate's presentations to ... 810, 1160 Well production data collection: Auditor General's comments re ... 1154
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Elimination of (Motion 505: Taft/Massey) ... 625
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Transfer of natural resources revenue to ... 1154
Alberta Mature Animal Market Transition Program
Alberta Registries
Management plan: Auditor General's recommendations re ... 819 Renewal initiative re ... 819
Alberta royalty tax credit
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1154 Letter from Minister of Energy re (SP77/04: Tabled) ... 199
Alberta Rural Electrification Association
Letter re electricity deregulation ... 150 Letter re electricity deregulation: Copy tabled (SP67/04) ... 157
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta SuperNet
Dept. of Government Services' access to, costs of ... 818-19
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 998 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Letter re (SP87/04: Tabled) ... 262
AltaGas Services Inc.
Contribution to funding of Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 385-86, 810
Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation)
Appearance of MLAs at hearings of ... 833, 1225-26 Appearance of MLAs at hearings of: Memos re (SP226-228/04: Tabled) ... 842 Appointment process for ... 1226 Decisions of (Otterdahl decisions) ... 1226 Voting record of (M6/04: Defeated) ... 478
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2004 (Bill 24)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2004 (Bill 14)
Architects Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 3)
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
ATCO Gas
Contribution to funding of electricity deregulation publicity campaign ... 191 Contribution to funding of Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 116, 385-86, 810 Retail business purchase by Direct Energy ... 1022 Sale of Viking-Kinsella field: Customer rebates from ... 1150
Auditor General
Alberta Corporate Service Centre comments ... 818 BSE compensation programs investigation ... 386 Business resumption planning recommendations (Q51/04: Accepted) ... 866 Energy dept. recommendations ... 1153-54 Minister's expenses documentation: Memo re (SP332/04: Tabled) ... 1327 Registry renewal initiative comments ... 819 Royalty reduction programs evaluation recommendation ... 1153-54 Royalty reduction programs evaluation recommendation (Q69/04: Defeated) ... 1022-23
Automobile drivers' licences
Temporary licences ... 819
Automobile drivers' licences-Security aspects
Automobile Insurance Reform Implementation Team
General remarks ... 908 Input provided to, List of (M2/04: Accepted) ... 476-77 Resignation of insurance company executive from ... 500
Automobile licence plates
Recall of plates with BSE prefix: Costs (Q52/04: Accepted) ... 867
Axia NetMedia Corporation
Alberta SuperNet contract ... 818-19
Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers
Beef-Export
Diversification of markets for ... 950-51
Beef-Prices
Minister of Agriculture's report on, re BSE situation ... 444-45
Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Trails Act (Bill 2)
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Compensation plans re ... 288, 324 Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation of ... 386 Compensation plans re: Emergency motion under SO40 re ... 452-53 Compensation plans re: Federal funding for ... 386 Compensation plans re: Inquiry into ... 346-47 Compensation plans re: List of payments made under ... 324 Compensation plans re: Special select standing committee establishment re ... 452-53 Impact on cattle industry ... 121, 950-51, 954, 1147 Impact on cattle industry: Delegation to travel to U.S. re ... 346 Impact on cattle industry: Recognition of consumers' reaction to ... 467-68 Live testing for ... 121 Policy re handling of: Statement re ... 1147 Testing re ... 355, 902-03, 952 Testing re: Bio-Rad test ... 951, 952 Testing re: News article re ... 903 Testing re: News article re (SP245/04: Tabled) ... 908
Calgary Flames Hockey Club
Canada Pension Plan Credits Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 203)
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Canadian Bar Association
Studies on streamlined courts ... 1133
Canadian farm income program
Payments made to MLAs under ... 962
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Carbon dioxide projects
Royalty credits re (Q11/04: Accepted) ... 473 Royalty credits re, Companies receiving (Q12/04: Defeated) ... 473
Cattle-Export-United States
Contingency plan re continued border closure ... 386 General remarks ... 288, 468 Letter from Liberal Opposition re (SP148/04: Tabled) ... 508-09
Cattle-Identification
Tracking program re: North American system for ... 950-51, 1147
Cattle embryos-Export-China
Cattle semen-Export-China
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
CFCN (Television station)
Poll re publication of government travel expenses (SP41/04: Tabled) ... 82
Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations
Board residency requirements: Exemption from (Bill 35) ... 1356-57
Chief Provincial Veterinarian's office
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Information technology costs (M11/04: Defeated) ... 614
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
As amendment to Bill 22, Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 ... 650, 652-53
Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (British Columbia)
Class size (Grade school)
General remarks ... 10, 998
Climate change
Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1161
Coal bed methane-Royalties
Coal bed methane extraction
Committee to oversee: Documents re (M151/04: Defeated) ... 1339 EUB hearings re ... 1151 General remarks ... 1150 Public consultation re (Q2/04: Accepted) ... 470-71 Regulations re: Documents re (M150/04: Defeated) ... 1338 Water recovery issues ... 470, 1057, 1161
Code of silence award
Alberta nomination for: Recognition of ... 1259
Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, Standing (Federal)
Beef pricing inquiry ... 345
Committee on Agriculture and Municipal Affairs, Standing Policy
Committee on Economic Development and Finance, Standing Policy
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Ministers' appearance before: Letter re scheduling of (SP40/04: Tabled) ... 82 Premier's appearance before: Invitation to (SP39/04: Tabled) ... 82 Report presented (SP118/04: Tabled) ... 425
Companies Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 35)
Competition Bureau (Federal)
Beef pricing study, re BSE situation ... 346
Compton Petroleum Corporation
Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 1160
Consumer protection
Re electricity/gas contracts ... 113-14, 116, 151, 537, 810, 1161 Re electricity/gas contracts, performance measures re ... 810 Re electricity/gas prices ... 1144 General remarks ... 809 Re home renovation industry ... 809 Public education re ... 809 Web site for ... 811
Consumers' Association of Canada (Alberta)
Withdrawal from Advisory Council on Electricity report ... 150, 346
Courts
Streamlining of ... 1133 Streamlining of: Federal involvement ... 1133
Courts-Calgary
New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 1133, 1160 New courthouse: Security features ... 1133
Courts-Edmonton
Supercourtroom for organized crime cases ... 1133-34
Credit cards, Government
Expenses charged to, by deputy ministers, ADMs, etc. for each government dept. (M24/04: Accepted as amended) ... 1027 Expenses charged to, by Premier, Exemption from disclosure of ... 1318
Credit ratings, Personal
As factor in auto insurance rate structure ... 635 As factor in auto insurance rate structure: Letter re (SP236/04: Tabled) ... 864
Crop insurance program
General remarks ... 962 Payouts under ... 1389 Public nature of ... 1390
Dams-Peace River
B.C. proposal for ... 897
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 896-97
Dept. of Agriculture (United States)
BSE investigation: Report ... 1147
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Administrative support budget ... 951 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 950-52, 954, 962 Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 564 Policy Secretariat budget ... 951 Restructuring of (Q15/04: Response tabled as SP312/04) ... 355
Dept. of Economic Development
Information technology costs (M12/04: Defeated) ... 615 International travel deferral, Cost savings re ... 1317 Luncheon/reception in Mexico City, Costs of ... 1317
Dept. of Energy
Budget ... 1150, 1160 Business plan ... 1151 Communications budget ... 1161 Credit card statements for minister and executive assistant (M140/04: Defeated; Replaced by M26/04) ... 1337 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1150-51, 1153-56, 1160-61 Information technology services costs (M62/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1182 Letter to Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar re electricity suppliers competition (SP218/04: Tabled) ... 807 Minister's letter to Member for Edmonton-Gold Bar (SP97/04: Tabled) ... 296 Minister's out-of-province travel expenses (M23/04: Accepted as amended) ... 874 Minister's travel expenses ... 1161 Minister's travel expenses (M3/04: Defeated) ... 605-06, 609 Performance measures data ... 1160 Performance measures data (M7/04: Accepted) ... 478-79 Performance measures data (M9/04: Accepted) ... 479 Property theft from (Q6/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 471 Salary bonuses to senior officials (M34/04: Accepted as amended; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1030 Staffing ... 1161
Dept. of Government Services
Bonuses paid to senior staff (M69/04: Defeated; Replaced by M34/04; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1184 Business resumption planning: Auditor General's recommendations re (Q51/04: Accepted) ... 866 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 809-11, 818-19 Information technology services costs (M61/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1182 Performance measures ... 810 Property theft from (Q7/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 472 Service contracts with outside suppliers ... 818 SuperNet hook-up charges ... 818-19 Web site ... 809
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Bonuses paid to senior staff (M66/04: Defeated; Replaced by M34/04; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1183 Budget ... 1223 Credit card statements for departmental staff (M25/04: Defeated; replaced by M24/04) ... 1027 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1222-26 Information technology services costs (M60/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1182 Property theft from (Q8/04: Response tabled as SP214 & 370/04) ... 472
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1133-34
Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada)
Disabled
Government programs for ... 331-32
Disabled children-Education-Finance
Drinking age
Raising of (Motion 508: McFarland) ... 1196
Edmonton Folk Music Festival
25th Anniversary: Recognition of ... 1173
Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club
Edmonton Public School Board
Funding: Letter re (SP88/04: Tabled) ... 262
Edmonton's Food Bank
Information sheet re (SP225/04: Tabled) ... 842 Recognition of ... 806
Education-Finance
Funding through general revenue (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 102-03 General remarks ... 998
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 22)
Second reading ... 513-15 Committee ... 652-53 Amendment (SP180/04: Tabled) ... 649 Amendment (SP181/04: Tabled) ... 661 Letter to Information and Privacy Commissioner re (SP166/04: Tabled) ... 585 Letter to Information and Privacy Commissioner re: Response to (SP216/04: Tabled) ... 807 Proposed amendment: Statement re ... 640
Electoral reform
Public forum on: Notice re (SP358/04: Tabled) ... 1397 Statement re ... 640
Electric power, Coal-produced
Electric power-Prices
Consumer complaints re (Q39/04: Accepted as amended) ... 732-33 Consumer protection re ... 1144 General remarks ... 150, 190, 254, 289, 324-25, 479, 674, 1413-14 Impact of electricity exports on ... 857, 1150 Impact on low-income earners ... 1224 Legislation re (Bill 216) ... 1326 Manipulation of ... 1144 Rate riders ... 1151 Residential bill comparisons of (document) ... 289 Residential bill comparisons of (document) (SP72/04: Tabled) ... 324, 325
Electric power-Prices-California
News article re (SP106/04: Tabled) ... 332
Electric power-Prices-Montana
Electric power-Prices-United Kingdom
News article re (SP351/04: Tabled) ... 1397
Electric power-Retail sales
Electric power line companies
Service quality benchmarks for (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Electric power lines
Policy re ... 1153 Policy re: Documents re (M153/04: Defeated) ... 1340
Electric utilities
Compensation (from EUB) to customers disconnected from utilities in error (Q88/04: Accepted) ... 1329 Service quality benchmarks for (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 150, 190-91, 211, 254-55, 289, 325-26, 346, 386, 419, 474, 537, 674, 810, 857, 1016, 1144, 1151, 1153, 1160, 1326, 1413-14 Deregulation: Business article re (SP283/04: Tabled) ... 1106 Deregulation: Business models for (M161/04: Defeated) ... 1341 Deregulation: Class-action law suit re ... 1298 Deregulation: Consumer complaints re (Q39/04: Accepted as amended) ... 732-33 Deregulation: Documentation re (M155/04: Defeated) ... 1340 Deregulation: Documents re (M8/04: Defeated) ... 479 Deregulation: Government/TransAlta correspondence re (M156/04: Defeated) ... 1340 Deregulation: Impact on low-income earners ... 1224 Deregulation: Impact on small business ... 673-74, 1298 Deregulation: Impact on small business, measurement of (M157/04: Defeated) ... 1341 Deregulation: Letters re (SP67 & 147/04: Tabled) ... 157, 508 Deregulation: Publicity campaign re ... 190-91, 326, 576, 1160, 1161 Deregulation: Reports on (M158/04: Defeated) ... 1341 Deregulation: Ron Southern's comments re ... 255 Deregulation: Statement re ... 1298
Electric utilities-Taxation
Extra levy to pay for Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 419
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3, 2003)
Electric Utilities Amendment Act, 1998 (Bill 27, 1998)
