Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills)
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
General remarks ... 681 Projects re ... 684
Agribusiness
Provincial assistance to, re BSE impact ... 193
Agriculture
Assistance programs ... 683
Alberta Automobile Insurance Board
Rate increases approval process ... 1389
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Annual report, 2003 (SP187/04: Tabled) ... 681 Borrowing costs ... 964 General remarks ... 964
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Elimination of ... 637 General remarks ... 701-02, 966 Seniors' premiums: Elimination of ... 638
Alberta Insurance Council
General remarks ... 964 Staffing ... 964
Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation
Capital spending ... 964 General remarks ... 964 Staffing ... 964
Alberta seniors benefit program
General remarks ... 703 Reinstatement of universal optical/dental benefits ... 703
Alberta Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Role re insurance regulations ... 968
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 567, 683
Ambulance service
Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions ... 684
Apprenticeship training
Impact of high auto insurance rates on ... 722
Apprenticeship training-Finance
Appropriation Act, 2004 (Bill 32)
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2004 (Bill 24)
First reading ... 584 Second reading ... 626
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2004 (Bill 14)
First reading ... 198 Second reading ... 264 Third reading ... 334
Auditor General
BSE compensation programs investigation ... 328-29 Estimates 2004-05: Tabled (SP188/04) ... 681 Fort McMurray rail link feasibility study investigation ... 833 Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 567 MLA expenses reporting comments ... 78, 632
Automobile Insurance Reform Implementation Team
General remarks ... 722, 767, 836, 1389 Input provided to, List of (M2/04: Accepted) ... 477 Resignation of insurance company executive from ... 500
Beef-Prices
Minister of Agriculture's report on, re BSE situation: Letter re (SP128/04: Tabled) ... 469
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Compensation plans re: Audit process re ... 328-29 Compensation plans re: Audit process re, Public Accounts role in ... 329 Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation of ... 328-29 Compensation plans re: Federal funding for ... 600 Impact on agribusiness ... 193 Impact on cattle industry ... 682
Budget
1906 budget ... 681-82 2003-04 third-quarter activity report (SP70/04: Tabled) ... 161 2003-04 third-quarter budget report (SP69/04: Tabled) ... 161 Carry forward of funds to subsequent fiscal year ... 567
Canadian agriculture income stabilization program
Bridging funding re BSE relief ... 600
Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors
Letter re beef prices report (SP128/04: Tabled) ... 469
Canadian farm income program
Capital projects
Public/private partnerships re ... 567, 964, 967
Capital projects-Finance
1906 budget for ... 682 General remarks ... 683, 684
Cattle-Export-United States
Caucus policy committees (PC party)
Centennial Capital Plan
Carry forward of funds to subsequent fiscal year ... 567 General remarks ... 684 Transfer of funds in and out of (M88/04: Defeated) ... 1330
Chief Electoral Officer
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 567 Main Estimates 2004-05 (SP188/04: Tabled) ... 681
Children
Government programs for ... 684
Civil service pensions
General remarks ... 964 Regulation of ... 964
Class size (Grade school)
Committee of Supply
Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05 considered for two days (Motion 12: Nelson) ... 509 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05 referred to (Motion 11: Nelson) ... 509 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05 referred to (Motion 14: Nelson/Hancock) ... 685 Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Nelson/Stevens) ... 33 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 (No.2) referred to (Motion 8: Nelson) ... 161-62
Committee on Economic Development and Finance, Standing Policy
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
BSE compensation programs review ... 329
Community facilities-Finance
Credit ratings, Personal
As factor in auto insurance rate structure ... 635
Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation
Annual report, 2003 (SP351/04: Tabled) ... 1370 General remarks ... 964
Credit unions-Regulations
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Finance