Emergency motions under Standing Order 40
Automobile insurance ... 470 BSE assistance program ... 452-53
Emergency planning
Business resumption aspects: Auditor General's recommendations re (Q51/04: Accepted) ... 866
Energy industry
Public awareness of ... 1160 Royalty credits for carbon dioxide projects, Companies receiving (Q12/04: Defeated) ... 473
Energy industry-Crown lands
Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 896 Aboriginal/oil-field contractors issue ... 1151
Environics Research Group (Western) Limited
Surveys re energy industry (M9/04: Accepted) ... 479
Excellence in Teaching Awards
Program from (SP252/04: Tabled) ... 947
Executive Council
Appearance before Public Accounts committee: Letter re scheduling of (SP40/04: Tabled) ... 82 Application of FOIP Act to ... 78 Expenses for travel ... 9-10, 48, 632-33 Expenses for travel: Auditor General's memo re (SP332/04: Tabled) ... 1327 Expenses for travel: Statement re ... 55
Extended care facilities-Fees
Faint hope clause (Criminal code)
Fatalities, Work-related
Due to occupational disease ... 597 General remarks ... 1223
Feed
Ban on ruminant-to-ruminant feed ... 950
Feeder Associations Guarantee Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 28)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder-Prevention
Motion 504: Hutton ... 621
Financial Administration Act
Credit card policy directive under, Exemption of Premier from ... 1318 Treasury Board directive 14/98 under (SP331/04: Tabled) ... 1327
Fines (Hunting/fishing violations)
Surcharge on, for wildlife conservation (Motion 507: VanderBurg) ... 889
Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations)
Forest Reserves Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 13)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Exemptions for Executive Council travel details ... 78, 1318 Fees ... 632-33, 641, 675 Liberal opposition requests under, re ministerial travel expenses ... 609, 632-33 Liberal opposition requests under, re ministerial travel expenses: Letter re (SP179/04: Tabled) ... 641 Request re KPMG study of auto insurance costs ... 1211 Request re KPMG study of auto insurance costs: Letter re (SP284/04: Tabled) ... 1106
Gas, Natural-Prices
Consumer complaints re (Q38/04: Accepted as amended) ... 731-32 General remarks ... 1413-14 Impact of ATCO Gas sale on ... 1150
Gas, Natural-Retail sales
Consumer education/protection re ... 810 General remarks ... 1016
Gas industry-Fort McMurray area
Conflict with tar sands development ... 1151, 1155 Conflict with tar sands development (Q66/04: Accepted) ... 1021-22 Conflict with tar sands development: Compensation re (M149/04: Defeated) ... 1338
Gas pipelines-Alaska/Northwest Territories thru Alberta
Stripping of natural gas liquids from throughput of ... 1154
Gas utilities
Compensation, from EUB, to customers disconnected from utilities in error (Q88/04: Accepted) ... 1329 Contribution to funding for Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 113-14, 116, 214 Service quality benchmarks for (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Gas utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 810 Deregulation: Statement re ... 1298
Gas well drilling industry
Production reports to EUB: Auditor General's recommendation re ... 1154
Gas well drilling industry-Calgary area
Gasoline-Prices
All-party committee to review ... 1292 General remarks ... 1292 Provincial rebate re ... 1292
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Appearance of MLAs at hearings of ... 1225-26
Government aircraft
General remarks ... 1292 Public accessibility of manifests for: Tabling (SP264/04) and point of order re ... 1020-21
Government spending policy
Accountability re ... 451 General remarks ... 9-10
Grid West
New name for Regional Transmission Organization West ... 1150, 1160
Home renovation industry
Consumer protection issues re ... 809
Hours of labour
Working alone regulation ... 1223
Imperial Parking Canada Corporation
Cancellation of motor vehicle database access ... 537
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 6)
Income Trusts Liability Act (Bill 34)
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Letter to, re Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 and response (SP166 & 216/04: Tabled) ... 585, 807
Insurance, Automobile
Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and suffering): Cap on ... 987, 1168-69 Competition among auto insurers in Alberta ... 1215 Credit rating as factor in ... 635 Credit rating as factor in: Letter re (SP236/04: Tabled) ... 864 Discontinuance of auto insurance policies in Alberta ... 767 FOIP request re KPMG study on costs of ... 1211 FOIP request re KPMG study on costs of: Letter re (SP284/04: Tabled) ... 1106 FOIP request re KPMG study on costs of: Letter re, response to (SP301/04: Tabled) ... 1219 Provincial comparison chart re (SP244/04: Tabled) ... 908 Public plan re ... 461, 499-500, 536, 908, 942, 1390 Public plan re: Official Opposition policy (SP158/04: Tabled) ... 544 Reform of ... 460-61, 500, 635, 836, 985, 987, 1168-69, 1211, 1215, 1254-55, 1389 Reform of: News article re ... 460 Reform of: News article re (SP132/04: Tabled) ... 469 Reform of: Public consultation re ... 470, 1361-62 Reform of: Public consultations re (M2/04: Accepted) ... 476-77 Reform of: Standing policy committee discussions re ... 1361-62, 1390 Reform of: Statement re ... 908 Standing policy committee meeting re ... 985 Statement re ... 908 Withdrawal of auto insurance companies from Alberta ... 767
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Age discrimination in rates ... 460, 1254-55 Freezing of ... 576, 908, 942, 1389 Freezing of: Letter from Min. of Finance re (SP200/04: Tabled) ... 710 General remarks ... 1169, 1255 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 942, 1255 Increase in ... 460, 499-500, 1389 New grid for ... 942, 943 New grid for: Placement on government web site ... 943
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums-New Brunswick
KPMG study re impact of tort reform on (SP302/04: Tabled) ... 1219
Insurance, Commercial vehicle-Premiums
Proposed new rate grid's application to ... 942
Insurance companies
Competition among auto insurers in Alberta ... 1215 Credits/rebates issued by, re freeze order ... 576 Discontinuance of auto insurance policies in Alberta ... 767 Profits ... 499-500, 536, 576, 987, 1389 Property and casualty premiums comparison (SP256/04: Tabled) ... 992 Withdrawal of auto insurance companies from Alberta ... 767
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2004-05
Estimates debated ... 564
King's University College
Graduation program (SP324/04: Tabled) ... 1300
Kingsway General Insurance Inc.
Discontinuance of auto insurance policy writing in northern Alberta ... 836
KPMG consulting
Auto insurance costs in Alberta study ... 1211 Auto insurance costs in Alberta study: Letter re FOIP request re (SP284/04: Tabled) ... 1106 Auto insurance costs in Alberta study: Letter re FOIP request re, response to (SP301/04: Tabled) ... 1219 N.B. auto insurance rates: Impact of tort reform on, Study (SP302/04: Tabled) ... 1219
Labour supply
Shortages of skilled workers ... 1000-01
Labour unions
Organizing activities (Salting) ... 1101-02
Livestock industry, Intensive
Approval process re ... 1323
Low-cost Electrticity for Alberta Act (Bill 216)
Market enhancement recovery funds
General remarks ... 1101-02 Letter re (SP375/04: Tabled) ... 1422
Meat packing industry
Disclosure of financial records for Agriculture minister's review of beef pricing re BSE situation ... 445 Inquiry into pricing practices of, re BSE situation ... 345-46
Medical care
Newspaper article re public vs. private health care (SP59/04: Tabled) ... 122 Restructuring ... 211
Medical care, Complementary and alternative
Research fund for (Motion 509: Graham) ... 1348-49
Medical care, Private
Newspaper article re public vs. private health care (SP59/04: Tabled) ... 122
Meloche Monnex Inc.
Non-compliance with auto insurance rate freeze order ... 576
Members' apologies to the House
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Appearance at quasi-judicial board hearings ... 1226 Appearance at quasi-judicial board hearings: Memos re (SP226-228/04: Tabled) ... 842 Payments made to, re agricultural programs ... 962
Members' Statements (2004)
Alberta farmers ... 121 Automobile insurance ... 908 Beef industry ... 1147 Democratic renewal ... 640 Energy deregulation ... 1298 Government travel expenses ... 55 Low-income Albertans ... 331-32 Public accounts committees ... 451
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Ministerial Statements (2004)
Calgary Flames ... 1140 National Day of Mourning ... 1096
Miscellaneous Statues Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 33)
National child benefit
Provincial clawback of ... 1224
National Council of Welfare
Welfare Incomes 2000 (Study) ... 331
National Day of Mourning (Work-related injuries/deaths)
General remarks ... 1105 Statement re ... 1096
Natural gas rebates
Amount distributed in February 2004 (Q71/04: Accepted) ... 1023 Amount distributed in January 2004 (Q56/04: Accepted) ... 869 General remarks ... 731 Reinstatement of: Petition presented re ... 198
Natural resources
Provincial control of ... 1156
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Pure Lean hog farm application review ... 1323
Natural resources revenue
Naturally occurring radioactive materials in the workplace
Navigant Consulting, Ltd.
Improving the Competitiveness of Alberta's Retail Electricity Market (report) ... 810, 811
New York Times (Newspaper)
Article re BSE testing ... 903 Article re BSE testing (SP245/04: Tabled) ... 908 Article re public vs. private health care (SP59/04: Tabled) ... 122
Northern Alberta Development Council
Bursary programs ... 896 Role re rail service to Fort McMurray ... 896
Northern Oilfield Contractors Association
Aboriginal land claims dispute ... 896
Occupational diseases-Prevention
Occupational training
Aboriginal people ... 896
Office of the Premier
New chief of staff ... 1161 New chief of staff, Appointment of ... 190 Premier's appearance before Public Accounts committee: Invitation to (SP39/04: Tabled) ... 82 Premier's exemption from credit card policy under Financial Administration Act ... 1318 Premier's travel expenses ... 632-33 Premier's trip to New York, December 2002: Costs ... 9, 55, 632
Official Opposition
Public auto insurance policy (SP158/04: Tabled) ... 544
Oil, Crown-owned
Marketing of: Reviews of (M152/04: Defeated) ... 1339
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1160 Coal bed methane produced water use in ... 1161 Companies receiving royalty reductions re (Q14/04: Accepted) ... 473-74 Royalty reductions re (Q13/04: Accepted) ... 473
Oil well drilling industry
Production reports to EUB: Auditor General's recommendation re ... 1154
Ombudsman
Appeals Commission decisions, Review of ... 1226
Oral Question Period (2004)
Access to information ... 78 Access to information application fees ... 675 Appeals Commission ... 833 Automobile insurance ... 460-61, 499-500, 536, 576, 635, 767 Automobile insurance rates ... 942, 943 Automobile insurance reform ... 985, 987, 1168-69, 1211, 1215, 1254-55, 1361-62, 1389 BSE testing program ... 902-03 Cattle industry ... 288, 324, 345-46, 386 Coal bed methane development ... 1057 Complaints to Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 537 Deregulation ... 211 Direct Energy ... 1016-17 Electricity deregulation ... 150, 190-91, 254-55, 289, 325-26, 346, 419, 673-74 Electricity exports ... 857 Electricity prices ... 324-25 Electricity pricing ... 1144 Energy deregulation ... 1413-14 Firebag oil sands development ... 1059 Gasoline prices ... 1292 Government expense claims ... 48 Government travel ... 9-10 Government travel expenses ... 1317-18 Kingsway General Insurance Inc. ... 836 Labour Relations Code ... 1101-02 Low-income support programs ... 860 Occupational health and safety ... 597 Out-of-province government travel ... 632-33 Public insurance model ... 1389-90 Pure Lean Inc. ... 1323 Review of pricing in the beef industry ... 444-45 Rural gas co-ops and electrification associations ... 576-77, 801 Support for low-income Albertans ... 705-06, 723-25 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 113-14, 116, 151, 214, 385-86
Our Voice, The Spare Change Magazine
Parks, Provincial
Abandoned well sites in: Details re (Q3/04: Accepted) ... 471
Personal Information Protection Act
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2004)
Minimum wage increase ... 908 Natural gas rebates ... 198
Photoradar (Traffic safety)
Email re (SP186/04: Tabled) ... 680
Pipelines-Provincial parks/protected areas
Details re (Q3/04: Accepted) ... 471
Point of Order
Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 262-63 Factual accuracy (Aircraft manifest copies' availability) ... 1021 Imputing motives ... 1156
Power Pool of Alberta
Contribution to funding for Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 116
Property tax-Education levy
Elimination of (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 102-03
Proportional representation
Protected areas
Abandoned well sites in: Details re (Q3/04: Accepted) ... 471
Public accounts committees
Public Affairs Bureau
Publicity campaign re electricity deregulation ... 190-91, 326, 576 Staff salaries and bonuses (M46/04: Defeated; Replaced by M34/04; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1178
Public assistance
Benefit increase re ... 723-24 Benefit increase re: Statement re ... 331-32 Federal funding re, diversion of ... 1224 General remarks ... 1223-24
Public service-Alberta
Bonuses awarded to (M34/04: Accepted as amended; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1030 Reduction of ... 211
Public utilities
Compensation, from EUB, to customers disconnected from utilities in error (Q88/04: Accepted) ... 1329 Performance reports (Q74/04: Accepted) ... 1327 Service quality benchmarks for (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Public utilities-Medicine Hat
Purchases, Government
Itemization of (M31/04: Defeated) ... 1029
Rail service-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
NADC involvement in ... 896
Reclamation of land
Orphaned well sites: Details re (Q3/04: Accepted) ... 471
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Redwood Energy Ltd.
Well blowout details, Edson (M154/04: Defeated) ... 1340
Referendum, Provincial
Electricity exports ... 1151
Regional Transmission Organization West
Alberta participation ... 1150, 1160 Alberta participation: Documents re (M4/04: Defeated) ... 477 Alberta participation: Expenses re (M5/04: Defeated) ... 477-78
Registered apprenticeship program (High schools)
Registry offices, Private
Registry offices, Private-Security aspects
Residential Tenancies Act (Bill 16)
Road construction-Peace River/Fort McMurray
Public/private partnerships re ... 896
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Credits for carbon dioxide projects (Q11/04: Accepted) ... 473 Credits for carbon dioxide projects, Companies receiving (Q12/04: Defeated) ... 473 General remarks ... 1151, 1153 Reduction programs evaluation: Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1153-54 Reduction programs evaluation: Auditor General's recommendations re (Q69/04: Defeated) ... 1022-23 Reductions for enhanced recovery projects (Q13/04: Accepted) ... 473 Reductions for enhanced recovery projects, Companies receiving (Q14/04: Accepted) ... 473-74 Tax deductions re (Q9 and 10/04: Defeated) ... 472-73
Rural economic development
MLA committee to review: Report ... 576
Rural electrification associations
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
Senatorial Selection Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 7)
Single-parent families
Public assistance for ... 332
Skills development program
Small business
Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 673-74, 1298 Impact of electricity deregulation on: Measurement of (M157/04: Defeated) ... 1341
Steel-Prices
Documents re (SP217/04: Tabled) ... 807
Suncor Inc.
Firebag project, royalty discussions re ... 1059, 1151
Supports for independence program
Benefits increase re ... 724, 860, 1223-24 Clients of, with children (Q31/04: Accepted) ... 729 General remarks ... 48, 705, 725
Tar sands development
Conflict with natural gas industry ... 1151, 1155 Conflict with natural gas industry (Q66/04: Accepted) ... 1021-22 Conflict with natural gas industry: Compensation re (M149/04: Defeated) ... 1338
Tax incentives
Royalties deductions (Q9 and 10/04: Defeated) ... 472-73
Thompson's World Insurance News (Newsletter)
Article re Alberta insurance reform (SP132/04: Tabled) ... 469
Tourism levy
Conversion of hotel tax to (Motion 506: Strang) ... 884
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Correspondence with government re electricity deregulation (M156/04: Defeated) ... 1340
Travel at public expense
CFCN poll re public reporting of (SP41/04: Tabled) ... 82 General remarks ... 9-10, 1317-18 Minister of Energy's expenses (M3/04: Defeated) ... 605-06, 609 Minister of Energy's expenses (M23/04: Accepted as amended) ... 874 Redirection of funding for, to children's services ... 724 Release of details re ... 48, 632-33 Statement re ... 55
Treasury Board
Directive 14/98 under Financial Administration Act (SP331/04: Tabled) ... 1327 Minutes of meetings, Jan. 1 to Feb. 17, 2004 (M120/04: Defeated) ... 1335
Unemployment-Aboriginal peoples
Apprenticeship training for ... 1000-01
Unemployment-Youth
Apprenticeship training for ... 1000
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Budget ... 809-10 Budget, 2003-04 (Q16/04: Accepted) ... 474 Co-operative protocol used by, performance measures re ... 810-11 Complaints re electricity bills/deregulation to (Q39/04: Accepted as amended) ... 732-33 Complaints re gas bill costs to (Q38/04: Accepted as amended) ... 731-32 Consumer complaints to ... 537 Consumer complaints to: Procedure re (Q68/04: Accepted) ... 1022 Creation of: Documents/correspondence re (M148/04: Accepted) ... 1338 Documents/correspondence from (M147/04: Defeated) ... 1338 General remarks ... 809-10, 818, 1151, 1160 Independence of ... 113-14, 116, 151, 214, 346, 385-86, 419, 537 Role of, public awareness of, performance measures re ... 810 Staffing ... 810
Veterinary laboratories
Funding ... 952 Level 3 lab ... 564
Veterinary pathologists, Provincial-Education
Wages-Minimum wage
General remarks ... 9, 331, 1223, 1225 Petition presented re ... 908 Petition tabled re (SP257/04) ... 947, 992 Regular review of ... 1225
Wages-Provincial Court judges
Decision on increase for ... 860
Wages-Provincial veterinary pathologists
Level of (Q1/04: Response tabled as SP309/04) ... 355
Wawanesa Insurance Group
Resignation of CEO from Automobile Insurance Reform Implementation Team ... 500
Well sites, Abandoned-Provincial parks/protected areas
Details re (Q3/04: Response tabled as SP369/04) ... 471
Whistle-blower protection
Wildlife conservation fund
Funding for, from surcharges on hunting/fishing violation fines (Motion 507: VanderBurg) ... 889
Workers' Compensation Board
Occupational disease reserve fund ... 597
Workplace safety
General remarks ... 1223 Recognition of ... 1105
Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill)
Blood Samples Act (Bill 204)
Emergency services personnel-Safety measures
General remarks ... 468 Legislation re (Bill 207) ... 354
Emergency vehicles, Stationary
Passing of: Legislation re (Bill 207) ... 354
Law Enforcement Review Board
Special constables accountability to (Motion 503: Abbott) ... 377-78
Members' Statements (2004)
Society for Treatment of Autism ... 55
Oral Question Period (2004)
WCB premium assessments ... 504
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Society for Treatment of Autism
Special constables
Training/accountability of (Motion 503: Abbott) ... 377-78
Traffic Safety (Emergency Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 207)
Workers' Compensation Board
Premiums' increase ... 504
Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek)
Acupuncture-Regulations
Sterilized needle usage ... 837
Alberta Aids to Daily Living
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Addictions treatment programs ... 1107 Crystal meth treatment programs ... 350 Smoking prevention programs ... 1319 Youth addictions treatment programs ... 1319
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Annual report and financial statements, 2002-03 (SP359-360/04: Tabled) ... 1397
Alberta Blue Cross Benefits Corporation
Change in tax-exempt status ... 75, 196 Change in tax-exempt status: Impact on premium rate ... 11, 75, 1112 Change in tax-exempt status: Implications of ... 1112 Psychiatric drug coverage ... 348, 391, 418, 419, 466
Alberta Blue Cross Plan
Coverage for pre-existing condition ... 1295, 1297 Coverage of nonhospital drugs ... 1295, 1297 Drug benefits ... 1107, 1118, 1295 Drug benefits, Withholding of due to arrears in AHCIP premiums ... 1390, 1414 Nongroup benefits ... 1107, 1118
Alberta Blue Cross Plan-Premiums
Government as employer's share of: Impact of ABC's tax-exempt status change on ... 1112
Alberta Blue Cross Review Committee
Alberta Cancer Board
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP221/04: Tabled) ... 808 Cancer drug costs coverage ... 1295 Cancer drug (Rituximab) decision ... 1366 Financial statements, 2002-03 (SP222/04: Tabled) ... 808 Funding ... 1116
Alberta Children's Provincial General Hospital
Cochlear implant/intensive speech therapy program ... 581 Replacement for ... 1120
Alberta College of Optometrists
Annual report, 2002 (SP25/04: Tabled) ... 18
Alberta College of Pharmacists
Crossborder prescription drug sales monitoring ... 1170 Review of Calgary dialysis drug mix-up fatalities ... 594
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Sour gas health study recommendation ... 293 Sour gas well hearings (Compton Petroleum), Calgary area ... 329, 347
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
General remarks ... 1107 Insured services, modifications to ... 196 Out-of-province patients' impact on ... 213-14, 389, 447-48 Total services provided by ... 389
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Account in arrears, Withholding of supplementary drug benefits due to ... 1390, 1414 Accounts in arrears, Collection agencies payments re (Q44/04: Accepted as amended) ... 736 Accounts in arrears, Collection time re (Q27/04: Accepted) ... 476 Accounts in arrears, Number of (Q45/04: Accepted as amended) ... 736 Accounts in arrears, Number of sent to collection agencies (Q26/04: Accepted) ... 476 Employers' accounts: Number of (Q25/04: Accepted) ... 475 General remarks ... 702, 1109-10 Increase in ... 76 Individual/family accounts: Number of (Q25/04: Accepted) ... 475 Seniors' premiums: Number of (Q25/04: Accepted) ... 475
Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee
Annual report, 2001-02 (SP32/04: Tabled) ... 18 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP223/04: Tabled) ... 808 Bethany Care Centre inspection report ... 74, 77, 114 General remarks ... 835
Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
Alberta Long Term Care Association
Alberta Medical Association
Alberta Mental Health Board
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP31/04: Tabled) ... 18 Funding ... 419, 466 Review of community mental health treatment ... 348
Alberta Opticians Association
Annual report, 2002 (SP27/04: Tabled) ... 18
Alberta Wellnet (Health information network)
Alzheimer's disease
Caregiver training re ... 77, 78
Ambulance service, Aerial
Ambulatory care centre, Edmonton
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng.
Calgary Health Region/private partners consortium re: Calgary staff transfers re (M49/04: Accepted) ... 1180
Aspen Regional Health Authority
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP8/04: Tabled) ... 18 Blood-thinning clinic ... 1106 Information technology services costs (M47/04: Defeated) ... 1179
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Long-term care bed subsidies for ... 538
Auditor General
Health and Wellness dept. conditional grants: Control processes for (Q19/04: Accepted) ... 475
Avian influenza
Transmission to humans ... 804-05
Best practices initiative (Health care)
Bethany Care Centre, Calgary
Inspection report re ... 74, 114 Staffing levels ... 74, 77, 114
Blood donation
Screening for West Nile virus during ... 1118
Blue Cross Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 8)
Boyle McCauley Health Centre
Calgary Board of Education
Intensive speech therapy program, Knob Hill school ... 581
Calgary Flames Hockey Club
Playoff games' impact on hospital emergency rooms ... 1391
Calgary Health Region
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, partnership in: Calgary staff transfers re (M49/04: Accepted) ... 1180 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP9/04: Tabled) ... 18 Capital plan ... 463 Centralized hospital pharmacy ... 594-95 Cochlear implant/intensive speech therapy program ... 581 Complaint resolution process ... 290 Conflict of interest rules ... 1117, 1320-21 Dialysis solution mixup: Fatalities from ... 594-95, 596, 633 Dialysis solution mixup: Fatalities from, Public inquiry re ... 672 Emergency room overload code burgundy ... 418, 463 Emergency room wait times ... 79, 289-90, 387, 418, 463 Emergency room wait times: Public inquiry into ... 418 Hospital beds shortage ... 1120 Information technology services costs (M64/04: Defeated) ... 1183 Mental health services ... 1106 Mould contamination problem at Foothills Hospital ... 117 New hospital in southeast Calgary ... 1120 New hospital in southeast Calgary: Location within sour gas well emergency planning area ... 329, 347 New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for ... 708 Ophthalmologists' recruitment from overseas ... 213, 257, 1296 Ophthalmologists' recruitment from overseas: Review of work of ... 1296 Ophthalmology chief, Concerns re ... 1320-21 Public inquiry into problems of ... 596 Senior management: Political connection of ... 633 Senior management: Removal of ... 633 Services to out-of-province patients ... 389 Workers' Compensation Board clients, surgeries for ... 1116
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Canada Health Infoway (Federal)
Canadian Blood Services
Screening of blood donations for West Nile virus ... 1118
Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation
National secretariat's home base ... 1106
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Study on health spending in Alberta ... 76
Canadian Patient Safety Institute
General remarks ... 115 Potassium handling procedures, Review of ... 594, 633 Secretariat's home base ... 1106
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists
Letter re Calgary dialysis solution mixup ... 633 Letter re Calgary dialysis solution mixup (SP175/04: Tabled) ... 641
Cancer-Treatment
Drugs for, coverage of ... 1295, 1297, 1366 Drugs for, coverage of, withheld due to premium payment arrears ... 1390 Funding for ... 1108
Capital Health
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP10/04: Tabled) ... 18 Emergency room wait times ... 79 Hospital beds shortage ... 1120, 1166 Information technology services costs (M48/04: Defeated) ... 1179 Multidisciplinary clinics ... 1106 Nursing home resident's death due to burns, Investigation of ... 15 Services to out-of-province patients ... 389 Workers' Compensation Board clients, surgeries for ... 1116
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 579, 708
Castro, Drs. Maria and Alberto
Charlebois Consulting Ltd.