Business plan ... 964 Contingency reserve ... 964 Credit card statements for minister and executive assistant (M159/04: Defeated; Replaced by M26/04) ... 1341 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 963-69 Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 566-67 Property theft from (Q23/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 475 Revenue ... 964 Staffing ... 964
Disabled
Government programs for: Funding ... 684
Discrimination-Age
Auto insurance premiums ... 460, 1255
Domestic violence
Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 684
Economic development-Edmonton
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Education-Finance
1906 budget re ... 682 General remarks ... 566, 683
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05, referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 11: Nelson) ... 509 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05, to be considered for two days (Motion 12: Nelson) ... 509 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05, transmitted to Assembly (SP149/04: Tabled) ... 509 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05, referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 14: Nelson/Hancock) ... 685 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05, transmitted to Assembly (SP188-190/04: Tabled) ... 681 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 (No.2) considered for one day (Motion 9: Nelson) ... 162 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 (No.2) referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 8: Nelson) ... 161-62 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 (No.2) transmitted to Assembly (SP71/04: Tabled) ... 161
Ethics Commissioner
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 567 Main Estimates 2004-05 (SP188/04: Tabled) ... 681 MLA expenses reporting, review of ... 632
Executive Council
Application of FOIP Act to ... 78-79 Expenses for travel ... 10, 632, 1167
Extended care facilities
Public/private projects ... 967
Extended care facilities-Construction
Financial Accountability Act
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 12)
Financial institutions-Regulation
Financial Management Commission
New provincial fiscal strategy recommendation ... 566, 965
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 15)
First reading ... 262 Second reading ... 317-18 Third reading ... 427
Fiscal stability fund
Transfer of funds in and out of (M89/04: Defeated) ... 1330
Food industry and trade
1906 budget re ... 682 General remarks ... 682
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Exemptions for Executive Council travel details ... 78-79
Gas, Natural-Prices
General remarks ... 682 Impact on provincial resource revenues ... 683, 702, 967
Gasoline-Taxation
Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 684
General Revenue Fund
Details by payee (SP352/04: Tabled) ... 1370
Government aircraft
Public accessibility of manifests for ... 1167
Government departments
Business plans for (SP191/04: Tabled) ... 681
Government spending policy
Health facilities-Construction
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 567 Main Estimates 2004-05 (SP188/04: Tabled) ... 681
Insurance, Automobile
Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and suffering): Cap on ... 1168-69 Credit rating as factor in ... 635 Discontinuance of auto insurance policies in Alberta ... 767 FOIP request re KPMG study on costs of ... 1211-12 General remarks ... 964 Public plan re ... 461, 500, 1366-67, 1390 Reform of ... 460-61, 500, 635, 836, 940, 964, 968, 1168-69, 1210-12, 1252, 1255, 1366-67, 1389 Reform of: Public consultation re ... 1361-62 Reform of: Public consultations re (M2/04: Accepted) ... 477 Reform of: Standing policy committee discussions re ... 1361-62, 1390 Withdrawal of auto insurance companies from Alberta ... 767
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Age discrimination in rates ... 460, 1255 Freezing of ... 460-61, 576, 767, 968, 1212, 1252, 1389 General remarks ... 968, 1169, 1210, 1212, 1255, 1366-67 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1255 Increase in ... 460-61, 500, 1389 Increase in: Impact on small business ... 722 New grid for ... 940, 942 New grid for: Placement on government web site ... 944 Performance measures re ... 968
Insurance, Commercial vehicle-Premiums
Proposed new rate grid's application to ... 942
Insurance companies
Credits/rebates issued by, re freeze order ... 576 Discontinuance of auto insurance policies in Alberta ... 767 Profits ... 500, 576, 1389 Withdrawal of auto insurance companies from Alberta ... 767
Insurance companies-Regulations
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2004-05
Kingsway General Insurance Inc.