Contracts with Dept. of Health and Wellness ... 1391, 1412-13
Chief Medical Examiner's Office
Review of Calgary dialysis solution mixup fatalities ... 594
Chinese medicine, Traditional
Regulation under Health Professions Act ... 837
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP11/04: Tabled) ... 18 Information technology costs (M11/04: Defeated) ... 614 Supportive housing project, Picture Butte ... 1106, 1115
Cocaine addiction-Treatment
Collective bargaining-Nurses
Impact on health care budget ... 1119
Collective bargaining-Public service
Impact of Blue Cross premium increase on ... 1112
College of Chiropractors of Alberta
Annual report, 2001-02 and 2002-03 (SP26/04: Tabled) ... 18
College of Physical Therapists of Alberta
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP259/04: Tabled) ... 992
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Special register, section 5 (Foreign doctor recruitment) ... 213
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Report (Building on Values) ... 54, 76
Community mental health services
Conference Board of Canada
International survey of health systems costs/benefits ... 676 Understanding Health Care Cost Drivers and Escalators (Report) ... 462, 542, 1110, 1111 Understanding Health Care Cost Drivers and Escalators (Report) (SP116/04: Tabled) ... 394
Conflict of interest
Calgary Health Region physicians ... 1117 Chief of ophthalmology in Calgary Health Region ... 1320-21 Hiring of foreign ophthalmologists in Calgary Health Region ... 257, 1296
Council of Chairs (Regional health authorities and provincial boards)
Council of the Federation
Crossroads Regional Health Authority [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP12/04: Tabled) ... 18
Crystal methamphetamine (Drug)
David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP13/04: Tabled) ... 18 Electronic health record conversion ... 1106 Information technology services costs (M59/04: Defeated) ... 1182
Deaf-Treatment
Cochlear implant/intensive speech therapy program ... 581
Debt collection
Unpaid health care premiums (Q26/04: Accepted) ... 476 Unpaid health care premiums, Collection agencies fees re (Q44/04: Accepted as amended) ... 736 Unpaid health care premiums, Collection time re (Q27/04: Accepted) ... 476
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Business plan ... 1107-08 Conditional grants from: Control processes for (Q19/04: Accepted) ... 475 Contracts awarded to Charlebois Consulting Ltd. ... 1391 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1106-21 Minister's Ottawa speech re medicare restructuring ... 1257-58 Supplementary estimates 2003-04, No.2: Debated ... 177-79
Discrimination-Age
Cancer drug (Rituximab) prescription to different age groups ... 1366
Drug abuse-Treatment
Funding for ... 446 General remarks ... 1961 Use of Ibogaine re ... 1961
Drugs, Prescription
Coverage of nonhospital drugs ... 1295, 1297 Crossborder (U.S.) sale of ... 1170
Drugs, Prescription-Costs
Drugs, Prescription-Finance
Provincial funding ... 1118
Drugs, Prescription-Prices
Impact of crossborder drug sales on ... 1170
Drugs, Prescription-Supply
Impact of crossborder drug sales on ... 1170
East Central Health
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP14/04: Tabled) ... 18 Information technology services costs (M44/04: Defeated) ... 1178 Primary health care initiatives ... 1106
Emergency medical technicians-Airdrie
Provision of overnight medical services ... 1113
Extended care facilities
Food services in ... 461 General remarks ... 1108 Room type rate differences ... 538
Extended care facilities-Fees
Extended care facilities-Finance
Extended care facilities-Inspection
Extended care facilities-Standards
Extended care facilities residents
Prescription drug usage, review of ... 835
Families Allied to Influence Responsible Eldercare
Long-term care rates concerns ... 461
Fatality inquiries
Calgary dialysis solution mixup fatalities ... 594 Seniors' fatalities investigations ... 74 Senior's fatality due to burns ... 15
Fatality Review Board
Review of Calgary dialysis solution mixup fatalities ... 594
Foothills Provincial General Hospital
Emergency department conditions ... 289-90, 463 Emergency department upgrade ... 463 Mould contamination in renal dialysis unit ... 117
Galloway, Corporal James (RCMP)
Government departments
Information technology services costs (M10/04: Accepted as amended) ... 610, 612
Grande Prairie Regional College
Health centre partnership with Peace Country Health region ... 1106
Headwaters Health Authority [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP15/04: Tabled) ... 18
Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000)
General remarks ... 196, 462, 1111 Private surgical facilities contracts under: Evaluation of (Q40: Defeated) ... 734
Health Disciplines Board
Annual report, 2000, 2001 and 2002 (SP28-30/04: Tabled) ... 18
Health facilities, Private
Health facilities-Construction
General remarks ... 1115 Public/private partnerships re ... 1112
Health facilities-Construction-Airdrie/Northwest Calgary
Health Information Act Review Committee, Select Special
Appointment of (Motion 16: Mar/Zwozdesky) ... 993
Health Professions Act
Acupuncture/Chinese medicine regulations ... 837
Health Quality Council of Alberta
General remarks ... 1108 Potassium handling procedures, Review of ... 594, 633, 672
Health sciences personnel-Education
Health Transition Fund (Federal)
Healthy U (Health promotion campaign)
Homeless-Housing
Mentally disabled accommodation: Government programs re ... 391
Hospital beds-Edmonton
Funding for ... 1166 General remarks ... 1120
Hospital beds-Supply
General remarks ... 79, 418 Numbers of, for each health authority (M45/04: Accepted) ... 1178 Shortages of ... 387, 1120
Hospital patients-Safety aspects
Hospitals
Hotel-like accommodation in ... 115-16 Private sector liquor sales in ... 115
Hospitals-Calgary
New south Calgary hospital: Location within sour gas well emergency planning area ... 329, 347
Hospitals-Drumheller
Adoption of electronic health record system ... 1106
Hospitals-Emergency services
Hospitals-Emergency services-Calgary
Impact of Flames playoff hockey games on ... 1391
Hydrogen sulphide emissions-Health aspects
Hydrogen sulphide emissions-Health aspects-Calgary area
Immunization
Funding for ... 1107 General remarks ... 1106
Insurance, Health (Private)
Competition with Blue Cross ... 11, 75, 196
Insurance, Malpractice-Midwives
Jubilee Lodge Nursing Home
Death of resident at, due to burns ... 15
Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP17/04: Tabled) ... 18
Knob Hill school, Calgary
Intensive speech therapy program ... 581
Lakeland Health Region [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP18/04: Tabled) ... 18
Lang, Kiernan
Cancer treatment drug costs ... 1295
Low-income seniors
Long-term care bed subsidies for ... 538
Medical care
General remarks ... 1115 Impact of aging population on ... 1110 Out-of-province services, Alberta usage of ... 1256-57 Outcomes of ... 1115 Provided to Alberta patients by other provinces ... 389 Restructuring ... 75-76, 115-16, 462, 542, 577, 721, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1116, 1391 Restructuring: Alberta Minister of Health's Ottawa speech re ... 1257-58 Restructuring: Communications plan re ... 1108 Restructuring: Report on ... 1109 Restructuring: Role of Premier's chief of staff in ... 1112 Tommy Douglas' philosophy re ... 154, 1109, 1257-58
Medical care, Primary-Finance
Medical care-Finance
Collective bargaining with nurses' impact on ... 1119 Conference Board of Canada report on ... 462, 542, 1110, 1111 Conference Board of Canada report on (SP116/04: Tabled) ... 394 Federal funding ... 154, 1110-11 General remarks ... 53-54, 76, 115-16, 195-96, 447-48, 462, 542, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1115, 1166 MLA committee to review: Report ... 53-54, 542, 577 MLA committee to review: Report, Release of ... 1109 MLA committee to review: Report, Release of (M33/04: Defeated) ... 481 As percentage of gross domestic product ... 1110, 1115 User fees ... 75-76, 1109, 1111
Medical clinics-Strathcona County
After-hours operation ... 1113
Medical graduates, Foreign
Residencies for ... 257 Residencies for: Federal funding re ... 257
Medical profession-Supply
Medical records, Electronic
Co-ordination of activities re ... 707 Costs ... 503, 541-42 Costs, for each health region (M53/04: Defeated) ... 1180 Federal funding for ... 542 Funding for ... 1107 General remarks ... 1106, 1113
Medical tests
As factor in health care costs ... 1115
Mental Health Patient Advocate
Annual report, 2002 (SP33/04: Tabled) ... 18
Mental health services-Finance
Mistahia Regional Health Authority [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP19/04: Tabled) ... 18
Mosquito control programs
Newborn metabolic screening system (Electronic health information system)
Northeast Edmonton Community Health Centre
Northern Lights Health Region
Information technology services costs (M78/04: Defeated) ... 1187 Northwest health centre, High Level ... 1106
Northern Lights Regional Health Authority [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP20/04: Tabled) ... 18
Northwest Health Centre, High Level
Northwestern Health Services Region [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP21/04: Tabled) ... 18
Nurse practitioners
Role in health care reforms ... 1116
Nurses
Role in health care reforms ... 1116
Nurses, Licensed practical-Supply
Nurses-Employment
Funding for ... 447 General remarks ... 1109
Nursing Homes Act
General remarks ... 74, 77
Office of the Premier
New chief of staff, Role in health reform ... 1112
Ophthalmologists, Foreign
Oral Question Period (2004)
Access to rituximab ... 1366 Acupuncture regulations ... 837 Addictions treatment for youth ... 1319 Alberta Blue Cross ... 11, 75 Ambulance services ... 1017-18 Avian influenza ... 804-05 Calgary emergency health services ... 289-90, 387, 418 Calgary Health Region ... 594-95, 596, 633, 672 Charlebois Consulting Ltd. ... 1391 Contract tendering policy ... 1412-13 Crossborder sale of prescription drugs ... 1170 Crystal methamphetamine ... 349-50 Drug abuse treatment ... 446 Education funding ... 389 Electronic health records ... 503, 541-42, 707 Emergency hospital services ... 1166 Emergency room wait times ... 79 Emergency services in Calgary health region ... 463 Federal health care funding ... 154 Foothills medical centre ... 117 Global telehealth technology ... 1256-57 Ground ambulance services ... 836 Health care funding ... 447-48 Health care funding and revenue generation ... 53-54 Health care premiums ... 76, 702 Health care reform ... 75-76, 115-16, 195-96, 462-63, 542, 577, 721, 1257-58, 1391 Health care services for out-of-province patients ... 213-14 Inspection of long-term care facilities ... 835 Long-term care accomodation rates ... 461 Long-term care beds ... 538 Long-term care facilities ... 74, 77-78, 114 Mental health services ... 255-56, 348, 390-91, 418-19, 465-66 Mental health strategy ... 349 Midwifery services ... 1170 Ophthalmology services in Calgary ... 213, 257, 1296, 1320-21 Organ and tissue donations ... 942 Out-of-province health care services ... 389 Prescription drug coverage ... 1295, 1297 Private/public partnership projects ... 708 Private/public partnerships for hospital construction ... 579, 676 Protection for persons in care ... 15 School auditory/verbal therapy program ... 581 Sour gas well emissions ... 293, 347 Southeast Calgary hospital ... 329 Supplementary prescription drug benefit program ... 1390, 1414 West Nile virus ... 464-65
Organ and tissue donation
Provincial strategy re ... 942
Palliser Health Region
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP22/04: Tabled) ... 18 Information technology services costs (M55/04: Defeated) ... 1180 Maternity clinic, Medicine Hat ... 1106 West Nile virus control programs ... 464-65
Pandemic disease strategy
Peace Country Health
Health centre partnership with Grande Prairie Regional College ... 1106 Information technology services costs (M57/04: Defeated) ... 1181
Peace Health Region [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP23/04: Tabled) ... 18
Pharmaceutical information network
Pharmacists-Supply
Impact on patient safety ... 596
Pharmacists' Association of Alberta
Comments about pharmacists shortage ... 596
Pharmacy Alliance for Canadians
Crossborder prescription drug sales monitoring ... 1170
Physical fitness-Teaching
Physician agreement, 2003
Police
Mental health related incidents, Responses to ... 255, 348
Premier's Advisory Council on Health
Community mental health recommendations ... 348 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 462, 1106, 1108
Preventive medical services
Protection for Persons in Care Act
Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta
Labour negotiations with nurses ... 1119
Public Affairs Bureau
Publicity campaign re health care reform ... 577
Public Health Appeal Board
Annual report, 2003 (SP295/04: Tabled) ... 1174
Radiology services
Out-of-province services, Alberta usage of ... 1255
Regional health authorities
Ambulance service transfer to ... 836, 1017-18, 1117 Boundary changes, impact of ... 1117 Budget approval ... 1115-16 Conflict of interest rules ... 1320-21 Electronic health records co-ordination ... 707 Emergency rooms: Wait times at ... 79 Funding ... 1107 General remarks ... 1106 Hospital beds, numbers of (M45/04: Accepted) ... 1178 Interregional cooperation ... 1119 Long-term care facilities' operation ... 461 Long-term care facilities' standards ... 15, 74, 77-78 Mental health services ... 348, 418-19, 1106 Out-of-province services, Evaluation criteria re ... 1256 Physicians' agreement, involvement in ... 1106, 1107, 1114, 1116 Potassium handling procedures, review of ... 633 Provincewide services ... 1107 Revenue generating opportunities ... 1116 SARS cases handling ... 1119 Wellness programs ... 1391
Regional Health Authority No. 5 [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP16/04: Tabled) ... 18
Rituximab (Cancer drug)
Prescription to different age groups ... 1366
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Death of member of, Corporal James Galloway ... 255
Seniors drug profile (Electronic health information program)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Social services recipients-Protection
Senior's fatality due to burns ... 15, 74, 78
Speech therapy
Intensive therapy/cochlear implant program ... 581
Substance abuse-Treatment
Substance abuse-Treatment-Youth
Detox/residential services re ... 1319
Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 (No. 2)
Surgical services
Impact on health outcomes ... 1115 Online booking service re ... 1121
Surgical services, Private
Cost-benefit analysis of contracts for (Q40/04: Defeated) ... 734
Surplus, Budgetary
Health services funding with ... 462
Telehealth services
General remarks ... 1106, 1256 Out-of-province services, Alberta usage of ... 1255-56
Tenders, Government
Charlebois Consulting contract ... 1412-13
Toxic moulds
In public buildings ... 117
Transplantation of organs
General remarks ... 1106 Waiting lists re ... 942
W. W. Cross Cancer Institute
West Nile virus
Control methods for ... 464-65, 1118-19 Income support for victims of ... 1119 Public education program re ... 1118
WestView Regional Health Authority [Old boundary]
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP24/04: Tabled) ... 18
Workers' Compensation Board
Contracting of clients' surgeries, with health boards ... 1116
Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills)
Agribusiness
Provincial assistance to, re BSE impact ... 193
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Loan interest rates ... 837-38
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Confined feeding operation discussions ... 800-01
Alberta Recreation Corridors Legislative Review Committee
Architects Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 3)
Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Trails Act (Bill 2)
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Impact on agribusiness ... 193 Impact on cattle industry ... 14
Cattle-Export-United States
Education-Finance
Funding through general revenue (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 237-38
Forest Reserves Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 13)
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 692-93
Highway informational signs
Community businesses access to ... 577-78 New policy for ... 577-78
Interior designers
Legislation re (Bill 3) ... 17
Livestock industry, Intensive
Living Faith Bible College Act (Bill Pr.3)
First reading ... 585 Second reading ... 781 Committee ... 782 Third reading ... 819 Amendment (SP212/04: Tabled) ... 782
Oral Question Period (2004)
Agricultural small business assistance ... 193 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation ... 837-38 Beef exports ... 14 Confined feeding operations ... 800-01 Farm assessment and taxation report ... 1367 Highway signs ... 577-78 Provincial recreational trails ... 291-92
Property tax-Education levy
Elimination of (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 237-38
Railway lines-Abandonment
Transfer of abandoned right-of-way to municipalities ... 292
Rangeland, Public
Legislation re (Bill 13) ... 122
Rocky Mountain forest reserve
Livestock grazing in: Legislation re (Bill 13) ... 122
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
Second reading ... 89-90 Third reading ... 487
St. Mary's College Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill Pr.1)
Treasury Branches
Assistance to agribusinesses, re BSE impact ... 193
Maskell, Mr. Bob (PC, Edmonton-Meadowlark)
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
Amendments (SP159-162/04: Tabled) ... 557
Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association
Alberta Scene (Arts festival, Ottawa)
Alberta Teachers' Association
Practice review process for teachers: Legislation re (Bill 26) ... 641
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 52, 706
Canada Pension Plan Credits Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 203)
Cheerleading championships
Victoria school provincial champions ... 946
Dept. of Children's Services
Estimates 2004-05: Passed ... 921
Dept. of Government Services
Identity theft investigation team ... 192
Drinking age
Raising of (Motion 508: McFarland) ... 1201, 1347
Early childhood education
Education
General remarks ... 51-52
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Funding for teacher/librarian training ... 706
English as a Second Language
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Vapour Control Equipment) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 202)
EPCOR Group of Companies
National Arts Centre Orchestra's Alberta tour sponsor ... 726
Film and television industry
Film development grant program
Kieftenbeld, Mary
Official song proclamation (Motion 17: Zwozdesky) ... 1373
Libraries, School
Funding for teacher/librarians in ... 706
National Arts Centre, Ottawa
Alberta Scene festival, 2005 ... 726
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Alberta tour, 2005 ... 726
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Northwest Bible College Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill Pr.4)
Amendment (SP297/04: Tabled) ... 1207
Oral Question Period (2004)
Education policy ... 51-52 Identity theft ... 192 School library programs ... 706
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
Second Playing Space, Timms Centre
Song, Provincial
Proclamation of (Motion 17: Zwozdesky) ... 1373
Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 26)
Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands)
A-Channel (Television station)
Collective agreement for staff of, recognition of ... 157
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
Air services- Alberta/overseas
Alberta-Economic policy
20-year strategic plan ... 804 General remarks ... 968-69 Statement re ... 393
Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity
Alberta Beef Industry Council
Response to opposition parties' comments re BSE compensation programs ... 326
Alberta Beef Producers
General remarks ... 531 Policy resolution re retail/packing sector pricing practices (SP112/04: Tabled) ... 355
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 27)
Alberta Federation of Labour
News release re provincial budget (SP198/04: Tabled) ... 710
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Elimination of ... 531, 637, 968 Elimination of (Motion 502: Mason) ... 238-39, 374 Elimination of (Motion 505: Taft/Massey) ... 749-50 Elimination of: Letter re (SP262/04: Tabled) ... 1020 Elimination of: Petition presented re ... 1299 Increase in ... 393, 531 Seniors' premiums: Elimination of ... 533, 638 Seniors' premiums: Elimination of (Motion 502: Mason) ... 238-39, 374
Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation
Interest-free loans for municipal energy conservation initiatives ... 1089-90
Alberta royalty tax credit
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 969
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 206)
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 533 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Letter re (SP 209/04: Tabled) ... 769
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng.
Calgary Health Region/private partners consortium re ... 905-06 Calgary Health Region/private partners consortium re: Letter re (SP243/04: Tabled) ... 908
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of ... 532
Appropriation Act, 2004 (Bill 32)
Second reading ... 1375-77 Second reading amendment (Bill be not now read a Second time) (Defeated) ... 1376
Arbitration (Labour relations)
Nurses' bargaining situation ... 581
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Benefit increase re ... 533 Review of: Details re (M83/04: Defeated) ... 1188-89
Athabasca Oil Sands Transportation Corp.
Fort McMurray rail link project ... 804, 833, 932 Fort McMurray rail link project: News release re (SP224/04: Tabled) ... 842
Auditor General
BSE compensation programs investigation ... 290, 327, 1297 BSE compensation programs investigation: Letter to ND MLA re (SP154/04: Tabled) ... 544 BSE compensation programs investigation: Special duty audit re ... 538-39 Construction grants, Recommendation for payment through consolidated cash investment trust fund (Q58/04: Accepted) ... 871 Construction grants, Recommendation re cost-effectiveness of (Q57/04: Accepted) ... 870-71 Construction grants, Recommendation re monitoring of (Q55/04: Accepted) ... 868-69 Corporate tax reduction program recommendation ... 968, 969 Fort McMurray rail link feasibility study investigation ... 833 MLA expenses reporting comments ... 606 Royalty reduction programs evaluation recommendation ... 969
Automobile licence plates
Recall of plates with BSE prefix: Costs (Q52/04: Accepted) ... 867
Beef-Prices
Comparison of, taken from Agriculture web site (SP125/04: Tabled) ... 452 General remarks ... 348, 387 Minister of Agriculture's report on, re BSE situation ... 446
Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Trails Act (Bill 2)
Blood Samples Act (Bill 204)
Blue Cross Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 8)
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Compensation plans re ... 393, 419-20, 461-62, 1396 Compensation plans re: Agriculture dept. staff role at public meetings re ... 531 Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation of ... 290, 327, 1297 Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation of, Letter to ND MLA re (SP154/04: Tabled) ... 544 Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation of, Special duty audit re ... 538-39 Compensation plans re: Beef industry comments re ... 326 Compensation plans re: Federal funding for ... 599-600 Compensation plans re: Inquiry into ... 211-12, 326, 347-48 Compensation plans re: List of payments made under ... 462, 1014, 1297, 1362-63 Compensation programs re: ND news release re ... 1285 Impact on cattle industry ... 211-12, 1167-68
Boyle McCauley Health Centre
BPC consortium
Calgary courthouse P3 proposal ... 1057-58 Political contribution to PC party ... 1057-58
Calgary Flames Hockey Club
Calgary Health Region
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, partnership in ... 905-06 Anglo-Canadian Clinics, partnership in: Letter re (SP243/04: Tabled) ... 908 New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for ... 941
Canada Pension Plan Credits Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 203)
Canadian armed forces
Provincial income tax policy re Alberta personnel in, while overseas ... 674, 974
Canadian Boxed Beef Report
Copy tabled (SP263/04) ... 1020 General remarks ... 1014
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Survey of small business insurance rates ... 722 Survey of small business insurance rates (SP204/04: Tabled) ... 728
Capital projects, Municipal-Finance
Cargill, Incorporated
Failure to open financial records to House of Commons committee reviewing BSE compensation recipients ... 1296-97 Recipient of Alberta BSE compensation funds ... 461-62
Cattle-Export-United States
Cattle-Prices
General remarks ... 50 Price fixing re ... 348, 387, 446, 461-62 Weekly market review re (SP35/04: Tabled) ... 57
Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 21)
Chili-Politics and government
Premier's remarks re ... 1318 Premier's remarks re: Letters re (SP333-334, 356, 377/04) ... 1327, 1397, 1422 Premier's remarks re: Petitions tabled re (SP354-355/04) ... 1397
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Information technology costs (M11/04: Defeated) ... 614
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
As amendment to Bill 22, Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 ... 654-56
Class size (Grade school)
Coal bed methane-Royalties
Coal bed methane extraction
Committee to oversee: Documents re (M151/04: Defeated) ... 1339 Regulations re: Documents re (M150/04: Defeated) ... 1338-39
Collective bargaining-Nurses
Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, Standing (Federal)
Beef pricing inquiry ... 347-48, 419-20, 1014 Beef pricing inquiry: Contempt finding against meat packers ... 1296-97 Beef pricing inquiry: Document tabled during (SP120/04: Tabled) ... 425 Beef pricing study: Letter from Commissioner of Competition re (SP115/04: Tabled) ... 394
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
BSE compensation programs investigation, Motion for Auditor General to ... 290 BSE compensation programs investigation, Motion for Auditor General to: Agriculture dept. document re (SP155/04: Tabled) ... 544 BSE compensation programs review ... 420
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union. Local 1900
Collective agreement for A-Channel staff: Recognition of ... 157
Companies Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 35)
Competition Bureau (Federal)
Beef pricing study, re BSE situation ... 347, 387 Beef pricing study, re BSE situation: Letter re (SP115/04: Tabled) ... 394
Consolidated Cash Investment Trust Fund
Payment of construction grants through (Q58/04: Accepted) ... 871
Consumer protection
Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1158
Consumers' Association of Canada (Alberta)
Public insurance plans findings ... 1318
Corporations-Taxation
Impact on foreign investment ... 975 Reduction in ... 531, 637-38, 974, 975 Reduction in: Auditor General's recommendation re ... 968, 969 Reduction in: Performance measures re ... 968, 969
Council of the Federation
Alberta participation ... 756
Courts-Calgary
New courthouse: Components of ... 1058 New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 532, 941 New courthouse, Public/private funding of: Cost increase re ... 941, 990 New courthouse, Public/private funding of: Winning company's political contributions ... 1057-58
Craig Media Inc.
Collective agreement for A-Channel staff: Recognition of ... 157
Credit cards, Government
Expenses charged to, by deputy ministers, ADMs, etc. for each government dept. (M24/04: Accepted as amended) ... 1027
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Communications branch document re ND Public Accounts motion (SP155/04: Tabled) ... 544 Staff: Role of, at public meetings ... 531
Dept. of Economic Development
Dept. of Energy
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1157-60 Minister's travel expenses (M3/04: Defeated) ... 606
Dept. of Finance
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 968-69
Dept. of Gaming
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1243-44
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1110-11, 1113-14 Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 533 Minister's Ottawa speech re medicare restructuring ... 1257-58
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 533
Dept. of Infrastructure
Construction grants, Cost-effectiveness of (Q57/04: Accepted) ... 870-71 Construction grants, Monitoring of (Q55/04: Accepted) ... 868-69 Construction grants, Payment through consolidated cash investment trust fund (Q58/04: Accepted) ... 871
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Dept. of Learning
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 533
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1089-90
Dept. of Revenue
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 974-75
Dept. of Seniors
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 533
Dept. of Transportation
Edmonton/Fort McMurray rail link, Dept. role in ... 932 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 932-33
Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada)
Edmonton City Centre Airport
Edmonton International Airport
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Education-Finance
Funding through general revenue (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 104-05
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 22)
Electric power-Export
Agreement with the U.S. re ... 857-58 General remarks ... 857-58
Electric power-Retail sales
Consumer education/protection re ... 1158 General remarks ... 1159
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 191-92, 393, 532, 869-70, 1099-1100, 1158, 1159-60, 1396 Deregulation: Documentation re (M155/04: Defeated) ... 1340 Deregulation: Petitions presented re ... 544, 602, 709, 1148, 1174
Enoch First Nation
Destination resort and casino, west Edmonton ... 1243
Enron Direct Limited Partnership
Evan-Thomas recreation area
Designation as protected area: Petitions presented re ... 841
Family Support for Children With Disabilities Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 5)
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 15)
Forest Reserves Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 13)
Gambling
Provincial efforts re: News release re (SP37/04: Tabled) ... 82
Gambling, Compulsive
General remarks ... 80, 82
Gambling-Aboriginal reserves
Enoch casino development ... 1243 Jurisdiction re ... 1243 Revenue from, distribution of ... 1243
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Communications staff ... 1281
Government aircraft
Public accessibility of manifests for: Tabling (SP264/04) and point of order re ... 1021
Government departments
Communications divisions ... 1281
Government spending policy
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for (Motion 15 amendment: Mason) ... 695 Registry for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 694-96
Horse racing
General remarks ... 531 Lottery funding for ... 1243
Hospitals-Calgary
New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of ... 941
Income tax, Provincial
Exemption for Alberta military personnel, while overseas ... 674, 974 General remarks ... 974
Income Trusts Liability Act (Bill 34)
Insurance, Automobile
General remarks ... 393 Public plan re ... 118-19, 1318 Public plan re: Petition presented for ... 769 Public plan re:Letter re ... 122 Public plan re:Letter re (SP251/04: Tabled) ... 947 Reform of ... 1212, 1318 Reform of: Letter re (SP251/04: Tabled) ... 947
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
General remarks ... 1212, 1318 Increase in ... 1396 Increase in: Impact on small business ... 722 Letter re (SP303/04: Tabled) ... 1219
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2004-05
Estimates debated ... 530-33 General remarks ... 533
International Day of Mourning
Interprovincial relations
Jubilee Lodge Nursing Home
Death of resident at, due to burns ... 872 Inspection of (Q59/04: Accepted) ... 872
Kananaskis Country
Environmental issues in: Petitions presented re ... 841
Labour Relations Code
Review of: Committee re, Report ... 1417-18 Salting/MERFing issues ... 1417-18
Labour unions
Organizing activities (Salting) ... 1418 Recognition of ... 1173
Lakeside Packers Ltd.