Discontinuance of auto insurance policy writing in northern Alberta ... 836
KPMG consulting
Auto insurance costs in Alberta study ... 1211-12
Legislature Building
1906 budget for construction of ... 682
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Transmittal of 2003-04 supplementary estimates (No.2) (SP71/04: Tabled) ... 161 Transmittal of 2004-05 interim supply/Lottery Fund estimates (SP149/04: Tabled) ... 509 Transmittal of 2004-05 main and Lottery Fund estimates (SP188-190/04: Tabled) ... 681
Loan companies-Regulations
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation: To Finance dept. contingency reserve ... 964
Maintenance (Domestic relations)
Funding for enforcement of ... 684
ME First! (Municipal Energy Efficiency Assistance) program
Medical care-Finance
1906 budget re ... 682 Federal funding ... 683 General remarks ... 566, 683, 966
Medical equipment-Finance
Meloche Monnex Inc.
Non-compliance with auto insurance rate freeze order ... 576
Members' apologies to the House
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Report of selected payments to ... 632 Report of selected payments to (SP171/04: Tabled) ... 603
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Natural resources revenue
General remarks ... 682, 683, 966 Provincial policy re ... 964 Underestimating of ... 702
Oil-Prices
General remarks ... 682 Impact on provincial resource revenues ... 683, 702, 967
Ombudsman
Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 567 Main estimates 2004-05: Tabled (SP188/04) ... 681
Oral Question Period (2004)
Access to information ... 78-79 Agricultural small business assistance ... 193 Audit of agricultural relief programs ... 328-29 Automobile insurance ... 460-61, 500, 576, 635, 767 Automobile insurance rates ... 940, 942, 944 Automobile insurance reform ... 1168-69, 1210-12, 1252, 1255, 1361-62, 1366-67, 1389 Education property tax rate ... 722-23 Federal aid to cattle industry ... 600 Government aircraft ... 1167 Government expense claims ... 632 Government travel ... 10 Health care premiums ... 637-38, 701-02 Insurance costs ... 722 Kingsway General Insurance Inc. ... 836 Oil sands royalties ... 836-37 Provincial tax policy ... 704 Public insurance model ... 1390 Rail link to Fort McMurray ... 804, 833-34 Senior's benefits ... 702-03
Property tax-Education levy
1906 budget re ... 682 Cap on revenue from ... 723 General remarks ... 969 Increase in ... 704 Reduction in ... 682, 704, 722-23
Questions, Written (Parliamentary practice)
General remarks ... 78-79
Rail service-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Regional health authorities
Ambulance service transfer to ... 684
Registered education savings plan (Federal)
Provincial contribution to ... 683
Risk management in public budgeting
Road construction-Finance
Rural economic development
Government strategy re ... 684
Schools-Maintenance and repair
Senior citizens
Government programs ... 702-03 Government programs: Funding for ... 684
Small business
Impact of insurance rates increase on ... 722
Speaker-Rulings and statements
Intemperate language ... 333
Suncor Inc.
Firebag project, royalty discussions re ... 836-37
Technical schools-Finance
Tenders, Government
Fort McMurray rail link feasibility study ... 833-34
Transportation, Urban-Finance
Travel at public expense
General remarks ... 10, 1167 Release of details re ... 10, 632
Treasury Board
Minutes of meetings, Jan. 1 to Feb. 17, 2004 (M120/04: Defeated) ... 1335
Treasury Branches
Assistance to agribusinesses, re BSE impact ... 193 General remarks ... 964
Trust companies-Regulations
Universities and colleges-Finance
Unlimited liability companies
Wawanesa Insurance Group
Resignation of CEO from Automobile Insurance Reform Implementation Team ... 500
Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East)
Ag Summit 2000
Future of agriculture discussions ... 955
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial)
Future of agriculture statement ... 955
Alberta Teachers' Association
Removal of principals from: Letter re (SP54/04: Tabled) ... 122
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2004 (Bill 24)
Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2004 (Bill 14)
Auditor General
Government accounting recommendations, Progress on implementing (Q42: Accepted) ... 734-35 Health and Wellness dept. conditional grants: Control processes for (Q19/04: Accepted) ... 474-75 Intergovernmental agreements systems comments: Progress re implementation of (Q41: Accepted) ... 734