Failure to open financial records to House of Commons committee reviewing BSE compensation recipients ... 1296-97
Law Enforcement Review Board
Special constables accountability to (Motion 503: Abbott) ... 378
Market enhancement recovery funds
May Week Labour Arts Festival
Event calendar from (SP292/04: Tabled) ... 1174 General remarks ... 1173
ME First! (Municipal Energy Efficiency Assistance) program
Meat packing industry
Disclosure of financial records for Agriculture minister's review of beef pricing re BSE situation ... 446 Disclosure of financial records to Commons committee review of beef pricing re BSE situation ... 1297 Document re, tabled at Commons Committee investigating (SP120/04: Tabled) ... 425 General remarks ... 1167-68, 1396 Inquiry into pricing practices of, re BSE situation ... 211-12, 327, 347-48, 387, 419-20, 461-62, 538-39, 1014 Profit margins ... 1020 Report on ... 211 Report on (SP81/04: Tabled) ... 217
Medical care
Impact of aging population on ... 1110 Poem re ... 1218 Restructuring ... 533 Restructuring: Alberta Minister of Health's Ottawa speech re ... 1257-58 Tommy Douglas' philosophy re ... 749, 750
Medical care-Finance
Federal funding ... 1110 General remarks ... 1110 As percentage of gross domestic product ... 1110 User fees ... 1111
Members' Statements (2004)
Provincial fiscal policies ... 393 Romanow and Juliet (poem) ... 1218
Mental health services-Finance
Merit Contractors Association
Metis Settlements Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 30)
Ministerial Statements (2004)
MLA Committee on Strengthening Alberta's Role in Confederation
Motions for Returns (Parliamentary practice)
Amendment of MR10 ... 611, 613
National Day of Mourning (Work-related injuries/deaths)
National health council (Romanow proposal)
Alberta participation ... 756
Natural gas rebates
Amount distributed in January 2004 (Q56/04: Accepted) ... 869-70 General remarks ... 532, 533
Natural resources revenue
New Democrat Opposition
Comments re, by Agriculture dept. communications ... 531 Comments re, by Agriculture dept. communications (SP155/04: Tabled) ... 544 Comments re, by beef industry representatives ... 326
Northeast Edmonton Community Health Centre
Office of the Premier
Communications staff ... 1281 New chief of staff, Appointment of ... 191 Premier's remarks re Chilean political history ... 1318 Resignation of Premier ... 1212
Oral Question Period (2004)
Automobile insurance reform ... 1212, 1318 Beef industry ... 1296-97 Beef recovery strategy ... 1014, 1167-68 BSE compensation payments ... 1362-63 Calgary courthouse ... 941, 990, 1057-58 Calgary Health Region ... 905-06 Cattle industry ... 290, 326-27, 347-48, 387, 419-20, 461-62 Cattle prices ... 50 Electricity deregulation ... 191-92 Electricity exports ... 857-58 Electricity prices ... 505 Federal aid to cattle industry ... 599-600 Gaming revenue ... 80 Government fleet insurance ... 118-19 Health care labour negotiations ... 581 Health care premiums ... 637-38 Health care reform ... 1257-58 Insurance costs ... 722 International air services ... 1393-94 Labour relations ... 1417-18 Meat packing industry ... 211-12 Rail link to Fort McMurray ... 804, 833-34 Review of pricing in the beef industry ... 446 Special duty audit by Auditor General ... 538-39 Tax policy for armed forces personnel ... 674 Utility charges ... 1099-1100
Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2004)
Electrical system re-regulation ... 544, 602, 709, 1148, 1174 Evan-Thomas draft management plan revision ... 841 Health care premiums elimination ... 1299 Public auto insurance system ... 769
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2004)
Premier's remarks re Chilean political history, Request for apology for (SP354-355/04 ) ... 1397
Photoradar (Traffic safety)
Use on provincial highways ... 932-33
Point of Order
Addressing the Chair ... 159 Allegations against a member ... 947-48 Amendment to Motion for Return 10, Admissibility of ... 611, 613 Clarification of Acting Speaker's ruling ... 1397 Decorum ... 759 Factual accuracy (Aircraft manifest copies' availability) ... 1021 Insulting language ... 1219 Parliamentary language ... 530, 544-45 Referring to nonmembers ... 604 Reflections on a decision of the Assembly ... 698 Unanimous decision of the Assembly ... 980
Police
Neighbourhood patrols ... 868
Police, Regional
Communities being considered for (Q54/04: Accepted as amended) ... 868
Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 9)
Progressive Conservative caucus-Edmonton
Property tax-Education levy
Cap on revenue from ... 531 Elimination of (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 104-05 General remarks ... 969, 1089 Increase in ... 531
Provincial/municipal fiscal relations
Public Affairs Bureau
Interim estimates amendment to reduce funding for (SP150/04: Tabled) ... 530-31 Staff ... 1281
Public assistance
Benefit increase re ... 533
Public service-Alberta
Politicization of ... 531
Rail service-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Regional health authorities
Deficit financing ... 533
Resolutions (2004)
No.15 Gun registration, amendment to ... 695
Risk management fund
Use to insure government vehicle fleet ... 118-19
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Government contracts with ... 830
Romanow and Juliet (Poem)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
General remarks ... 393 Reduction programs evaluation: Auditor General's recommendations re ... 969
School buses-Safety aspects
Seat belts: Letters re ... 1397 Seat belts: Letters re (SP350/04: Tabled) ... 1371
Senatorial Selection Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 7)
Senators
Alberta nominees' for ... 756
Small business
Impact of insurance rates increase on ... 722 Impact of insurance rates increase on: All-party legislature committee review of ... 722
Softwoods-Export-United States
Countervail duties re ... 758, 759 Countervail duties re: B.C. situation re ... 758
Speaker-Rulings and statements
Amendment to Motion for Return 10 ... 613
Special constables
Training/accountability of (Motion 503: Abbott) ... 378
Surplus, Budgetary
Municipal funding with ... 1089
Taxation
Impact on foreign investment ... 975
Tenders, Government
Fort McMurray rail link feasibility study ... 833-34
Tourism-Marketing
Federal funding for ... 827 General remarks ... 827
Travel at public expense
Minister of Energy's expenses (M3/04: Defeated) ... 606
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Judgement against, re cattle price fixing ... 461-62
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Communications staff ... 1281 General remarks ... 1158
Video gambling machines
Cap on number of ... 80 Study of ... 80 Study of: Tabled (SP38/04) ... 82
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Watershed stewardship groups
Mandate/funding of (M82/04: Defeated) ... 1188
Weekly Livestock Market Review
February 13, 2004 copy tabled (SP35/04) ... 57
Workers' health and safety committees
Workers' Mourning Day Act (Federal Bill C-223, 1991)
Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods)
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Forestry Research Institute
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Elimination of (Motion 505: Taft/Massey) ... 623-24
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Inflation-proofing of ... 971 Performance measures re ... 972, 976 Transfer of funds to General Revenue Fund ... 971
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971
Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority
Operating expenses cut ... 1049
Alberta SuperNet
Connection charges ... 540-41, 578 Monitoring of contracts re ... 422 School access to ... 997 Second-language teaching via ... 997
Alberta Teachers' Association
Removal of principals from: Letter re (SP54/04: Tabled) ... 122
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 156, 330, 389, 997-98, 1256, 1418 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Class size recommendation (Q87/04: Accepted) ... 1329
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng.
Calgary Health Region/private partners consortium re: Calgary staff transfers re (M49/04: Accepted) ... 1180
Appropriation Act, 2004 (Bill 32)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2004 (Bill 14)
Architects Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 3)
Aspen Regional Health Authority
Information technology services costs (M47/04: Defeated) ... 1179
Auditor General
Children's Services contract awarding recommendations (Q47/04: Accepted) ... 864 Learning dept. grant processes recommendation (Q84/04: Accepted) ... 1328 Revenue dept. recommendations ... 976 Tax programs recommendations ... 976 Tuition fee effectiveness recommendation (Q82/04: Accepted) ... 1328 Tuition fee policy compliance (Q83/04: Accepted) ... 1328
Bell West
Alberta SuperNet contract: Monitoring of ... 422
BIOCAP Canada Foundation
Legal implications of agricultural sinks, Study of ... 848
Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Trails Act (Bill 2)
Blood Samples Act (Bill 204)
Blue Cross Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 8)
Calgary Health Region
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, partnership in: Calgary staff transfers re (M49/04: Accepted) ... 1180 Information technology services costs (M64/04: Defeated) ... 1183
Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Study re student financial aid ... 636
Capital Health
Information technology services costs (M48/04: Defeated) ... 1179
Carbon dioxide sinks
Study re legal aspects of ... 848
Casinos-Construction
Final approval for (Q75/04: Defeated) ... 1023
Centre for family research (Proposed)
Child and family services authorities
Boundaries ... 919 Information technology contracts (M108/04: Accepted as amended; Replaces M109-116 and M121/04) ... 1334
Child welfare
Interdepartmental co-ordination re ... 913 MĂ©tis children: Funding for ... 919
Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 21)
Child welfare information system
Child welfare recipients-Housing
Group homes: Employees' criminal checks ... 837 Group homes: Inspection ... 837
Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act
Cost of implementing ... 919
Children's services agencies
Screening/accrediting of ... 259
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
As amendment to Bill 22, Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 ... 660
Class size (Grade school)
Commission on Learning's recommendations re (Q87/04: Accepted) ... 1329 General remarks ... 330, 1256 Performance measures re ... 997-98
Climate change-Ecological aspects
Climate change-Prairie provinces
Adaptation to, research into ... 849
Coal bed methane extraction-Environmental aspects
Cognos ReportNet (Database software)
Use by Children's Services dept. ... 913-14
Collective bargaining-Teachers
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Ministerial travel expenses, Reporting of, to committee ... 11
Council of Alberta University Students
Remarks about postsecondary education ... 260
Curling championships
Ferbey rink participation in fourth Brier: Letter re (SP133/04: Tabled) ... 469
David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Information technology services costs (M59/04: Defeated) ... 1182
Day care centres
National report card on ... 944
Day care centres-Accreditation
Day care centres-Employees-Training
Day care in private homes-Accreditation
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 526
Dept. of Children's Services
Contract awarding procedures (Q47/04: Accepted) ... 864 Corporate administration costs ... 913-14, 916 Credit card statements for departmental staff (M136/04: Defeated; Replaced by M24/04) ... 1336 Credit card statements for minister and executive assistant (M141/04: Defeated; Replaced by M26/04) ... 1337 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 913-14, 916-17, 919 Information technology services costs (M146/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1338 Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 526 Performance measures ... 913-14
Dept. of Energy
Information technology services costs (M62/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1182-83 Salary bonuses to senior officials (M34/04: Accepted as amended; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1030
Dept. of Environment
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 848-50
Dept. of Government Services
Bonuses paid to senior staff (M69/04: Defeated; Replaced by M34/04; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1184 Information technology services costs (M61/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1182
Dept. of Human Resources and Employment
Bonuses paid to senior staff (M66/04: Defeated; Replaced by M34/04; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1183 Credit card statements for departmental staff (M25/04: Defeated; replaced by M24/04) ... 1027-28 Information technology services costs (M60/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1182 Supplementary estimates 2003-04, No.2: Debated ... 175
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Corporate services ... 1048 Credit card statements for departmental staff (M138/04: Defeated; Replaced by M24/04) ... 1336 Credit card statements for minister and executive assistant (M142/04: Defeated; Replaced by M26/04) ... 1337 Deputy minister's office ... 1048 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1048-49 Supplementary estimates 2003-04, No.2: Debated ... 185
Dept. of Learning
Business plan: Class size measurement in ... 330 Credit card statements for departmental staff (M137/04: Defeated; Replaced by M24/04) ... 1336 Credit card statements for minister and executive assistant (M143/04: Defeated; Replaced by M26/04) ... 1337 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 995-98, 1006-09 Grant processes improvement, Auditor General's recommendation re (Q84/04: Accepted) ... 1328 Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 526 Supplementary estimates 2003-04, No.2: Debated ... 179-80
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 526
Disabled children
Government programs for ... 913
Disabled children-Education
One-stop window for information re ... 995
East Central Health
Information technology services costs (M44/04: Defeated) ... 1178
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Former premier Lougheed's remarks re ... 260 General remarks ... 118, 901 Statement re ... 260, 708-09
Education-Curricula
General remarks ... 1063-64 Second-language program ... 996
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 22)
Endowment funds, Public
Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971
Environmental impact assessments
Coal bed methane extraction projects ... 849
Executive Council
Expenses for travel ... 10-11 Expenses for travel: Reporting of, to Public Accounts committee ... 11
Families
Government programs for ... 913
Family and community support services program
Performance measures ... 913
Family Support for Children With Disabilities Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 127 Committee ... 133 Third reading ... 271
Forest Reserves Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 13)
General Revenue Fund
Transfer of Heritage Fund revenues to ... 971
Glacier research
Runoff from, impact of climate change on ... 848
Government advertising
Total budget for (M81/04: Accepted as amended) ... 1187-88
Government spending policy
Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention
Heisler (Village)
Connection to SuperNet ... 540-41
Hospital beds-Supply
Numbers of, for each health authority (M45/04: Accepted) ... 1178
Humanities-Research
Funding: Statement re ... 991
Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 6)
Information and communications technology
Employment opportunities in, impact of outsourcing on ... 1049 Employment opportunities in, Performance measures re ... 1049
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2004-05
Languages-Teaching
Curriculum development for ... 996 General remarks ... 996 Rural/remote instruction re ... 997
Lee Ridge school, Edmonton
Readathon: Recognition of ... 727
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 18)
Members' Statements (2004)
Education funding ... 260 Education Week ... 1063-64 Humanities and social sciences research funding ... 991 Postsecondary tuition fees ... 708-09
MĂ©tis settlements child and family services authority
Ministerial Statements (2004)
Dr. Ken Nicol, former Leader of the Official Opposition ... 8
Municipal government offices
Connection to Alberta SuperNet ... 540-41, 578
Nicol, Dr. Ken, Leader of the Official Opposition
Resignation as Leader: Statement re ... 8
Official Opposition
Resignation of Dr. Ken Nicol as Leader of the Official Opposition ... 8
Oral Question Period (2004)
Achievement testing ... 1418-19 Child care services ... 944-45 Children's services ... 259 Class sizes ... 330 Classroom conditions ... 1015 Daycare accreditation policy ... 1060 Education funding ... 389, 1256 Government travel ... 10-11 Grade 12 diploma exams ... 988-89 Group homes ... 837 High school completion rate ... 803 Mathematics curricula ... 598 Postsecondary education funding ... 118 Postsecondary tuition fees ... 901, 1171 School closures ... 195 School construction ... 53 Student loan program ... 636, 702 SuperNet ... 422, 540-41, 578
Postsecondary educational institutions
Mathematics entrance requirements ... 598
Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
Research projects ... 849
Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 9)
Public Affairs Bureau
Interim estimates amendment to reduce funding for (SP150/04: Tabled) ... 529 Staff salaries and bonuses (M46/04: Defeated; Replaced by M34/04; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1178-79
Public service-Alberta
Bonuses awarded to (M34/04: Accepted as amended; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1030
Purchases, Government
Itemization of (M31/04: Defeated) ... 1029
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Red Deer College
Funding ... 118 Tuition fees ... 118
Red Deer Public School District
Funding: Letter from Minister of Learning re (SP307/04: Tabled) ... 1260
Regional health authorities
Hospital beds, numbers of (M45/04: Accepted) ... 1178
Residential Tenancies Act (Bill 16)
Second reading ... 342 Committee ... 436
Rural economic development
MLA committee to review: Report ... 578
School Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 25)
Second reading ... 852 Committee ... 1051
School boards-United States
School principals
Removal from Alberta Teachers' Association: Letter re (SP54/04: Tabled) ... 122
Schools-Construction
General remarks ... 53, 195
Separate schools-Construction-Devon
Social sciences-Research
Funding: Statement re ... 991
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Southern Alberta child and family services authority
Information technology contracts (M108/04: Accepted as amended) ... 1334
Statistics Canada
Study on university tuition costs ... 636
Strikes and lockouts-Teachers
Student financial aid
General remarks ... 636, 703, 901, 1008, 1171 Loan remission policy re ... 703, 709, 1008 Parental contribution component ... 636, 703, 709, 1008, 1009 Statement re ... 708-09
Student testing
Achievement tests ... 1419 Achievement tests: Grade 3 retesting ... 1418-19 Diagnostic tests ... 1418-19 Diploma exams: Scheduling of ... 988-89
Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 (No. 2)
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 971 Use for inflation-proofing endowment funds ... 971
Tax exempt fuel use program
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 976
Taxation-Law and legislation
Compliance rate for ... 976
Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 26)
Second reading ... 854 Committee ... 1052 Third reading ... 1202
Today's Parent (Publication)
Article on national day care conditions ... 944-45
Trade missions
Disclosure of details re ... 10-11
Travel at public expense
General remarks ... 10-11 Release of details re ... 10-11 Release of details re government backbench members' travel expenses (Motion 19/04: Accepted as amended) ... 873 Reporting of ministerial expenses to Public Accounts committee ... 11
Tuition fees
Auditor General's recommendation re compliance with (Q83/04: Accepted) ... 1328 Auditor General's recommendation re effectiveness of (Q82/04: Accepted) ... 1328 Cap on ... 1171 General remarks ... 118, 260, 901, 1171 Impact on IT as career choice ... 1049 Statement re ... 708-09
University of Alberta Students' Union
Tuition fee suggestions ... 709
University of Calgary
Funding ... 118 Law school, recognition of ... 946
Video conferencing in education
Second language teaching application ... 997
Wages-Day care centre employees
Wages-Teachers
Funding formula for ... 1006
Water supply-Southern Alberta
Impact of glacier runoff reduction on ... 848
Masyk, Mr. Gary (PC, Edmonton-Norwood)
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Vapour Control Equipment) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 202)
First reading ... 57 Second reading ... 95-96, 225
Forest fires-Crowsnest Pass area (2003)
Fuels-Storage
Vapour recovery equipment re: Legislation re (Bill 202) ... 57
Law Enforcement Review Board
Special constables accountability to (Motion 503: Abbott) ... 491-92
Northwest Bible College Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill Pr.4)
First reading ... 842 Second reading ... 1204 Committee ... 1205 Third reading ... 1248 Amendment (SP297/04: Tabled) ... 1205
Oral Question Period (2004)
Forest fire prevention ... 1100
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
Special constables
Training/accountability of (Motion 503: Abbott) ... 491-92
Volatile organic compounds-Emissions
Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 202) ... 57
McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook)
4-H clubs
Cattle sales, impact of slaughter regulations on ... 988 General remarks ... 952
Abbatoirs, Mobile
4-H animals' slaughter in ... 988 General remarks ... 422-23
Ag Summit 2000
Future of agriculture discussions ... 956
Agricultural Operation Practices Act
Applicability to intensive livestock operations ... 1323
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial)
Future of agriculture statement ... 957 General remarks ... 215, 950, 956
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 50 Future of ... 956, 957 General remarks ... 949
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 29)
First reading ... 841 Second reading ... 1138 Third reading ... 1288
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
CAIS application deadline review ... 422 Crop insurance and increased acreage issue ... 1101 Insurance benefits criteria: Auditor General's recommendations re ... 562 Loan interest rates ... 838 Loan program for beef processors ... 153, 953
Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Framework
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Confined feeding operation discussions ... 800-01
Alberta Beef Industry Council
Response to opposition parties' comments re BSE compensation programs ... 326-27
Alberta Beef Producers
Letter re BSE compensation programs ... 291
Alberta Chicken Producers
Involvement in biosecurity measures re avian flu ... 950
Alberta Mature Animal Market Transition Program
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Use for BSE compensation programs ... 949
Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 206)
Anaplasmosis in cattle
Importation of U.S. cattle with ... 675
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng.
Calgary Health Region/private partners consortium re ... 905-06
Antidumping laws (International trade)
Athabasca Oil Sands Transportation Corp.
Fort McMurray rail link project ... 804
Auditor General
Agriculture dept. recommendations ... 561-62 BSE compensation programs investigation ... 291, 386, 1297 BSE compensation programs investigation: Fast-tracking of, letter re (SP109/04: Tabled) ... 354 Executive Council expenses review ... 1284
Avian influenza
Industry protection measures re ... 804, 950
Beef-Import
Federal suspension of ... 118
Beef-Prices
General remarks ... 957, 959 Minister of Agriculture's report on, re BSE situation ... 445, 447 Minister of Agriculture's report on, re BSE situation (SP124/04: Tabled) ... 452 Minister of Agriculture's report on, re BSE situation: Letter re (SP128/04: Tabled) ... 469
Beef product and market development program
Beginning farmer loan program
Bluetongue in cattle
Importation of U.S. cattle with ... 675
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Communications plan re ... 1284 Compensation plans re ... 288-89, 324, 352, 387, 445, 447, 461-62, 949, 960, 962 Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation of ... 291, 386, 1297 Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation of, fast-tracking of, Letter re (SP109/04: Tabled) ... 354 Compensation plans re: Beef industry comments re ... 326-27 Compensation plans re: Communications plan re ... 1284 Compensation plans re: Federal funding for ... 386, 960 Compensation plans re: Inquiry into ... 212, 256, 259 Compensation plans re: List of payments made under ... 291, 324, 462, 1014, 1297, 1362-63 Compensation programs re: ND news release re ... 1284 Impact on cattle industry ... 12-13, 14, 117-18, 152-53, 212, 215, 256, 675, 949-50, 952-53, 1167-68, 1362-63 Impact on elk industry (Q4/04: Response tabled as SP310/04) ... 355, 1299 International protocols re ... 959 Live testing for ... 956 Testing re ... 12-13, 355, 580, 902-03, 949, 952, 955-56 Testing re: Bio-Rad test ... 324, 564, 902-03, 949 Testing re: News article re ... 903
Bovine spongiform encephalitis-Japan
Calgary Health Region
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, partnership in ... 905-06
Canada Beef Export Federation
Monterrey, Mexico office ... 953, 959
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Coverage of hog producers ... 421-22 General remarks ... 50, 215, 291, 950 Interim case program under ... 215
Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors
Letter re beef prices report (SP128/04: Tabled) ... 469
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Survey re marketing choice for grain ... 1393
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Age of livestock determination: International standards re ... 1255 Avian flu prevention measures ... 804, 950 BSE tests approval ... 902-03 Feeder cattle import program rules: Relaxation of, re bluetongue/anaplasmosis areas ... 675 General remarks ... 959
Canadian Wheat Board
Deficit ... 902 Federal/provincial agriculture ministers' meeting re ... 902 General remarks ... 1392-93
Cargill, Incorporated
Failure to open financial records to House of Commons committee reviewing BSE compensation recipients ... 1297 Recipient of Alberta BSE compensation funds ... 461-62
Casinos-Construction
Final approval for (Q75/04: Defeated) ... 1023
Cattle-Export-United States
Age of animal criteria re ... 1255-56 Alberta's position on reopening border: Letter re (SP174/04: Tabled) ... 641 Contingency plan re continued border closure ... 351-52, 1014, 1167-68 Contingency plan re continued border closure: Report (SP288/04: Tabled) ... 1174 General remarks ... 14, 117, 152, 258-59, 288-89, 858, 953, 1296 Premier's trip to Washington re ... 675 Prime Minister's discussion of, with U. S. President ... 1296
Cattle-Identification
Tracking program re: North American system for ... 953
Cattle-Import-United States
Feeder cattle from low-risk bluetongue/anaplasmosis areas ... 675
Cattle-Slaughter
Regulations: Impact on 4-H cattle sales ... 988
Cattle embryos-Export-China
Cattle semen-Export-China
Centre of excellence in bone and joint care (Foothills hospital, Calgary)
Chicken industry
Protective measures re avian flu ... 804, 950
Chickens-Export
Impact of avian flu on ... 804
Choice Matters; Marketing Choice for Alberta Producers
Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, Standing (Federal)
Beef pricing inquiry ... 256, 294, 1014 Beef pricing inquiry: Contempt finding against meat packers ... 1297
Competition Act (Federal)
Beef prices investigation under ... 256
Competition Bureau (Federal)
Conference Board of Canada
Understanding Health Care Cost Drivers and Escalators (Report) (SP116/04: Tabled) ... 394
Crop insurance program
Doubling of acreage issue ... 1101 Payouts under ... 1389-90 Public nature of ... 1390
Dept. of Agriculture (United States)
BSE testing regime ... 580
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Applied research and forage associations grants (M43/04: Response tabled as SP314/04) ... 356, 1299 Credit card statements for minister and executive assistant (M139/04: Defeated; Replaced by M26/04) ... 1337 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 949-60, 962 Estimates 2004-05: Responses to questions during (SP315-317/04: Tabled) ... 1299 Information technology initiatives (M90/04: Accepted) ... 1330 Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 561-62, 564 Interim estimates 2004-05: Responses to questions during (SP240/04: Tabled) ... 864 Minister's remarks regarding Member for Lethbridge-East ... 962 Performance measures, Auditor General's recommendations re ... 561-62 Property theft in (Q28/04: Accepted as amended; Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 728 Restructuring of (Q15/04: Response tabled as SP312/04) ... 355, 1299 Staff ... 950
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on agricultural industry ... 950
Elk industry
Consultations on future of (Q5/04: Response tabled as SP311/04) ... 355, 1200 Government assistance to, re BSE situation (Q4/04: Response tabled as SP310/04) ... 355, 1299
Executive Council
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1284 Expenses for travel: Auditor General's review of ... 1284
Feed
Ban on ruminant-to-ruminant feed ... 956
Food Processing Development Centre
Beef products development assistance (for over-30-month animals) ... 117-18, 153, 953 Incubator program ... 153
Forage associations
Grants to (M43/04: Response tabled as SP314/04) ... 356, 1299
Hog industry
Federal income stabilization program applicability to ... 421-22
Hogs-Export-United States
Countervail tariffs re ... 422
Horse racing
General remarks ... 705 Letter to Leader of the Official Opposition re (SP208/04: Tabled) ... 769 Lottery funding for ... 705, 1023
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2004-05
Estimates debated ... 561-62 General remarks ... 561
Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd.