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Impact on cattle industry ... 954 Testing re ... 954-55
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) (Proposed)
As amendment to Bill 22, Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 ... 657-58, 659
Correctional institutions
Drug-related deaths of inmates in (Q32/04: Accepted) ... 476
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 954-55
Dept. of Environment
Property theft from (Q24/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 475
Dept. of Finance
Property theft from (Q23/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 475
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Conditional grants from: Control processes for (Q19/04: Accepted) ... 474-75
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Property theft from (Q22/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 475
Dept. of Revenue
Property theft from (Q21/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 475
Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 777 Property theft from (Q20/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 475
Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 22)
Energy industry-Crown lands
Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute: Reports on discussions re (M1/04: Defeated) ... 476
Fatality inquiries
Reginald McLeod inquiry: Implementation of recommendations from (Q32/04: Accepted) ... 476
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 15)
Food safety
Public education re ... 955 Risk factors re ... 955
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Fuel Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 23)
Government accounting
Auditor General's recommendations re, Progress on implementing (Q42: Accepted) ... 734-35
Government Organization Act
Compliance of intergovernmental agreements systems with (Q41: Accepted) ... 734
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 690-91
Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000)
Private surgical facilities contracts under: Evaluation of (Q40: Defeated) ... 734
Intergovernmental agreements
Systems for, compliance with Auditor General's comments re (Q41/04: Accepted) ... 734
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 10)
Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd.
Zoo plan (M20/04: Defeated) ... 480
Livestock industry, Intensive
Livestock industry, Intensive-Environmental aspects
Enforcement of legislation re ... 777 Regulation of ... 777
Metis Settlements Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 30)
Ministerial Statements (2004)
Dr. Ken Nicol, former Leader of the Official Opposition ... 8-9
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Confined feeding operations regulation ... 777 Mandate of: Re-ordering of priorities for ... 777
Nicol, Dr. Ken, Leader of the Official Opposition
Resignation as Leader: Statement re ... 8-9
Official Opposition
Resignation of Dr. Ken Nicol as Leader of the Official Opposition ... 8-9
Police, Provincial
Establishment of: Reports/analyses re (M22/04: Defeated) ... 480
Prisoners
Drug-related deaths of (Q32/04: Accepted) ... 476
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
School principals
Removal from Alberta Teachers' Association: Letter re (SP54/04: Tabled) ... 122
Sisters of Charity of St. Louis of Medicine Hat Statutes Repeal Act (Bill Pr. 2)
Surgical services, Private
Cost-benefit analysis of contracts for (Q40/04: Defeated) ... 734
Veterinary pathologists, Provincial
Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung)
Agribusiness
Provincial assistance to, re BSE impact ... 193-94
Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Framework
Air services- Alberta/overseas
Alberta-Economic conditions
Alberta-Economic policy
20-year strategic plan ... 804, 1322 General remarks ... 119
Alberta Capital Region Alliance
Alberta Economic Development Authority
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP210/04: Tabled) ... 769 Involvement re provincial innovation strategy ... 1322
Alberta Film Commission Advisory Council
Alberta Government Offices
General remarks ... 760, 821 Washington, D.C. office ... 821
Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc.
Provincial assistance to ... 824
Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority
Involvement re provincial innovation strategy ... 1322
Alberta SuperNet
Dept. of Economic Development's access to, costs of ... 828-29 General remarks ... 578, 677 Municipal government offices' connection to ... 677
Athabasca Oil Sands Transportation Corp.
Fort McMurray rail link project ... 762, 834
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Impact on agribusiness ... 193-94 Impact on cattle industry: Establishment of Washington, D.C. office re ... 821
Calgary Economic Development
Tourism marketing program ... 827
Calgary-Edmonton corridor
Economic growth in ... 828
Calgary Flames Hockey Club
Central Alberta Economic Partnership
Churchill Cup (Rugby), Alberta (June 2004)
Coal mines and mining-Hinton area
Cheviot Creek coal pit ... 539
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Closure of regional offices ... 677 Restructuring of ... 677
Dept. of Economic Development
ADM for tourism established ... 822 Bonuses awarded to senior officials (M96/04: Defeated; Replaced by M34/04; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1331 Credit card statements for departmental staff (M41/04: Defeated; Replaced by M24/04) ... 1176 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 821-30 Information technology costs ... 829 International travel deferral, Cost savings re ... 1317 Luncheon/reception in Mexico City, Costs of ... 1317-18 Minister's trip to New York, 2002 ... 633 Role of ... 821 Role of, re Alberta as movie location ... 466-67 Role of, re Wetaskiwin as movie location ... 466 SuperNet connection, cost of ... 828-29 Trade director's charge at Four Seasons restaurant: Purpose of (Q67/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 760
Dollar, Canadian
Impact on tourism ... 829
Economic Development Edmonton
Tourism marketing program ... 827
Edmonton City Centre Airport
Edmonton International Airport
Edmonton Regional Airports Authority
City Centre Airport policy ... 1059-60 General remarks ... 1394
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 674 Deregulation: Impact on small business ... 674
Entrepreneurial immigration
Executive Council
Expenses for travel ... 9, 633
Film and television industry
Filming of movie in Wetaskiwin ... 466 General remarks ... 825
Film development grant program
Food Processing Development Centre
Forest industries
General remarks ... 821, 822 Value-added processing in ... 1322
Four Seasons restaurant, Edmonton
Trade director's charge to: Purpose of (Q67/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Gas pipelines-Alaska/Northwest Territories thru Alberta
Establishment of Washington, D.C. office re ... 821
Government office space-Rural areas
Hotel room tax
Use for tourism marketing programs ... 677-78, 828
Immigration
Provincial nominee program ... 824
International trade-Canada/Mexico
Ministerial Statements (2004)
North/south trade corridor
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Oral Question Period (2004)
Agricultural small business assistance ... 193-94 Cattle prices ... 50 Cheviot Creek coal pit ... 539 Edmonton City Centre Airport ... 1059-60 Electricity deregulation ... 674 Film development program ... 466-67 Firebag oil sands development ... 1059 Government economic policies ... 119 Government travel ... 9 Government travel expenses ... 1317-18 Innovation strategy ... 1322-23 International air services ... 1394 Out-of-province government travel ... 633 Rail link to Fort McMurray ... 725, 762, 804, 834 Rural economy ... 596-97, 677-78 Small business ... 1367-68 Tourism opportunities ... 1395
Parcom Marketing Inc.
In-province travel promotion contract ... 827
Pea butter
Manufacture in Alberta ... 823
Pipelines
Establishment of Washington, D.C. office re ... 821
Professional qualifications, Foreign
Assessment service for ... 824
Rail service, High-speed-Edmonton/Calgary
Rail service-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Regional economic development partnerships
General remarks ... 597, 677, 828, 1368 Role of, re Alberta as movie location ... 467
Road construction-Northern Alberta
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Government contracts with ... 830
Rural economic development
Samosa
Manufacture in Alberta ... 823
Santa's Slay (Movie)
Shot on location in Wetaskiwin ... 466
Small business
Government incentives for ... 1367-68 Government incentives for: Monitoring of ... 1368 Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 674 Venture capital for ... 119, 1368
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Strategic Tourism Marketing Council
Suncor Inc.
Firebag project, royalty discussions re ... 1059
Technology commercialization
Tenders, Government
Fort McMurray rail link feasibility study ... 834
Tourism-Marketing
General remarks ... 827-28 MLA committee to review ... 821 Use of hotel room tax revenue for ... 677-78, 828
Tourism-Marketing-British Columbia
Tourism levy
Conversion of hotel tax to (Motion 506: Strang) ... 828
Trade missions
Involvement of International and Intergovernmental Relations with ... 760 Value of ... 9
Transportation-Northern Alberta
Travel Alberta In-Province
Travel Alberta International Inc.
Contract for overseas promotion of Alberta tourism ... 827-28
Travel at public expense
General remarks ... 9, 1317-18 Release of details re ... 633
World Masters Games, Edmonton (2005)
World triathlon championships, Edmonton (2004)
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