Reports on animal treatment at (M21/04: Response tabled as SP313/04) ... 356, 1299
Laboratory animals-Housing
Report of inspection (SP61/04: Tabled) ... 157
Lakeside Packers Ltd.
Failure to open financial records to House of Commons committee reviewing BSE compensation recipients ... 1297
Lethbridge-East (Constituency)
Minister of Agriculture's remarks re ... 962
Livestock
Age of, determination of ... 1255-56
Livestock industry, Intensive
Approval process re ... 1323 General remarks ... 956 Legislation re ... 800-01
Meat packing industry
Age of animal criteria usage ... 1255-56 Capacity of ... 953 Costs (carcass evaluation) review ... 259, 294, 447 Disclosure of financial records for Agriculture minister's review of beef pricing re BSE situation ... 445 Disclosure of financial records to Commons committee review of beef pricing re BSE situation ... 1296-97 General remarks ... 1167-68 Inquiry into pricing practices of, re BSE situation ... 212, 256, 259, 294, 387, 461-62, 1014 Profit margins ... 960
Meat packing plants-Northern Alberta
Medical care-Finance
Conference Board of Canada report on (SP116/04: Tabled) ... 394
Ministers of agriculture meeting, Ottawa (April 2004)
BSE testing protocols discussion ... 580
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (U.S.)
Discussions with, re opening border to live cattle exchange ... 675
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Administration of Agricultural Operation Practices Act: Legislation re (Bill 17) ... 957 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 800, 1323 Pure Lean hog farm application review ... 1323
New Democrat Opposition
Comments re, by beef industry representatives ... 326-27
New York Times (Newspaper)
Article re BSE testing ... 903
Office of the Premier
Premier's trip to Washington re cattle exports to U.S. ... 675
Ontario Wheat Marketing Board
Oral Question Period (2004)
4-H club beef sales ... 988 Agricultural income stabilization program ... 215 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation ... 838 Animal disease surveillance ... 1255-56 Avian influenza ... 804 Beef exports ... 14, 858 Beef exports to the United States ... 1295-96 Beef industry ... 1297 Beef recovery strategy ... 1014, 1167-68 Beef slaughter facilities ... 422-23 BSE compensation payments ... 1362-63 BSE testing program ... 580, 902-03 Calgary Health Region ... 905-06 Canadian Wheat Board ... 902 Cattle and beef trade policy ... 258-59 Cattle exports ... 351-52 Cattle industry ... 256, 259, 288-89, 291, 294, 324, 326-37, 386-87, 461-62 Cattle prices ... 50 Confined feeding operations ... 800-01 Crop insurance ... 1101 Cull cattle ... 117-18 Downer cows ... 12-13 Hog producers ... 421-22 Mature cattle marketing and processing ... 152-53 Meat packing industry ... 212 Opening of U.S. border to live cattle ... 675 Public insurance model ... 1389-90 Pure Lean Inc. ... 1323 Rail link to Fort McMurray ... 804 Report on rural development ... 463-64 Review of pricing in the beef industry ... 445, 447 Support for low-income Albertans ... 705 Wheat and barley marketing ... 1392-93
Poultry industry
Protective measures re avian flu ... 804
Public Affairs Bureau
Publicity campaign re BSE ... 1284
Purchases, Government
Itemization of (M31/04: Defeated) ... 1030
Racing entertainment centres
Lottery funding for ... 1023
Rail service-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Provincial participation ... 804
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.)
Court challenge re Canadian beef imports ... 1295-96
Rural economic development
Government strategy re ... 949-50, 957 MLA committee to review: Report ... 463-64 MLA committee to review: Report (SP157/04: Tabled) ... 544
Slot machines in racing entertainment centres
Revenue from, transferred to horse racing industry ... 705
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Reports on Kneehill Animal Control Centre (GuZoo) (M21/04: Response tabled as SP313/04) ... 356, 1299
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Judgement against, re cattle price fixing ... 461-62
Veterinary pathologists, Provincial-Education
Wages-Provincial veterinary pathologists
Level of (Q1/04: Response tabled as SP309/04) ... 355, 1299
Waiting lists (Medical care)
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Alberta funding for ... 952
McClelland, Mr. Ian (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford)
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office ... 759
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Out-of-province patients' impact on ... 213-14, 389 Seniors' extended health benefits ... 1311 Total services provided by ... 389
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Elimination of ... 1311 Seniors' premiums: Elimination of ... 1311
Alberta seniors benefit program
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Letter re (SP 57/04: Tabled) ... 122
Big Brothers Big Sisters Edmonton and Area
Bighorn wildlife recreation area
Designation as protected park: Letter re (SP56/04: Tabled) ... 122
Calgary Health Region
Emergency room wait times ... 79 Services to out-of-province patients ... 389
Canada Pension Plan Credits Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 203)
Capital Health
Emergency room wait times ... 79 Services to out-of-province patients ... 389
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
As amendment to Bill 22, Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 ... 650-52
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 759
Dept. of Seniors
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1310-11 General remarks ... 1310
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 776
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 22)
Equifax Canada Inc.
Credit files stolen from ... 638-39
Fatalities, Work-related
Day of mourning re ... 989
Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention
Letter re (SP55/04: Tabled) ... 122
Hospitals-Emergency services
Labour unions
Organizing activities (Salting) ... 1394
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Locating near a watershed, regulations re ... 776
Medical care
Provided to Alberta patients by other provinces ... 389
National Day of Mourning (Work-related injuries/deaths)
National Energy Board
Energy consumption forecasts ... 838
Oral Question Period (2004)
Achievement testing ... 1416-17 Emergency room wait times ... 79 Future energy demands ... 838 Health care services for out-of-province patients ... 213-14 Identity theft ... 638-39 Out-of-province health care services ... 389 Union organizing practices ... 1394 Workplace fatalities ... 989
Order of Canada
Awarded to Dr. Gary McPherson ... 156
Point of Order
Parliamentary language ... 528, 530
Police
Identity theft cases ... 638-39
Property tax
Impact on seniors ... 1311
Property tax-Education levy
Seniors' exemption from ... 1311
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Regional health authorities
Emergency rooms: Wait times at ... 79
Senatorial Selection Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 7)
Senior citizens
Migration into Alberta ... 214
Student testing
Achievement tests: Grade 3 retesting ... 1416-17
Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
McFarland, Mr. Barry (PC, Little Bow)
Agriculture ministers' meeting (Canada /U.S. / Mexico), Puerto Vallarta
Member for Little Bow's attendance at ... 961
Barrel racing championships
2003 Canadian ladies champion: Recognition of ... 216
Basketball championships
Picture Butte Sugar Kings 2A provincial boys champions: Recognition of ... 805
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Compensation plans re ... 960 Compensation plans re: Federal funding for ... 961 Testing re ... 961
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Committee on Agriculture and Municipal Affairs, Standing Policy
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Education-Finance
Funding through general revenue (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 101-02
Farm produce-Export
Under NAFTA agreement ... 961
Farmers' Advocate
Retirement of current advocate: Recognition of ... 1104-05
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 12)
First reading ... 122 Second reading ... 265, 266 Committee ... 379 Third reading ... 439
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 698
Income Trusts Liability Act (Bill 34)
Investment of public funds
Legislation re (Bill 12) ... 122
Little Bow (Constituency)
Attendance at agriculture ministers' meeting, Puerto Vallarta ... 961
North American free trade agreement
Agriclutural products ... 961
Oral Question Period (2004)
Agricultural income stabilization program ... 214-15
Point of Order
Reflections on a decision of the Assembly ... 698
Property tax-Education levy
Elimination of (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 101-02
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West)
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 119-20
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation
Transfer of Heritage Fund monies to ... 119-20
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 27)
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
General remarks ... 970 Inflation-proofing of ... 973 Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
General remarks ... 970, 971 Inflation-proofing of ... 973 Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
External management of ... 975 General remarks ... 970, 971 Inflation-proofing of ... 970, 971, 972-73 Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971 Investments from ... 975 Performance measures re ... 976 Transfer of funds to Agriculture Financial Services Corporation ... 119 Transfer of funds to General Revenue Fund ... 971
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
General remarks ... 970, 971 Inflation-proofing of ... 973 Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971
Alberta royalty tax credit
Compliance audits re ... 973 Future of ... 973-74 Provincial collection of ... 974
Alberta Securities Commission
Annual report, 2003 (SP151/04: Tabled) ... 544
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Auditor General
Revenue dept. recommendations ... 971, 976 Tax programs recommendations ... 971, 976
Aviation fuel-Taxation
Elimination of, for international flights: Legislation re (Bill 23) ... 469
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Impact on cattle industry ... 120
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
Discussions with province re tax collection ... 974
Canadian armed forces
Provincial income tax policy re Alberta personnel in, while overseas ... 903, 974
Civil service pensions
Investment of funds in ... 975
Corporations-Taxation
General remarks ... 970 Impact on foreign investment ... 975 Legislation re: Compliance rate for ... 973 Provincial vs federal collection of ... 974 Reduction in ... 120, 975 Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 27) ... 807
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Revenue
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 976 Credit card statements for departmental staff (M101/04: Defeated; Replaced by M24/04) ... 1332 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 970-76 Investment management division ... 970 Property theft from (Q21/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 475
Endowment funds, Public
Committee for ... 971 General remarks ... 970 Inflation-proofing of ... 973 Inflation-proofing of, with budgetary surplus ... 971-72
Fuel Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 23)
First reading ... 469 Second reading ... 517-18
General Revenue Fund
Transfer of Heritage Fund revenues to ... 971
Income tax, Provincial
Exemption for Alberta military personnel, while overseas ... 903, 974 Flat tax ... 975, 1388-89 Flat vs. progressive taxes ... 1367 General remarks ... 970, 974-75, 1388-89 Provincial vs federal collection of ... 974
Income tax, Provincial-Law and legislation
Compliance rate for ... 973
Income Trusts Liability Act (Bill 34)
Investment of public funds
General remarks ... 970 Performance measures re ... 973 Return on investment: Benchmarks re ... 973
Natural resources revenue
Oral Question Period (2004)
Armed forces personnel ... 903 Government economic policies ... 119-20 Government fleet insurance ... 118-19 Provincial tax policy ... 704 Taxation policy ... 1367, 1388-89
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tax Facts and Figures (Study) ... 1367
Property tax-Education levy
General remarks ... 970 Reduction in ... 704
Risk management fund
Use to insure government vehicle fleet ... 118-19
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Securities-Law and legislation
General remarks ... 970-71 National harmonization of ... 971
Small business-Taxation
Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 27) ... 807
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 971 Use for inflation-proofing endowment funds ... 971
Tax exempt fuel use program
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 976
Tax incentives
Flow-through shares ... 120
Taxation
Administration of ... 971 General remarks ... 970 Impact on foreign investment ... 975-76 Risk management re, Auditor General's recommendations re ... 971
Taxation-Law and legislation
Compliance rate for ... 973, 976
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